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London fire chief during Grenfell blaze to take retirement
Dany Cotton announces she will leave in April after just over three years in the role
Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent
Thu 20 Jun 2019 06.42 EDT Last modified on Thu 20 Jun 2019 19.15 EDT
Dany Cotton has been heavily criticised by survivors and the bereaved during the Grenfell inquiry. Photograph: Suki Dhanda/The Observer
Dany Cotton, the commissioner of the London fire brigade (LFB) at the time of the Grenfell Tower fire, has announced she will retire at the age of 50 after just over three years in the job.
Survivors and the bereaved heavily criticised Cotton during the first phase of the public inquiry into the disaster, when she testified that she would not have changed anything about the response.
In remarks that Natasha Elcock, the chair of the Grenfell United group, described as "heartbreaking and disrespectful", Cotton also said preparing for a cladding fire of the kind that consumed the 24-storey building on 14 June 2017 would have been like developing "a training package for a space shuttle landing on the Shard". The blaze, in which 72 people lost their lives, happened six months into her tenure.
Cotton will have been with the LFB for 32 years when she stands down in April. She has described the impact of the fire on her mental health, telling the inquiry in September that the "severe trauma for me of the responsibility of that night, the personal stress and pressure" had affected her memory. She also said she had been undergoing counselling for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Announcing her retirement, Cotton said: "The utter devastation of the Grenfell Tower fire and its impact on so many people will never leave me. I want to reassure my staff and all those affected by the tragedy that I will remain dedicated to leading London fire brigade through any findings from phase one of the public inquiry and into phase two, which is expected to begin next January."
Those conclusions about the firefighting response are scheduled for October and expected to be critical of the brigade's response and preparedness.
Grenfell United said it would not let "this carefully choreographed retirement to allow Dany Cotton to evade accountability".
The organisation added: "[Cotton] still has serious questions to answer about what happened at Grenfell. She stood in front of bereaved families who lost loved ones and said she would not change anything about that night.
"It was devastating to us … This cannot be the start of people who have lessons to learn from Grenfell heading off to retirement without taking responsibility."
The inquiry heard evidence that the stay-put policy of urging residents to remain in their flats was only abandoned at 2.47am, when in fact it was effectively redundant by 1.24am, 30 minutes after the fire had broken out behind a fridge-freezer in a fourth-floor flat.
Cotton was not on the scene until 2.49am, having driven in from her home in Kent. She was not operationally in charge, but nevertheless faced tough questioning about training and policy for dealing with high-rise fires.
She was unable to explain why, for example, when she was the brigade's director of safety and assurance in October 2016, she had not seen a slideshow presentation produced by LFB fire engineers, entitled Tall Building Facades, which showed photographs of cladding fires around the world, and did not know why it had not been distributed to watch managers who would be first on the scene of such blazes.
The presentation highlighted "a need to understand what products are being used in the facade system and their fire behaviour … These could affect the way fires develop and spread in a building."
The London mayor, Sadiq Khan, said Cotton, who was the first female LFB commissioner, was a role model and paid tribute to her "hard work, courage and dedication".
"Dany has led the London fire brigade through an unprecedented period of major incidents, including the awful Grenfell Tower tragedy, and has proven time and again that she is a truly exceptional firefighter," he said.
It is unclear who will take over. The LFB said in a statement: "Due to the early notice given by the London fire commissioner, plans to appoint a new commissioner are not yet final."
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Summer is a great time of year for Man's Best Friend. Fido gets to run and play outside, sniff grass, bask in the sun, and maybe even explore a park or two. However, hot weather can be very dangerous for our canine buddies, so it's important to take some precautions to keep your pet happy, healthy, and safe. A Fayetteville, NC vet discusses summer care for dogs below.
When it gets really hot out, keep Fido indoors, in rooms cooled by fans or air conditioners, as much as possible. If your dog spends time in the yard, make sure he always has access to shade and shelter. Last but not least, never ever leave your furry pal in a parked vehicle or a room without climate control. This can be a deadly mistake!
Making sure your canine pal always has cool, freshwater is very important. If you often find Fido's bowl empty, get him a bigger bowl or set out extra water stations. On sweltering days, drop a few ice cubes into your dog's water to cool it down.
Doggy paw pads are very sensitive. Use paw balm on Fido's feet, so he doesn't get painful blisters from running on hot surfaces.
Fleas, ticks, and mosquitos are all very active at this time of year. Be sure to keep up with Fido's vaccinations and parasite control products!
Some dogs are cooler in summer with a nice haircut. This isn't the best option for every pup, however, so consult your vet before having Fido's coat clipped. We also recommend brushing your dog regularly. Brushing will remove the dead hair, dust, and dander from your furry buddy's coat. This will help maximize the insulating qualities of his fur, keeping him cooler.
Be careful not to overexert your pooch in the heat! Don't encourage Fido to run or jump in the middle of the day. Walk and play with him in the mornings and evenings, when it's cooler.
Want to score some extra tail wags? Buy or make Fido some doggy ice cream. Or, fill a Kong toy with water, sodium-free broth, peanut butter, or ripe banana, and freeze it before giving it to him. Your canine friend may also enjoy some sodium-free broth.
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I used the Stampin' Up! Peace This Christmas, Falling Flowers and Holly Jolly Greetings stamp sets to create my card to share today.
My card design was inspired by Global Design Project #44.
The theme for my card was inspired by Stamp Ink Paper Challenge #56.
I started by stamping the snowflake image from the Peace This Christmas stamp set randomly across a panel of Island Indigo card stock in VersaMark Ink. Then I stamped the dot and star image from the Holly Jolly Greetings stamp set in VersaMark Ink over the snowflake images. I sprinkled the images with White Stampin' Emboss Powder and heat embossed them.
I stamped the sentiment from the Peace This Christmas stamp set in VersaMark Ink on the Island Indigo panel and embossed it with Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder. I adhered the stamped panel to a panel of Whisper White card stock with SNAIL and then to a Garden Green card base with Stampin' Dimensionals.
I stamped the branch image from the Falling Flowers stamp set in Garden Green ink on a panel of Whisper White card stock. I used a Blender Pen and a little more Garden Green ink to color the image and then cut it out with the matching May Flowers Framelits die. I snipped the end off the die cut and adhered it with Glue Dots to the card front.
I cut the ornament pieces from Gold and Silver Foil Sheets and Red Glimmer Paper. I adhered the pieces of the ornament together with Multipurpose Liquid Glue and then to the card front with snipped up Stampin' Dimensionals. I placed the hook die cut over the branch and adhered it with a dot of Multipurpose Liquid Glue to finish the card front.
I stamped the sentiment from the Peace This Christmas stamp set in Garden Green ink on a panel of Whisper White card stock. I stamped the snowflake and dot images that I'd used on the front of the card in Island Indigo ink (stamped off once) across the Whisper White panel and then adhered the panel inside the card.
You can find a complete list of supplies for this project, including card stock cuts, at the very bottom of this post.
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Beautiful holiday card with the embossed gold! And I love the snowflake stamped panel!
Such a pretty card!! I just love that sentiment. Thank you for joining us at Stamp, Ink, Paper!!
Awesome way you worked the sketch of the beach into the colors of your card 🙂 You are really trying to help me get started making my Christmas cards early, lol!!
Such a refreshing color combination for Christmas. Beautiful!
Absolutely beautiful card Amy! Your beautiful snowflakes in the background and the die cut for the ornament to hang on, all work together beautifully! Thanks for joining us at Stamp, Ink, Paper this week!


