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Jörg Philipp Terhechte (* 1975 in Salzkotten) ist ein deutscher Jurist, Hochschullehrer an der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Professor an der University of Glasgow sowie seit 2016 Vizepräsident der Universität Lüneburg.

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Terhechte stammt aus einer westfälischen Künstlerfamilie. Sein Großvater war der Maler Theodor Terhechte. Sein Vater war der Maler, Kunsthistoriker und Kunsterzieher Hans Terhechte. Nach dem Abitur am Gymnasium Georgianum in Vreden studierte er von 1995 bis 2000 Rechtswissenschaften und zeitweise Philosophie an der Universität Bielefeld. 2000 legte er das 1. Juristische Staatsexamen am Oberlandesgericht Hamm ab. Von 2003 bis 2005 absolvierte er sein Referendariat u. a. beim Bundeskartellamt in Bonn, der US-Sozietät Coudert Brothers LLP in Brüssel und der U.S. Federal Trade Commission in Washington D.C. 2005 legte er das 2. Juristische Staatsexamen in Düsseldorf ab. 2003 wurde er an der Fakultät für Rechtswissenschaft der Universität Bielefeld zum Dr. jur. promoviert. Der Titel seiner Dissertation lautet "Die ungeschriebenen Tatbestandsmerkmale des europäischen Wettbewerbsrechts". Von 2000 bis 2004 war er Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter von Armin Hatje am Lehrstuhl für Öffentliches Recht, Europa- und Völkerrecht an der Universität Bielefeld. Von 2004 bis 2006 war er Wissenschaftlicher Assistent an diesem Lehrstuhl. Von 2006 bis 2011 war er Wissenschaftlicher Assistent am Seminar für Öffentliches Recht und Staatslehre der Universität Hamburg, Seminarabteilung Europäisches Gemeinschaftsrecht.

2011 wurde er auf eine Universitätsprofessur für Öffentliches Recht (Staats- und Verwaltungsrecht) sowie Europarecht an die Universität Siegen berufen. Seit Oktober 2012 ist er Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Öffentliches Recht, Europäisches und Internationales Recht sowie Regulierungs- und Kartellrecht an der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg. 2016 wurde er zum Vizepräsidenten der  Universität Lüneburg gewählt. 2018 erfolgte eine Berufung auf eine Professur für Europäisches und Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht an die University of Glasgow. Er hat in der Vergangenheit zahlreiche wissenschaftliche Gutachten erstattet und hat wiederholt Vertretungen vor dem Bundesverfassungsgericht übernommen.

Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte bilden das Öffentliche Recht sowie das Europa- und Völkerrecht. Einen besonderen Schwerpunkt bilden das Recht der EU sowie das europäische und internationale Wirtschaftsrecht, insbesondere das Wettbewerbs- und Regulierungsrecht. Terhechte gilt als ausgesprochen pro-europäisch und als international sehr gut vernetzt. Zudem beschäftigt er sich mit Fragen der wissenschaftlichen Weiterbildung/Executive Education und der Internationalisierung von Hochschulen.

Jörg Philipp Terhechte hat drei Kinder und ist mit der Rechtsanwältin und Dozentin Nicole Terhechte-Gerick verheiratet.

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Terhechte ist seit 2012 geschäftsführender Direktor des Competition & Regulation Institute der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg und seit 2013 Leiter der Leuphana Professional School. Mit über 1.150 Studierenden und zahlreichen Studienprogrammen ist die Professional School heute eine der führenden Einrichtungen für wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung/Executive Education in Deutschland. Er ist zudem Gründer und Leiter des Competition & Regulation Master-Studiengangs (LL.M.) an der Professional School der Leuphana. Er hat seit 2014 den Master-Studiengang "International Economic Law" (LL.M.) im Rahmen eines Dual-Master-Programms mit der School of Law der University of Glasgow aufgebaut. Dieses Programm wurde in den letzten Jahren um weitere Partner ergänzt, etwa um die University of the West Indies (Jamaika, Barbados, Trinidad und Tobago).

2016 wurde er zum Vizepräsidenten der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg gewählt und ist für die Geschäftsbereiche Professional School, Internationalisierung und Fundraising verantwortlich. 2018 wurde er zum geschäftsführenden Direktor des Instituts for European Integration am Europa-Kolleg, Hamburg, gewählt und ist auch Mitglied des Stiftungsvorstandes der Stiftung Europa-Kolleg, Hamburg. Seit 2019 ist er Academic Director und Chairman des Academic Board des European Centre for Advanced Studies (ECAS), einer gemeinsamen akademischen Einrichtung der University of Glasgow und der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg.

Jörg Philipp Terhechte ist seit 2008 Mitherausgeber des European Yearbook of International Economic Law sowie seit 2004 Mitarbeiter der Schriftleitung der führenden europarechtswissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift Europarecht. Er ist seit 2008 Gesamtschriftleiter der zehnbändigen Enzyklopädie des Europarechts. Seit 2018 ist er einer der Herausgeber eines führenden Großkommentars zum Recht der EU (von der Groben/Hatje/Schwarze/Terhechte), der seit 1958 im Nomos Verlag erscheint.

Forschungsaufenthalte/Gastprofessuren/Auszeichnungen
Terhechte wurde für seine Dissertation 2005 mit dem Dissertationspreis der Westfälisch-Lippischen Universitätsgesellschaft ausgezeichnet. 2006 war er als DAAD-Postdoc-Stipendiat Visiting Scholar an der George Washington University Law School sowie bei der U.S. Federal Trade Commission in Washington D.C. 2008 war er als DAAD-Postdoc-Stipendiat Visiting Fellow am Institute for European and Comparative Law der University of Oxford sowie Visiting Professor an der Radboud-Universität Nijmegen. Von 2011 bis 2018 war er Fellow am Europa-Kolleg, Hamburg. Seit 2006 ist er Lehrbeauftragter und Mitglied der Fakultät am Europa-Kolleg, Hamburg. Von 2006 bis 2015 war er Lehrbeauftragter an der Karls-Universität Prag. Außerdem war er wiederholt Lehrbeauftragter an der China-Europe-School of Law in Peking sowie seit 2008 fortlaufend im Studiengang "Deutsches und Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht" in St. Petersburg. 2016 und 2018 war Terhechte Gastprofessor an der University of the West Indies, Barbados.

Seit 2014 ist er ehrenamtlicher Richter am Verwaltungsgericht Lüneburg (Disziplinarkammer) sowie seit 2006 Mitglied des Justizprüfungsamt beim Hanseatischen Oberlandesgericht in Hamburg.

2015 wurde Jörg Philipp Terhechte vom University Court der University of Glasgow zum Honorary Professor ernannt.

Publikationen (Auswahl)

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 Europäische Verfassungsstudien. Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden 2019, ISBN 978-3-8487-3010-0.
 Staat und Spiel. Verlag Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2019, ISBN 978-3-16-154545-0.
 mit Julian Krüper: Spielen für den guten Zweck. Verlag Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2019, ISBN 978-3-16-156818-3.
 International Cartel and Merger Enforcement Law between Co-operation and Convergence. Springer Verlag, Berlin/ Heidelberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-7694-0988-8.
 Konstitutionalisierung und Normativität der europäischen Grundrechte. Verlag Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-16-150509-6.
 OPEC und europäisches Wettbewerbsrecht – Zugleich ein Beitrag zum Phänomen der Fragmentierung des internationalen Wirtschaftsrechts. Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden 2008, ISBN 978-3-8329-3022-6.
 Die ungeschriebenen Tatbestandsmerkmale des europäischen Wettbewerbsrechts. Dissertation. Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden 2004, ISBN 3-8329-0672-X.

