It's never been riskier to leave long periods of silence between your records. With the half-life of entertainers and artists getting shorter and shorter, many understandably fall into the pattern of constant, drip-drip activity: surprise announcements, one-off collaborations, deluxe re-issues, hot-topic interviews, anything to stay in the Most Read lists. Not so These New Puritans: it is now six years since the arty Southend post-punk troupe released their vaunted third album Field of Reeds, and in the meantime we have heard next to nothing. Indeed, the one time their name did pop up was with the announcement that bassist Thomas Hein had departed. All signs sadly pointed towards the inevitable.
Rejoice, then, at Inside the Rose, a brand-spanking new fourth album that returns TNPs to the top table. Now revolving solely around the twin brothers Jack and George Barnett, they return with some notable tweaks to their playful experimentalist songwriting. Yes, this album is still a beguiling and occasionally confounding listen, but for the first time since 2008's Beat Pyramid, there are plenty of entry points. The inner popsters that some have long suspected to be lurking deep in the recesses of the Barnetts are closer to the surface than at any point to date.
'Anti-Gravity', for example, indisputably boasts a chorus, albeit a simple and fleeting one, but which on repeated exposure, dammit, you just want to keep hearing. There is a touch of the Animal Collective in the way that they pass pretty vocal lines through a kaleidoscope until they're fragmented and woven into a squelchy, constantly moving sonic patchwork. 'Infinity Vibraphones' has an undertone of Eighties gothic new wave, especially in the dark glam vocals, whilst dramatic strings sweep and the titular instrument twinkles in confusion.
'Into the Fire' offered the first taste of the new material several months ago and it proves to be something of an outlier. The high-kicking rhythm is more frantic and jumpy than on any other track here, led by a drum part that is seemingly at least partially live, forming the basis for the frenetic pace of the track. More typical are the clattering, echoey percussive synths of 'Beyond Black Suns', an arrangement that could have been ripped straight from an old skool UK garage comp. The mood is muddled by its gooey-sweet female lead vocals, counterpointed yet further by the introduction of a dramatic, semi-operatic voice near the climax. TNPs are still the masters of discombobulation and disarray, back shoulder-to-shoulder with peers such as Grumbling Fur or even alt-J at their absolute best.
The standout track is 'Where the Trees are On Fire', a grave tale told via seemingly whispered lyrics and a tiptoeing arrangement. Like the teacher that knows the way to get a rowdy class to listen is to become quieter, TNPs pick the slowest, gentlest track to ram home their darkness message. The shift in pace at the album's midpoint proves to be irreversible, though, and the final tracks lose momentum. Closer 'Six' is a stately, quasi-ambient number that offers an ornate final touch, but it only adds to the sense that the album's real business was done much earlier.
This is, at least in a relative sense, These New Puritans' pop album, a disarmingly inviting listen that bucks the customary trend of bands of this nature to descend further and further into the overgrowth and into evermore obscure experimentations. Some listeners will have been craving something more alienating to sink their teeth into, but what we actually have is an appetising, confident statement of intent from a band that want us to know that they are still a force in contemporary music.


The count down is on! Christmas is less than a week away and if you aren't out there shopping already, you better get going. I like my technology and I really enjoy being outdoors, so when I can combine the two together to have a better experience I always do. If you're buying for someone special in your family that is of the active outdoorsy type person, I am pretty confident that I can help you out with that.
I've made the following suggestions based on my experience as an outdoor gadget enthusiast. But be warned! These are not cheap by any means. However, they are functional, extremely useful pieces of equipment that won't be headed back to the returns line after the holidays and may even save their life. Let's check them out!
GPS technology has evolved in a big way over the last few years and as such this nifty little unit from Garmin would be the number one gift on my own wish list. For a cool price of about $299 USD, you will be absolutely amazed at what this watch can do. The proper name of this "watch" is the Garmin ForeRunner 305. It does tell you the time and date like the previously reviewed SUUNTO Core Green Light, but does so much more. It gives you all sorts of interesting data, such as your heart rate (if you wear the heart rate belt), elevation gains and decents, mapping overlays of the route your traveled with graphs and charts from the data collected from the onboard GPS reciever and heart rate monitor.
An avid outdoors friend of mine has used his Garmin Forerunner 305 extensively on a number of mountain bike rides, skiing days and hikes and really likes it. The first time he showed me what it could do I was blown away. Every time I am with him I get a bit jealous of the detailed information he can pull at the end of each day.
My friend was nice enough to volunteer this picture of the type of stuff he gets to peruse after each outing. This is a graph showing my friends Heart Rate in Beats Per Minute, Distance in KM, Elevation changes, and Speed in Km/h when he went for a road bike ride in San Jose California earlier this year. Further adding to the super coolness factor, you can then get the Garmin ForeRunner 305 to upload all this GPS route data onto an actual Google map so he can visually see where he went during the ride.
This is an awesome gift for anyone that is active and likes the outdoors. It can used as a great multi-sport training tool for those folks training for a marathon, or triathlon or some Tour de France bike ride. The ability to get such specific information about the training route is key in figuring out what areas need improvement.
Garmin has even come out with a new model for this year, the Garmin Forerunner 405 that looks more like a normal watch and like the iPhone, it has touch screen capabilities and some few extra added features. If there would be one techy gadget I would ask for Christmas, the Garmin ForeRunner 305 or 405 would be it.


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Q: How to solve 404 Error in AWS apg-get for debian jessie fetch? I have a Linux AWS machine and i started having this issue a few days ago:
Err http://deb.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 Packages

Err http://deb.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 Packages

Err http://deb.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 Packages
  404  Not Found

100% [5 Packages 9098 kB]Fetched 10.1 MB in 1s (7356 kB/s)
W: Failed to fetch http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie-updates/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Exited with code 100

my CircleCI config.yml errors out here (on install aweswebsli):
- run:
      name: Install awsebcli
      working_directory: ~/
      command: |
        sudo apt-get update
        sudo apt-get install python-dev python-pip
        sudo easy_install --upgrade six
        sudo pip install urllib3==1.21.1
        sudo pip install awsebcli==3.14.11

some solution suggest modifying
/etc/apt/resources.list

but i can't find this folder/file on my AWS Linux.
Other posts suggest replacing this line
sudo apt-get update

with
apt-get -o Acquire::Check-Valid-Until=false update

without success. Any help is appreciated.

A: The error has nothing to do with Amazon or with your CircleCI configuration.
Jessie's repos have moved to debian's archive and you need to update the following file:
/etc/apt/sources.list

The new content needs to be:
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ jessie main
deb-src http://archive.debian.org/debian/ jessie main

deb http://security.debian.org jessie/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org jessie/updates main

For more detailed information see this answer.

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The 754-HP Rivian R1S Electric SUV Could Be a Green Off-Roader for the Family
This high-tech seven-seater claims 0-60 mph in three seconds, 410 miles of range, and 39 inches of wading depth.
By Eric Brandt November 27, 2018
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Fresh off unveiling the Rivian R1T electric pickup truck in Los Angeles, the hot new startup pulled the wraps off an all-electric SUV concept called the R1S. It's a seven-seater that makes some big promises on its performance, technology, and off-road capability, all wrapped in a squared-off package that's both modern and rugged at once.
The R1S is very similar to the R1T in terms of styling, engineering, and claimed performance. They are both what Rivian calls "Electric Adventure Vehicles" which indicate zero-emission powertrains and adventurous capabilities. Rivian says the R1S will have a range of up to 410 miles, a 0-60 mph time of three seconds flat, and the ability to wade through 39 inches of water.
Both adventure vehicles will be available with three different battery pack configurations; 105 kWh, 135 kWh, and 180 kWh. The 135 kWh pack actually promises the most power (754 hp) and fastest acceleration, while the 180 kWh pack is designed to provide a longer range. Both of these models have an identical torque rating of 826 lb-ft. The 105 kWh and 135 kWh models have seven seats while the 180 kWh model only has five. All models will supposedly come standard with all-wheel drive and have a towing capacity of 7,700 pounds.
Rivian is promising advanced self-driving tech on the R1S that will enable a "hands-off, eyes-off" driving experience. It's claiming Level 3 autonomy on the highway by using cameras, lidar, radar, ultrasonic, and a GPS. Rivian also says the R1S "will have a range of self-driving features focused on enabling active lifestyles." This is seriously ambitious stuff that would be head and shoulders above anything on the road today—if Rivian can deliver on everything. That's a big if at this point, exciting as it all looks and sounds.
Rivian says deliveries will begin for models equipped with the two bigger battery packs in late 2020 with the base 105 kWh model coming in the following year. Pricing for the R1S will start at $65,000 after the federal EV tax credit. The mid-$60k range puts the R1S in the same neighborhood as the Range Rover Sport and the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT, but more importantly, it will undercut the Tesla Model X by a pretty significant margin while offering longer range. If you want to reserve your Rivian R1S now, you can put down a $1,000 refundable deposit.
Rivian is making a lot of lofty promises about the R1S and if it makes good on them, it could have a fighting chance against some of the more established players in the luxury SUV game. We'll certainly be watching.
Rivian R1T Aims to Be First Mass-Produced, Off-Road Electric Pickup Truck
The Rivian R1T electric pickup trucks promise to deliver more than 400 miles of range and 11,000 pounds of towing capacity.
Mysterious Electric Car Startup Rivian Buys Former Mitsubishi Factory in Illinois
A little-remembered EV maker has emerged from the woodworks with ambitious plans for the $100 million facility.
SUV Showdown: Lamborghini Urus Races Tesla Model X, Range Rover SVR, and Mercedes-AMG G63
No grocery bags were damaged in the making of this drag race.
Bollinger Unveils Electric B2 Pickup Truck, Claims Production Will Start in 2020
With Ford and Jeep also on the electrified bandwagon, the all-American pickup truck segment is heating up.
Havelaar Bison Electric Pickup Truck Unveiled
Right now, it looks like it's for Canada only.