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A 'creepy' interview between Meghan Markle and TV host has gone viral
December 1, 2017 December 2, 2017 / Coffee Times News
Since becoming engaged to England's second prince, it was only a matter of time before everything Meghan Markle has ever said and done was analysed.
Including past interviews.
One in particular that she gave on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson has been getting a lot of attention online recently – but not because of Meghan.
Instead, the host, Craig, is being called out for his overly-personal comments, his leering attitude and shameless flirting with the actress.
The Suits actress has barely sat down when he immediately tells her how 'sensational' she looks before commenting on how smooth her skin is.
During a joke where she says 'pinch me,' he goes to do it twice, before launching into an uncomfortable line of questioning about her grooming routine.
'What a strangely hairless body you have,' he says. 'You're quite the dolphin, aren't you? You're absolutely hair free. Are you a competitive swimmer?'
He then reminds the audience that swimmers shave their 'entire' bodies to move faster through water.
Meghan laughs it off as best she can before talking about growing up on the set of Married…with Children, where her father was Director of Photography.
'I grew up on the set every day after school for 10 years,' she says. 'It's a very perverse place for a little girl who went to Catholic school no less to grow up. I'm there in my school uniform, right…'
To which he cuts her off by saying: 'Ooh, yeah.'
As everyone reacts, he reassures the audience: 'It's a joke, it's a joke…eh, kind of a joke,' before asking her what people thought of her 'little schoolgirl outfit'.
Things get even more cringeworthy as he tells her that his wife's name is Megan, before putting his head in his hands.
It's a testament to the humanitarian that she was able to keep the interview as light as she did before he ended it with a staged 'awkward pause' that included her sniffing his finger…for some reason.
The clip resurfaced following Markle's engagement to Prince Harry with many commenters calling Ferguson's remarks 'creepy' and an 'embarrassment'.
However, others have declared that the actress was fine with the interview style and that Ferguson was known for flirting with his female guests.
Markle has not commented on the clip and somehow we don't think she'll be bothering any time soon!
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USPlabs charged in money laundering, wire fraud case
Details on civil and criminal actions are released by the Justice Department
USPlabs charged in money laundering, wire fraud case Details on civil and criminal actions are released by the Justice Department Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/1j6iQCY
Tara Golshan, USA TODAY Published 4:12 p.m. ET Nov. 17, 2015 | Updated 10:20 a.m. ET Nov. 18, 2015
The Justice Department in Washington(Photo: Susan Walsh, AP)
Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated information from FDA official Howard Sklamberg on the length of time when hundreds of warning letters were sent to supplement companies.
A company known for its popular workout and weight-loss treatments has been charged with 11 counts related to the unlawful sale of dietary supplements, according to a federal indictment made public Tuesday.
The charges against Dallas-based USPlabs come after a year long sweep of 117 individuals and companies that were selling products that potentially harmed consumers.
USPlabs was one of the companies included in a 2013 USA TODAY investigation into questionable dietary supplements and the companies who provide them.
An indictment filed in a U.S. District Court in Dallas alleges that company executives committed wire fraud, mail fraud and conspiracy in connection with the scheme.
Benjamin C. Mizer, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice's civil division, said that USPlabs misled consumers about their products including the marketing of synthetic Chinese ingredients with falsified certificates of analysis as natural additives.
Ben Mizer of the Department of Justice speaks at the podium Tuesday afternoon. (Photo: Tara Golshan)
USPlabs "doctored packaging, labeling, and other paperwork to defraud others about what the product was. Much of the alleged fraud focused on the defendant's claims that their products were made from natural plant extracts," Mizer said.
Firm reformulates sports supplement in wake of outbreak
In fact, the USPlabs products were "100% synthetic," Mizer said, adding that USPlabs' "deception put lives at risk ... defendants sometimes tested the products on themselves and sold the ones that made them feel good."
USPlabs has a history of run-ins with federal regulators. It has previously come under scrutiny after federal health investigators announced that the company's workout supplement OxyElite Pro appears to be connected to dozens of serious incidents of liver injury, including one death and several cases that required liver transplants.
Firm in outbreak probe has history of run-ins with FDA
The FDA has long been scrutinized for a lack of urgency toward the illegal activity in the supplement industry.
Howard Sklamberg, FDA's Deputy Commissioner for Global Regulatory Operations and Policy, said the agency's enforcement has been "vigorous," having sent hundreds of warning letters to supplement companies over the past years.
But until now, Pieter Cohen, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School who published a report on the supplement industry in late October, said these warning letters are all the FDA has done.
The recent criminal indictment against USPlabs comes as a joint effort from six federal agencies, including the FDA, Department of Defense and U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.
"Would the FDA have done anything about this on their own? Without these outside organizations, I don't think the FDA would even have acted," Cohen said.
The FDA has been aware of the use of synthetic materials in dietary supplements for some time, Cohen said, noting past small cases.
However, USPlabs is a mainstream player in the industry with products at major retailers, Cohen said.
"The mainstream supplement industry has done nothing and finally the FDA is saying enough is enough … there are going to be criminal charges," Cohen said.
Because these dietary supplements are not legally considered drugs, companies do not have to report new products to the FDA, Sklamberg said the supplement industry is "one of the most challenging areas that FDA regulates." A previously flagged company could change the name of a product and put the FDA back at "square one" with regulation, Sklamberg said.
Sklamberg said this recent development should be a reminder to supplement companies that federal agencies are watching.
"Today's joint agency effort is a testament to our commitment to protecting consumers from potentially unsafe dietary supplements," Sklamberg said. "The criminal charges against USPlab should serve as notice to industry that if your products are found to be severely harming public health the FDA will exercise it's full authority under the law to bring you to justice and protect consumers."
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Q: ContentControl is not picking up template though DynamicResource I am trying to get this example working. I created a new WPF Custom Controls Library project and in Generic.xaml I have the following code
<ResourceDictionary
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfCustomControlLibrary1">