Herausgeber
 mit Armin Hatje und Peter-Christian Müller-Graff: Europarechtswissenschaft. EuR-Beiheft 2/18, Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden 2018, ISBN 978-3-8487-5674-2.
 Internationale Dimensionen des europäischen Verwaltungsrechts. EuR-Beiheft 1/2016, Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden 2016, ISBN 978-3-8487-3747-5
 mit Stefan Leible: Europäisches Verfahrensrecht. (= Enzyklopädie des Europarechts, Band 3). Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden 2014, ISBN 978-3-8329-7233-2.
 mit Dirk Ehlers, Hans-Michael Wolffgang und Ulrich Jan Schröder: Aktuelle Entwicklungen des Rechtsschutzes und der Streitbeilegung im Außenwirtschaftsrecht. Verlag Recht und Wirtschaft, Frankfurt am Main 2013, ISBN 978-3-8005-1574-5.
 mit Hans Michael Heinig: Postnationale Demokratie, Postdemokratie, Neoetatismus – Wandel klassischer Demokratievorstellungen in der Rechtswissenschaft. Verlag Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2013, ISBN 978-3-16-152609-1.
 Europarecht (EUV/AEUV)/European Law (TEU/TFEU)/Droit Europeen (TUE/TFUE). Nomos Verlag/Bruylant, Baden-Baden 2012, ISBN 978-3-8329-6415-3.
 Verwaltungsrecht der Europäischen Union. Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden 2011, ISBN 978-3-8329-5328-7.
 mit Jürgen Basedow und Lubos Tichý: Private Enforcement of Competition Law. Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden 2011, ISBN 978-3-8329-5651-6.
 mit Armin Hatje: Grundgesetz und europäische Integration – Die EU nach dem Lissabon-Urteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichts. EuR-Beiheft 1/2010, Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden 2010, ISBN 978-3-8329-5334-8.
 Handbuch Internationales Kartell- und Fusionskontrollverfahrensrecht/International Cartel and Merger Enforcement Law (English Summaries). Gieseking Verlag, Bielefeld 2008, ISBN 978-3-7694-0988-8.
 mit Armin Hatje: Unternehmen und Steuern in Europa. EuR-Beiheft 1/2006, Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden, 2006.
 Die europäische Verfassung – Verfassungen in Europa. 45. Assistententagung Öffentliches Recht – Bielefeld 2005, Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden 2005.
 mit Armin Hatje: Das Binnenmarktziel in der europäischen Verfassung. EuR-Beiheft 3/2004, Nomos-Verlag, Baden-Baden 2004.

Darüber hinaus hat er über 300 Fachartikel, Kommentierungen und Beiträge in Fachzeitschriften, Sammelbänden, Kommentaren und Handbüchern veröffentlicht.

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Rechtswissenschaftler (21. Jahrhundert)
Hochschullehrer (Universität Siegen)
Hochschullehrer (Leuphana Universität Lüneburg)
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Geboren 1975
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Антон Шарфф (, ,  — , ) — австрийский  и .

Биография
Учился в венской Академии изобразительных искусств и Академии гравёров при Главном монетном управлении.
C 1866 года — помощник гравёра Главного монетного управления, c 1870 — второй монетный гравёр. С 1881 года — гравёр, с 1887 — камер-медальер. С 1896 года — директор Академии гравёров.

Создал штемпеля многих австрийских монет, а также ряда иностранных монет: медных сербских монет 1868 года князя Михаила Обреновича, серебряных и золотых монет 1869 года короля Милана I Обреновича, серебряных монет 1896 года короля Александра Обреновича, золотых персидских туманов 1879 года Насер ад-Дин Шаха, серебряных и золотых болгарских монет князя Фердинанда I, серебряных румынских монет 1894 года короля Кароля I.

Многочисленные созданные им медали отличаются выразительностью, реалистичностью и передачей портретного сходства. Создал множество портретных медалей, в том числе с портретами: медальера Гауля (1867), нумизмата Эккеля (1880), императора Александра II (1887) и др., а также медалей в честь различных событий: Всемирной выставки в Вене (1873), 300-летия Грацского университета (1886) и др.

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Литература

 Scharff, Anton, Neue Deutsche Biographie. Band 22, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 2005, ISBN 3-428-11203-2, S. 570
 Scharff, Anton, Nordisk familjebok, 1916, p. 950

Медальеры Австрии
Гравёры Австрии

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Establishment of the IPCC and its contributions to global society
Ranjendra Pachauri describes how climate change and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have brought together a scientific collaboration on a unique scale to influence thought, policy and strategy.
The IPCC was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organisation and the United Nations Environment Programme, and its establishment was endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly through Resolution No. A/RES/43/53 which mandated:
"through the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, immediately to initiate action leading, as soon as possible, to a comprehensive review and recommendations with respect to:
(a) The state of knowledge of the science of climate and climatic change;
(b) Programmes and studies on the social and economic impact of climate change, including global warming;
(c) Possible response strategies to delay, limit or mitigate the impact of adverse climate change;
(d) The identification and possible strengthening of relevant existing international legal instruments having a bearing on climate;
(e) Elements for inclusion in a possible future international convention on climate;"
The IPCC throughout its history has had a substantial impact in bringing to the doorstep of the public at large and policymakers in particular a series of scientific assessments on climate change, including special reports on specific aspects of the subject. Over the years the IPCC has evolved in a manner that ensures the best scientific expertise being harnessed to carry out its assessment activity and to receive the support and acceptance of governments across the world, such that the knowledge produced by this body can be applied directly in government decision making and policies.
For instance, the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), currently under preparation, selected 831 authors from across the globe to carry out this mammoth task from a total of around 3000 outstanding experts nominated by governments and other organisations on the basis of their record of research on specific aspects of climate change.
The IPCC's rigorous approach
The IPCC relies entirely on published literature for carrying out its assessments, and as a result it is able to access knowledge which is studied in depth by the scientists who are leaders in each field of research covered by the outline prepared rigorously for each report. The process by which assessments are carried out involves an intensive system of peer reviews by a large number of experts as well as reviews by governments. To ensure that comments by reviewers get appropriate attention, every single comment which is produced as part of the review has to be addressed, and responses recorded indicating whether it has been accepted and if not then very clear reasons being recorded why the comment was not accepted.
The process, therefore, produces a thoroughly validated and peer reviewed product which at the end undergoes further intensive scrutiny. Each report produced by the IPCC has a Summary for Policymakers which has to be approved by the entire plenary, accepted literally word to word. This ensures that anything which goes into this vital document is subjected to intensive scrutiny, and has to be justified by the authors, often through the provision of direct scientific evidence drawn from the literature on which the report is based. Often, improvements in language also occur in this process, because since this is a document used largely by policymakers, government representatives are familiar with how a scientific finding is best expressed for getting the concept through to a policymaker who reads it.
Reaching a global cross-spectrum of society
The work of the IPCC has been used and disseminated by a whole range of stakeholders across the world, and hence during the history of this body it has been able to create a knowledge base among governments, industry, academia and civil society, which provides the foundation for action to deal with the growing challenge of climate change.
A scientific collaboration on a unique scale
It would be no exaggeration to state that of any collective scientific endeavor attempted across the world no parallel exists in informing and influencing policy anywhere in the world to the extent that the IPCC has. This statement would be valid for any stage of human history. Nor has there been such a massive scientific enterprise that has progressively informed human society through its assessments so effectively through persistent efforts lasting over a quarter century already.
The Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the IPCC, which came out in 2007 produced a set of profound scientific findings, which had a major impact on society across the world. Soon after this report was completed the IPCC was awarded and shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 with former Vice President of the US, Al Gore.
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Alastair Greenwood Hill (25 April 1934 – 18 December 2018) was a Scottish football player. He won the 1955 Scottish Cup with Clyde.

Hill died in Blairgowrie on 18 December 2018, at the age of 84.