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Seashmore kindly let me know that the tickets for the Kansas City Missouri Temple open house will start going on sale reservation (they're free!) on March 12. So, if you're interested in going, be sure to mark your calendar! This is one event my boyfriend and I have a little wiggle room for, but our planned dates are either April 14 or 21.
Cardinal Dolan (who was just elevated to the cardinalate this weekend) will be celebrating Mass at Holy Hill on Saturday, April 28. There are no tickets for the event, so it is first come, first served. They will be setting up a stream of the Mass in the lower basilica when seating runs out in the main sanctuary. Not sure what time my boyfriend and I plan on leaving to get to this, but it will likely be early!
Finally, remember St. Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Church in Winona, MN? It was announced close to two months ago that it would be elevated to the status of basilica. I finally found a date for the Mass during which this will take place: Sunday, September 9. The intent is to celebrate the elevation during the 10 AM Mass, but that is subject to change as the date gets closer. I'll be sure to keep the blog updated with any changes.
Winona is my hometown and though I grew up going to the Cathedral there, I have always loved St. Stan's. My mom just told me the news about them and I am so excited! It is a beautiful church!
I didn't even realize that Winona was the seat of the diocese! St. Stan's does look beautiful, and I can't wait to visit.


Robusta Poplar has green foliage throughout the season. The large heart-shaped leaves turn yellow in fall. Neither the flowers nor the fruit are ornamentally significant.
Robusta Poplar will grow to be about 60 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 40 feet. It has a high canopy with a typical clearance of 7 feet from the ground, and should not be planted underneath power lines. As it matures, the lower branches of this tree can be strategically removed to create a high enough canopy to support unobstructed human traffic underneath. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 60 years or more.


Lawmakers recently passed a new law allowing young criminal offenders a pathway for faster relief to get out from under the long term consequences of certain criminal convictions. During the 2015 legislative session a bill was passed that now allows those convicted of a crime while 25 years old or younger to petition the Court for expungement of their criminal record after 5 years has passed for certain offenses.
The bill received wide spread support in Montpelier as lawmakers recognized the long lasting effects a criminal conviction can have on young peoples ability to secure meaningful employment and further their educational goals.
Although the law allows for expungement in non-violent misdemeanor level offenses (convictions that carry 2 years or less of potential jail time), there are still a large number of offense that stay outside the purview of the law, such as felony drug possession offenses that could be in the cross hairs of lawmakers if marijuana legalization occurs in the State of Vermont.
However, for those young individuals convicted of offenses such as DUI-first, Excessive Speed, Gross Negligent Operation,Possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin or other drugs, the time for relief may be now.


We had Greg Murphy in the studio to chat about the Hamilton 400 and bad NZ drivers. Listen to the interview: Part One, Part Two.
We chatted with V8 Supercar driver Jason Richards! Listen to the interview.
Our Easter Blender Special: wine + hot cross bun + creme eggs = much gagging and pulling of faces.
Thanks to Wayne for sending this in - ouch.
Check out our Rebel Sport Super 14 predictions here, and enter your own to win an awesome party and LG TV!
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Mechanical Engineers at TTP invent novel technologies and technological products that make a difference to people's lives, grow our clients' businesses and help our business thrive. These can be in a wide range of application areas – for example saving patients' eyesight by positioning implants accurately in their eye, or making power tools safer and easier to use.
Creativity, empirical evidence, robust theoretical evidence based on mathematical or computational models, and your understanding of the technical and business objectives – these are the elements you need to combine when solving problems and setting the course of a project.
Your work will have a clear and direct impact on ambitious projects, by working in small teams with a high degree of devolved responsibility. This will draw on your broad interest in Mechanical Engineering, your ability to quickly grasp unfamiliar topics and your effective collaboration with people from a variety of backgrounds.
You will be involved in all aspects of technology and product development including invention, analysis, computational modelling, prototype design, laboratory testing, process development, and transfer to manufacturing.
A first or 2:1 in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline from a world-class university.
Ability to generate theoretical and empirical evidence.
Initiative. You seek out opportunities – whether technological, commercial, personal, or otherwise – and take action to make the most of them.


David McKay warns against "talking ourselves into" a downturn.
RBC has been looking to bring more women to the firm.
M&A bankers failed to disclose who they were.
A survey of 6,400 Apple customers finds that one in five plan to lock themselves into buying a new iPhone every 12 months.


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A tale of two stock markets: how London still trumps Paris for investors
By Reuters News Service November 29, 2022 November 28, 2022 0343
Paris' luxury-laden stock exchange is now worth more than London's. But although size matters, there are other indicators highlighting the UK capital's popularity with investors.
While the UK has seen a larger exodus from equity funds since 2020 than Paris, companies have raised more money in initial public offerings (IPOs) in London and more shares change hands in British markets every day.
France's CAC All Shares index (.PAX) is now worth almost $3 trillion, making it Europe's largest stock market by value thanks to demand for its luxury-retailer blue chips. (.FRCG)
London's FTSE All-Share index (.FTAS), meanwhile, is worth $2.8 trillion, according to Refinitiv data.
FUND FLOWS
So far in 2022, funds investing in UK stocks have seen record outflows of 23 billion euros, according to Refinitiv Lipper, up from almost 18 billion euros last year and the 14.6 billion euros shed in 2016, when Britain voted to leave the European Union.
Annual outflows from French equity funds are much smaller – at 2 billion euros this year.
IPO DESTINATION
But London remains a much larger destination in terms of number and volume of initial public offerings, even with IPO volumes down 80 per cent in Europe this year from last and more than 90 per cent in the United States, according to Dealogic.
After recording in 2021 its second strongest year for company listings since 2007, the London Stock Exchange has seen 41 debuts with a total deal value of 1.18 billion euros ($1.22 billion) so far in 2022, more than double the 474 million euros raised in 11 IPOs in Paris, according to Dealogic.
Amsterdam – Europe's largest centre by average daily value traded according to CBOE data – has only seen two IPOs so far this year totalling 411 million euros, according to Euronext.
In a volatile stock-market environment, Paris can count on large privately held stakes in its companies to offer some stability.
The average free-float of French large caps is around 70 per cent and for smaller companies around 50 per cent, according to Euronext, well below London where the average free float of the FTSE All-Share Index is almost 90 per cent of total outstanding shares, according to Refinitiv.
"For an institutional investor from an investability standpoint, the amount of free float that is still out there, the UK is still significantly bigger," said Ben Laidler, global macro strategist at eToro.
Indeed, Paris' three biggest shareholders are private investors: the Arnault family, who own half of LVMH – Europe's largest company by market capitalisation – the Hermes family and the French government. In comparison, the world's largest asset manager Blackrock leads the way in London.
In terms of market activity, Amsterdam's average daily value traded was more than 10 billion euros in October, with London a close second at 9.4 billion – about the same as Paris and Frankfurt combined, according to the data from CBOE Global Markets.
BREXIT DISCOUNT
Undermining London is the discount at which the FTSE All-Share index trades relative to world stocks (.MIWO00000PUS), which since the Brexit referendum in 2016 has grown to near its largest since 1990, at 35 per cent on a price-to-earnings metric.
DIVIDENDS AND PRICE RETURNS
Energy-heavy London wins big when it comes to dividends. In the third quarter, UK companies paid out $28.7 billion, more than seven times the total paid in France, according to Janus Henderson Investors' Global Dividend Index.
London's FTSE All-Share has also delivered better returns to investors this year. Total annualised returns for the index are 2 per cent, compared with returns of almost minus 6 per cent for the CAC All Shares, according to Refinitiv data.
FX MATTERS
It's also worth noting that currency comes into play when measuring the size of London's market against Paris' in dollar terms. Sterling has fallen around 11 per cent against the US dollar this year, while the euro has lost around 9 per cent.
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Q: Keep characters in site-link I have a dictionary/glossary which translates from one language to another.
When I fill in a certain word in the form, for example:
Çögek
After I submit I get this URL:
/search?q=%C7%F6%FEek%FD
Is there any way just to have this in the URL:
/search?q=Çögek
I think the last one is SEO friendlier... but no idea how to do that...