<ControlTemplate x:Key="myControlTemplate1">
    <TextBlock Text="This text should appear"></TextBlock>
</ControlTemplate>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type local:CustomControl1}">
    <Setter Property="Template">
        <Setter.Value>
            <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type local:CustomControl1}">
                <Border Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
                        BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}"
                        BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}">

                    <ContentControl Template="{DynamicResource myControlTemplate1}"></ContentControl>
                </Border>
            </ControlTemplate>
        </Setter.Value>
    </Setter>
</Style>

When I use my control in an application, I do not see the TextBlock. Why ?
But if I change it to use the template as StaticResource, it works. Why ?

A: I think the answer is in here (last sentence in the text below):

Static resource lookup can extend into themes, or into system resources, but this is supported only because the XAML loader defers the request. The deferral is necessary so that the runtime theme at the time the page loads applies properly to the application. However, static resource references to keys that are known to only exist in themes or as system resources are not recommended. This is because such references are not reevaluated if the theme is changed by the user in realtime. A dynamic resource reference is more reliable when you request theme or system resources. The exception is when a theme element itself requests another resource. These references should be static resource references, for the reasons mentioned earlier.

You could merge Generic.xaml in your app resources though, then the resource lookup doesn't extend into the theming.

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Taai and David's Wedding By Donald B. Wilson - Photobook editor et al.
The marriage of Tyler Francis Wilson and David Siefer at Comox United Church in British Columbia, with the reception at Courteney.
Scrimshaw for Judson college. Created in Adobe CS5. Cover was created in Photoshop CS5. This book holds submissions from the students of Judson college including artwork, stories, and poetry.


I have eight legs. I am not a pet animal but I like to stay in a house. I make webs on the corner of the walls. Who am I?
I am a pet. I chase mice away. I like milk very much. Who am I?
a. Wool is used to make sweaters.
b. Oxen carry heavy loads for us.
c. Buffaloes carry heavy loads for us.
d. Ducks can be tamed and kept in farms or homes.
e. Leather is used to make belts.
f. We get leather from sheep.
g. Elephants carry heavy loads for us.


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Johan Remen Evensen, né le  à Alsvåg, est un sauteur à ski norvégien.

Parcours sportif
Il commence sa carrière de haut niveau en 2007 en participant à des épreuves de la FIS et de la Coupe continentale. Durant la saison 2008-2009, il fait ses débuts en Coupe du monde à Trondheim où il prend la dixième place, puis monte sur son premier podium la semaine suivante à Pragelato ().

