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Every Other Weekend and Half of School Vacation
Samuel Doux
Élias, young scriptwriter, shops around his doubts and his noir humor from Parisian soirées to producers' offices, until one day, in front of some crates outside a bookstore, he catches sight of his father, whom he hasn't seen in 17 years. Unrecognized, Elias decides to follow him through the streets... Élias, young scriptwriter, shops around his doubts and his noir humor from Parisian soirées to producers' offices, until one day, in front of some crates outside a bookstore, he catches sight of his father, whom he hasn't seen in 17 years. Unrecognized, Elias decides to follow him through the streets of the capitol. Everything rushes through his head: his parents' divorce, his brother, the death of his mother. If there's one subject that Samuel Doux is passionate about, it's family and its neuroses. In this novel, written with ruthless precision, one finds a truly original tone and writing style by a talented young writer, whose singular universe always mixes aloof humor and powerful sensitivity. How does one react when faced with a father who's been out of the picture for 17 years?
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Script writer, director and author Samuel Doux has already published with Julliard Dieu n'est même pas mort. In January 2004 he put on a play adapted from the journals of Marilyn Monroe, Fragments, in the Centre Dramatique of Orléans et and this year two of his films will be realeased. Un week-end sur deux et la moitié des vacances scolaires is his second novel.
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The Allergy Foundation of South Africa says more teachers across the country need be trained on how to provide food allergy care.
This comes as the globe observes World Allergy Week in an effort to raise awareness of the impact of allergy on our communities.
The foundation's CEO, Professor Mike Levin, says food allergies are increasing, especially among young children.
2.5% of children between the ages of one and three have a proven food allergy.
Levin says the government needs to invest in educating teachers on how to minimise the risk of allergens in the school environment.
Teachers need to be aware of any children with allergies in the classroom, help prevent contact with those allergens and also be able to respond to allergic reactions, he explains.
There are a lot of people who have serious, potentially life-threatening allergies who haven't been able to access a medical practitioner or get decent guidance about how to deal with that problem.
There's not enough awareness among other children and their parents about how serious the problem is.
We want teachers to be aware of the problem.
Allergen specialist Dr Harris Steinman says some imitation dairy products can contain cows milk protein.
#WeekendBreakfast host Africa Melane chats to Professor Jonny Peter about the benefits of Rooibos tea in alleviating allergies.
Allergy rates are on the rise throughout the world, and restaurants must do better to properly prepare allergen-free meals.
Paediatric pulmonologist, Dr Salome Abbott, explains the dangers of secondhand smoke for young children.


Climate change: The North East Coast of the United States of America was under a fierce attack of the super hurricane Sandy on the 29th October 2012. Images shown on TV across the world resembled those of the film "2012", where climate change and its consequences were depicted. The impact of changes in the climate has become obvious to us all. As we notice floods, heat waves, food riots, migration, yet awareness amongst people around the world is still relatively low, particularly amongst the poorest people who are the most affected and will be in the near future. What are we going to do about it? This question has become a rhetoric one.
Our mission is to raise awareness of the dangers of climate change and support organisations to turn carbon reduction ideas into reality.
Oversy is running a creative writing competition encouraging people to write about climate change.
Imagine: It is now 2030. The world has experienced many developments including the advancement of technology. What impact does climate change have on the lives of poor people around?
You can write about the impact on a family or on the lives of whole communities, about food, migration, flooding, or heat waves. Your story should be imaginative but close to the reality of what is likely to happen.
You may submit as many stories as you like.
All stories submitted must be an original work of the entrant. Please put this line at the beginning of your work: The story that follows has been written by, and is entirely the work of, Name Surname. Copyright of each story remains with the author, but Oversy has the unrestricted right to publish the winning stories.
Each story should be not more than 1500 words on any aspect of the theme of Climate Change. Do not forget to put your name, contact details and titles of all stories submitted in the e-mail. We support .doc and .pdf formats.
The closing date is 21st of February 2013. Prize winners will be notified by April 2013.
Further information is available on Oversy website: www.oversy.org.
The creative writing competition is part of a larger education programme seeking to engage people in the environmental issues through different genres. Oversy is a non-profit organisation committed to tackling climate change.
The names of judges will be announced in the new year. Furthermore, please follow www.oversy.org.
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Our Mission is to contribute to raising awareness of the dangers of climate change by working with global experts and local communities around the world. Through our education projects, we will work with organisations, interested in dealing with the climate change issues affecting their local communities.
We place great emphasis on raising the profile of the impact of climate change on the lives of poor people. Therefore, we have an education programme aimed at schools, voluntary community organisations and people living in affected areas. This strand of work is very important to us as it will make a positive contribution to the lives of people. We will be running a number of projects and competitions all over the world.


The Dept. of Education announced that Superintendent John White will host a series of nine statewide meetings this summer to discuss creating educational opportunities for students through ESSA. The first stakeholder meeting will be held on July 26th.


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Embraer and SkyWest, Inc. Sign Contract for Nine E175 Jets
Syed Rafnan Ibne Rezwan · January 31, 2019
aerobd.news : Embraer and SkyWest, Inc. have signed a firm order for nine E175 jets, with deliveries expected to begin in 2019. The order has a value of USD 422 million, based on current list prices, and was already included in Embraer's 2018 fourth-quarter backlog. SkyWest Airlines will operate all nine E175s, featuring a 76-seat configuration. "Since 2013, SkyWest has purchased a total of 158 E175s, including these nine, in order to expand their large existing fleet of Embraer aircraft," said Charlie Hillis, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, North America, Embraer Commercial Aviation. "We are extremely proud of their ongoing support for the E-Jets program and the fact that the E175 continues to outperform in North America. Without a doubt, the E175 has become the backbone of the regional aviation market in the U.S."
"We're pleased to continue adding new E175 aircraft under long-term contract to our increasingly efficient, agile and flexible fleet," said SkyWest Chief Executive Officer and President Chip Childs. "We appreciate Embraer's strong partnership and remain impressed with the Embraer product." Including this new contract, Embraer has sold more than 565 E175s to airlines in North America, since January 2013, earning more than 80% of all orders in this 70-76-seat jet segment. SkyWest, Inc. is a premier regional airline company and the holding company of SkyWest Airlines. SkyWest holds a long history with Embraer as early customers for the Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia turboprop aircraft.
Since entering revenue service, the E-Jets family has received more than 1,800 orders and over 1,500 aircraft have been delivered. Today, E-Jets are flying in the fleet of 70 customers in 50 countries. The versatile 70 to 150-seat family is flying with low-cost airlines as well as with regional and mainline carriers.
About SkyWest, Inc.
Based in St. George, Utah, SkyWest, Inc. is the holding company for two scheduled passenger airline operations and an aircraft leasing company with more than 17,000 employees. SkyWest provides commercial air service in cities throughout North America with more than 2,500 daily flights carrying approximately 50 million passengers annually. SkyWest Airlines operates through partnerships with United Airlines ("United"), Delta Air Lines ("Delta"), American Airlines ("American") and Alaska Airlines.
About Embraer
Embraer is a global company headquartered in Brazil with businesses in commercial and executive aviation, defense & security. The company designs, develops, manufactures and markets aircraft and systems, providing customer support and services. Since it was founded in 1969, Embraer has delivered more than 8,000 aircraft. About every 10 seconds an aircraft manufactured by Embraer takes off somewhere in the world, transporting over 145 million passengers a year. Embraer is the leading manufacturer of commercial jets up to 150 seats. The company maintains industrial units, offices, service and parts distribution centers, among other activities, across the Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe.
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Province continues to expand booking eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines
The Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) is reporting over 31,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been given in our area. "This is an impressive number and we expect it will begin to rise quickly over the month of May as more populations become eligible," NWHU Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kit Young Hoon informed regional media on May 7.
"In the beginning of the vaccine rollout we were primarily getting Moderna in our catchment area so that was being rolled out through all our vaccine clinics and other partner agencies' vaccine clinics. The Moderna supply to the province has become more unstable and in order to ensure that we had enough vaccine, the province started supplying us with Pfizer," Dr. Young Hoon said, adding, "At this point most of our vaccine distribution will be with the Pfizer vaccine."
The provincial government announced on Monday that as of Tuesday, May 11, individuals with at-risk health conditions such as dementia, diabetes and sickle cell disease, as well as Group Two of people who cannot work from home including grocery store, restaurant and transportation workers will be eligible to book an appointment to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
In addition, effective Thursday, May 13, individuals turning 40 and over in 2021 in non-hot spot communities will also be eligible to book an appointment to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at a mass immunization clinic.
"In addition, due to increased vaccine supply the province is adding high-risk health care workers, dialysis patients, and all First Nations, Inuit and Métis individuals to the list of those eligible to book their appointment to receive a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine earlier than the extended four-month interval. These groups face a greater risk of contracting and suffering serious illness from COVID-19. Eligibility for booking will begin by the end of the week of May 10, 2021 and booking details will be provided in the coming days," the provincial government informed.
Eligible individuals can schedule an appointment through the provincial booking system at www.ontario.ca/bookvaccine or by calling or by calling 1-833-943-3900.
"More information on each population and expected dates that others will become eligible can be found on our booking web page (https://www.nwhu.on.ca/covid19/Pages/booking-COVID19-vaccine-appointment.aspx)," Dr. Young Hoon shared.
According to the provincial government, "As of May 9, 2021, at 8:00 p.m., over 6.2 million vaccine doses have been administered across the province, with over 92 per cent of Ontario residents aged 80 and over and 91 per cent of residents aged 75 to 79 having received at least one dose. More than 48 per cent of the population aged 18 and over have received at least one dose and over 393,000 Ontarians are fully immunized, including 95 per cent of long-term care residents."
The provincial government also shared that, "the province is on track to have administered first doses to 65 per cent of Ontarians aged 18 and over by the end of May."
Locally, Dr. Young Hoon told regional media on May 7 that, "It is concerning that we continue to see a high number of new cases each week despite being in a stay-at-home order. Following public health measures and not looking for ways to bend, break or ignore the law is critical to be able to reopen. Keeping numbers down means less chance the virus can mutate and give the vaccines a chance to work. The consequences of not doing so have very real impacts - impacts that go beyond being charged. The reality of people choosing to violate the law and ignore public health measures will prolong the shutdown and continue to increase cases and illnesses in our area. These decisions can jeopardize people's lives and livelihoods and they put our local healthcare system at risk."
As of May 10, NWHU was reporting 51 active COVID-19 cases in its catchment area, a decrease from the 75 active COVID-19 cases it reported in its catchment area as of May 3.
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Does The Blue Jackets' Record Change Your Mind on the Arena Deal?
The Blue Jackets are still looking for their first win. The team has not won since city and county leaders announced a plan to buy Nationwide Arena and offer the Blue Jackets free rent. It's an attempt to keep the team in Columbus and keep The Arena District vibrant. Do the team's on-ice struggles change your feelings on the deal?


Sunstein prosecuted blood centrifugation patents for Haemonetics Corporation, a leader in the field of blood processing. The patented technologies allow blood components to be collected and processed for life-saving transfusions.
Innovations by DEKA Research increase the efficiency of water purification systems, while reducing power and maintenance requirements. International patent applications like the one Sunstein prepared for DEKA can lead to worldwide adoption of a useful technology – one that can supply the developing world with access to safe water.
Custom Machine & Tool Co. invented a novel shaft/hub connection device for precise component positioning and tight run-out control in demanding torque transmission applications such as timing-belt pulleys. Rigorous engineering analyses, as shown, demonstrate the benefits of CMT's invention compared to other connection systems. The patent Sunstein obtained bolsters CMT's position in a crowded marketplace.
Sunstein prosecuted a patent for a new stent that retains high radial strength but is more flexible and easier to insert into a patient's coronary artery. The Crown™ stent is the product of our client DEKA's collaboration with Cordis Corp., a Johnson & Johnson company, to improve the design of the Palmaz-Schatz® stent, the first intravascular stent proven to reduce blockage in arteries.
We obtained a $25 million judgment against industry giant Panasonic for willful infringement of our client Comair's patents on fans for electronic equipment.
Exergen Corporation vs. Kaz, USA, Inc.
Sunstein lawyers won a $14.6M verdict for patent infringement following a two-week jury trial for our client Exergen, the people who pioneered the temporal artery thermometer.
Gates Formed-Fibre Products, Inc. v. Delaware Valley Corp.
By persuading a jury that the patents in suit were invalid, we successfully defended our client against accusations of infringement concerning a process for making fused-back automotive carpeting.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Arendi S.A.R.L.
Samsung attacked our client's patent in the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) on grounds of obviousness. We persuaded the PTAB that an element of the claims was not disclosed by the cited references and thus prevented the inter partes review from even being instituted.
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A recent patent we obtained for our client Nexsan, of Santa Clara, CA, U.S. Patent No. 9218406 covers a private cloud storage system in which security is maintained by storing the data on devices (sold under the Transporter brand) of individual users. Data is shared on a peer-to-peer basis. A central server governs access based on user privileges without storing any of the shared data. This patent has issued in one of the fields in which recent court rulings have been propelling rapid evolution of the law.
Sunstein attorneys "Walk to the Hill" to support legal aid funding. Click here for more re the event.
Lisa Tittemore, SUNSTEIN Litigation Group Co-Chair, was a member of the committee that drafted extensive revisions to Local Rule 16.6, adopted by the U.S. District Court for D.MA effective June 1, 2018. It is anticipated that the new rule will make the court a more appealing venue for patent litigation.
Bruce Sunstein, Tim Murphy, Kerry Timbers, Lisa Tittemore, Lawrence Green and Steve Abreu named to Best Lawyers in America©, 2019 list. More. . .
SUNSTEIN has been named a Tier 1 firm in Boston for Litigation – Intellectual Property by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" in 2019.
SUNSTEIN has been named a Recommended Firm by Chambers® in 2018.
Congratulations to our client Draper Laboratory for multiple awards for patents at the BPLA's "Invented Here!" program. We are proud that Sunstein attorney George Jakobsche prosecuted the patents for Draper. More. . .
Sunstein successfully represented long-time client '47 before USPTO's TTAB preventing adversary's registration of a 47 in a circle. Read more here.


My man ... I would like him to be intelligent and motivation, who knows their strengths and seeks to achieve success in these areas. I want someone with a great sense of humor, I love to laugh. Someone who knows how to make his woman happy, and how to carry out about it; who do not want to play games, but want to have a family. I need a real man, not a perfect one, because I do not ideal, as well. All I want to feel loved, when the strong arms of my beloved man hugging me.


On 23rd of June 2016 at shopping center Quadrio, was held launch of biographical book that tells the story of the most famous Czech athletic couple Dana and Emil Zatopek, about their childhood, sports and life successes or failures and partnership in times of oppression, until now. "Godmother" of the book is Mrs. Dana Zátopková, co-author of the book, a successful javelin thrower and wife of Emil Zátopek. She had been working on this book for long seven years.
The book was created as cooperation of our client – Dana and Emil Zatopek Foundation, the Regional Museum in Kopřivnice o.p.s., the Czech Olympic Committee and publishing house Academia Praha.


Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition is a platform where graduate research students are given three minutes to present a compelling oration of their thesis and its significance. 3MT challenges students to consolidate their ideas and discoveries into a concise presentation to a non-specialist audience.
The winner at the campus level will represent Monash University Malaysia at the Monash University 3MT finals in Australia for an opportunity to compete in the Asia-Pacific 3MT finals to be held at the University of Queensland.
This year, the Malaysian campus level competition was held on Wednesday, 7 June 2017. Five participants from the various schools participated, with Mr Wong Zhi Hoong (Cyren) representing the School of Arts and Social Sciences. Cyren won the People's Choice Award and was 2nd runner-up with his presentation, entitled " Representations of Nature, Eco-touristic expression, and Semai Agency: Tracing the Actor Networks of Bukit Kinta Rainforest".


Set amid the majestic Caucasus Mountains in Azerbaijan, the Pik Palace Shahdag Hotel offers 167 oversized bedrooms and suites that provide maximum comfort before and after hitting the slopes.
There is a restaurant to suit every taste at this towering château. Guests can choose from among the Chocolat Café, the lobby lounge with a chocolate truffle rolling station; Alpina Brasserie & Wine Bar for a sumptuous American breakfast; Fujisan Restaurant for sushi; or the private Pik Lounge for extra-mile luxury. Add in the club, with a gym, a sauna, and heated pools, and the spa, with its full list of treatments, and there's plenty to keep travelers occupied.


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Draw like it's 1989 with this Kid Pix web app
August 4, 2021 In Arts and Crafts, Arts and Music, Computer Software, Technology By Ian Carlos Campbell
Kid Pix, an iconic piece of kid-friendly desktop art software, has been ported to Javascript and HTML by Vikrum Nijjar. The web version of Kid Pix is based one the original 1.0 version released for Macs in 1989 by Craig Hickman.
It has the expected tools like paint brushes, rubber stamps, shapes, and letters, all scored by Kid Pix's highly memorable sound effects. The sounds and Kid Pix's somewhat inscrutable interface are the real draw here. The program's inherent playfulness encourages you to explore, even if you're not a kid anymore. You can see a spokesperson from Kid Pix's first publisher Broderbund talk through some of the original app's features below:
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Weekly Roundup: Teleférico Bicentenario (Urban Cable Car) in Santiago, Chile Announced for Completion by 2018
Teleférico Bicentenario. Image from Ciudad Empresarial.
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of urban gondolas, cable cars and cable propelled transit:
This week the Ministry of Public Works in Santiago, Chile publicly presented its plan to build the Teleférico Bicentenario. The system will connect the communities of Providencia and Huechuraba and reduce travel times from 45 minutes to 12 minutes. The cable car's capacity is set at 3,000 pphpd and is expected to be complete by 2018.
Evo Morales has announced that the Yellow Line (Línea Amarilla) in La Paz, Bolivia will be inaugurated next week on September 10. At 3.8km in length with 13 towers and 169 cabins, this system will the largest of the 3 cable car lines.
The World, a group of man-made islands in Dubai, may one day be serviced by a cable car connection. Among a number of other transport options (i.e. floating bridge) that were studied, a gondola system was deemed the cost effective. The concept has support but a final decision has not been made yet.
Weekly Roundup: Santiago Cable Car Prepares Tender, Line Red in La Paz Opens for Service
Rendering of Teleferico Bicentenario. Image from ciudadempresarial.cl.
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas and cable propelled transit:
After several years of planning and design, the Teleferico Bicentenario in Santiago, Chile is expected to go out to tender in early 2015. The 3.4km system is estimated to cost $80 million USD, with 4 stations and carry 3000 pphpd.
Line Red (Linea Roja) of La Paz's urban gondola system was officially inaugurated last week by President Evo Morales. Ticket prices were also released with standard fares costing 3 bolivianos or about 50 cents US. Students and disabled persons are eligible for a 50% discount.
The Kuelap Fortress in Peru will soon get its very own cable car. POMA won the contract to implement the system. It is schedule to begin construction in 2015 and be complete in 2016.
Weekly Roundup: Six Ropeways in India
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit (admittedly, not that much this week):
Santiago, Chile announces an open tender to rehabilitate and upgrade an old 3 station gondola system in Metropolitan Park. (Google Translated from Spanish to English or the original Spanish.)
India's Himachal Pradesh state announces plans for six new ropeway projects arranged under a PPP agreement with whatever qualified bidder is selected.
A proposal pops up in Pantai Damai, Borneo for a cable car river crossing. The project, is merely an idea, but is being thought of as a way to turn the area into a "tourist haven."
The Drakensberg region of South Africa debates the merits of a proposed cable car project in an environmentally and historically sensitive area.
The Olympic flame continues its journey to London via a trip on the Heights of Abraham Cable Car because that doesn't seem like a dangerous idea at all.