A: No, you can't. The encoding is required to make a valid URL.
Instead, decode the value in your receiving code (what platform are you on anyways, URL decoding is usually done automatically for you)
use urlencode and urldecode
also see rawurldecode

A: I tried with my localhost. It works for me.
$str    = "Çöşekı";
header("Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8");
header("location:example.org/word?w=".utf8_encode($str));
exit;

In redirected page, use
echo utf8_decode($_GET['w']);

Try This.
See the Html Part
<html>
<head>
      <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"; charset="utf-8">
</head>
<form name="" id="" method="get" action="">
    <input type="text" name="w" value="">
    <input type="submit" name="sub" value="submit">
</form>
</html>

A: If you are looking for SEO friendly url I suggest you have a look at Apache's Mod Rewrite and .htaccess usage.


Wolfram will join us to present the findings of the annual World Economic Forum Global Risks Report, being launched in January 2019.
Wolfram will provide an overview of the global risks featured in the report and then focus on those that will impact NZ business during the coming year.
The Global Risks Report provides insights into the key global risks facing business and government. It offers the collective view of risk experts across the globe as to the most significant threats to global prosperity over the next decade.
Wolfram is Executive Director of Marsh & McLennan Insights in Asia Pacific and a Singapore-based partner within Oliver Wyman's Finance & Risk Practice. He has over 20 years' experience in risk management advisory with one of his specialisations being integrating risk into strategic decision making and financial performance. He is the author of numerous reports on a broad range of risk management topics including emerging risks, scenario-based planning and cyber risk.


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Privacy Policy CalChamber Alert App Google
The Alert App (the "Application") is operated and maintained by the California Chamber of Commerce ("CalChamber"). Your privacy is one of our primary concerns so we make every effort to provide you with a safe and private environment. This Privacy Policy tells you what information we gather and how we use it. Please read it carefully. This Privacy Policy applies only to the information collected by us on or in connection with the Application and does not describe the ways in which we may collect or use information through any other means, including via our various websites. It also does not cover any information collected by a third party, including third-party websites that may be linked to CalChamber websites. If you click on any link or ad within the Application, you will be directed to the specific website identified in the link or which is associated with the ad. Once you have landed on that specific website, the privacy policy of that website will govern while you view that online content. This Privacy Policy applies only to the information collected while you are in the Application itself. We recommend you review the privacy policies associated with all websites you may visit.
By downloading, purchasing, accessing and/or otherwise using the Application, you affirmatively consent to our collection and use of information in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy will remain in full force and effect, even if your use of the Application terminates, expires, ceases, is suspended or deactivated for any reason. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not purchase, download, access or otherwise use the Application. This Privacy Policy applies if you use Google Play to download the Application.
We will collect only non-identifiable information such as download errors, times launched, access times, content visited, and ads viewed when you launch, access, interact with and/or otherwise use the Application.
How We Use Non-Identifiable Information
We may use your non-identifiable information for many purposes, including, but not limited to, customizing, analyzing and improving our products, services, technologies, and communications. CalChamber will share this information with third parties only when legally required or to protect our rights.
Notification of Privacy Changes
CalChamber reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. When changes are made they will be posted. Your continued use of the Application after we post a revised Privacy Policy signifies your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. It is therefore important that you review this Privacy Policy regularly to ensure you are updated as to any changes.
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Q: ionic 4 Class not found error using native storage I can't tell why native storage is failing. I have a service that implements it like so:-
constructor( private store: NativeStorage) {
    //
}

Then calling:
this.store.getItem(key)

For this I get an error:

A: I was able to fix this error by removing and adding android platform.

*

*ionic cordova platform remove android

*ionic cordova platform add android
After that I got these warnings.

I followed the instructions in the terminal by running

*

*npm i -g cordova-res

*ionic cordova resources android --force
When everything was done I reinstalled my app on my android device by using this command: ionic cordova run android --device -l --debug


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Q: MySQL query getting first columns data & MySQL query getting duplicate data So my problem is that I'm trying to get all first_name from a students table, but when I do mysqli_fetch_array and output the results using print_r()1, it outputs only the first first_name in the table.
Students Table
students_id | first_name | last_name | teacher_id
1           | abc        | efg       | 10
2           | 123        | xyz       | 10

So the output is Array ( [0] => wda [first_name] => wda ). But I want it to output both the first_name.
Also I'm getting a duplicate of the same data.
Example
Array ( [0] => abc [first_name] => abc )

The array is storing abc twice, so how can I not get a duplicate of the data?
PHP Code
<!DOCTYPE html>

    <title>Name Tags</title>

    <?php

        require '../../connect.php';

        $results = mysqli_query($link, "SELECT first_name FROM students");

        if($results) {
            $results_arr = mysqli_fetch_array($results);

            print_r($results_arr);

            if(is_array($results_arr)) {
                foreach ($results_arr as $fname) {
                    echo "

$fname

                    ";
                }
            } else {
                echo '
Empty
';
            }
        } else {
            echo 'Sorry, we ran into an error, please try again later.';
        }

     ?>

A: mysqli_fetch_array() (and the other mysqli_fetch_XXX() functions) just returns one row of the results. You have to call it in a loop to get all the rows. You don't need to loop over this array, just access the columns you want.
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($results)) {
    $fname = $row['first_name'];
    echo "
$fname
";
}

A: Mysqli_fetch_array() only retrieves a single row of output:
while($r=mysqli_fetch_array($result)) {
  print $r[0] . "
";
}


Life Insurance: Is it a good investment?
Why policy holders lose track of their investments.
According to experts there are billions of rands sitting in unclaimed insurance, investment and funeral policies, pension funds and provident funds….


Northern Italian: from the Germanic personal name Maino, a short form of compound names beginning with the element magin 'strength'.
Where is the Maino family from?
You can see how Maino families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Maino family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1841 and 1920. The most Maino families were found in the USA in 1920. In 1920 there were 14 Maino families living in New York. This was about 22% of all the recorded Maino's in the USA. New York had the highest population of Maino families in 1920.
Use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Maino surname lived. Within census records, you can often find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, and occupations.
What did your Maino ancestors do for a living?
Census records can tell you a lot of little known facts about your Maino ancestors, such as occupation. Occupation can tell you about your ancestor's social and economic status.
What Maino family records will you find?
There are 3,000 census records available for the last name Maino. Like a window into their day-to-day life, Maino census records can tell you where and how your ancestors worked, their level of education, veteran status, and more.
There are 642 immigration records available for the last name Maino. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the USA, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.
There are 1,000 military records available for the last name Maino. For the veterans among your Maino ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.
You've only scratched the surface of Maino family history.
What is the average Maino lifespan?
Between 1967 and 2004, in the United States, Maino life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1999, and highest in 2001. The average life expectancy for Maino in 1967 was 84, and 74 in 2004.
An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your Maino ancestors lived in harsh conditions. A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in your family. The SSDI is a searchable database of more than 70 million names. You can find birthdates, death dates, addresses and more.


In my previous post, you have seen Internet On Your Phone, Without GPRS - Shorthand Mobile Application. In this post I will tell you how to take screen shots of any Nokia mobile.
WHY WE NEED SCREEN CAPTURE?
To capture an error message so that you can forward that to your friends or some experts to gain solution.
To capture your favorite Nokia theme to share with your friends through email or some social networking site like Facebook.
To capture and share your favorite game or application screen shots with friends.
But taking Screenshot of Nokia S40 Handset is so hard, that there is no Java Mobile Application that could take screenshot. For those now its easy to take Screenshots, here is the application NOKIA SCREEN DUMPER, the Application would run on Pc and you have to connect your Phone.
It allows users to show their device screen on PC real-time, do snapshots.
It allows you to take Screen Shots of your games and applications like operamini etc with JAVA mode.
Application would work for all the Nokia Handsets that supports JAVA.
Click here to download Nokia Screen Dumper for free.
But you click on DOWNLOAD NOW and it will works fine.
1- Connect your Phone to your Pc via USB before connecting and close all the Nokia Softwares i.e Nokia Pc Suite, Nokia Ovi Suite or Nokia Software Updater.
2- Run the Application – NSD (in the Extracted Folder), navigate to File > Connect.
3- After Connecting Phone, press any key of your Phone and then click Dump. The Screenshot will be of the screen that is showing on your Phone.
4- Click on Save Dump and save it wherever you want. You could save your Screenshot in JPG, BMP or in PNG.
5- If you want to take screenshot when an App is running.
Mark JAVA, run an App and click on Dump.
THESE STEPS ARE SHOWN IN THE BELOW FIGURE.
HAVE ANY PROBLEM, FEEL FREE, PLEASE MAKE YOUR COMMENT BELOW.
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can you please tell me how to change games , mail and photos icons by making theme from carbide.ui ?
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package jace.lawless;

import jace.Emulator;
import jace.LawlessLegends;
import jace.apple2e.RAM128k;
import jace.core.Keyboard;
import jace.core.RAM;
import jace.core.Utility;
import jace.hardware.massStorage.CardMassStorage;
import jace.library.DiskType;
import jace.library.MediaConsumer;
import jace.library.MediaEntry;
import jace.library.MediaEntry.MediaFile;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
import java.util.Optional;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;

