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Q: Microsoft.Build.Utilities.ToolLocationHelper error on TeamCity Although my solution is building on my local machine, it throws this error on TeamCity when I use "Visual Studio (sln)" as the runner for the build step:
[Microsoft.Build.Utilities.ToolLocationHelper]::GetPlatformSDKDisplayName($(TargetPlatformIdentifier), $(TargetPlatformVersion))". Method 'Microsoft.Build.Utilities.ToolLocationHelper.GetPlatformSDKDisplayName' not found. Static method invocation should be of the form: $([FullTypeName]::Method()), e.g. $([System.IO.Path]::Combine(a, b)).
Any idea what I'm missing on the TeamCity side ?
Do I need to change MSBuild runner ?

A: I would suggest this is trying to find the path to the SDK from the Registry and it's unable to find it.
Try installing Visual Studio Community Edition on the build server and this should fix your issue
Visual Studio Community Edition Download Page
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BLOG: Accentism – rife in modern Britain
BBC Breakfast reporter and presenter Steph McGovern hit headlines this week after she said she would be paid more if she sounded posher, sparking debate about the perception of regional accents.
Senior Lecturer in English Josiane Boutonnet says, yes, 'accentism' is still widespread in the UK:
Linguistic discrimination or accentism (a term we owe to Dr Alexander Baratta) is not new and is still rife in modern Britain.
Employers readily admit to making discriminating decisions based on regional accents. Political correctness has not reached the realm of cardinal vowels, it would seem.
Studies which evaluate people's attitudes towards varieties of a language are not new either.
Academics were already talking about this in the 1970s. Other studies have followed since and some regional accents tend to be constant contenders at the top of the list of the most un-aesthetically pleasing human sounds produced.
The results of the ComRES survey on regional accents in 2013 showed the Liverpool accent was viewed as the most un-intelligent, based on a poll. Almost 30% of all people who participated in the survey claimed to feel discriminated against due to their accent.
An article in the Telegraph in 2015, based on a study done by the University of South Wales on dialect and perceived intelligence, concluded that speaking in a Birmingham accent is viewed as being less attractive than staying completely silent.
But is it also possible to sound too posh to earn the dosh? It depends on the job, obviously. It is important to remember, however, that attitudes towards accents are tied to attitudes towards groups of people, what they represent, their social status, and their power, or lack of.
It has nothing to do with the inherent linguistic properties of their speech, as anyone who has studied the history of a language will tell you.
Josiane Boutonnet is an expert in language and humour at the University's School of Humanities.