En , il prend part à ses premiers et seuls Jeux olympiques à Vancouver, remportant la médaille de bronze par équipe et terminant quinzième en individuel sur le grand tremplin.

Le , il devient le détenteur du record du monde de longueur en saut à ski avec 246,5 mètres réalisés lors de la qualification de l'épreuve de Coupe du monde de Vikersund en Norvège qu'il remporte. Il a également réalisé le deuxième plus long saut de l'histoire de l'époque, avec un vol à 243 mètres effectué le même jour lors des entraînements. Ce record a été battu depuis par Anders Fannemel en 2015, qui sauta 251,5 mètres.

Il annonce sa retraite le .

Palmarès

Jeux olympiques

Championnats du monde

Championnats du monde de vol à ski

Coupe du monde

 Meilleur classement général :  en 2011.
 Classement général année par année :  en 2009,  en 2010,  en 2011 et  en 2012.
 11 podiums :
 6 podiums en épreuve individuelle dont 1 victoire.
 5 podiums en épreuve par équipe dont 1 victoire.
 Dernière mise à jour le

Victoire individuelle

Références

Liens externes

Sauteur à ski norvégien
Sauteur à ski aux Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 2010
Naissance à Molde
Naissance en septembre 1985
Médaillé de bronze olympique norvégien

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Correction and commentary for "Ocean forecasting in terrain-following coordinates: Formulation and skill assessment of the regional ocean modeling system" by Haidvogel et al., J. Comp. Phys. 227, pp. 3595–3624статья
Дата последнего поиска статьи во внешних источниках: 29 сентября 2021 г.
Авторы: Shchepetkin Alexander F., McWilliams James C.
Журнал: Journal of Computational Physics
Издательство: Academic Press
Местоположение издательства: United States
Первая страница: 8985
Последняя страница: 9000
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2009.09.002
Аннотация: Although our names appear as co-authors in the above article, Haidvogel et. al(2008, hereafter H2008), we were not aware of its existence until after it was published. In reading the article, we discovered that significant portion of it (~40%, or 10 pages) repeats three large fragments from our own previously published work, Shchepetkin and McWilliams (2005 (hereafter SM2005), but now presented in such a way that the motivation for the specific algorithmic choices made in ROMS and the relations among the different model components are no longer clear. The model equations appearing in H2008, Sec. 2.1 (taken from an earlier article Haidvogel et al (2000) are not entirely consistent with the actual equations solved in the ROMS code, resulting in contradictions within H2008 itself. In our view the description in H2008 does not constitute a mathematically accurate statement about the hydrodynamic core of ROMS. The purpose of this note is to clarify and correct this, as well as to explain some of the algorithmic differences among ROMS versions now in use.
Добавил в систему: Щепёткин Александр Федорович


As Florida tackles an uptick in opioid overdoses, state lawmakers passed a measure Thursday that seeks to toughen state drug trafficking laws.
House Bill 477, approved unanimously by the Florida House, puts fentanyl and other synthetic drugs at the same level with heroin in the state's drug trafficking statute. It would also include first-degree murder charges for drug dealers in cases where the buyer dies from an overdose.
"We want to send a clear message to drug dealers in Florida, and that is that the Florida House is standing strong and we will not tolerate the way you prey on the weak," said Republican Rep. Jim Boyd, the primary sponsor of the bill.
The bill's passage comes a week after Gov. Rick Scott directed three state organizations to hold a series of workshops in the counties plagued most by opioid abuse. According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report, fentanyl-related deaths increased by 115 percent between 2013 and 2014. To battle this problem, the state has also reached an agreement with pharmaceutical companies to reduce the cost for a spray that helps revive people experiencing an overdose.
Under the House bill, possession of 10 grams or more of certain synthetic drugs would become a felony, which is expected to increase the state prison inmate population.
The Florida House has also passed a bill to fight opioid addiction by placing new restrictions on how doctors prescribe painkillers. Under this bill, pharmacies would have to report the dispensing of a controlled substance to a state database daily, rather than weekly.
The Florida Legislature is also taking on a bill that creates a certification program for sober homes to weed out deceptive advertising.


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Lukitxovka (en rus: Лукичёвка) és un poble (un possiólok) de la província de Vorónej, a Rússia, segons el cens del 2010 tenia 1 habitant.