/**
 *
 * @author brobert
 */
public class LawlessImageTool implements MediaConsumer {

    Optional<Label> icon = Optional.empty();
    MediaEntry gameMediaEntry;
    MediaFile gameMediaFile;

    public LawlessImageTool() {
        icon = Utility.loadIconLabel("game_icon.png");
        icon.ifPresent(i -> {
            i.setText("Upgrade Game");
        });
    }

    @Override
    public Optional<Label> getIcon() {
        return icon;
    }

    @Override
    public void setIcon(Optional<Label> i) {
        icon = i;
    }

    @Override
    public void insertMedia(MediaEntry e, MediaEntry.MediaFile f) throws IOException {
        Utility.decision("Upgrade Game", "Do you want to attempt to preserve your save game?", "Yes", "No", () -> performGameUpgradeConfirmation(e, f), () -> replaceGameImageConfirmation(e, f));
    }

    public void performGameUpgradeConfirmation(MediaEntry e, MediaEntry.MediaFile f) {
        Utility.confirm("Upgrade Game",
                "This will upgrade your game and attempt to copy your progress.  "
                + "If this is unsuccessful you will lose your progress and have to start over.  Proceed?",
                () -> performGameUpgrade(e, f));
    }

    public void replaceGameImageConfirmation(MediaEntry e, MediaEntry.MediaFile f) {
        Utility.confirm("Upgrade Game",
                "You are about to replace your game and lose any saved progress.  Proceed?",
                () -> performGameReplace(e, f));
    }

    @Override
    public MediaEntry getMediaEntry() {
        return gameMediaEntry;
    }

    @Override
    public MediaFile getMediaFile() {
        return gameMediaFile;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isAccepted(MediaEntry e, MediaEntry.MediaFile f) {
        return e.type == DiskType.FLOPPY800 || e.type == DiskType.LARGE;
    }

    @Override
    public void eject() {
        // Do nothing
    }

    private void insertHardDisk(int drive, MediaEntry entry, MediaFile file) {
        RAM memory = Emulator.getComputer().memory;

        memory.getCard(7).ifPresent(card -> {
            try {
                ((CardMassStorage) card).getConsumers()[drive].insertMedia(entry, file);
            } catch (IOException ex) {
                Logger.getLogger(LawlessLegends.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
            }
        });

        if (drive == 0) {
            gameMediaEntry = entry;
            gameMediaFile = file;
        }

    }

    private void readCurrentDisk(int drive) {
        RAM memory = Emulator.getComputer().memory;

        memory.getCard(7).ifPresent(card -> {
            gameMediaEntry = ((CardMassStorage) card).getConsumers()[drive].getMediaEntry();
            gameMediaFile = ((CardMassStorage) card).getConsumers()[drive].getMediaFile();
        });
    }

    private void ejectHardDisk(int drive) {
        RAM memory = Emulator.getComputer().memory;

        memory.getCard(7).ifPresent(card -> {
            ((CardMassStorage) card).getConsumers()[drive].eject();
        });

        if (drive == 0) {
            gameMediaEntry = null;
            gameMediaFile = null;
        }
    }

    public void loadGame() {
        // Insert game disk image
        MediaEntry e = new MediaEntry();
        e.author = "8 Bit Bunch";
        e.name = "Lawless Legends";
        e.type = DiskType.LARGE;
        MediaFile f = new MediaEntry.MediaFile();
        f.path = getGamePath("game.2mg");

        if (f.path != null && f.path.exists()) {
            insertHardDisk(0, e, f);
        }
    }

    private File getGamePath(String filename) {
        File base = getApplicationStoragePath();
        File target = new File(base, filename);
        if (!target.exists()) {
            copyResource(filename, target);
        }
        return target;
    }

    private File getApplicationStoragePath() {
        String path = System.getenv("APPDATA");
        if (path == null) {
            path = System.getProperty("user.home");
        }
        if (path == null) {
            path = ".";
        }
        File base = new File(path);
        File appPath = new File(base, "lawless-legends");
        appPath.mkdirs();
        return appPath;
    }

    private void copyResource(String filename, File target) {
        File localResource = new File(".", filename);
        InputStream in = null;
        if (localResource.exists()) {
            try {
                in = new FileInputStream(localResource);
            } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
                Logger.getLogger(LawlessLegends.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
            }
        } else {
            in = getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("jace/data/" + filename);
        }
        if (in != null) {
            try {
                java.nio.file.Files.copy(in, target.toPath(), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
            } catch (IOException ex) {
                Logger.getLogger(LawlessLegends.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
            }
        } else {
            Logger.getLogger(LawlessLegends.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, "Unable to find resource {0}", filename);
        }
    }

    private void performGameReplace(MediaEntry e, MediaFile f) {
        try {
            File target = getMediaFile().path;
            ejectHardDisk(0);
            java.nio.file.Files.copy(f.path.toPath(), target.toPath(), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
            f.path = target;
            insertHardDisk(0, e, f);
            Emulator.getComputer().coldStart();
            System.out.println("Upgrade completed");
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(LawlessImageTool.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
            Utility.gripe(ex.getMessage());
        }
    }

    private void performGameUpgrade(MediaEntry e, MediaFile f) {
        try {
            System.out.println("Game upgrade starting");
            readCurrentDisk(0);
            MediaEntry originalEntry = gameMediaEntry;
            MediaFile originalFile = gameMediaFile;

            // Put in new disk and boot it -- we want to use its importer in case that importer works better!
            ejectHardDisk(0);
            insertHardDisk(0, e, f);
            Emulator.getComputer().coldStart();
            if (!waitForText("I)mport", 1)) {
                Emulator.getComputer().coldStart();
                if (!waitForText("I)mport", 1000)) {
                    throw new Exception("Unable to detect upgrade prompt - Upgrade aborted.");
                }
            }
            System.out.println("Menu Propmt detected");

            Keyboard.pasteFromString("i");
            if (!waitForText("Insert disk for import", 100)) {
                throw new Exception("Unable to detect first insert prompt - Upgrade aborted.");
            }
            System.out.println("First Propmt detected");

            // Now put in the original disk to load its saved game (hopefully!)
            ejectHardDisk(0);
            insertHardDisk(0, originalEntry, originalFile);

            Keyboard.pasteFromString(" ");
            if (!waitForText("Game imported", 100)) {
                throw new Exception("Unable to detect second insert prompt - Upgrade aborted.");
            }
            System.out.println("Completing upgrade");
            // Now we copy the new game disk over the old and insert it to write the save game and complete the upgrade.
            File target = getMediaFile().path;
            ejectHardDisk(0);
            java.nio.file.Files.copy(f.path.toPath(), target.toPath(), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
            f.path = target;
            insertHardDisk(0, e, f);
            Keyboard.pasteFromString(" ");
            System.out.println("Upgrade completed");
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(LawlessImageTool.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
            Utility.gripe(ex.getMessage());
        }
    }

    private boolean waitForText(String message, int timeout) throws InterruptedException {
        LawlessComputer compy = Emulator.getComputer();
        RAM128k mem = (RAM128k) compy.getMemory();
        while (timeout-- > 0) {
            StringBuilder allText = new StringBuilder();
            for (int i = 0x0400; i < 0x07ff; i++) {
                allText.append((char) (mem.getMainMemory().readByte(i) & 0x07f));
            }
            if (allText.toString().contains(message)) {
                return true;
            } else {
                compy.waitForVBL();
            }
        }
        return false;
    }
}

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In Pictures selected
Your pictures: Lakes
https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-23273069
Readers' photos on the theme of lakes.
Each week we publish a gallery of readers' pictures on a set theme. This week it is "lakes" and we begin with this photograph of Lake Naivasha in Kenya, taken by Simon Hewett.
Rhea Andrada: "A school of fish in one of the lakes in Jiuzhaigou Valley, [China,] a Unesco World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve."
Ieuan Yusuf-George: "Isola dei Pescatori on Lago Maggiore seen through the summer haze on our late afternoon ferry trip back to Baveno[, Italy]."
Guy Butler: "One of Glencoe's small lakes looking east across the Scottish Highlands."
Alex Wilson: "The overflow of Ladybower Reservoir in the Peak District looks just like somebody has removed a giant bathplug"
Rory Browne: "A few years ago I went out with my uncle to try some photography as the night was coming on, bringing with it a light mist that was lying in the valleys and on the lakes, looking beautifully ethereal, so we went up to Talla Reservoir[, Peeblesshire,] to catch the sunset."
John Edwards: "Taken from the summit of Snowdon, [Gwynedd,] the lake in the foreground is Llyn Llydaw and the lakes in the background are Llynnau Mymbyr near to Capel Curig."
Adil Iqbal: "Taken at Plitvice Lakes National Park, whilst on holiday in Croatia this past spring. The World Heritage Site encloses 16 crystal clear lakes, all a shade of azure blue and connected by waterfalls and cascades. Breathtaking."
Tom Mononen: "A fisherman on Inle Lake at sunset in Burma. This man seemed to be looking for something, perhaps a net he left. The peace in the image was lost at the time as we shot past this scene at high speed with a noisy diesel engine chugging away. Our guide wanted to get back before the sun went behind the hills; he didn't succeed."
Jim McVeigh: "This is a World War II Curtiss SB2C Helldiver being retrieved from Otay Lake, near San Diego, California, 65 years after it crashed during training. The plane was discovered by a sport fisherman using a sonar fish-finder."
Gabrielle Valdez: "I took this photo of an 'open sauna' at Lake Bogoria in Kenya last April. People seemed to enjoy the steam from the hot springs despite the extremely hot temperature."
Jo Cameron: "My daughter Anna fishing at sunset on Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe. A fantastic holiday."
Jim Harmer: "Waiting for wind on Bassenthwait Lake in the Lake District."
And finally... a photograph of the Emerald Lakes in Tongariro National Park, New Zealand by Sean Harrison. The next theme is "racing" and the deadline for your entries is 16 July. If you would like to enter, send your pictures to yourpics@bbc.co.uk. Further details and terms can be found by following the link below this gallery.
We set the theme; you take the pictures


