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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.Windows.Input;
using TAlex.Mvvm.Commands;
using TAlex.Mvvm.ViewModels;
using TAlex.PowerCalc.Properties;

namespace TAlex.PowerCalc.ViewModels
{
    public class DefineVariableViewModel : ViewModelBase, IDataErrorInfo
    {
        #region Fields

        private string _variableName;
        private static readonly Regex VariableNameRegex = new Regex(@"^[^\W\d]\w*$", RegexOptions.Compiled);

        private bool _closeSignal;

        #endregion

        #region Properties

        public string VariableName
        {
            get
            {
                return _variableName;
            }

            set
            {
                Set(ref _variableName, value);
                DefineCommand.RaiseCanExecuteChanged();
            }
        }

        public bool CloseSignal
        {
            get
            {
                return _closeSignal;
            }

            set
            {
                Set(ref _closeSignal, value);
            }
        }

        #endregion

        #region Commands

        public ICommand DefineCommand { get; set; }

        #endregion

        #region Constructors

        public DefineVariableViewModel()
        {
            InitializeCommands();
        }

        #endregion

        #region Methods

        protected virtual void InitializeCommands()
        {
            DefineCommand = new RelayCommand(Define, CanDefine);
        }

        private void Define()
        {
            CloseSignal = true;
        }

        private bool CanDefine()
        {
            return VariableName != null && VariableNameRegex.IsMatch(VariableName.Trim());
        }

        #endregion

        #region IDataErrorInfo Members

        public string Error
        {
            get { throw new NotImplementedException(); }
        }

        public string this[string columnName]
        {
            get
            {
                switch (columnName)
                {
                    case "VariableName":
                        if (VariableName != null)
                        {
                            if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(VariableName)) return Resources.VALID_VarCannotBeEmpty;
                            if (!VariableNameRegex.IsMatch(VariableName.Trim())) return Resources.VALID_VarInvalidFormat;
                        }
                        break;
                }

                return null;
            }
        }

        #endregion
    }
}

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Christchurch, COVID-19: Jacinda Ardern's years in office – Al Jazeera English
Christchurch, COVID-19: Jacinda Ardern's years in office Al Jazeera EnglishView Full Coverage on Google News
Ardern was just 37 when she first became prime minister but showed rare skill in handling multiple crises.
Jacinda Ardern has announced she is stepping down as New Zealand's prime minister after six years in the job.
Ardern, who became the world's youngest leader when she became prime minister following the 2017 elections at the age of 37, made the surprise announcement on Thursday, telling reporters she had "no more in the tank". She had been reelected in a landslide in 2020.
The ruling Labour Party will choose a new leader on Sunday and Ardern's last day in office will be February 7.
The country will go to the polls in October.
Ardern won support with her kindness and empathy but was under pressure over the pace of reform and issues such as the cost of living and housing.
Here is a recap of some key moments from Ardern's years as prime minister:
Marching at Pride, February 2018
Ardern became the first New Zealand prime minister to march in the Pride parade, joining 25,000 others on the streets of Auckland.
Wearing a Maori cloak to Buckingham Palace, March 2018
Ardern again showed her commitment to inclusion and diversity when she wore the Korowai – a traditional Maori cloak made of feathers – at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting attended by Queen Elizabeth II.
Ardern was the first leader to take their baby to the United Nations, taking three month old Neve with her to the annual meetings in New York in 2018 [File: Carlo Allegri/Reuters]
Becoming a mother, June 2018
Ardern gave birth to daughter Neve in June 2018 and took six weeks maternity leave before returning to work.
In September of that year, still breastfeeding, she took Neve to the United Nations General Assembly, becoming the first world leader to do so. Neve even had her own UN security pass to enter the chamber.
Christchurch attacks, March 2019
In March 2019, an Australian-born white supremacist walked into two mosques in the southern town of Christchurch and shot 51 Muslims dead.
Ardern won widespread praise for her empathy and compassion following the attacks, and her decisive moves to tighten gun control, banning military-style semi-automatic weapons just six days after the tragedy.
She wore a hijab as she met the Muslim community a day after the attack, telling them the whole country was "united in grief" and swiftly organised a national two-minute silence.
She also refused to speak the name of the gunman.
"He sought many things from this act of terror, but one was notoriety, and that is why you will never hear me mention his name," she told parliament.
The gunman was sentenced to life without parole in August 2020, after pleading guilty to murder and attempted murder. Last November, he said would appeal the sentence.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern meets representatives from the Muslim community days after the attack on two mosques in Christchurch [File: The Office of the Prime Minister of New Zealand via Getty Images]
Whakaari/White Island eruption, December 2019
Ardern again found herself comforting a shocked nation when a volcanic eruption at White Island, also known as Whakaari, killed 21 people and left dozens more with horrific burns.
The volcano, off the east coast of New Zealand's North Island, sent a plume of volcanic debris, ash and gas into the air at the same time a group of tourists was on the island.
Ardern travelled to meet search and rescue teams. Addressing parliament, she sought to reassure survivors and the families of the victims.
"You are forever linked to our nation and we will hold you close," she said.
COVID-19, March 2020-2022
Ardern won plaudits at home and overseas for her skill in handling the coronavirus pandemic and the tough measures her government imposed to deal with it.
Ardern's government imposed a lockdown and border closures soon after the first cases emerged in 2020, in an approach that was broadly supported despite some misgivings about New Zealanders being unable to return home due to a lack of quarantine places and flights.
Ardern even postponed her wedding as Omicron hit the country a year ago and, in announcing her resignation, told her longtime partner, Clarke Gayford, it was time they got married.
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Leitende Wissenschaftler
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter und Doktoranden
Administrative Mitarbeiter
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Alphabetische Liste A-D E-H I-L M-P Q-T U-X Y-Z
Prof. Dr. Katrin Böhning-Gaese
Dr. Susanne Fritz - Macroevolution and biogeography of vertebrates
Dr. Eike Lena Neuschulz - Mechanisms of ecosystem functioning
PD Dr. Matthias Schleuning - Mutualistic plant-animal interactions
Head of Research Group 'Community Ecology and Macroecology'
Research interests: Macroecology, community ecology and conservation biology
- Influence of global climate and human land-use change on animal populations and communities in the tropics and in the temperate region
- Relationship between the diversity of animal communities and ecosystem functioning
- Macroecology and evolution of bird communities and of bird migration
-several courses at Goethe University Frankfurt in the MSc Ecology and Evolution and in the BSc Biology
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Dulle, H. I., S. Ferger, N. Cordeiro, K. M. Howell, M. Schleuning, K. Böhning-Gaese, and C. Hof (2016) Changes in abundances of forest understorey birds on Africa's highest mountain suggest subtle effects of climate change. Diversity and Distributions 22: 288-299.
Jørgensen, P. S., K. Böhning-Gaese, K. Thorup, A. P. Tøttrup, P. Chylarecki, F. Jiguet, A. Lehikoinen, D. G. Noble, J. Reif, H. Schmid, C. van Turnhout, I. J. Burfield, R. Foppen, P. Voříšek, A. van Strien, R. D. Gregory, and C. Rahbek (2016) Continent-scale global change attribution in European birds - combining annual and decadal time scales. Global Change Biology 22: 530-543.
Ferger, S. W., H. I. Dulle, M. Schleuning, and K. Böhning-Gaese (2016) Frugivore diversity increases frugivory rates along a large elevational gradient. Oikos 125: 245-253.
Hof, C.*, D. M. Dehling*, A. Bonn, N. D. Burgess, F. Eigenbrod, M. B. J. Harfoot, T. Hickler, W. Jetz, E. Marquard, H. M. Pereira, and K. Böhning-Gaese (2015) Macroecology meets IPBES. Frontiers of Biogeography 7: 155-167. * joint first authorship
Maglianesi, M. A., N. Blüthgen, K. Böhning-Gaese, and M. Schleuning (2015) Functional structure and specialization in three tropical plant–hummingbird interaction networks across an elevational gradient in Costa Rica. Ecography 38: 1119-1128.
Mammides, C., M. Schleuning, K. Böhning-Gaese, G. Schaab, N. Farwig, C. Kadis, and T. Coulson (2015) The indirect effects of habitat disturbance on the bird communities in a tropical African forest. Biodiversity and Conservation 24: 3083-3107.
Khaliq, I., S. A. Fritz, R. Prinzinger, M. Pfenninger, K. Böhning-Gaese, and C. Hof (2015) Global variation in thermal physiology of birds and mammals: evidence for phylogenetic niche conservatism only in the tropics. Journal of Biogeography 42: 2187-2196.
Laube, I., C. H. Graham, and K. Böhning-Gaese (2015) Niche availability in space and time: migration in Sylvia warblers. Journal of Biogeography 42: 1896-1906.
Helbig-Bonitz, M., S. W. Ferger, K. Böhning-Gaese, M. Tschapka, K. Howell, and E. K. V. Kalko (2015) Bats are not birds – different reponses to human land-use on a tropical mountain. Biotropica 47: 497-508.
Bowler, D. E., P. Haase, I. Kröncke, O. Tackenberg, H.-G. Bauer, C. Brendel, R. W. Brooker, M. Gerisch, K. Henle, T. Hickler, C. Hof, S. Klotz, I. Kühn, S. Matesanz, R. O'Hara, D. Russell, O. Schweiger, F. Valladares, E. Welk, M. Wiemers, and K. Böhning-Gaese (2015) A cross-taxon analysis of the impact of climate change on abundance trends in central Europe. Biological Conservation 187: 41-50.


The excitement of my life is building. Yesterday I took the bus, today it's to the post office to mail a package. I did wear my Pinocchio charm as I need a constant reminder or else my nose will have to be registered as a lethal weapon.


The revised and expanded edition of this book will ship on 31 March 2017.
The revised and expanded edition of ABBA - The Complete Recording Sessions was funded through a successful crowdfunding campaign, and will be published on March 31, 2017. You can still pre-order your copy (which I will sign with a personal dedication to you). Every additional contribution will only help make the book better. Your support matters! If you pre-order before December 1, 2016, your name will also be listed in the book as a contributor.
This completely rewritten book, packed with new facts and insights, will start shipping on 31 March 2017.


SALINA – The USDA's Kansas Natural Resources Conservation Service is accepting applications for grants to fund projects that could stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies.
"For fiscal year 2019, a total of $400,000 is available for the State CIG in Kansas," said Karen A. Woodrich, Kansas State Conservationist. She added that individual grants up to $75,000 could be used to fund projects lasting one to three years.
There are six priority projects for 2019: Data Analytics for Natural Resources Conservation; Precision Conservation Approaches; Grazing Lands (Invasive Species); Soil Quality/Soil Health; Water Quality and Quantity; and Wildlife (Pollinator Conservation).
The complete 2019 Kansas CIG Request for Applications can be found at www.grants.gov. Reference the Grant Opportunities Number: USDA-NRCS-KS-CIG-19-GEN0010101.
Applications must be submitted by 5 p.m., June 14 on grants.gov.
For more details, visit the Kansas NRCS website, www.ks.nrcs.usda.gov. Go to the Programs tab then click on Conservation Innovation Grants for more information on previous projects.
Join other grazers from across the state of Kansas in a telephone conversation with grazing management experts Dale Kirkham, Gary Kilgore and Keith Harmoney from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Monday.
Hosted by the Kansas Rural Center, these informal discussions cover all aspects of grazing management. The calls the second Monday of each month.
Participants may join or leave the call at any time between 7:30 and 9 pm. For more information Kirkham at (620) 344-0202.
WICHITA – K-State Research and Extension in Sedgwick County is offering a workshop series as part of the new Growing Growers ICT program to help aspiring, beginning and experienced produce farmers gain skills and knowledge.
The program is an expansion of the Growing Growers Kansas City program and trains and supports farmers in Sedgwick County and south-central Kansas.
Funded by a Kansas Department of Agriculture 2018 Specialty Crop Block Grant, it uses apprenticeships and a workshop series to provide education and hands-on learning opportunities to new farmers in both urban and rural areas.
Six workshops and one farm tour are planned during the spring and summer production months to provide research-based knowledge on growing fruits and vegetables in Kansas. Workshops are geared toward beginning farmers, but also offer information and skill development for more experienced farmers.
Each workshop includes classroom presentations followed by a farm tour. All run from 1 to 6 p.m. on Mondays. The workshops are open to the public and preregistration is required. Cost is $20 each. Scholarships are available to attend. Register online at sedgwick.k-state.edu/growinggrowers.
• "Building Healthy Soils," April 29, at the Sedgwick County Extension Education Center, 7001 W. 21st St. N., Wichita.
• "Seedling Production and Production Planning," May 13, at the Atwater Neighborhood Resource Center, 2755 E. 19th St. N., Wichita.
• "Small Farm Equipment and Irrigation," June 10, at the John C. Pair Horticulture Research Center, 1901 E. 95th St. S., Haysville.
• A multi-farm tour, June 24. Meeting place and tour destinations will be announced at a later date.
• "Insect, Disease and Weed Management," July 22, Atwater Neighborhood Resource Center, 2755 E. 19th St. N.


