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IOLTA Indemnification Provisions Trigger Attorney's Obligation to Indemnify Bank for Underlying Litigation Expenses
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Henry v. Waller, 2012 IL App (1st) 102068, ___ N.E.2d ___ (June 29, 2012)
The First District Appellate Court in Illinois held that: (1) defendant attorney's obligation to indemnify a bank for attorneys' fees and costs incurred in defending underlying litigation involving the negotiation of checks with allegedly forged signatures was triggered under the attorney's interest on lawyers trust account's (IOLTA) indemnification provisions; (2) the attorney was not entitled to a more equitable interpretation of IOLTA account's indemnification provisions; and (3) the IOLTA account's indemnity provisions did not constitute a contract of adhesion.
Complete Summary
Defendant attorney held an IOLTA account at a bank. One of the resolutions governing this account contained an indemnification agreement requiring the lawyer to indemnify the bank for attorneys' fees and costs that it incurred under certain circumstances. After prevailing in the underlying litigation involving the negotiation of checks with allegedly forged signatures, the bank filed a petition seeking attorneys' fees and costs from the lawyer that it allegedly incurred while defending the underlying litigation. The bank sought fees and expenses pursuant to the indemnification agreement and under certain provisions of the Illinois Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) (810 ILCS 5/1–101 et seq. (West 2006)).
The trial court found that the lawyer was not obligated to indemnify the bank and entered judgment in his favor. On appeal, the bank contended that the trial court erred in denying its petition for attorneys' fees and expenses. The appellate court reversed and remanded.
In 1993, plaintiff client received a $500,000 judgment against her husband in divorce proceedings. She retained a lawyer at a collection agency to recover that judgment. In October 1998, the client signed a limited power-of-attorney agreement in connection with her engagement of the collection agency. The collection agency then hired defendant attorney to assist in collecting the judgment. The collection agency and defendant attorney negotiated a $450,000 settlement of the divorce judgment. In December 1998, defendant attorney received the settlement in two cashier's checks payable to "[the client] and [defendant attorney]" in the amounts of $150,000 and $300,000. Defendant attorney did not send the checks to the client for her endorsement before depositing them into his IOLTA account. It was undisputed that at some point prior to defendant attorney endorsing and depositing the checks, they were endorsed with the a signature of the client's name. There was no evidence presented at trial as to how the signatures in the client's name appeared on the back of each check. The client testified that she "never touched" the checks.
Defendant attorney endorsed and deposited each check into his IOLTA account at the bank. The parties stipulated at trial that the bank accepted in good faith the checks deposited in defendant attorney's IOLTA account. Defendant attorney then caused the bank to issue two cashiers checks payable to the firm for the entire amount of the settlement proceeds, and the collection agency then paid defendant attorney $75,000. The client did not receive any of the settlement money from the collection agency lawyer, who allegedly stole the money and disappeared. The collection agency lawyer was never found. In 1999, the client sued the collection agency lawyer and his firm but was unable to serve the complaint and summons on them.
In 2000, the client amended her complaint to sue the bank and defendant attorney, asserting that the endorsement signatures in her name on the back of the cashier's checks were forgeries. In her legal malpractice, breach of contract and fraudulent transfer claims, she alleged that defendant attorney failed to procure her signature on the settlement checks, failed to pay the settlement proceeds to her, and failed to communicate with her regarding the settlement. She also sued the bank under section 3–420 of the UCC (810 ILCS 5/3–420 (West 2006)), alleging that the endorsements in her name on the settlement checks were unauthorized and that the bank was liable for conversion because it accepted the checks for deposit over unauthorized signatures.
The trial court granted the bank's motion for summary judgment. The client and defendant attorney ultimately reached a settlement agreement with respect to the professional negligence dispute. The bank then filed a petition for attorneys' fees and expenses against defendant attorney, seeking $225,000 in attorneys' fees and expenses it incurred during the 11 years of litigation in the client's matter. The bank claimed that the attorney contractually agreed to indemnify it pursuant to the terms of his account agreement and sought fees and expenses under the transfer warranty provisions of the UCC. See 810 ILCS 5/4–207(a), 3–416(a) (West 2006).
The trial court denied the bank's petition, finding that the attorney's negotiation of the checks through his account neither triggered the indemnification provisions of his account agreement nor breached the UCC transfer warranties. With respect to the bank's contractual claim for indemnification, the court stated that the negotiation of the checks through the bank by the attorney was "uneventful" and therefore "was not a triggering event for the contractual indemnification obligations of this contract." Instead, the court stated that the cause of action was triggered by a "subsequent conversion" by the collection agency lawyer. The trial court reasoned that the bank was not entitled to indemnification because "[t]he conversion here followed the otherwise proper settlement negotiations and the negotiable instrument acts herein through [the bank]. . . . This case sounds in criminal theft and in conversion, not in breach of warrant[y] or certainly not in breach of the [UCC]." The bank appealed.
The indemnification agreement provided in part:
In order to induce said Bank to act pursuant to the foregoing resolutions, this Corporation hereby agrees as follows:
To indemnify the Bank and save it free and harmless from any and all claims, demands, expenses (including attorney fees and costs), losses or damages it may suffer resulting from or growing out of or in connection with any act taken by the Bank as a result of, or its failure to act under any or all the foregoing resolutions, or its failure not to conform in all respects to the authorizations specified hereunder.
The appellate court held that the indemnification agreement clearly and unambiguously required defendant attorney to indemnify the bank for "any and all" attorney fees and expenses it incurs resulting from "any act" taken by the bank under any of the account resolutions. (Emphasis in original). The court concluded that the bank acted under two account resolutions and that those actions resulted in the bank incurring attorneys' fees and costs for which it was contractually entitled to be indemnified.
Significance of Opinion
This decision underscores the importance of carefully reviewing — before signing — contracts such as broad indemnification agreements that do not limit the obligation to indemnify to situations in which one's own actions, as opposed to those of a third party, are the direct and immediate cause of another incurring attorneys' fees.
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Summer is coming, and for most people it's pretty much already here (I still have a month!). I know in the hot days of July, all I want to do is put on a suit and sit in a cold pool for hours on end. Getting dressed into clothes is more of a chore than a joy, let alone thinking about dressing in any way fashionable.
PS Thank you for the compliment on the new header =) For any new ones, I've decided to change the layout as I felt like the other one was limiting the style of my posts. Weird, but I'm mildly neurotic (in a good way) so I changed it. Plus I'm liking the more fairytale theme, and I love,love,love that picture of Drew Barrymoore.
I can't wait for summer..and I like the new look!
I definitely think that a straw hat for summer is a must-have. Here in NZ, I do despair when summer comes along because everyone just wanders around in ratty singlets and shirts and jandals. Despite the heat, some imagination for summer dressing is always welcome! Well done.
Aww pretty! I would totally wear everything in the last one.
great picks! i didnt see your old header but i'm loving the one now!
ah yes, my closet looks so dull but i hope to find inspiration in photos like you have!
these are all so lovely. I especially like the first set.
what a creative post! (& we must have very similar taste in music, especially all the country songs).
i love the wild at heart looks!
That first girl totally caught my eye on stylesights as well. I NEED that hat!
your blog is realy amazing!


Another speaker was Marco Fortis, economist and Vice President of Fondazione Edison, who presented an analysis of the Italian economic scenario with a focus on the plastics and rubber industry. This was followed by a round-table discussion on the topic of internationalization with the participation of Licia Mattioli, President of the CONFINDUSTRIA Technical Committee for Internationalization and Foreign Investors, along with the presidents of the two trade asso-ciations and a number of businesspeople.
In his thoroughgoing speech, Fortis indicated that there are a number of signals that make it reasonable to look to 2015 with (cautious) optimism. Apart from the recent improvement in macroeconomic data – growth of 0.3% in GDP in the first quarter of 2015, weak euro with re-spect to the dollar and low oil prices – and in light of the comments recorded during PLAST 2015 (organized by the Assocomaplast services company) we may state, albeit with some caution, that there are signs of recovery in the Italian conversion market. They are still faint, but hopes are that they will grow stronger in the second half of the year.
Import-export data from ISTAT for the first quarter 2015 show an increase in imports of an impressive 15 percentage points, and of exports on the order of 5, thanks first of all to increases is supplies from Germany (which has always been the prime export market for Italian manufacturers), Spain (which shows signs of recovery on a number of fronts) and Brazil, traditional destination country for Italian-made products in the sector, which in previous quar-ters had unfortunately shown a worrisome slowdown.
As regards exports, in spite of the continuing existence of various critical or potentially destabi-lizing situations, both political and economic (for example in Russia, Iran, Greece, South America, etc.), the US and Germany economies are strengthening and the Chinese economy is stabilizing. These are factors that may have a positive influence on the Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery industry.
In his closing speech to the member assembly, outgoing Assocomaplast president Giorgio Co-lombo provided an overview of the trend for the sector with the above-mentioned 2015 data and underscored once again that 2014 was a year of substantial recovery for the Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery industry, with production estimated at 4 billion euros (+2.6% with respect to 2013) and exports growing by 5% (to 2.68 billion euros).


2020 Honda Passport Specs, Release Date, Review – This coming 2020 Honda Passport found the sunlight of your day in the La Auto Show some weeks before. Quite merely, Passport would be the small type of your Honda Pilot SUV. As opposed to Pilot, Passport has additional terrain clearance. Likewise, the actual Passport is going to release precisely the same base that will underpin the existing Pilot unit. This means an all-new SUV will certainly be a front side-tire-drive a car automobile. It gives an area for all 5 travellers and will also go on to provide a 3.5-litre V6. A 9-quickness intelligent transmission is offered the latest 10-pace gearbox nevertheless is actually conjecture. Performance is excellent that features fantastic pull ranking. Furthermore, an interior will likely be exactly like the Pilot unit in addition to freight place will undoubtedly be lucrative.
Aside from the exceptional visual appeal, Honda also has a wide array of exterior paints. A 2020 Honda Passport could show up together with ten distinctive exterior hues. That also includes Metallic Sapphire, Dark Woodland, Obsidian Bluish, Lunar Gold, and even Crystal Black coloured. Likewise, Fashionable Stainless steel, Serious Scarlet, in addition to Vivid white Diamonds Pearl are offered. Also, the Passport SUV incorporates some darkened benefits which can be normal. Directed front lights are blackened, the same as the rims and even entry grille. Back home windows are blacked.
The all-new 2020 Honda Passport gets the home to position several travellers in comfort. The freight region is additionally magnificent rendering it an excellent choice for young families. The Passport also will offer plenty of calf place for all the residents. The dash panel would seem just like the on the list of Honda Pilot also it attributes the exact same air vents as well as the precise placement in the primary monitor. Furthermore, we expect to see the most recent infotainment method as well. The interior will likely be noiseless and are installed with the great lumber-grain cut.
The 2020 Honda Passport has the exact 3.5-litre V6 engine. This machine is developing approximately 280 hp and 262 lb-feet of torque. No turbocharger, several tube, and other items. Basically a primary V6 engine this is the only powertrain alternative. It arrives with a 9-quickness automatic transmission. Some speculations are even declaring the all-new 2020 Passport might get new 10-performance programmed gearbox. The exact same gearbox is available in the latest Odyssey type. Even so, this really is also now a gossip at this time. The forefront-tire-commute arrangement is traditional about this SUV. Out off-roading is usually a probability given that the Passport unit is situated above the Pilot and CR-V versions.
Supply your 2020 Honda Passport while using the non-obligatory all-tire-push installation. The V6 engine gives the right amount of electrical power and torque. Because of that, the latest Passport can pull close to 5,000 extra pounds. On the flip side, standard FWD settings are able to remove "only" 3,500 excess weight. Some buyers would opt for a cheaper process on the velocity and quickness. On the other hand, the 2020 Honda Passport presents merely one engine. A highly effective V6 that has excellent performance and fantastic pull ranking. Having said that, the fuel economy ranking could've been much better. Outfitting new Passport with the AWD startup gives you 19 miles per gallon with the city and 24 miles per gallon on the road. Typical FWD method is scored at 20 miles per gallon inside the city and 25 miles per gallon on the way.
The new 2020 Honda Passport can be chosen in three cut ranges. Sport, EX-L, Visiting, and Exclusive. Bottom Sport unit commences at $32,000. EX-L reduce is listed at $37,000 and Visiting clip at $40,000. The product range-topping High-level version begins at $45,000. Appearance night out is unknown. A single thing is definite, the newest Passport will be struck the car dealerships with the second half of 2019. Having said that, the actual release date will never be specific.


Whey protein powder with water has many properties that can suit many people with different needs. The most popular use of whey protein powder with water is by body builders and athletes, but whey protein powder with water isn't just restricted to this area.
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But whey protein powder with water is also good for those looking to loose weight. Whey protein powder with water is the main ingredient for most meal replacement supplements. High protein diets have been all the rage for many years, and there are many reasons why they are so popular and affective. However, some protein foods can still contain a high fat content. By replacing some of these foods with a whey protein powder with water shake dramatically decreases the amount of fat consumed whilst ensuring you get a good protein intake.
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Professor Robert Volterra to speak at the "Negotiating Brexit" workshop at St Hugh's College, University of Oxford
On Friday 17 March 2017, Professor Robert Volterra will speak at a workshop at St Hugh's College, University of Oxford on "Negotiating Brexit". Robert's subject at the workshop will be "The impact of Brexit on the UK's trade with other non-EU Member States, and in particular, whether the EU's negotiated FTAs with third countries will continue to apply to the UK or whether they will be automatically terminated following Brexit." Robert's co-panellists are Dr Lorand Bartels, of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law, and Professor Dan Sarooshi, a barrister at Essex Court Chambers and professor at the University of Oxford Faculty Of Law.
The conference, organised by John Armour and Horst Eidenmüller, will bring together leading academics, practitioners and policymakers who are involved in "Negotiating Brexit". The focus of the event will be the interests of the UK, and the discussion will explore how best to realise these in the ensuing Brexit negotiations. It will be split into three sections: 'Brexit Stakes', 'Brexit Analytics', and 'Brexit Process'.
For more information on this event, please see the event flyer here.

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Jean Coyard est un homme politique français né le  à Siecq (Charente-Inférieure) et mort le  à Matha (Charente-Inférieure)

Biographie
Fils de vigneron, il s'installe comme médecin à Matha dont il devient conseiller général en 1895, gardant ce mandat jusqu'à son décès. Il est également président du conseil général de 1921 à 1937. Il est député de la Charente-Maritime de 1912 à 1919, inscrit au groupe radical-socialiste. Il est sénateur de la Charente-Maritime de 1921 à 1937, siégeant au groupe de la Gauche démocratique. Il s'occupe surtout des questions d'administration générale et d'élections.

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Personnalité du Parti républicain radical et radical-socialiste
Naissance en novembre 1865
Naissance en Charente-Inférieure
Décès en décembre 1937
Décès en Charente-Inférieure
Décès à 72 ans

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Perhaps one of the biggest challenges of moving house is transporting your car, especially when your new home is miles away from your previous one. If you are an inexperienced driver, this becomes particularly difficult, as driving long distances can exhaust you or any driver for that matter. That is why some car owners hire a vehicle transport Australia to do the work for them.
There are several ways a car transport company will move your car to different places. But the two most commonly offered options companies use for this service are enclosed trailers and open trailers.
One of the safest ways to transport your car is using an enclosed trailer, a hauling vehicle that has a steel covering that seals the vehicle inside. It ensures the safety of your vehicle during transport – all without any scratches or dents. It is also considered more expensive than open trailers. But what's a few dollars when you end up with a scratch-less, dent-less vehicle in the end, right?
The open trailer is similar to an enclosed trailer. The two differences are that it's cheaper and has no protective covers. Unlike the enclosed trailer, the open trailer poses a risk to your car, because the car is exposed to various elements that may cause dents and scratches. Since this type of trailer is larger, it can only travel on wide roads that can support its weight and don't have sharp turns. Because of these conditions, open trailers are only driven by experienced drivers.
Moving your car to a different location can be tedious if you are not a seasoned driver. But if you seek the services of a company that offers professional vehicle transport Australia, using enclosed or open trailers, you can be sure that your move will get easier from there.


Why focus on Hong Kong cinema in my exploration of the island's postcolonial identity? In terms of reach and sheer volume, the Hong Kong film industry proves to be best when one attempts to study the fluidly changing landscape of the post-colonial consciousness. The Hong Kong film industry is the among the largest in the world in terms of the number of movies produced per year, second only to the United State's Hollywood scene. Its popularity is also very high throughout the world, what with actions stars like Jackie Chan, Jet Li, and Bruce Lee, in addition to the martial arts film crazy that appeared in the 80s and 90s. Indeed, Hong Kong is in its own right a colonizer of the rest of East Asia, particularly Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore, through its film industry.
The history of Hong Kong cinema is marked by a series of eras, beginning with the first production created on its shores. Yingchi Chu divides the eras into four significant periods: Hong Kong cinema as part of Chinese national cinema (from 1913-56), Hong Kong cinema as Chinese diasporic cinema (from 1956-79), Hong Kong cinema as part of its own national cinema (1979-97), and cinema in the post-July 1997 period. I find that her categorization of Hong Kong cinema during 1956-79 as Chinese diasporic cinema is more convenient in its description than accurate. The term diasporic implies a group of individuals who have migrated away from their ancestral homeland; hence, diasporic cinema indicates cinema that either focuses on this experience or is produced with heavy diasporic themes (such as nostalgia) apparent. While Hong Kong can be considered as an example of diasporic Chinese, I think it is more useful to address the qualities that Hong Kong has that makes it appear diasporic: that is, its position as both a local and global entity torn between a mother and father. Hong Kong never migrated away from China—it was still very much in touch with the Mainland during this period, with Hong Konger's travelling to the mainland for holidays to get in touch with their cultural roots. At the same time, spatially, Hong Kong the island was no longer a part of China, making is part of a global Empire.
Even with my hesitance to accept her definition of diasporic cinema, Chu's division of the eras is useful when attempting to study the shifting consciousness in the island nation as its status as being a part of China changed to being an English colony changed to imminent independence changed to re-colonization by China. I will use her categorizations to help organize my study of Hong Kong's post-colonial identity.


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Chance the Rapper Was Joined by Lil Wayne, DJ Khaled and Quavo at the NBA All-Star Game Halftime Show
Written By Daniel Kohn
| February 16, 2020 - 10:12 pm
Home » News » Chance the Rapper Was Joined by Lil Wayne, DJ Khaled and Quavo at the NBA All-Star Game Halftime Show
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Chance the Rapper had the best of both worlds: he didn't have to travel far to go to the NBA All-Star Game and was the night's halftime performer.
Taking place at the United Center in Chicago, Chance was joined by a number of special guests during his five-song set. That included Lil Wayne ("No Problem"), DJ Khaled and Quavo ("I'm the One"), and he was accompanied by a marching band as well. Chance also did a version of Kanye West's "Ultralight Beam" and paid tribute to Kobe Bryant with a version of "I Was A Rock."
The NBA honored Bryant before the game with a performance by Jennifer Hudson. Team LeBron and Team Giannis each wore the numbers 2 and 24 respectfully. The Los Angeles Lakers legend died in January in a helicopter crash near Calabasas, California.
Watch Chance the Rapper's entire NBA All-Star Game Halftime set below:
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Scientists have long known that dolphins use short, broadband pulses of sonar-like echolocation sounds to create a three-dimensional acoustic picture of their surroundings and determine the size, shape, direction of movement and distance of objects in the water. Dolphins' sonic imaging is so sophisticated that they can tell apart 2 small disks only 1/16th inch thick of differing metals. And since sound penetrates organic matter, there are even stories of dolphins detecting—and reacting to—human pregnancies! Recent research has also proven that they're capable of listening in on and interpreting the echoes from another individual's clicks.
Götz's study offers convincing evidence that not only are dolphins capable of understanding each other's echolocation signals, but in fact they rely on this. The sole sound emissions of a lead dolphin are listened to & used by the all of the others when moving in tight, synchronous groups for cooperative food hunting strategies.
So, where before dolphins have always been considered playful and inquisitive animals, maybe now we know the truth behind their friendly facade… they're just plain nosy!


When you get a tire quote from Pete's Tire Barns the price includes all of the services below. Sometimes you might ask yourself why the other guy's tire is a little cheaper. Well that's because these services aren't included in their tire price!
No matter what tires you are looking for, Pete's Tire Barns has you covered. With 19 locations in New England, we can help you with you retail passenger, light truck tires, commercial fleet services, farm, forestry & agricultural, industrial or even retreading tire needs.
Serving New England's Commercial tire needs with 100% satisfaction year after year. With tires from major brands like Michelin, Bridgestone/Firestone, Continental, Dayton, General Tire, Double Coin, Alcoa, And Accuride; Pete's Tire Barn has the perfect tire for any commercial fleet. Be sure to check out our wheel & rim refinishing and tire retreat plant.
So whether you need implement tires, compact tractor tires, narrow drive tires for row crops, the huge flotation tires for choppers and combines, skidder or forwarder tires or anything in-between, call one of the AG-Tire specialists at Pete's Tire Barns.
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The Hey Presto Instant hot water tap distributed by Tankless Hot Water Systems allows instant hot water to be available almost anywhere. When the tap is turned on the water in the pipes enters the heating chamber activating the flow sensor and heating element thus providing hot water in seconds. Water temperature is adjustable just like a normal mixer-tap, ranging from cold to 45°C. It's easy to install and comes with a 240V wall-plug. There are two models, the Straight Tap [$329] and the Gooseneck Tap [$329] available from local plumbing, hardware and electrical stores.


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U.S. Facing Worst Ever WNV Outbreak
Posted by feww on August 25, 2012
West Nile Cases Surge in Louisiana
Louisiana's Department of Health and Hospitals (LDHH) have confirmed 53 new human cases of the West Nile infections, marking 145 reported cases and 9 deaths so far this year.
At least 31 of the new cases are neuroinvasive disease, which infects the spinal cord and brain and can lead to death, LDHH reported.
United States is in the midst of "one of the largest West Nile outbreaks ever seen," said Dr. Lyle Peterson, director of vector-borne infectious diseases section at CDC.
About 1,331 reported cases of the disease have occurred in 38 states including about 640 Neuroinvasive disease cases, leading to at least 46 deaths so far this year.
Nine other states have reported "some activity."
Texas, the worst-hit state, has reported 641 cases with 24 deaths so far this year.
Since 1999, more than 30,000 people in the United States have been infected with West Nile virus. Occasionally, a person infected with the mosquito-borne disease may develop more severe symptoms including "West Nile encephalitis," "West Nile meningitis" or "West Nile meningoencephalitis." CDC reported.
The 1,331 cases thus far in 2012 is the highest number of West Nile virus disease cases reported to CDC through the third week in August since West Nile virus was first detected in the United States in 1999.
About 75 percent of the cases have been reported from 5 states (Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, South Dakota, and Oklahoma) and almost half of all cases have been reported from Texas.
About 13,000 of the individuals who have been reported as being infected West Nile virus since 1999 have been seriously ill, and more than 1,200 have died, CDC said.
WNV Infection Causes Kidney Disease
WNV infection causes serious and lasting kidney damage, according to a new report by Baylor College of Medicine. Researchers found that 4 in 10 patients had varying stages of kidney disease caused by WNV infection.
About 45,000 people in Houston area have been infected with the virus, many of whom are unaware of it, the report said.
West Nile virus (WNV) activity reported to ArboNET, by state, United States, 2012 (as of August 21, 2012)
One thousand three hundred thirty-one (1,331) human West Nile virus infections have been reported to CDC ArboNET from Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
See also: State of Emergency Declared in Oregon Due to Wildfire Posted August 18, 2012
Other Global Disasters/ Significant Events
South Korea. Reactor No. 1 at the Ulchin nuclear power plant located in South Korea's North Kyongsang province stopped operating on Thursday for "unknown reasons," the Yonhap news agency reported.
U.S. Disaster Impact Leaps 24 Folds Posted August 1, 2012
WARNING: Human impact 2.85 x Earth's diminishing carrying capacity
WARNING: RAPID DECLINE IN PROGRESS!
The Fate of Energy Dinosaurs
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Basically, none. However, the Wizard, being a language genius, can master any new language within a 2 day period.
40-50 min. The duration can be extended by pre-show. The performance can be in day or night.
Before and after the show, the set functions as an INSTALLATION. Depending on availability of security guard, public can walk through the set or watch it from the outside. From past experience, people are attracted to the visual richness of the set, like to take pictures and so forth.
FYODOR MAKAROV is a clown, a mad scientist, part of the world-famous SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW.
OLGA DUMOVA is a Sankt-Peterburg trained costume designer with a long experience of work in opera and theater.
ILIYA GERTMAN is an Israel-based musician and composer.
SPIROS PATERAKIS is a Berlin-based performer and technical designer.
ARTIST will supply and furnish the said Performance(s) the services of Two Performers, one Sound Designer, one Light Desginger(SD/LD), 4 persons total, plus costumes and properties.
Travel and Holspitality for 4 persons total, hosted one day prior to the performances.
1. The space can be indoors or outdoors. The stage can have any kind of surface.
2. The required playing space should be minimum of 9 x 9 x 4 metres (width x depth x height).
3. Electric power outlets for light and sound as they are specified below.
The space, storage room, dressing room.
Storage room and dressing room near the performing area must be provided from the day of the arrival of the artist.
Needs two chairs, one table, a mirror, light, garbage can and bottled drinking water, 2 litres per show.
For technical rehearsals and performances 2 stage hands.
Presenter shall guarantee the security of Artist's equipment in the Space at all times from time of arrival to time of departure.
Artist will provide light plot adapted to space in advance.
We are going for street performances.Schedule Frb 20 to 28 2017.
Just saw the show in Riga festival, amazing performance, beautiful actor play and genius script!
A lots of luck and many more beautiful plays in future!


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Toshiba Group Decarbonization Technologies in the Spotlight at COP27 Japan Pavilion
18 October 2022, 10:00 pm ·3-min read
Power to Chemicals and Superconducting Motor that Contribute to Carbon Neutrality
TOKYO, Oct. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) and Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation will exhibit technology innovations that advance decarbonization at the Japan Pavilion, the exhibition accompanying the 27th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) from November 6 to 18.
The Japan Pavilion is hosted by Japan's Ministry of the Environment and will spotlight Japan's initiatives for climate change mitigation, and 'number one' and 'only one' environmental technologies. It will send a message to the world that Japan aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, and to contribute to global decarbonization and adaptation to climate change.
Toshiba Group has been invited to present its Power to Chemicals technology and a Superconducting Motor at the COP27 event. More details follow.
1. Power to Chemicals (P2C):Converting CO2 into valuable materials with CO2 electrolysis
Realizing carbon neutrality requires technology to convert CO2 into valuable products, especially in industries where it is difficult to reduce CO2 emissions. P2C is a technology that uses electricity from renewable energy sources to reduct CO2 into CO, and combine it with H2 to produce chemicals, synthetic fuels and so on. One example is sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), for which there is a growing need worldwide as the aviation industry seeks decarbonization. Through a project initiated by MOE, Toshiba Group is advancing P2C technical development and carrying out studies toward specific social implementations. In the Japan Pavilion, Toshiba Group will exhibit a CO2 electrolysis cell stack, the core of this P2C technology.
2. Superconducting Motor: replace fossil-fuel engines with superconducting motors to power large mobility vehicles and boost zero emissions
Toshiba Group has developed the world's first (*1) prototype of a lightweight, compact, high-power superconducting motor with a maximum output of 2 MW by applying the superconductivity technology and manufacturing technology for high-speed rotating equipment that it has cultivated over many years. The motor is less than one-tenth the weight and size of an equivalent conventional motor, making it possible to replace fossil-fuel-driven engines with motors and contributing to zero-emissions for various types of large mobility vehicles. The Group will further improve the motor and accelerate efforts for social implementation. For example, the aviation industry is looking to use SAF to approach carbon neutrality by 2050. But fuel alone is not enough. Advances in entire aircraft systems, including electrification of engines, are required, and for that Toshiba's light,compact, high output motor is a promising solution. In the Japan Pavilion, Toshiba Group will showcase a full-scale model of the superconducting motor, giving visitors a sense of its compactness.
(*1) Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation survey.
About Toshiba Corporation
Toshiba Corporation leads a global group of companies that combines knowledge and capabilities from over 140 years of experience in a wide range of businesses—from energy and social infrastructure to electronic devices—with world-class capabilities in information processing, digital and AI technologies. These distinctive strengths support Toshiba's continued evolution toward becoming an Infrastructure Services Company that promotes data utilization and digitization, and one of the world's leading cyber-physical-systems technology companies. Guided by the Basic Commitment of the Toshiba Group, "Committed to People, Committed to the Future," Toshiba contributes to society's positive development with services and solutions that lead to a better world. The Group and its 120,000 employees worldwide secured annual sales of 3.3 trillion yen (US$27.4 billion) in fiscal year 2021.
Find out more about Toshiba at www.global.toshiba/ww/outline/corporate.html
About Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation is a leading supplier of integrated energy solutions. With its long experience and expertise in wide range of power generating and transmitting systems and energy management technology, the company delivers innovative, reliable and efficient energy solutions across the globe. Split off from Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) in October 2017.
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Posted November 12th, 2006 by pcampeau & filed under Part 16: LYSOSOMAL DISORDERS.
MPS IIIC was the only mucopolysaccharidosis for which the gene had not been cloned. This is no longer the case thanks to the recent identification of the causal gene by a group from Toronto, Canada.
Am J Hum Genet. 2006 Oct;79(4):738-44. Epub 2006 Aug 23.
mucopolysaccharidosis IIIC (Sanfilippo disease type C).
Fan X, Zhang H, Zhang S, Bagshaw RD, Tropak MB, Callahan JW, Mahuran DJ.
For more information on mucopolysaccharidoses, please see chapter 136 of OMMBID.


In the Two Bridges area of the Lower East Side, a collection of five new residential towers are planned to include over 3,000 apartments, with retail stores at the base of each project, with 700 affordable units in the mix.
However, in December 2018, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer, and Council Member Margaret S. Chin filed a suit against the Department of City Planning (DCP), the City Planning Commission (CPC) and the Department of Buildings (DOB) to stop construction on the Two Bridges site, and a Manhattan Supreme Court Judge ordered a halt on work.
This rendering of the Two Bridges area of the Lower East Side, viewed from Brooklyn just north of the Manhattan Bridge on the left, shows the collection of five new residential towers proposed there. Extell's 1 Manhattan Square, aka 252 South, (OMS), nearest the bridge, is nearly complete. Others not constructed, from left, are 247 Cherry Street, 260 South Street (two towers) and 259 Clinton St. (far right tower). Rendering by SHoP Architects.
The Lower East Side Organized Neighbors (LESON) joined the lawsuit, because the towers violate the Zoning Resolution that governs the area, therefore should not be built. Their joint lawsuit would ensure full ULURP public review process for proposed developments in the Two Bridges neighborhood.
The existing deed restriction at one of three properties at the center of the dispute, meant to ensure housing for low income people with disabilities and the elderly in perpetuity, was never disclosed by DCP or the developers. The potential lifting of this restriction is akin to the city's disastrous decision to lift a deed at the former Rivington House in the same Council District in 2015, allowing affordable housing to be converted to market-rate. The lifting of the deed would negatively impact a community struggling to remain affordable for New Yorkers, the court papers allege.
"First the Administration says that massive new development does not need a ULURP, then it slips out that there's an affordable housing deed restriction for a portion of this development that they never mentioned" said Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer.
Extell's OMS building at 252 South Street rises 847 feet, plus a smaller new building on the north side of the tower podium containing 205 affordable units. Other sites are 247 Cherry Street, 260 South Street, and 259 Clinton Street. 247 Cherry Street will be the tallest building in the neighborhood if completed, and is developed by JDS Development and designed by SHoP Architects. At 260 South Street, two towers 728 and 798 feet tall are designed by Handel Architects and developed by L+M and CIM. A 724-foot-tall residential tower is planned for 259 Clinton Street, designed by Perkins Eastman and developed by Starrett.
Plans for flood resilience measures against future storms, a $12.5 million dollar investment in a local NYCHA apartment complex, and a new subway entrance to the East Broadway station for better ADA accessibility, helped convince the City to approve the earlier proposals.
Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP, is an architect consulting in private practice, serves on the Manhattan District 2 Community Board, is Co-chair of the American Institute of Architects NY Design for Aging Committee, and is WestViewNews.org Architecture Editor.


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The Aller Værste! (1979–1981) was a Norwegian rock band from Bergen, that was awarded Spellemannprisen for the album Materialtretthet (1980).

Biography
The Aller Værste! was influenced and inspired by punk, new wave, ska and reggae and released two albums and three 7" singles/EPs. Several of their releases are considered classics in Norwegian rock. They received a Spellemannprisen in 1980, for the album Materialtretthet. Their two first singles were played at the BBC, by program manager John Peel.

The manager of the band was Lars Lauritzsen. They had a reunion tour in 1990 and concerts in Bergen and Oslo in 1999.
Kern, Øhrn, Myrvold and Erichsen were in the rock band Johnny Banan Band before TAV!. After Ketil Kern left in 1981, Robert Isdal from the punk band Fader War played drums on the last single Hakk.

Members of The Aller Værste! joined and became active in bands like The Beste, Ratataboo!, Løver og Tigre (together with Hot Club de Norvege), etc.
The Aller Værste! is considered a Bergen band, even though none of the band members are from Bergen. Myrvold grew up in Stavanger, while the other four are from Oslo.

A series of the most known songs by The Aller Værste! have been interpreted by various artists on the disc Dans til musikken, which is a tribute album to Lasse Myrvold.

Honors
Spellemannprisen (1980, in the class New-rock, for the album Materialtretthet)

Band members
Sverre Knudsen - bass, organ, vocals
Ketil Kern - drums
Harald Øhrn - bass, organ, vocals
Lasse Myrvold - guitar, organ, vocals
Chris Erichsen - guitar, organ, vocals

Discography
Albums
1980: Materialtretthet (Den Gode Hensikt/Jaap)
1981: Disniland i de tusen hjem (Den Gode Hensikt)
1999: The Aller Værste! (Den Gode Hensikt/Virgin Records Norway), compilation
2007: Live 1980 (Musikkoperatørene/Kippers)

Singles and EP's
1980: "Blålys/På vei hjem" (Den Gode Hensikt) (single)
1980: The Aller Værste! (Den Gode Hensikt) (EP)
1980: Blålys/På vei hjem/En av dem (live) (Den Gode Hensikt) (EP)
1981: "Hakk" (Den Gode Hensikt) (single)

Biography

Notes

External links
Detailed discography on Discogs

Spellemannprisen winners
Norwegian rock music groups
Musical groups established in 1979
1979 establishments in Norway
Musical groups from Bergen
Norwegian new wave musical groups


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Studio 103 completed the design for entertainment company WME-IMG offices located in Melbourne, Australia.
Situated in Melbourne's prestigious St Kilda Road business district, global talent management company WME-IMG approached innovative architecture and interior design practice Studio 103 to devise a concept for their new offices.
The brief was to push the boundaries and create an edgy space that reflected the company's own innovative, powerhouse brand. The design needed to be purpose-built to work both as an office space and cater for large client functions.
An overall industrial-glam element was introduced which immediately reinforces the WME-IMG brand. Bold polished concrete floors have been offset by metallic grey walls and streamlined furniture contrasts with luxurious velvet and greenery in the reception area. Dark grey timber tables and industrial light fittings in the boardroom and kitchen are softened by cream timber counters and cupboards. Enormous bi-fold doors enable the transformation of the space into a seamless function area. Glass walls and minimal barriers enable employees to easily interact and allow maximum exterior light to flow into the area creating a bright, light environment for productivity. The open-plan design creates a sense of space and light whilst still providing smaller break-out spaces for meetings.
This flexible, functional and contemporary space provides the backdrop for WME-IMG to effectively build their brand and impress visitors and clients alike.


According to Mintel Beauty Innovation, Japanese women are expected to live to just over 86 years, topping the world's longevity ratings for the 25th straight year and they are going to continue to look good as they get older.
Mintel's Global New Product Database (GNPD) reports that Japan has seen a significantly higher growth rate in anti-aging skin care products than the United States. Skin care products launched in Japan with an anti-aging claim increased by 85% from 2007 to 2009, compared to a 27% increase in the U.S. during the same time period.
While not as robust as Asia, the U.S. antiaging skin care market is experiencing a boom in sales, despite a poor economic atmosphere. Posting substantial growth since 2004, with gains of nearly 15% in both 2007 and 2008, the U.S. has reached estimated sales of $1.8 billion in 2009. Growth is mostly driven by the increasing number of women in the U.S., particularly baby boomer women, who are known to be very interested in health and well-being.
According to Sugioka, the most remarkable factor in market growth is many consumers' unwillingness to stop buying antiaging skin care despite having to tighten their budgets for other market basket staples.


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Bellator Light Heavyweight Tournament Fills Up; Champions Get Season Four Fights
By On Feb 20, 2011
Bellator Bracketology continued last week as the Chicago-based promotion announced three participants in its Light Heavyweight Tournament as well as season four championship fights and non-title superfights featuring its champs.
Nik Fekete may only have a handful of professional fights on his resume but the former NCAA Division I All-American wrestler has a wealth of MMA experience. After traveling to Beijing in 2008 to serve as a training partner for the U.S. Olympic Team, Fekete moved to Las Vegas and served as a wrestling coach for a number of high profile MMA fighters and gyms. "I think 2011 is going to be a breakthrough year for me," Fekete said in a press release. "I've been training my whole life and I've been training non-stop for more than two years in MMA. It may sound cliché, but I'm truly excited to go out there and put on a show for all of the fans in attendance, and the millions that will be watching on MTV2."
After spending over four years in the U.S. Marine Corps, Chris "The Professional" Davis will enter the circular cage in hopes of becoming the first BFC Light Heavyweight Champion. "I want to overwhelm my opponents," said Davis in a press release. "I want them to feel within the first 45 seconds that they are well beyond their means, and they shouldn't be in there with me. That's the pace I go for."
Former heavyweight D.J. "Da Protégé" Linderman will make the cut to 205 to participate in the Light Heavyweight Tournament. A regular on west coast regional circuit, Linderman holds carreer wins over Devin Cole, Mario Rinaldi, and Mike Hayes. "He had a very aggressive style at Heavyweight, so at 205, he could be a force in this tournament," said Bellator Chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney.
Fekete, Davis, and Linderman join Daniel Gracie as confirmed participants in Bellator's inaugural Light Heavyweight Tournament. The fighters will compete for $100,000 in total pay and the right to be crowned the first Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion.
In other new, Bellator signed notable 145-pounder Ronnie Mann (#60 Featherweight). Having spent most of his career fighting in Britain and Japan, Mann will fight during season four but will not participate in the Featherweight Tournament. No match has been announced but Mann would be an appropriate opponent for a superfight with Bellator Featherweight Champion Joe Warren (#2 Featherweight).
"Ronnie is at the top of his game right now and he will have impact on our deep featherweight division," said Bellator Chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney.
At Bellator 39, Eddie Alvarez (#11 Lightweight) will defend his title against season two tournament winner Pat Curran (#28). At 170 pounds, Bellator announced that its Welterweight Champion Ben Askren (#15 Welterweight) will returns to the cage at Bellator 40, where he will clash with UFC/Sengoku veteran Nick "The Goat" Thompson (#167). And at Bellator 41, BFC Bantamweight Champion Zach Makovsky (#11 Bantamweight) will face unranked Chad Robichaux in an non-title superfight.
Bellator Season 4 kicks off live on MTV2 at on Sat., March 5, 2011 at 9 p.m. EST from Tachi Palace Resort & Casino in Lemoore, Calif. Bellator previously announced its upcoming Featherweight and Welterweight Tournaments. The Featherweight bracket features unheralded Nazareno Melagarie, Patricio Freire (#21 Featherweight), Wilson Reis (#23), Daniel Straus (#20), Georgi Karakhanyan (#29), Kenny Foster, Zac George and Eric Larkin in the Featherweight Tournament field. The tournament winner will take home $100,000 and a shot at Bellator Featherweight Champion Joe Warren (#2)
Michael Chandler, Lloyd Woodard, Patricky Freire, Ferrid Kheder, Marcin Held, Toby Imada (#52 Lightweight), "Razor" Rob McCullough (#70 Lightweight) and Carey Vanier (#95) will compete in Bellator's Season 4 Lightweight Tournament. The tournament winner will take home $100,000 and the right to challenge Bellator Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez (#11 Lightweight) for the title.
The Welterweight Tournament features Jay Hieron (#19 Welterweight), Steve Carl (#43), "Judo" Jimmy Wallhead, former Bellator Welterweight Champion Lyman Good (#38), Dan Hornbuckle (#57), Brent Weedman (#84), Chris Lozano, and former Olympic judoka Rick Hawn as they compete for $100,000 and a shot at Bellator Welterweight Champion Ben Askren (#15). Both Lozano and Hawn will enter our rankings after their first tournament fight.
The promotion's inaugural Light-Heavyweight Tournament is the other officially-announced component of Bellator's upcoming fourth season, which will air on MTV2. In the coming weeks, Bellator will announce the rest of its season four tournament participants. To date, the other announced fighters for season four are Joe Riggs, Daniel Gracie and Ron Sparks.
The promotion currently boasts champions in all men's divisions but Flyweight and Light Heavyweight. Those champions are Zach Makovsky (#11 Bantamweight), Joe Warren (#2 Featherweight), Eddie Alvarez (#11 Lightweight), Ben Askren (#15 Welterweight), Hector Lombard (#7 Middleweight), Cole Konrad (#25 Heavyweight), and Zoila Frausto, who will likely be at the top of the heap when FIGHT! unveils its Women's Flyweight Rankings.
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Before the Olympians, there were the Titans
deTraci Regula
DeTraci Regula is a freelance writer who has specialized in Greek travel and tours for 18 years.
The Titans are the previous generation of deities to the Olympians, and are actually the parents or grandparents of many of the later Olympian gods and goddesses. However, sentimental family ties are stretched very thin with the Titans and the Olympians.
The (usually) twelve Titans are the children of a pair from a yet earlier layer of divinities - Gaia and Ouranos, the Earth and the Cosmos or time. They and their associates are sometimes referred to as the "primordial" deities. The other Titan names in Greek mythology are Chaos, Aether, Hemera, Eros, Erebus, Nyx, Ophion, and Tartarus. These are the "grandparents" of the Olympians.
Oceanus (Oceanos): God of the oceans
Coeus (Koios): An obscure Titan who mated with his sister Phoebe and fathered the goddesses Leto and Asteria.
Crius, Crios, Kreios: Possibly associated with flocks of animals on Crete, but information on him is very limited. Father with Eurybia of Astraios, Pallas and Perses. He is mainly noted as a divine ancestor.
Hyperion: Associated with light, both physical and that of wisdom. His children were all light-related: Eos (Dawn goddess) , Helios (Sun god), and Selene (Moon goddess).<br/>Iapetos, Iapetus: Associated with the westernmost of the four pillars holding apart earth and sky. He had four sons: Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius.
Theia, Thia, Thyia: Ancient goddess whose name means divine.
Rhea Ancient mother goddess, similar in some ways to her own mother Gaia.
Themis: Goddess of Law, similar to Dike, who may in turn reflect something of the ancient Minoan goddess Dicte or Dictynna.
Mnemosyne: Goddess of Memory, later a Muse.
Phoebe: Goddess of Light
Tethys: Goddess of the Sea
Kronos (Cronus, Cronos) God of time, but not quite as "universal" as his father. With his brothers Coeus, Crius, Hyperion and Iapetos, he captured his father Ouranos and castrated him to allow the Titans to burst forth from Gaia, the earth where they were held captive in their mother's belly.
Dione or Dion:, who was the wife of Zeus at the ancient site of Dodona, is sometimes added or substitued for Theia.
Another female Titan, Asteria, presided over divination and dreams. Her name is preserved in the Asterousia mountains of Crete, and "King" Asterion may have really been "Queen" Asteria.
While some of the Titans became parents to the major Olympian deities, many of their offspring were not so illustrious. Family squabbles were the norm; the Titanomachy is the name given to the eleven-year war between the Titans and their offspring, the Olympians, led by Zeus.
The Titans are enjoying the attention of a new generation in the remake of the classic film "The Clash of the Titans". More on the Clash of the Titans "Greek" Movie Locations.
The Kraken also appears in "Clash of the Titans", but it is not a Titan, just a modern, made-up beast created for the purposes of the movie. It has no place in ancient Greek mythology.
The term "Titanic" came to mean anything exceptionally big and strong, which is why it was used to name the famed ship "The Titanic" - which proved to be a little less than divine.
The Titans also are featured in the "Percy Jackson" books, and some of them appear or are mentioned in "The Lightning Thief".
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Q: XSL:FO Vertical Alignment of Positive and Negative Numbers I am trying to format this xml input:
<item name="foo" amt1="100" amt2="200" />
<item name="bar" amt1="-300" amt2="-400" />

in a pdf (using RenderX) as:
foo |  100  |  200
--- | ----- | -----
bar | (300) | (400)

but the following:
<xsl:for-each select="item">
  ...
    <fo:table-row>
        <fo:table-cell>
            <fo:block text-align="left">
                <xsl:value-of select="@name"/>
            </fo:block>
        </fo:table-cell>
        <fo:table-cell>
            <fo:block text-align="right">
                <xsl:value-of select="format-number(@amt1, '#,###;(#,###)')"/>
            </fo:block>
        </fo:table-cell>
        <fo:table-cell>
            <fo:block text-align="right">
                <xsl:value-of select="format-number(@amt2, '#,###;(#,###)')"/>
            </fo:block>
        </fo:table-cell>
    </fo:table-row>
</xsl:for-each>

is output as:
foo |   100 |   200
--- | ----- | -----
bar | (300) | (400)

where the positive numbers in row 1 and negative numbers in row 2 are aligned right, but I would also like them to be vertically aligned by the last integer of the number instead of the last character. The only solution I can think of is to have an xsl:choose set an additional 'padding-after' attribute on all positive integers to push them over the last integer of the negative numbers. Is there a better way to do this?
Solution:
<fo:block text-align="right">
    <xsl:value-of select="format-number(@amt1, '#,###;(#,###)')"/>
    <fo:leader leader-pattern="use-content" leader-length="5pt" leader-pattern-width="5pt">
        <xsl:choose>
            <xsl:when test="@cy_amt <= '0'">)</xsl:when>
        </xsl:choose>
    </fo:leader>
</fo:block>

A: The list/leader solutions are not perfect from my point of view as they require the numbers to be right-aligned. Hence if you don't know how long your numbers may be, you have to leave an important horizontal space even if most of the time the numbers are small and could be closer to some label.
I use the following template which allows me to align several numbers by adding invisible zeroes on the left. So the largest number is left-aligned, and the other numbers are aligned to its decimal point.
Obvious caveats are
- you have to know what the largest number is
- negative numbers are not handled (yet this can be fixed, I may do it when I need it, I'll make sure to update this answer then)
- you have to use a font in which digits all use the same horizontal space.
<xsl:template name="tools_formatters_number">
  <xsl:param name="integer-positions" select="0" />
  <xsl:param name="number" />
  <xsl:param name="mask" select="'###,###,###,###,###,##0.00'" />

  <xsl:choose>
    <xsl:variable name="positions" select="$integer-positions + floor(($integer-positions - 1) div 3)" />

    <xsl:variable name="mask-zeroed" select="translate($mask, '#', '0')" />
    <xsl:variable name="mask-zeroed-left" select="substring-before($mask-zeroed, '.')" />
    <xsl:variable name="mask-zeroed-right" select="concat('.', substring-after($mask-zeroed, '.'))" />

    <xsl:variable name="sub-mask-zeroed-left" select="substring($mask-zeroed-left, string-length($mask-zeroed-left) - $positions + 1, $positions)" />

    <xsl:variable name="mask2" select="concat($sub-mask-zeroed-left, $mask-zeroed-right)" />
    <xsl:variable name="fnumber" select="format-number($number, $mask2)" />

    <xsl:variable name="pnumber" select="string-length(substring-before(format-number($number, $mask), '.'))" />
    <xsl:variable name="posnumber" select="$pnumber + floor(($pnumber - 1) div 3) + string-length(substring-after($fnumber, '.')) + 1" />

    <xsl:variable name="whitepart" select="substring($fnumber, 1, string-length($fnumber) - $posnumber)" />
    <xsl:variable name="blackpart" select="substring($fnumber, string-length($fnumber) - $posnumber + 1, $posnumber)" />

    <inline color="white"><xsl:value-of select="$whitepart" /></inline>
    <xsl:value-of select="$blackpart" />
  </xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>

Here is a brief description of what each param/variable contains.
Values in braces constitute an example.

*

*integer-positions says how many digits need to be shown before the decimal separator. {7}

*number is the number to be shown. {4242.42}

*mask is a standard mask for formatting numbers. The template code is tailored for that mask, you can add thousand groups on the left and whatever you want on the right, but each group has to be made of exactly three digits on the left of the decimal separator. {###,###,###,###,###,##0.00}

*positions is integer-positions, taking thousand separators into consideration {9}

*mask-zeroed is mask without optional digits on the left {000,000.00}

*mask-zeroed-left is the integer part of mask-zeroed {000,000}

*mask-zeroed-right is the decimal part of mask-zeroed {.00}

*sub-mask-zeroed-left is mask-zeroed-left limited to positions digits. {0,000,000}

*mask2 adds the right part to sub-mask-zeroed-left. {0,000,000.00}

*fnumber is number formatted with mask2. {0,004,242.42}

*pnumber is the number of digits in the integer part of number {4}

*posnumber is the number of symbols that need to be shown {(5 + 3 =) 8}

*whitepart is the space part which will be printed in white {0,00}

*blackpart is the actual number {4,242.42}

Example of use:
<xsl:call-template name="tools_formatters_number">
  <xsl:with-param name="integer-positions" select="7" />
  <xsl:with-param name="number" select="'4242.42'" />
</xsl:call-template>

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01/09/2012 loboviejobranding, language, money, restraint of trade, trade, trademark Leave a comment
(c) 2012 Earl L. Haehl Permission is given to use this article in whole as long as credit is given. Book rights are reserved.
Back when I could still afford MAD magazine there was a parody of product placement in films. And the one that entered my mind and lodged there to exit my mouth at inappropriate times was a battle field where the Cavalry had gotten the short end of the stick (I used to love those) and a scout rides up and says, "Over there is General Custer with a VanHeusen through his chest."
Certain trademarks have entered the language as generic terms. Who says, "Hand me a soft tissue?" No, the term used is Kleenex, a registered term of Kimberly-Clarke or whoever currently owns the trademark.
I made the mistake of referring to a restored 1943 Ford utility vehicle as a jeep in front of a Chrysler salesman and was informed that the term as registered. "So, my uncle's Willys is not a Jeep? Jeep was not a generic term back in 1943? There were never Jeeps before 1987?"
Also during the second world war, they began using an adhesive tape with strong cotton duck backing and after the war, Manco trademarked the name Duck Tape. Similarly, 3-M has guarded the Scotch Tape Brand.
In my favorite local Mexican restaurant I will order Mexican Coke with my meal. They provide the product made by Coca-Cola in Mexico with sugar rather than high-fructose corn syrup (a product of farm subsidies). I have yet to hear the waiter respond the way the order phone responded when my buddy, then a vice-cop, asked for a coke at a drive-in. "Will that be wet or fluffy?" So far the Coca-Cola corporation has not sued any of the major cartels for copyright infringement on "Mexican coke" or the advertising slogan "things go better with coke."
In the old Soviet Union there were a number of companies making counterfeit Leica cameras. There are a number of finely crafted ones and there are a number of collectors, including (so I am told) some employees of Leitz Optical. Cameras and optics became Leica some time in the nineties leaving the Leitz corporation to some fairly complicated electronic products. Also, at one point all 35mm double frame rangefinder cameras were called Leicas—then other companies began to push their own branding.
The Soviet Union also marketed (to avoid trademark problems—patents are another matter) a camera very similar to a Pentax K1000 with a Nikon bayonet mount. They also had what looked like a Nikon FM with a Pentax K mount. The real temptation was a Kiev 6×6 which was more or less (mostly less) compatible with Hasselblad.
China—what can you say about a country that has looser point of origin labeling than Germany—built an M-14 clone. Looks right, magazines and ammo compatible, good price point. Parts were not interchangeable.
So be aware that branding and trademark are tools of restricting competition.
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30/08/2012 loboviejocensorship, language, liberty, politics, precision Leave a comment
In the study of journalism, English literature and law I came across a common thread, the ideal of precision in the use of language. One of my favorite scenes in Ulysses involves Dubliners in a pub arguing Shakespeare's meanings as if the Bard were their writer—the truth is that the language is as much theirs as it is the language of London, New York or Kansas City. So I have a vested interest (as a labor relations manager I wore a three-piece suit) in the integrity of the language. And I tend to lecture people such as Bob Livingston on use of the term "liberal."
The following comment made to Fox was "moderated" by disqus, the censor used by numerous sites including Fox. Since the Wall Street Journal is the jewel in Murdoch's Crown, there is no need to subscribe to Fox for anything but entertainment news and Stossel
I am going to say something here that may upset a lot of people. But I am educated in the classical liberal arts which include rhetoric, grammar, logic, geometry, arithmetic, astronomy and music. I have studied Latin extensively. The root of the term liberal is the same as the root of the term liberty. Until we, as a people–not we as a State–stop using the term liberal interchangeably with the terms progressive and statist, we are allowing them to misuse the word they have appropriated. FDR was not a liberal. Harry Truman had some liberal tendencies as did JFK. On the Supreme Court, Hugo Black had liberal tendencies and actually knew the Reconstruction Amendments were about individual rights. William O Douglas and William J Brennan both believed in the power of government apart from limitations–that the Commerce Clause was that grant and that it superseded all amendments. Both of the authors of the commerce clause (Hamilton and Madison) held the view that it was not a license to expand federal power, but a preventive of arbitrary and intrusive state interference in the peaceful conduct of crossing state lines with goods.
The word liber means free. Anyone advocating that the constitution grants authoritarian or absolute power to the central government has no claim to that title.
The liberals of the late 18th Century were referred to as anti-federalists. We often refer to big government populists as "neo-conservatives." Does this make post FDR statists "neo-liberals" or neolibs for short?
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17/07/2012 loboviejoadvertising, elephant jokes, humor, language, murdrum (tax), shire reeve Leave a comment
Back in the fifties I read Boys Life regularly. I remember Heinlein and project articles. Most of all I developed a keen sense of jokes.
Any magazine worth reading has a joke page or cartoons.
So, since I am not within range of anyone's hat, I feel free.
Q. What is the difference between grapes and elephants?
A. Grapes are purple.
Q. What did Tarzan say when he saw the elephants coming?
A. "Here come the grapes." He was color blind.
Q. How do you get six elephants in a Volkswagon?
A. Three in front. Three in back.
Q. What's red and green and travels quickly?
A. A frog in a blender.
Q. Why does Prince Charles not wear Fruit-of-the-Loom briefs?
A. Gentlemen prefer Hanes,
You can tell the ad men were involved in the film production when Maj Reno says, "and there lies General Custer with a Van Heusen through his chest," (I also read Mad Magazine.)
SWIFTIE: "This seems to happen every seven days," Tom said weakly.
Q. How many road construction workers does it take to change a lightbulb?
A. Three. One to change the bulb, two to lean on their shovels and kibbitz.
William Jennings Bryan would be perplexed. The only place you find "Free Silver" placards is when the animal rights activists boycott the Lone Ranger set.
After Mozart's death, his ghost would go into music halls and erase the notes from sheet music. It was called de-composing.
The Normans always did executions behind a white sheet so the splattered blood would frighten onlookers—sort of like that 20th Century Norman in Psycho.
Q. Why did the chicken cross the road?
A. She didn't get hit.
Stranger: Is there a criminal lawyer in this town?
Resident: Ain't that redundant?
SHAGGY DOG — Robin Hood Rocks
The following story is copyrighted. (c) 2011 by Earl Haehl. I prepared it to be educational but I think I should avoid reading Asimov under the influence of energy drinks and tequila.
The term "murder" comes from the murdrum, a tax levied by the Normans on all residents of a shire when there is an unsolved homicide. This was to encourage the residents to cooperate with the Normans to avoid the tax.
It happened that the Reeve (or Administrator) of the shire—from which came shire reeve which evolved into sheriff—and the King's deputy, Sir Alfred Down were investigating such an occurrence to determine that the victim was a Norman so the tax could be levied. If the corpse were English, it did not count as a person.
On Wednesday the bodies of both Reeve Lacey and Sir Alfred were found flat on their back with arrows through their throats. William, Baron of Barrenshire, a trusted assistant of the King, went to investigate. No one would talk so tax would be double except that the King wanted a neck to be stretched.
They stopped at the Silver Unicorn Pub for what was on draft and as he and his crew walked in, he noticed Robert Locksley (Robin Hood himself) bragging to the barmaid, Maid Marian (late of the Comedia di'l Arte) and her co actor, Tuck the Mendicant about his skill with the Welsh long bow. This was curious as a Norman like Locksley would carry a sword.
William walked up to Locksley and demanded to know if Robert had used his bow on the two victims.
"Yes," Locksley answered, "and no."
"The answer is yes or no?"
"But the answer is yes and no."
"Howso Robert?"
"Simple, Will. I shot the Shire Reeve but I did not shoot Deputy Down."


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