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Geely Recruits Top Jaguar Exec to Lead its UK Design Studio
Interesting, International, News
Chinese auto giant Geely have announced yet another expansion as they are opening a new design studio in UK. Geely has hired Wayne Burgess who was associated with JLR (Jaguar Land Rover) as Design Director, to head up the new facility.
Related: World Famous Designers Now Designing Chinese Cars
Peter Horbury, the former Volvo design chief who has been associated as Executive Vice President of Design for Geely Auto Group, said:
"The addition of Geely Design UK showcases Geely's commitment to the UK and also shows Britain's leading position in the areas of creativity and design. Wayne brings with him a wealth of experience in premium car design which will help us develop our brands."
According to the automaker, Geely Design UK will expand to include around 100 designers and support staff within the next five years and will support the in-house design functions of the Geely Auto Group portfolio, which includes Geely Auto, Lynk & Co, Proton and Lotus, as well as support for the London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC).
Related: Former Rolls Royce Design Director Joins FAW as Global Vice President of Design
Wayne, who will become Vice President of Geely Design UK, said:
"I am looking forward to working closely with Peter and the wider Geely Design team. Geely Design has moved quickly to establish itself over the past five years, growing to become one of the strongest teams in the automotive design field."
A Coventry graduate, Wayne joined JLR in 1997, and apart from a two-year stint at Aston Martin Lagonda, has been at the company ever since. Wayne spent the last 17 years at Jaguar in several senior management roles and had a hand in helping shape such key vehicles as the F-Type sports car and the F-Pace, Jaguar's SUV.
Tags:GeelyJaguar Land RoverJLR
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Singularity University Grads Plan to Help a Billion People in 10 Years
A Silicon Valley school backed by NASA and Google unveils grand plans to help humanity
Future Learning Made Fun
Saving the world doesn't mean you can't have fun, too.Singularity University
University grads everywhere may feel pressure to succeed, but the stakes ramp up when your school's co-founders include AI visionary Ray Kurzweil and Peter Diamandis of the X Prize Foundation. Now recent grads of Singularity U have announced their strategies for using emerging technologies to help one billion people over the next 10 years.
Four teams of grads proposed ideas ranging from a disaster response network to an intelligent transportation grid. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the 40 students of the Silicon Valley school include recent college grads and company CEOs, and that many have advanced degrees from the likes of Harvard, MIT and Stanford.
One Global Voice envisions modular programming tools that anyone can use to create cell phone applications to boost education and commerce among the developed and developing worlds. The idea relies on the rapid spread of cell phones among even poorer nations, and perhaps the rampant success of iPhone applications.
Gettaround wants an intelligent transportation grid that can boost energy efficiency. That would start with a marketplace where car owners can lease their underused vehicles to renters, and could even use sensors and cell phones to create travel updates in real-time.
Domus 3D Printing looks to scale up 3-D printing technologies, which have already begun creating items from silicone and even stainless steel. The end goal involves creating affordable and customizable housing on a mass scale.
Finally, XIDAR hopes to create a communications network for disaster response situations. That might include smart phone applications with GPS-based guides for evacuation, and "eTriage" bracelets that transmit vital signs of injured victims to medics and physicians.
Some of the ideas may not remain mere visions for long. The teams presented their work on Thursday at the NASA Ames Research Center in California to a crowd of venture capitalists and business leaders. Both NASA and Google also had representatives in attendance, given their backing of Singularity U.
Would-be future leaders may want to start dusting off that CV and apply to the next class -- just don't get discouraged by the four-percent acceptance rate. But then again, PopSci has found that some inventors don't even wait until college to start cranking out the ideas.
[San Francisco Chronicle via Fast Company]


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Q: How to download a file to KnownFolder using BackroundTransfer? I'm testing BackgroundTransfer on Windows Phone 8.1 RT and I'm facing strange issue, when I try to download a file to one of the KnownFolders.
The code is as follow:
string address = @"http://www.onereason.org/archive/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/universe.jpg";
StorageFile tempFile = await KnownFolders.PicturesLibrary.CreateFileAsync("temp.jpg", CreationCollisionOption.ReplaceExisting);
BackgroundDownloader manager = new BackgroundDownloader();
var operation = manager.CreateDownload(new Uri(address), tempFile);
IProgress<DownloadOperation> progressH = new Progress<DownloadOperation>((p) =>
{ Debug.WriteLine("Transferred: {0}, Total: {1}", p.Progress.BytesReceived, p.Progress.TotalBytesToReceive); });
await operation.StartAsync().AsTask(progressH);
Debug.WriteLine("BacgroundTransfer created");

It's quite simple and works if I download to ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder, but if I do it like above, the transfer never completes, though the progresshandler says all bytes have been received:

The code never reaches the line Debug.WriteLine("BacgroundTransfer created"); and if I take a look at proccesses on the phone, I can see that RuntimeBroker is using the CPU at 100%:

obviously it's also continuing its work after you finish debugging the app and the phone becomes hotter and hotter. The fastest way to cancel this situation is to uninstall the app, as with this action all corresponding background transfers are cancelled.
All the necessary capabilieties are being set. I can for example download the file to LocalFolder and then copy to KnownFolder, but it's additional redundant action. Is there a way to download a file directly to KnownFolder? Have I missed something?