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Formula Drift Pulls Off Another Pandemic Year With Final Round Excitement In Irwindale
Aasbo wins his second title as Formula D sees big changes
FormulaD.com Photo by Larry Chen
The Hollywood-handsome, lantern-jawed Fredric "The Norwegian Hammer" Aasbo won his second championship in Formula Drift by strongarming his Toyota Supra all the way to the final round in front of 10,000 screaming, vaping fans who packed the oval at Irwindale, Calif. Saturday night.
"I have so much respect for everybody here, Chelsea (DeNofa) and Matt (Field) have been on my tail all year, Odi (Bakchis), everyone else," Aasbo said through tears of relief and joy. "This is by far a much, much harder-fought championship than the one we won in 2015, and I've been here chomping at the bit every single freakin' year."
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2021 Champ Fredric Aasbo won the title in this Supra.
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Aasbo's Supra manages 1,000 hp out of just four cylinders, too.
"We have this amazing car, it's half the displacement of the rest of the field," Aasbo said, referring to the mostly V8-powered Fords and Chevies in the field.
Aurimas "Odi" Bakchis beat Aasbo in the final at Irwindale in one of the closest-fought "battles" of the weekend.
"We've been hunting for that championship forever," said Bakchis, who finished second in the title chase this year. "We start out the season strong (he won at Road Atlanta) and we end it strong (he won at Long Beach and Irwindale), it's just that middle section that we have to work on."
Aasbo was Formula Drift champion in 2015 and runnerup in 2016, '17 and '18 driving for the powerhouse team of Papadakis Racing, which is kind of the Penske or Ganassi of Formula Drift. That team has now won four championships, the most of any team in Formula Drift's 18-year history. The team won two titles with Tanner Foust at the wheel and now two with Aasbo. Team owner Steph Papadakis is something of a motorsports icon, a drag racer who was one of the luminaries of The Import Scene in the mid-90s and, some say, though he denies it, the model on which the Vin Diesel/Dom Toretto character was based in all those Fast & Furious movies.
Aasbo didn't actually win the season championship until rival DeNofa lost to Matt Field in the third round Saturday night. Field, who started the weekend third in points and who also had a definite shot at the championship this year, almost took the title with aggressive driving and near-perfect performance throughout the Top 32 elimination bracket in his C7 Corvette. His round against privateer Travis Reeder's BMW, for instance, may have been one of the best pairings of the year. Field was eliminated in the semifinals against Bakchis.
So this year it was Bakchis who won the battle and Aasbo who won the war. Third place at Irwindale went to two-time champ Vaughn Gittin Jr. driving an RTR Mustang.
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Formula Drift Slides Sideways into 2020
As Formula Drift wound up its 18th season, the series goes into the future with a few big changes. The biggest is the departure of series co-founder and president Jim Liaw, who is leaving Formula D after 18 years to be general manager of trade show company PRI. The series is also losing two veteran drivers. 18-year veteran and 2011 champ Dai Yoshihara announced his retirement from the sport. He lost in the first round at Irwindale but got a rousing sendoff from the fans. Social media star Vaughn Gittin Jr. said he was "stepping away" from FD after this year. He got all the way to the semi-final, where he was eliminated by Aasbo but finished third for the night in his likely final event. And even though the parking was the usual Irwindale mess trying to get in, the stands had, what looked like from the drone shots, some patches of empty seats. So there are a few things Formula Drift has to contend with next year.
The biggest of those changes is undoubtedly the departure of Liaw from his post as president, which he has held throughout the existence of Formula D. While he will retain a spot on the FD board, day-to-day management of Formula Drift will now go to co-founder and former VP Ryan Sage, who has also been with the organization since day one.
"Change can be difficult but is sometimes necessary," Liaw said without elaborating when his departure was announced on formulad.com. "This is simply a new chapter in my life and the career I've established in the industry I love. Stepping down from my day-to-day role doesn't mean I'm done with FD. On the contrary, I have full faith in the upward trajectory of the series and the team that will take it forward. The FD team has grown into one the best series operators in the world, taking it through the initial growing pains, the Great Recession, and now the Global Pandemic.
"(Successor) Ryan (Sage) and I have been Davids battling industry Goliaths for 20 years. And although we have formal titles, we've truly been equal partners in building Slipstream (Marketing, the precursor to FD) and then Formula Drift. I have complete faith that FD will reach new heights under his stewardship."
The pandemic forced several changes last year, causing the series to double up events at the few venues where they were allowed to run, and socially distancing what fans were allowed to watch. This year Formula Drift was able to return to an eight-event schedule, with rounds held all across the U.S. from Road Atlanta, Orlando, Englishtown and Erie, PA to Monroe, Washington near Seattle, Long Beach (twice, one being a non-points invitational) and the traditional season finale in Irwindale, Calif.
The series has persisted through good times and bad, through the Great Recession and the Covid 19 pandemic, and seems, through good management and all-around resourcefulness, to continue to thrive. So congratulations to Formula Drift for continuing to provide its unique, sideways take on motorsports. See you in 2022.
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Growing Nowhere is an art retreat that took place at the Can Pipirimosca farm in Catalunya in the autumn of 2009, as a collaborative art project for Nowhere artists, who experienced a week of collaborative workshops before engaging in a series of environmental art installations and performances at the end of the retreat.
As active participants to the project and to the retreat itself, we gifted to the group a multi-author blog, offering also a quick workshop/tutorial to all the participants to the retreat, so they could have register as authors and manage the WordPress content management system to keep track of their individual experience and project.
The Growing Nowhere blog, meant to exist only to document the collaborative art project, is now closed since the end of the art retreat – it has been updated in 2011 with the full documentary that recorded the collaborative experience.


Change initiatives rarely if ever work the way they were intended. Instead, organizations find themselves months and years down the line with employees who are resigned and cynical, and who have developed strong immune systems to change initiatives.
Change initiatives rarely if ever work the way they were intended.
Instead, organizations find themselves months and years down the line with employees who are resigned and cynical, and who have developed strong immune systems to change initiatives.
Move from Insight To Action To Results.
So what is different about Insight To Action's approach to organizational design and development? There are many aspects to our work that differ from others that you have previously encountered.
Our approach to personal development.
Our approach to organizational design.
We understand that organizations are complex, dynamic structures, and that oversimplifying problems and solutions does not work. In fact, we start from the belief that many of the problems plaguing organizations today proceed from treating complex and nuanced problems as though they were simple and straightforward. If you ever hear anyone in your organization say, "It all comes down to one thing", give us a call immediately! We design solutions that are complex enough to meet the challenges presented, without losing clarity, focus, or direction. We help you rise to the complexity of your business environment through a systemic thinking approach that does not discard key elements of the problem.
And finally, why do we call ourselves "Insight To Action"? While we believe in appropriate risk and conducting experiments constantly, these should be grounded always in understanding. But the understanding we are speaking of here is not primarily the understanding of the external situation you are confronting. We are talking about you: your perspective, your filters, your fears, all of which hold you back from seeing the problems clearly, and understanding your role in them. Your insight leads to wise action. Without this necessary step, you risk seeing the change as "out there" and not effecting all of those within the system, including yourself.
Insight to Action seeks to redefine how organizations achieve sustainable business solutions by offering distinctive strategies and solutions.
Our framework enables organizations to unlock their unrealized potential by fully integrating large scale organizational change work with personal and group developmental breakthroughs.


Stay in an elegant 350 sq. ft. room. Work at the desk or check emails with Wi-Fi internet access. Enjoy city views from the balcony. Relax in the modern bathroom. Enjoy the 42" HD LCD television and Executive Lounge access with complimentary breakfast and evening cocktails.
Enjoy exclusive access to our executive floor. These recently refreshed executive rooms are well appointed and feature a king size bed with stunning view of the Queen?s Park Savannah or tropical gardens. Executive rooms feature all standard guest room amenities plus Executive Lounge access where complimentary continental breakfast and evening cocktail is served daily.
Other room amenities include WiFi access, a 32-inch LCD TV with cable channels, 2 plush terry cloth bathrobes, complimentary tea and coffee, and a laptop-sized safe. The bathroom is glass-enclosed with rainfall and handheld shower.
Experience comfort in our recently-renovated standard king rooms all with private balconies. Guests have a choice of a warm Caribbean decor or contemporary twist. Each room private bath is designed with semi-recessed or above vanity, glass-enclosed bath with soothing rainfall & hand-held shower options. Design with you in mind, by offering HSIA & WIFI internet access (extra charge), remote printing, cable TV's channels, complimentary coffee & tea facilities, alarm clock with MP3 connections, and in-room safe.
Our recently renovated Executive Lounge features over 1,400 sq. ft. of space with trendy furnishings, a cyber cafe, an expanded bar & buffet station, and a private balcony with stylish patio seating. Daily, enjoy access to our recently-renovated Executive Lounge where complimentary continental breakfast and evening cocktails are served daily.
Enjoy exclusive access to our executive floor. These recently refreshed executive rooms are well appointed and feature 2 full size beds with spectacular view of the Queen?s Park Savannah or tropical gardens from your private balcony. Executive rooms feature all standard guest room amenities plus Executive Lounge access where complimentary continental breakfast and evening cocktail is served daily.


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Conventional wisdom suggests that if the employer offers severance pay, it should receive a promise not to complain in return. (The benefits of an unlocking agreement could include other commitments, such as . B an agreement on future cooperation or lack of competition or competition from customers and staff.) If an employer does not receive this promise not to sue and is prosecuted, it tends to regret the decision to effectively fund the former employee`s action with the severance pay that was provided "freely and clearly". A mutual sharing agreement is a simple document that allows you to resolve disputes quickly and professionally. Regardless of your dispute, both parties may, through a mutual release agreement, drop all claims and withdraw from the contract. You can also agree to pay each other or a party for possible damages. In signing this press release, you should be aware that you are waiving the right to assert future claims against each other, even if you do not inquire about the problem until after the fact. Nevertheless, it can be a small price to avoid a potentially costly and tedious action. Avoid headaches with a mutual release agreement. Other names for this document: Reciprocal agreement of release and termination, agreement of release and mutual settlement, partnership agreement A reciprocal release agreement between two parties involved in a dispute. By accepting mutual release, each party agrees to drop all claims against the other.
These include known claims and claims that are not yet known. The agreement may limit the scope of claims, but most mutual release agreements are more general and cover all claims relating to the original litigation. (d) ORS 107.720 (execution of enforcement orders) applies to authorization agreements executed by accused accused of domestic violence, except that proof of notification of the release contract is not necessary and that, at the request of the victim, the agreement cannot be terminated without being heard. [1973 c.836 No 150; 1991 c.111 No. 10; 1993 c.731 No. 6; 1999 v.617 No 3; 2013 ca.151 no 2] The waiver of the activity is an agreement between two parties that frees the party that provides an activity of the rights to liability of the person who wishes to participate in the activity. The participant is required to drop any future claim against the other party, so it is important to ensure that the participant is fully aware of his or her rights. Mutual release is a general release that is appropriate for the operation if each party claims that the other party is responsible for the injuries or damage they have suffered. Since each party abandons all known and unknown claims against the other party, it is important to ensure that the parties are fully aware of their rights. Normally, each party simply releases the other part of the future responsibility. However, if a party is more culpable, that party may be solicited for additional consideration (compensation). However, if the damage to the vehicle is not caused by another vehicle, you should use damage to the release of personal property.
For example, if your neighbour has knocked down a tree and it has fallen on your vehicle, you should use the damage caused to the release of personal property, as the damage was not caused by a car accident.
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State Considers Action on Bathroom Bill
February 2, 2017 February 2, 2017 / By Steven Hotze
by Dale Forbis
Texas lawmakers are considering two bills on the use of public restrooms. The one introduced in the house this week would stop local governments from setting bathroom use policies for private businesses and would ban policies in public schools allowing more than one gender to use the same facility.
The head of the group Conservative Republicans of Texas is optimistic the bill will be passed.
"We know that the governor and the lieutenant governor and many members of the House are supportive," its president, Jared Woodfill says. "They all stood with us when we were fighting the Houston ordinance."
Opponents warn this could keep major events from coming to Texas. Woodfill says that hasn't happened.
"The reality is, we didn't lose the Super Bowl, we didn't lose the Final Four," he points out, adding, "Convention business has actually grown."
Woodfill thinks there's a good chance the house and senate bills will pass. There is some question about the support of House Speaker Joe Straus.
"It's important that Texas take a bold, strong, principled stand here and send a message to the rest of the country," he says, "that men shouldn't be in women's showers, bathrooms or locker rooms."
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the use of one person's personal information by another to commit fraud or other crimes. The most common forms of identity theft occur when someone obtains another person's social security number, driver's license number, date of birth, and the like and uses it to open a fraudulent bank, credit card, cellular telephone, or other account, or to obtain false loans. Criminal identity theft, the most common nonfinancial type, occurs when someone gives another's personal information to a law enforcement officer when he or she is arrested. In addition to the financial losses resulting from identity theft, the person whose personal information has been used will have an erroneous credit or criminal history that is often expensive and time-consuming to correct. The occurrence of identity theft increased significantly beginning in the late 1990s due to the computerization of records and the ability to use another's personal information anonymously over the Internet.
Matt Cullina, CEO of IDentity Theft 911, said, As identity theft grows in scale and complexity, victims are often alone in trying to repair their reputation and identity.
To handle the growing volume, the Sheriff's Department's Identity Theft Task Force has 39 personnel from 11 federal, state and local agencies in Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
A recent report by the FTC revealed that 29% of identity theft victims are 18 to 29, 25% are 30 to 39, and 20% are 40 to 49.
According to the ITRC study, the average amount of credit card charges related to identity theft in 2004 is $92,893.
Crimes such as these have resulted in Secretary of Education Roderick Paige, Inspector General John Higgins, and Federal Student Aid Chief Operating Officer Theresa Shaw launching an identity theft prevention initiative to alert students who are particularly vulnerable to this type of financial crime.
Increased identity theft awareness is important not only for consumers but for law enforcement officials who are working daily to combat the crime and help put thieves behind bars.
Once theft of a child's identity is established, it can be more difficult to clear than it is for an adult, said Joanna Crane, manager of the Federal Trade Commission's identity theft program.
In 2004, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) estimated 246,570 reports of identity theft nationwide.
4 million Americans say they have been victims of identity theft or fraud since 1990, with more than 13 million since January 2001 and rising.


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River Piracy in the Yukon
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In the spring and summer of 2016, Daniel Shugar and colleagues witnessed an act of piracy in Canada's Yukon Territory. The Kaskawulsh River hijacked the Slims River, stealing much of its supply of water and dramatically reshaping the region's drainage.
The ongoing retreat of the Kaskawulsh glacier in the St. Elias Mountains spurred this rarely seen process of "river piracy." For years, meltwater from the Kaskawulsh glacier has fed two large lakes at the glacier front; those lakes feed the Slims and Kaskawulsh rivers. Previously, most of the water flowed northward via the Slims River and into a watershed that ultimately empties into the Bering Sea. A lesser amount flowed southward via the Kaskawulsh into a watershed that empties into the North Pacific Ocean.
Roles reversed in spring 2016—that's when pilots first informed Shugar, a geomorphologist at University of Washington-Tacoma, that the Slims River was running low and the Kaskawulsh River was flooded. Shugar and colleagues visited the site in August, and that's when the magnitude of the change "really sunk in."
The river piracy is visible in this image pair, acquired with the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8. The false-color images combine observations of shortwave infrared, near-infrared, and red light (OLI bands 6, 5, 4) to better distinguish areas of water (dark blue) from the surrounding landscape. Vegetation is green, and snow and ice are light blue.
The first image was acquired on June 23, 2015, when the Slims River filled its valley. The second image was acquired on June 18, 2016, by which time the Slims River was just a narrow ribbon of water. Meltwater from the thinning, retreating glacier carved a new channel at the front of the glacier (just a few pixels wide in this image) that now connects a series of azure lakes and routes most of the meltwater into the large lake feeding the Kaskawulsh River. As a result, the Kaskawulsh appears much wider. Turn on the image comparison tool to see the change.
More changes followed. According to Shugar, water draining northward via the Slims River continued to dwindle throughout the season and by late summer, the Slims was disconnected from its source. The diversion, the researchers say, is likely permanent, and could affect the local ecosystem.
"Our climate is changing, but it's not only temperatures and sea levels that are impacted; other things are occurring," Shugar said. "This river piracy is one such impact, and we expect to be thrown a few curve balls when it comes to these changes going forward. We need to continue studying and monitoring our Earth systems, both on the ground and from space, so as to better understand the coming changes, and prepare for them."
NASA Earth Observatory images by Jesse Allen, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Kathryn Hansen.
The Kaskawulsh River stole most of the water from the Slims River, dramatically reshaping the region's drainage.
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Scientific American (2017, April 19) Climate Change Is Transforming Arctic Rivers. Accessed April 27, 2017.
Shugar, Dan et al. (2017, April 17) River piracy and drainage basin reorganization led by climate-driven glacier retreat. Nature Geoscience , (2017).
The Washington Post (2017, April 17) For the first time on record, human-caused climate change has rerouted an entire river. Accessed April 27, 2017.
Connecticut River Oxbow
Floods and new infrastructure have long since separated the distinctive bend in the river that was portrayed by landscape painter Thomas Cole in 1836.
Vakhsh River and Lake Nurek, Tajikistan
This false-color image shows the central part of the Vakhsh River, including the Nurek Dam and reservoir.
A Blackwater River Meets the Sea
A satellite image offers inky evidence of the organic-rich freshwater that the Suwannee River delivers to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Q: onPrepared causing one user an error I've had this simple program out for about two months and the other night an error showed up for a user and I don't understand why.
public class mainmenu extends Activity implements OnPreparedListener {
    private PopupWindow pw;
    public static int RandomNum;
    public static String quickStart;
    private dbadapter mydbhelper;
    MediaPlayer mpButtonClick;
    Intent intent;

    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.mainmenu);

    Button bsound = (Button) findViewById(R.id.bCategories);
    bsound.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

        public void onClick(View v) {
            quickStart = "Cate";
            onPrepared(mpButtonClick);
            intent = new Intent ("wanted.pro.madlibslite.CATEGORIES");
            intent.putExtra("quickStart", quickStart);
            startActivity(intent);
        }
    });

    }

    @Override
    public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
        if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK) {
            moveTaskToBack(true);
            return true;
        }
        return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);
    }

    //Menu Items
    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
        inflater.inflate(R.layout.mainmenu, menu);
        return true;
    }

    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        // Handle item selection
        switch (item.getItemId()) {
             case R.id.help:
               showHelp();
                return true;
           }
        return false;
    }

        private void showHelp() {
            LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater)
                       this.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
                     pw = new PopupWindow(
                       inflater.inflate(R.layout.help, null, false),
                       LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT, LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT,
                       true);
                     pw.showAtLocation(this.findViewById(R.id.bCategories), Gravity.CENTER, 0, 0);
        }
        public void onClickHelp(View helper){pw.dismiss();

        }
        //QuickStart
        public void onClickQuick(View main) {
            Toast.makeText(this, "Quick Start only available in full version.", 1000).show();
            //RandomNum = (int) (Math.random()*101);
            //quickStart = "Quick";
            //mpButtonClick.start();
            //startActivity(new Intent("wanted.pro.madlibslite.INPUTPAGE"));

        }

        public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer player) {
            mpButtonClick.setOnPreparedListener(this);
            try {
                mpButtonClick.prepare();

            } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            mpButtonClick.start();
        }

        @Override
        protected void onResume() {
            mydbhelper = dbadapter.getInstance(mainmenu.this);
            mydbhelper.open();
            mpButtonClick = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.button50);
            super.onResume();
        }

        @Override
        protected void onPause() {
            mpButtonClick.release();
            super.onPause();
        }

}

The error in question...
java.lang.NullPointerException
at wanted.pro.madlibslite.mainmenu.onPrepared(mainmenu.java:107)
at wanted.pro.madlibslite.mainmenu$1.onClick(mainmenu.java:45)
at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:2485)
at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:9089)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:130)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3806)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:839)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:597)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Sadly I don't have what device they are on. But hoping someone here might see something I'm doing wrong that would cause the onprepared to error.

A: The only variable that can cause a NullPointerException in the onPrepared method is: mpButtonClick. So let's try to figure out how mpButtonClick can ever be null...
In the onResume method you are creating a new MediaPlayer, and assigning it to the variable mpButtonClick. However, what you may have missed is that sometimes MediaPlayers can fail to be created. As the Android Documentation says for the static method MediaPlayer.create(Context context, int resid):

Returns
a MediaPlayer object, or null if creation failed

That's right -- that method will not always necessarily return a valid MediaPlayer. It will return null whenever it was unable to create a MediaPlayer. Which then causes your onPrepared method to access a null variable - hence the NullPointerException.

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Intense Vid: Texas Student OK After Getting Hit By Bus While Sword-Fighting
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A Texas college student escaped serious injury Friday after getting hit by a bus while sword-fighting in the middle of the street.
The student, identified as 18-year-old Nick Engmann, is seen on video charging into the street with a foam sword just as a bus comes barreling through. With a sickening crunch, Engmann is thrown back and lands splayed-out several feet away.
According to KXAN-TV, "Foam Sword Friday" is an end-of-semester tradition at the University of Texas at Austin where students gather on opposite sides of the street and run out to the middle to battle.
After he was hit, Engmann reportedly got back on his feet and was taken to the hospital. He was discharged two hours later, KXAN reported.
The driver of the bus was ticketed for running a red light. The bus was left with a smashed-in windshield as a result of the impact.
After the incident, one student posted on the "Foam Sword Friday" Facebook page that Engmann was doing "absolutely fantastic" and was "alert and alive."
A post signed by Engmann stated he was "sorry the event got halted because of me fellow Longhorns!"
"I"ll individually try to make it up you all," the post stated.
Employing the university's well-worn slogan, he added, "Hook em!"


When Ingrid Waldron asked me to create and share a summary of the excellent and juicy presentations and discussion at the symposium titled "Over the Line: A Conversation on Race, Place, and the Environment," held in Halifax on October 27, 2017, I agreed right away. I'd planned to be at the symposium listening carefully and taking notes anyway. Little did I know that I had agreed to share my "hot take" verbally, in front of everyone, immediately after the final presentation! I'm much more comfortable sharing my thoughts on something after I have mulled it over for a day, a week, or—even better—a few months.
The short series of small thoughts in this article are the closest I could come to synthesizing my impressions of the day, in that moment. The result is not comprehensive, but I hope it expresses the vulnerable and hopeful mood I was sensing, along with the appetite for deep resistance and change in the room at the end of a whole day of badass idea-sharing.


Check out the latest updates of VTUEEE2019 Application Form, Application Fee, Eligibility Criteria, Important Dates & Counselling. VTUEEE is the Entrance Exam conducted by Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology for admissions to B.Tech Programs. The Entrance Exam will be conducted both Offline & Online Modes and in two Phases i.e., Phase 1 (in the month of December 2018) , Phase 2 (in the month of April 2019). Candidates will be selected based on the performance in the Entrance Test. Qualified candidates will be called for the Counselling Process. Candidates have to check their eligibility before apply for the admissions. Online Applications will begin from September 2018. Eligible and Interested candidates have to fill the applications before the last date ends. Through this article, you will get to know the details about Exam Dates & Counselling etc.
Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, formerly known as Veltech Dr.RR & Dr.SR University. This Institution is commonly referred to as Vel Tech, is an Indian higher education institute located in Avadi, Chennai.Vel Tech offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes in engineering and technology, in addition to a Master of Business Administration. It consists of four other campuses such as the Multi tech, High tech, VTRS and the arts and science.
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Q: AS3 MovieClip(root).gotoAndStop() Not Working Properly I have a section of code where I check if the player has collected all coins, and if they have, I wish to move to the game's end screen. The issue is that it stays on the game screen! I know that my conditional statement is correct because I've used a trace statement to check it. The piece of code in question is:
if (numCoins - coinsCollected == 0) {
    MovieClip(root).gotoAndStop("GameOverScreen");
}

Just for more information; I have a game start screen, a game screen (empty symbol that uses a class linkage for the gameplay) and a game over screen on 3 separate frames. Does anyone have any idea why this isn't working?

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Does anyone have any idea why this isn't working?

If you say, that gotoAndStop("GameOverScreen"); also doesn't give any result, and if you do all your work in the main class, so 'root' is the same as 'this'. It means only one thing, you missed with reference on MovieClip with 'GameOverScreen' frame.
And to check numCoins - coinsCollected <= 0 is more secure.


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#define DATE "Sun Jan 1 00:00:00 GMT 1970"
#endif


Ever since the dramatic new Lexus NX premium crossover broke cover at the Beijing Motor Show, the sharp lines of its distinctive, bold design and its technology-packed specification have captured the interest of prospective buyers.
In order to explore the NX's design further, Lexus partnered with three different creative teams to produce NX Perspectives. This new campaign documents how each of the creative teams was inspired by the powerful design of the NX, translating the core elements of the car into expressions that span both physical and digital realms through music, art and fashion.
NX-Illuminated is borne from a collaboration between Canadian rapper Lunice and creative agency LuckyMe, and is an energetic and visually arresting production that uses defined and powerful lighting effects inspired by the NX as the backdrop for Lunice's new music video, 'Can't Wait To'.
Taking inspiration from the all-LED headlights, particularly the unmistakable arrow-shaped daytime running lights, LuckyMe created a space filled with projection-mapped optical art and incredible parallel beams of moving light that frame Lunice's central performance.
Like the NX itself, NX-Illuminated is performance art.
The second of the three projects is NX-Constructed, an audio-visual exploration of form by interactive design duo Hellicar & Lewis.
"The car itself has a very striking design, but the thing we were most intrigued by were the smaller details," observes Pete Hellicar. These smaller details inspired the development of their interactive kaleidoscope, drawing on design features like the NX's multi-spoked alloy wheels, the triangular-shaped negative space in the Lexus emblem, and the longer, angular shards created by the prominent swage lines running along the sides of the NX.
Referencing the way that Lexus engineers have combined analogue and digital, the traditional and cutting-edge, in their use of materials and technology, Joel Gethin Lewis explains: "That synthesis is something we wanted to echo in our project." By projecting digital images into the real-world and re-capturing them digitally, the duo created their NX-inspired interactive kaleidoscope that can be manipulated to create shapes and patterns reminiscent of the car's design language.
The final NX-Perspective project comes from London-based Studio XO, a fashion technology company that reimagined the NX's design and character in the form of digital fashion for NX-Materialised.
This couture project explores the relationship between man and machine through the use of physical materials and digital technology. "We wanted to explore the human body with the facets of the car being merged upon it, almost as if the machine had taken over the body for a period of time," reveals Studio XO's creative director Nancy Tilbury.
The NX made a striking first impression, inspiring Studio XO with its front end and spindle grille design and beautifully sculpted leather interior.
Explore the NX-Perspectives campaign at the dedicated website, where you can also find out more about the dramatic and exciting Lexus NX crossover.


FOSTER CITY, CA--(Marketwired - Jul 27, 2015) - Conversica, the leading provider of sales conversion management software for marketing, inside sales and sales, today announced that Alex Terry has been appointed the company's new CEO. Over his 20 year career, Terry has a history of leading technology companies rapidly from the startup phase to mature businesses. He replaces Mark Bradley, who will serve in an ongoing advisory role for the company.
"We invested in Conversica to take it from a start-up in one industry to a high-growth company spanning many industries," said Eric Filipek, Managing Director of Kennet Partners Silicon Valley, the company's lead investor. "The Board chose Alex to lead the company in its next phase of growth based on his proven track record of execution and his outstanding demonstration of leadership and vision. With Alex at the helm, we expect accelerated growth and expansion of the company." Filipek continued, "We'd also like to thank Mark Bradley for the significant contribution he has made in bringing the company to this stage and look forward to his continued contribution to strategy and vision."
Terry has a track record of building technology startups with disruptive technology innovation into market leaders. A seasoned entrepreneur, he has driven strong revenue growth while raising millions in investments across a variety of industries, including SaaS, Internet services, Cloud services, e-commerce, digital media, voice applications advertising and online gaming.
Terry comes to Conversica from Become, Inc., where as CEO he focused the company's strategy on fast-growing business lines. He expanded the performance-based marketing services company into a global leader in e-commerce, offering SaaS based services to online retailers and web publishers. He led the company to profitability and an acquisition by Connexity/Shopzilla in just three years.
Prior to joining Become, Terry was EVP and General Manager of the online survey company Zoomerang.com, a business unit of MarketTools, Inc. He upgraded the business unit's products and grew revenue dramatically in under eighteen months, making a major contribution to the company's acquisition by SurveyMonkey and Texas Pacific Group (TPG) in 2012.
Terry also served as president and CEO of NeoEdge Networks, a digital media company that enhances casual games with premium video advertising. There, he led the company to steeply accelerated growth, expanding network reach to over 80 million consumers per month and forging partnerships with top internet brands including Yahoo!, Microsoft, Viacom, and NBC Universal. The company was acquired by Vanedge Capital and Offspring less than two years later. Prior to that, he spent five years at Time Warner/AOL in senior executive roles.
"I am definitely excited to join this fast-growing company," stressed Terry. "The technology is unique, powerful and just beginning to fulfill its ultimate capabilities. It is producing dramatic business results for the current base of customers in a just a few verticals here in the U.S., and there are many additional opportunities for immediate expansion. Given Conversica's deep understanding of artificial intelligence, machine learning and natural language processing, I am confident this company has the potential to grow in triple digits and eventually become a billion dollar business."
"Attracting Alex to lead this company is fantastic," added Ben Brigham, Conversica's founder and chairman of the board. "I saw tremendous potential for Conversica when I started the company, and Alex sees it too. His track record is incredible, and I know that his ability to seize opportunities and make the most of them will further transform this great company."
In addition to his success in leadership and growth, Terry is also a technology and business innovator who holds multiple patents for his work in Internet services, integrated communications and interactive billing systems. He earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College.
Conversica is the leading provider of lead engagement software for marketing, inside sales and sales organizations. Driven by artificial intelligence technology, Conversica's custom online persona automatically contacts, engages, nurtures, qualifies and follows up with leads via natural, two-way email conversations until the lead converts into an opportunity or opts out. The virtual sales assistant interprets the lead's intention and sentiment in email replies and extracts key information, such as phone numbers and the best time to call. As a result, our customers find their next customers more quickly and efficiently, while ensuring no lead is left behind.
Used by more than 8,000 sales representatives worldwide, Conversica maximizes sales opportunities by optimizing sales team productivity and has helped create more than US$8 billion in sales revenue. Conversica is a portfolio company of Kennet Partners and is headquartered in Foster City, California.
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Malta - a Resilient island with Huge potential but some Big challenges too.
Malta is clearly a resilient place. For centuries, invading forces have sought to seize control of the islands, harnessing their strategic location to shape trade and improve defences. The fortified harbours, bastions, watch towers and city walls that remain today are legacies of this turbulent past. They also provide a stunning backdrop for the capital city, Valletta's 2018 year as European Capital of Culture.
The discussion at #MASP2, the second annual conference on architecture and spatial planning, organised by the Maltese Planning Authority, explored a different 50-year vision for the islands' resilient future. How to create a liveable place through smart infrastructure and sustainable growth?
I was delighted to be invited to speak at MASP, to share experience of Bristol's journey towards becoming a smart and resilient city, underpinned by creativity, culture and thinking differently, including our current work on 5G and Smart Tourism.
It was my first visit to the islands and travelling around by bus, taxi and on foot, it soon became apparent that space in Malta is at an absolute premium. Malta is in fact the 7th most densely populated country in the world. It has a population of 1,562 people per square km - in comparison to England, which has only an average of 427. It is also perhaps, counter intuitive to think of Malta as an urban community but in fact, with almost the whole of the half a million population living in cities, Malta is amongst the most urbanised countries globally.
The Maltese islands certainly feel "full"and apart from a few precious areas where food is grown, vineyards and salt flats, there is little obvious space left to be developed. At MASP there was even some talk of reclaiming land from the sea!
The Maltese Planning Authority did an excellent job in bringing together an interesting and varied set of international and local speakers. The key note, delivered by the architect Elizabeth de Portzempark, presented a vision and plan for a new high-rise tower in Taiwan. The "Intelligent Operation Centre" is intended as a manifesto for "fourth generation skyscrapers", defined by openness, integration into the city context and being made up of smaller neighbourhood units, conducive to developing "human intelligence" as opposed to "artificial intelligence".
The speakers in my panel session were, Dr Mary Keeling from IBM, Tom Bridges from ARUP and Chair, Simon Barberi from Ernst and Young. We talked about the importance of data, digital technology and innovation to driving new economic, environmental and social opportunities. We answered questions about the challenges associated with growth and how Planners will increasingly need to become "masters of complexity".
In his closing remarks at the conference, Chair of the Malta Planning Board, Vincent Cassar, raised the prospect of tall buildings in Malta but also hinted at the opposition being voiced. This scenario is familiar to many cities, including Bristol, where public consultation on a new Urban Living Supplementary Planning Document, which seeks to increase housing densities in the city, has encountered, at best, mixed views on building tall. Making progress with this complex agenda, in Malta and in Bristol, will require Planners to recognise and balance many competing priorities.
Following MASP I spent some time exploring the islands. The c. 20 mile bus journey from the capital Valletta to the Gozo ferry port at Circewwa has 69 bus stops according to google maps (I didn't count them!) The journey is slow with few (no?) dedicated bus lanes. But at least it is affordable, costing just 2 euros for a one way trip. However, despite the frequency of the buses, which by Bristol standards is very good, space inside the bus was just as limited as the space outside. On many occasions during my stay, the buses were standing room only!
Malta is clearly investing heavily in new road infrastructure. The taxi driver who collected me at the airport was keen to point out that despite this investment, the traffic is still slow moving. Arriving in the midst of a torrential downpour, one of several during the time I was there, the taxi driver also expressed concern about the dangers of more frequent flash-flooding, seemingly caused by lots of hard surfaces with nowhere for the excess rain water to easily drain away. It made me wonder to what extent Malta is thinking about adaptation to climate change and building resilience into planning for its new infrastructure. Maybe this is an issue to explore at #MASP3!
In reality, I fear that many people, both locals and visitors, feel there is currently little alternative to driving. The centre of Valletta boasts beautiful pedestrianised areas, squares and Harbourside walks with stunning views but I found walking much more tricky in other areas. Staying on Gozo, I tried to walk a few miles to the beach and in Bormla, to the nearest supermarket. In both locations there were many points with no pavements and obstacles, requiring pedestrians to step into busy roads. Unsurprisingly, there were relatively few cyclists although a city bike share scheme is in operation in Valletta city centre. The traffic also included a lot of freight vehicles, adding to poor air quality and pollution. More positively, the e-cabs website and mobile app is excellent, a locally managed alternative to Uber, which is very easy to use and reliable.
So what might Malta do differently? Malta is a great place and the future facing topics discussed at MASP, whilst difficult to resolve, do need to be opened up to build civic engagement and political consensus. In my view, alongside its significant investment in new roads, a similar investment in public transport and sustainable travel is needed if Malta is to "tame the car", which clearly dominates. The islands must also continue to promote their considerable strengths. It is clear that the Maltese economy is moving up the value chain - away from a reliance on tourism towards sectors such as financial services, design and digital technology. But as Simone Vella Lenicker, Editor of The Architect pointed out at MASP, Malta's external image still lags behind. When I told colleagues in the UK I would be visiting Malta, they were far more likely to comment on package holidays and express concern at the hunting of birds then on cutting edge architecture, amazing culture, great food, friendly people and "Game of Thrones" locations. On top of this, Malta had excellent wireless connectivity – there are far worse things than doing ones emails on one of Comino's beautiful and (relatively) remote beaches! I look forward to following Malta's progress.
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Home Analysis Recruitment Analysis Are Manchester United short of right wingers?
Keep in mind that the data is more dominant towards the attacking aspect of these players. If you look at Jesse Lingard's stats, there are two aspects which may seem very worrying at first glance. The essential element for a top winger is the ability to cross, and with just 27% of accurate crosses provided in a game, it is clear that his crossing ability is not good enough. His expected goal return(Xg) of 0.21 per game is also not that good when you compare it with other wingers in the league.
The other essential element for a winger is his ability to dribble past opposition in hostile channels. In the above picture, we can see that Lingard has a decent tally of 1.2progressive runs per game, but his dribble success rate of 58%is certainly not good enough for Man United standards. The Brit's tenacity of drifting off his position affects the overall play down the right flank too.
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MARAWI, Philippines – From the third-story window of a barren government office building where he now squats as a refugee, Nasir Abdul is watching his city being destroyed.
Nearly every day for the past three weeks, the Philippine military has pounded the lakeside town of Marawi with rockets and bombs as it tries to wipe out militants linked to the Islamic State group in some of the fiercest urban combat this volatile region has seen in decades.
And on nearly every one of those days, Abdul has stood at the window and watched, unable to turn away from the deadly spectacle unfolding just a mile (a kilometer and a half) away.
As plumes of thick, black smoke wafted above the city's minarets again Friday — a day of intense skirmishes in which the army lost 13 marines — Abdul stood transfixed with dozens of other displaced residents. Two helicopter gunships had just finished strafing the city, and now people were pointing toward a Vietnam-era attack aircraft circling overhead.
The plane, an OV-10 Bronco, turned and dove straight down on the city center, firing off two bombs before suddenly pulling up its nose and spiraling away. Moments later, blasts shook the city and more smoke billowed skyward.
"It feels impossible that this is happening," the 45-year-old Abdul said, as the sound of gunfire crackled in the distance. When "I see the bombings, I can't help but cry. I can't help but think what's happening to my relatives, my family, my business, my house."
Three weeks after a new alliance of Islamic militants tried to seize this town in their boldest attack yet, large chunks of downtown have been reduced to ruins. Militants remain holed up in several pockets scattered around the city center, along with at least 100 civilians, including hostages the army says are being used as human shields. There is no electricity, and most of the town's 200,000 inhabitants have fled.
The military says the death toll includes at least 138 militants, 58 government troops and 29 civilians — among them a teenager shot Friday as he sheltered inside a Marawi mosque.
But the fighting is so intense, it's impossible to fully recover bodies to get an accurate casualty toll.
"It hurts to watch because we know people are dying with every bomb," Abdul said. "We know a lot of people are buried under that rubble."
The conflict in Marawi has raised fears that the Islamic State group's violent ideology is gaining a foothold in this country's restive southern islands, where Muslim separatists have fought for greater autonomy for decades.
The military says militants are trying to establish a caliphate here, similar to one IS has attempted to create in the Middle East that stretches from the Syrian city of Raqqa to embattled Mosul, in Iraq. They believe 40 foreign fighters have participated in the fighting in Marawi, including Malaysians and Indonesians.
The government has asked the U.S. to provide intelligence and other technical support, and at least one American surveillance plane has flown in support of Philippine forces.
Abdul said that while people in Marawi support autonomy, few back the extremist militant groups who have carried out kidnappings and beheadings.
However, Lt. Col. Jo-ar Herrera, spokesman for the army's 1st Infantry Division, said the insurgents likely have "a lot of sympathizers, a lot of supporters in this area."
The main group leading the siege, the Maute, has deep roots in the city — "in terms of relatives, in terms of connections, in terms of culture, heritage," he said.
The Maute, named after three militant brothers, staged a similar attack in November on nearby Butig, on the opposite side of Lake Lanao, which lasted six days. But the intensity of the latest assault, and the ability of the militants to hold out for so long, appears to have caught the government off guard. Herrera said insurgents had prepared for as much as a year, stocking basement caches with food, weapons and ammunition.
Rexson Tamano, who is sleeping on the floor of an outdoor hallway in the same provincial government building as Abdul, said he saw no suspicious activity and no sign an attack was imminent.
When gunfire heralded the start of the siege on May 23, he called his pregnant wife on the other side of town to check in on her and their four children.
"She said, 'Stay where you are, please don't come for us, it's too dangerous,'" Tamano recalled. He ran home anyway, but was stopped at a checkpoint manned by militants. They wore black ski masks, and each held a machine-gun.
"I tried to walk away but they called me over and asked whether I was Muslim or Christian," Tamano said. He told them the truth — he was Muslim, and they waved him through.
The city's minority Christians have been singled out for execution.
Mikee Rakim, a humanitarian volunteer, said one group of 10 Christians told him they had been taken hostage when the fighting started. Militants beheaded two of them and were preparing to kill the rest when an airstrike hit a neighboring house, enabling them to escape.
While most of the displaced have sheltered inland, Abdul and Tamano are among about 200 people who have chosen to remain close to the city, anxious to return when the fighting ends to homes they fear were either looted or destroyed.
The government has distributed food, water and sleeping mats to the families camped out here, who gather in small groups at the windows every time the fighting intensifies.
While explosions shook Marawi on Friday and fighter jets buzzed overhead, one boy pushed a baby on a stroller through a hallway. In a corner, several other children sat making toy tanks out of paper.
"ISIS! ISIS!" cried one boy, laughing as he pointed to a tiny black flag on one of the tanks.
Fahadda Camim, who was conducting an assessment for Community Family Services International, a Filipino humanitarian organization, said the children were "copying what they see outside" and were in need of counseling.
The adults, too, are traumatized, she said, and "some are still very afraid." The clashes are a constant reminder that their lives have been upended, and their fates remain uncertain.
Abdul said he did not want to watch the fighting. But he could not resist, either. "It's our city," he said. "It's so painful. It's impossible to turn away."


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2.—(1) The provisions of the Act specified in Schedule 1 to this Order shall come into force on 5th December 2005.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) to (5), Schedule 27 to the Act shall, in so far as it is not already in force, come into force on 5th December 2005.
(3) Paragraph 13(4) and (5) of Schedule 27 shall not be commenced by this Order.
(4) Paragraph 13(6) of Schedule 27 shall only be commenced so as to omit subsections (6) and (7) of section 1 of the 1949 Act, and only in so far as those subsections apply to Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the 1949 Act.
(5) Paragraph 17 of Schedule 27 shall only be commenced in so far as it substitutes Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 1 to the 1949 Act.
(6) Subject to paragraph (7), Schedule 30 to the Act, except so far as relating to any Acts of the Scottish Parliament or any provision which extends to Northern Ireland only, shall come into force on 5th December 2005.
(7) The amendment of the 1949 Act in Schedule 30 shall only be commenced so as to repeal subsections (6) and (7) of section 1 of that Act, and only in so far as those subsections apply to Part 2 of Schedule 1 to that Act.
(8) Paragraph 13(2)(a) of Schedule 9 to the Act shall come into force on 5th December 2005 immediately after section 3 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004(1) has come into force.
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We meet the designer behind Wee Paper People - the new quirky paper doll business with a celeb cult following
Sally Grosart has Benedict Cumberbatch in her bedroom; the late great Lou Reed perched on her desk, and a tiny, grinning Reggie Yates squished into her pocket. With an eye for celebrities, the graphic artist has an unlikely business in creating tiny cut-out-and-construct paper versions of famous people (with a focus on geeky, cult figures). And business is booming. "I started making paper people for fun, after seeing paper toys of things like robots and cartoon characters I thought that paper versions of famous people would be awesome," says Sally. "I mean, who doesn't want a paper version of Macaulay Culkin or the cast of Breaking Bad?" Sally set up a blog to post photos of her paper celebs, adding free templates so people could print out their own. "Pretty soon I got a little bit obsessed with paper people making." Soon, celebs started to discover their paperselves. "Probably the most visits to my blog came after tweets from Stephen Fry and Wil Wheaton." And then Sally became something of a celebrity herself: "I was on the TV show Genius, where they showed some of my genius invention illustrations and my 'seagull electrocuting bird feeder' animation," she explains. "I was of course voted a genius by the judges."
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Along with her celeb obsession, Sally creates paper people to order (£12 per person), plus personalised cards, web banners, logos and illustrations. Finally, we asked her what's best? A real celebrity, or their tiny paper version? "This is a very difficult question," says Sally. "I think it really depends on the size of your shelves."
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Over the last few years I've been dematerialising all of my CDs, tapes & LPs and putting them on to a media server. Aside from being a wonderful way of finding things you'd forgotten about, it also means that I can access a lot of old recordings that have never been made available in digital formats.
One of the tapes I've been protecting and hence listened to sparingly over the years was 'Welcome to the Dene' – a full length recording of legendary Northumbrian fiddler Willie Taylor that is sadly now completely unavailable. Having added it to my library; the biggest challenge was to get the album cover – I've managed to find images for all but a handful of my older recordings online – and I did draw a blank with this one. So here's a decent scan of the front (squared) and a full scan of the insert for anyone else who is looking for it.
This year's play list included amonst others: The Cold Night's of Winter, Herd on the Hill, Bonny at Morn & Wild Hills of Wanney. After playing some tunes, we headed off to the local pub – the Gun Inn at Ridsdale for some warmth, beer and lots more music.


One large or extra-large waterproof duffel that weighs, filled, no more than 17 pounds including sleeping bag, air mattress, clothing, and all personal items not stowed in your day pack. "City" clothes can be stored during the trek and retrieved upon return to KTM.
Second bag can be any suitcase large enough to hold approximately 50 pounds for bringing donated items for the mission.
A day pack. If you don't already have a daypack, buy one with side pockets and divided inner space for enhanced organization and access. You should be able to comfortably stow your lap top or I Pad for record keeping. Your water bottle should be accessible from an outside pocket.
If you already have a comfortable system for mountain hiking, stay with it.
water bottle - 24 oz minimum; Nalgene or stainless; personal preference.
Nepali rupees - can be exchanged or obtained from ATM after your arrival.
Walking poles are highly recommended for those who don't mountain hike regularly or who have back or knee vulnerabilities. Light weight with shock absorption is ideal. They can be purchased at REI storefront or online.
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1 Extra pair of prescription glasses if you have them.
4 pairs of hiking socks - Darn Tough are great.
2 pairs sock Liners, if preferred.
If you have a good pair of light weight comfortable trekking boots, bring them. If you don't, buy a pair and break them in before the trek. Ankle protection (high boots), water-resistance (seasoned leather or GoreTex) and good tracking soles made of a strong-gripping rubber material are best.
Space is limited in day pack and duffel so bring judicious amounts of protein and electrolyte supplements for water, chocolates, nuts, energy bars, dried fruit, and/or jerky.
1 Small washcloth for face.
Bring a month supply of chronic disease medications. The mission brings a basic medical kit, including splinting materials, primarily for Nepali staff members. Do personalize items according to your likely needs and/or consult your medical provider if indicated.
Do not drink or brush your teeth with tap water!
During the trek DO NOT try to test your fitness and walk too high, too quickly! Listen to you guide and take their advice as they are trained to look after your safety. Altitude sickness is a killer and you MUST take it seriously.
Your hands are perhaps your biggest enemy in terms of your health as they. Wash your hands before every meal or snack. People often think they get sick from the food, but it's far more likely they forgot to wash their hands!
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While all main meals are provided, do not forget to bring some Nepalese rupees for drinks or snacks that you might purchase on the way. The amount to carry on the trekking routes depends on the area you are going to trek in, so please ask your guide for advice. Tipping is now common in Nepal/Tibet but there are no strict rules about how much the tip should be. You should only tip if you are satisfied with the service.
During your trek you will have many opportunities to photograph local people and the amazing scenery and you will use tons of film/memory space! When you want to take a photo of a person, please respect their right to refuse and ask them first – you will be surprised how easy it is to convey the request to take someone's photo even when you don't share a common language! If you have a digital camera it is considerate to show them their photo and if it's possible to arrange to have copies printed and sent to them. This is an amazing gift! However do not promise to do so if you are not sure you can deliver on the promise, so please talk to your guide about this! Photos can be a brilliant way to establish a connection with local people, but please respect their right to privacy.
Steri-pens are handy for purifying your water. Beacons such as the Garmin inReach device can be used to call for help, send and receive text messages, share your location, or provide maps. Kindles or e-readers are nice and a good option to carrying multiple books. Most, if not all these devices require batteries, which are heavy, OR you could carry a solar charger to charge your devices. These all add weight, so please consider carefully what you choose to bring. It's better to go lighter than end up having to carry more gear than you had intended.
To ensure that you have the best time possible and that Nepal benefits from your visit, please respect local traditions, customs, values and the environment. You will have a great time if you are open to the warm hearted Nepali hospitality and if you respect their efforts to protect their local culture and maintain local pride.
Refrain from giving money or food to children. There are many good organizations working to help street children, we recommend you give to them instead of encouraging kids to stay on the street.
Your attempts at speaking some Nepali will open hearts and bring huge smiles!


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