The month of August recognizes National Minority Donor Awareness Week and World Lung Cancer Day.
People of all ages, races, and ethnicities can save and enhance lives by donating their organs, eyes, and tissues. Organ and tissue transplants are needed by people everywhere in the US. In 2015, more than 30,000 transplants brought new life to patients and their families, according to Donate Life America.
National Minority Donor Awareness Week—August 1-7—is designed to increase awareness of the need for more organ, eye, and tissue donors, especially within multicultural communities. This special observance honors minorities who have been donors, and encourages others to register as donors while also taking better care of their health in an effort to reduce the number of people who need transplants.
Each day, about 80 people receive organ transplants. However, 20 people die each day waiting for transplants that can't take place because of the shortage of donated organs, reports the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Every 10 minutes, another person is added to the national transplant waiting list.
According to HHS, people of most races and ethnicities in the US donate in proportion to their representation in the population. The need for transplants in some groups, though, is disproportionately high, sometimes due to a high incidence of certain conditions.
August 1 is World Lung Cancer Day. This day helps raise awareness about lung cancer and its global impact, creating an educational movement of understanding lung cancer risks as well as early treatment around the world.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for both men and women in the US. Each year, more people die of lung cancer than of colon, breast, and prostate cancers combined.
The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates that more than 234,000 Americans will be diagnosed with lung cancer this year, and approximately 154,000 lung cancer patients will die—that translates to 422 lung cancer deaths per day in the US.
But there is new hope, according to the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC). The research, diagnosis, and treatment breakthroughs in the last 10 years offer patients and their families a better outlook. Lung cancer screening programs offer new promise for early detection and improving survival rates. As many as 12,000 to 15,000 lives can be saved each year through these screening programs. For more information about lung cancer screening, read Dr. Doug Wood's blog article.
See your doctor right away if you notice any of these symptoms.
Breathing about 25,000 times and inhaling approximately 2,400 gallons of air every day, the lungs are the only internal organ in constant contact with the environment outside the body; so it's especially important to protect your lungs.
• Stop smoking: Cigarette smoking is the number one lung cancer risk factor. Don't start smoking; quit smoking if you smoke; and avoid secondhand smoke.
• Be mindful of air pollution: Breathing in dangerous chemicals can cause lung cancer. The more chemicals you breathe in, the higher your lung cancer risk.
• Exercise: Daily aerobic exercise and breathing exercises are ways you can "work out" your lungs to their full capacity.
• Get checked regularly: Seek medical help on a regular basis to address any medical concerns or questions you might have.
If you think you are at risk for lung cancer, talk to your doctor about being screened.


The Ailing Atheist Argument | amen and ehmen!
While I may never be able to convince an atheist that there is a God, I can guarantee you that an atheist will never convince me that there isn't. And it's not about what I know from books or people. It's from personal experience that I KNOW. To live without God is unimaginable to me. Even one minute without Him would be too much.
I can't even imagine! And so thankful for that. Amen and Ehmen.
A Jew, a Muslim, a Scientologist and a Zoroastrian all posted the exact same thing today. That personal experience sure is powerful.
As long as you acknowledge that your belief is on no more (or less) a solid reasoning than theirs. Enjoy.


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U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Fined for Seat Belt Violation
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was issued a fine by police on Friday for taking off his seat belt to film a social media video in a moving car. According to U.K. law, failing to wear a seat belt is punishable by a penalty of up to 500 pounds ($620). Sunak's office has reportedly accepted the mistake and said he "fully accepts this was a mistake and has apologized" and will comply with the fixed penalty.
This is not the first time Sunak has been fined during his political career. He was also fined 50 pounds last year for breaching the U.K. pandemic lockdown rules. Sunak took office promising "integrity, professionalism and accountability" after his predecessor's policies rocked the U.K. economy.
The incident has raised serious questions about the Prime Minister's judgement and has caused a stir in the political world. Sunak's office has accepted the mistake and apologized, yet some believe the incident is a sign of hypocrisy and disregards the Prime Minister's promise of being "accountable" for his decisions.
Sunak has been in office for just over a year and this is only the second time he has been fined. While this incident does not reflect well on the prime minister, it is important to note that he has accepted responsibility for his actions and apologized for his mistake.
It remains to be seen how the public will react to this incident and whether it will have any lasting consequences for Sunak. Despite the controversy, it is hoped that the Prime Minister will be able to recover from this incident and continue to work to bring stability to the U.K. economy.
Netanyahu's Trip to Jordan Offers Hope for Peaceful Resolution of Jerusalem's Holy Site Status
Chris Hipkins to Take Over as New Zealand's Prime Minister
Elon Musk Claims He Was 'Banned' from World Economic Forum
Donbas Conflict Escalates as Russia Captures Ukrainian Town: Implications for the Region and the World

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Students do well at the SHU Maths Pop Quiz.
Students from Year 7 and 8 have attended the Sheffield Hallam University Pop Maths Quiz. The students completed a 20 question problem solving quiz where they preformed very well. Students worked in teams of six to try and solve as many of the problems as they could.
The students were a credit to the Academy. Well done to all.


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A fossilised monkey specimen, believed to be 6.5 million to 8 million years old, has been discovered by scientists on Shuwaihat Island in Abu Dhabi's Western Region, Al Gharbia.
An international team of scientists from Hunter College, City University of New York, the Museum for Naturkunde (Natural History) - Berlin, Yale University, and Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority, TCA Abu Dhabi, have announced the discovery which could provide important clues as to when, and how, Old World monkeys dispersed out of Africa and into Eurasia.
"These fossils indicate that, instead, Old World monkey dispersal could have taken place through the Arabian Peninsula even before the Messinian Crisis," said Dr. Gilbert, lead author of the study.
"When we found it, we were doing back-breaking sieving work searching for remains of tiny fossil rodents," said Dr. Faysal Bibi of Berlin's Museum for Naturkunde, a study co-author and discoverer of the little molar.
"We spent many days over consecutive years sieving through tons of sand at this one site. It paid off," he added.
"We still know relatively little about ancient life in the Arabian Peninsula." "A rare find like this is a first for the entire region," said Dr. Bibi.
Mohammed Amer Al-Neyadi, Head of the Historic Environment Department at TCA Abu Dhabi, said, "The preservation of the Late Miocene fossil sites in Abu Dhabi is of paramount importance."
"It's essential that these sites be protected to further our understanding of the ancient fossil record," he added.


Does a E36 M3 Engine Fit In An E30 325 Engine Bay?
NE1 do the Dinan Free-Flow muffler?
WHAT'S WITH THESE ******* POP-UP ADS??
Does anyone know what happened to this website?
has anyone installed e39 17x8 2pcs. wheels?
Anyone have an e36 m3 motor in there car?
NE1 here going to Baybimmerz drive tommorow?
Vader seats or SRD recaros???
wbsako302kae33256 and wpoaa291ss323351 carfax pls.
M3's ever come with cloth seats in the U.S.?
can someone look up a part for me?
What is small vent by temp knob for?
Part # for BMW trailing arms eccentric bushings?
any pics with 17" m3 wheels?
FS: 1991 M3, 28,000 miles $8,500.
38mm offset rims need what size spacer to fit?
how do I remove the interior switch for the AC?
Coilover or not to Coilover?
Heater not working - Is this a common problem?
Saw M3 on ebay....cheap, if anyone's interested.
some e30's don't have vents under seat???
Servicing my M3 in Orange County, CA?
E30 M3 Body Parts *HELP * What are they worth??
M3 REAR WING AND BUMPER FOR SALE!!
Small round vent by heater console?
Brembo Big Brake Kit - Anyone using this setup?
Insurance wants to total, what is blue book??
Who makes the best Aftermarket VDO Gauge Setup?
Will 18 in. WHEELS FIT??
Anyone heard of Performace Drivers Club in Van?
Recent Rondel Ad."The Hire" any info.
Heater blower running when car is not?
I think I've discovered something new????
/// m3 1990 (47500orig miles and owner) For Sale.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR BMW GATHERING II IT'S HOT !
DYNO tests, April 28 in Indianapolis.
Has anyone put a low pressure blower on their car?
anyone tried bilstien sport shocks w/stock spring?
Will E36 M3 wheels fit the E30?
Forgeline rims- Anyone selling or currently using?
TREK Y33 Bicycle FORSALE, GREAT DEAL!!!!
Anyone know location of color codes 4 the body?
what parts should I take?
put a e-36 M-3 rack in your e-30!
What spacers to fit E39 17x8 wheels? Same as E36?
US Govt. sees the light?
Just got a $346.00 speeding ticket. ouch!
Where to buy Redline Diff. fluid in Northern NJ.
The #$&@~!%*& exaust manifold nuts are lose AGAIN!
striping a salvaged m3. what should i take?
Looking for a DME (fuel injection brain) E30 M3!!
Quick Question, any help appreciated.


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Q: How can I isolate the drag constant (C) for vertical motion with quadratic drag from the equation for peak height? Some background on my problem: I have calculated the peak height of a rocket (with quadratic drag).  As this will be used for a PID software application, I need to have the equation be expressing peak height, solved for the drag coefficient C. As I am trying to reach a precise apogee, the drag coefficient C is my control variable for the PID I am using for the airbrakes.  The formula is below:
$y_{peak}={\frac{m}{C}}\cdot(\ln (\cos (\tan^{-1} (\frac{v}{\sqrt{\frac{mg}{C}}})))$
Where v is the initial velocity, m is the mass, g is the acceleration of gravity, and c is the drag constant.
I obtained the proof of the formula from HyperPhysics.
For my application, I need a way to isolate C.  Is this possible?  Is there a work-around? I thought that perhaps going back to the derivation of this equation could help?  Any thoughts? Advice?
Thanks.

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Sami hadn't seen his parents for 4 years after he was captured by ISIS.
Sami was with his brother Mahir and their grandparents on a doctor's visit in Mosul when they were taken.
The brothers were exposed to all kinds of violence and brutality during their captivity under ISIS.
They missed years of education.
They didn't even know where their parents were.
Sami, Mahir and their grandparents were rescued and sent to a displacement camp outside Mosul.
Although he was safe from violence, Sami found it hard to be in the camp, away from his parents and away from his home.
"It's boring [in the camp]. Living in a tent is more difficult than home.
"The first thing is the heat. The water is not cool because there's no fridge.
Sami and Mahir started coming to the War Child Temporary Learning Space in the camp.
For the first time in their lives, they were able to start reading and writing.
The space also gave the boys an opportunity to play and make friends with other children.
Our team worked hard to trace Sami's parents.
After a long search, they were finally found.
The team arranged for the brothers to speak with their mother and father on the camp phone.
6 months later, the boys were reunited with their family after years apart.
It was such a moving moment.
Tears were flowing as everyone was overcome with emotion.
An emotional day for the family to reconnect after 4 years of separation.
"I was a child when I separated from my mother and father.
"I had even forgotten what my parent's clothes looked like.
"I hope to return to my normal life again like any other child.
The brothers were finally reunited with their parents.
For Sami's father, seeing his children again was indescribable.
"I never believed I would ever see my children alive again.
"WE HAVE NO WORDS THAT CAN DESCRIBE OUR FEELINGS AFTER SEEING OUR CHILDREN AND HUGGING THEM AGAIN.
"I would like to thank War Child for working hard to bring back our children alive.
"They have brought us back to life.
Sami and Mahir are happy to be with their parents again.


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Roberto Rivas González (17 July 1941 – 8 February 1972) was a football player from El Salvador who played as a defender.

Club career
Nicknamed La Burra (The Donkey), Rivas was a one-club man and has only played for Alianza during the 1960s and won two league titles in 1965 and 1966 when he played alongside fellow club legends like José Quintanilla, Mario Monge and Francisco Zamora.

International career
Rivas has represented his country in 10 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 1968 Olympic Games and at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.

Death
Rivas died in a suicide in 1972. By June 2010, Rivas was one of six 1968 Olympic footballers of El Salvador who had already died. Alianza retired the number 2 shirt in honour of Rivas.

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External links
 En la decada de los 70's El Alianza tubo 4 futbolistas grandes 2 defenzas un medio campista y un delantero pero desafortunadamente Fallecieron uno se mato el solo otro fue acribillado el otro accidente de transito y el otro Ahogado

1941 births
1972 deaths
Association football defenders
Salvadoran footballers
El Salvador international footballers
Olympic footballers of El Salvador
Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
1970 FIFA World Cup players
Alianza F.C. footballers
1972 suicides
Suicides in El Salvador

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According to Mark Rutherford, Technical Leader of Accounting and Financial Planning at Cumbria County Council, the council was "in a good place" when it came to the annual accounts closedown process. Although Cumbria's finance department is additionally tasked with producing group as well as county council accounts, it was nonetheless previously able to close down accounts comfortably within its own end-June deadline.
However, when the statutory timetable for closedown shifted to the end of May, the local authority was interested to explore the potential of the CIPFA Closedown solution (known colloquially as the 'big red button') to streamline its processes.
As Mark pointed out, there were other motivations for change: "With the shorter deadline, it's important to be able to reduce the amount of manual input and formatting. But at a time when there's a lot of change in accounting regulations and the CIPFA Code of Practice, we also knew that the solution would also help us stay compliant. And always having the most up-date accounts in a single location is very helpful, too."
Once Cumbria's finance department started using the solution to produce their 200-page final document, Mark noted that: "It made us realise how much we did manually." He and colleagues particularly appreciated the way in which it can apply small changes throughout the accounts without the need to make multiple manual adjustments.
Using 'big red button' also highlighted duplication in working papers, helping Cumbria to streamline that part of the accounts process too. Now, the team is able to cover PFI with a single working paper rather than the multiple documents that were needed before.
One year into Cumbria County Council's use of the CIPFA solution, Mark says that: "So far, it's helped to streamline and improve our processes, and make far less use of paper. It will also drive more automation in our accounts closedown for 2019, which makes the whole process easier: ultimately, if it's in the CIPFA Closedown solution, there's less for you to do." For the next year's accounts, the finance department may also look to use the solution's workflow and project management features.
Finally, having expected Cumbria County Council's auditors to need time to familiarise themselves with the new system, Mark noted that "they were comfortable with it right from the start: there were no questions or issues."
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Kiana Teacher Arrested on Missouri Child Sex Abuse Charges
Matthew Smith, KNOM - Nome
The Kiana School on November 14, 2011. Photo: Justin Rummel via Flickr Creative Commons.
A Missouri man who spent the last four years teaching throughout western Alaska has been arrested on charges of sexually abusing his adopted daughter—and is alleged to have subjected his six other adopted children to "years of physical abuse and neglect."
On Friday, Aug. 29, Alaska State Troopers arrested 42-year-old Owen M. Miller in Kiana, where he had been teaching language arts to middle and high school students in the community of more than 350 people just east of Kotzebue.
Miller faces an extraditable warrant from the State of Missouri on five felony counts of child sex abuse, stemming from allegations from one and testimony from at least two more of his adopted children.
"We were contacted by the Missouri authorities," said Kotzebue Trooper Nathan Sheets. "They provided us a copy of his arrest warrant and said they had been told he was in Kiana working as a teacher."
State teaching records show Miller has been teaching in Alaska since 2010, first in the Yupiit School District along the lower Kuskokwim River for three years. Miller said he worked at the Akiak and Tuluksak school sites (both communities of fewer than 400 people) before moving on to the Kiana School in the Northwest Arctic Borough School District since fall 2013.
In an interview at Nome's Anvil Mountain Correctional Center Thursday, Sept. 4, Miller said he was a teacher before he came to western Alaska, and said he moved to the state in 2010 "to pursue a lifelong dream" of living in rural Alaska. Missouri court records, however, list a Wasilla apartment as his home address dating back to November 2003.
Though he claimed to have moved to Alaska "with his family," he said he and his wife soon divorced and she moved to Wasilla.
"I planned a new life in Alaska," Miller said.
But Missouri court documents allege Miller and his wife left a dark past behind them. Citing as witnesses a Missouri sheriff's deputy, two Missouri State Highway patrol officers, a Wasilla police officer, Miller's seven adopted children, and others, the Missouri court's statement of probable cause alleges Miller and his wife were responsible for years of "sexual and physical abuse" of the couple's adopted children, abuse the sheriff's deputy claims occurred "in many jurisdictions throughout Missouri and Alaska."
Miller faces five felony charges, including statutory rape, sodomy, two counts of child molestation, and incest. All charges have been filed in Missouri; no criminal charges have been filed in Alaska. Miller's wife has not been charged with any crimes.
A sworn statement from the Andrew County Sheriff's Department in Savannah, Missouri, alleges Miller and his wife routinely locked their adopted kids in attics, basements, and outdoors, leaving them without food for days. At other times, with their siblings padlocked inside their rooms, the children had to crawl through holes in the wall to steal food from a freezer and heat it up on a wall furnace.
In August of last year, the Missouri court documents describe one of Miller's adopted daughters reaching out to a Wasilla police officer to disclose more than a decade of physical and sexual abuse. The documents describe "a marriage ceremony in Savannah" in August 2002, but exactly who was married is unclear. After the ceremony, the adopted daughter—who at the time court documents say was under 12 years old—alleges Miller sexually abused her, beginning more than ten years of such abuse, with Miller said to have routinely plied the victim with alcohol.
Miller's wife told the same Wasilla police officer in August 2013 that she knew of the physical abuse but denied any sexual abuse.
"I didn't do what I've been charged with," Miller said from jail in Nome Thursday. "I don't know what to say beyond that." He denied the charges, refusing to talk about his children, and said he had had trouble contacting family members and a lawyer in jail. Miller said he had not even seen a full list of charges a week after his arrest.
Susan Morgan, a spokesperson for the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, said Alaska adoption officials were unable to comment on whether or not Miller's children were adopted in Alaska due to the state's confidentiality laws. Miller said his children were all adopted in Missouri.
Prosecutor Steve Stevenson in Andrew County, Missouri, said the initial reports regarding the abuse came to his office in October and November of last year. Stevenson said Miller has other offenses in other Missouri counties. "There were several problems in other places," he said.
Stevenson credited the state's "longer statute of limitations for sexual offenses" with making the warrant for Miller possible. "In cases of physical abuse only, we don't have as long to prosecute someone on late-arriving information."
Miller has no criminal history in Missouri or Alaska. Sondra Meredith, who administers teacher certificates for the Alaska Department of Education, said that means he had no trouble passing the mandatory background check for his teaching certificate in Alaska.
"In the case of Mr. Miller, there is no indication that any of those checks resulted in any of those red flags in our office," she said Thursday, going so far as to run another background check that day. "Basically he came through with a clean background check."
Annmarie O'Brien, superintendent of the Northwest Arctic Borough School District where Miller most recently worked, said there was no record of any concerns of child welfare during Miller's time with the school.
"The staff has expressed surprise, but there haven't been any concerns [expressed] of Mr. Miller while he was working in Kiana," O'Brien said.
Norma Holmgaard, the superintendent of the Yupiit School District, refused to release any information on Miller's three years with the district.
James Seitz, executive director of Alaska's Professional Teaching Practices Commission—the body that enforces the code of ethics on the state's teachers—said Miller had never been sanctioned by the teaching commission. Seitz added that privacy concerns prevented him from disclosing if complaints had ever been filed against Miller during his time teaching in Alaska.
Miller is currently awaiting extradition to Missouri in Nome's correctional center, pending $250,000 bail.
Kenny Ragland with The Savanna Reporter contributed to this story.
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Sony Xperia Z3 Compact vs Sony Xperia Z1 Compact
By Andrew Williams 2014-09-04T13:20:00.246Z Mobile phones
Bigger screen in a phone just as compact: it's mobile alchemy
The Xperia Z3 Compact goes head-to-head with its younger sibling, the Z1 Compact
Design, screen and camera
Battery, CPU/Ram, price and early verdict
The Sony Xperia Z3 Compact is here, and while it may not attract quite as much attention as the top-end Sony Xperia Z3, it's actually a more interesting, unusual phone.
Like the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact, it gets you all the spec power of Sony's top-end giant, but in a smaller package. If you want a powerful phone that's not going to fill your palm and your pocket, you're looking in the right place.
But the real question is – how does the new Compact compare to the old one, announced just a year earlier? Their aims are identical, but their specs and screens aren't. In the new model you get a bit more power, a better camera and a significantly larger screen in a phone of the same size. What's not to like?
In a very basic respect, there's not a great deal of difference between the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact and the older Xperia Z1 Compact. The new model is 0.3mm longer, precisely as wide and 0.9mm thinner.
Sounds pretty boring, doesn't it? Wrong. That they're so similar in size is hugely impressive, because the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact has a significantly larger screen than its predecessor.
The Z1 compact fits comfortably in your hand and so should the Z3 Compact
The bezels have been trimmed down, and the areas below and above the display put on a diet to make the Xperia Z3 Compact just as, well, compact as the last phone. It's a bit lighter too – although we'd challenge people to honestly notice a 10g difference between phones unless comparing directly.
Whether a result of this miniaturisation or a separate choice, the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact uses a nano SIM rather than a (now regular) micro SIM. So if you're actually upgrading from the Z1 Compact, you will need to get hold of a new SIM or get creative with a pair of scissors on your current one (not advised). Speaking from nerve-wracking experience, we recommend dropping your network a line.
Both phones have a Gorilla Glass 3 front layer that covers the screen, but Sony has improved the rear design this time. Where the Xperia Z1 Compact uses flat front and back panels that appear to be glass, only the front actually is – the back is polished plastic.
Both phones are protected by Gorilla Glass but the Z3 Compact has it on both sides
This time around, both sides are toughened glass, which should make the back a bit less prone to scratches. The sides of the Xperia Z3 Compact are plastic, though, with a translucent finish that has an eye-charming depth to it. Last time, Sony used aluminium for the sides in the last phone rather than plastic – which some might prefer – but the new model looks and feels like a winner.
There are – in our opinion – better colours on offer in the Xperia Z3 Compact too. Where the Z1 Compact comes in pink and yellow as well as the standard white/black, you can get the new model in green and orange/red. The colour models look great, perfectly showing off the translucent plastic sides.
We prefer the colours available on the Z3 Compact over the pink and yellow of the Z1 Compact
Both phones offer pretty comprehensive weather resistance, using socket-covering flaps to keep water out. The design of the actual flaps has been improved, though, in order to make them a bit more resilient. We'd heard numerous reports of Xperia phone flaps failing, so that can only be a good thing.
The IP certification of the Xperia Z3 Compact has been slightly upgraded over the Z1 Compact too. This time around you get IP65 and IP68 instead of IP55 and IP58.
It's easy to get lost in these certifications, so we'll make it simple: both phones can be submerged in water of at least 1.5m for at least 30 minutes, but where the Xperia Z1 Compact is merely "dust proof", the Z3 Compact is "dust tight". For most people the difference is fairly meaningless. But it's a good one to show off if you want to bore your friends.
The Z1 Compact is 'dust proof', the Z3 Compact is 'dust tight', a very slim difference
Yep, it's not that exciting an upgrade, but we still love being able to take the phone into the bath without worrying.
As already detailed, one of the most impressive things about the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact is that it fits a much larger screen into the same size frame. The Sony Xperia Z1 Compact has a 4.3-inch display, the Z3 Compact a 4.6-inch one.
When you look at how small the Z3 Compact is, and think its display is only 0.1 inches smaller than the lovely-but-much-larger HTC One, you have to give some design props to Sony.
The Z1 Compact's screen is smaller than the Z3 Compact's
A larger screen will be better for games, better for browsing – better for everything, really.
However, there is a downside to this change, Sony has not upped the resolution. It's 720p but at the price there are plenty of 1080p phones to choose from, it's a tough compromise to swallow.
Get up close and personal, eyeball-to-pixel and you will be able to tell the difference. But let's not get too upset. Even with the larger-screen Z3 Compact you get a display of 319ppi, which is just a shade below the 326ppi "Retina" resolution of the iPhone 5S.
It could be better, but it's certainly not bad.
Despite the bigger screen the Z3 Compact remains almost exactly the same size as the Z1 Compact
Both phones get to wear Sony's Triluminous and X-reality branding. These are technologies born in Sony's TV department. You get great image quality, very nice vivid colours and very good contrast for an LCD display.
Despite all the fancy-sounding technologies in these phones, both the Xperia Z1 Compact and Z3 Compact use IPS LCD screens at heart.
Look at the core camera specs of these two phones and it seems like Sony hasn't made any significant upgrades. Both phones have 20.7MP main sensors that are 1/2.3 inches a piece. That's very large for a phone, and is the standard size for decent compact cameras.
However, where the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact shares its camera hardware with the Xperia Z1, the Xperia Z3 Compact has the same camera setup as – you guessed it – the Xperia Z3.
Both phones have a 20.7MP camera
There are a few important differences. The maximum ISO sensitivity setting has been bumped up from 6400 to 12800, making the Xperia Z3 Compact even more capable in low-light conditions.
ISO 12800 photos are usually quite noisy even if you use a DSLR, but Sony is a pro at using extreme noise reduction techniques in its top phones to make even super-low-light photos quite clean-looking. Often unnaturally so, in fact.
For very low light conditions, the Xperia Z3 Compact camera will be a little bit better than the last model.
The lens has changed too. Where the Xperia Z1 Compact has a lens with an equivalent focal length of 27mm, the Z3 Compact goes a bit wider with a 25mm 'G' Lens. Field of view is a question of personal preference, but we're also hoping the new phone's lens may be faster too, with a wider aperture. We're looking for clarification on this spec at present. That said, the Z1 Compact is no slouch with a f2.0 lens.
The front facing camera has been upgraded from 2MP to 2.2MP
In good lighting, you can expect to get similar sorts of short between the two models. But as conditions get a bit trickier you'll get better results from the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact. As most high-end phones can produce good photos in good lighting, this is a result.
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After 80 years, Tot To Teen Village in Portage finally closed its doors last September. Although they mainly specialized in children's clothes, the store was also a great place to buy children's furniture and toys as well. Up until now, the store remained vacated and unused. That is until the American Sign Museum in Cincinnati decided it would take ownership of the Tot To Teen sign and display it as part of their growing collection.
Our commitment to preserving signage takes us all over the country. We meet hardworking business owners, both big and small, who donate pieces to our collection. It goes without saying there's often a strong emotional connection to these signs and seeing them go can be bittersweet.
Such is the case with the unique signage atop the Michigan-based Tot to Teen Village. This beloved shop will be closing after 80 years of business. Although they specialized in children's clothes, they featured furniture and toys as well. They were especially well known for their interior decor complete with an indoor slide and decorative trees.
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Q: Bootstrap Modal with Jquery on Rails 6 I have a list of items in the index page, and I added a button on every product, so the show action, instead of going to a show page opens a modal with the show info.
For that, I created a partial to render the show info, but the modal is not loading. In the console the error is pointing to the show.erb file and not the render.
This is my index page:

  <% @shopifyproducts.each do |shopifyproduct| %>

      <img height=75 src=<%= shopifyproduct.image %>  />
      <%= shopifyproduct.sku %>
      <%= shopifyproduct.title %>
      $ <%= shopifyproduct.price %>

        <input class="form" type="text" name="dwtoys" form="myform" value=<%=shopifyproduct.inventory.to_i%> />
          <%= link_to 'Add', shopifyproduct,  {:remote => true, 'data-toggle' =>  "modal", 'data-target' =>
         '#exampleModal', class: 'btn btn-primary btn-lg'}  %>

      <%= link_to 'Show', shopifyproduct %>
      <%= link_to 'Edit', edit_shopifyproduct_path(shopifyproduct) %>
      <%= link_to 'Destroy', shopifyproduct, method: :delete, data: { confirm: 'Are you sure?' } %>

  <% end %>

This is my _show.html.erb page

Modal title

        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close">
          ×
        </button>

        <%= @shopifyproduct.title %>

        <button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
        <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">Save changes</button>

This is my show controller:
def show
  respond_to do |format|
    format.html
    format.js
  end
end

And finally this is the application.js file:
$("#myModal").find(".modal-content").html("<%= j (render 'show') %>");
$('#myModal').on('shown.bs.modal', function () {
    $('#myInput').trigger('focus')

If instead of using the render, I add the modal to the index page, it works, but no matter which product I click, it always displays the info of the first product. Thats why I'm trying to render into a partial with the data of that product only.

A: You need to handle unicity for each modal.
Try this :
<%= link_to 'Add', shopifyproduct,  {:remote => true, 'data-toggle' =>  "modal", 'data-target' =>
         '#exampleModal-<%= shopifyproduct.id %>', class: 'btn btn-primary btn-lg'}  %>

and each shopifyproduct should have its own modal :
<% @shopifyproducts.each do |shopifyproduct| %>

<div class="modal fade" id="exampleModal-<%= shopifyproduct.id %>" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="exampleModalLabel" aria-hidden="true">

Modal title

        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close">
          ×
        </button>

        <%= shopifyproduct.title %>

        <button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
        <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">Save changes</button>

<% end %>


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2018 UUP Discretionary Award Process
Although the 2016-2022 UUP Agreement remains tentative at this time, we are beginning our usual process for the 2018 UUP Discretionary Awards to allow sufficient time to meet anticipated payroll deadlines for December 2018 payments. Actual awards are contingent on the ratification and implementation of the UUP Agreement.
Please note the following changes in the process:
There is no longer any specific portion of the total discretionary award allocation that must be distributed only to part-time employees, although part-time employees are eligible for awards as noted below.
We are no longer requiring supporting documentation beyond the Nomination Form to justify an award nomination. Instead, we ask that a very brief summary highlighting outstanding accomplishments that demonstrate excellence in the criteria noted below be included on the Nomination Form. Any attachments that expand on the justification should be limited to one (1) page.
Appeals will be considered for eligible employees who were not notified of an award.
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teaching;
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All employees in the UUP bargaining unit (faculty, librarians and professional staff) on the payroll as of June 30, 2018 (or April 30, 2018, for part-time employees whose employment expires prior to July 1, 2018) AND active or on an approved paid leave of absence at the time of payment are eligible for discretionary award consideration.
Part-time employees and temporary employees are eligible for discretionary awards and must be considered. Note: To be eligible for an award in 2018, part-time lecturers must be on payroll for both the Spring 2018 AND Fall 2018 semesters.
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Discretionary salary awards paid in a lump sum and are NOT added to base salary.
The evaluation period for 2018 discretionary awards is July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018.
The total pool of discretionary funds available is 1% of the total salaries of UUP employees as of June 30, 2018.
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AWEJ > All Issues > Volume 7 - 2016 > Awej Volume 7 Number 4 December 2016 > The Religious Crisis and the Spiritual Journey in T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land
Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) Volume.7 Number.4 December, 2016 Pp.422- 438
DOI: dx.doi.org/10.24093/awej/vol7no4.26
Full Paper PDF
The Religious Crisis and the Spiritual Journey in T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land
Leila Bellour
Department of Foreign Languages
The University Center of Mila, Algeria
In T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land", there is a quest for psychological and spiritual unity, which is vindicated in the poem's pattern of a spiritual journey. Reading the poem as such provides the reader with a tie thatbrings together its fragments, albeit being said to be formless. As the paper shows, the ultimate panacea to thepsychotic's problems is believed to hinge on religion. Such a remedy makes possible the unity of the modern man's fragmented self in an age marked by spiritual sterility and sexual promiscuity. Therefore, religionemerges asthe fructifying power that can restore fertility to the spiritual aridity of modern civilization. Despite his theory of impersonality, the poem also addresses Eliot's religious questioning and quest.
Key words: Organic unity, spiritual crisis, spiritual journey, The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot
Cite as: Bellour, L. (2016). The Religious Crisis and the Spiritual Journey in T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land .
Arab World English Journal,7 (4).
spiritual journey, T.S. Eliot, Organic unity, spiritual crisis, The Waste Land
https://dx.doi.org/10.24093/awej/vol7no4.26
Dr. Leila Bellour holds a Ph.D. degree from the University of Badji Mokhtar, Annaba, Algeria.
She is working at Department of Foreign Languages, Abdelhafid Boussouf University Center of Mila , Algeria . Her research interests are British literature, American literature, literary theory
and criticism, philosophical approaches, psychoanalytical criticism, Reception theory,
Modernism, Feminism and T.S. Eliot


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Büttelborn (im lokalen Dialekt: Biddelborn) ist eine Gemeinde im südhessischen Kreis Groß-Gerau.

Geografie

Lage und Flächennutzung
Naturräumlich liegt Büttelborn am Rande des nördlichen hessischen Rieds in der Oberrheinischen Tiefebene, genauer an der Grenze zwischen dem nördlichen Oberrheintiefland und dem Rhein-Main-Tiefland.

Büttelborn liegt in direkter Nachbarschaft zur Kreisstadt Groß-Gerau. Die räumliche Nähe zu den Großstädten des Rhein-Main-Gebietes und die verkehrsgünstige Lage machen es zu einer attraktiven Wohngemeinde. Die nächsten größeren Städte sind Darmstadt (12 km östlich), Mainz (25 km), Wiesbaden (30 km nordwestlich) und Frankfurt am Main (30 km nordöstlich) sowie Mannheim (50 km südlich).

Von der Gemarkungsfläche mit einer Gesamtgröße von 3001 ha werden 1741 ha landwirtschaftlich genutzt, 571 ha bestehen aus Wald, 334 ha aus Gebäuden und Freiflächen und 239 ha werden als Verkehrsflächen verwendet.

Klima
Das Klima im Gemeindegebiet ist relativ mild, trocken und sonnig. Die mittlere Tagesmitteltemperatur lag in den Jahren 1901 bis 2000 zwischen 10,1 und 11,0 °C, davon im Frühjahr und Herbst zwischen 9,1 und 10,0 °C, im Sommer zwischen 18,1 und 19,0 °C und im Winter zwischen 0 und 1 °C. Die Niederschlagsmenge ist ebenfalls relativ gering; sie lag im Mittel in den Jahren 1901 bis 2000 bei ca. 650 mm. Das führte bei der Wasserbilanz (Differenz zwischen Niederschlagsmenge und Verdunstung) zu einem etwa ausgeglichenen Wert, wobei sie in der westlichen Gemeindehälfte leicht negativ (−99 bis 0 mm) und in der östlichen Gemeindehälfte leicht positiv (0 bis 100 mm) war. Die mittlere Sonnenscheindauer ist dagegen relativ hoch und lag im Mittel zwischen 1951 und 2000 bei 1601 bis 1650 Stunden, im südlichen Gemeindegebiet sogar bis zu 1700 Stunden.

Gemeindegliederung und Nachbargemeinden
Die Gemeinde gliedert sich in die Ortsteile Büttelborn (5.829 Einwohner), Klein-Gerau (3849 Einwohner) und Worfelden (4536 Einwohner). (Stand: 31. Dezember 2011)

Das Gemeindegebiet grenzt im Westen an die Kreisstadt Groß-Gerau, im Norden an die Stadt Mörfelden-Walldorf (beide Landkreis Groß-Gerau), im Osten an die Stadt Weiterstadt und im Süden an die Stadt Griesheim (beide Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg).

Geschichte

Frühgeschichte
Das Gebiet des heutigen Büttelborn ist bereits seit der Jungsteinzeit vor etwa 4.000 Jahren besiedelt.

Mittelalter und Frühe Neuzeit
Die älteste erhaltene Erwähnung stammt von 1211. Darin wird der Ort als Butelbrunne bezeichnet. Ab 1257 ist die Herrschaft der Grafen von Katzenelnbogen über den Ort belegt. Mit dem Erlöschen dieses Hauses kam das Amt Dornberg mit Büttelborn 1479 an die Landgrafschaft Hessen.

Bei der Teilung der Landgrafschaft Hessen unter den Erben Philipp des Großmütigen 1567 gelangte Büttelborn an die Landgrafschaft Hessen-Darmstadt. Noch deren erster Regent, Georg I., veranlasste, dass die von seinem Kanzler, Johann Kleinschmidt, zusammengestellte Rechtssammlung Landrecht der Obergrafschaft Katzenelnbogen dort rechtsverbindlich wurde. Sie galt in Büttelborn als Partikularrecht, subsidiär ergänzt um das Gemeine Recht, bis ans Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts. Erst das Bürgerliche Gesetzbuch, das einheitlich im ganzen Deutschen Reich galt, setzte zum 1. Januar 1900 das alte Partikularrecht außer Kraft.

Im Dreißigjährigen Krieg wurde Büttelborn 1645 von den Franzosen geplündert. Lebten vor dem Krieg etwa 500 Einwohner in Büttelborn, so waren es nach dessen Ende 1648 nur noch 50.

Neuzeit
In der frühen Neuzeit waren auf unterster Ebene die Funktionen von Verwaltung und Rechtsprechung in einer gemeinsamen Institution (Amt) vereinigt. 1806 wurde die Landgrafschaft Hessen-Darmstadt als Rheinbundstaat zum Großherzogtum Hessen erhoben. Das Amt Dornberg mit Büttelborn waren der Provinz Starkenburg zugeordnet. Im Zuge der Verwaltungsreform von 1821 wurden die bisherigen Ämter aufgelöst, für die Verwaltungsaufgaben Landratsbezirke und für die Rechtsprechung Landgerichte eingerichtet. Für die übergeordnete Verwaltung in Büttelborn zuständig war nun der Landratsbezirk Dornberg. Für die Rechtsprechung wurde das Landgericht Großgerau eingerichtet, das mit der Reichsjustizreform und Wirkung vom 1. Oktober 1879 vom Amtsgericht Groß-Gerau ersetzt wurde.

1858 hatte Büttelborn erstmals mehr als 1000 Einwohner und wurde als "Weißkrautgemeinde" bekannt, auch weil 1887 eine Sauerkrautfabrik erbaut wurde, die 35 Jahre lang Bestand hatte.

Nach der Machtergreifung Hitlers 1933 wurden auch in Büttelborn der frei gewählte Gemeinderat durch von der NSDAP bestimmte Personen ersetzt und Straßennamen im Sinne der NS-Ideologie umbenannt. Von den 33 jüdischen Familien, die 1933 in Büttelborn wohnten, konnten sich nur Personen, die der jüngeren Generation angehören, dem Holocaust durch rechtzeitige Flucht entziehen. Nach den Schrecken des Zweiten Weltkriegs kehrten zwar viele aus den umliegenden Großstädten evakuierte Menschen dorthin zurück, durch die Aufnahme von Flüchtlingen und Heimatvertriebenen wuchs die Büttelborner Bevölkerung aber weiter an.

Am 1. Januar 1977 wurde Büttelborn im Zuge der Gebietsreform in Hessen kraft Landesgesetz mit den Nachbargemeinden Klein-Gerau und Worfelden unter dem Namen Büttelborn zu einer neuen Gemeinde zusammengeschlossen. Sitz der Verwaltung ist Büttelborn. Ortsbezirke nach der Hessischen Gemeindeordnung wurden nicht errichtet.

Verwaltungsgeschichte im Überblick
Die folgende Liste zeigt die Staaten und Verwaltungseinheiten, denen Büttelborn angehörte:

 vor 1479: Heiliges Römisches Reich, Grafschaft Katzenelnbogen, Obergrafschaft Katzenelnbogen, Amt Dornberg
 ab 1479: Heiliges Römisches Reich, Landgrafschaft Hessen, Obergrafschaft Katzenelnbogen, Amt Dornberg
 ab 1567: Heiliges Römisches Reich, Landgrafschaft Hessen-Darmstadt, Obergrafschaft Katzenelnbogen, Amt Dornberg
 ab 1803: Heiliges Römisches Reich, Landgrafschaft Hessen-Darmstadt, Fürstentum Starkenburg, Amt Dornberg
 ab 1806: Großherzogtum Hessen, Fürstentum Starkenburg, Amt Dornberg
 ab 1815: Großherzogtum Hessen, Provinz Starkenburg, Amt Dornberg
 ab 1821: Großherzogtum Hessen, Provinz Starkenburg, Landratsbezirk Dornberg
 ab 1832: Großherzogtum Hessen, Provinz Starkenburg, Kreis Groß-Gerau
 ab 1848: Großherzogtum Hessen, Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt
 ab 1852: Großherzogtum Hessen, Provinz Starkenburg, Landkreis Groß-Gerau
 ab 1871: Deutsches Reich, Großherzogtum Hessen, Provinz Starkenburg, Kreis Groß-Gerau
 ab 1918: Deutsches Reich, Volksstaat Hessen, Provinz Starkenburg, Kreis Groß-Gerau
 ab 1938: Deutsches Reich, Volksstaat Hessen, Landkreis Groß-Gerau
 ab 1945: Amerikanische Besatzungszone, Groß-Hessen, Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt, Kreis Groß-Gerau
 ab 1946: Amerikanische Besatzungszone, Hessen, Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt, Kreis Groß-Gerau
 ab 1949: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Hessen, Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt, Kreis Groß-Gerau

Bevölkerung

Einwohnerstruktur 2011
Nach den Erhebungen des Zensus 2011 lebten am Stichtag dem 9. Mai 2011 in Büttelborn 13.597 Einwohner. Darunter waren 1181 (8,7 %) Ausländer von denen 549 aus dem EU-Ausland, 421 aus anderen Europäischen Ländern und 211 aus anderen Staaten kamen. Von den deutschen Einwohnern hatten 13,7 % einen Migrationshintergrund. Die Einwohner lebten in 6141 Haushalten. Davon waren 2015 Singlehaushalte, 1836 Paare ohne Kinder und 1746 Paare mit Kindern, sowie 399 Alleinerziehende und 145 Wohngemeinschaften. Bei der Altersstruktur waren 750 Einwohner unter 6 Jahre alt, 1336 zwischen 6 und 15 Jahre alt, 9343 zwischen 16 und 66 und 2186 über 67. Gegenüber 2009 ist eine leichte Zunahme der Bevölkerung um 1 % zu verzeichnen.

Von den 13597 Einwohnern wohnen ca. 40 % in Büttelborn, 28 % in Klein-Gerau und 32 % in Worfelden. Es gibt 6811 Frauen und 6631 Männer, was einem Verhältnis von 1.027 weiblichen zu 1.000 männlichen Einwohnern entspricht.

Einwohnerentwicklung

Erwerbstätigkeit
 1845: 78 Ackerleute: 34 Gewerbetreibende; 60 Tagelöhner
 1969: 38 Land- u.Forstwirtschaft, Fischerei; 377 Produzierendes Gewerbe; 224 Baugewerbe; 211 Handel; 378 Banken und Versicherungen, Dienstleistungen; 87 Sonstiges

Die Gemeinde im Vergleich mit Landkreis, Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt und Hessen:

Religion
Der erste Beleg für das Vorhandensein einer Kirche stammt aus dem Jahr 1358 als eine "capelle" erwähnt wurde. In den historischen Dokumenten gibt es aus dem Jahr 1557 den Hinweis auf eine "St. Jost Kapelle vor dem Ort". Als Kirchenpatron wurde 1557 "Jacob" erwähnt. Das Kirchenpatronat hatten 1523 die Landgrafschaft Hessen und davor die Grafen von Katzenelnbogen inne.

Bis vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg war Büttelborn rein evangelisch. Durch den Zuzug von Flüchtlingen nach Kriegsende waren ca. 16 % der Bevölkerung katholisch. 1987 wurde eine katholische Kirche eingeweiht, die von der Pfarrgemeinde St. Nikolaus von der Flüe unterhalten wird.

Daten zur Religionszugehörigkeit

 1829: 713 lutheranische (= 98,07 %), 14 jüdische (= 1,93 %) Einwohner
 1845: 783 lutheranische und 17 jüdische Einwohner
 1961: 2607 evangelische (= 80,64 %), 409 katholische (= 12,65 %) Einwohner
 1997: 6064 evangelische (= 45 %), 2817 katholische (= 21 %) Einwohner
 2011: 5550 evangelische (= 40,8 %), 2440 katholische (= 17,9 %), 260 orthodoxe (= 1,9 %), 590 andersgläubig (= 4,3 %), 4620 sonstige (= 34,0 %) Einwohner

Heutige Situation

Als kirchliche Verwaltungen sind heute für Büttelborn das katholische Dekanat Rüsselsheim des Bistums Mainz und das evangelische Dekanat Groß-Gerau-Rüsselsheim der Evangelischen Kirche in Hessen und Nassau zuständig.

Heutige Kirchengemeinden sind:
 Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Büttelborn (Kirchengebäude anstelle der spätgotischen Vorgängerkirche vom Ende des 15. Jahrhunderts erbaut, das Langhaus 1728 bis 1729 unter der Leitung von Friedrich Sonnemann errichtet)
 Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Worfelden (Fachwerkkirche aus dem Jahr 1696; die Kirche enthält eine der ältesten Orgeln in Hessen von dem Bamberger Orgelbaumeister Adam Knauth aus dem Jahr 1623/24)
 Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Klein-Gerau
 Katholische Pfarrgemeinde St. Nikolaus von der Flüe Büttelborn/Klein-Gerau/Dornheim/Berkach
 Katholische Pfarrgemeinde St. Johannes der Täufer Weiterstadt/Worfelden

Politik
Bei Bundestagswahlen zählt Büttelborn zum Wahlkreis 184 Groß-Gerau, bei Landtagswahlen zum Wahlkreis 48 Groß-Gerau II.

Gemeindevertretung
Die Gemeindevertretung als oberstes politisches Gremium von Büttelborn wird alle fünf Jahre von den ca. 10.000 Wahlberechtigten gewählt.

Die Kommunalwahl am 14. März 2021 lieferte folgendes Ergebnis, in Vergleich gesetzt zu früheren Kommunalwahlen:

Die Arbeit der Gemeindevertretung wird durch vier Ausschüsse unterstützt, in denen Themen vorbereitet werden, damit sie der Gemeindevertretung zur Abstimmung vorgelegt werden können. Die vier Ausschüsse sind:
 der Haupt- und Finanzausschuss
 der Bau-, Planungs- und Verkehrsausschuss
 der Sport-, Kultur- und Sozialausschuss sowie
 der Umwelt-, Energie-, Landwirtschafts- und Forstausschuss.

Bürgermeister

Seit dem Jahr 1994 werden in Hessen die Bürgermeister für sechs Jahre direkt gewählt.

Die Bürgermeisterwahl am 28. Oktober 2018 gewann Marcus Merkel mit 57,3 Prozent der Stimmen gegen den bisherigen Bürgermeister Andreas Rotzinger (CDU / 42,7 Prozent). Die Wahlbeteiligung lag bei 67 Prozent. Sein Vorgänger Andreas Rotzinger (CDU, * 20. September 1958 in Waldshut) wurde am 13. Januar 2013 in einer Stichwahl mit 50,6 Prozent der Stimmen gewählt. Die Wahlbeteiligung betrug 43,8 Prozent. Er war Nachfolger von Diplomverwaltungswirt Horst Gölzenleuchter (SPD, * 8. April 1947 in Büttelborn), der seit 1983 mehrmals mit großer Mehrheit wiedergewählt wurde und das Amt 30 Jahre lang innehatte.

Verwaltung und Finanzen
Die Verwaltung der Gesamtgemeinde befindet sich im Ortsteil Büttelborn in der Mainzer Straße. In den gemeindlichen Einrichtungen (Verwaltung, Kindertagesstätten, Bauhof) sind insgesamt 144 Menschen beschäftigt. Die Gemeinde betreibt sieben Kindertagesstätten, drei Jugendzentren, ein Seniorenheim, ein Bürgerhaus und zwei Sporthallen. Die jährlichen Gesamtausgaben liegen bei knapp 20 Millionen Euro, davon ca. 6 Millionen für das Personal. Der Gesamtschuldenstand liegt per 31. Dezember 2017 bei ca. 12,2 Millionen Euro, was einer Pro-Kopf-Verschuldung von 835 Euro je Einwohner entspricht. Damit liegt man deutlich unter dem Kreisdurchschnitt (4.803 Euro) und dem Landesdurchschnitt (2.827 Euro).

Flagge
Die Flagge wurde am 2. September 1988 durch das Hessische Innenministerium genehmigt.

"Auf weißer Flaggenbahn, begleitet von zwei roten Randstreifen, in der oberen Hälfte aufgelegt das Gemeindewappen."

Sehenswürdigkeiten und Kultur

Theater
Mit dem Café Extra in der Schulstraße verfügt Büttelborn über Hessens kleinste kommunale Bühne. Die Kleinkunstbühne hat seit ihrer Gründung im Jahr 1989 mehr als 500 Veranstaltungen aus den Bereichen Kabarett, Comedy, Varieté und Konzerte durchgeführt.

Vereine
 Sport- und Kulturvereinigung 1904/46 e. V. (SKV Büttelborn)
 Turnverein 1888 Büttelborn e. V. (TV Büttelborn)
 SV 1912 Klein-Gerau e.V. (SV Klein-Gerau)
 RMSV 1908 Klein-Gerau (Radsport)
 Kerb Kloa-Gere e.V.
 RC 1903 Worfelden (Radsport)
 TSG 1888/46 e.V. Worfelden
 Pool Billard Club PHOENIX Büttelborn e. V. (PBC Phoenix Büttelborn)
 Fun Time Big Band "Swing & Jazz made in Worfelden"
 Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Worfelden
 Blasorchester Büttelborn e. V.
 MGV Liederkranz Büttelborn 1863 e.V.
 Sängervereinigung 1878 Klein-Gerau
 Gesangverein "Frohsinn" 1880 Worfelden
 Dancing Maniacs e.V. (Tanzsport)
 Verein für Heimatpflege Klein-Gerau
 Hubertus Schützengesellschaft (HSG)
 Generationenhilfe Büttelborn e.V.
 Heimat- & Geschichtsverein Büttelborn e.V.

Regelmäßige Veranstaltungen
 Seit 1948 veranstalten die Büttelborner Carneval Abteilung (BCA) und der Kulturring Büttelborn jedes Jahr im Februar die Fastnachtsveranstaltungen in der Gemeinde. Neben mehreren Prunksitzungen wird seit 1951 auch ein Fastnachtsumzug am Rosensonntag durchgeführt.
 Zwischen April und Juni finden die so genannten Spargelfesttage mit wechselnden Veranstaltungen an verschiedenen Orten statt. An der "Spargelkerb", die Ende Juni vor dem Johannistag stattfindet, wird seit 1950 von den "Kerweborsch vun de Tornhall" jährlich die Spargelkönigin gekrönt.
 In allen drei Ortsteilen wird alljährlich eine Kerb ausgerichtet: in Worfelden am letzten Wochenende im August, in Klein-Gerau am ersten Wochenende im September und in Büttelborn am dritten Wochenende im September.  Die Büttelborner Kerb wird mindestens seit 1728 gefeiert. Früher gab es in Büttelborn mehrere Kerweborschgruppen, z. B. die Kerweborsch vom Schwanen, von der Linde und vom Schützenhof. Heute wird nur noch in und um die Turnhalle (seit 1949) ("Biddelberner Kerb in de Tornhall") gefeiert. Aufgezogen wird die Kerb von den "Kerweborsch vun de Tornhall".
 Am ersten Adventswochenende gibt es rund um das Rathaus in der Mainzer Straße in Büttelborn einen Adventsmarkt.
 Im Jahr 2016 haben sowohl Büttelborn selbst als auch die Ortsteile Klein-Gerau und Worfelden erstmals an der alle 2 Jahre stattfindenden Aktion "Der Kreis rollt" teilgenommen. Viele Vereine und Institutionen beteiligten sich mit Ständen und Ausstellungen.

Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur

Flächennutzung
Das Gemeindegebiet umfasst eine Gesamtfläche von 3001 Hektar, davon entfallen in ha auf:

Wirtschaftsstruktur
Die Gemeinde verfügt über Gewerbeflächen mit einer Gesamtgröße von ca. 30 Hektar. In allen drei Ortsteilen gibt es jeweils ein Gewerbegebiet, das größte davon in Büttelborn ("Hessenring").

Die landwirtschaftlich genutzte Fläche von ca. 1.792 Hektar wird von etwa 30 Betrieben bewirtschaftet. Auf dem fruchtbaren Boden des Rieds wird hauptsächlich Gemüse und Obst angebaut (Kartoffeln, Spargeln, Weiß- und Rotkohl, Erdbeeren etc.).

Verkehr
Büttelborn besitzt eine Anschlussstelle an der Bundesautobahn 67 (Anschlussstelle Nr. 5), zudem führt die Bundesstraße 42 als Ortsumgehung unmittelbar am Ortsteil Büttelborn vorbei. Durch das Gemeindegebiet verlaufen außerdem die Landesstraßen L 3094 (nach Weiterstadt bis zur B 42) und L 3303 (nach Griesheim bis zur B 26) sowie die Kreisstraßen K 139 (zum Weiterstädter Ortsteil Schneppenhausen), K 160 (zum Groß-Gerauer Stadtteil Berkach/B 44) und K 164 (zur B 44 zwischen Groß-Gerau und Mörfelden-Walldorf).

Der Ortsteil Klein-Gerau hat einen Haltepunkt an der Rhein-Main-Bahn (Strecken-km 22,0). Mit der Regionalbahn lassen sich stündlich Wiesbaden (38 Minuten), Mainz (24), Darmstadt (9) und Aschaffenburg (59) erreichen. Zudem befindet sich in direkter Nachbarschaft zu Büttelborn der Bahnhof Groß Gerau-Dornberg der Riedbahn. Von dort fahren Regionalexpress-Züge ebenfalls stündlich in 25 Minuten nach Frankfurt am Main und in 45 Minuten nach Mannheim. Von Groß-Gerau-Dornberg verkehrt auch die Linie S7 der S-Bahn Rhein-Main im 30-Minuten-Takt zum Frankfurter Hauptbahnhof. Zudem gibt es mehrere Busverbindungen nach Groß-Gerau und Darmstadt sowie in weitere Orte des Kreises Groß-Gerau.

Schulen und Kindergärten
In der Gemeinde gibt es drei Grundschulen, die Pestalozzi-Schule in Büttelborn, die Erich-Kästner-Schule in Klein-Gerau (ca. 130 Schülerinnen und Schüler) und die Grundschule Worfelden. Weiterführende Schulen befinden sich in Groß-Gerau und Darmstadt.

In Klein-Gerau und Worfelden gibt es jeweils zwei und in Büttelborn drei Kindergärten mit zusammen 698 Plätzen. Der größte von ihnen ist die direkt der Grundschule Worfelden gegenüberliegende Kindertagesstätte "Im Baumgarten" mit 150 Plätzen.

Sport- und Freizeiteinrichtungen
Im Ortsteil Worfelden befindet sich der Golfplatz Bachgrund. Er verfügt über einen 18- und einen 9-Loch-Platz, einen weiteren 9-Loch-Übungsplatz mit Kurzbahnen und eine Driving-Range mit Flutlichtanlage. Der 18-Loch-Meisterschaftsplatz "Nessie" hat eine Linkscourse-Charakteristik.

Persönlichkeiten
 Adam Senßfelder (auch Senssfelder) (1848–1924), Abgeordneter der Zweiten Kammer der Landstände des Großherzogtums Hessen
 Ernst Feick (1911–2007), 1955 bis 1966 Präsident des Deutschen Handballbundes
 Angelina Krauße (* 1994), Springreiterin

Literatur
 Emil Hieke: Die Geschichte Worfeldens. Herausgegeben von der Gemeindeverwaltung, 1959
 Raiss, Jean [Hrsg.: Gemeinde Büttelborn]: Festschrift 750 Jahre Büttelborn: 1222–1972, 1972
 Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Büttelborn (Hrsg.): Festschrift zum 250jährigen Jubiläum der evangelischen Kirche zu Büttelborn: 1728–1978, 1978
 Raiss, Jean: Büttelborn: Bilder u. Geschichten aus vergangenen Tagen, 1986, ISBN 3-924932-96-4

Weblinks

 Webauftritt der Gemeinde Büttelborn.
 Büttelborn. In: Webauftritt des Landkreises Groß-Gerau,

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Collectivist UK Medical System Now Ready to Deny Aid to Those Deemed 'Racist' or 'Sexist'
P. Gardner Goldsmith , @gardgoldsmith
November. 11. 2019
After all the myriad revelations concerning the collapsing British "National Health Service" (NHS), one might imagine things couldn't get any more brazenly absurd for sick folks trying to purchase good medical care in the UK.
But -- of course! --they have.
Now, the North Bristol NHS Trust is ready to implement its new "Red Card to Racism" policy. And what might that catchy title imply?
If you guessed a "soccer/football" modeled system to deny service to patients deemed by NHS bureaucrats as having used language the government doesn't like, you just scored.
According to The BBC:
Under the scheme, any patient abusing staff would be challenged and warned, leading to a 'sports-style disciplinary yellow card' followed by a final red card in which treatment would be 'withdrawn as soon as is safe'.
And who wouldn't be thrilled to have tons of his or her cash extracted by the state to fund a system that gives itself the power to deny medical care to said same taxpayer for things he or she might say?
The abusive behavior covers racist or sexist language, gestures or behavior.
(North Bristol) Trust chief executive Andrea Young said they wanted staff to 'challenge and report it'.
And before anyone take an unnecessary turn down "sounds reasonable road", consider a number of facts.
First, even if a patient considers something "reasonable", the final definition of that term is left in the hands of agents of the state.
Second. The definitions of "abusive" behavior, "racist or sexist language, gestures or behavior" are also left up to the all-powerful, ever-so-trustworthy government.
So, as Luis Miguel of The New American observes:
In a highly publicized case from 2017, a female NHS patient complained when she requested a female nurse to carry out a cervical smear only for the hospital to send a person with 'an obviously male appearance … close-cropped hair, a male facial appearance and voice, large number of tattoos and facial stubble.' When the patient pointed out what she believed to be a mistake, the nurse replied, "My gender is not male. I'm a transsexual.'
In other words, a patient complaining that she's being gynecologically examined by a pirate in drag could, according to the North Bristol NHS Trust Website, be cited with not just a "Yellow Flag", but a "Red Flag" and denied "service".
How quaint. That would be "service" for which her taxes have been seized for years -- upon threat of her being thrown in jail for non-payment.
Indeed, the vagueness of the North Bristol "Red Card" policy could mean that even Britishers who are proud of their socialistic British system could run into trouble.
In 2017, for example, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust ordered the removal of the British flag from the stab vests of security personnel because the national banner was deemed 'offensive.'
So. Hold on. The state-run system is so screwed-up that it could ban people for wearing the state flag?
Somewhere, the Monty Python team members must be watching this and wondering if the political class in England is trying to write new skits for them.
After all, this is the same medical system that, because it operates under the "we all pay" concept of forced collectivism, in 2017 mandated that if those grunting, troglodytic obese people in the patient caste wanted elective surgeries, they'd have to lose weight.
It's the same system that in 2016 was exposed for trying to hide the fact that it was going to close clinics because it was so incapable of controlling expenses.
This is the gulag of involuntary medicine that was caught using the bodies of aborted fetuses as fuel in hospital incinerators. Really.
This is the collectivist system that was caught denying life-sustaining hydration and food to terminally ill patients in what was called the "Liverpool Pathway" – a system that, perhaps, Obamacare co-creator Ezekiel Emanuel, brother to former Chicago Mayor and Clinton/Obama pal Rahm, might like, since he helped incorporate "Best Practices" panels into Obamacare to do essentially the same thing.
Gotta love those fans of euthanasia, 'cause they're all for the "greater good" of course.
And this is the NHS that recently fired a doctor because he would not conform to their speech dictates. He would not call people male when they were not, and he would not call people female when they were not. He stuck with science and truth, and the state will ban truth when it gets in the way of the state's goals.
One of the most striking things about the inevitable implosion of the collectivist UK health system begun in 1947 is that so many Brits still cling to it as something good, when reality screams at them to wake up.
The second is that the socialist UK system (there is still a tiny private market that handles roughly 10.5 percent of cases) offers a prime lesson in how the "Tragedy of the Commons" becomes an ouroboros – a snake that eats its own tail. Since the system is touted as "care for all", it isn't supposed to deny care for anyone and is supposed to be "inclusive". But this "inclusiveness" causes over-utilization of services by the public, who, if they were paying out-of-pocket, would shop more wisely and husband their resources. It also destroys the competitive market in health care that would drive down costs for all. Instead, costs are driven up, and a system that was once portrayed as "for all" then has to apply capitations and payment limits on services, even, as mentioned earlier, going so far as to hide its financial ruin and use aborted babies as human fuel for heat.
If there were any more appropriate image to analogize collectivism, I cannot think of one.
Now, even the speech doctors and patients use could see them fired or denied service, because a system that is supposed to cater to all cannot do so without offending some, and it must, inevitably produce government controls over everything, including speech.
This is a warning to Americans not only about health care -- which has already been mostly turned into a collectivist, semi-fascistic, government-mandated, corporatized, politicized system even when people are trying to use "private" coverage outside Obamacare – but about how important it is to know the difference between private property and public property.
From government mandates that private store owners create "genderless" bathrooms, to bans on smoking in private eateries, many people in the US simply accept the idea that politicians can tell private business owners how to run their establishments. And that's because, since 1946, and a terrible Supreme Court ruling in the case called "Marsh v Alabama", the feds have defined private property open for business as de jure "public" property. In "Marsh", a ship-building company that owned and ran its own village of Chicksaw for employees to stay close to their work asked a woman handing out religious pamphlets to leave the property because she was trespassing. The police were called. She was removed.
But the US Supreme Court ruled that the Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation had created in Chicksaw a "public square", and, as a result, the court set the unctuous precedent that private property owners would no longer being able to control their own property as they saw fit. Subsequently, the 1964 Civil Rights Act included in it the affront to private property called the "Public Accommodations" portion, which, in statutory form, explicitly spelled out the erroneous Supreme Court notion and applied it as so-called "law".
But Natural Law clearly spells out the difference between private property – owned by an individual – and public property – claimed by the state, and on which taxpayer cash is used.
All of the problems of the NHS stem from the fact that theirs is not a private system. And now, the collectivism is so unworkable, even speech is being controlled.
People many not think that the US would ever go that far. But history shows, the path has already been set.
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This important work looks at critical ethical and moral issues in mental health practice. The first section, Practice Issues, explores moral and ethical dilemmas in managed care, including the impact of third-party oversight on clinical practice, confidentiality problems, limitations on length of care, and conflicts of interest for managed care reviewers, as well as ethical questions involved in outcome evaluations, behavioral medicine, and addiction screening. The second section, Business and Legal Issues, provides the most up-to-date information available for practitioners dealing with third-party reimbursement, complex legal contracts, organized delivery systems, capitation, liability concerns, and risk management.
Dr. Small is past president of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association. He has authored several books and numerous articles on insurance, manage care, ethical, and bereavement issues. Dr. Barnhill was president of the Indiana Psychological Association. He has presented numerous workshops on ethics and managed care, multidisciplinary group practice, business consulting, and family therapy.
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Q: Correlation analyses using robustfit in Matlab - interpreting p-values I am using the [b,stats] = robustfit(X,y) to do a regression analysis of my data. Here is what I am doing:
[b,stats_visuomotor_visual] = robustfit(metaRatios(:,3), metaRatios(:,4))

As an output, I get:
b =

    0.5221
    0.2510

stats_visuomotor_visual =

struct with fields:

    ols_s: 0.6643
 robust_s: 0.4185
    mad_s: 0.4337
        s: 0.4577
    resid: [27×1 double]
    rstud: [27×1 double]
       se: [2×1 double]
     covb: [2×2 double]
coeffcorr: [2×2 double]
        t: [2×1 double]
        p: [2×1 double]
        w: [27×1 double]
       Qy: [2×1 double]
        R: [2×2 double]
      dfe: 25
        h: [27×1 double]
     Rtol: 3.2366e-14

In p, there are two values:
0.0124044825989566
0.190293700095903

Why are there two values and what does each of them mean? I expected there to be one p-value.
Does anyone of you have expertise in this? I already looked through the documentation and forums. Some people were asking this question but they did not get any reply as far as I can tell.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Best,
Caroline


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If your house is heated with oil or gas, your system is built with an exhaust pipe. Newer homes often place these pipes through an exterior wall through the sill where snow can easily build up. If you're unsure about where your system vents, check your furnace. If it vents through a chimney, an aluminum pipe will come off the back of the system. Newer systems utilize PVC pipes coming from the top. Follow the pipes and it will lead you to the exit point.
So why are blocked pipes a problem? Firstly, a blocked intake pipe or exhaust vent could result in carbon monoxide poisoning.
Carbon monoxide, also known as CO, is called the "invisible killer" because it's a colorless, odorless, and poisonous gas. More than 150 people in the U.S. die every year from accidental CO poisoning from generators or fuel-burning appliances such as furnaces, stoves, water heaters and fireplaces. Breathing CO at high levels can kill you.
Make sure you have carbon monoxide alarms inside your home to provide an early warning of increasing CO levels. These alarms should be placed in a central location outside each sleeping area and on every level of your home. If the alarm goes off, or you think you may have CO in your home, get fresh air immediately. Open doors and windows, turn off gas appliances and leave the house. Don't forget the pets! Seek medical treatment then call the Poison Control Helpline at 1-800-222-1222.
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It takes only a second to check these vents. Think of it when you go to the mailbox. It could mean the difference between a night spent at the hospital or a cozy night inside with a (well ventilated) fireplace!


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Safeguard Old State: Founding
The founding of Safeguard Old State was the realization of a decades long movement among widely scattered members of the Penn State family for the rediscovery of the classical university in the Nittany Valley. The following column by Safeguard Old State Founder Thomas A. Shakely, titled Rediscovering The Classical University At Penn State, attempts to shed light on our origins.
Rediscovering The Classical University At Penn State
The Pennsylvania State University, from its birth as The Farmer's High School in 1855, has been charged with the unique mission of a land-grant university and a public institution. Penn State was founded to educate, primarily, the working class sons and daughters of the Commonwealth.
"Mold us, Dear Old State, into men," declared the original Alma Mater. It was to this end that Penn State was established, neither to be strictly a classical Oxford-style liberal arts college nor merely an advanced trade school. Penn State was instead founded to blend the two, fostering in its men and women a rich education both in the humanities and in the sciences — a "practical education," its founders hoped.
Today, though, many of us in the Penn State family — students, faculty, alumni, parents and friends — have forgotten the rich heritage and tradition of our university. The pernicious idea of the institution as "multiversity," charged merely with research and job training, rather than university, a place for a liberal and personal formation, has taken hold over the past few decades, and the label of "Penn Stater" is in danger of losing its luster.
Penn State students now graduate with steadily fewer experiences of common pride, common experiences or common values. The campus has adopted the stark character of the modern research university; fewer and fewer opportunities exist to unify a fragmented student population into that precious and rare community in time that used to make each class of students so different from each that came before. We lack collective memory and are losing the fondness for our own specialness that has been central to the character of Penn Staters.
Safeguard Old State, a newly established group in State College, was founded on the humble conviction that we Penn Staters are ready to rediscover the best of our institution. It was founded with the hope that Penn Staters can rediscover their lost humanity amidst the chaos and excess of the modern multiversity.
Safeguard Old State "strives to rekindle the spirit of the classical university within the structure of the modern research institution, promoting personal growth through fellowship and genuine academic inquiry." At the heart of it, we wish to stir the soul of our university, our "Dear Old State."
The University sits today at a crossroads. We can either plow forward with the multiversity, thereby devolving, once and for all, into just another "Big Box College," or, we can seek to rediscover the spirit that has defined the current reputation of Penn Staters as not only the most numerous in America, with over 600,000 living alumni, but also some of the most loyal, spirited and dedicated in the world.
To be a Penn Stater means something sacred, and it also means we are not Ohio Staters in the same way a Yale man is not the same as a Harvard man. A bit of this specialness — this unique quality — is communicated to outsiders through our traditions, from the Fall during football seasons with Coach Joe Paterno to THON, the world's largest student-run philanthropy, in the Spring.
We can see the deleterious effects of the loss of a shared vision for our institution. In the space of a few years, administrators at Penn State have gone on a financial binge at the expense of both students and Pennsylvania taxpayers. The annual operating costs have risen from roughly $2.4 billion in 2002 to nearly $3.6 billion in 2007 — stunning numbers, considering that it equates to a 40 percent spending increase with only about a 10 percent attendance increase.
Tuition has skyrocketed from about $2,700 per semester for in-state students in 1997, to nearly $7,000 per semester for in-state students today. The University Faculty Senate has been rendered more or less impotent and tenured faculty have decreased. The Trustees defer almost without question to the decisions of President Graham Spanier.
We believe a return to sanity can be hastened with a few key reforms. These include: a return to academic excellence rather than settling for mediocrity, budget transparency, so taxpayers can see what their dollars are funding, more tenured faculty, a stronger and independent Greek system, a more informed alumni body, a greater sense of stewardship from our trustees and an informed solution to the dangerous drinking crisis.
Safeguard Old State's mission is born out in practice by uniting the the scattered members of our community to facilitate dialog and action among fellow Penn Staters. In this way, we believe we can synthesize the best of our rich legacy and our hopeful vision for the future into a living commitment to once more genuinely pursue excellence — personal, intellectual and institutional — at Penn State.
Safeguard Old State exists to help guide the next generation of Penn Staters, preserving the rights and traditions of our university family through advocacy and education. As more Penn Staters continue to rise up to reclaim their rightful place in the life of their university, perhaps the Nittany Valley, our quiet home in Central Pennsylvania, can help a nation rediscover that long forgotten spirit of the classical university.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Text;

namespace IBApi
{
    /**
     * @class OrderState
     * @brief Provides an active order's current state
     * @sa Order
     */
    public class OrderState
    {
        private string status;
        private string initMargin;
        private string maintMargin;
        private string equityWithLoan;
        private double commission;
        private double minCommission;
        private double maxCommission;
        private string commissionCurrency;
        private string warningText;

        /**
         * @brief The order's current status
         */
        public string Status
        {
            get { return status; }
            set { status = value; }
        }

        /**
         * @brief The order's impact on the account's initial margin.
         */
        public string InitMargin
        {
            get { return initMargin; }
            set { initMargin = value; }
        }

        /**
        * @brief The order's impact on the account's maintenance margin
        */
        public string MaintMargin
        {
            get { return maintMargin; }
            set { maintMargin = value; }
        }

        /**
        * @brief Shows the impact the order would have on the account's equity with loan
        */
        public string EquityWithLoan
        {
            get { return equityWithLoan; }
            set { equityWithLoan = value; }
        }

        /**
          * @brief The order's generated commission.
          */
        public double Commission
        {
            get { return commission; }
            set { commission = value; }
        }

        /**
        * @brief The execution's minimum commission.
        */
        public double MinCommission
        {
            get { return minCommission; }
            set { minCommission = value; }
        }

        /**
        * @brief The executions maximum commission.
        */
        public double MaxCommission
        {
            get { return maxCommission; }
            set { maxCommission = value;  }
        }

        /**
         * @brief The generated commission currency
         * @sa CommissionReport
         */
        public string CommissionCurrency
        {
            get { return commissionCurrency; }
            set { commissionCurrency = value; }
        }

        /**
         * @brief If the order is warranted, a descriptive message will be provided.
         */
        public string WarningText
        {
            get { return warningText; }
            set { warningText = value;  }
        }

        public OrderState()
        {
            Status = null;
            InitMargin = null;
            MaintMargin = null;
            EquityWithLoan = null;
            Commission = 0.0;
            MinCommission = 0.0;
            MaxCommission = 0.0;
            CommissionCurrency = null;
            WarningText = null;
        }

        public OrderState(string status, string initMargin, string maintMargin,
                string equityWithLoan, double commission, double minCommission,
                double maxCommission, string commissionCurrency, string warningText)
        {

            InitMargin = initMargin;
            MaintMargin = maintMargin;
            EquityWithLoan = equityWithLoan;
            Commission = commission;
            MinCommission = minCommission;
            MaxCommission = maxCommission;
            CommissionCurrency = commissionCurrency;
            WarningText = warningText;
        }

        public override bool Equals(Object other)
        {

            if (this == other)
                return true;

            if (other == null)
                return false;

            OrderState state = (OrderState)other;

            if (commission != state.commission ||
                minCommission != state.minCommission ||
                maxCommission != state.maxCommission)
            {
                return false;
            }

            if (Util.StringCompare(status, state.status) != 0 ||
                Util.StringCompare(initMargin, state.initMargin) != 0 ||
                Util.StringCompare(maintMargin, state.maintMargin) != 0 ||
                Util.StringCompare(equityWithLoan, state.equityWithLoan) != 0 ||
                Util.StringCompare(commissionCurrency, state.commissionCurrency) != 0)
            {
                return false;
            }

            return true;
        }
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


We lead with the clarity everyone's been waiting for regarding the Walgreens-Rite Aid deal, as it storms towards the final stages. Also discussed are tepid earnings from Bed, Bath & Beyond, more news surrounding the Toys "R" Us bankruptcy, and possible positive news ahead of the holiday shopping season. Our guest is Monika Kochhar, founder and CEO of SmartGift, who discusses her company's data-driven mission to change e-commerce gift-giving for the better.


text:
import React from 'react';
import { Route } from 'react-router';
import App from './screens/App';
import Dashboard from './screens/Dashboard';
import NewExperiment from './screens/NewExperiment';
import About from './components/About';

export default (
  <div>
  <Route path="/" component={App}>
      <Route path="/dashboard"
             component={Dashboard} />
      <Route path="/new-experiment"
             component={NewExperiment} />
    </Route>
    <Route path="/about"
           component={About} />
           </div>
);