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How to Reconcile Freedom of Expression and Religious Freedom?
On January 31st, 2018, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) published a chamber judgment in the case Sekmadienis Ltd. v. Lithuania (n°69317/14) about commercial advertisements attacking Christianity and public morality. The Court considered that the Lithuanian domestic courts, by condemning the clothing company to a fine, had violated its right to freedom of expression.
The contentious advertisements, broadcast in September and October 2012, depicted Jesus dressed in jeans and the Virgin Mary dressed in a white dress, each with tattoos. The State Consumer Rights Protection Authority (SCRPA), after receiving complaints, asked a commission for advertising regulation to give an opinion on the advertising campaign. This commission of experts considered that the advertisements could be seen as humiliating and degrading and that they "[could] really offend religious people." Its recommendation was to remove these advertisements and to "have regard for the feelings of religious people [and] to take a more responsible attitude towards religion-related topics in advertising." (§ 11) This opinion, followed by other complaints, led the State Inspectorate of Non-Food Products to examine the advertisements and to consider that they violated the Lithuanian Law on Advertising by being contrary to public morals. The company Sekmadienis Ltd. contested this conclusion, stating in particular that "the people depicted (...) could not be unambiguously considered as resembling religious figures" and that "the interests of one group – practising Catholics – could not be equated to those of the entire society."(§ 14) Not convinced by these arguments and after further consultations, including the Catholic Church, the SCRPA fined the clothing company.
Sekmadienis Ltd. sued the SCRPA and continued to assert that "the persons and objects shown in the advertisements were not related to religious symbols" (§ 20), that they were therefore not offensive to religious people and that its right to freedom of expression had been violated. The domestic courts considered that the restriction on freedom of expression decided by the SCRPA was legal and justified. After having exhausted all domestic remedies, the clothing company lodged an application with the ECHR, invoking Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which enshrines freedom of expression.
The parties and the ECHR agreed that the fine imposed on the applicant company because of its advertisements is a restriction on freedom of expression (§ 62), and that this restriction did pursue legitimate aims (§ 69). These are the protection of morals, arising from the Christian faith shared by 83% of the population, and the "right of religious people not to be insulted on the grounds of their beliefs" (§ 69). It is on the assessment of the "necessary" nature of the interference "in a democratic society" that the applicant company and the Lithuanian Government disagree.
Was the interference necessary to protect the right of religious people and morals?
The adjective "necessary" in Article 10-2 of the European Convention refers to the existence of a "pressing social need." (§ 71) The extent of the margin of appreciation left by the ECHR to States to assess the existence of such a need depends on the circumstances. In the present case Sekmadienis Ltd. v. Lithuania, many elements broaden the margin of appreciation left to the Lithuanian State.
Given that morals and religion are sociological and evolving data for the European Court, detached from the search for good and truth, the national authorities are the most capable of judging them. The ECHR confirms the decision Handyside v. United Kingdom of December 7th, 1972 by explaining that States enjoy wide discretion in regulating freedom of expression when "intimate personal convictions" about morals or religion are offended (§ 73).
In addition, and above all, advertisements are commercial and therefore by their nature aim to arouse emotion to trigger a purchase and increase the turnover of a company. As the European Court acknowledges, the applicant company had thus no intention to "contribute to any public debate concerning religion or any other matters of general interest" (§ 76). The judgment of Markt Intern Verlag GMBH and Klaus Beermann v. Germany of November 20th, 1989 shows that the national margin of appreciation is broader in economic matters, in particular for commercial advertising.
In spite of all these circumstances, the national margin of appreciation is never unlimited and the ECHR has made its own assessment of the necessity of the interference taking into account several factors.
According to the European Court, advertisements would be "gratuitously offensive" to religious people neither by themselves nor because of the circumstances (§ 77-78). Although 77% of the Lithuanian population belongs to the Catholic Church, the ECHR has set aside the opinion of the Lithuanian Bishops Conference of March 5th, 2013. The bishops had indeed considered, after receiving complaints from Catholic citizens, that these advertisements "[offended] the feelings of religious people."
The Court then considered that the advertisements displayed do not incite hatred based on religion and do not attack a religion "in an unwarranted or abusive manner." (§ 77) In fact, the positions, clothing and words of the characters of Jesus and Mary on advertisements do not seem to have such an objective.
The European Court could have taken greater account of this link between religion and morals in Lithuanian society, because it is unquestionable "sociological data."
The reasoning of the ECHR has weaknesses on two points used to reject the position of the Lithuanian domestic courts.
Firstly, the European Court considered that the Lithuanian domestic courts and authorities should have proven what appears to be obvious facts. In particular, they should have shown, according to the Court, that "Jesus" and "Mary" are indeed religious references and are not used only as emotional interjections (§ 79). Yet there are several visible elements that clearly show that "Jesus" and "Mary" unquestionably refer to the Biblical characters. It is for instance possible to distinguish a rosary, halos and nimbuses, two Christian crosses, a tattoo representing the pierced Immaculate Heart of Mary and a crown evoking the crown of thorns.
Secondly, the ECHR criticized the domestic courts for not having consulted both Christian non-Catholic and non-Christian religious communities (§ 80). The former represent only 5.7% of the population and are mainly composed of Orthodox Christians, who also worship the Virgin Mary. The latter represent less than 1% of the population, do not recognize Jesus as God and Son of God, and do not give to his mother Mary the same importance as in Christianity. It does not therefore seem relevant to consult them.