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The Transformation Continues for Humility Homes and Services
By Quad Cities Community Foundation
BETTENDORF, IOWA (November 17, 2022) — In late 2020, Humility Homes and Services received a $100,000 Transformation Grant from the Quad Cities Community Foundation to help pilot its supportive housing model, a holistic approach combining stable affordable housing with wraparound services. Just this week, Humility announced that a new $1 million grant from the US Bureau of Justice Administration will allow it, in partnership with the Seventh Judicial District Department of Correctional Services, to expand the program across five Iowa counties with an emphasis on supporting justice-involved individuals.
"We're thrilled to celebrate this wonderful news for Humility Homes and Services and for our community," said Kelly Thompson, the Community Foundation's vice-president of grant-making and community initiatives. "This is a reminder that we continue to see results from these grants long after the grant period, in part because they address big systemic community issues that require sustained effort to make change. We can't always predict what those long-term results will be, but we know that the grantees are laying groundwork for them."
"The Transformation Grant really helped make this possible," said Ashley Velez, Humility's executive director.
"The Community Foundation is a funder very engaged in the outcomes of this work — and not just with our project, but with other community issues, too," said Ryan Bobst, Humility's strategic initiatives and grant manager. "Being involved early in the planning stages is strategic for the community and gives our project credibility to move forward."
Early on, the Transformation Grant helped bring another funder to the table — the Ryan Foundation of Omaha, Nebraska, which matched the Community Foundation's grant and then made an even larger additional contribution. Together, the grants allowed Humility to acquire affordable housing units for ten individuals experiencing chronic homelessness and provide intensive case-management to help those individuals gain stability and reintegrate into the community in healthy ways.
The support fueled the organization's ability, over the course of the pilot, to demonstrate the program's effectiveness. This was critical for positioning it to earn even more funding, including the new $1 million grant, which is the only grant of its kind awarded by the Bureau of Justice Administration grant this year. According to Bobst, the ten participants in the pilot experienced a 100-percent reduction in homeless-shelter stays and an 87-percent reduction in jail stays, as well as a reduction in hospital stays. At the same time, costs to Scott County dropped $117,000 in one year because those individuals were no longer relying on those non-housing resources for their housing needs.
"We were able to show that it's a lot less expensive to keep people stably-housed than to keep paying for that revolving door of jail, hospital, and homeless shelter," he said. "And the anecdotal stories we've heard from those ten people who have been housed are just amazing. Some have experienced homelessness for years and hundreds of days in jail, and now they're finding stability. One individual is on medication and attending services regularly; he has income now through disability as well as a part-time job for the first time in over twelve years. Those are the success stories that drive a lot of people to keep going."
The new grant will bring the program's total number of supportive housing units to more than 100 and allow it to reach at least forty clients, including families, each year — at least 120 individuals over the lifetime of the grant. By focusing on community members involved in the justice system, this phase of the program aims to reduce recidivism, relieving Iowa's overburdened correctional system and helping clients achieve stability. Recent data from Iowa shows that a lack of affordable housing keeps many formerly incarcerated individuals from successfully reentering the local community.
As an effective solution for one challenge within the Quad Cities' wider affordable-housing crisis, Humility's expanded supportive-housing program will help build a more equitable region. "People of color are impacted by the justice system and homelessness at higher rates," said Velez. "This program really brings to light the idea that everybody deserves a place to call home."
"During the pandemic, we saw that the disparities and discrepancies that already existed were wrenched wider open," Bobst added.
Humility's research has identified more than 1,000 people in Scott County who fit a "high-need" threshold of utilizing both the jail system and homelessness system. "So, we're excited about the accomplishments we've had," said Bobst, "but the data tells us that there's still more work to do."
TRANSFORMATION GRANTS
Since 2015, the Quad Cities Community Foundation has awarded nearly $1.5 million in Transformation Grants to area non-profits that are transforming the region through innovative, proactive efforts to address systemic community issues. Funds are made possible thanks to the generous donors who give to the Quad Cities Community Impact Fund, which provides annual grant support for the most pressing needs and promising opportunities in the Quad Cities region. Past Transformation Grants include:
Quad Cities Housing Council, for implementing the Quad Cities Affordable Housing Vision — $350,000 over three years
United Way of the Quad Cities Area, for the United for Equity Fund — $100,000
Humility Homes & Services, for reducing homelessness through more effective service systems — $100,000
East Moline & United Township School Districts, for bridging the digital divide for students through neighborhood Wi-Fi access — $100,000
Vera French Mental Health Center, for expanding Evidence-Based Supported Employment in the Quad Cities — $100,000
Mercado on Fifth, for year-round Mercado and Business Incubator — $100,000
Robert Young Center, for the Youth Suicide and Self-Harm Support Program — $100,000
EveryChild, for the expansion of successful Doula Program from Rock Island to Scott County — $100,000
Family Resources, for the Comprehensive Care Coordination Services Program — $100,000
Grow Quad Cities, for the Q2030 Regional Action Plan — $100,000
United Way of the Quad Cities, for the Born Learning Initiative — $100,000
SAL Family and Community Services, for opportunities for Quad Cities collaboration — $20,000
Quad Cities Housing Council, for Rapid Re-Housing and Homelessness Prevention — $100,000
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Introductory remarks on disciplinary themes of urban and regional analysis and planning.
Formation of groups and assigning exercise themes.
Illustration of the method of investigation for the exercises .
Urban primary and secondary investigations.
The cartographic information system for the urban investigations.
Natural and antrophic survey matrices.
Social investigations: anthropogenic factors (demographic and social).
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Elements of urban morphology: the urban fabric; polarizations of civil and religious interest; the outdoor.
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Follow the Mikvah!
Have you ever immersed yourself in a mikvah? Probably not, unless you are an orthodox woman. Modern mikvahs look like what would be a very tiny swimming pool in Los Angeles. Yet going to the mikvah is an age-old requirement for Jewish women, as a kind of ritual purification after menstruation or an illness. Immersion in the mikvah – you have to be squeaky clean before you descend its steps into the water — can be a celebratory ritual, too – before a wedding, or after the birth of a child, or as part of a conversion ceremony. There are attendants to help you, like a spa. You recite beautiful prayers and feel wonderful afterwards. I immersed completely – not a strand of hair can show above the water — in the mikvah the day before I was ordained as a rabbi. I'm not orthodox. You don't have to be orthodox to go to the mikvah. If you can't swim, the attendant will kneel beside the pool and hold your hand.
Men can go as well, separately, and religious Jews often do – as bridegrooms perhaps or before the Sabbath. If it's a conversion, the supporting Rabbi will accompany you.
There are strict standards to maintain, though. The mikvah's water must be natural, spotlessly clean, and constantly circulating from a fresh source (oceans, rivers, spring-fed lakes, even rainwater or ice or snow collected to meet specific transport and handling regulations). It is usually housed in an enclosed space either built into the ground or attached to a building. It can't be a portable arrangement. Most mikvahs today have water-purification and filtration systems, which makes the plumbing expensive to maintain.
Alternatively, you can simply immerse yourself completely in the sea three times and say the prayers, but there is the danger of currents sweeping you away, and the weather doesn't always cooperate. So mikvahs are indoors. Of course, with indoor plumbing, hot water, and even luxury bathtubs available in North America today, many Jewish women no longer feel the need to go to the mikvah. Like an appendix, it seems unnecessary, an anachronism.
But the mikvah is not just about cleanliness of the body. It's not a bath. You have to take a bath or shower and clip your nails BEFORE you enter the mikvah squeaky clean. There is a strong spiritual dimension involved. It's a Jewish RITUAL bath, in which you immerse ALL of you. Three times, and with each immersion you say a special prayer, ending with the core Hebrew prayer, the Shema ("Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord I One"). Guests may sit behind a screen and offer prayers and blessings, even songs, as well. It's an occasion.
And where there is a mikvah, you can be sure there will be a synagogue. Some people say, "Follow the money!" In this case, you can say, "Follow the mikvah!" That's why people in Brazil were so excited when a centuries-old mikvah was discovered in Recife in the year 2000. Interested archeologists, who already possessed old maps and records, had started to dig – eight floors down — beneath a building in the old Street of the Jews (Rua dos Judeus). And they found it! So they knew. That's where the oldest synagogue in the Americas had once been.
Yes, it was the site of the old Kahal Zur Israel synagogue, founded in 1630. A congregation of Jewish refugees from the Inquisition in Europe had prayed there until the conquering Portuguese banned Judaism in Brazil. So by 1654, the Jews were forced to flee again. Or else to hide their religion as conversos, sometimes in the interior wilds of Brazil. Eventually, they created prosperous sugar plantations and other thriving businesses and are credited with building up the economy of Brazil in many ways.
Although many Brazilian Jews left for Israel in 1948, about 120,000 Jews still populate Brazil today, largely centered in the big cities of Sao Paulo or Rio de Janiero, home of Carnival. Unfortunately, in latter years, there has been some anti-Israel sentiment in Brazil, with its recently deposed President holding strong pro-Palestinian views.
But the Jewish community is still strong. And today, directly across the street from the recently rebuilt Kahal Zur Israel (which means "Rock of Israel") synagogue in Recife stands a Jewish museum and cultural center. What makes the complex extraordinary is that part of the excavated mikvah is on display right there — protectively covered by glass. It was this ritual bath's discovery that reactivated philanthropic interest in rebuilding the old synagogue in the spot where it once stood.
Although the museum and cultural center are stunningly beautiful, throughout the time I was there, my eyes kept returning to the excavated mikvah; my heart was in the mikvah, my thoughts spilling into its protected waters.
In Los Angeles, where I live, I serve from time to time as one of the dayanim – one of the three rabbis that make up a rabbinic court known as a Beit Din (House of Justice). After a conversion acceptance, it is a joyful part of our task to accompany the applicant to the mikvah to complete the conversion process. For me, each time it is a mystical moment, connecting all of those present to the Divine. Each time I have tears in my eyes, just as I did looking into this mikvah dating back to the 1600s — and excavated at the very beginning of the third millenium in what, for me, no longer felt like a foreign land.
May you find only beauty and fulfillment
Within the embrace of Judaism.
May it illuminate your path, enrich your life,
And elevate your soul.
May you bring to the diverse people of this world
All the sweetness and goodness you have to offer.
May you continue to grow from strength to strength,
And may you always be a blessing for the Jewish people.


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Our library is a fun and exciting place to be! Each grade has a scheduled library time. Grades 4K - 4 come once a week for a half hour for story time and to check out books. Grades 5 - 8 are able to check out books during scheduled class times.
St. Mary's has a wonderful program where books are donated to the library in honor of a child's birthday, honoring a special occasion, or in memory of someone who has died. A special label is created for the memorial book indicating who donated the book and the reason for this special gift. If you are interested in donating or purchasing a memorial book, please contact the school office at 715-443-3430.
My husband, Ron, and I were born and raised in Marathon, as were our children, Josh, Laura and Liz. In addition we have been blessed with nine grandchildren. We all attended St. Mary's School and have fond, fun memories of our time here.
I began my career at St. Mary's many years ago. I began volunteering in my children's classrooms and for the past nineteen years, I've been the school librarian. I love children and books, so I consider this the perfect job!
I feel one of our greatest accomplishments in the library is the Accelerated Reading (AR) Program. It is amazing to watch our students move through the school year and experience great growth with their reading skills. It is because of our excellent teachers that we are able to encourage reading with this program.
I am very grateful for the support of our families and parish members and their generosity which allows our library to continue to grow each year.


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A recent survey from the CIPD, the HR professionals' body, found that almost half (48%) of UK employers who employ EU nationals believe that Brexit has led to an increase in the number of those expressing insecurity about their jobs. UK nationals working in the EU are no doubt experiencing similar emotions.
When employees feel insecure, they often become less motivated and productive. Equally worrying for employers is that with some employees no longer feeling welcome in their adopted countries, it could become increasingly difficult to retain those with key knowledge and skills.
Impact on individuals
For many EU nationals working in Britain, the result of the referendum came as a shock. The reaction of Anouk de Jong (not her real name) is typical. Originally from the Netherlands, the HR executive has lived and worked in London for many years, enjoying what she describes as a very multinational way of life. When she first heard the referendum result, she thought of immediately going back to mainland Europe.
"But I'm not alone," she says. "I have a son who was raised in Britain and is in the British education system, and I don't want to move him into a different education system."
Almost three years after the referendum, de Jong and others in her position no longer fear being thrown out of the UK when it leaves the EU. She recently applied for "settled status" under the EU Settlement scheme, which gives EU citizens the right to continue to live and work in the UK. Yet, she is still not sure of her long-term future is in Britain. "For the moment my plan is to stay but when my son has finished his education, it's something we will review," she says.
British nationals working in the remaining EU member states have also been affected. Oliver Wright, Global Service Delivery Manager at SD WORX has lived and worked in the Benelux countries for 20 years, first in the Netherlands and then in Belgium, where he met his wife. He recalls feeling "stunned" by the referendum result. "The fact that freedom of movement - the ability to travel, to work in different countries and to fall in love, as I did with my wife - may not be available to many people in the future is for me very sad," he says.
Wright applied for Belgium citizenship as an "insurance policy" shortly after hearing the referendum result, and now has dual nationality. So, he does not feel personally insecure. But he is concerned about the possible impact of Brexit on his team, which is split between Antwerp, Glasgow and Reading. It could, for example, become harder to move roles from one of these cities to another, and to recruit EU nationals with specific knowledge and skills for jobs in the UK and vice versa.
Employers, in Wright's view, need to help their employees get ready for Brexit, "But the challenge is that it's not very clear what to prepare for," he adds.
Keeping employees engaged
Despite this lack of clarity, there is a lot employers can do to keep employees motivated and engaged as we head towards the UK's postponed departure from the EU. Here are a few suggestions.
Admit that you don't know how Brexit will turn out but commit to sharing what you do know with employees.
Make sure that line managers and HR team members are updated on the latest Brexit developments, so that they can answer at least some of the questions employees are likely to ask.
Listen to employees and try to understand their concerns. This will help make them feel valued – and less likely to want to return to their countries of origin.
Be as open and transparent as possible about the organisation's plans and strategies for dealing with Brexit. Keeping the workforce in the dark will only fuel fear and insecurity.
Facing Brexit with confidence
Preparing for Brexit isn't easy. But you need not struggle alone. SD Worx offers a range of HR and legal advice services to help your business deal with uncertainty and thrive as the Brexit story unfolds.
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3 HR and Management Resolutions for 2020
From being healthier to digital detoxes, many of us adopt resolutions at the start of the new year. However, it's not only personal resolutions that should be set in January each year - professional goals should not be overlooked either. Employees might focus on their work/life balance or wellbeing, or might embark on various training sessions to improve their skills.
The Changing Workforce: top trends to improve employee engagement
There's no doubt that the world of work has changed in the past decade. Organisations have been more focused on employee wellbeing and happiness than ever before, with some even considering the option of a four-day working week. Wellbeing was also a key topic at the CIPD's annual conference in Manchester this year, which provided attendees with the opportunity to discuss and debate how to successfully manage mental health and wellbeing in international organisations.
How Technology Can Optimise HR and Payroll Over the Holidays
A recent SD Worx survey revealed that over half (57%) of European employees have the freedom to take a holiday when they choose. Although this can improve the work/life balance and autonomy of employees around Europe, it can leave departments a little stretched over the summer – a popular time to travel and enjoy the sun with friends and family. This can particularly affect the HR and payroll department – a business function that never stops.
How payroll reporting can power-up your staff planning
It's vital that global organizations are run as efficiently as possible. With potentially easy access to a broad and detailed selection of employee data, the HR and payroll department can ensure that the organization's staff planning is accurately informed to better control staffing costs and improve efficiency across the business as a whole.
So, how can the HR and payroll professionals ensure that they are maximising the potential of the valuable data that lies at their fingertips?
How to avoid getting snowed under with back office admin this winter
The Christmas festive period might be over, but winter is certainly not. With snow thick and fast in some regions, it's understandable that HR and payroll teams may want to pack up and hibernate for the next couple of months.
3 New Year's resolutions for HR and payroll teams in 2019
With the festivities over and the new year well underway, as we return to work, many may have already given up on their new year's resolutions for 2019. However, when it comes to new year resolutions in the HR and payroll industry, there are many resolutions that HR and payroll teams should commit to which will ensure that their payroll is powerful and running efficiently throughout the year.
How working with an automated workforce will enhance the human employee
Much of today's media coverage on the introduction of technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in the workplace express concern over the future of the human employee. Many fear their roles will be replaced by an intelligent robot that is more efficient and cheaper to employ. However, this is far from the case. SD Worx advocates the future of HR tech, but we also understand that you can never take the 'Human' out of Human Resources! In fact, introducing these technologies to the HR and payroll department can only reaffirm the place of the human employee in the business world.
Are you ready for the future of HR?
The HR and payroll industry never stands still and is moving at a faster pace than ever. With frequent updates to legislation, increasingly global operations and swiftly developing new technologies, the future of HR is set to look completely different to the industry of today.
Team building activities: do they work?
Every company strives to have effective working practices that allow employees to work together to get the best possible outcome. Many employers choose to organise Christmas team building activities to help boost workplace morale, increase productivity and collaboration between departments.
But does team building actually work?
Improving morale: tips on empowering your employee experience
Business Studies 101 tells us staff are the most valuable and expensive resource within any company, but how can your business create an empowering atmosphere within which employees flourish and morale is high?
How to adapt to swift change in an organisation
Nothing turns your working world on its head quite as much as a big, sudden change in the way you need to work or the way in which the company you're working for is run. Whether it's due to changes in law, different leadership or any other reason, keeping up with big changes can seem like a difficult task, and it's easy to get off track. But when it comes to adapting to those sudden changes and continuing to meet the needs of your business, there are a few things you can do to help you adapt quickly and be back to 100% in no time:
Could HR tech be the answer to improving your work/life balance?
In the digital world, ensuring that you have a healthy work/life balance has never been so important. However, in this 'always-on' environment, it can prove difficult to step away from the world of work and to take that all-important break from your seemingly never-ending to do list. Some HR and payroll professionals see the introduction of HR tech as another cause of stress, with many fearing that it will threaten the future of the industry. However, the introduction of automation and other technologies could be the answer to empowering the HR professional and maintaining a healthy work/life balance.
Simple steps to efficient staff planning
It sounds too simplistic to say that your workforce is the beating heart of your company, but it's true. However, many businesses don't practice strategic human resource (HR) planning. So why is staff planning so important?


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Working It Out (WIO) is an inclusive, community driven organisation. WIO has played a key role in suicide prevention and embracing diversity. WIO provides services designed to meet the needs of people negotiating their gender, sexuality, or intersex status through individual and group support; student education and support in schools; training in workplaces; and policy development with government agencies.
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Remember November - Australia's 'republican season'
Any visiting royal should think twice about visiting Australia during November, with today being the 40th anniversary of the Whitlam government dismissal and November in Australia being full of republican symbolism.
Remembrance Day at Australian War Memorial
HERE WE GO AGAIN! Why do these princes keeping coming to Australia? It used to be only once a generation thing. Now they seem to be coming all the time. It used to be as rare as a bunyip sighting. There's no place for princes in Australia — unless they are galloping across the winning line at the Melbourne Cup.
In July 2015, it was announced that Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall would be visiting Australia. This would be Prince Charles 15th visit to Australia and the second joint visit by Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall. Prime Minister Tony Abbott welcomed the news from Clarence House. However, on 15 September 2015, the republican Malcolm Turnbull became the 29th Prime Minister of Australia. Now, rather than the arch monarchist Tony Abbott, Prince Charles will be met by his republican successor, Malcolm Turnbull.
The first prince to visit the shores of Australia arrived in November 1867 as has the latest royal prince. Prince Charles also last visited in November 2012. What is it with November and visiting princes?
November in Australia is a time of the year full of republican symbolism. The republican season includes the anniversary of the 1999 republican referendum, as well as the anniversary of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam's dismissal by then Governor-General John Kerr in 1975. The latter event remains the most dramatic event in Australia's political history and began the modern republican movement. 2015 will also be the first anniversary of the November 2014 memorial for Gough Whitlam.
Any visiting royal should think twice about visiting Australia during November. Admittedly, the current royal tour would have been organised when monarchist Tony Abbott was still prime minister. Back in the UK, Prince Charles would have seen the forelock tugging treatment his sons William and Harry received during their royal visits and thought it a good time to visit Australia. During Abbott's tenure, Prince Philip received a knighthood, Harry was feted all around the country and Abbott waxed on about our British heritage.
But still, Prince Charles' Clarence House advisers don't seem to realise this is the republican end of the year in Australia and is not the best time for British royalty to show up and remind Australians there isn't an Australian as Head of State but rather a member of an aristocratic family living in a foreign castle over 9000kms away.
The fact that they do show demonstrates either a desire for a combatant stance against the tide of republican sympathy, a casual disregard for any desire for independence within the Commonwealth, or blissful unawareness on any debates about an Australian as our head of state. Whichever way, Clarence House advisers are obviously out of touch with the Australian political landscape to have approved a visit to Australia during the "republican season'.
Although Prime Minister Turnbull signalled he would not rush to revive the republic debate, only days before Prince Charles's visit, he pointedly abolished the awarding of knighthoods and damehoods, saying they were "not appropriate" for modern Australia. If there had not been a recent change of prime minister the current royal tour would have made a royal bookend to the year which began with awarding a knighthood to Prince Philip, Charles' father on Australia Day 2015. This "captain's pick" by Tony Abbott had been greeted with general derision and disbelief. This decision the first significant policy change for the Turnbull Government and was a decision widely applauded as it resolved a national embarrassment.
Prince Charles was awarded an Australian Knighthood in 1981. This makes him only one of two Australian Knights still living and the longest of these to have held the award. As Prime Minister Turnbull prepares to host his first official royal visit, he could have some explaining to do at Government House when they meet on 11 November. However, most Australians would agree that with the removal of knights and dames from Australia the calendar has been reset to 2015.
Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall began their 12-day tour of Australia and New Zealand on 4 November 2015 when they landed in Wellington, NZ. Charles pleased New Zealanders by declaring how happy he was that country had won the Rugby World Cup.
Perhaps the prince forget where he heading next, because on 10 November 2015, the royal pair decamped across the Tasman Sea to Australia where they will visit Adelaide, Barossa Valley town Tanunda, Canberra, Sydney, Perth and Albany.
On 14 November, Prince Charles will be returning to Perth's North Cottesloe beach for his 67th birthday barbeque bash. Perhaps he is hoping to remind everyone he was once seen as a desirable bachelor.
However, as Helen Trinca writes, the kiss Charles received in the surf from model Jane Priest at Cottesloe Beach in 1979, turned out to be a set-up
"with the bikini-clad model roped in to help … make HRH look like the sort of chap gorgeous girls would race across the sand to embrace."
Local Perth model smooches Charles Windsor in 1979 — later discovered to be yet another royal PR stunt
This latest royal visit is a bookend also to the first royal visit, which occurred over five hot months from 1867 to 1868. This was undertaken by Queen Victoria's second son Prince Alfred, a Royal Navy captain on a round-the-world voyage on board the HMS Galatea. Stops were made at Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. He first landed at Glenelg, in South Australia, on 31 October 1868. As the first member of the British royal family to visit the Australian colonies, he was received with much enthusiasm. During his stay of nearly five months, Alfred visited Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Tasmania.
At a meeting on 20 January 1868 to elect three trustees from the subscribers to the fund for the erection of the first Grammar School in Brisbane, there was a discussion on the probability of Prince Alfred who was about to visit the colony to lay the foundation stone.
The Brisbane Courier on 21 January 1868 stated that
'... as almost a necessary consequence, the school would be in some way connected with his Royal Highness by name. As, however, the number of institutions which either now did or promised to bear the name of Prince Alfred, or Duke of Edinburgh, in the other colonies, had become almost beyond all count, he would suggest that they had better confine themselves out here to some such name as the 'Prince's School', or 'Queen's School … [another] said he believed according to the Grammar Schools Act they were bound to call the school the "Brisbane Grammar School".'
During his visit to Brisbane, Prince Alfred laid the Brisbane Grammar School Foundation Stone on 29 February 1868, however the people of Brisbane refused to yield to the pressure around all the colonies to name all institutions after the visiting royal. Instead of naming the school after him, the event was commemorated in the present School with his coat-of-arms included in the northern stained glass window of the Great Hall. The fact that he wasn't liked much helped the burghers of Brisbane maintain their "republican" stance.
On 12 March 1868, during his second visit to Sydney, Prince Alfred was shot in the back by a revolver by Henry James O'Farrell in an attempted assassination while picnicking on the beach in the Sydney suburb of Clontarf.
This created a wave of sectarian hatred and fanatical declarations of loyalty. In this climate, republicanism became associated with fenianism, violence and anarchy. One result of the Irish assassin O'Farrell's shot was that Henry Parkes passed the Treason Felony Act which made disloyal talk of any sort a crime, punishable by six month's prison. Prince Alfred was wounded just to the right of his spine but was saved from serious injury by the rubber suspenders he was wearing to hold up his trousers. He recovered fully and continued on his world tour.
The first royal tour included a school rejecting the use of a royal title, as well as being shot at while attending a beach barbeque. The first event has an echo in the current abolishing of knighthoods. Hopefully though there won't be any incident at the Cottesloe beach birthday barbeque like Clontarf beach in 1868.
Throughout most of the 1990s, Malcolm Turnbull led and funded the Australian Republican Movement. Even though Turnbull has played no active role in the Australian Republican Movement since the 1999 republican referendum defeat, for many Australians he is still the face of the call for an Australian as head of state. It is his name that many ordinary Australians first mention when the republican argument is brought up.
As the then national chairperson of the Australian Republican Movement, Malcolm Turnbull pinned the 1999 referendum's defeat squarely on the Prime Minister, John Howard, when he said:
"History will remember him for one thing. He was the Prime Minister who broke the nation's heart."
And history may yet remember Turnbull as the man who put the pieces back together again.
In any case, November is a great time to be a republican in Australia.
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Australia's 'Knightmare' is finally over
The first significant policy change for the Turnbull Government is to call it a knight on titles. In abolishing the titles of Knight and Dame from the Order of Australia awards, Turnbull has helped the recent growth of the movement for an Australian republic.
THE FORMAL removal by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of one of Tony Abbott's most unpopular "captain's picks" resolves a national embarrassment. Turnbull has confirmed there will be no more anachronistic Australian knights and dames.
Australian Republican Movement chairman, Peter FitzSimons said:
"Tony Abbott's reintroduction of imperial honours reflected the Australia of the past, not the diverse and multicultural nation that exists today."
Abbott did a great thing when he reminded Australians what elitism really looks like and succeeded in highlighting that the concepts of both a royal family and royal honours are elitist nonsense, which jars with life in Australia.
The backlash against this "captain's pick" indicated the strong feeling that exists within the community regarding Australia's national identity and the way in which we express it.
FitzSimons continued:
"The ARM renews its call to our former chair, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, to commit to advancing an Australian republic during his time as PM."
The path is now clear to attend to the fact that Australia's head of state is not one of us.
It's a great time to be a republican in Australia. Recent events have changed the political landscape for the better — and taken the journey towards an Australian Head of State a lot closer. On 26 August 2015, the Australian Republican Movement's chairman, Peter FitzSimons, entertained a full house at the National Press Club in Canberra.
In the most significant speech on the Republic since the 1999 referendum, FitzSimons outlined the ARM's plans to launch a new campaign for a national plebiscite on the question of an Australian head of state by 2020.
FitzSimons told the audience:
In the 21st Century it is ludicrous that we still have a system where no Australian child will ever be good enough to become the Australian head of state, because they are not born into the British royal family. We must call that for what it is — not right, and simply not fair.
In every other part of our national life, we honour those who have a go, who rise on their hunger, their talent, their application of three parts elbow grease to two parts gumption. We exalt the whole idea of the fair go, and in just one part, one sole part of our national life do we say 'no Australians need apply'.
This strength of feeling is also indicated by increased support for an Australian republic. The ARM saw its membership surge when knighthoods were reintroduced in 2014 and again after the knighting of Prince Philip on Australia Day. Membership has doubled again in the weeks since Malcolm Turnbull became PM.
The latest polling has nearly 50 per cent of respondents in favour of an Australian head of state. Ahead of her 100th birthday in September, long-time ARM member and volunteer Beryl Nicol made it quite clear that she did not want to receive a letter from Her Majesty the Queen. Rather, Beryl requested a certificate from the ARM celebrating her milestone. Prominent Australian author – and inaugural ARM chairman – Thomas Keneally obliged, delivering his personal congratulations along with a certificate from the ARM congratulating Beryl on her 100th birthday.
Staunch republican Beryl Nicol opts for a letter from Keneally instead of the Queen
Congrats to Beryl Nicol. On 100th birthday chooses right - chooses republican Keneally not a Windsor "queen".
So where to from here?
The political landscape in Australia is definitely changing. The Prime Minister, Federal Opposition Leader, six premiers and Chief Justice are all declared republicans. It appears the points of the Southern Cross are coming into alignment.
However, the PM set the ARM a challenge when he recently remarked that:
"The republic issue cannot belong to a politician, it's got to be a genuine popular movement."
This is fair enough. It is not enough for the political conditions to be right — there needs to be a desire for change.
With the removal of knights and dames from Australia the calendar has been reset to 2015.
The work now is for the Australian Republican Movement to grow from being a lobby group to a genuine popular movement.
Remember November - Australia's 'republican season...


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