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US Report: Cisco tops analysts' Q1 estimates
Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) topped analysts' estimates by a penny a share in its first fiscal quarter Wednesday, returning a profit of $559 m (£338 m) or 34 cents (£0.20) a share, on sales of $2.
By Larry Barrett | November 5, 1998 -- 12:41 GMT (04:41 PST) | Topic: Networking
Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) topped analysts' estimates by a penny a share in its first fiscal quarter Wednesday, returning a profit of $559 m (£338 m) or 34 cents (£0.20) a share, on sales of $2.59 bn (£1.6 bn). Its shares closed up 2 3/16 to 65 9/16 ahead of the earnings report.
First Call consensus expected the network equipment maker to earn 33 cents (£0.20) a share in the quarter. Of course, Cisco always seems to beat the Street number by at least penny a share. The $2.59 bn (£1.6 bn) in sales represents a 38 percent improvement versus the year-ago quarter when it earned $416 m (£252 m) or 26 cents (£0.16) a share, on sales of $1.87 bn (£1.13 bn). "We are pleased to report the 35th-consecutive quarter of revenue and earnings growth," said CEO John Chambers in a prepared release. "We have seen a dramatic increase in the awareness of the Internet's strategic value from business and government leaders worldwide."
Cisco's reputation and performance within the technology industry and on Wall Street has made its shareholders a staggering amount of money in the blink of an eye. The world's leading network equipment maker is already projecting sales of $10 billion this fiscal year. Few if any stocks could match Cisco's stock performance in the past eight years. After its initial public offering in February 1990 at $18 (£11) a share, the stock has split seven times—including five 2-for-1 bonanzas. In August, it split 3-for-2 at 96 5/8.
A legitimate case could be made for Cisco being the most dominant technology company in the world, busily hooking up a global customer base just dying to get online. Its profit margins aren't too shabby either.
Earlier this quarter, its chairman, John Morgridge, said total sales "would grow at a rate of 25-plus-percent." There's no reason to doubt him. In the past fiscal year, Cisco recorded sales of $8.46 bn (£5.13 bn) -- a 31 percent jump from fiscal 1997. Last quarter, it pocketed $491.6 m (£298 m) or 30 cents (£0.18) a share, on sales of $2.38 bn (£1.44 bn).
A comparison of Cisco's stock chart to the S&P 500's performance in the past eight years --most of which included the greatest bull market in history -- confirms this stock's pedigree. People are always looking for that "next IBM" to add to their portfolios and it's been here all along. It just keeps soaring. It should come as no surprise that all 29 brokerage firms following the stock have either "buy" or "strong buy" recommendations and have held those ratings for at least a year.
Cloud Internet of Things Security Data Centers
More from Larry Barrett
The price of popularity: Cloud security threats near on-premise levels
VC spending jumps 12 percent to $9.5 billion in first quarter
Chip-equipment spending still stuck in reverse
Enterprise cloud outlook: Inevitably hybrid, surprisingly agile and (eventually) cheap
ACMA to review bushfire impact on Australian telco networks
Proposal floated to provide telcos access to emergency fuel stores for the purpose of providing generators with backup power during emergencies.
Nyansa's cloud-based AIOps platform will be combined with VMware's SD-WAN platform, VeloCloud.
Mobile voice minutes start to decline in Australia
A decline in usage of voice minutes from mobiles joins the trend of disappearing fixed-line calls, as users switch to over-the-top services.
Huawei and 5G: Why the UK's decision is getting tougher every day
The prime minister's decision about Huawei will say much about the UK's place in the world after Brexit.
Mozilla lays off about 70 employees including senior staffers
Known best for its Firefox browser, Mozilla laid off approximately 6% of its staff in the face of diminishing revenue.
The need to patch Cisco Data Center Network Manager for Nexus switches becomes even more urgent.
The successful supplier will be responsible for delivering compute hardware and associated software to the Reserve Bank of Australia for the next five years. ...


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GR's top games of 2005!
Discussion in 'General Gaming' started by GhostTrip, Dec 15, 2005.
Here it is guys, I've compiled a list of the best games of 2005 chosen by you guys!
Shouldn't this be in the general gaming forum?
Nice list, very little on there that I disagree with.
The only thing i would disagree with is the Only for on the Resident Evil Picture.
Now please don't say what many will probably say.
Interesting. I saw the topic, but never had time to compile my list. Nice presentation, GhostTrip.
Quit being such a party pooper!!
OH YEAH ANOTHER MISC. TOPIC!
Too bad Fatal Frame III didn't make it in but that's okay. Good job Ghost.
Resident Evil 4, ONLY for Gamecube!!! LOLLERSKATES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Blue Frog has graded that post F.
Great job Ghost! Nice work!
The guy's an idiot. He was also posting how stupid RPG's were in the RPG forum the other day I think.
ZOMFG WR IS THE PWNAGE!!!!
Ug, That list! 2005 really was a slow year.


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Policemen Invaded NSCDC Headquarters, Brutalized Commandant, Killed Orderly
Editor April 26, 2022 in Crime, News Tagged Nigeria Police, NSCDC command invasion - 2 Minutes
By Imam Moromoke
Heavily armed men of the Nigeria Police Force have 'brutalised' the Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Imo State, Michael Ogar.
His Orderly was also reportedly killed, while some Civil Defence operatives sustained varying degree of injuries.
The Imo NSCDC boss, according to PRNigeria's report, was allegedly first assaulted physically by personnel of the Squadron-18 Mobile Police in the State. The attack occured few minutes after the Commandant intervened in a mild dispute between his NSCDC men and some police personnel.
Credible sources revealed that the incident which was characterised by exchange of heavy gunfire happened right inside the Imo NSCDC Command Headquarters, located along Works Layout in Owerri, the state capital.
The trouble was reported to have started after a heated argument had ensued between the driver of the Imo NSCDC boss and a police officer in mufti, who blocked the exit way of the Commandant's entourage.
The Imo Civil Defence Chief was said to be returning from Abacheke, the oil bunkering site, where scores were burnt to death on Sunday, in Egbema.
A Civil Defence officer, who craved anonymity said "when asked by the commandant's security escorts to move aside, the police officer who was not on uniform vehemently refused without even disclosing his identity. He was, however, ignored on the commandant's directive.
"However, rather than go his way, the police officer, unknown to the men of the Corps, put a call through to his colleagues, who mobilized to the command's headquarters, while he followed the entourage to Owerri.
"On reaching the Corps office, while the commandant made to enter the command, the man blocked the NSCDC boss, brought out a pistol and announced that he was a police officer. On sighting that, he was immediately rounded up and arrested by NSCDC officers who also seized the pistol to avert danger."
The officer, further said that, "After he was released, he returned with some heavily armed and enraged MOPOL men who went into beating, shooting and attacking both officers and their facilities at the premises.
"Seeing what was happening, the commandant, Mr. Ogar, who was already in his office, rushed out to address the situation on hearing the gunshots, but the enraged policemen attacked and beat him up with his uniform torn, after which he was stripped down to his boxers before being whisked away."
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Predictions 2023
01/01/2023 By Kelvin 5 Comments
Generative artificial intelligence will become significantly disruptive of many sectors this year. Education practices will change quickly as a result of this but education will be but one of many areas of life to be affected.
No progress for those seeking marriage equality in the Church of England. There will be a lot of talk about moving towards some form of official blessings for same-sex couples which would have the effect of thwarting those seeking actual equality, making it more difficult to achieve. Further division amongst pro-gay activists in the Church of England.
Indyref 2 will not happen on 19 October 2023 as Nicola Sturgeon had hoped, which is a shame for those seeking to separate Scotland from the rest of the UK as the autumn will be the high water mark for the Indepedence movement. It will be downhill into the next General Election after that.
Trump and Biden will both declare that they intend to run for the US presidency in 2024 and American politics will continue to be all about Donald Trump.
Covid recovery remains bumpy, particularly through supply-chain problems due to mismanagement of Covid in China.
No conclusive end to the war in Ukraine this year.
Governments in Westminster and Holyrood will announce some kind of "new deal" for the National Heath Service.
UK Government will not succeed in blocking Scottish Gender Recognition Reform.
Liam McArthur's bill in the Scottish Parliamant to allow doctors to participate in the killing of terminally ill patients will fail to receive parliamentary approval but will receive more support than similar proposals have before.
Changes announced to the UK honours system, perhaps at the time of the Coronation, to remove references to empire. OBE becomes Order of British Excellence.
Predictions 2022 – How did I do?
Time to see how I did with my predictions at the start of the year.
Boris Johnson will be replaced with a Prime Minister who is more competent, more right wing and more difficult to beat.
Well, if we skip lightly over the horror of Liz Truss's premiership, I'm going to claim this one as fulfilled. Left and right designations in politics mean less as the years go on. Prediction fulfilled.
A good year for Michael Gove (who is almost invisible at the moment).
I'm claiming this one too. He's back in government and less invisible. If you don't agree, you probably don't read the Daily Telegraph. Prediction fulfilled.
Church of Scotland General Assembly votes to allow same-sex couples to be married in church. More significantly, almost no-one leaves in a huff.
Exactly what happened. Prediction Fulfilled.
No progress for those seeking marriage equality in the Church of England.
Sadly. Prediction Fulfilled
US Republican Party do well at the November midterms.
Gloriously, prediction unfulfilled.
Midnight Mass will happen at St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow – some people will still be wearing masks but it won't be mandatory.
Yes, I did see a few mask wearers but we were getting back to prepandemic levels of attendence and Midnight Mass was a blast. Prediction fulfilled.
Lots of people discover that cryptocurrency is not the sure thing that they thought. (Losses will disproportionately affect young people).
Oh my, yes. What a mess some people have got themselves into. Prediction fulfilled.
Nicola Sturgeon will be forced to announce a proposed date for an Independence Referendum against her better judgement.
She announed on 23 June 2022 that it would be held on 19 October 2023. (Spoiler alert – it won't happen on 19 October 2023). Prediction fulfilled.
Lambeth Conference will take place but some people forced to participate virtually due to continued pandemic in developing world. (No new sanctions against pro-gay provinces).
Well it took place but I'm not sure whether or not there were virtual participants. However, there were no new sanctions against pro-gay provinces. Prediction largely fulfilled.
Working from home/hybrid working becomes normalised for big companies. Consequent increase in ransomware demands.
Working from home is certainly still going on and there are many big companies that are planning for it continuing in some form. (Here's a government report about it). And yes, ransomware has increased. (Here's a paper on it from the Chartered Institute of IT).
I'm guessing that one or two people might want to argue about whether I got this all as right as I think I did – particularly the first two, but not a bad year overall.


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Tinder adds a panic button and safety check-in feature for dates that go wrong
This illustration picture taken on July 24, 2019 in Paris shows the logo of the US social networking application Tinder on the screen of a tablet. (Photo by Martin BUREAU / AFP) (Photo credit should read MARTIN BUREAU/AFP via Getty Images)
There's nothing that can be done about a bad date, but Tinder is hoping to ensure that all dates are at least a little safer.
The dating app is adding new safety features, including a panic button that alerts safety authorities if something goes wrong during a date. Tinder has also added the ability to check-in, telling friends where the daters are.
US users will receive the free new tools next Tuesday in a new section of the app called the Safety Center. Match, the dating conglomerate that owns Tinder, will roll out the new tools to its other US dating services later this year. The company also owns OkCupid, Hinge and the flagship Match.com.
The tools will be powered by Noonlight, a safety platform that Tinder made an investment in. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed.
To use the new Safety Center tools, users will have to also download Noonlight and enable the app's location-tracking tools. Users' dates information, such as location, will have to be manually entered into a new "Tinder Timeline" tool that can be shared with friends.
If the user feels unsafe, they will have to open the Noonlight app and press a button that discreetly contacts Noonlight dispatchers. The dispatcher will first send them a text so they don't have to vocally talk for help. If that's unanswered, Noonlight will send a code and call them. If there are no answer, Noonlight will dispatch emergency services.
The aim to let users ask for help without raising suspicions during the date. That's why it's panic tools are located within the Noonlight app.
Location-sharing apps have come under scrutiny recently for not selling users' information to advertisers. Match won't have access to Noonlight's location data and Noonlight claims it doesn't sell user data. Users can also switch off location services within the phone's settings when they aren't on dates.
Tinder is also testing a new photo verification tool so users can ensure they're talking to someone real before they go on the date. A user will have to submit picture certain poses. Tinder's AI technology will compare those photos to previously submitted pictures. Profiles will have a check mark for those that complete the service. Tinder said the tool will become widely available later this year.
Match said it's the first dating company to integrate in this type of service. Dating apps and ride-hailing companies, like Uber and Lyft, have been blasted for putting users in unsafe positions. Both of those companies have rolled out similar so-called panic buttons and safety tools to address those concerns.
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Q: Is it possible to include a PackageReference inside of a Target? I'd like to do something like this:
  <ItemGroup>
    <PowerShellModule Include="PackageManagement" Version="1.4.6" />
    <PowerShellModule Include="PowerShellGet" Version="2.2.3" />
    <PowerShellModule Include="Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive" Version="1.2.4.0" />
    <PowerShellModule Include="ThreadJob" Version="2.0.3" />
  </ItemGroup>

  <Target Name="AddPowerShellModuleReferences" BeforeTargets="Restore">
    <ItemGroup>
      <PackageReference Include="%(PowerShellModule.Identity)" Version="%(PowerShellModule.Version)" />
    </ItemGroup>
  </Target>

So that I can reuse the Names & Versions of my PowerShellModule's in other targets in the file.
Is there a way to put a PackageReference inside of a Target? Also, can I be sure that the same instance of PowerShellModule is being used for the reference to Identity and Version to the name and version will be correct?

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Q: Using or constraint for RealVariables in Choco 2 I use Choco 2.1.5 with Eclipse IDE in Windows 8.1
When I compile the code below:
CPModel m = new CPModel();
m.setDefaultExpressionDecomposition(false);
RealVariable A = Choco.makeRealVar("a", -5.5, 5.5);
RealVariable B = Choco.makeRealVar("b", -4.4, 4.4);
RealVariable C = Choco.makeRealVar("c", -3.3, 3.3);
m.addConstraint(Choco.or(
        Choco.eq(A, Choco.plus(B,C)),
        Choco.eq(B, Choco.plus(A,C)),
        Choco.eq(C, Choco.plus(A,B))
        ));
CPSolver solver = new CPSolver();
solver.read(m);
System.out.println(solver.solve());

I get the following output:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException
    at choco.kernel.solver.constraints.AbstractSConstraint.opposite(AbstractSConstraint.java:270)
    at choco.cp.solver.CPModelToCPSolver.makeSConstraintAndOpposite(CPModelToCPSolver.java:335)
    at choco.cp.solver.CPModelToCPSolver.createGenericMetaConstraint(CPModelToCPSolver.java:457)
    at choco.cp.solver.CPModelToCPSolver.createMetaConstraint(CPModelToCPSolver.java:432)
    at choco.cp.solver.CPModelToCPSolver.readModelConstraint(CPModelToCPSolver.java:353)
    at choco.cp.solver.CPModelToCPSolver.readConstraints(CPModelToCPSolver.java:292)
    at choco.cp.solver.CPSolver.read(CPSolver.java:519)
    at coverbylines.Test.main(Test.java:88)

But when I try with IntegerVariables, I don't get any errors. What would be the problem?
Is there anyway around this?

A: Not all constraints can be reified safely in Choco2, only a subset of them can be safely reified.
Real constraints are not part of that sub-set, and Choco.or(...) induces reification.
Have a look at Choco3 wherein any constraints can reified, even real constraints (which implies, though, to install a third-party library, Ibex).


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Peter Fisher (May 19, 1944 – July 10, 2012) was an American author and gay rights activist. An alumnus of Amherst College and Columbia University, he served in the US Air Force prior to becoming an early member of the Gay Activists Alliance, a protest group that split off from the Gay Liberation Front after the Stonewall riots with the goal of "writing the revolution into law." Fisher led a number of the "zaps", or protests targeted at public figures, organized by the Gay Activists Alliance, as well as serving as an unofficial historian for the group.

Describing Fisher, activist Bill Bahlman said, "Whenever he spoke at a GAA meeting, everybody listened. He could turn the debate on an issue around. And at demonstrations, he was larger than life."

Fisher graduated Eastchester High School. He also graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University in 1969. He was pursuing a graduate degree "but resigned to become a full-time homosexual. I have yet to regret it," he wrote in 1972.

Fisher received the Stonewall Book Award in 1972 for The Gay Mystique: The Myth and Reality of Male Homosexuality, later described as "one of the first books to look at the subject from the inside rather than from a heterosexual's viewpoint." His manuscripts and papers are archived at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in New York, together with those of his partner and fellow activist Marc Rubin. Fisher and Rubin met through the Gay Activists Alliance and were together for 37 years, until Rubin's death. Never recovering from Rubin's death in 2007, Fisher committed suicide in 2012 and their mingled ashes were scattered in the back yard of the sister in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Bibliography
The Gay Mystique: The Myth and Reality of Male Homosexuality (1972)
Special Teachers/Special Boys (1979) (with Marc Rubin)
Dreamlovers (1980)
Black Star (1983)

See also
Sylvia Rae Rivera
Vito Russo
Marc Rubin

References

1944 births
2012 deaths
20th-century American novelists
American science fiction writers
American LGBT writers
Amherst College alumni
Columbia University alumni
United States Air Force airmen
American male novelists
American LGBT rights activists
20th-century American male writers
Stonewall Book Award winners
Eastchester High School alumni


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Refuge is a place or state of safety.  It may also refer to a more specific meaning:

Safety
 Area of refuge, a location in a building that may be used by occupants in the event of a fire
 Bunker, a defensive fortification designed to protect people from bombs or other attacks
 Mountain hut, a shelter for travelers in mountainous areas, often remote
 Women's refuge, another term for women's shelter
 Refuge (United Kingdom charity), a British charity for female victims of domestic violence
 A place intended to shelter cultural property, in the context of the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
 Right of asylum, protection of a person persecuted for political or religious beliefs by another sovereign authority

Nature and biology
 Wildlife refuge, a sanctuary or protected area for wildlife
 Refuge (ecology), a place where an organism can escape from predation
 Refugium (population biology), a location of an isolated or relict population of a previously more widespread species
 Refuge crop, a non-genetically modified food crop planted alongside a genetically modified one to prevent or slow the development of predators resistant to its modified properties by purposely encouraging the mating of species across said crops

Film and television
 Refuge (1923 film), an American silent drama film
 Refuge (1928 film) or Escape, a German silent film
 The Refuge (film), a 2009 French drama directed by François Ozon
 Refuge (2012 film), an American drama directed by Jessica Goldberg
 Refuge: Stories of the Selfhelp Home, a 2012 American documentary by Ethan Bensinger
 "Refuge" (Law & Order), a television episode
 "The Refuge" (The Outer Limits), a television episode

Literature
 The Refuge (novel), a 1954 novel by Kenneth Mackenzie
 Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place, a 1991 book by Terry Tempest Williams
 Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Refuge, a 1988 novel by Rob Chilson

Music
 Refuge (band), a side project of the German band Rage
 Refuge Records, a 1980s American record label
 Refuge (EP) or the title song, by Rage, 1994
 Refuge (Sons of Korah album), by Sons of Korah, 2014
 , by Carbon Based Lifeforms, 2013
 "Refuge", a song by Psy from 4X2=8, 2017
 "Refuge", a song by Steve Wilson from To the Bone, 2017

Other uses
 Refuge, Mississippi
 Refuge, Texas, an unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas
 Eustache de Refuge (1564–1617), Early Modern French courtier, statesman and author
 A controversial evangelical Christian, "ex-gay" conversion therapy program for homosexual teenagers run by Love In Action
 Refuge (Buddhism), the basis of being a Buddhist

See also
 Refugium (disambiguation)
 Refugee (disambiguation)
 City of Refuge (disambiguation)


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The simplest way to describe this remarkable book would be to say that Peter Boyle has invented eleven, mainly Spanish-speaking, twentieth and twenty-first century poets and made a fictional anthology which is a selection of his English translations of their imagined work. Beyond that it's rather difficult to describe it accurately. One could look to Boyle's Apocrypha published in 2009, another work of great ambition and sophistication, for comparisons and contrasts. There we were given an anthology of imagined lost texts delineating a version of our own world but, whereas the focus of Ghostspeaking is fairly tight (the dominant language is Spanish, the oldest of the poets born just before the turn of the twentieth century and the youngest in 1965), Apocrypha ranges over a vast expanse of human history – nearly two thousand years – actual and fictive.
I remember, several years back, a friend sent me a link to a blog where a young woman had just published one of my poems and one of her friends had posted: "I've always loved Peter Boyle. Everybody Loves Raymond is my favourite programme. I never knew he wrote poetry." I wanted to write to say I am not Peter Boyle the American actor, but was I sure? By then he had been dead several years but he seemed much more alive than me. Perhaps in some way I was him, lingering on under his name, slowly acquiring his face now he was gone. Perhaps I had always been his amanuensis. How can anyone know that someone else isn't writing them? And I thought: maybe all the dead have the same name.
Although the idea of ghost-speaking is a complex one in this book (involving, especially the idea of "ghosting") this would be a case, literally, of a ghost speaking.
This generic element in Ghostspeaking (there is a similar though much less significant element in Apocrypha) seems to me the least interesting part of the book but this may derive only from my sense that it is a tired, creaky old genre. At any rate, during my first reading of the book I fought against it, dreaming of a purer (or perhaps merely more extreme) version of the book: a faux traditional anthology with only brief biographies of these poets introducing selections of their work and omitting the poets' dealings with the anthologist altogether – as one would in a conventional anthology. But you can see why it was never possible: the editor would have had to create a rational for the inclusion of these, and only these, eleven poets and one can't imagine how this could have been done. In Ghostspeaking they select themselves by their various involvements with Peter Boyle.
One could approach Ghostspeaking from quite a different angle and see it as, at heart, a collection of poems by Peter Boyle which, of course, in a sense it is. This would lead one to explore the relationship between the eleven poets and their creator. Are they genuine heteronyms in the Pessoan sense or simply masks that allow Boyle to extend his range? I'll leave the answer to the first part of that question to experts but my sense is that are not true heteronyms. They are not speaking parts of the poet's unconscious which simply emerge as fully fledged individual poets. I think Pessoa somewhere invokes the idea of a class of "semi-heteronyms" and that might turn out to be the best description of these eleven.
On the surface it is the poems of Ricardo Bousoño that most seem to resemble those of Peter Boyle from collections such as The Blue Cloud of Crying, What the Painter Saw in Our Faces and The Museum of Space. This might explain why he appears first in the book and also last – thanks to a collection of poems imagined to be written (and translated) later in a newer, simpler style. From an included interview we learn that Bousoño is Argentinian by birth, gay, and, fundamentally a non-political poet. He is also in a permanent state of exile – symbolic of artists generally. He fled from Argentina to Brazil after the military coup of the mid-seventies and lived in São Paulo before moving to Spain and thence to Mexico. Boyle, as all readers know, is a passionate verse-ethicist concerned with the cruelties and viciousnesses of the world. Bousoño is somebody who has lived in places where injustice and oppression are far more overt than they are in, say, Australia. But he has never taken the route of becoming a political poet, like Neruda. This is both an unconscious choice – the political poems to be written from exile in Brazil simply never occur, despite his efforts – and a conscious one: "I didn't want those bastards to think they'd captured my psyche for the rest of my life. I didn't want to give them that satisfaction". Speaking of Juan Gelman (whose son and daughter-in-law were "disappeared" in Argentina's dirty war) he says: "I respect Juan Gelman of course, there's no need to say it, for all he does, though seventy percent of his poetry is I think pretty slight, one-dimensional or very thin . . . I could never sit down and write poems of witness".
You can see the relevance of Bousoño to his creator here: how does one deal with the miseries of the world when one's location and experience prevent one speaking as a witness. And what would being a witness do to the poetry anyway. Poetry of documentation has the problem that it puts the recording of injustice (and other acts of evil) before poetry itself. Ethically this is probably quite defensible. But poetry is a despotic force itself and is quite likely to ensure that such poetry remains "thin".
the ghost I will become.
But, as one might expect of a breakthrough poem, it contains its poet's obsessions even if in embryonic form. It focusses on exile: "Once the nomads have entered you / there's no way of going back, / no way to slow the chaos in the blood" and on the ubiquity of evil in a world where "We are all torturers now": "Say this only: / what happened elsewhere / speaks now because / there is no elsewhere". Flight from oppression and the ubiquity of evil turn up in later poems like "I Do Not Trust That Word 'Oxygen'" and "Freiheit": "Just by breathing and accidentally / opening your eyes you see them, / Prussian outposts" a reference to the fact that Argentina proved a happy home from home for Nazis fleeing Germany after the war.
empty our apartments . . .
I dwell on this at some length not only because it is the book's final poem but because the word "threads" forms a sort of motif running through works by other poets included and if we were to adopt the tactic of reading Ghostspeaking simply as a book of poems by Peter Boyle then it would be an image whose significance would need to be explored in detail.
Threads certainly figure in the selection of poems by Antonio Almeida. If Bousoño is a poet of translocation, Almeida is a poet of visitations. Though these two things can be related (one thinks of Rilke's endless travels awaiting inspiration) Almeida and Bousoño are entirely different animals with, one suspects, an entirely different set of possibilities for Boyle. Almeida's poems and fragment of autobiography are tightly enmeshed as part of a narrative conception built around complexly interlocked frames. The overall tone is overtly of the uncanny. Boyle, even before his career as a poet has begun, suffering his own inability to begin to write, stops off in Rome and is met at the airport by a woman who knows to look out for someone of his age, his inherited Irishness and his limp. She takes him to her father whose poems he will translate. Almeida himself, in his autobiographical sketch, describes his own inability to talk as a child and his meeting with Rilke in Ronda (where his father works in the hotel where Rilke will come to stay). Later in life Almeida meets up with Antonio Machado, who shares a railway carriage, at the point where the events described in Machado's "Iris de la Noche" occur. Later in Uruguay, a refugee from the Spanish Civil War, in a state of entire despair after the death of his wife (as well, you feel, as the accumulated miseries of the world described in "The Time of Weeping") he meets up with a mysterious prophetic visitant (perhaps one of Rilke's angels) who re-establishes his identity and warns him to leave the country when the violence begins and so Almeida is able to flee to Rome with his daughter and her two children. In Italy he publishes a small book of poems. In Ghostspeaking all of this takes place in reverse. We meet the poems before we meet the autobiographical material that makes sense of them (or better, provides a context for them). Boyle's meeting with him and his daughter in Rome comes at the end. To complicate these matters in an interesting way, the "translations" of Almeida's poems are dated and they are translated in exactly the reverse order to their appearance (presumably in the order in which they appear in the Spanish-Italian edition published twenty years after his death).
As a compressed exercise in uncanny fiction this is brilliantly done and it may only be my lack of interest in that genre that makes me undervalue this component of Almeida's story. But the poems themselves are rather marvellous and the way in which the autobiographical details illuminate the individual poems is exciting. Since Almeida is a quiet figure whose life is never going to be explored in detail by literary biographers, the only facts we have are those briefly recounted in the autobiographical sketch. So it's a matter of putting a prose text next to a poetic one. The little twelve-poem selection has at its centre a café poem in which a long mirror doubles everything; the first poem is called "Waiting" and the last "Conversation While Waiting".
banyan hung with voodoo dolls.
Maybe every life is like mine.
there can never be room for the saying.
that go on trying to speak . . .
In other words, these are themes familiar from the book but in a very different mode. One suspects Boyle is exploiting the tonal possibilities opened up by what is called the Latin-American neo-baroque here: he is, after all, a translator of José Kozer.
Magic is not easy. Spells are not made casually, don't happen just because we want them to happen . . . . . What pleases people immediately, what can be understood immediately, is incapable of casting the deep resonances that make poetry happen. The language of a poem-spell needs to be more wrought than that. One-dimensional poetry, linear poetry that can be pounded out at a New York rap club, that thrills the youngsters or fits neatly into the thematic units of educators and academics, none of that can work any more. Not for me at least. Not for what I need now.
core of being . . .
Although each of these eleven poets represents a figure Boyle can inhabit and exploit (perhaps Dostoevsky's letter to Myshkin should be read as an apology made by Boyle to his poetic creations) I can't help but feel that Roy's comments about poetry ("I don't want audiences drawing me back into well-worn stories of who we are, what we suffer. Identity isn't magic. The poet magicians weren't hung up about the dividing lines between their people and other people" and so on) are close to Boyle's own. But that would be something that was very difficult to prove.
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are non-Jews who took great risks to save Jews during the Holocaust.
religions and walks of life.
and with what all that entails.
racing throughout this month of December.
staring as we take notice of this out of place phenomena.
with one small story catching my eye.
3,000 Jews being deported to Auschwitz in 1944.
to why he did it.
"The Jews were persecuted. I'm a Christian and God created man for freedom.
As this is the season of gift giving, we are indeed now given a small gift.
for his fellow human beings.
never-ending din of cultural madness.
3000 Jews from certain death.
How sobering it was stopping long enough to watch the video clip.
be they Americans or not, are leaving us at an ever increasing rate.
on my sense of wonder.
A time for gift giving indeed….
who had journeyed to Krakow in order to celebrate World Youth Day.
Yet it was to Oświęcim and Brzezinka that Francis made a solomon detour.
And there were sub-camps…camps where hard manual labor was the focus.
died during the 5 years it operated.
lost their lives at the hands of the Nazis, most of which died in the camps.
lives during the course of the war.
Maximilian Kolbe, a Franciscan friar.
who had cried out in anguish for his wife and children. Kolbe's offer was accepted.
lethal injection on 14 August 1941.
but thousands of Polish Catholics, Roma and Soviet prisoners of war were also put to death.
He had signaled his intention to visit the memorial "without speeches, without crowds".
In the shadows of the cell, his long silence was an eloquent tribute to the suffering of so many and a profound condemnation of evil.
"Lord, have pity on your people.
elevating the job to what it is…a true vocation.
Who was eventually sent to Auschwitz for her involvement with her "Jewish" children….
It's is what any real teacher will do….
so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.


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Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in BlackLine by 1.3% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,000,139 shares of the technology company's stock worth $556,366,000 after buying an additional 66,228 shares during the last quarter. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership boosted its holdings in BlackLine by 0.6% during the second quarter. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership now owns 2,612,175 shares of the technology company's stock worth $290,657,000 after buying an additional 15,780 shares during the last quarter. Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in BlackLine by 0.8% during the third quarter. Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC now owns 1,382,962 shares of the technology company's stock worth $163,272,000 after buying an additional 10,700 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC boosted its holdings in BlackLine by 47.1% during the first quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,130,651 shares of the technology company's stock worth $52,372,000 after buying an additional 361,839 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in BlackLine by 5.4% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 952,392 shares of the technology company's stock worth $105,972,000 after buying an additional 48,672 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 97.37% of the company's stock.
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BL has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Piper Sandler reduced their target price on BlackLine from $155.00 to $130.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday. Oppenheimer raised their target price on BlackLine from $130.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Friday, November 5th. Zacks Investment Research raised BlackLine from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 3rd. Finally, BTIG Research reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $149.00 price target on shares of BlackLine in a research report on Friday, November 5th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $139.89.
In other BlackLine news, insider Therese Tucker sold 10,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.51, for a total transaction of $1,105,100.00. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CFO Mark Partin sold 3,543 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $125.38, for a total value of $444,221.34. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders sold 166,003 shares of company stock worth $20,301,753. 10.07% of the stock is owned by insiders.
NASDAQ BL opened at $88.96 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $5.22 billion, a P/E ratio of -54.24 and a beta of 0.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.22, a current ratio of 5.08 and a quick ratio of 5.08. The stock's 50-day moving average is $108.06 and its 200-day moving average is $113.96. BlackLine, Inc. has a one year low of $87.08 and a one year high of $154.61.
BlackLine (NASDAQ:BL) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, November 4th. The technology company reported $0.24 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.11 by $0.13. BlackLine had a negative return on equity of 4.02% and a negative net margin of 23.43%. The business had revenue of $109.40 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $107.06 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.02 EPS. BlackLine's revenue for the quarter was up 21.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities analysts anticipate that BlackLine, Inc. will post -0.45 EPS for the current year.
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BlackLine, Inc operates a cloud-based software platform which is designed to transform accounting and finance operations for organizations of all types and sizes. Its scalable platform supports critical accounting processes such as the financial close, account reconciliations, intercompany accounting, and controls assurance.
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Doug will access your weakness & make you stronger as whole, as you are only as strong as your greatest weakness. He likes to use free weights a lot in his sessions as it has great benefits for changing your body composition by increasing muscle size or toning, making your body stronger. Using HIIT training is a big part of his training as the short high intensity cardio is better for fat loss & increasing cardiovascular & respiratory health. He trains most of my clients in Muay Thai, making them fighting fit & learning how to defend themselves as well.
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I started my career in fitness to make a difference in people's lives and it gives me great satisfaction to help gym members and my clients achieve their goals. I genuinely believe that if you want something enough and set your mind to it, you will find a way to make it happen – and that's my role here to give you the guidance and support to make it happen.
I have now been working as a Personal Trainer for over 3 years and in that time, I have helped my clients to not just achieve their goals, but completely SMASH them! Training should be fun, so I bring my sense of humour into the gym with me, because if you are enjoying yourself during your workout it won't seem so bad and you will want to keep coming back and keep pushing more!
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Milly is passionate about helping her clients become the best they can be in both physically and mentally. She doesn't believe in quick fixes but in hard work and consistency, with a healthy dose of fun added in for good measure.
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Whatever your fitness level, needs, likes and obstacles, she will help equip you with the tools to succeed in a way that is specific to you. Sessions with Milly are challenging yet enjoyable and rewarding, and she always makes you feel 100% supported.
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I started my fitness career to help people achieve their goal whatever that may be and live healthier lives. I believe personal training should be about helping people to become better versions of themselves. I have worked with my clients to achieve remarkable results, from gaining lean muscle mass, weight and fat loss to feeling confident about themselves. I believe there is more to fitness than just 'working out'– it's about instilling my personal passion for fitness into my clients, so they can feel the same drive to get fit as I do.
• Being physically fit is not only related to the aesthetic appearance. Would you like to have toned legs but being out of breath when carrying your shopping? Would you like to have big arms but a rounded upper back? I don't think so.
• "Being fit" means that you are strong, that you are flexible, that you have great endurance and that you feel great when looking at the mirror.
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• Now it's up to you: take this first step and I will help you to achieve the vision of the body you always dreamed of.
Daragh is a motivated passionate trainer who has been Personal Training for 7 years and strives to help people reach their goals. As well as being a qualified Personal Trainer he also has a BSc degree in Health & Leisure specifying in Fitness Professional. He has clients with all different types of goals including weight loss, muscle gain, sport specific, injury management and improving mobility & flexibility. Daragh is open-minded and is always trying to learn and add to his knowledge in order to stay on top of his profession. He uses relevant, effective training styles that's best for your body to achieve your goals.
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I want to see my clients improve physically, mentally and emotionally from long term lifestyle benefits, and make sure you are filled with self confidence. So I'll help to shape you towards your ideal body composition enjoyably, progressively, healthily.


Tom N. Demos was 88 years old when he entered into eternal peace with God on March 8, 2018. He was born in Thisvi, Greece to parents Nicholas and Katerina Mastrodemos. He immigrated in 1951 to Lorain, Ohio. He was employed for 38 years by Ford Motor Company starting at the Lorain plant and then moving to Avon Lake. Longtime member of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Lorain, Ohio; the Ahepa and Theveon Societies. In his free time, he enjoyed attending & volunteering at many church events, gardening and traveling to spend time with his grandchildren.
He leaves behind his wife of 57 years, Joanna; their son, Robert Demos; their daughter, Kathleen (Edward) Yoannides; and grandchildren, Jonathan Yoannides & Maximus Yoannides. From his previous marriage he has a son, Nicholas (Sharon) Demos; three grandchildren, Andrea Bullins, Rebecca Demos, Nate Demos and three great-grandchildren Elijah, Audrey and Brielle Bullins. He is survived by his brother, Haralambos in Greece, and many cousins and godchildren.
Besides his parents, Tom was also preceded in death by his brother, Meletios.
The family will receive friends on Saturday, March 17, 2018 from 10:00 am at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, 2000 Tower Blvd, Lorain, until the time of funeral services at 11:00 am. Rev. Protopresbyter Michael C. Gulgas, pastor will officiate. Burial will follow in Ridge Hill Memorial Park, Amherst, Twp. Memorial contributions can be made in his memory to St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, 2000 Tower Blvd. Lorain, Ohio 44053. The Dovin Funeral and Cremation Specialists, 2701 Elyria Ave., Lorain, is handling the arrangements. To send online condolences go to www.dovinfcs.com.


GINZA has raised the bar in all-you-can-eat restaurant dining, offering more variety in food choices (more than 300 dishes prepared fresh daily) and a new contemporary design that make the dining experience even better.
We have various sushi and sashimi selections, such as Uni, Tuna, Red Snapper, Scallop, etc. Also wide selections of maki roll from California Roll, Shrimp Tempura Roll to special roll such as Rainbow Roll, Spicy Moonlight Roll, etc. Over 50 different kinds of special rolls available!
We also serve cold taste dishes, such as Oyster in Ponzu Sauce, Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail, Tuna or Salmon Carpaccio, etc. Over 15 different kinds of cold taste dishes available.
How about some hot soup? We have various kinds of soup to serve you, such as Seafood Soup, Clam Soup, Lamb Soup, etc.
What else excites you the most? We have over 40 different main and seafood entrees for you to choose from, such as New York Steak, Raw Oyster, Beef Ribs, etc. Or various selections of seafood such as lobster, flounder, clam, mussel, shrimp, scallop……cook in different styles.
Try our full salad bar, served with many kinds of salad and fruit. Also, we have various desserts, ice creams, and over 20 different cakes both in Asian and American Style.
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A/Prof Vincent Yeow
Being a board certified plastic surgeon for more than 20 years, A/Prof Vincent Yeow believes in sincerity and honesty as the best policy to offer solutions that do not compromise good ethos. These solutions do more than just enhancing the looks of a person, but also heal people internally and turn dreams into reality. Well versed in facial cosmetic surgery, craniofacial, and non-invasive treatment techniques, A/Prof Yeow employs his knowledge and experience to tailor a bespoke set of treatment protocols that brings one's natural beauty to higher standards.
A/Prof Yeow held various positions such as the President of Singapore Association of Plastic Surgeons (SAPS), Head of Department of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery at KK Women's & Children's Hospital, Director of Cleft & Craniofacial Center at KK Women's & Children's Hospital, Chairman of the Chapter of Plastic Surgeons, College of Surgeons Singapore, and is the only Singaporean to be accorded full membership to the International Society of Craniofacial Surgery. He is also a member of both the Asean Federation of Plastic Surgery and Singapore Society of Cosmetic Surgeons (SSCS).
Passionate in plastic surgery and aesthetic procedures, A/Prof Yeow was also the Organising Chair for ASEAN-IPRAS 2014, an event where plastic surgeons from around the world learn and discuss best practices, treatment protocols and techniques to stay at the forefront of the plastic surgery scene.
A/Prof Yeow was the Chairman of Aesthetic Asia from 2009 to 2013, and was pioneering in promoting the education and sharing of ideas and techniques in Aesthetic Surgery, Medicine and Dermatology during this period. In fact, A/Prof Yeow was one of the pioneering doctor in Singapore to use Endoscopic Brow Lift to reverse signs of ageing that results in a shorter recovery period.
A/Prof Yeow was also a key member of the Allergan Breast Augmentation Courses in the Asia Pacific region which educates professionals on the use of new advanced techniques for better results. On top of performing professional duties in his line of work, A/Prof Yeow also believes in helping the misfortune. As the current Chairman of Smile Asia, A/Prof Yeow frequently organize and lead a team of medical professionals to third world countries for mission trips, transforming lives of many children who suffers from cleft lip and palate anomalies.
Dr Por Yong Chen
"There are always new possibilities for executing the surgery to achieve the best results possible. It keeps me interested in my work as the search for perfection is frequently elusive and transient. Nevertheless, this search is, in my mind, a worthwhile endeavour to pursue both for my patients and I."
For women and men seeking aesthetic or plastic surgery advice, the task of navigating through the extensive list of clinics with the hopes of finding a doctor who is highly-skilled, reputable and reliable all at once, can seem tiresome and daunting. This explains why Dr Por, a fully qualified plastic surgeon under the Singapore Medical Council, prides himself in having the integrity to recommend to patients only treatments and services that they really need. He also places great emphasis on responsibility, commitment and an unending pursuit for excellence, to provide his patients with the best medical advice and care.
Dr Por's philosophy of taking a holistic approach in patient care means he does more than merely come up with an effective treatment plan. He focuses on an in-depth consultation, where he attentively listens as patients share about how their concerns are affecting them. On top of that, he also considers the patients' expectations and preferences. His attention to detail also means he takes extra care when it comes to designing each patient's customised treatment plan, choosing the safest surgery techniques in order to reduce the visibility of scarring, optimise a faster recovery process and to achieve the longest-lasting result possible.
To Dr Por, his patient-centric problem-solving approach helps fuel his passion, because to him, plastic surgery not only rewards him with satisfaction but it has the potential to bring his patients joy and happiness too. Thanks to constant breakthroughs in modern medicine, Dr Por believes that there are always new and better ways to carry out various procedures. And while the search for perfection is often elusive and transient, he remains driven by an unrelenting quest for excellence.
Dr Por has held prestigious positions, including Head of Department of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery at KK Women's & Children's Hospital, and won notable awards including the Owen Cole Young Investigator's Award and Young Surgeon's Award. He is also actively involved in mission trips and charity work organised by Smile Asia to treat children suffering from cleft lip and palate anomalies in Third World countries. In his free time, Dr Por also enjoys the art of photography, an intensely gratifying hobby which similar to plastic surgery, requires precision, an eye for detail and a sense of aesthetics to capture the beauty of that perfect moment.


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Q: MySQL database creation with Hibernate I'm trying to configure hibernate programmatically and generate database schema and tables in MySQL. Here is the hibernate configuration
 configuration.setProperty(AvailableSettings.DIALECT, "org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5Dialect")
            .setProperty(AvailableSettings.URL, "jdbc:mysql://localhost/ritm?autoReconnect=true&characterEncoding=UTF-8&useUnicode=true&createDatabaseIfNotExist=true")
            .setProperty(AvailableSettings.USER, "root")
            .setProperty(AvailableSettings.PASS, "gjnjkjr")
            .setProperty(AvailableSettings.DRIVER, "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver")
            .setProperty(AvailableSettings.POOL_SIZE,"1");

When I run it with maven I got the following WARN
WARN: HHH000342: Could not obtain connection to query metadata : Could not create connection to database server. Attempted reconnect 3 times. Giving up.

and after that the exception
апр 04, 2013 10:31:53 PM org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.spi.SqlExceptionHelper logExceptions
WARN: SQL Error: 0, SQLState: 08001
апр 04, 2013 10:31:53 PM org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.spi.SqlExceptionHelper logExceptions
ERROR: Could not create connection to database server. Attempted reconnect 3 times. Giving up.
org.hibernate.exception.JDBCConnectionException: Could not open connection
    at org.hibernate.exception.internal.SQLExceptionTypeDelegate.convert(SQLExceptionTypeDelegate.java:67)

Can anybody describe this?

A: Have you tried appending a port number to the URL. I know it seems silly, however, database communications rely on port numbers and I have noticed that you did not include a port number with the URL. For example, if you are using MySQL, the port number is 3306. Therefore the JDBC URL would look like the following:
AvailableSettings.URL, "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/ritm?autoReconnect=true&characterEncoding=UTF-8&useUnicode=true&createDatabaseIfNotExist=true"


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The Red Bull Pump Track World Championship Heads to the Small Thai Town of Aranyaprathet
With 11 qualifier races in the history books, it was the turn of Thailand to lay their cards on the table and see who had what it takes to make the World Final in Arkansas. With 4 men and 4 women set to qualify, it was all to play for in Aranyaprathet.
Over 70 riders from across Thailand and as far reaching as Brazil and Malaysia came to battle it out in the harsh Thai heat. With the chance to represent Thailand at the World Final in October at the Jones Centre, Arkansas, the local riders were out in force.
In the men's category the head to head racing came down to the wire as the knock out heats put the best to the test. The battle for first and second pitched Methasit Boonsane against fellow Thai BMXer Saithan Phetnum. 17-Year-old Boonsane would steal the win on the day and secured his ticket to the World Final as one of the youngest qualifiers to date.
In the Women's field Amanda Carr was no stranger to racing hard and giving it her all on the track. The 2016 Olympian and 2014 Asian Games Gold Medallist was the odds on favourite from the start. The Thai-American professional racer battled her way to the top step on the day and now has her eyes firmly set on the Red Bull Pump Track World Championship title.
With another 8 riders claiming their spot at the world final, the chance to qualify is definitely not over yet. On the 30th of June both the UK and France are set for a showdown of incredible talent as 2 more qualifiers seek to find the best pump track riders the world has to offer.
For the latest news, results and your chance to register to race visit https://redbullpumptrackworldchampionship.com


Merry Berry is a limited Fine Art Print hand-signed by Chihuly and numbered in pencil.
In 1989, the act of adding individual elements resembling stems within a vessel was the impetus behind a budding new series for Dale Chihuly, Ikebana. Merry Berry calls upon the series' emphasis on balance and form. Against a rococo red background, the base of this single Ikebana is outlined in deep blue ink and enhanced by the application of vermillion-red acrylic paint. Sinuous lines of navy blue and contrasting pearlized white acrylic lines transfuse the spacious interior of the base element with a kinetic energy that vibrates upward through the strikes of silver ink and blue-green painted stems. Merry Berry is signed by Chihuly in gunmetal paint.
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On a hot summer day, quenching the thirst with colas in different colours and flavours, or go for sugar filled so-called fruit juices may be the choice of sophistication. Whether that's really a healthy option seems to be incomprehensible for most of us. The shops filled with bottles and television channels clogged with cool drink advertisements are not enough proofs. But the sale of packed juices and hands of citizens of all ages with these cool stuff, stand proof to our degenerating health ambitions.
Why don't we stop being carried away by false advertisements? Why don't we monitor our food choices more strictly? The magnetic pull of the beautifully arranged cans/bottles/tins is so hard to resist… that our shelves and refrigerators are storehouses of junk bombs.
It is no doubt, eating fresh fruits or drinking fresh fruit juices are better options than storing canned juices. So, during my stay in Chennai, when I came across this trendy little outlet called CANE4U with catchy captions on natural sugarcane juice, I couldn't resist peeping in.
Who wouldn't like Karumbu Chaaru – Sugarcane Juice…. one of nature's best juices and a source of world's favourite sugar??
Come along .. let me take you in.
The shop had enough space to seat 12 people. The interiors were filled with information on health benefits of sugarcane. And the list of sugarcane juice combinations with other fresh juices was an innovative option.
The juice extracting machine is almost as huge as a room .
4. ready for take away. You can also take your own container and fill your favourite combination.
You seem to follow much the same type of values as I do, as far as food is concerned – healthy, homecooked food using local seasonal ingredients. Especially loved reading all about your Tamilnadu special recipes.
Hai! thanks for stopping by. Great to know about your views and more so about your blog. Great job!! Just settling down in a new country after a shift.. so blogging has taken a back seat.


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News and Notes – October 2014
Published by Minnesota Atheists on October 15, 2014 October 15, 2014
By George Francis Kane
It is back-to-school time. That means a new round of battles over the separation of church and state, against people who want to use the public schools to turn the students into good little Christians.
In Florida, a new state program provides tax credits to donors to private schools, most of which are operated by churches. The state constitution expressly prohibits state support for religious schools, so Americans United for Separation of Church and State has joined the National Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers and the Florida Education Association in a suit to stop the program.
It seems to be a straightforward case. The tax credits reduce the state funding for public schools to subsidize donations to religious schools. The program suffers the same flaws as a voucher program that the state supreme court struck down in 2006. It may be more difficult to make the case this time around, however, because of an obstacle set up by the highly politicized Roberts Supreme Court.
That obstacle appeared last month when the New Hampshire Supreme Court dismissed for lack of standing a similar challenge to a tuition tax-credit program. Americans United, the New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union had filed the suit on behalf of nine plaintiffs, including clergy, public school advocates and parents of public school children.
For decades, simply being a tax payer was sufficient to provide standing to challenge an Establishment Clause violation. However the Roberts Court ruled that standing did not attach to the case if the alleged violation was not a government expenditure, but a tax credit. This, of course, is smoke and mirrors. Tax credits have the same effect on the state budget as expenditures. The recipients of the exemptions have their taxes reduced by the amount that they donate to private schools, instead of the state paying vouchers directly to the parents of church school students. In either case, money is being paid to church schools, and the state treasury is being reduced by the same amount. Tax payers are affected just as much by the tax exemption as they are by a direct expenditures. Public school students will be harmed by the decreased funds available for public education, while tax payers not receiving the exemption are paying a larger share of the total tax bill. The Supreme Court does not see it that way, so the suit in Florida may also fail unless the plaintiffs can prove that they were individually harmed by the tax exemption.
With similar tax exemption programs popping up in Arizona, Florida and New Hampshire, the fingerprints of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) are evident. It is sure to pop up in other states to advance the conservative goals of undermining public education and providing state support for religious education.
A new law in North Carolina, the Respect for Student Prayer/Religious Activity Act, passed the state legislature with almost no opposition. Most of the bill does nothing but grant to students rights that they are already guaranteed under the Free Exercise clause of the First Amendment. It was little more than an opportunity for legislators to blow the dog whistle of protecting Christian students from persecution by liberals. But the law goes too far when it permits faculty and staff to participate in student-initiated prayer and worship.
The law states that "local boards of education may not prohibit school personnel from participating in religious activities on school grounds that are initiated by students at reasonable times before or after the instructional day so long as such activities are voluntary for all parties and do not conflict with the responsibilities or assignments of such personnel." However, teachers still exert authority over students regardless of when an activity takes place. Teachers will still be seen by the children as authority figures, and therefore as the representatives of government. Teachers participating in group prayer will create a religiously coercive environment for the students.