The impact of advertising on the public morality of the Lithuanian society has been underestimated, given the strong links between religion and morals in this predominantly Christian country. This decision, which justifies immorality in the name of freedom, could be perceived by Lithuania as discrediting human rights.
The judgment Sekmadienis Ltd. v. Lithuania should be read in the light of the ongoing work of the Council of Europe and the United Nations (UN) on freedom of expression and freedom of religion.
The Drafting Group on freedom of expression and links to other human rights, belonging to the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH), was set up to reflect on the freedom of expression in the context of "culturally diverse societies." In January 2018, the mandate of this group of experts (CCDH - EXP) was renewed for two years by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. In July 2017, the CCDH - EXP published an analysis of the jurisprudence of the ECHR on freedom of expression. This report may be considered together with the one submitted to the UN Human Rights Council on December 23rd, 2015 by the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief. Heiner Bielefeldt devoted this thematic report to the relationship between the right to freedom of religion or belief and the right to freedom of opinion and expression.
According to the report of the CCDH - EXP, the "duties and responsibilities" of those who exercise freedom of expression seem to have a weaker weight in the recent jurisprudence of the European Court.
The jurisprudence of the ECHR usually takes into account these "duties and responsibilities." In the field of religion, according to the report of the CCDH - EXP, people have an "obligation to avoid as far as possible expressions that are gratuitously offensive to others and thus an infringement of their rights, and which therefore do not contribute to any form of public debate capable of furthering progress in human affairs." In its case-law, the European Court thus tends to "[make] a clear distinction between information (facts) and opinions (value judgments), as the dissemination of the former enjoy very strong protection." Similarly, it distinguishes "between criticism and insult". In the decision Otto-Preminger-Institut v. Austria of September 20th, 1994, despite the "merit [of the film] as a work of art" and its "contribution to public debate," the Court agreed with the Austrian authorities who "in seizing the film (...) acted to ensure religious peace in that region and to prevent that some people should feel the object of attacks on their religious beliefs in an unwarranted and offensive manner." In particular, the Court noted the "provocative portrayal of God the Father, the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ."
However, CCHR-EXP experts note that "if at first the Court's approach was to leave the States more chances to invoke [the "duties and responsibilities"] in justifying an interference with the freedom of expression, then the current jurisprudence of the Court leaves the States little discretion." In the same vein, Heiner Bielefeldt generally condemns criminal sanctions for blasphemous expressions which do not advocate for "violence or discrimination." These sanctions are deemed in principle "incompatible with the provisions of freedom of religion or belief and freedom of expression." The State cannot sanction blasphemy as such, even when it shocks a large part of the population. The national margin of appreciation thus becomes limited to the evaluation of cases of expressions advocating for "violence or discrimination." The comparison between the decisions Otto-Preminger-Institut v. Austria of 1994 and Sekmadienis Ltd. v. Lithuania of 2018 demonstrates this evolution. Indeed, the ECHR seems today to neglect both the offense felt by believers and the fact that Catholics represent the main religion of the country. Furthermore, the Lithuanian advertisements are paradoxically more protected than the Austrian film, whereas they do not bring, contrary to the film, "merit as a work of art" or "contribution to public debate."
The reports of the CCDH - EXP and Heiner Bielefeldt also show an evolution in the way of assessing religious feelings of the population.
In the case-law of the European Court, "the emphasis has shifted from subjective feelings of followers of specific religious faith to a more "objective" evaluation of the public sentiments, and (...) the current approach favours an anti-conformist choice of individual persons." Therefore, in the case Sekmadienis Ltd. v. Lithuania, the ECHR tends to dissociate the opinion of Catholic representatives from that, unknown, of the faithful who remained silent on this affair. This kind of dissociation certainly matches a social reality in some cases, but it should not be seen as the general case. Indeed, the Catholic Church is a structure based on obedience in the hierarchy and to which 77% of Lithuanians freely and knowingly declare to belong. The Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief also asks to pay special attention to "freedom of expression but also (...) freedom of religion or belief (...) of members of religious minorities, converts, critics, atheists, agnostics, internal dissidents and others" By deliberately favoring "anti-conformist" religious choices, that is to say opposing institutional religions, the Council of Europe and the UN seem to judge the legitimacy of people's beliefs.
The judgment Sekmadienis Ltd. v. Lithuania shows this evolution. In Otto-Preminger-Institut v. Austria, the European Court "stated that it could not disregard the fact that the Roman Catholic religion was the religion of the overwhelming majority of Tyroleans." While the Catholic faith is - as we have seen - shared by 77% of Lithuanians and the Christian faith by 83%, the Court does not draw the consequences of these sociological data in the case Sekmadienis Ltd. v. Lithuania. On the contrary, the ECHR refers several times to the "pluralistic" Lithuanian society (for example, § 81). The Strasbourg Court thus gives disproportionate significance to the 6.1% of Lithuanians who say they do not have a religion. The morals and religion of the Lithuanians, which reveal a lack of pluralism and a national unity, do not even seem to be understood as sociological data that the Court must recognize. Whether pluralism is a social reality or not, it is in any case considered by the ECHR as an ideal that all countries should adopt. Society is not considered as it is, but as it should be according to a liberal and progressive ideology.
The duties and responsibilities constituting freedom of expression are neglected and "anti-conformist" religious choices are favored. Religious and moral relativism is therefore not an observed fact but a political and ideological choice imposed by the Council of Europe and the United Nations on reluctant peoples.
The dissemination of gratuitously offensive images, useless for the debate and endangering morals can be legitimately restricted, especially if they are commercial advertisements. Furthermore, it is essential to make a distinction between the dissemination of such advertisements and the legitimate right to criticize religions. The ECHR noticed this difference but gives it no significance. Thus, "in the Court's view, even though the advertisements had a commercial purpose and cannot be said to constitute "criticism" of religious ideas, the applicable principles are nonetheless similar" (§ 81). The European Court therefore gives a similar treatment to different situations, which is contrary to the principle of equality. Yet it is not the freedom to freely offend believers in order to sell clothes that should be protected, but the right to criticize religions and to debate religious subjects. Indeed, the protection of the feelings of religious people must not be absolute and the right to criticize religions is valuable and legitimate.
Although Christianity is the target of the Lithuanian advertisements, the broader context in which Muslim communities challenge freedom of expression makes it easier to understand the ECHR approach. It is in fact the fear of a censorship of freedom of expression by Islam that seems to lead the Court to disregard the offense felt by Lithuanian Christians and to identify permissive general principles. Indeed, the Strasbourg Court has to settle more and more disputes about freedom of expression on the Islamic religion and rightly wants to protect the ability to provoke in order to break idols and generate debate. This freedom must in fact be protected even when Muslim communities try to impose censorship by violence, including assassinations for instance on January 7th, 2015 at Charlie Hebdo's premises in Paris. The news related to Islam disturb the appreciation of the European Court and the disproportionate reactions of Muslim believers refusing any criticism of their religion incite judges to ignore in general the opinion of religious communities, even the most peaceful ones.
Nevertheless, it is difficult (if not impossible) to apply the same rules to religions that do not have the same relationship to rational debate and sincere search for truth. Indeed, while Christian communities sometimes complain about offenses aimed at hurting gratuitously and having therefore a negative impact on society as a whole and on morals, Muslim communities tend to react strongly and systematically in order to block debate, as shown by two pending cases at the ECHR. The ECLJ submitted written observations to the European Court in the case E.S. v. Austria (n° 38450/12) to explain that the statement in question referred to an established historical fact, that is, the marriage of Muhammad to a six-year-old girl (Aisha). The statement was therefore not intended to offend gratuitously, but to express a constructive criticism of Islam in order to contribute to a debate on religion and on the current practice of the marriage of pre-pubescent girls in some Muslim countries. Similarly, in the case Smirnova v. Russia (n°50228/06), the applicant's reproduction of the Muhammad cartoons of the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten was a provocation aimed at highlighting the lack of freedom in Islam and the radical Islamic violence, which have been substantiated by facts since the beginnings of Islam and until today.
Trying to identify principles applicable to all religions is illusory and leads the ECHR to despise religion in general and its relationship with morals.
Despite the current context of the tumultuous development of Islam in Europe, it is essential to revive the centuries-old European tradition of disputation on religious subjects.
In a disputation, it is not the force or the interest that triumph, but the factual truth and the correctness of the arguments. Christianity developed thanks to disputations from the beginning, in particular the "sharp dispute and debate" about Jewish prescriptions, reported by the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 15). The context of the development of universities at the end of the Middle Ages led to many disputations on theological topics. It was also during a disputation in Valladolid in the 16th century that the Dominican friar Bartolomé de las Casas was able to demonstrate that the Amerindians had a soul. Religious debates based on reason and mutual respect also took place between Christians and Muslims, for example when Saint Francis of Assisi and the Sultan of Egypt Malik al-Kamil met in 1219, despite the context of the Crusades. In his lecture of September 12th, 2006 in Regensburg on the relationship between reason and faith, Pope Benedict XVI tried to initiate a disputation about religion, which was unfortunately refused by a large part of Muslim religious leaders.
For the sake of peace, the various institutions and courts must promote the rights and freedoms encouraging the sincere search for truth, including religious truth, and open debates based on reason and combining firmness and courtesy.
 Statistics from the 2011 census: https://osp.stat.gov.lt/documents/10180/217110/Gyv_kalba_tikyba.pdf.
 Steering Committee for Human Rights, « Analysis of the relevant jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights and other Council of Europe instruments to provide additional guidance on how to reconcile freedom of expression with other rights and freedoms, in particular in culturally diverse societies », July 13th, 2017 : https://rm.coe.int/analysis-of-the-relevant-jurisprudence-of-the-european-court-of-human-/1680762b00, § 68.
 CDDH report, supra, § 68.
 Statistics from the 2011 census.
 Steering Committee for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, "Extract of the terms of reference given by the Committee of Ministers to the CDDH regarding the work of the CDDH-EXP during the 2018-2019 biennium," January 8th, 2018: https://rm.coe.int/extract-of-the-terms-of-reference-given-by-the-committee-of-ministers-/168077b6f6.
 Human Rights Council, Document A/HRC/31/18, December 23rd, 2015.
 CDDH report, supra, § 90.
 Special Rapporteur report, supra, § 61.
 CDDH report, supra, § 95.
 Special Rapporteur report, supra, § 60.
ECLJ, Written observations submitted to the ECHR in the case E.S. v. Austria (application n°38450/12), May 25th, 2016 : http://9afb0ee4c2ca3737b892-e804076442d956681ee1e5a58d07b27b.r59.cf2.rackcdn.com/ECLJ%20Docs/Obs.%20Aff.%20ES%20c.%20Autriche_001.pdf.
On this subject, see : Jacques Le Goff, Intellectuals in the Middle Ages, translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan, Oxford: Blackwell, 1993.
On this subject, see : Albert Jacquard, Le Souci des pauvres : l'héritage de François d'Assise, Calmann-Lévy, 1996.


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The Clean Energy Transition: Buying or Selling?
Brian Potskowski
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We asked opinion leaders in the US and UK: "How would you invest $100/£100 across a basket of energy sources for a maximum return in 10 years?"
The world's first commercial oil well was drilled in the late 1850s. A half-century later, oil accounted for only 2% of the world's energy usage. Fast forward another 50 years, however, and oil was accounting for one-quarter of global usage. It's a familiar pattern: energy transitions happen gradually, but not evenly—including today's.
The general destination of this energy transition is clear; murkier is what the path there will look like. Brunswick surveyed opinion leaders in the US and UK to better understand where we are on that path, and the complexion of what is—and what isn't—changing.
Having people share considered yet digestible views on such a complex, dynamic topic is obviously tricky. The transition entails both the emergence of a dozen or so new technologies as well as the transmuting of multiple fuel sources.
We began by asking a question that brought together the many different tracks of the transition and allowed respondents to articulate their beliefs in concrete terms: "How would you invest $100/£100 across a basket of energy sources for a maximum return in 10 years?"
We also wanted to understand where they stood on other key questions: Who should pay for the energy transition—and who actually will pay? When will the transition be complete? Whom do you most trust to lead the way? Which technologies have the most momentum and scalability?
The respondents represent the top 10% of the public in the US and UK in terms of their professional experience, their educational attainment, their news readership, and their engagement in financial, political and social issues. In the UK, they were split evenly between Conservative and Labour voters, while in the US the balance was 54% Democrats and 39% Republicans.
It's research we'll be revisiting and updating to see not only how the transition's trendline is moving, but also the pace and nature of that movement.
Here's What We Found
Solar Power a Clear Standout Among Renewables
In both the US and UK, solar power attracted roughly 20% of respondents' hypothetical $100/£100 investment, making it the most popular opportunity, while more than eight out of 10 in both countries agreed that the world should use more of it. Collectively, non-fossil fuels—which included on- and off-shore wind, hydropower, hydrogen, biomass and nuclear power—attracted $76 out of $100 investment dollars in the US, and £87 out of £100 in the UK.
The Road Ahead for Fossil Fuels—Signs of Divestment Coupled with Low Levels of Trust
In the four months between our first and second survey (April to August), the amount of potential investment that fossil fuels—natural gas, oil, and coal—attracted in the UK fell 13%, from £14.92 to £12.96. Interest in fossil fuels in the US in August attracted only one-quarter ($23.98) of hypothetical investment capital.
When asked who they trusted to make the right decisions regarding the energy transition, fossil fuel producers came bottom of the list in both the US and UK. Renewable energy producers and the tech sector topped both lists.
Natural Gas Shows Surprising Resilience
Bucking the trend in fossil fuels was natural gas: over half of US respondents said the world should use more of it, and allocated about 10% of their hypothetical investment toward it. In the UK, nearly 60% of respondents felt the world should either use more natural gas or that the current use was about right. Using less gas was a minority opinion in the UK (37%), where 64% believed the world should use less oil, and 70% believed the world should use less coal.
Consumers and Governments—Not Oil & Gas Companies—Are Most Likely to Pay for the Transition
That's an outcome respondents seem resigned to, even though only 22% felt that consumers should pay for it. Roughly half (45% in both the US and UK) felt that oil and gas producers should pay for the transition, but only one in four people in the UK believe that will happen, and only one in three in the US do. The assumption that consumers will actually bear the costs of the energy transition corresponds to a significant decline in optimism about whether the world will actually complete the energy transition and achieve net zero.
Party Lines Really Matter
The divide by party over priorities was significant. Fifty-eight percent of Republicans felt promoting growth, even if it meant continued use of fossil fuels, was more important than lowering carbon emissions, an effort that might carry higher taxes or energy costs. Roughly 60% of US Democrats, along with UK Conservatives and Labour voters, went the other way, saying lowering carbon emissions was more important even if it resulted in slower growth. This trend was repeated on other key questions, with the partisan split being more evident in the US.
For instance, respondents were asked which they felt would cost more: adapting to the impact of climate change if we continue to use fossil fuels, or transitioning away from fossil fuels and implementing changes to reduce carbon emissions. A majority of Labour (71%) and Conservative (53%) voters felt adapting to climate change would be more expensive than transitioning. In the US, 59% of Democrats agreed, while 60% of Republicans felt the opposite, that transitioning from fossil fuels would be more costly.
This divide also surfaced on the question of "moonshot" investments. We asked: Is climate change so serious that government, business and the financial community should put aside traditional models of investment/return and take a "moonshot" approach to developing transformational technology? Or should they follow the traditional investment/return model and provide the right conditions for transformational technology to emerge? Only a majority of Republicans (60%) favored market forces, while a strong majority of UK Conservatives, Labour voters, and Democrats wanted "moonshot" investments.
Bucking the trend in fossil fuels was natural gas: over half of US respondents said the world should use more of it, and allocated about 10% of their hypothetical investment toward it.
Deep Belief in Tech—And Some Confusion Also
Respondents in both countries believed that investments in technology to replace fossil fuels should be prioritized—even over carbon reduction and efficiency efforts. And they were deeply optimistic about future tech solutions. Majorities in both countries believe that within the next 20 years:
•Traditional oil and gas companies and utility providers will be less important in the energy sector than new technology companies.
•New technologies will be used to meaningfully reduce atmospheric carbon levels and also increase clean energy solutions.
Asked with whom the oil and gas sector should partner for the energy transition, the tech sector came second only to governments.
While confidence and optimism in tech's capabilities are high, knowledge of their innovations is quite low. From a list of 10 clean-tech innovations (drawn from Bill Gates' How to Avoid a Climate Disaster), a majority of respondents felt they could only explain two to a colleague: electric vehicles and batteries.
6 Takeaways for the Energy Sector
1. