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LET'S GROW AUTUMN BURST
The final figures for the Let's Grow autumn burst made for impressive. There were two strands of activity that were created for the campaign. Firstly, seasonal container videos covering flowers and herbs were created and presented by Fiann O'Nuallain, with his usual flair and enthusiasm. Secondly digital animations were created of some of the 'how to' guides on the gardening section of the Bord Bia site, including on topics like 'How to plant roses', 'How to grow lettuce', and children's activities like starting a wormery. The target market for the campaign was younger gardeners and less confident gardeners that have started gardening during the pandemic. The aim was to encourage them to garden later into the year. The digital assets were promoted through the Bord Bia social media accounts. The overall results of the campaign are below:
In addition to being seen by an impressive number of people, it also produced 18,000 visits to the website, which exposed gardeners to all the grow guides and resources on the site. The overall sentiment and commentary was highly positive for the two campaigns. People tagged their friends and family in both the campaigns, and left highly positive feedback and commented on how helpful the videos were. ✽
GREEN CITIES CAMPAIGN
After the successful virtual launch of the Green Cities campaign in June, the major activities for the remainder of the year consisted of selecting candidates for the European Green Cities Award, and the Irish Green Cities award.
Dublin Landings was nominated to represent Ireland at the prestigious European Green Cities Awards. The project was designed by Arrow Architects, Henry J Lyons, and RKD Architects, and the landscaping was installed by Peter O'Brien & Sons Landscaping Ltd. The development was selected in recognition of its understanding of the role played by plant material in underpinning the social, economic and environmental fabric of urban life. With the nomination, Dublin Landings competed with twelve other countries for the European Green Cities award at a live event in Brussels in December. The event was opened with a speech from the ENA-president Mr. Henk Raaijmakers and Mr. Norbert Lins, Member of the European Parliament, Chair of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI Committee). ✽
GREEN CITIES AWARD WINNER
The winner of the European Green Cities Award 2021 was announced by Mr. César Luena, Member of the European Parliament, Vice-Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI Committee). Although Dublin Landings wasn't successful in the overall competition, it was awarded the national title. For the Irish Green Cities Award 2022, an Irish maritimeinspired building project was recognised for its ambition and innovation in the area of green landscaping and urban greening. The Opus Building at Hanover Quay in Dublin 2 was submitted by McCauley Daye O'Connell Architects, who worked with Cairn Homes and AIT Urbanism + Landscape on delivering the project. The Irish Green Cities Award highlights domestic green infrastructure projects on a European stage.
The Opus Building will represent Ireland at the European Green Cities Award 2022. The Opus Building is a maritime inspired residential development that provides a wide range of high-end quality apartments. It received the award for its curvilinear expression, transparency to the street, and generous, green residential amenities. Judges were particularly impressed with the generous landscaped roof gardens and communal areas that provide residents with a beautiful oasis of calm and stunning views. The European style landscaped courtyard allows the building to break the stereotype of urban living – being an exemplary addition to its neighbourhood and the city as a whole. ✽
GRAND PRIX AWARD BORD BIA RESEARCH ON APPLES
At the recent Marketing Society of Ireland's Research Excellence Awards, Bord Bia's paper "Building A Better Future For Irish Apples" won two awards for research excellence in the Brand Development & Strategy category and the overall Grand Prix for best piece of research in 2021. This is the 3rd time that Bord Bia's work has been celebrated at this Grand Prix level.
The study was undertaken by Bord Bia Thinking House, and was a collaborative undertaking across the Strategic Insights & Planning and Horticulture teams, led by Lorcan Bourke along with research partners Opinions, who submitted this study to the Marketing Society of Ireland's Awards.
The opportunity for Irish grown apples is seen in the context that we import €100m+ of eating apples each year into Ireland from places as far away as New Zealand and Chile, despite having a climate suitable to apple growing. Over 95% of all apples eaten in Ireland are imported. Bord Bia's research involved in-home testing of 6 varieties of cooking apples, along with retailer interviews, stakeholder interviews with growers, consolidators and distributors. As part of the research, the team also looked at models from around the world where similar issues have been addressed, particularly in the UK and Denmark.
The outputs of this work have been used by the Horticulture team to galvanise a number of key stakeholders – including DAFM, Teagasc, IFA, and growers – around the opportunity for Irish grown apples. It's a real example of true 'thought leadership' from Bord Bia.
The Judges' comments were highly complementary; "A comprehensive holistic methodology incorporating all relevant stakeholders impressed the judges for Bord Bia. This programme of research showed a well thought through and sound methodology incorporating all stakeholders. The research provided clear insights for strategy development and clearly demonstrated the power of collaborative research in effectively influencing brand, category and sectoral decisions. A really excellent piece of work feeding into sectoral strategy." ✽
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La historia de Eslovenia narra el período del territorio esloveno desde el  a. C. hasta el presente. En la Edad del Bronce Temprano, las tribus protoilirias se asentaron en un área que se extendía desde la actual Albania hasta la ciudad de Trieste. El territorio esloveno formaba parte del Imperio Romano y fue devastado por las incursiones del Período de Migración durante la Antigüedad tardía y la Alta Edad Media. La ruta principal desde la llanura de Panonia hasta Italia pasaba por la actual Eslovenia. Los eslavos alpinos, ancestros de los eslovenos modernos, se asentaron en el área a fines del  d. C. El Sacro Imperio Romano Germánico controló la tierra durante casi 1000 años y, entre mediados del  y 1918, la mayor parte de Eslovenia estuvo bajo el dominio de los Habsburgo. En 1918, los eslovenos formaron Yugoslavia junto con los serbios y los croatas, mientras que una minoría quedó bajo el control de Italia. El estado de Eslovenia fue creado en 1945 como parte de la Yugoslavia federal. Eslovenia se independizó de Yugoslavia en junio de 1991 y hoy es miembro de la Unión Europea y la OTAN.

Historia Antigua

En tiempos antiguos el territorio actual de Eslovenia fue abarcado por la cultura de los campos de urnas, posteriormente, en la edad de hierro se desarrolló en la región la Cultura de Hallstatt.

En el segundo  a. C. las fuentes históricas registran la existencia del Reino de Noricum en los Alpes Orientales. Este Reino mantenía relaciones amistosas con los romanos, a quienes le vendían hierro. Este hierro era de hecho la clave de los romanos para producir armas eficaces, necesarias en sus guerras contra los celtas. En el año 16 a. C., Noricum se asoció al Imperio romano, en donde preservó su autonomía en los términos del ius gentium. Esta ley le permitió a Noricum conservar su propia organización social hasta la caída del Imperio romano. Sin embargo la cultura romana y la romanización se difundió en el reino.

Las ciudades más importantes de la época eran: Celeia (actualmente Celje), Emona (Liubliana), Nauportus (Vrhnika) y Poetovio (Ptuj). El territorio esloveno se encontraba dividido entre las provincias romanas de Dalmatia, Italia, Noricum y Panonia.
En el  la provincia de Noricum fue dividida en dos más pequeñasː Noricum ripense y Noricum mediterraneum, esta última también llamada Interiore Noricum. La primera fue invadida por tribus germánicas a la caída del Imperio romano, pero la segunda pudo mantener su estructura social y tras la ocupación de los ostrogodos declaró la propia independencia

Algunos creen que los ancestros eslavos de los actuales eslovenos se establecieron en esta área por ese entonces. Sin embargo hay otros que sostienen que descienden de los pueblos autóctonos de los Alpes Orientales

Carantania

En el año 595 se registra la cita, por parte del historiador lombardo Pablo Diácono, del primer estado estable eslavo y esloveno como "Provincia Sclaborum", que luego se conocería como Carantania. En el año 623, los eslavos fueron unidos en una alianza bajo un rey llamado Samo, también conocida en las fuentes históricas como Marca Vinedorum, la cual ocupaba los territorios de Carantania. En 658, después de la muerte de Samo, la Alianza Eslava se desintegró, pero Carantania sobrevivió y retuvo su independencia.

En el año 745, Carantania, que hasta aquel entonces era una nación pagana, sufrió una seria amenaza militar de los ávaros de la vecina Panonia. Por eso el duque Borut solicitó ayuda militar a los amistosos bávaros, que ya estaban cristianizados. Los bávaros pertenecían al dominio político del rey de los Francos, que era el protector del Cristianismo de Europa. El rey de los Francos dio permiso a Baviera para ayudar a la pagana Carantania, pero solo con la condición de que esta última aceptara el cristianismo. El duque Borut aceptó la condición y con ayuda de los bávaros Carantania derrotó definitivamente a los Ávaros. Así fue como el duque Borut envió a su hijo  Gorazd y a su sobrino  Hotimir para que se educaran en la fe cristiana en Baviera. En las décadas siguientes a la derrota de los ávaros el obispo de Salzburgo, San Virgilio, envió a Carantania una serie de monjes irlandeses destacándose San Modesto como apóstol de los carantanios. Tras la muerte de San Modesto hubo una breve restauración pagana debido a que el Tratado por el cual Carantania había aceptado asumir el cristianismo fue violado. Así fue cómo el ejército bávaro invadió el país y suprimió el gobierno pagano. La irrupción de los bávaros, sin embargo, provocó una imagen negativa del Cristianismo ya que obviamente el ejército extranjero no respetó disciplina alguna, como no la ha hecho ningún ejército en general en esas circunstancias. Debido a esto entre la gente creció la desconfianza hacia el cristianismo.

Fue gracias a la tarea del duque Domitiano que se logró la conversión completa al Cristianismo. Finalmente, en época de Carlomagno, en el año 802, fallece el duque Domitiano, que luego sería santificado.

Hacia el año 828 el Ducado de Carantania ocupaba territorios actuales de Austria y Eslovenia.

Carantania se unió al reino de los francos con su propia ley (Consuetudo Sclavorum) y preservó la proclamación de su knez (príncipe) en lengua eslovena hasta el año 1414 sobre la Piedra del Príncipe (knezji kamen). Hasta el año 1651 la ceremonia de nombramiento del señor tenía lugar en el Trono del Duque (vojvodski stol) y hasta el año 1728 en la mansión condal de Klagenfurt  (Celovec). El ritual de coronación del gobernante carintio se describe en el libro de Jean Bodin "Six livres de la République".

Edad Media

Alrededor del año 1000 fueron escritos los manuscritos Freising, primer documento escrito en esloveno y el primero de una lengua eslava mediante escritura latina. Durante el , la mayoría de las regiones de Eslovenia pasaron a manos de los Habsburgo cuyas tierras luego formarían el Imperio austrohúngaro. Los eslovenos habitaban totalmente o mayoritariamente las provincias de Carniola, Gorizia y Gradisca, y partes de las provincias de Istria y Estiria.

A lo largo de los siglos el idioma alemán se difundió en las viejas provincias carantanas. Las personas que adoptaron el idioma alemán comenzaron a sentirse pertenecientes a los pueblos germánicos. Esta población fue el origen de la nación austríaca. La población del sur de Carantania continuó hablando el idioma esloveno y son los actuales eslovenos.

Edad Moderna
A medida que la Reforma se extendía en el , los misioneros protestantes codificaron y fijaron la ortografía de la lengua eslovena: Primož Trubar publicó en 1550 los primeros libros impresos en lengua eslovena y en 1584 se publicó la primera traducción eslovena de la Biblia (Jurij Dalmatin, Wittenberg 1584)  y la primera gramática. Sin embargo, los focos protestantes, así como una revuelta campesina de croatas y eslovenos en 1573 fueron rápidamente sofocados por la Contrarreforma católica y las autoridades germánicas, y los eslovenos mantuvieron su fidelidad al reino de Austria en los siglos siguientes.

Nacionalismo y emancipación

En 1809, gran parte de Eslovenia quedó dentro de las Provincias Ilirias del primer Imperio Francés de Napoleón I. A partir de 1814, se restableció el dominio de los Habsburgo. El ilirismo –que comenzó ante todo como una expresión de solidaridad con los croatas y otros eslavos del sur- se convertiría en la primera base del nacionalismo esloveno, que se mantendría activo durante todo el , pero que permaneció no obstante marcado por su origen occidental y católico, rechazando a los serbios ortodoxos que se emanciparán de los turcos.

Con las revoluciones de 1848, los eslovenos reclamaron la creación de una provincia eslovena dentro del Imperio austríaco y a partir de 1870 se presenta la primera expectativa de unión de los Eslavos del sur (Eslovenos, Serbios y Croatas).

Durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, la fidelidad a la dinastía imperial de los Habsburgo y al Imperio Austrohúngaro se impuso durante mucho tiempo sobre la idea de una Gran Yugoslavia independiente. En mayo de 1917, el abate Korosec, jefe del movimiento nacional cristiano esloveno, se pronunció a favor de la creación de un estado autónomo de los eslavos del sur dentro del Imperio Austrohúngaro. Sin embargo, la caída y fragmentación del Imperio tras su derrota en la Primera Guerra Mundial en 1918, favoreció las posiciones más radicales que defendían la separación total. Los eslovenos, representados en el Comité nacional de Zagreb, al que pertenecían también los croatas y serbios de Hungría, y que presidía Korosec, consiguieron en diciembre que el rey de Serbia apoyara la idea de constituir el reino de los serbios, croatas y eslovenos, la base de Yugoslavia. Al término de la Primera Guerra Mundial, líderes eslovenos apoyaron la creación del Estado de los Eslovenos, Croatas y Serbios, que posteriormente se uniría al Reino de Serbia para crear el Reino de los Serbios, Croatas y Eslovenos que fue fundado en 1919 y luego adoptó el nombre de Reino de Yugoslavia.

Eslovenia en Yugoslavia

Eslovenia en el Reino de Yugoslavia

Las primeras dificultades surgieron al establecer las fronteras del nuevo estado, que se resolvieron en 1920 con la delimitación de fronteras con Austria, Reino de Hungría y el Reino de Italia. El nuevo Reino de Yugoslavia tuvo que ceder ante las ambiciones italianas, que consiguió territorios en el oeste del desaparecido Imperio de Austria-Hungría en los que vivían una minoría de 400.000 eslovenos, y que el régimen fascista de Benito Mussolini se esforzó por asimilar con fuertes medidas centralizadoras. Las naciones vencedoras en la guerra entregaron Gorica, que era parte de Eslovenia, al Reino de Italia. Debido a esto surgió el TIGR como organización de resistencia eslovena que operó entre 1927 y 1941

El Tratado de Saint Germain, sólo asignó una pequeña parte de Carintia del sur a Yugoslavia pero finalmente esta región optó también por unirse a Austria, en 1920.

El estallido de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la invasión de alemanes e italianos llevaron al desmembramiento del Reino de Yugoslavia. Eslovenia fue repartida entre Alemania e Italia (Tratado de 8 de julio de 1941), mientras que el distrito del Mur era anexionado por Hungría. Los nazis procedieron a la germanización de Eslovenia del Norte y tras la capitulación de Italia (septiembre de 1943) Eslovenia del sur también fue administrada por los nazis hasta 1945.

Era socialista

En 1946, tras el fin de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la derrota de la Alemania nazi, Eslovenia pasó a ser una República popular en el seno de la República Democrática Federal de Yugoslavia y recuperó sus fronteras anteriores a la guerra excepto en la zona limítrofe con Italia, donde el tratado de París de 1947 amplió el territorio esloveno hacia el oeste, frontera que no quedó completamente fijada hasta 1954, aunque una minoría de 50.000 eslovenos, permaneció en el territorio de Italia, cerca de la frontera. Con la Constitución yugoslava de 1974, adquirió el título de República Socialista de Eslovenia dentro de la República Federal Socialista de Yugoslavia.

Dentro de la República Federal Socialista de Yugoslavia, Eslovenia se convirtió en la república más próspera y más industrializada de la federación por sus instalaciones de producción de acero y de industria pesada. Alcanzó el más alto nivel de vida y contribuyó más que ninguna otra república yugoslava a la ayuda federal que se destinaba a las regiones menos desarrolladas del sur. La contribución eslovena fue el origen de varias tensiones en la Federación, que se agudizaron durante la década de 1980 con el enfrentamiento entre el gobierno esloveno de Ljubljana y el gobierno federal de Belgrado.

Con la caída del comunismo en Europa Central y Oriental, en 1989 en Eslovenia nació un partido político independiente, la Liga de los Socialdemócratas Eslovenos –el primero de su género en un país comunista-, al que pronto seguirían otros. Una vez instituido el multipartidismo en la Federación, se celebraron elecciones en abril de 1990: alcanzó la mayoría parlamentaria (por un estrecho margen) una coalición de centro-derecha, mientras Milan Kucan, presidente de la Liga de los Comunistas de Eslovenia de 1986 a 1989, era elegido presidente de la República. En diciembre de 1990 se realizó un referéndum sobre la independencia (en caso de que no se llegase a un acuerdo en el plazo de seis meses sobre la reforma de la Federación de Yugoslavia) donde un 95 % de los votantes se mostró favorable.

Inesperadamente, Eslovenia se declara independiente el 25 de junio de 1991, aun cuando previamente había anunciado que lo haría el día 26. Este adelanto fue una acción estratégica de los eslovenos para tener cierta ventaja inicial ante la expectativa de una confrontación inevitable contra el Ejército Popular Yugoslavo (JNA), y esta se esperaba para el mismo momento de la declaración de independencia. Adelantanda en secreto 24 horas la declaración, el gobierno esloveno trastocaba la respuesta del gobierno federal de Belgrado, preparada para el mismo día 26 de junio. Estalló entonces la guerra de la independencia eslovena, también conocida como la Guerra de los Diez Días.

Los combates más fuertes del conflicto tuvieron lugar durante el 2 de julio de 1991, que fue un día desastroso para el JNA. La columna de tanques del JNA refugida en el bosque Krakovski era atacada de forma sostenida por unidades de la TO eslovena (fuerza de defensa territorial, en esloveno teritorialna obramba), forzándola a rendirse. Unidades del Cuarto Cuerpo Blindado del JNA intentaban llegar desde Jastrebarsko en Croacia, pero eran vencidas cerca de la ciudad fronteriza de Bregana. Las unidades de TO eslovenas organizan exitosos ataques contra los pasos de frontera en Šentilj, Gornja Radgona, Fernetiči y Gorjansko, capturándolos y obligando a rendirse a las tropas del JNA. Una larga negociación entre el JNA y la defensa territorial eslovena tiene lugar durante la tarde y la noche en Dravograd, mientras las instalaciones del JNA a lo largo la RS siguen cayendo en manos eslovenas.

El 7 de julio de 1991, La Guerra de los Diez Días estaba formalmente acabada con el acuerdo de Brioni, firmado en las croatas Islas Brioni. Los términos eran claramente favorables a Eslovenia: se aceptaba una moratoria de tres meses sobre la independencia eslovena -que en términos prácticos tenía poco impacto real- y la policía eslovena y nuevas fuerzas armadas eslovenas eran reconocidas como soberanas en su territorio.

Mientras formaba parte de Yugoslavia, la población de Eslovenia equivalía apenas al 8% del total; sin embargo, su producción industrial era del 25% del país.

Gracias a la homogeneidad de su población, la independencia de Eslovenia fue la menos violenta de la ex Yugoslavia.

Ver: República Federal Popular de Yugoslavia y República Federal Socialista de Yugoslavia.

Eslovenia independiente

Eslovenia firmó en junio de 1996 un acuerdo de asociación con la Unión Europea (UE), como paso formal previo a su ingreso como miembro en 2004. Una de las condiciones de la UE (en particular de Italia) fue la inclusión en la constitución eslovena de una cláusula que permitía a los extranjeros adquirir bienes en el país. Esta medida estaba motiva en parte por la pérdida de propiedades que ciudadanos italianos habían sufrido después de 1945 en territorio esloveno.

Durante los bombardeos de Kosovo y Serbia en 1999, Eslovenia permitió el uso de su espacio aéreo por la OTAN.

En junio de 2001 el presidente ruso Vladímir Putin y su homólogo estadounidense George W. Bush, se reunieron en Eslovenia, en la antigua residencia del expresidente Josip Broz Tito. Esta cumbre tenía en su agenda el escudo antimisiles estadounidense y la expansión de la OTAN.

En mayo de 2004, junto a Estonia, Letonia, Lituania, Polonia, República Checa, Hungría, Eslovaquia, Malta y Chipre, Eslovenia pasa a formar parte de la UE. En enero del año 2007 Eslovenia también pasaba a formar parte de la zona euro.

Gobierno de Türk
El 21 de diciembre de 2007 Eslovenia implementó el Acuerdo de Schengen. Así mismo, Eslovenia presidió, en enero de 2008, el Consejo de Europa, convirtiéndose en el primer país del antiguo bloque comunista en asumir dicha responsabilidad. Danilo Türk ocupó el cargo de Presidente de la República de 2007 a 2012.

Primer ministro de Pahor (2008-2012): reformas bloqueadas
Borut Pahor fue primer ministro de Eslovenia desde noviembre de 2008 hasta febrero de 2012. Ante la crisis económica mundial, su gobierno propuso reformas económicas, pero fueron rechazadas por el líder opositor Janez Janša y bloqueadas por referéndum en 2011. Por otro lado, los votantes votaron a favor de un acuerdo de arbitraje con Croacia, destinado a resolver la disputa fronteriza entre los países, surgida tras la desintegración de Yugoslavia. En 2010, Eslovenia se unió a la OCDE.

Gobierno de Pahor (2012-Actualidad)
Pahor ha ocupado el cargo de presidente desde 2012. En noviembre de 2017, el presidente esloveno, Borut Pahor, fue reelegido para un segundo mandato en elecciones reñidas.

Primer ministro de Janša (2012-2013): Informe anticorrupción
Janša fue primer ministro de Eslovenia desde febrero de 2012 hasta marzo de 2013 por segunda vez. Fue reemplazado por la primera mujer PM en la historia de Eslovenia, Alenka Bratušek, después de que se emitiera el Informe sobre los líderes de los partidos parlamentarios de la agencia oficial anticorrupción.El ex primer ministro Janez Janša pasó seis meses en prisión en 2014 tras ser condenado por cargos de soborno relacionados con un negocio de armas de 2006. Janša había negado haber actuado mal.

Miro Cerar fue primer ministro desde septiembre de 2014 hasta marzo de 2018. Su coalición de gobierno incluía al Partido de Centro Moderno de Cerar, los socialdemócratas y el partido de jubilados DeSUS.

En junio de 2018, el Partido Democrático de Eslovenia (SDS) de centroderecha del ex primer ministro Janez Janša ganó las elecciones. SDS aseguró 25 escaños en el parlamento de 90 escaños. Un partido de centroizquierda, La Lista de Marjan Šarec (LMŠ), quedó en segundo lugar con 13 escaños. El Partido del Centro Moderno de Cerar quedó cuarto con apenas 10 escaños.

En agosto de 2018, el nuevo primer ministro Marjan Šarec formó un gobierno minoritario compuesto por cinco partidos de centroizquierda. En enero de 2020, el primer ministro Šarec renunció porque su gobierno minoritario era demasiado débil para impulsar una legislación importante.

Primer ministro de Janša (2020-2022)
En marzo de 2020, Janez Janša se convirtió en primer ministro por tercera vez en el nuevo gobierno de coalición de SDS, el Partido del Centro Moderno (SMC), Nueva Eslovenia (NSi) y el Partido de los Pensionistas (DeSUS). Janša había sido previamente primer ministro de 2004 a 2008 y de 2012 a 2013.  Janez Janša era conocido como un populista de derecha y partidario abierto del expresidente estadounidense Donald Trump. Janša también era conocida como aliada del primer ministro derechista Viktor Orban de Hungría.

Primer ministro de Golob (2022-)
En abril de 2022, la oposición liberal, The Freedom Movement, ganó las elecciones parlamentarias. El Movimiento por la Libertad obtuvo el 34,5 % de los votos, en comparación con el 23,6 % del Partido Demócrata Esloveno de Janša. El 25 de mayo de 2022, el parlamento de Eslovenia votó para nombrar al líder del Movimiento por la Libertad, Robert Golob, como nuevo primer ministro de Eslovenia para suceder a Janez Janša.

Véase también
 Ampliación de la Unión Europea
 Nacionalismo esloveno
 Pueblo esloveno

Referencias

Bibliografía
 Jozko Šavli, Matej Bor and Ivan Tomazic, Veneti: first builders of European community - Editiones Veneti, Vienna 1996.
 Paulus Diaconus, Historia Langobardorum IV, 7.
 Jean Bodin, Les six livres de la République.- Paris. 1576
 Jozko Šavli, Karantanija- Editorial Humar, Nova Gorica, 2007.
 Jožko Šavli, Slovenia: Discovering a European Nation, Humar Publisher, Slovenia (2004). ISBN 961-6097-19-9

Enlaces externos
 carantha.net - "Carantha", la verdadera historia eslovena.

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Of the four previous seasons, with Alex Anthopoulos as GM, the Jays had a winning record after 99 games just once. In 2010, the Jays went (35-29) to finish at 85-77-1. If the Jays can win 35 of their final 63 games this time around, their 86 victories may or may not put them into the postseason. The Blue Jays next 10 games are against the Easts traditional powers - Boston and the Yankees - with both having off-seasons by their standards. The Jays kick off this stretch with four at home beginning Monday night at Rogers Centre against the BoSox. Then its on to New York for three and then to Fenway for three more. Considering they probably wont have Edwin Encarnacion, Adam Lind and Brett Lawrie for at least seven of those 10 games - and perhaps all 10 - its going to be a daunting task indeed. Over the past four seasons, the Blue Jays cumulative record against Boston is only 37-42. Theyve also had a losing record against the Red Sox in three of those four seasons. The only exception being the 2012 season, when the Jays held an (11-7) edge in the year of the Bobby Valentine managerial fiasco. The Jays record against the Yankees over that four year span has been even worse. Theyre 32-50 in all, with 2010 being the only season they had a winning edge at 10-8 and remember the Jays have also dropped 16 in a row at Yankee Stadium. The Jays desperately need to go at least 6-4 or better over the next 10 to tide them over until everyone gets healthy. Then and only then, will John Gibbons and company have a chance at staying in the race for first in the AL East until the end. For the record, the Jays are 18-17 this season against the East, including 4-2 against Boston and 3-6 versus the Yankees. They have 13 left against Boston and 10 with the Yankees. Thats more than a third of their remaining games and they likely hold the key to having any chance of winning the division. Grabbing the second Wild Card slot ahead of Seattle is the emergency safety hatch.dddddddddddd The Jays still have seven games left with the Ms - three on the road and four at home. But taking the second Wild Card would likely mean a one game playoff with the As or the Angels out on the West Coast - not exactly the most desirable situation. The Blue Jays Triple A affiliate in Buffalo has lost seven games in a row and is having almost as much trouble most nights scoring runs as the Jays. Just the same, Kevin Pillar - who spent 26 games up with the big club this season - has been on fire. Hes tied for the International League lead in doubles with 27, which would have been the team high for the entire season a year ago. He also leads the Bisons in hits with 87, triples (with three) and is tied for the team lead in stolen bases (15). On the flip side, righty reliever Steve Delabar still hasnt rediscovered his A game. In eight appearances over 10 innings, he is 0-2 with a 5.40 ERA with nine strikeouts and six walks. I got asked the other day if I could remember the last Major League player to play at all nine positions in one game. Off the top of my head I could only remember the first two - Bert Campaneris, who turned the trick for the Kansas City As on Sept. 8, 1965, and Cesar Tovar of the Minnesota Twins who accomplished the feat on Sept. 22, 1968 - against (go figure) Campaneris and the As. Playing all nine positions in a game is more of a novelty event, used by teams who are basically playing in nothing games near the end of the season. Its only happened two other times in Major League history, the two I couldnt remember and both happened in 2000. Scott Sheldon and the Texas Rangers were playing at Comiskey and the White Sox blew out to a big lead early and went on to hammer Texas 13-1. Sheldon actually didnt get into the game for the Rangers until the fourth inning, but still managed to play all nine spots on the diamond. That was on Sept. 6. About three weeks later, with the Twins playing Detroit on Oct. 1 - the final day of the regular season - Shane Halter of the Tigers became the most recent Major Leaguer to play all nine positions in one game. Not only that, he went 4-for-5 with four runs batted in. But the two earlier games each had something unique about them - which may be why I remember them so well. When Campaneris pitched in 1965, he pitched lefty-to-lefty hitters and then switched to righty-to-righty hitters. Cesar Tovar actually was the starting pitcher for the Twins in his game in 1968. Will it ever happen again? Maybe not, but I guess we can never say never. If I had to bet on a Blue Jay doing it, it would probably be Steve Tolleson. ' ' '
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HeadlinesPress releasesVoting by post to be made available to municipal elections voters abroad
Voting by post to be made available to municipal elections voters abroad
On Thursday, 17 December, the Saeima adopted in the final reading amendments to the Law on Elections of the Republic City Council and Municipality Council, allowing voters abroad to participate in municipal elections by post.
According to the explanatory note to the amendments, the changes aim to promote the participation of eligible voters in municipal elections, to support the civic and political participation of the diaspora, and to engage as many members of the diaspora as possible in municipal processes, thus maintaining their ties with Latvia and the Latvian identity.
Voting by post was proposed in view of the fact that until now, voters abroad could not participate in municipal elections as voting was only organised in person and in the territory of Latvia.
To vote by post, voters abroad will have to apply prior to the elections. Applications will be accepted on-line via the public administration services portal www.latvija.lv, the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs website, or in person in Latvian embassies and representative offices. Alternatively, applications may be submitted to the Central Election Commission (CEC) by using the official electronic address, or sending the application by post. The application shall indicate the voter's e-mail address, to which a website address, containing voting materials, will be sent.
The amendments stipulate that voters may submit their applications to vote by post 70 days before to the day of elections, but no later than 42 days prior to the day of elections.
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According to the data available to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, over 370 thousand Latvian nationals reside abroad permanently, and most of them left their homeland during the last 10 years.


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Islamic Death Bounties in the U.S.A. – by Jamie Glazov
How Islamic leaders in America advocate killing innocent people in America.
October 8, 2009 by Jamie Glazov Leave a Comment
Frontpage Interview's guest today is Dave Gaubatz, the first U.S. civilian (1811) Federal Agent deployed to Iraq in 2003. He is the owner of DG Counter-terrorism Publishing. He is currently conducting a 50 State Counter-terrorism Research Tour (CTRT). He can be contacted at [email protected].
FP: Dave Gaubatz, welcome back to Frontpage Interview.
I would like to talk to you today about how Islamic organizations and their leaders in America deceive the public. They are very successful in manipulating the media to achieve this objective.
What is your experience and observations in this regard?
Gaubatz: Thanks Jamie.
Islamic organizations such as CAIR, ISNA, MANA, or MSA, and the vast majority of Imams (specifically Sunni) in America, are propaganda machines backed by funds from terror supporting countries and people from within those countries. In front of the America media they spend millions of dollars to promote a false image of being pro- American and they insist that peace is the objective of Islam. But behind the scenes the same Islamic leaders promote an anti-American movement and encourage the use of Jihad (physical) to achieve their objectives.
FP: What are your own experiences in this regard, in terms of what you have yourself witnessed?
Gaubatz: Many readers, specifically liberals, will say it isn't true that Islamic leaders advocate hatred and violence, but in reality if the readers would conduct just basic research of the materials provided to worshippers (to include children) in their local mosques, their conclusions would change. I have been to over 200 U.S. mosques and within the walls of a mosque are materials advocating the same violent ideology Iran's Ahmadinejad and Al Qaeda's Osama bin Laden promote. Numerous materials provided to the worshippers by the Imams call for the destruction of Israel, America, honor killings (such as a father killing his daughter or son if they leave or cause harm to Islam), killing homosexuals, and to even kill priests or nuns because the spread of Christianity is harmful to the Dawaa (spreading/teaching of Islam).
FP: Ok, so what you are saying is that Islamic leaders in America advocate killing innocent people in America?
Gaubatz: Yes. If a 9 or 10 year old were to write or say anything close to what Islamic leaders distribute the liberal media and justice system would demand serious action be taken against the child and the parents of the child. This is the hypocrisy I see everyday. I conduct research inside a mosque and see numerous references written by their leaders advocating Muslims to commit serious acts of violence against innocent people, and call for the overthrow of our country, yet the same liberals and executives within many law enforcement departments who demand severe punishment for a child, consider this to be a constitutional right for Islamic leaders.
No one has yet provided a sufficient answer to the American people why advocating violence is permitted for Islamic leaders in a mosque, but not for a child at school. Neither should be permitted.
FP: Provide us with a book widely used by Islamic leaders to explain the teachings of Islam.
Gaubatz: First I should mention the majority of mosques in America are predominately Sunni, and therefore the manuals/books being used are in accordance with this sect of Muslim people. There are five primary manuals used by the Sunni people to help them better understand 'Pure Islam'. All are very clear in one aspect. They promote hatred of Jews, Christians, and Muslims who do not adhere to 'all' aspects of Sharia law. These manuals are:
1. Tafsir Ibn Kathir
2. Fiqh Us Sunnah
3. Sahih Ul Muslim
4. _Sahih al-Bukhari_i
5. Reliance of the Traveler
I highly encourage readers, specifically our elected officials and law enforcement to review these Islamic materials. After reading the entire manuals, readers will be more educated about Islam, but more importantly they will understand Islamic leaders in America are putting a 'sheet over the eyes of non-Muslims' in order to hide their true objectives; which are to spread Islam across the world, under Sharia (Islamic law), and through violence when required. CAIR leaders promote and advocate the teachings of a prominent terrorist leader, Abul Maududi. Maududi describes the goals and objectives of Islam best through his many writings and specific statements:
1. "If you accept the whole of Islam in your life…a time will come when Communism will fear for its survival in Moscow, Capitalistic democracy will tremble for its safety in Washington and New York".
2. "Islam requires the earth—not just a portion, but the whole planet"
FP: Tell us some more. Give us some more information from the manuals you just described.
Gaubatz: Yes. The manual 'Reliance of the Traveler' should be required reading for anyone in politics, and for our law enforcement. During my visits to mosques several worshippers and Imams recommended this manual for study. Imams will often tell you the Quran is often difficult to understand and is only 100% accurate if it is read in Arabic. Since even most Muslims in America do not read or speak Arabic fluently, there have been many books and manuals written in English to inform Muslims (specifically new converts/reverts) on how to fulfill their obligations as a 'Pure Muslim'. 'Reliance of the Traveler' is one such book. How many readers are aware of this manual?
FP: Why is this important for law enforcement and non-Muslims to know?
Gaubatz: Because the book is used as an educational tool, is very violent, and justifies/advocates the type actions committed by the Muslims who are committing 'lone' acts of murder across America.
I do not use the Quran as reference for any article or lecture I provide. Islamic leaders will say it was taken out of context and the selected sections were not translated correctly, because only the Arabic version of the Quran is accurate and legitimate. The English versions of the Quran are not considered 'holy' and to Islamic leaders I have talked to the English Quran are utilized simply as a propaganda tool. Imams have informed me the English versions of the Quran are seldom if ever treated with respect by 'Pure Muslims'.
'Reliance of the Traveler' takes sections of the Arabic Quran and explains to the non- Arabic reading Muslim how to accurately understand the statements of the Quran.
After reading the statements below I encourage everyone to obtain a copy. Review it in its entirety and then take the book to your elected officials and local law enforcement departments. Demand they speak with local Imams and ask why Muslim youth are being taught the doctrines within.
The title of the first statement I will use is "Killing a Human Being".
1. "Whoever intentionally kills a believer, his recompense shall be hell, abiding therein forever, and Allah shall be wroth with him, damn him, and ready for him a painful torment".
Note by Gaubatz: Readers should note this statement specifically uses the word 'believer'. For a Muslim youth to review this statement it suggests killing another Muslim is strongly condemned, but to kill a non Muslim is justified.
The second section I will use is titled "Sodomy and Lesbianism".
2. "Kill the one who sodomizes and the one who lets it be done to him. Lesbianism by women is adultery between them".
Note by Gaubatz: These statements clearly inform the Muslim to kill homosexuals. Adultery by women in accordance with Sharia law is punishable by 'stoning to death'. The readers should further understand this manual does not inform the Muslims these violent statements are to be used in an Islamic State and not in England, America, etc.. The killing of homosexuals is advocated regardless of the location on earth.
The third section is titled "A Wife's Rebelling Against her Husband"
3. "Righteous women will be obedient, and in absence watchful, for Allah is watchful. And if you fear their intractability, warn them, send them from bed, or hit them, but if they obey you, seek no way to blame them."
Note by Gaubatz: Domestic physical abuse is widespread amongst Muslim families. The women are intimidated to report such abuse because not only will they likely be further punished, but because their community will ostracize them."
FP: What can concerned citizens do?
Gaubatz: First they must conduct a self-education course on Islam and its ideology. No matter how many rallies are conducted, few will listen if you do not know your material. Avoid the use of the Quran and instead focus on the materials that are being used to educate the young and innocent Muslim children. After becoming better informed Americans should demand our elected leaders and law enforcement do their jobs. Their primary job is to protect America and our most valuable resource; our children.
Congresswoman Sue Myrick and former Congressman Virgil Goode are light years ahead of most politicians. They understand the ideology being taught/spread by many Islamic leaders and both have been instrumental in exposing the organizations and people who promote/teach violence to their worshippers. We need more leaders like Myrick and Goode to step forward and do their jobs, often at the risk of their own careers. They know and I know CAIR, ISNA, and the like will 'target' them. Although CAIR executives demand the right for free speech, they are in reality hypocrites. They believe 'free speech' is a right, unless of course someone questions their organization or Islam. Then it becomes a crime in their eyes.
Finally for people who do not believe an Islamic State is being pursued by CAIR, ISNA, and numerous Islamic leaders in America they must understand that terrorist leader Abul Maududi is highly respected by these scholars and they encourage their children to adhere to his teachings. From Maududi:
"The Islamic State is that it is an ideological state." The Qur'an and the Sunnah would be the chief sources of the public law of the land".
* Pamphlet: Political Theory of Islam, pages 31 & 33. By S. Abul A'la Maududi (Founder of JI terrorist organization)
Some readers may recall I had previously written about an Islamic leader who is a professor at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. Sedki Riad had previously wrote/talked with me and discussed the attributes of an Islamic State and believes Sudan is an excellent example of Sharia law being enforced. Readers should also recall this is the professor who publicly prayed for the students killed in the violent massacre at Virginia Tech in April 2007.
Hypocrisy is a common trait among the Islamic leaders in America. Just a few days after the terrible Tech murders the media had Sedki Riad as one of the examples of a Muslim leader praying, yet behind the scenes he was providing me and one of my female researchers very violent hate material stamped by the Saudi Government and material used by terrorist groups. Riad was also very critical of Virginia Tech executives and our government saying they 'oppress' Muslims.
Although the term 'wake up America' is used frequently, Americans had best wake up before it is too late. I have often stated it will not be the adults who suffer; it will be our children and their children.
FP: Dave Gaubatz, thank you for joining Frontpage Interview.
Jamie Glazov
Jamie Glazov holds a Ph.D. in History, with a specialty in Russian, U.S. and Canadian foreign policy. He is the editor of FrontpageMag.com, the author of United in Hate and Jihadist Psychopath, and the host of the web-tv show, "The Glazov Gang."


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Retiring JTHS District Superintendent McCarthy leaving behind a legacy of community leadership
by Kasey Schefflin-Emrich | Apr 30, 2019
Joliet Township High School (JTHS) District 204 Superintendent Cheryl McCarthy has enjoyed the personal interactions she has had for more than three decades working for the district.
"Our students continue to amaze me every day," McCarthy told Will County Gazette. "We have the most innovative and hardworking staff that any community could ask for. I have always had the pleasure of working with committed parents and guardians who want the best for their students' futures."
Joliet Township High School District 204 Superintendent Cheryl McCarthy
McCarthy started working for the district as a math teacher at Joliet West High School in 1986. She went on to hold numerous other roles including division chair of the math and sciences department, assistant principal and principal of Joliet West, and assistant superintendent for educational services. She became the first female superintendent of JTHS in 2011.
"I love working at Joliet Township High School and would not have wanted to work anywhere else," McCarthy said. "With all my roles and responsibilities, I have to say I have favorite things about each one. However, it is the people, especially the students, that drive my passion."
After a 33-year career with JTHS, McCarthy will be retiring at the end of the school year. Her last day will be June 27.
"As I transition into retirement, my goal is to make sure the district is in a great place and ready for the future so the transition for a new leader is smooth and seamless," she said. "It is my job to ensure that we implement our strategic plan and accomplish the goals that were established by the strategic committee."
The district has experienced many accomplishments under McCarthy's leadership. This has included providing netbook computers to all students, pairing students with mentors for guidance regarding college and career preparation, and JTHS being named the 2017 College Board Advanced Placement District of the Year.
Not only has McCarthy been a leader for the school district, but she has also been a leader in the greater community. She serves as president of Rotary Club of Joliet and is a member of the Chamber Education Committee, Illinois Association of School Administrators, Joliet Region Interfaith Education Council, Leading Educational Alignment and Planning, Leaning Forward, National Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Three Rivers Education for Employment Council, Three Rivers Education Partnership, and United Way of Will County Education Division.
"I believe in the saying, 'It takes a village to raise a child,'" McCarthy said. "We all must work together for the betterment of our community. In addition, our students serve as my inspiration. They are always willing to volunteer their time and talents to help out our school and community organizations. I really do take my lead from them."
McCarthy is a lifelong resident of Will County. She holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of St Francis, a master's degree in educational leadership from Governors State University, and doctoral degree in administrative leadership from Aurora University.
"I did not graduate high school thinking I would be a teacher," McCarthy said. "I was the assistant manager for Wendy's and I found myself tutoring and assisting the employees with their school work any spare moment that we had – they were not much younger than I was. I realized that this brought me great joy."
When she's not working or volunteering, McCarthy loves kayaking and spending time with her family, which includes her 7-year-old granddaughter and 5-year-old grandson.
"Seeing the world through their eyes reaffirms to me that spending the last 33 years in education was the best opportunity for me," McCarthy said.
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My dog is 14 now, suffers from arthritis but we are managing it and all the time learning new things to do thanks to CAM. However, my question is not arthritis related but more to do with older dogs and that is there a need to vaccinate dogs of this age?
I'm of the thinking that why put something into any living body that isn't necessary and unnatural unless there is a valid risk level or need for it. She has been religiously vaccinated every year of her life and i'm wondering if it really is necessary now as surely she would have built a pretty good immune resistance to them and is not out and about with other dogs or in many places like she used to be. In addition, is her ability to deal with foreign substances entering her body weakened now and so will put unnecessary stress on her system.
I have read opinions on this subject from vets for and against but waned to know what actual dog owners think. Given that many of us are on this site because we have older dogs I wanted to find out what your thoughts are? Is it really necessary or just a would be nice?
There has been a great number of vets recently stating that over vaccination is happening. It happens to people too with GPs getting nice incentives from drugs companies to push(sorry I mean promote) the cheap medications which are going to miraculously save our lives!!!! Why do the USA only vaccinate once?
No offence but I'm a vet and this cheque?? Well I've never seen it.
I have taken heed of WSAVA guidelines. I definitely would encourage titre testing and I would encourage identifying risk. But please don't put all vets in that category…most of us simply work hard .
I titre tested Kyla and she showed immunity so no boosters, not that she should be given vaccinations anyway as she has kidney disease and chronic pancreatitis.
Thanks Kathryn. I appreciate you responding. Looks like its 2 votes for vaccinating – not that I'm counting. LOL. Its good to hear what people think.


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Sent in by Carol GambillAuthor of Serranto's Redemption and Once Wild What a beautiful view!
Carol mentioned that she is truly blessed for her awesome workspace. What writer would she be if there wasn't coffee in that cup. If you look in the background you may see a Sandhill Crane....So does she actually work? She reassures me that she does, but I somehow believe differently. By the way, she said to ignore the screwdriver; although it does tend to make her look like she works.
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Wonderful view..super lovely!! Gorgeous! Have a sparkly day!
what a great view! not sure i would get anythign done - lol!
Wow, what a wonderful office and view!
What a beautiful view from your desk.
That is definitely a wonderful office.
I have a link to what my office looks like today. Kind of messy!
Great space, Laurel-Rain Snow. I'm seeing a lot of love there!
Wow,what a nice office space. I'm not taking a pic of my desk, because a bottle of Pepsi Max and a box of Toffifay wouldn't be very interesting. On second thought, Candy and Diet soda may make a nice desk shot once I remove the papers that are haphazardly scattered about. Anyway, happy WW!
Thank you for sharing your desk with us!


I'm having a weird issue with my Wemo Homekit Bridge. I have 7 Wemo Light switches, 2 Wemo Switch Smart Plugs and 3 Insight switches that i have setup with the Wemo Bridge along with a Apple TV acting as a hub. Everything works fine for a day or two and then things start to go crazy with the Home app getting confused about what is what - i turn on the Living room light switch and it ends up turning on one of the Insight or Smart Plug switches elsewhere in the house. And this happens with at least 2-3 switches at a time. The Wemo app shows the correct status of all the switches and works correctly but the Home app gets confused every 2-3 days. I have already tried removing the Wemo bridge and setting it up again in the Home app couple of times but this problem keeps coming back again and again. Sometimes, just restarting the wemo bridge fixes the issue but it works fine only for a day or two and then its back to the same problem again. Such an issue basically makes the bridge useless.
Has anyone else experienced something similar or know a solution to this issue?
Make sure that the firmware version of your Wemo devices is updated. Anyhow, let's get this case over to our 2nd Level Support Team for further diagnosis. Send us an email at WemoCares@belkin.com along with your full name, phone number, location, and link to this Community thread.
Also, the open source code used has been notoriously known for certain bugs that require you to do a few things to avoid many common issues... I know many of the Wemo guys say the new firmware supposedly fixes everything... I've not seen it.
1. Make sure your WiFi password is alphanumeric only with no special characters at all. That is no '!', '@', etc. I personally avoid upper case letters in my password, so it's a bit longer to ensure better security. Use WPA2 Personal and try it on channel 1 or 11 only. I'd also avoid special characters in your SSID. Don't hide it because that's old school security. Anyone who intends to hack your network will have a WiFi sniffer app or tool to quickly find your SSID.
2. Do not assign static IP addresses to your Wemo products. Remove that if you did.
3. If you have Hulu running on your AppleTV, try removing it to see if that works. Hulu hasd/may still have a bug that hoses the protocols for Wemo devices establishing the proper handshakes/connections as it periodically looks for the hardware.
3. Some reported that the Nest thermostat on the same WiFi SSID can cause issues. I created a guest network with intranet access to speperate them. I also unlinked Wemo and Nest.
4. If your updating firmware or adding the hardware, I forgot the network connections to my 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz before install and told Wemo not to remember my WiFi data. I enter that manually.
5. When first setting up, do this closer to the router till it's setup and any firmware has completely installed.
6. If you were connected and reset your Wemo hardware to reconnect, consider deleting the app (starting from scratch), hiding the hardware, resetting the hardware and restarting your Router (some possible leases/certificates to WPA2 AES and the IP address), restarting your iPhone as you restart router, and unplug for 1 min your Wemo Bridge (not a hard reset unless as a last resort).
7. Be patient. After you upgrade firmware wait. It is horribly slow in reestablishing the connections. Frustrating because it seems broken and there is no status or update to tell you what is going on.
Same issue here. I have one wemo light switch, two mini plugs and one older wemo plug. HomeKit has become confused about which device is which and no longer reads their state correctly.
All the devices work fine when controlled directly within the Wemo iPhone app.
Hi, Robmacf. This is noted for further isolation. Please send us an email as advised.
Thanks for responding. Yes, all my wemo devices are updated to the latest firmware. I'll go ahead and send an email as you recommnended.
I have the same issue, I find I need to power cycle the bridge once a week... Is there a firmware update coming for the bridge, and how is that installed?
Hi, Darrellv. We haven't got a word regarding the firmware update as of now. However, It should be popping up on the app when available.
This exact issue is happening to me as well.
About once a week the HomeKit control of wemo devices will become unstable. The homekit app turns my closet light on and off with 3 of my 6 tiles on the homepage, the closet light tile doesn't do anything, and nothing in the home app makes the loft light or the front porch light change. The family room and dining room work normally from Apple's Home app. The wemo app will work fine for every device, but all my automations in HomeKit become worthless.
If I'm home, unplugging/repowering the wemo bridge will generally fix it, but I havent found a solution for when I'm away (which is when I want my automations to actually work!).


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Q: Compare a Timestamp stored as varchar to a Timestamp in Java with JPA CriteriaBuilder we have a Timestamp-Column in an Oracle-Database which stores timestamps as a varchar2.
I want to create a query with the JPA CriteriaBuilder which compares the varchar2-Timestamps to a Timestamp-Object in Java.
Unfortunately due to a bug in our Hibernate-Provider the CriteriaBuilder.function()-Method has a bug, therefore i am not able to use the Oracle-Database TO_TIMESTAMP_TZ function.
Hence i need another solution to get a comparable timestamp object out of the varchar2-timestamp. Is it possible to let Hibernate Cast the varchar2-Timestamps to Timestamp Objects in Java in order to do a comparison. E.g. like cb.greaterThanOrEqualTo((Timestamp) get(varchar2-Timestamp), Java-Timestamp)?
Sorry, maybe the question is a little bit dump but i am very inexperienced in JPA and the offered possibilites.


Scripture: His winnowing fork is in His hand and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering His wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire; (Matt. 3:12 NIV).
Here is a word of terror to the careless and secure. Our corrupt hearts cannot be made to produce good fruit unless the regenerating Spirit of Christ grafts the good Word of God upon them. Every tree that is high in gifts and honors, no matter how green it may appear, if it does not bring forth good fruit, then it is hewn down and cast into the fire of God's wrath; (the appropriate place for barren trees). If not fit for fruit, they are fit for fuel.
No outward forms can make us clean. The purifying and cleansing power of the Holy Spirit alone can produce that purity of heart and those holy affections which accompany salvation. It is Christ who baptizes with the Holy Spirit; (Acts 2:4).
True believers are as wheat, substantial, useful and valuable. The ungodly are as chaff, light and empty, useless and worthless, carried about with every wind. The ungodly are the reverse of the righteous both in character and condition. The ungodly are led by the counsel of the wicked, in the way of sinners, to the seat of the scornful, they have no delight in the law of God; they bring forth no fruit but what is evil. They are like dust, chaff which blows away. They are easily driven to and fro by every wind of temptation. The wicked or ungodly laugh at divine revelation and they take counsel against the Lord and his people. They are vain and empty without the knowledge of God. They are light in their principles and unstable in all their ways being tossed to and fro, and they have no peace.
The doom of the ungodly is fixed, there is a day coming when the wheat and chaff shall be separated. The last judgment will be the distinguishing day when saints and sinners shall be parted forever. The pronged winnowing fork which throws up the grain against the wind is coming to remove the chaff. Jesus, the coming one, will put an end to the present mixture of wheat and chaff. He will thoroughly purge the threshing floor of this world, gathering the good into one safe place and destroying the evil.
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The first case to contest North Carolina's move to Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) final decisions in contested cases challenging administrative agency actions, is limited in scope and theory. On February 8th, Piedmont Behavioral Healthcare (PBH), a multi-county area mental health, development disabilities and substance abuse authority, initiated a federal lawsuit seeking temporary and permanent injunctions requiring the Acting Secretary of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services to render final decisions in appeals involving eligibility for certain Medicaid services and prohibiting ALJs in the N.C. Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) from making final decisions in such cases. The lawsuit, PBH v. Albert A. Delia and Julian Mann, III, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina, 5:12-CV-46, essentially asks the court to put a halt to the amended contested case process and have N.C. DHHS, rather than ALJs, make final decisions in these Medicaid appeals, unless and until the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services waives the requirement under the federal Social Security Act that a single agency must administer the State's Medicaid program. The request for such a waiver has been submitted to the feds, but not yet decided.
In their March 1st responses opposing the preliminary injunction sought by PBH, the DHHS Acting Secretary and the Director of OAH argued that PBH failed to establish the necessary elements to support a preliminary injunction. Among other things, their responsive arguments included: (1) PBH lacks standing to litigate its claims because its alleged harm is conjectural and hypothetical and it has not suffered any imminent, concrete injury; (2) PBH's ability to serve Medicaid recipients and receive payment for that service has not been impacted by the change in the law, and its position is the same regardless of which entity makes the final decision in Medicaid recipient appeals; (3) PBH failed to exhaust its administrative remedies in that it did not challenge rules promulgated by OAH to implement the statutory change in the contested case process; and (4) it is in the public interest to allow the amended appeal process to continue in effect and to allow the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to proceed with its review and decision of the requested waiver of the single State agency requirements for final administrative decisions.
The amended procedure for Medicaid contested cases, which is part of the regulatory reform legislation passed by the General Assembly last year, makes the ALJ's decision final and eliminates the final agency decision step where our State's Medicaid agency (the Division of Medical Assistance or DMA) previously was able to override or change unfavorable ALJ decisions. As indicated by the PBH suit, DMA and those aligned with it would likely prefer to re-instate the agency's final decision authority. However, many health care providers participating in the State's Medicaid program -- who sometimes find themselves at odds with DMA, likely welcome the amended process where the decision of the independent ALJ presiding over the administrative hearing in the appeal is final. In any event, the revised procedure which took effect January 1, 2012 remains in effect for now.
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January 2017 marked the end of the latest round of the Local Vision Learning Network, which has seen Local Vision places from across the country come together to share learning, stories and hear about the latest systems leadership approaches from the Leadership Centre and a range of other speakers, as well as explore their own place-based work.
I was interested in supporting the Network because I feel strongly about the value of having a specific thinking space for leaders working with complex social challenges to reflect on how they are they working and to make sense of what might be going on in their work. In addition, learning about systemic factors is much more possible when groups come together from across a range of Places to share individual experience and then work collectively to make connections and explore the systemic themes. We aimed to create a learning network which allowed people to experience being in a network rather than a hierarchy. In this respect we tried to be congruent with the learning purpose of the network through the design of the learning activities themselves and this was important to me in modelling the kind of environments we think are important in Systems Leadership.
In our conversations, we've received overwhelmingly positive feedback for the Network and the opportunities for collaboration and learning it offers.
One of the key strengths identified has been the chance to network with other Local Vision colleagues. A recurring part of the Network has been a time for co-consulting, where Local Vision places can outline a specific issue they've faced and get the perspective of others who may have faced similar hurdles. This has been key in many of the participants looking at their work differently and applying a different lens in how to address the problem, and something many want to continue as the Network develops.
Over the course of the year, there have also been provocations from Systems Leadership Enablers who're involved in the Local Vision work, as well as outside speakers who've looked at topics including developing the relationship between the public sector, third sector and communities, and Asset Based Community Development, something which has proved invaluable in widening the scope of the Network. You can read about each event and the speakers involved on our news page here.
Participants have also told us how it has helped improve their knowledge of Systems Leadership, seeing what's happening in places as well as the positioning of Systems thinking on a national scale. By looking at this, places have been able to apply new ideas to their own work as well as practically experimenting with it within the 'safe space' offered by the Network meetings.
How can the Learning Network support you better?
In the light of competing demands on our time, and when other initiatives and programmes demand our attention, we've been thrilled that so many have seen the importance of the Learning Network both for creating a safe space to look at issues objectively, but also for improving the personal resilience of the participants in dealing with these demands. We realise that competing demands can take the time, and we hope that in future the Network will continue to be seen as important, and that the offer is of continued benefit both for what participants can put in and take away from the meetings.
When speaking with those involved the Learning Network, we've seen a clear commitment to the Network offer, but also a desire to expand the reach and depth of thinking as the capacity and understanding of the participants increases.
All of the Local Vision places have worked with Systems Leadership Enablers in taking approaches to deal with their cross-place 'messy' issues. Over the last year the Network has focused on some of these approaches, looking at ways of framing and working to address the need in localities, and there's now a desire for a 'deep dive' into these methods and how they can be applied more widely.
Participants have also been clear that the face- to-face nature of the Network is one of its key strengths in allowing the development of relationships with colleagues across the country. But we know that pressures on our time are always present. So we're looking at ways that social media and online webinars can be included to allow participation despite this pressure.
Over the next few months, the Leadership Centre will be looking to how we can support the Learning Network going forward and what form this may take. We'll be in touch with all involved in the near future but to keep up to date with any Learning Network announcements visit www.leadershipcentre.org.uk or follow us at @localleadership.
Finally, the Centre like to thank our two Enablers, Allison Trimble and Bernie Brooks, who together facilitated each of the Network meetings over the last year, as well as planned an engaging and provoking programme for the events and invited the wide variety of speakers to come and talk to the participants about their own approaches and experience in this work.


Version 1.0.6 can be downloaded from the opening post of this thread, or from the library when it's been accepted.
First of all, thanks for the plugin, it's fantastic. Makes life MUCH easier, and saves me having to scroll through miles of forum users' ridiculous oversized images.
...how would I apply the resizeIgnore class to that image?
Ta - and sorry for the noob question!
That is not a noob question.. Actually, it's a very good question.
Right now you can't. I added the resizeIgnore class exclusion simply to stop it from screwing with Wormo's Chess Plugin, but I will add a way for staff to post non-resizeable images, and will let you know when it's available.
Thanks, that would be fantastic.
I love the functionality as-is, but this would add one more level of usefulness!
I've directly downloaded the plugin to the forum and choose a size however it's not resizing. Is it because I'm a global moderator that bypasses settings? I'm using latest version and firefox.
Update: I've tried in IE too so I guess problem is in forum itself, not browser wise.
The plugin should resize the images for all members, regardless of their group.
Could you please leave a link to a post where the image is not resizing.. Thanks.
Yes the image is that big which makes for a good example to see if it works or not.
I could give a list of plugins in use if you want.
Are you sure it has been activated?
Oh god I'm so sorry! I thought it would activate by default after setting up the values.
Wasn't me who installed the other plugins so I didn't knew of this. It works now. Thanks anyway.
Out playing with the puppies.
If you're still willing to do changes to this, is there any way that admins could set it to only affect certain boards? We just need it to work in our RP boards themselves, but we'd like the application boards, for example, to be left alone, if that's possible?
It's the same plugin, but this time you will need to select the boards you want it to effect within the settings.


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Scripps says Newsy will hit 90 percent of broadcast market
September 15, 2021 by Matthew Keys
The logo of over-the-air news outlet Newsy. (Logo courtesy the E. W. Scripps Company; Graphic by The Desk)
Streaming television service Newsy will be available to 90 percent of the United States on at least one over-the-air digital channel when it re-launches next month, the network's parent company E. W. Scripps said on Thursday.
In a press release, executives said the network will be carried primarily on Scripps-owned broadcast stations, which includes its recently-acquired Ion stations, though it may be offered in some markets on the stations of partner broadcasters.
Scripps has not released information about the specific markets where Newsy will be available, nor has it identified which broadcaster in each market will carry the network. In addition to its own stations, Scripps has affiliate agreements with Univision, Nexstar Media, TEGNA, ViacomCBS and others for some of its digital networks like Court TV, Bounce and Laff.
Executives said Newsy will be the only major news network to be distributed for free on both streaming platforms and broadcast television when it re-launches on October 1. In that space, Newsy has competition from Comcast's NBC LX, which offers some news programming during the day that is interspersed with lifestyle and knowledge shows.
Newsy, on the other hand, will carry a lineup of facts-first news programming. On Wednesday, the network unveiled its new schedule, which carries over shows like "Morning Rush" and "Newsy Tonight with Chance Searles" while incorporating new programs like "Newsy Live," which will run in the afternoon hours (late morning on the West Coast), and a three-hour afternoon program called "Newsy Reports" anchored by former ABC News journalist Rob Nelson.
The channel is also expanding its weekend lineup to include new, live shows like "Good to Know," which features feel-good stories from around the country, and "In Real Life," a 60 Minutes-like news magazine show that will be anchored by different news talent each week.
In an interview with the trade publication Adweek on Wednesday, Kate O'Brien, the top executive in charge of Newsy, said her team was building an around-the-clock news channel aimed at an audience who may not necessarily tune in to 24-hour news.
"We're creating this 24-7 news network for an entirely new audience to 24-7 news, and that is the over-the-air audience."
On the streaming side, Newsy is hardly alone: ViacomCBS, Comcast, the Walt Disney Company and Fox Corporation each have their own free, ad-supported streaming news services. Upstarts like Newsmax, One America News, Real America's voice and the Young Turks have also broken onto the scene, each with its own brand of political news and opinion programming.
Newsy has steered clear of the politics — and, in fact, has promoted itself as an alternate to hungry news consumers who are fatigued by the political onslaught brought by cable and network news. While some newer streaming news networks like ABC News Live and NBC News Now have taken a similar approach, none have laid out plans to distribute their streaming news offerings on broadcast television like Newsy has.
O'Brien is clearly excited by the prospect of opening Newsy up to a new broadcast television audience, but she says the company will still nurture the audience it has cultivated on streaming platforms, where Newsy will continue to be offered for free.
"On the [broadcast] side, these are viewers who have never had the option of looking at news all day long, [and] we see it as a tremendous upside to be able to create news content that we believe it's going to resonate through the American audience in that over the air marketplace," O'Brien told Adweek.
Disclosure: As of the publication date of this story, the author of this report owned a small amount of stock in the E.W. Scripps Company.
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text: Q: How to compute 3DES MAC (Message Authentication Code) on Android? How can I calculate MAC for a byte array using 3DES (CBC) algorithm using Java on Android? I have no problem with encryption and decryption using 3DES, but I don't know how to calculate MAC. There is javax.crypto.Mac but it doesn't support 3DES.


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Notice of Additional Due Date and Correction for RFA-HG-14-006 "Revisions to Add Biomedical Big Data Training to Active NLM Institutional Training Grants in Biomedical Informatics (T15)"
Notice Number:
NOT-HG-15-010
RFA-HG-14-006
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
This Notice is to inform the scientific community of an additional application due date and a correction to RFA-HG-14-006 "Revisions to Add Biomedical Big Data Training to Active NLM Institutional Training Grants in Biomedical Informatics (T15)".
An additional due date has been added to this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), for RFA-HG-14-006The Key Dates for this FOA are updated to read as follows:
Current Key Dates:
30 days before the application due date
July 28, 2014, July 27, 2015, July 28, 2016, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
October 2014; October 2015; October 2016
January 2015; January 2016; January 2017
March 2015; March 2016; March 2017
New Key Dates:
July 28, 2014, March 1, 2015, July 27, 2015, July 28, 2016, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
October 2014; June 2015, October 2015; October 2016
January 2015; August 2015, January 2016; January 2017
March 2015; September 2015, March 2016; March 2017
This Notice also serves as a correction to the award project period.
Part 2. Section II. Award Information
Currently reads:
Since it is expected that trainees will be appointed for a minimum of two years, the training grant to which the revision will be made should have a minimum of three years remaining at the time of application.
Awards will be made as revisions to the parent T15 and cannot exceed the project period of the parent award.
Modified to read:
Since it is expected that trainees will be appointed for a minimum of two years, the training grant to which the revision will be made should have a minimum of 27 months remaining at the time of application.
All other aspects of this FOA remain the same.
Erica Rosemond, Ph.D.
Email: bd2k_training@mail.nih.gov
Valerie Florance, Ph.D.
National Library of Medicine (NLM)


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Q: Matlab: Undefined function 'graph' for input arguments of type 'cell' I am using MATLAB R2013b. I don't understand why the following code is giving error-
    a=[1 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 7];
    b=[2 3 4 3 7 4 6 5 7 6 8];
    names={'A','B','C','D','E','F','G','H'};
    G=graph(a,b,[],names)

Error:Undefined function 'graph' for input arguments of type 'cell'.

A: The documentation for graph:
https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/graph.html
States that graph was introduced in R2015b. The problem is that your version of MATLAB does not contain the graph function.


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To showcase the world-class fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, Panama City Beach is luring avid anglers with weekend-long fishing tournaments this fall. Running from Sept. 23 to Nov. 13, the City Pier vs. County Pier Challenge guarantees a prize purse totaling more than $10,000.
The M.B. Miller Pier (County Pier) and the Russell-Fields Pier (City Pier) are twin piers, both of which are prized as prime fishing spots for anglers of all ages. Extending more than 1,500 feet into the calm waters, the piers are two of the longest on the Gulf Coast. All visitors have the opportunity to cast a line for a local catch, with rod rentals and tackle available on site.
Every weekend, participants can win a top prize of $150 for each species, with a total of $1200 in prizes awarded. A $250 prize will be awarded for the heaviest catch of the entire challenge. Kids are welcome to participate in the Children's Division tournaments, open to anglers 12 and under. Winners of the Children's Division will receive rod and reel prizes.
Weigh-ins will take place at each pier and the winner will be announced on Sunday at 5:00 p.m. Best of all, there is no entry fee required for the tournaments.
Is their a cost for fishing license and pole rental for this event? If so, can they be obtained at the pier?
We are keeping our fingers crossed that he will be cast free by then & can enjoy swimming and walking on the beach.
Thanks again, you are a sweetheart for doing this.
Fishing off the piers do not require a license and your hubby can rent a rod and reel at either pier.


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Plus confirmed speakers, sponsor announcements, and the preliminary program.
THE KEYNOTES
The 2023 theme Alchemy speaks to the ongoing growth of geospatial data and the myriad systems that collect, create, and generate spatial data every day. The Keynotes for the 2023 edition were invited with this in mind. They'll speak to spatial finance, environmental management, augmented reality, and the impacts and challenges of geospatial in a world affected by climate change.
David J. Patterson is a conservationist, a former field ranger and conservation scientist. In 2017, after seven years of fieldwork he joined WWF to specialize in geospatial data applications; working to understand the status of the natural world via geospatial data-driven approaches. Since 2019, he's led World Wildlife Fund's Conservation Intelligence team and their development of WWF-SIGHT, WWF's global mapping platform.
Janine Yoong believes in making more accurate, more relevant, and more engaging maps to build a better shared understanding of the world. Most recently, she led the location-based Augmented Reality program at Snapchat, where she connected new AR technology and 3D maps to local communities and venues. Prior to Snapchat, Janine was the Chief Operating Officer at Mapillary, a street-level imagery platform acquired by Facebook in June 2020. Currently, Janine is the COO at Remedy Robotics, a company building the world's first remotely operated endovascular robot.
Dr. Shay Strong received her PhD in Astrophysics from The University of Texas at Austin, studying gas giant planet climatology and infrared spectroscopy. In 2014, she joined the Washington DC startup OmniEarth as the Chief Data Scientist and after a successful acquisition of the startup, she migrated with her team to the Seattle-based mothership, EagleView, as Director of AI and ML to focus on the creation of deep-learning geospatial pipelines for insurance underwriting/claims applications. In 2020, she joined ICEYE as the VP of Analytics based in Finland, where she leads her team to develop comprehensive Natural Catastrophe solutions that leverage high-resolution SAR imagery.
THE PROGRAM & SPEAKERS
The first edition of the program has been released and features ample networking time amongst a variety of talks and panels. The panel discussions will focus on engaging with the audience to create an impactful discussion around topics like augmented reality, modern open source, and real-world examples of how data is put into action.
Confirmed speakers include Mike Jeffe, Technical Business Development Manager on the Open Data Team at AWS. As the Geospatial Lead he supports global initiatives that leverage open geospatial datasets made available through the Open Data Program. Todd Barr also joins us as the Director of Geospatial Strategy at Verisk – Extreme Event Solutions, and has spent most of their career in the Defense and Homeland Security space.
We've confirmed participation from some of the geospatial industry's most influential brands, and we're excited to have them support NORTH51.