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Boeing Delivers Third C-40C to U.S. Air Force Reserve Command
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] Friday delivered the third of three C-40C transport aircraft to the U.S. Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), providing a critical airlift asset to government leaders on official business.
Maj. Gen. Robert Duignan, commander, 4th Air Force, accepted the aircraft at Boeing facilities in Seattle and flew it to Scott Air Force Base (AFB), Ill., where it will begin service with the AFRC.
The 932nd and 375th Airlift Wings, units of the AFRC and Air Mobility Command respectively, will use the Next-Generation 737-700 Boeing Business Jet derivative to provide congressional delegations and senior government personnel safe, secure and reliable transportation -- often to remote locations around the world -- while supporting their need to conduct in-flight business.
"The leading-edge capabilities and 21st century capacities of the multi-mission C-40C provide us with an advanced platform for taking great care of our distinguished visitors and accomplishing a range of essential missions, including air evacuation and cargo transportation and, when necessary, maintaining team integrity for critical missions," said Duignan. "The C-40C has the mission legs and operational versatility we've always hoped for, and the Boeing team, as always, has delivered the right-sized platform and the right capabilities to do the job."
Maureen Carlson, Boeing C-40C program manager, added, "In working together with our Commercial Airplanes unit, Mission Integration Center and key supplier Greenpoint Technologies, we incorporated lessons learned on the first two aircraft to deliver this third one six weeks ahead of schedule. This will enable our Air Force Reserve and Air Mobility Command customers to assure availability of a critical asset to our nation's leaders."
Aircraft modifications include military avionics that augment the 737's commercial flight deck; satellite communications equipment for passenger use; a reconfigurable interior that comprises 40 business-class seats, two work areas with conference table or divan and accommodations for 11 crew members; and auxiliary fuel tanks that extend the aircraft's range to approximately 4,400 nautical miles.
The airplane joins a family of 18 C-40s already in service with the U.S. government: three C-40Cs with the Air National Guard at Andrews AFB, Md., as well as the two already delivered to AFRC at Scott AFB; four Air Force C-40Bs supporting the U.S. Combatant Commands at Andrews, Ramstein AFB, Germany, and Hickam AFB, Hawaii; and the U.S. Navy Reserve's nine C-40As stationed at Naval Air Stations North Island, Calif., Fort Worth, Texas, and Jacksonville, Fla.
A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is one of the world's largest space and defense businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is a $32.4 billion business with 72,000 employees worldwide.
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I am passionate about packing healthy, well balanced lunches for my kids. But there are those mornings when I wish there was a quick solution to lunch packing that was healthy and delicious. Because we all wake up with a head cold sometimes have bad mornings sometimes and having a healthy lunch solution at hand can be a huge time saver!
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I have to admit that I was not sure if this would be enough food to feed my 12 year old son for lunch. BUT, I was pleasantly surprised when he finished and told me that he loved it AND that it was enough for lunch! He loved making cracker stackers and with the yogurt and cookies he felt full but not weighed down. SUCCESS!
it does not include a drink (this was NOT an issue for me since my kids carry a water bottle to school every day) but it might make a difference to you.
the current price is about $5 at our local Target, so a little on the pricey side. I still think it is worth the extra money to have a healthy lunch in the fridge for a busy morning or a better to-go food for car trips, after school activities, field trips, museum outings or ball park visits.
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Here is our round up of Yumbox lunches for this week. My daughter chose one of our German lunchboxes twice this week so I only have three lunch ideas for you but there will be more again next week since the Yumbox seems to just consistently work best for her.
Somehow week 3 of the beginning of school is the hardest so far. Trying to keep up with everyone's schedule is harder then I thought now that I have 4 kids in 3 different schools (of course all with different school hours). I am still packing lunches every day (unless there is Macaroni and Cheese on the school menu and all four kids are batting their eye lashes to convince me to let them buy). How are you doing with week 3? Leave me a comment at the end of the post. I'd love to know your tips and tricks to stay organized and on top of things or hear what did not go so well this week!
Happy National Guacamole Day! I have partnered with Wholly Guacamole® and Laptop Lunches to celebrate this fun holiday (we all need a reason to celebrate with guacamole, am I right? Psst, find the giveaway from last week or at the end of this post and win some yummy guacamole and Laptop Lunches Bento Buddies!)!
Wholly Guacamole® wants to celebrate National Guacamole Day this year by paying it forward and they need your help!
Use the hashtag #GuacitForward on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to share how you are paying it forward! Together we can put a lot of smiles on people's faces!
So, how did we celebrate National Guacamole Day?
I also added a matching Lunchbox Love Card to encourage my kids to #GuacitForward today!
This lunch is also posted over at The Little Crooked Cottage as a Literary Lunch. Head over to the fabulous blog of four children's book authors and check out the wonderful Literary Interviews with Mr. Pig himself! And if you want to find out more about Louise or are curious about what might be in her pockets right now, head over to her special interview!
Louise Love Art - written and illustrated by Kelly Light - is a beautifully illustrated book about the importance of creativity in all forms. In Louise's own words: "I love art! It's my imagination on the outside."
But working on a masterpiece is hard sometimes when your little brother is working on his own masterpiece at the same time. This sweet and imaginative story is a great book for all budding artist out there! My kids really enjoyed this book and could relate to the sister-brother relationship in this book (with four kids there is always a lot happening at once). As you can see our copy is well loved already and I know this book will be read many more times to come.
Hope everyone's week is filled with creativity. Happy Reading!
National Guacamole Day is this coming up this Tuesday and Wholly Guacamole® is celebrating by giving back to the community and encouraging others to do the same! With their #GuacitForward campaign Wholly Guacamole® wants to encourage everyone to pay it forward! They are also spotlighting their partners who contribute to charity and pay it forward. Wholly Guacamole® and Laptop Lunches have teamed up for an amazing Giveaway and you can win some fun and yummy lunch stuff while giving back!
Doesn't this Shrimp pasta salad look delicious? For fun lunch ideas using Wholly Guacamole® head over to their website. When you get there, select Lunch ideas and you can scroll through all the Grown-Up and Kid's lunch ideas. If you click on the recipe name, a convenient shopping list pops up to make it easier to pack your own yummy Wholly Guacamole® lunch!
I let my kids look at all the fun lunch ideas and this deconstructed Nacho lunch was their favorite. I am glad there is an easy printable list on Wholly Guacamole®'s website and I am always looking for new lunch packing ideas. Would your kids love this?
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This lunch is also posted over at The Little Crooked Cottage as a Literary Lunch. Head over to the fabulous blog of four children's book authors and check out the wonderful Literary Interviews with Mr. Pig himself! Plus, if you want to know why the interview with Joe and Sparky turned out to be a little awkward, head over to Mr. Pig's interview!
Do your kids have the back to school jitters? You can help make them feel better about school by reading "Joe and Sparky Go to School" by Jamie Michalak and illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz to them. You can be sure that the giggles won't stop! My kids loved to imagine what would happen if Joe and Sparky came to their school and they all have their own favorite parts in the book!
This book is so funny and sweet and the two mismatched friends can make everyone relate! Sparky, the turtle, is cautious and careful and his fun-seeking friend Joe, the giraffe, loves to discover new things. When Sparky gets stuck on the roof of a visiting school bus the friends learn quickly that there is a lot to learn about school. Who knew the math peas were not a snack?
My kids especially love the part in the book when all the kids (and Joe and Sparky) get send for a bathroom break and Joe and Sparky discover the "magic pond."
We love this book (as you can see from last year's post) and I highly recommend the entire Joe and Sparky series! They are a great read for all ages but best read aloud for the best giggle fun!
My daughter started Kindergarten this week. I spent some time with her over the weekend talking about the foods she wanted to have in her lunchbox. She picked kiwi, cheddar bunnies, cucumbers and mini sandwiches. I tried to keep her lunch looking familiar and filled with the foods she picked while switching it up a little for variety. The first week of school is exciting enough so I wanted to make sure lunch was predictable but yet fun. So, these yumboxes all look somewhat alike but not quite. How do you make your kids feel comfortable the first week of school?
The theme of our Monday yumbox is "Hello Kitty on a Farm" - packing lunch with a 5 YO is so fun!
I am so excited to share the new Goodbyn Hero with you! We love our Goodbyn lunch boxes (they were the very first we started packing lunches in) and could not pass up the opportunity to try out the new Goodbyn Hero and give you a chance to win your very own!
My kids love spoons and sporks and this was perfect for them. The spoon is deep enough to be great for soups but also yogurts, applesauce or other spoon worthy foods!
We love the new Goodbyn Hero just as much as the Goodbyn Original and the Goodbyn Bynto. Since I have 4 kids different ages I love that I can make the lunchbox fit for everyone! If I add the dippers and bottle to the lunchbox my Kindergartner can take it and have enough food and a drink packed conveniently all in one box. If I pack for middle school I can pack the lunch box to the top and add the dippers separately to the lunch bag to give my son the extra fuel he needs. And for the other two kids I can personalize it as well by adding the dippers and bottle or sending them separately. A real grow-with-you lunch box! The only thing to be aware of is that the lunchbox is large. It will not fit into a regular lunch cooler. It fits best into the Goodbyn Insulated Lunch bag! We have the insulated lunch bag that fits both the Bynto and the Hero so I had no issue with the size but wanted to mention it.
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Now Hear This: The Mirror (Music Video) - Vajra
Rating: ***
Now Hear This is back with a special music video review. When this one came by my inbox I was immediately intrigued. I had heard a lot about Vajra and I knew the song, The Mirror and the subsequent video were making waves in metal circles. Vajra's lead vocalist is Annamarria Pinna and she is a force to be reckoned with. She's the child of a former monk and a school teacher so it's no surprise her presence is quite mystical in nature. Meaning both diamond and thunderbolt in Sanskrit, Vajra seems to offer plenty of both. So let's stop jibber-jabbering and get to the video.
Watch the video for "The Mirror" below:
The track itself is a pretty straght-forward rock song. It sounds a bit like Tool with Ann Wilson from Heart singing. The opening guitar riff is strong and while the rhythm section is simple it's contextually effective. Annamarie Pinna has a strong singing voice and delivers the heartfelt lyrical content well. As for the video, it's live performance mixed in with metaphysical imagery. There's a lot of head-banging mixed in with incense burning. It's kind of a wild ride. Although it's well made, it does come off kinda corny at times. The song is strong enough to carry through some of the cheesier parts and is sure to make metalheads stoked.
Vajra is Annamarie Pinna (vocals, keyboards), Dave Sussman (guitar), Shusuke Inaba (drums)
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Moquah, Wisconsin
The history of the Diocese of Superior dates back to the 17th century. Our Journey Through Faith offers a glimpse into the historic events that played a role in the growth of Catholicism in Northern Wisconsin. Diocese of Superior - Statistics
Ashland | Dauby | Ino | Moquah | Odanah
The first settlers, mostly Slovak Catholic immigrants, arrived in the area about 1909. The first Mass in Moquah, located about 10 miles west of Ashland, was celebrated in the home of Joseph Hovanecz. In 1913, Bishop Joseph M. Koudelka visited the settlement and made it a mission of Iron River, directing Fr. Vaclav Kolman to build a church there. The James W. Good Co. donated land, Soctt & Taylor Co. donated lumber, and parishioners provided the labor. Cost of the church was about $500. Bishop Koudelka dedicated the church in May 1915. The first priest to celebrate Mass in the new church was Fr. Wenceslaus Kolman. During the 1930s plans were made to build a rectory. Adjacent property was purchased and parishioners donated the labor. Cost of the rectory was about $5,000. Fr. Joseph Husnik, the first priest to occupy the new rectory, arrived on September 1, 1938. Moquah was no longer a mission of Iron River, but a mission on its own at Dauby. On June 15, 1948, Benedictine Fr. Florian Herides was appointed administrator of Moquah and Dauby. In 1952, St. Florian Church in Ino was added as a mission to Moquah. One of the first organizations in the parish was the First Catholic Slovak Jednota (union) branch 610. Ss. Peter and Paul Parish has had four sons ordained priests, four daughters profess religious vows, and one son profess vows as a religious brother.


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King of Instruments - BBC
Dame Gillian Weir - A Celebration
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The Grand Organ of The Royal Albert Hall
Gillian Weir Plays the 1861 William Hill Mulholland Grand Organ in the Ulster Hall, Belfast
Olivier Messiaen: The Complete Organ Works
Olivier Messiaen: Volume 1
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César Franck: L'Œuvre d'Orgue
King of Instruments - The Art of Gillian Weir
Olivier Messiaen: L'Œuvre d'Orgue
Charles Stanford - The Concert Piece for Organ and Orchestra
Saint-Saëns - Organ Symphony
Poulenc Concerto for Organ - Hickox
Virtuoso Organ Works
Couperin: Messe Pour Les Paroises/Messe Pour Les Couvents
French Virtuoso Organ Music
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The legendary recording that Gillian Weir made on the Hradetzky organ in The Royal Northern College of Music is now available on CD. Visit Eloquence Classics for details, track previews, and links to online streaming and download information!
Way, way back at the dawn of Fanfare (1:4—if anyone reading these lines has been a subscriber since the magazine's inception, write in and tell us about it!) in 1978, James Hinds gave a rave review to the original LP release that contained most if not all of these items. (The headnote to that review does not list the Dupré Symphony, but I suspect that was simply an oversight.) The opening of that review bears quoting: "There is no doubt that Gillian Weir is a master organist. Her performance of these masterpieces of the French organ literature is magnificent: sensitive, meaningful phrasing; virtuosic technique; musical intuition of the highest order (which is lacking in so many front rank artists who have mastered technique and little else)." Hinds also had the highest praise for the recorded sound at that time as being state of the art. Of course, since then digital recording techniques have brought new advances.
James Altena, Fanfare Magazine
A first CD release for a thrilling recital of dazzling toccatas and fantasias from the French organ tradition by one of the world's most celebrated musicians. Installed in 1972 and built by the Austrian firm of Hradetzky, the four-manual organ at the Royal Northern College of Music was just four years old when Gillian Weir recorded this album. She draws from it a robust, vibrant sound and a dazzling array of French-accented colors in a showpiece recital which shows off both organ and organist to best advantage. As she relates in a newly written booklet note for this release, Gillian Weir played many recitals on the Hradetzky organ. She found its fresh, exciting sounds and array of pungent reed stops ideal for this repertoire. The album opens and closes with spectacular pieces by Marcel Dupré, the epitome of the French organist-composer tradition. The prodigious polymath Saint-Saëns had himself been acclaimed by Liszt as the greatest organist in the world, and he composed the carefree Fantaisie in his early twenties to display his own gifts at the console. Vierne succeded Widor as titular organist at Notre Dame, and his own Piecès de fantaisie are steeped in the cathedral's acoustic and the possibilities of the instrument designed by the king of French organ builders, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. Among them, Naïades is his most loved piece, a perpetuum mobile of rippling scales summoning up a vision of laughing water nymphs diving through the water. Perhaps the most demanding piece in Gillian Weir's recital draws from the Vierne tradition via Olivier Messiaen, in L'ange à la Trompette by Messiaen's pupil Jacques Charpentier. Her performance of its exuberant, culminating toccata elicited particularly glowing critical praise when the album was released, for her absolute rhythmic security and assured mastery of both music and instrument.
Her performance... is magnificent: sensitive, meaningful phrasing; virtuosic tehcnique; musical intuition of the highest order... acquisition of this disc is a must.
Fanfare, March 1978
Gillian Weir returns once more on this record to the French organ repertory which seems to draw out her highest powers of expression and whch she interprets with such imaginative flair... The quality of the recording matches the distinction of Miss Weir's performance.
Gramophone, July 1977
1-11 Variations sur un Noël Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
12 Fantaisie, Op. 159 Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
13 Feux Follets Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
14 Naïades
15 Toccata in B-flat Major
16 L'ange à la Trompette Jacques Charpentier (1933-2017)
17-19 Symphony No. 2, Op. 26 Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
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The start of Advent is fast approaching and if you're yet to choose your calendar then we have a round-up of the most stylish choices available on the market. Not satisfied with a cardboard tray full of bite-size chocolates? Now there are far more creative options and are designed to decorate your home too. Calendars come in a variety of materials from fabrics hanging varieties to wooden designs with pull-out drawers. Designers and retailers have also found clever ways for the calendar to give tiny gifts each day instead of/ or as well as chocolate – like this cute fabric calendar in the feature shot above from Fabelab where each opened pocket becomes a little character part of a story. The fabric pockets of the following choices can be filled with chocolate or perhaps get even more creative and pop in a treasure hunt clue or a miniature gift.
These cardboard varieties offer a cost-effective alternative but without a compromise in the style stakes. We spotted this classic design at Anthropologie featuring a nostalgic scene by New York-based artist Emily Isabella. These cardboard boxes from Cox and Cox can be stacked in any formation and come with an extra large box for Christmas Eve. We couldn't resist these easy to build pockets from Smallable with forest animal print – hang them from the wall in an arrangement of your choice.
Wooden options are generally more pricey but will last for years. Meri Meri has created this it set of woodland animals made from natural wood which some with a little bag for when the time comes to pack them away again into the loft for the following year.
An advent calendar round-up wouldn't be complete without a mention of the recent trend for 'luxury' calendars. On one hand, they are overly indulgent but on the other, they offer fantastic value for money. I've selected three of my favourites. It's no surprise that the most stylish boxes are beauty calendars and this folk-inspired print full of wine is from, wait for it…..Aldi!
So how are you celebrating advent? Buying new or do you have something to pull out of storage? We'd love to hear!


TWO community diabetes nurses from Ceredigion are gearing up for a challenging bike ride to raise funds and awareness and inspire their patients.
Colleagues Anwen Jones and Helen Saunders, community diabetes specialist nurses for Hywel Dda Health Board, will be cycling almost 100 miles from Borth to Cardigan on Saturday, June 8, for Diabetes UK Cymru.
The winding route through the Ceredigion countryside will pass through every surgery area that they cover. The colleagues are inviting patients, their friends and families to join them for some or all of the journey.
There is even a family-friendly section of the challenge, from Llanilar to Aberystwyth.
Anwen, 46, said, "We wanted to do something to raise awareness of the condition in the local area and support Diabetes UK Cymru. Many of the people Helen and I support are living with Type 2 diabetes and increasing their activity levels would really make a difference to their health.
"We hope that by taking on some or all of the route, people will feel inspired to be more active and empowered to do more to manage their condition.
Riders are invited to meet outside Borth Surgery ready to set off by 8am. The family challenge will start from Llanilar Surgery at 9.30am.
It costs £30 to sign up for the main cycle ride and £15 for the family challenge, with all funds raised going to Diabetes UK Cymru.
Anwen and Helen are starting their fundraising with a dinner and auction at the Llanina Arms on Saturday, April 27. Auction items include a signed Scarlets rugby shirt, a Wales rugby shirt signed by the grand-slam winning Six Nations team and a signed rugby ball with many other items kindly donated by local businesses. Tickets cost £25 each.
For more information on the cycle ride, or to buy tickets for the dinner, contact Anwen on anwenmai.jones@wales.nhs.uk or 07964 109694 or Joseph Cuff on joseph.cuff@diabetes.org.uk or 02920 668276.


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Chris Bath, Before becoming presenter for Seven's Morning News, had numerous presenting roles with the network seven over the years.
In 1996 until early 1997 Chris Bath co-hosted the 6 am news bulletin with Peter Ford (which later became Sunrise). In 1997, she became host of the network's Sunday morning political interview show, Face to Face, and presenter Seven's Late News. (The Late News was subsequently axed in August 2003).
For three weeks in mid-1997, Chris Bath was working 18-hour days, filling in as host of 11AM, presenting the afternoon news updates, recording the news bulletin shown on Ansett flights and presenting the 11 pm Late News bulletin.
In 1998, Chris Bath was a reporter for Witness, the network's flagship current affairs program, until it was axed later that year. Seven then asked Bath to co-host its new current affairs show, Dateline, with Stan Grant. She declined and was given the role of presenting the Sydney 6 pm news over summer.
In 1999, Chris Bath returned to the Late News, as well as reading afternoon news bulletins on Sydney radio station 2WS from May. In July, she did a now infamous interview with Sydney newspaper The Daily Telegraph which did not sit well with management. Among other things, she said she'd "refused to work on" Today Tonight and was the "only presenter" at Seven writing her own updates. Outside the news, she appeared as a guest panelist on Geoffrey Robertson's Hypotheticals in October, and on 31 December she hosted the networks New Year's Eve coverage.
In 2000, Chris Bath was part of Seven's host team for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, including a spot on Olympic Sunrise. In August, she carried the Olympic Torch in Newcastle. Chris Bath was then given the honour of co-hosting the prelude to the Opening Ceremony live on stage at the Olympic Stadium, while seven months pregnant with her first child.
In 2004, she began presenting Seven Morning News where she replaced Chris Reason.
In 2005, Chris Bath was a contestant in the third Australian series of Dancing with the Stars alongside professional dance partner Trenton Shipley. In seven out of the ten weeks of the series she obtained the highest score from the judges, including the semi final and grand final. However when the votes were combined with those of the viewers, Chris Bath finished second to Home and Away actor Ada Nicodemou for the title ofDancing with the Stars Champion.
From 12 December 2005, Chris Bath presented Seven News Sydney until the end of 2005. She then returned Seven Morning News on Wednesday to Friday and did the Seven News Sydney weekend news until mid January 2006. She also presented the summer breakfast show on Sydney radio station WSFM 101.7 from 12 December until 13 January.
On 7 December 2005, Sydney newspaper The Daily Telegraph printed that Chris Bath had been in talks with the Nine Network to become the host of the Today breakfast show in 2006. However, Seven insiders say Chris Bath was contracted to Seven until 1 December 2006 at the time and the Nine Network denied approaching her. The Herald Sun reported Bath turned down the position because she could not cope with the early starts and she wanted to honour her contract with Seven. The role eventually went to now former Ten News Sydney presenter, Jessica Rowe (who was also eventually replaced by Lisa Wilkinson less than 18 months later).
In 2006, Chris Bath began presenting Seven Morning News on Monday to Thursday and the Sydney evening news on Fridays. From May, Bath swapped roles with Ann Sanders to present the weekend evening news in Sydney as well as Fridays. Ann took over the Morning News. Later that year, Bath also presented a new employment based reality series for the Seven Network titled You've Got The Job.
During 2007 and 2008, Chris Bath often presented the Seven Late News updates and Seven 4.30 News on Fridays. This continued into 2009, with Bath replacing Monique Wright as the Friday presenter of Seven 4.30 News.
In January 2009, Chris Bath was appointed host of Seven's new current affairs program, Sunday Night. In November of that year, Bath became the weeknight anchor of Seven News Sydney, following the retirement of Ian Ross. In July 2012, she was partnered by her husband Jim Wilson as sports presenter for the 6pm weeknight bulletin.
In January 2014, Chris Bath stood down as main anchor of the Sydney bulletin and was replaced by Mark Ferguson, who now presents on Sunday to Thursday. Bath continues to present the 6pm news on Friday and Saturday, as well as Sunday Night.
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Perched atop Diamond Hill near downtown Atlanta is Herndon Home, the 15-room mansion of Alonzo Franklin Herndon, Atlanta's first African-American millionaire and founder of Atlanta Life Insurance Company. Herndon Home today stands as a symbol of struggle and achievement.
Alonzo Herndon was born into slavery in 1858. He lived and labored on a plantation until he was 21 years old. He later founded a barber business that flourished. Soon thereafter, he entered the real estate business, purchasing and reselling homes and property in the Atlanta area.
His fortune of millions came when he founded the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, which today spans states throughout the South and Northeast.
The home itself was primarily designed by Herndon's first wife, Adrienne McNeil, who was a theatre performer and an elocution teacher at Atlanta University. The room design and decor varies throughout the house, ranging from renaissance revival to rococo.
Mrs. Herndon's love for the theatre prompted a flat roof on the house, which was where she would put on plays for visiting friends and family. Mrs. Herndon unfortunately passed away only three months after the completion of the home in 1910. Mr. Herndon remarried two years later. Jessie Gillespie was his wife for the remainder of his life.
Tours of Herndon Home are by appointment only, but given the Home's proximity to Georgia Dome and Georgia Aquarium, it's easy to add it to one's list of must-see destinations for a day of touring Atlanta.
The tour begins in the basement, accessible through the back door, which has been converted into exhibit rooms for displaying photographs, awards, books, articles and one of the original barber chairs from the Crystal Palace Barber Shop, founded by Mr. Herndon.
The main floor tour includes the Receiving Parlor, which is beautifully decorated and features a unique, ornately carved staircase. The Piano Room was designed to honor the life of Herndon's mother and features rococo styling and furnishing...quite elegant.
The Living Room and Library is eloquently appointed and features an mural original to the house near the ceiling. The mural on one wall tells the story of Herndon's transition from slavery to success. The remainder of the murals feature depictions of what are presumed to be theatrical themes, denoting Adrienne's love of the stage.
The Formal Dining Room was reserved for guests and parties. Meals of a less formal nature were taken in the Breakfast Room, which is flooded with natural light and adjacent to the dining room and back porch.
The Butler's Pantry and Kitchen are also on the main floor and feature mostly original furnishings, including a state-of-the-art 1970s stove (the microwave, however, was added after the family released the home for historic preservation).
The upstairs portion of the tour takes you through the home's four bedrooms…very few for the size of the house, but it was designed for a small family (and grandeur, too).
Adrienne's bedroom, which would become Jessie's, is reminiscent of that belonging to a Hollywood legend, complete with a fireplace, hand-carved furnishings and a posh dressing room.
Mr. Herndon's bedroom is masculine, not nearly as elaborate as his wife's, but sufficiently large enough to denote wealth and comfort, without being pretentious.
Herndon's son Norris lived in the home until 1977. His room is appointed in the signature postmodernism style of the 1970s and includes the tube television and rotary dial telephone Norris used. In one corner is a rocking horse that belonged to Norris as a child, also seen in a photograph in the hallway.
Today, Herndon Home is managed by The Alonzo F. and Norris B. Herndon Foundation, part of Atlanta Life Insurance Company. Restoration efforts continue so that the Home will remain for many in the future a beacon of possibilities.
When planning your visit to Herndon Home, keep in mind that tours are by appointment only and photographs are not permitted inside the house…wonder and awe during the tour are encouraged.
Will history repeat itself with a return to Herndon Home? I'm keeping an eye out for special events at the Home. I hope the restoration efforts meet with success and if I can help by attending an event in such an elegant, beautiful home, then count me in.


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New drugs introduced to the market every year represent privileged structures for particular biological targets. These new chemical entities (NCEs) provide insight into molecular recognition while serving as leads for designing future new drugs. This annual review describes the most likely process-scale synthetic approaches to thirty-one new chemical entities approved for the first time globally in 2017.
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Q: RecyclerView losing state after opening new activity I created a custom RecyclerView for my app by extending it to my custom class. I use canScrollVertically(-1) to check if the RecyclerView can scroll to top before calling onBackPressed(). But the problem is after opening new activity to view the full detail on one of the RecyclerView item and press back which will return to the list. The RecyclerView seems to lose the focuse and calling canScrollVertically is always true even it is suppose to be false. Do I need to override a method to this custom class?
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    private PublishSubject<Integer> subject;

    private VideoHolder handingVideoHolder;
    private int handlingPosition = 0;
    private int newPosition = -1;

    private int heightScreen;

    public AutoPlayVideoRecyclerView(Context context) {
        super(context);
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                checkPositionHandingViewHolder();
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    private void checkPositionHandingViewHolder() {
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                .observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread())
                .subscribe(new Observer<Float>() {
                    @Override
                    public void onSubscribe(@NonNull Disposable d) {
                    }

                    @Override
                    public void onNext(@NonNull Float aFloat) {
                        if (aFloat < 50 && handingVideoHolder != null) {
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                            handingVideoHolder = null;
                            handlingPosition = -1;
                        }
                    }

                    @Override
                    public void onError(@NonNull Throwable e) {
                    }

                    @Override
                    public void onComplete() {
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    private int getHeightScreen(Context context) {
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    private VideoHolder getViewHolderCenterScreen() {
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            if (percentViewHolder > percentMax && percentViewHolder >= 50) {
                percentMax = percentViewHolder;
                viewHolderMax = (VideoHolder) viewHolder;
                newPosition = i;
            }
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        return viewHolderMax;
    }

    private float getPercentViewHolderInScreen(VideoHolder viewHolder) {
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        int[] location = new int[2];
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    }

    private int[] getLimitPositionInScreen() {
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        return new int[]{min, max};
    }

    @Override
    public boolean canScrollVertically(int direction) {
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    }

    @Override
    public void setViewCacheExtension(@Nullable ViewCacheExtension extension) {
        super.setViewCacheExtension(extension);
    }

    @Override
    public void setItemViewCacheSize(int size) {
        super.setItemViewCacheSize(size);
    }

    @Override
    public void smoothScrollToPosition(int position) {
        super.smoothScrollToPosition(position);
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Today, the subscription period for Risk Intelligence A / S new share issue begins
Today, July 16, 2018, the subscription period for Risk Intelligence A / S ("Risk Intelligence") new share issue begins, prior to scheduled listing on Spotlight Stock Market ("Spotlight"). The subscription period expires on July 31, 2018. With a fully subscribed new share issue, the company will receive a maximum of 12 MDKK before issue costs. The company has in advance signed subscription commitments of 7 MDKK, corresponding to approximately 60 percent of the issue volume. In addition to the subscription commitments, the company has received gratuitous guarantee subscriptions from existing owners of approximately 1.8 MDKK, corresponding to approximately 15 percent of the issue volume.
About Risk Intelligence and the share issue
Risk Intelligence was founded in 2001 by Hans Tino Hansen. The company has developed into a prominent company within security risk management, with a scalable business model that generates recurring revenue. Risk Intelligence provides an in-depth analysis of existing and future threats to enable its clients to plan, assess and perform their operations in hotspots across the world. Through the company's digital platform, a comprehensive global view of real time enviroment risks for maritime, port and terminal areas is presented. The risk analysis includes insurgency, piracy, organized crime, terrorism, military conflicts and the interplay between them. The Risk Intelligence System (MaRisk+PortRisk) highlights where serious events arise and present an assessment of the level of risk in each area to allow companies, in one system, to easily evaluate risk. Intelligence data is collected from direct local sources, on-site-analysts and from a major international intelligence network.
The company has decided to raise 12 MDKK to finance a number of growth initiatives, including the next step in the development and launch of the LandRisk module in the Risk Intelligence System. Risk Intelligence will thus cover the entire logistic chain (MaRisk + PortRisk + LandRisk).
CEO and founder Hans Tino Hansen:
"We have a well-functioning concept of services and products that minimizes the client's exposure to risk and streamlines operational reliability. By combining dynamic and comprehensive collection of intelligence with our proprietary technology, analysis and assessment, we have become a globally recognized market leader in security intelligence. By including the LandRisk module, the Risk Intelligence System will be able to serve the entire logistics industry. With our technology, infrastructure and global data-sourcing well in place and the inclusion of LandRisk, which is a market 20 times larger than our existing markets combined."
Summary of the offering
Subscription Period: 16 - 31 July 2018.
Issue price: 6,25 DKK per share.
Minimum subscription: 700 shares, corresponding to DKK 4,375.
Volume of Issuance and minimum execution limit: The offer includes maximum of 1,920,000 shares, corresponding to DKK 12,000,000. The minimum limit for the right issue is DKK 7,200,000.
Number of shares before the IPO: 5 749 140 shares.
Valuation (pre-money): Approximately 35.9 MDKK.
Subscriptions: The company has received pre-subscriptions of approximately 7 MDKK, corresponding to approximately 60 percent of the maximum issue. The company has received free of charge guarantees from existing owners in the company of
approximately 1.8 MDKK, corresponding to a further 15 percent of the issue volume. The subscription guarantee is agreed
from top to bottom, meaning that the guarantee subscription is only activated if the rights issue is not fully subscribed.
Listing on Spotlight: Risk Intelligences share is scheduled to be listed on Spotlight.
First day of trading: Scheduled for August 17, 2018.
ISIN-code: DK0061031978.
Investor meetings
In connection with the IPO, Risk Intelligence will present the business and future plans at a number of investment events:
See www.riskintelligence.eu/investor for details.
Sedermera Fondkommission is financial advisor in connection to the IPO and the planned following listing at Spotlight. Nordnet Bank AB is the selling agent and Gemstone Capital is the marketing advisor in Denmark.
For further information about the upcoming IPO and the planned listing, please contact:
Sedermera Fondkommission
Telephone: +46 (0) 40-615 14 10
E-mail: info@sedermera.se
For further information about Risk Intelligence, please contact:
Hans Tino Hansen, CEO
E-mail: info@riskintelligence.eu
Web page and social media:
Web page: www.riskintelligence.eu
Twitter: www.twitter.com/riskstaff
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/risk-intelligence
Facebook: www.facebook.com/riskstaff
Risk Intelligence A/S Risk Intelligence was founded in 2001 by Hans Tino Hansen. The company has evolved into becoming a prominent company in security risk management by delivering threat and risk assessments globally. Risk Intelligence assists its customers and partners through offices north of Copenhagen as well as representatives in Europe, Asia and North America. The business has been designed with international scalability in mind and the company is globally regarded as experts in its field of business. Risk Intelligence provides a digital platform (Risk Intelligence System MaRisk + PortRisk) that allows clients to monitor global security risks to enable businesses to plan, and implement missions in risk areas.


Chihiro Takeuchi is a papercutting artist based in Osaka, Japan. She has published many children books including The fantastic recipe machine, and Can you find my robot's arm?. A winner of Bologna children's book fair competition both in 2015 and 2016. She has also been awarded NY "Society of Illustrators" The Original Art (Year's best children's books).


Kajol has always been praised by the critics for playing the different female leading roles. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. She is associated with the family who has the strong pillars in the bollywood industry. Born as Kajol Mukherjee but now she is known as Kajol Devgan. This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. She has received Karmaveer Puraskar in for her social work with widows and children. Kajol looks beautiful with her extremely hot eyes.


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Finale and the Academy Awards
February 24, 2012 Scott Yoho
Traveling to Hollywood to attend the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday?
But I kind of feel like a contender. Not only were many of the most nominated films recorded from music prepared in Finale, but the music of the award show itself was created with Finale, too.
Among all the films in which Finale played a part, below are a few of my picks to win.
While I'm surprised there are only two entries in the Music (Original Song), my money's on "Man or Muppet" from The Muppets (music and lyric by Bret McKenzie).
In the Music (Original Score) category, I'm undecided between John Williams' great score for The Adventures of Tintin and, well, John Williams' great score for War Horse. (My usual approach, to simply bet on John Williams, is challenged this year.) While my six-year-old had his eyes closed during some scary parts, he LOVED Tintin, so I'll go with that.
Besides, by my count, War Horse is nominated for six Oscars and will win anyway. Other "Finale" films that were nominated in multiple categories (and thus seem like safe bets to bring home a statue) include Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Moneyball, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and My Week with Marilyn.
Who do you pick to win? Please share your predications by clicking on "Comments" below.


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This block contains the information about Sean Connery and provides an insight into the life of the celebrity. From here you can also learn when, how and why the profession of an actor was chosen. Some interesting facts are waiting for you here.
Sean Connery was born in august 1930 in Edinburgh, not in a very rich family. By birth he was named Thomas. Because of the material problems in the family he left the school when he was 13th and started working. He tried a variety of different professions: he was working with the furniture, lifeguard, stage worker and model... When he was 16th he went to the navy, but he didn't liked there, as by character he was an independent person, but that job required discipline. Later when he started working in the theater, he started calling himself Shane (in honor of "Shane" by Alan Ladd). Later that pen name has been shortened to Sean. One of the main Connery achievements was the James bond's role. He played in seven movies, six of which were produced by "EON Company", and in a unofficial remake of "The Thunder" which was filmed by "Warner Brothers". He performed in a variety of well known movies, such as "Never say never", "You live only twice", "Diamonds Forever", "You Live only Twice", "From Russia with love" and many others. All of those movies have become classics. Sean has been married twice. First with the actress Diane Cilento, they were married from 1962 till 1974 and have a son Jason (he became an actor as well). His second wife became an artist Michelin Roquebrune, whom was French from Morocco. They are together since 1975 till current (they don't have any mutual children). Michelin is elder than Sean with one year. He is a member of National Party of Scotland and he is for the independence of the country from England.
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IFEMA and ANICE reaffirm their commitment
IFEMA and ANICE reaffirm their commitment to continue their joint organisation of Meat Attraction
IFEMA MADRID and the Spanish National Association of Meat Industries, ANICE, have renewed the collaboration agreement, signed in 2017, to continue jointly organising Meat Attraction. This commitment was formalised at the meeting attended by the general director of the Madrid-based institution, Eduardo López-Puertas, and the chairman of the association, Alberto Jiménez.
This means that the specialised benchmark show for the meat sector, Meat Attraction, will take place from 8 to 10 March 2022 under the co-organisation of both bodies, and with the aim of boosting the international activity of the industry and promoting business opportunities and the networking of its professionals.
It was precisely last week when the trade fair Organising Committee confirmed the positive forecasts for this call to meeting, with more than 85% of the space booked more than three months before its opening. This shows the confidence the sector has in Meat Attraction, the great face-to-face reunion of the meat industry.
After the success of its first editions, this fourth event looks set to affirm itself as a powerful promotional tool for the industry as a whole; a fundamental platform at the service of the sector to boost its positioning, development, growth and visibility.
The chairman of ANICE, Alberto Jiménez, expressed his satisfaction with the signing of the new agreement. "The success of all the previous Meat Attractions and the need to continue promoting our companies' national and international commercial activity is what led us to renew the agreement. Something that would not have been possible without the effort of the entire meat sector, which, with its continuous support of Meat Attraction, has managed to position this event as a specialised international benchmark for the meat industry".
For Eduardo López-Puertas, "the meat industry relies on IFEMA MADRID's commitment as an ally for the revitalisation of the sector as a whole, and always hand-in-hand with our strategic partner, ANICE. Just as with our initial commitment of 2017, we shall keep working to provide next year's Meat Attraction with all the momentum it needs to continue being the sector's major business forum; innovating in all management areas, and always promoting its interests, companies and professionals".
Meat Attraction, a trade fair organised by IFEMA MADRID and ANICE, has the support of all the inter-branch organisations of the livestock-meat chain, INTERPORC, PROVACUNO, INTEROVIC, INTERCUN, ASICI and AVIANZA, the latter of which is joining both the show and the Organising Committee for the first time, in addition to the most representative sector associations, such as ANAFRIC and AGEMCEX.


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Treebank Statistics: UD_Faroese-FarPaHC: Features: Definite

This feature is universal.
It occurs with 1 different values: Ind.

5963 tokens (15%) have a non-empty value of Definite.
1786 types (50%) occur at least once with a non-empty value of Definite.
1 lemmas (17%) occur at least once with a non-empty value of Definite.
The feature is used with 3 part-of-speech tags: <tt>NOUN</tt> (4132; 10% instances), <tt>PROPN</tt> (1830; 5% instances), <tt>ADV</tt> (1; 0% instances).

NOUN

4132 <tt>NOUN</tt> tokens (100% of all NOUN tokens) have a non-empty value of Definite.

The most frequent other feature values with which NOUN and Definite co-occurred: <tt>Number</tt><tt>=Sing</tt> (3074; 74%).

NOUN tokens may have the following values of Definite:

Ind (4132; 100% of non-empty Definite): faðirin, orð, móti, faðir, menn, navni, stað, anda, lív, maður

PROPN

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County Officials Discuss Route 28 Corridor Study with Mashpee, Cotuit Residents
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MASHPEE – Barnstable County officials and staff from the towns of Barnstable and Mashpee recently met with residents to discuss traffic issues along Route 28 around the Mashpee/Cotuit line.
The Cape Cod Commission is studying the roadway between Route 130 and Orchard Road after the section was identified as a priority by MassDOT due to congestion and safety issues.
The roadway sees significant back-ups, especially during the summer months, which is a barrier to regional travel, along with access to local businesses and homes.
Safety issues are also a concern as the stretch of roadway has seen more than 150 crashes over a three-year period.
The Commission's technical services director Glen Cannon says the lack of pedestrian access was a major topic of discussion at the listening session July 26 at the Mashpee Public Library attended by more than 50 residents.
"There are no sidewalks along this section of Route 28. There are no bike lanes," Cannon said. "There is a commercial center there along Route 28 and no sidewalks. It's difficult for people to cross the street or walk along the street."
Cannon said attendees also expressed concerns about a few intersections along the corridor, including at Noisy Hole Road.
Several resident of the Cotuit Meadows subdivision off Noisy Hole Road said they were promised a traffic signal from the developer at Route 28.
"We're investigating that to see if that promise is really a condition or a requirement," Cannon said. "But when you are dealing with MassDOT it is a little bit different than dealing with a town or a town road. There are certainly specific requirements that have to go in before you can put in a traffic signal."
Cannon said the commission is doing data collection now to see if the intersection qualifies for a traffic signal.
The commission will present concepts for potential improvements to the corridor on September 27 at the Mashpee Public Library.
Improvement projects to the corridor would be completed by MassDOT.
The commission is going to file paperwork with MassDOT to try to get this project onto the transportation improvement program.
"MassDOT is looking for what they call "complete streets" now. Route 28 is certainly not a complete street. It's kind of just auto-oriented right now," Cannon said.
Complete streets include sidewalks, bicycle lanes and travel lanes for cars and mass transit vehicles.
"We'll also be talking with the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority to see if they need a formal stop here or a pullout area that can be incorporated into the plans," Cannon said.
Cannon said the project is probably in a five to 10 year window.
"This is probably not on MassDOT's radar right now so that makes it a little bit more difficult," he said.
By BRIAN MERCHANT, CapeCod.com NewsCenter
Filed Under: Local News, NewsCenter Tagged With: Barnstable, Cotuit, Mashpee


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Strategies for a New Economy: 10 Takeaways for All Americans
by Lisa Mastny | June 21, 2012
Is it possible to create an economy that prioritizes both human well-being and Earth's natural systems? Two weeks ago, I attended a gathering in rural New York of some of the leading minds and practitioners on this question, and the answer was a resounding "yes!"
It's clear that the current economic system—as well as high-level efforts to "green" this economy using the same old flawed strategies—fall far short in meeting the needs of both people and the planet. For the past decade and half, New Dream has worked to promote an alternative vision for society—a "new dream" that focuses less on growth-at-all costs, and more on what really matters: creating a meaningful life, contributing to community and society, valuing nature, and spending time with family and friends.
What's encouraging about the recent "Strategies for a New Economy" conference, hosted by the New Economics Institute (NEI), is that this alternative vision is finally getting the attention it deserves. We need an economy that cares about people and is also capable of addressing the most serious environmental challenges of our times, among them rising resource depletion and climate change. The good news is that, as participants at the NEI event demonstrated, this alternative system is not only here, but it's growing in leaps and bounds.
Here are 10 takeaways from the conference:
The "old economy" just won't cut it.
The United States is the biggest economy in the world, but we Americans have gotten ourselves into a sticky mess. The conundrum? Conventional economic wisdom says that our economy must grow—all of our metrics depend on rising GDP and ever-increasing material output. But the physical realities of our planet make it so we can't continue to use resources like we are indefinitely, at least without unpleasant and dangerous consequences for Earth's climate and ultimately our own well-being.
We need to find ways to achieve our goals for prosperous, high-achieving societies in less destructive ways, using new measures of progress and tapping into the wealth of creativity and innovation we have at our disposal. We also need to rethink our views about economic self-interest. For those ready to accept the challenge, transitioning to the "new economy" may in fact be the most self-interested action we can take.
We're in a transitional period, and that's scary for some, but exciting for many.
Ready or not, system change is happening around us. We sense it when we see that, across America, conservatives and progressives alike are waking up and saying, "something is wrong" and seeking out solutions. Historically, societies go through periods of transition, and it isn't always smooth (though it can be). According to political economist Gar Alperovitz, we are in a unique moment of "stalemate, stagnation, and decay."
The good news is that this makes us more open to ideas and innovation: a rethinking is possible. This allows us to develop a new way forward, to institutionalize a new direction and a new system that we build together. But it doesn't mean that change isn't scary. Fortunately, we Americans are an innovative lot, and we know how to prepare for a challenge. As NEI president Bob Massie explains, "In moments of crisis, America has gathered up its best forms and extended them into the future." There's no reason we can't continue to do this now.
We are more than a voiceless body of consumers.
Across the country, Americans are resisting the notion that our primary role in society is as consumers. Of course, we all need to consume to survive, but as writer and organizer Stephanie Mills so aptly puts it, "We can consume more elegantly" by reevaluating our "needs" and taking into account the broader impacts of our consumption. More and more Americans are realizing that living off credit and working long hours to acquire more stuff does not equal happiness, even though advertisers, economists, and our political representatives keep assuring us that it does. ("It's kinda like when you're no longer getting the flavor out of the bubble gum anymore but you're still chewing," says writer Vicki Robin.)
So what's the alternative? Local, living economies that appeal to us as people, not as rational actors in an economic construct. Local economies offer us the chance to make human connections that we're losing in an automated, mono-cultured world. Studies show that Americans have 10 times more conversations per visit at the farmers' market versus the supermarket. "The real appeal of the local economy," notes writer and activist Bill McKibben, "is its social superiority."
We have the tools and models we need to move forward.
In almost all aspects of society—whether it's the energy we use, the food we eat, or how we invest our money—we know how to do things in ways that are not only smarter and more efficient, but also better for the planet and society as a whole. Inspiration and real-world examples abound. Take the Evergreen Cooperatives of Cleveland, Ohio, which are using an employee-owned, for-profit approach to address the stagnation and decay in America's Rust Belt, pioneering innovative models of job creation, wealth building, and sustainability.
On a bigger scale, the state of Vermont is embarking on a bold experiment to pilot-test sustainability and localization, capitalizing on its diverse agricultural heritage and other assets. Across the country, we're moving from landscapes of isolated sustainable food "projects" to sustainable food systems. Communities from coast to coast are recognizing the need to "innovate or collapse."
The business community—especially young entrepreneurs—can lead the way.
As social strategist Alnoor Ladha puts it, the old economy, with its for-profit business model, is "so 20th century." Businesses predicated on advancing the public good, not simply accumulating private profit, have an important role to play in building the new economy.
And young entrepreneurs, such as the founders of Etsy, an onine marketplace that is empowering very-very small businesses, may be our greatest asset. They are not stuck in old ideologies, and they are creating an alternative to corporate capitalism that is not "state socialism" but rather built on innovation and creativity, reflecting the best of American culture and harkening to our traditions. As these alternatives take hold, older, more established business forms may need to gracefully give way to new ways, new ethics, and new leadership.
Money is only one, very narrow, form of currency, and it has clear limits.
Financial well-being is only a very small part of our overall well-being, but it gets undue attention in the current economic system. We need to look beyond money and recognize that knowledge, relationships, passion, skills, and many of the other assets we possess are also forms of currency—most of them far more useful than money. As Art Brock, co-founder of the MetaCurrency Project, explains, "We're hiding a mountain of wealth behind a molehill of money."
The question for us as individuals is, how do we disengage with money and invest it more freely so it's useful to society, without experiencing the feeling of losing our safety nets? The answer lies in community, and in rebuilding the relationships that make us feel more secure and less isolated. We can also embrace tools that help us share our assets non-monetarily, such as time banks and barter networks. See New Dream's recent Guide to Sharing for more ideas and ways to build sharing in your community.
"Local" isn't just hip and trendy—it really, really matters.
If we want to build wealth (of all types) in our communities, then we have to make sure that capital, businesses, and jobs stay local. This means favoring local enterprise over big-box stores, and home towns over "clone towns." It also means leveraging the largest employers, purchasers, and builders in our communities—like schools, hospitals, and universities—to invest locally. Institutions, as well as individuals, should be rewarded for investing in the communities they serve, not deterred, as they currently often are.
Two encouraging models of this type of support are Syracuse's Near Westside Initiative, a multi-institutional effort to revitalize neighborhoods through the use of art, technology, and innovations, and The Oberlin Project, a systems-oriented effort to create a new, sustainable base for economic and community development in Ohio.
We need to take TIME to smell the roses.
Historically, economists and politicians predicted that as the U.S. economy expanded, Americans would have more time to pursue leisure activities. Reclaiming our time has been a primary focus for New Dream over the years. As John de Graaf, founder of the Take Back Your Time initiative, explains, the "leisure" side of economics has dropped out of the equation for most Americans, in favor of simply making more money.
We need to create an economy where people are able to shorten their work hours and enjoy a high quality of life, while still being able to support their families (and without consuming more and more stuff). New Dream co-founder Juliet Schor envisions a "plenitude" economy that entails a major shift to new sources of wealth, green technologies, and different ways of living. At the policy level, one model for change is the Netherlands' Working Hours Adjustment Act, which enables employees to choose their desired number of working hours at the same wage level and with benefits pro-rated.
We share more common ground than we think.
Our country is increasingly polarized, and based on politics alone it would appear that we are a country of vast difference. But within American society, there is remarkable convergence around many issues, if not on all proposed "solutions." Looking at polls, it's clear that most Americans don't think the country is going in the right direction. They don't trust politicians, and they aren't confident in the current economic system.
Meanwhile, traditional American values endure. We value independence, innovation, creativity, hard work, opportunity, self-reliance, family, and "the little guy." Notably, these are all hallmarks of the new economy. As many observers have noted, the new economy is in many ways a more all-American, "conservative" option than the system we're currently operating in, which is not helping the majority of Americans maximize their strengths and reach their goals.
The new economy is rising all around us.
Farmers' markets. Car sharing. B Corporations. Impact investing. Barter networks. The sharing economy. Community supported agriculture. Local currencies. Worker-owned cooperatives. Local investment clubs. Heard of any of these? The reality is that the new economy, boosted by 21st-century communications and other technologies, is everywhere we look. America is awash with new models of wealth creation, new institutions, new ideas, and new cultural patterns—and together, it adds up to something significant. Certainly, there is much work to be done. But it's clear that our local economies and communities wouldn't be as strong as they are today without the incredible models of cooperation and resource sharing that are now emerging at all levels, taking people from hopelessness to hope.
For more on these themes, visit New Dream's website (www.newdream.org) as well as the website of the NEI conference, which includes a comprehensive list of resources as well as video of some of the speakers.
Also, check out the Global Transition to a New Economy map, an online tool that showcases innovative projects around the world that challenge business-as-usual and contribute to the systemic change to the economy that is so urgently required.
Lisa Mastny is Director of Communications and Online Media at New Dream.


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IMPRINT India scheme
IMPRINT India Programme is joint initiative of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc). It seeks to develop road map for research to solve major engineering and technology challenges in 10 technology domains relevant for country. These domains include health care, information and communication technology, energy, sustainable habitat, nano‐technology hardware, water resources and river systems, advanced materials, manufacturing, security and defence, and environment and climate.
These domains are distributed among IITs Kharagpur, Kanpur, Bomaby, Rookree, Madras and IISC, Bengaluru. The Ministry of Human Resource Development has sanctioned Rs. 1000 crore for phase II of Impacting Research Innovation and Technology (IMPRINT) India programme to boost research and innovation in the country. Under the IMPRINT-II, a fund is being created by Department of Science and Technology (DST) and HRD Ministry together, in which participation will come from industry and other interested Ministries.
IMPacting Research, INnovation and Technology (IMPRINT), a national initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) designed to address all major engineering challenges relevant to India through an inclusive and sustainable mode of translational research has now reached its next phase, IMPRINT Round 2. IMPRINT-2 has been approved by Government of India (GoI) with a revised strategy under which, this national initiative will be jointly funded and steered by MHRD and Department of Science and Technology (DST). While any faculty member from an MHRD funded Higher Education Institute (HEI) including Centrally Funded Technical Institution (CFTI) may lead as the Principal Investigator (PI), single or multiple partners from stake holder ministry, institutions, PSUs, strategic agencies and industry are welcome as Co-PI, partner or collaborator.
Objectives of IMPRINT
Identify areas of immediate relevance that requires innovation in the society.
Ensure support and higher funding for research for identified areas.
Measure outcomes of innovation and research efforts and its impact on people's standard of living.
It will motivate technical institutions to conduct research in areas where the country is heavily dependent on foreign technology.
Under IMPRINT-I Programme, 142 projects at cost of Rs. 318.71 crore are already under implementation.
These projects cover 10 crucial technology domains mentioned above.
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Trump, Snoop Dogg & the language of violence
18 Mar, 2017 17:17
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This past week, Snoop Dogg released a music video showing a mock assassination of a clown faced Donald Trump. The ensuing sound and fury revealed liberal hypocrisy and some very dark truths about our current political climate.
Donald Trump has lived a charmed existence. He was born to an extraordinarily wealthy family and inherited a hefty fortune along with his father's successful real estate company. That is a pretty fantastic way to start off in life.
Trump's string of good luck has continued in the political realm as well, for he has been blessed with the best (meaning the least effective) enemies any candidate, or now president, could ever hope for.
In the cacophony of liberal anti-Trump voices shouting their disapproval this week, a few have risen above the din, most notably Snoop Dogg's controversial video. The music video for the song 'Lavender (Nightfall Remix)' shows the iconic, old school rapper pointing a pistol at a Trump stand-in in full clown makeup, President Ronald Klump, and then pulling the trigger, followed by a cartoonish bang.
A music video from an attention-starved rapper two decades removed from the peak of his cultural relevance would not garner very much attention under ordinary circumstances, but this time the President of the United States took the time to comment on it, which means a lot of people took notice.
In response to the video, Trump tweeted, "Can you imagine what the outcry would be if @SnoopDogg, failing career and all, had aimed and fired the gun at President Obama? Jail time!"
Can you imagine what the outcry would be if @SnoopDogg, failing career and all, had aimed and fired the gun at President Obama? Jail time!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 15, 2017
While the idea of "jail time" for artistic expression is legally a bit absurd considering the First Amendment, the essence of the tweet is accurate. Liberals and the media would go bananas if someone had done a similar thing to an Obama look-a-like. They rightfully went berserk when right wing boor Ted Nugent ranted that Obama should "suck on his machine gun" during a live concert. Hell, liberals even went crazy when a rodeo clown mocked President Obama by wearing an Obama mask. In the case of attacks on Trump though, the media response has been considerably more muted.
The reactions to the Snoop-Trump feud from fellow entertainers have been quite illuminating, however. Actor and fellow rapper Ice-T commented on the controversy to TMZ, "I think it'd be terrible (if someone made a video where Obama gets shot), but Obama wasn't the same kind of guy as Trump. It was very hard to make an Obama joke because of his race, and Obama was such a smooth character. I think Trump brings a lot of these jokes onto himself." So, Snoop Dogg made a video of him shooting Trump because the President is White? Thanks for the insight, Ice.
Not to be outdone, actor and rapper Shad "Bow Wow" Moss chimed in with his own unique brilliance. Bow Wow tweeted, "Ayo @realDonaldTrump shut your punk ass up talking s**t [asterisks inserted] about my uncle @SnoopDogg before we pimp your wife and make her work for us." Way to stay classy, Bow Wow.
Ice-T's and Bow Wow's tweets reveal the philosophical rot at the core of the opposition to Trump. Trump's enemies routinely label him as a vulgar, misogynistic bully, and his "get tough" talk against protesters at his rallies and the Access Hollywood video are solid evidence that proves their point. But with Snoop Dogg's mock assassination, Ice-T's explanatory tweet saying Trump brings these attacks on himself, in part by being White, and Bow Wow threatening sexual violence against Trump's wife, charges of Trump being a vulgar bully and misogynist by his opponents ring pretty hollow, if not downright hypocritical. You cannot intimidate someone with violence, blame the victim because of his race, and then sexually menace their wife, and maintain any moral high ground whatsoever.
The reality though, is that this is just how Trump wants things to be. That is why he jumped at the chance to engage Snoop in a pop culture/Twitter war, instead of being "presidential" and ignoring Snoop's video, like George H.W. Bush did when rapper Paris released a very menacing song titled 'Bush Killa' back in 1992.
Snoop Dogg, Bow Wow, and even Madonna, with her "I've thought about blowing up the White House" comment at the Women's March inauguration weekend, may think they are taking Trump down a notch with their blustery attacks, but the exact opposite is true. These public spats greatly empower Trump and weaken his enemies, first by allowing Trump to play the victim, and second by lowering the discourse to Trump's level, where he excels.
Express yourself, Madonna, but don't preach! (Op-Edge) https://t.co/BwaIlgqDVXpic.twitter.com/lXe0GrG1gH
— RT (@RT_com) January 25, 2017
Trump's voters, even the marginal ones in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, who voted for Obama twice but put Trump over the top this time around, only get pushed further into Trump's corner with these blatantly hypocritical attacks from entertainment elites. These marginal Trump voters see the double standard liberals apply to Trump, but not Democrats, which reinforces their decision to vote for him.
Napoleon once said, "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake," which would be wise words for liberals to take to heart with regards to Trump.
This week, Trump has been stuck in the muck and mire of his healthcare initiative. As Trump flounders with the tedious monotony of governing, he hungers for these celebrity feuds, as they are like oxygen to him and red meat to his base.
Trump desperately wanted to change the subject from his struggles governing to anything else, and Snoop's clown video gave him a frivolous, but more entertaining, subject to divert people's attention.
Sanders blasts GOP healthcare act's 'disgraceful' tax breaks for the wealthy
Trump is a master at manipulation and pushing liberal's buttons. After all, he won the election by irritating the right people, like the mainstream media and Hollywood. He has only continued that strategic needling as president. Trump thrives on keeping liberals in a constant state of hysterical irritation, forcing them to react to him out of emotion and not thoughtfully respond to him with reason. Democrats and liberals need to get a grip and stop getting sucked onto the playing field of emotion by Trump, and keep things calm, cool, and rational, if they want to come in from the political wilderness they currently inhabit.
By ratcheting up the invectives, however, both Trump and his foes may be playing a dangerous game. As Marco Rubio said in response to the Snoop video, "Snoop shouldn't have done that… the wrong person sees that, he gets the wrong idea, and you can have a real problem." Little Marco, for once in his life, is entirely correct.
Here is an anecdotal piece of evidence to ponder, I was recently listening to a private conversation out here in Hollywood where a bunch of liberal acquaintances were talking about alt-right firebrand Milo Yiannopoulos and how much they truly despised him. More than one of them said that they "literally wanted to kill him," which was shocking to me. If these thoughtful, intelligent, and successful people were so flustered by an obvious and shameless provocateur like Milo as to hyperbolically speak of murdering him, I can only imagine how less grounded individuals will react when a top-notch master troll like Trump sets out to push their buttons.
Those other, less stable individuals are the ones who will not understand the subtleties and nuance of artistic expression or hyperbole. They will only know that Trump makes them feel an inordinate amount of rage and will want to assuage that discomfiting anger by any means necessary.
Recent events have shown that intense emotions, mixed with fervent political beliefs, can lead to chaotic and violent actions. For example, the liberal protests against Milo at Berkeley that turned into a riot, or at Middlebury College, where students got violent while opposing right wing author Charles Murray, or even when a masked man punched alt-right leader Richard Spencer in the face in broad daylight during the Woman's March. Violence can never be permitted to encroach upon political debate or discussion. If you can't win an argument and change minds with your ideas, you certainly won't do it through intimidation and violence.
This is a perilous time, fraught with volatile emotions across the political spectrum. With this powder keg of fury just below the surface of our public square, it would be wise for all of us to be more measured and thoughtful in our speech and artistic expression. The language of political violence, while tempting and at times invigorating, can often lead to actual violence, and ultimately ruin.
Michael McCaffrey, for RT
Michael McCaffrey is a freelance writer, film critic and cultural commentator. He currently resides in Los Angeles where he runs his acting coaching and media consulting business. mpmacting.com/blog/