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Mayor Tom Leppert and a group of council members opposed to raising the city's tax rate floated a plan Thursday that they say will restore many city services without handing Dallas homeowners a higher tax bill.
The plan stands, so far, as the major alternative to an effort signed onto Wednesday by eight of 15 council members to raise the city's property tax rate by 4.91 cents, or 6.5 percent.
It pulls $8.7 million from sources inside and outside City Hall, including $2.5 million from the city's public-private partnership fund and a $1 million draw on the city's reserve cash fund. Some of the additional funds, meanwhile, have already been identified publicly and accounted for to increase services, such as a $1 million gift from Oncor and $1.8 million in additional funds from landfill fees.
The plan to raise the tax rate to 79.7 cents per $100 in home value would bring in an estimated $39.5 million to city coffers. It would be targeted to a host of city services, including streets maintenance, park upkeep, recreation centers and libraries, according to its proponents. But it would cost the average Dallas homeowner $64 a year, according to city figures.
Leppert, along with several council members who oppose that, drafted a memo to City Manager Mary Suhm advancing their alternative.
"Right now, families across out city are tightening their belts - they expect us to do the same. ... The last thing they need is City Hall demanding more," stated a memo filed to City Manager Mary Suhm.
Leppert said the City Council should be looking everywhere but homeowners' pockets for funds to help run the city.
He added that proponents of a tax rate increase have wrongly painted the city as one of crumbling infrastructure and shuttered libraries and recreation centers.
"That is not the situation at all. This budget preserves services, it does that in ways very, very few cities are doing. ... Just to add an extra burden to taxpayers, that's not a way to build a strong city," he said.
In a lengthy essay posted to her website Thursday, council member Angela Hunt called Leppert disingenuous for opposing a tax rate increase.
He's "got the gall to criticize our modest proposal to restore basic city services to keep our city from deteriorating even further without raising taxes. Of course Leppert knows we're not raising taxes. ... He knows property values have gone down and that the average property owner will pay less in property taxes to the city this year," she wrote.
Under a 4.91-cent tax rate increase, most homeowners will see their actual taxes go up, even with declining property values. That's because most of the city's overall 4.4 percent drop in property values was experienced by commercial properties, according to city figures. City staffers say the average residential property value dropped 1.53 percent in 2010.
Suhm's proposed budget cuts most deeply into funding for parks, recreation centers, libraries and the arts, but doesn't close them down. It cuts funding for key support staff, reduces hours and programming at recreation centers, and slashes upkeep of parks and materials for libraries.
Council member Ann Margolin, a tax increase opponent involved in crafting the alternative plan, said it restores all hours and programming to 37 major recreation centers, enhances park maintenance and provides an additional $700,000 for libraries.
"Clearly there are still things you could say are missing, but from the standpoint of the deep concern with parks and recreation, this essentially is going to restore that. And it does get money back into materials or staffing for the libraries. Given the economy, I think it's a realistic and creative way of getting through this difficult time," she said.
But some of the funds proposed to make up the $8.7 million come at a cost.
The $2.5 million from the public-private partnership fund would no longer be available as an incentive to attract new businesses.
The $1 million from the reserve fund would shrink the city's estimated $55 million reserve fund even further. There are already concerns that the city's current reserve level isn't high enough and could affect Dallas' bond rating. And financial consultants who work for the city have recommended building the reserve up, rather than drawing on it.
Another $800,000 in the plan would come from unanticipated savings the city will realize in a forthcoming debt issuance. But Suhm has already recommended those funds be used for the settlement of a lawsuit against the city, rather than for closing holes in the coming budget.
Another $340,000 would come from a reduction in the number of times the city's medians are mowed per year. Suhm proposed mowing them 18 times year, but under Leppert's plan, they would be mowed 15 times per year.
Leppert said the reserve funds should be used for a rainy day and will remain at a safe level. As for the public-private money, he said there is decreased demand for it in the sluggish economy.
Council member Tennell Atkins, who has led the push for a tax increase, was unimpressed by details of the plan.
"We've got a city manager who balanced the budget, and if there was $8 million out there, I think she would have found the money for us," he said.
Atkins said it is dangerous to dip yet again into the city's reserves when $10 million was pulled from it last year to help balance the budget.
For years, Atkins has warned that the city's growing debt service and its massive bond programs would require an increase in the tax rate.
Leppert said the increase will hurt homeowners and businesses and stunt Dallas' growth.
Holding the tax rate steady "allows us to be competitive in the future. If you don't grow this economy, I'm afraid what you are doing is putting this budget situation in place year after year," he said.


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Minding the Gap DVD and Blu-ray release date not announced.
Genre(s): Documentary
Nina Bowgren
Mengyue Bolen
Diane Quon
Three young men who grew up in the Rustbelt city of Rockford, Illinois, share a love of skateboarding. What they also have in common are the challenges of being a male in today's society where life's struggles come at them from many angles. One confronts racial identity issues while his friend grapples with a romantic relationship gone very bad. Another must come to grips with the death of a father. The transition from boyhood to manhood is fleshed out in gritty detail in a real-life examination of three men growing up in an economically dicey American Midwest.
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DVDs Release Dates is the best source to find out when does Minding the Gap come out on DVD and Blu-ray. Dates do change so check back often as the release approaches.


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1941 Retro Hugo Awards: Some 1940 short sf available for free online
Following up on my list of the most anthologised sf short stories of 1940, here are links to those I found readliy available for free online after a cursory search (ie in the first page of Google results for title and author). I am happy to expand this list to include other short sf from 1940, as well as any I may have missed from my first list, and also to remove any links which violate copyright.
NB also that UNZ.org has the entire 1940 runs of Unknown, Thrilling Wonder Stories and Argosy in PDF - possibly others as well, but I couldn't see how to find out.
"Blowups Happen", by Robert A. Heinlein
"But Without Horns", by Novell Page
"The Mound", by H.P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop
"The City of the Singing Flame", by Clark Ashton Smith
"The Exhalted", by L. Sprague de Camp
"Farewell to the Master", by Harry Bates
"The Red Death of Mars", by Robert Moore Williams
"The Sea Thing", by A.E. van Vogt
"Till Doomsday", by Robert Sale
"Vault of the Beast", by A.E. van Vogt
"The Voyage That Lasted 600 Years", by Don Wilcox
"Beauty and the Beast", by Henry Kuttner
"The Bleak Shore, by Fritz Leiber
"The Chaser", by John Collier
"The Circular Ruins", by Jorge Luis Borges
"Derm Fool", by Theodore Sturgeon
"Footsteps Invisible", by Robert Arthur
"The Great God Awto", by Clark Ashton Smith
"Inflexible Logic", by Russell Maloney
"John Duffy's Brother", by Flann O'Brien
"The Pipes of Pan", by Lester Del Rey
"Quietus", by Ross Rocklynne
"Song in a Minor Key", by C.L. Moore
The Song of the Slaves", by Manly Wade Wellman
"Successful Operation", by Robert A. Heinlein
"Thus I Refute Beelzy", by John Collier
"Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius", by Jorge Luís Borges
"Train for Flushing", by Malcolm Jameson
"When It Was Moonlight", by Manly Wade Wellman
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SAnitY was an incredibly dominant force while in NXT. However, after a struggling year on the main roster, and Eric Young being drafted to Raw, the trio has fallen apart, leading to a shocking announcement.
While they managed to take out the seemingly unbeatable Authors of Pain in 2017, capturing the NXT Tag Team Titles at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II. Though they only held the titles for a few months, dropping them to the Undisputed Era's Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly on December 20th of that year, SAnitY established themselves as a force to be reckoned with.
Sadly, that didn't translate to Tuesday nights. The trio was drafted to SmackDown Live after WrestleMania 34, but their debut was delayed by a few months. Though they defeated the New Day in a Tables match at Extreme Rules, they never won a tag team match on Tuesday. Their run was driven further into the ground when they lost a three-on-one handicap match to The Miz prior to WrestleMania.
Last night on Monday Night Raw, it was revealed that Eric Young had been drafted to the flagship show, quietly putting an end to SAnitY. Afterward, Killian Dain posted a heartfelt message to his partners, Young and Alexander WOlfe, for a fun ride in the company.
Today, Alexander Wolfe said his goodbyes, not only to Killian Dain and Eric Young, but to the entire WWE Universe. Wolfe went over the group's accomplishments before wishing the entire SmackDown locker room the best before stating that it was time to "walk a different path."
Wolfe ended the statement in a heartbreaking manner with "RIP SAnitY. Goodbye #WWE."
SAnitY was a group with tons of upside in the WWE. When they were drafted to SmackDown Live, many assumed they would become the new, and possibly, improved Wyatt Family. With Young on Raw and Dain on SmackDown, hopefully they'll find success as singles competitors. Whatever Alexander Wolfe does going forward, though, the fans he and the rest of the group amassed over the past few years will be eagerly awaiting to support him.


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text: Q: Polynomial Interpolation Uniqueness In a problem on my linear algebra homework this week, we were asked to prove that for distinct $x_{1},\ldots,x_{n}\in F$ and $c_{1},\ldots,c_{n}\in F$ (possibly not distinct) for an arbitrary field $F$, there is a unique polynomial function $P:F\to F$ such that $P(x_{i})=c_{i}$ for all $i\leq n$. In my proof (as well as others' proofs), I showed that the coefficients of the polynomial function are uniquely determined, but this I believe shows that the polynomial itself (as in $P\in F[x]$) is uniquely determined, not the polynomial function. Because in finite fields, we can have polynomial functions that agree at all points but whose polynomials don't agree. So in polynomial interpolation, is it the polynomial or polynomial function that is uniquely determined?

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Analysis of Polymorphic Materials on the RISE
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Application Notebook, Application Notebook-02-01-2016, Issue 0
RISE microscopy, the combination of Raman imaging and scanning electron microscopy, is a powerful new analytical method for the analysis and interrelation of the structure and composition of microscopic samples. The integration of both imaging techniques in one instrument avoids shuttling the sample from one microscope to another. Here we demonstrated its usefulness in the identification, discrimination, and localization of polymorphs of titanium dioxide.
RISE microscopy is a novel correlative microscopy technique that combines confocal Raman imaging and scanning electron microscopy. We have developed an approach to fuse these methods into one instrument, hence avoiding the inevitable complication of sample transfer and re-identification of the investigated area when using two separate instruments. With the example of titanium(IV)-dioxide (TiO2) we show that RISE microscopy can easily and reliably distinguish and visualize polymorphic modifications of materials.
Linking Molecular Composition to Structure
Compound materials that can occur in more than one variety of crystal structure are called polymorphs. Structural polymorphism plays an important role not only in materials research and development but also in the production of pharmaceutical, agrochemical, and pigment substances because the manner of atomic bonding greatly influences the properties of a material. Techniques such as AFM, NMR, and IR-spectroscopy are employed to distinguish polymorphs. While high resolution imaging methods can visualize the morphology of a sample, spectroscopic approaches enable the identification of the chemical substances therein. Correlating both with RISE microscopy, the sample's structural features can be directly linked to its molecular composition.
Titanium dioxide is studied intensively due to its interesting chemical and optical properties. It is widely employed in photocatalysis, electrochemistry, and chemical catalysis while also being the most important pigment in coatings, paints, cosmetics, and as E 171 in food products. TiO2 occurs in eight modifications, with the most commonly used being anatase and rutile. Depending on the application, one crystalline form or the other can gain in importance. Hence clear discrimination of TiO2 polymorphs is an important issue in the products' manufacturing process and usage.
For RISE microscopy anatase and rutile powders were mixed 1:1, ground, dissolved in water, and measured. Raman imaging was performed with a WITec alpha300 microscope, for scanning electron microscopy a Tescan SEM from Brno, Czech Republic was used. Both microscopes were integrated into one instrument. In this hybrid system the sample remains within the vacuum chamber and is automatically and remotely transferred from one measurement position to the other. With this combination, the overlaying of SEM and confocal Raman images is easy, precise, and straightforward.
Both modifications of TiO2 are of the same elemental composition, which can be detected by the energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) functionality incorporated with the SEM (data not shown). However, EDX can't offer insight regarding the arrangement and coordination of the detected atoms and their chemical bonds. That particular characterization is best accomplished with Raman spectroscopy. Here, anatase and rutile were easily distinguished from one another by their Raman spectra at wavenumbers between 300 and 800 rel. 1/cm (Figure 1c). Scanning electron microscopy revealed TiO2 particles of various sizes (Figure 1a). By correlating this information with the Raman spectra generated at each pixel of the image it was possible to assign rutile to the larger and anatase to the smaller particles (Figure 1c). To our knowledge this is the first direct imaging of the spatial distribution of anatase and rutile phases of TiO2 in a mixture of both.
Figure 1: Two modifications of TiO2, anatase and rutile, were imaged with a SEM (a) and a confocal Raman microscope. Both images were then overlaid to yield the RISE image (b). In the Raman spectrum (c) anatase (blue) can be easily distinguished from rutile (red). Image parameters: 12 µm × 12 µm, 150 × 150 pixels = 22,500 spectra, integration time 0.037 s per spectrum.
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When I made the transition from picture books to middle grade I devoured everything in my path. Amelia Bedelia. Mrs. Piggly-Wiggly. The Egypt Game. All of the American Girl series. Most of the Babysitters Club–we're talking twenty books at a time. I was voracious, because I was still searching for something.
When I was twelve, I found it. Tamora Pierce's In The Hand of the Goddess, a book set in a medieval world, with royalty, magic, adventure, gender politics, and a BAMF for a heroine. I thought to myself, This is it! I knew then that there were books in the world that could be what I wanted, and I think that played a big role in my pursuing writing.
It's sort of analogous to seeing yourself mirrored in media. When you see yourself depicted, you're reassured that you exist, that you matter. Hand affirmed that my wants and desires existed in the world beyond my head.
For those who don't know, Tamora Pierce is known for writing books about strong heroines. The Song of the Lionness Quartet is about Alanna, a girl who decides at the age of ten that she wants to be a knight, not a lady, and disguises herself as a boy to do so. (Yeah, Hogwarts looks like a cakewalk now, doesn't it?) She befriends a Prince and the King of Thieves. She battles boys bigger than her and forgotten gods. She learns to appreciate her body despite what she hates about it. The books follow her through her early twenties, experiencing love, hatred, magic, romance, danger, fear, heartbreak, and friendship. Basically it had everything I wanted omfg.
Alanna remains a member of my core head cannon, alongside Buffy the Vampire Slayer (who deserves her own post). She will forever be who I picture when people say strong female character. A lot of her strength comes from sheer stubbornness, a refusal to accept that she is somehow less capable than anyone else. Even in her darkest moments, she pushes through.
That was all in line with the Girl Power messaging of the 90s, which I absorbed a lot of, and so I had no qualms about picking up a pen and writing my own stories. I was a girl, I had heroines like Alanna, and I could do what I wanted. If I wanted to write stories, that's what I would do. I would make more books as wonderful and amazing as Tamora's. I was convinced I had a career as a fantasy novelist ahead of me.
Within a few years of discovering Alanna, I found Sailor Moon and the online fan community with its mountains of fanfiction. That's where I really got started writing in earnest. Sailor Moon was BIG at that time, whereas Tamora Pierce's books didn't have a massive online fandom. Nowadays there's fics and amazing fanart and fan theories like QueeringTortall, which is my new favorite thing. If I were fourteen right now I'd be in-freaking-heaven. Also less prone to drawing anime eyes. But I digress.
My point is, Tamora Pierce opened a door for me. For years I emulated aspects of her fiction, or held it as the standard to which I aspired. I still want to capture that sense of rightness I felt reading In the Hand of the Goddess for the very first time. I hope someday I'm able to do so. And that what I write will positively impact the next generation of readers, as I was impacted.


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Transfer deadline day is a strange phenomenon. Driven forward remorselessly by Sky Sports News, the hyperbole reaches a crescendo on the 31st days of both January and August – but the focus always seems to remain firmly on the clubs towards the top of the Premier League and there is very little coverage afforded to events further down the divisions.
This year, admittedly, we have the unusual scenario of Arsene Wenger and his henchmen frantically attempting to plug the gaping chasms throughout Arsenal's squad after shipping eight goals at Old Trafford. But the bulk of the interest for Sky, as ever, relates to Harry Redknapp leaning out of a Range Rover and shooting his mouth off like a man who prefers making transfers to winning football matches.
And then there's the Football League. If you strip away all the sensationalism and misdirection, this is an important time for many Football League clubs.
Most of all, perhaps, for Leicester City, to give them their previous name. Nowadays, they are continuously afforded the prefix "big-spending" and this trend could carry on if the club get their way on deadline day. There is talk of nine bids currently either sitting in email boxes or lying discarded in the recycle bin around the United Kingdom, with £6.5million having been rejected by Glasgow Rangers for the services of striker Nikica Jelavic.
Sven-Goran Eriksson is targeting a centre-forward and a winger with various names floating around for weeks now – Bristol City's Nicky Maynard has always been Eriksson's first choice but this deal appears no nearer to fruition and there is no telling who could end up pictured holding a blue shirt on City's official website come Thursday morning.
At the other end of the M69, things could barely be more different. Coventry City lost Marlon King, Keiren Westwood and Aron Gunnarsson during the summer and it looks like more names will be added to that list before the window slams shut. Birmingham and Cardiff are both in for Sky Blues centre-back Ben Turner, with the Welsh side more likely to secure a signature and their man-mountain forward Jon Parkin set to head in the opposite direction, while Middlesbrough have been linked with the former Everton striker Lukas Jutkiewicz. With money too tight to mention at the Ricoh Arena, departures would hit the club hard and manager Andy Thorn might have to work wonders in the loan market to retain a competitive squad.
Elsewhere, French club St Etienne have reported on their official website that they have agreed a fee with Leeds United for the transfer of the Yorkshire club's prize asset Max Gradel. The Ivory Coast winger has been chased by West Ham for much of the summer but, with his contract running out at the end of this season, Leeds have been backed into a corner by a transfer request and Gradel should return to France where his family reside. Supporters of the Elland Road club would not be shocked if there is no immediate replacement given previous experience under the financially cautious stewardship of Ken Bates, although a record of 25 goals in 81 games from the wing shows that Gradel will be missed.
And after missing out on Gradel, West Ham will be spending the money they are about to receive from the sale of Scott Parker on someone else entirely. Or maybe they won't even bother. Sam Baldock has recently joined Sam Allardyce's East End revolution to offer pace up front and Papa Bouba Diop could add steel to the base of their well-stocked midfield. Perhaps the Parker money will be banked?
Another set of Clarets who are certainly in the market can be found at Turf Moor. Burnley lost one of their own star performers, new Bolton wide man Chris Eagles, to the Premier League a couple of weeks ago so a winger is high on Eddie Howe's agenda. West Ham's Junior Stanislas has been mentioned.
League One's most impressive deadline day purchase could be Sheffield Wednesday's potential capture of prolific Bury striker Ryan Lowe. In League Two, Gary Johnson's masterplan at Northampton Town is currently failing miserably and the impending departure of proven goalscorer Shaun Harrad will do little to soothe the fears of Cobblers supporters.
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A ten-year passion for providing warm and comfy wellies for kid, means Simon Wood, owner of The Warm Welly Company, is celebrating a milestone as 'The Welly Farmer'. Also passionate about supporting rural businesses in Cumbria, Simon approached another company celebrating their tenth birthday – The Herdy Company, to supply colourful kid's brollies as incentives and gifts.
The Warm Welly Company was run alongside the farm business, but now turning ten, Simon is taking the business of wellies very seriously, investing in more marketing activity for his internet based business. Simon has always admired what The Herdy Company has achieved in their first a decade and was keen to make a connection – especially as both companies celebrate their tenth birthdays this year.
Simon said "Herdwick sheep are iconic and indigenous to Cumbria – they are also at the very heart of the Herdy Company and the Herdy brand. We really respect the company for what they have achieved in creating an innovative brand and because from inception, they've grown funds for projects that support Lake District farming and our rural communities. We couldn't think of a more fitting company to provide birthday brollies. They are well designed, loved by kids and appreciated by the parents – something our products have in common.
The buggy load of brollies arrived at the farm in the rain – ready for their November activities. Simon is appealing for his customers to send pictures of children wearing wellies and using the brollies on their autumn adventures. They will be added to their face Book page www.facebook.com/warmwellies and will also be shared with Herdy.
The aim of The Warm Welly Company is to provide parents with warm and comfortable neoprene lined wellies, so their kids can stay outdoors longer allowing them to really enjoy country life.
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During the Civil War, Union forces established a blockade of Confederate ports designed to prevent the export of cotton and the smuggling of war materiel into the Confederacy. The blockade, although somewhat porous, was an important economic policy that successfully prevented Confederate access to weapons that the industrialized North could produce for itself. The U.S. Government successfully convinced foreign governments to view the blockade as a legitimate tool of war. It was less successful at preventing the smuggling of cotton, weapons, and other materiel from Confederate ports to transfer points in Mexico, the Bahamas, and Cuba, as this trade remained profitable for foreign merchants in those regions and elsewhere.
U.S. Secretary of State William Henry Seward recommended adopting the blockade shortly after the Battle of Fort Sumter in April, 1861 that marked the beginning of Civil War hostilities. Gideon Welles, the Secretary of the Navy, argued for a de facto but undeclared blockade, which would prevent foreign governments from granting the Confederacy belligerent status. President Abraham Lincoln sided with Seward and proclaimed the blockade on April 19. Lincoln extended the blockade to include North Carolina and Virginia on April 27. By July of 1861, the Union Navy had established blockades of all the major southern ports.
South recognized as a belligerent
Following the U.S. announcement of its intention to establish an official blockade of Confederate ports, foreign governments began to recognize the Confederacy as a belligerent When a nation recognized the Confederacy as "belligerent," it established that the Confederate States of America were fighting a legitimate war rather than an illegal rebellion. Foreign governments might not trade or exchange diplomats with rebels, but they would trade with belligerents. Belligerents are also governed by the laws of war, which limited what the U.S. government could do under international law to put down the rebellion. in the Civil War. Great Britain granted belligerent status on May 13, 1861, Spain on June 17, and Brazil on August 1. Other foreign governments issued statements of neutrality.
As the Union Navy took steps to enforce the blockade, controversies arose with foreign governments over the legality of Union seizures of neutral shipping, as well as other related practices. The most important of these was the arrest of Confederate commissioners that precipitated the Trent Affair in November of 1861, an incident that was resolved by the release of the commissioners one month later. Foreign governments acknowledged the right to stop and search neutral ships in international waters, but were displeased by what they saw as violations of the spirit rather than the letter of the law; Union ships typically determined which ships in Caribbean ports were preparing to run the blockade into the Confederacy, and would wait outside the territorial limits for those ships to clear port. British officials were also concerned about the treatment of crews of seized ships, as well as the seizure of British mail. British Minister to the United States, Baron Richard Lyons, repeatedly voiced his government's objections to U.S. Secretary of State William Henry Seward, prompting Seward to invite Lyons to a meeting with President Lincoln. During this meeting Lyons persuaded Lincoln to adopt British neutrality policies by promising that the British Government would continue to view the blockade as a legitimate tool of war.
Effects on international trade
The blockade had a negative impact on the economies of other countries. Textile manufacturing areas in Britain and France that depended on Southern cotton entered periods of high unemployment, while French producers of wine, brandy and silk also suffered when their markets in the Confederacy were cut off. Although Confederate leaders were confident that Southern economic power would compel European powers to intervene in the Civil War on behalf of the Confederacy, Britain and France remained neutral despite their economic problems, and later in the war developed new sources of cotton in Egypt and India. Although British Prime Minister Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston, was personally sympathetic to the Confederacy, and many other elite Britons felt similarly, strong domestic abolitionist sentiment in Britain and in his cabinet prevented Palmerston from taking stronger steps toward assisting the Confederacy. Napoleon III of France was also sympathetic to the Confederacy, but wanted to pursue a joint policy with Britain regarding the U.S. Civil War, and so remained neutral. Moreover, Napoleon III's chief concern during the Civil War years was France's intervention in Mexico.
As the war progressed and more territory came under Union control, the blockade became more effective, but less of an international issue. However, until the capture of Fort Fisher in 1865, the Confederate Army was still able to obtain some supplies via blockade running ships.
Source Citation:
"The Blockade of Confederate Ports, 1861-1865." Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs. United States Department of State. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1861-1865/blockade
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The Blockade of Confederate Ports, 1861–1865, part of Milestones, Office of the Historian.
blockade of Confederate ports designed to prevent the export of cotton and the smuggling of war materiel into the Confederacy. The blockade, although somewhat porous, was an important economic policy that successfully prevented Confederate access to weapons that the industrialized North could produce for itself. The U.S. Government successfully convinced foreign governments to view the blockade as a legitimate tool of war." data-share-imageurl="">
Scott's Great Snake
This 1861 cartoon map shows the Union blockade as a giant anaconda strangling the Confederacy.


JAMES (Paisley) – Archie Gemmill is obviously remembered for scoring one of the greatest goals in the World Cup Finals in Argentina 1978. My St Mirren supporting friend tells me he can also lay claim to being the first substitute in Scottish football after they were officially authorised by the Scottish League in 1966. Is this correct?
The first matches played under the new substituting rules for competitive games were the opening League Cup ties on August 13, 1966.
Records show 10 substitutes were used in six of the matches and the unfortunate Jim Clunie of St Mirren was the first to be replaced through injury by Archie Gemmill in the match against Clyde at Shawfield.
CRAIG (Clarkston) – When did John Little join Rangers and how many caps did he obtain playing for Scotland?
John joined Rangers from Queen's Park in 1951 and made 275 appearances for the club until he moved to Morton in 1962.
He was Canadian by birth and one of the few players capped by Scotland who was not born here.
The only appearance he had for Scotland was against Sweden in 1953 in a 2-1 loss at Hampden.
On retirement from football he became a qualified physical education teacher.
J. GARRITY (Greenock) – Have you heard of any unusual or surprising differences about lengths and widths of football pitches, as compared to our UK rules? I am thinking of all the teams in the Champions League and countries in the World Cup. Are we all using and playing under uniform pitches or are there marked differences? Does that include the ball, ie weight and size, throughout the world?
Based on Fifa rules for International matches, dimensions of fields are: a minimum length of 100 metres and a maximum length of 110 metres.
The minimum width must be 64 metres with a maximum width of 75 metres.
In Scotland our pitch dimensions rules are: minimum length 90 metres with a maximum of 120 metres.
The minimum width must be 45 metres with a maximum of 90 metres.
In the English Premiership, for example, you have a wide variation in pitch sizes.
Manchester City's pitch covers 8932 square yards whereas West Ham's pitch is only 7700 square yards.
In the adult game, size 5 balls are used and they must weigh between 410-450 grams.


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Q: Is 'exit' a universally supported way of stopping execution in JavaScript? I'm new to JavaScript, and found by accident that the following code works as I want:
alert("This shows");
exit;
alert("This doesn't show");

I want to early terminate all subsequent JavaScript on the current page. This works in the browsers I've tested it in. But I can't find any documentation that this is a legitimate keyword in JavaScript, and as such I'm worried that some browsers might not support it. All other suggestions mention 'return', but I'm not returning from a function, simply stopping the proceeding sequential JavaScript execution.
Is there any specific documentation for exit;?

A: There is no "exit" in JavaScript. All you did was introduce an error on the page.
Looking at the console you would see Uncaught ReferenceError: exit is not defined
When would it not work?

*

*If you named a variable exit (and is in scope).

*If the browser converts ids into global variables and an id happened to be exit.

What should you do?

*

*Use throw

A: I'd stay far away from that, your local testing in the browser notwithstanding. (You may be conceptually borrowing from NodeJS's process.exit()...)
Generally speaking use a Google search like this "mdn js exit" to get to the heart of the matter.  MDN is the Mozilla Developer Network, a credible source for all things web, especially syntax. I add "js" as a hint to Google that I'm looking for JavaScript information and then of course the term you are actually interested in.
I find no info on the use of 'exit'.

A: I think you can use  return statement for that situation, also return can also fetch some value.
Please be guided: https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_functions.asp

A: JavaScript has only a break keyword. There is no exit keyword defined in ECMAScript documentation.


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Dataforce résumé 2021: Historic low of new PC registrations
At 2.62 million passenger car registrations, 2021 closes with -295,546 passenger car registrations compared to the previous year – a historically low figure. Measured against 2019, this is almost one million fewer (-985,126) registrations.
True Fleet is steadily gaining relevance, with its market share rising to 30%.
Almost one in three newly registered passenger cars in the private or fleet market has an electric powertrain (BEV/PHEV).
Targeted approach by car dealers is the key to success – fleets want concentrated expertise and service
Dataforce Résumé 2021 – A special year with positive prospects
How did the year 2021 close and how should it be assessed in the current context? At 2.62 million new passenger car registrations, the level of registrations is lower than it has ever been since reunification. Within two years, the volume differs by just under one million vehicles.
Fleet customers become more and more important
Looking at the facts, this sounds very serious, but the trends also point to opportunities that need to be recognized in order to take advantage of them. At Dataforce, we take a very close look at the individual market segments whose importance is shifting over time.
For the first time, True Fleet, i.e. new commercial registrations excluding Manufacturers, Dealerships and RAC (Rent-A-Car), has now achieved a share of 30%, which further underlines the focus on this target group.
Mobility transformation in Fleet and Private
Our surveys with fleets and company car drivers in Germany show many efforts to open up the mobility mix. The introduction of mobility budgets is leading to a reduction in some fleets. But even if those entitled to a company car are considering whether a vehicle is still an option for them, or whether it would be possible to cover their needs via other forms of mobility, these considerations are just as strong among private consumers. In times of working-from-home without long commuting times, many are reflecting on whether a second car in the household still makes sense.
Company car drivers are enthusiastic about electromobility
However, a contrast to this trend is the fact that the vehicle itself and the more diversified powertrains provide a very strong incentive for company car drivers, and not just for tax reasons. With many new brands outside of Germany and established Manufacturers launching new models, we have seen a strong increase in Plug-In Hybrid and fully electric Vehicles in 2021. In both the Private Market and True Fleet, we have reached an exact share of 31.4%.
Electromobility and holistic concepts offer potential
The motivation to drive a plug-in car continues to prevail among private buyers and company fleets, which is confirmed not least by the fact that at the end of the year the funding pot for privately usable charging stations / wall boxes was once again depleted. We see great potential here to score points with local fleets through comprehensive services, good advice on powertrain types, and holistic mobility concepts. For the mobility change to work in fleet practice, good and tailored concepts are needed.
This approach is an opportunity for both local Dealers and large Dealership groups as well as Manufacturers to address them in a targeted and requirements-based manner. We currently project that these market trends will give total registrations a push forward again and that a volume of around 3 million passenger cars can be expected in 2022.
Contact: Benjamin Kibies
E-mail: benjamin.kibies@dataforce.de


When grave environmental risks confronted major stakeholders in the refrigeration and air conditioning industry it became apparent there was no clear path forward. To help, industry formed (in 1993) a new body – RRA.
Some States and Territories had passed inconsistent and conflicting legislation in the late 1980's but there was little in the way of encouragement or enforcement of compliance. Australian industry lacked the basics for recovery.
This meant that wholesalers' branches and distribution centres were becoming warehouses for storing used and contaminated refrigerant for which there was no ultimate destination. Further, it meant they were covering the additional costs of, and carrying the burden relating to, enforcing the legislation. This situation was likely to lead to the imposition of costs on contractors for the return of refrigerant.
RRA was established to create an industry-wide recovery program that met all government and international obligations for all parties; that provided an outlet for all recovered refrigerant; that shared the cost burden across the whole industry. RRA was also tasked with identifying and working with companies wanting to develop reprocessing and destruction technologies for recovered refrigerant.
RRA has authorisation from the ACCC to operate. Authorisation was initially granted for 10 years, and was recently renewed.


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Who's afraid of nonprofit overhead?
Nathan Washatka
Five prominent foundations recently pledged to support more overhead expenses. This is good news—but will it really be a radical shift in the landscape of fundraising?
Like many fundraisers, I was encouraged last month when the leaders of five prominent foundations pledged to do more to help nonprofits pay overhead expenses.
The foundation execs said they have come to recognize that "many of the organizations they supported…face major deficits because of stingy policies that provide just a sliver of the money they need to operate and run projects."
It's a dynamic fundraisers know all too well. Foundations—and many individual donors—often want their money to be used in the direct service of a nonprofit's constituents. In other words, they want their money to buy soup for the soup kitchen, not to pay the accountant who files taxes for the soup kitchen. This is a perfectly understandable attitude, even as it often leaves nonprofits struggling to pay the bills.
Despite this announcement, it's difficult to foresee a significant shift in the way donors understand and carry out their giving. For starters, it's important to note that most people who give to charity don't even think about overhead expenses in the first place. "Professional" donors like big foundations and mega-wealthy philanthropists might demand to see a nonprofit's overhead ratio before writing a check, but average donors don't do much research before making a gift.
So when prominent foundation leaders call on other foundation leaders to quit worrying so much about overhead, it's more of a conversation among a small (but influential) group of peers. Will their pleas be heeded? I'm skeptical for two reasons.
First, I think nonprofit leaders and fundraisers are often too willing to perpetuate the overhead-versus-everything-else dichotomy. Talk of "reducing overhead" flows naturally from a fixation on "program outcomes" and "efficiency," which has become all too common among fundraisers. When we tell stories about nonprofits that focus on supposed ROIs, on "scaling up," and on "solving" social problems, and when we talk about donations as "investments," we take a blinkered view of our own organizations.
And this is tied up with the second reason: nonprofits are institutions. The value of institutions, of voluntary associations, extends far beyond their "outputs." Unfortunately, Americans are distancing themselves from institutions. If you take a skeptical view of institutions and associations, you're certainly going to exhibit a reluctance to help institutions and associations do the kinds of things that institutions and associations do—keep the lights on, buy office equipment, hire someone to answer the phone, update the website, etc. All the stuff we typically mean by "overhead."
The good news is that fundraisers are in a prime position to restore faith in institutions. We're the ones who get to invite other people to participate more fully in the life of the organizations we represent. We're the ones who get to tell donors who we are, not just what we're doing, and we have the pleasure of asking people to belong to our communities.
On balance, I think it's good that the leaders of prominent foundations have signaled a willingness to dedicate more funding to the overhead expenses of nonprofit organizations. It's a welcome recognition that nonprofits consist of more than a list of outcomes.
Lest we get too carried away, I would stop short of declaring that donors are wrong to question the way charities spend money. I've heard it argued that donors ought to make no real distinction between dollars spent on programs, on overhead, on fundraising, on equipment, on salaries—that it's all part of an indivisible pie, and to question a nonprofit's allocation of its budget is to subject it to undue scrutiny.
The nonprofit sector is as subject to managerial bloat and the temptations of bureaucracy as every other industry. I don't dispute that thousands upon thousands of nonprofits across the country are working within shoestring budgets to accomplish incredible things. But I also know that part of what makes those nonprofits so incredible is their effort to share information with donors.
What's almost certainly true—and what the recent announcement helps highlight—is that "overhead" isn't a very useful word when it comes to thinking about and describing the work that nonprofits do. We fundraisers should do our part to find new ways of speaking to donors. Our organizations will be stronger for it.
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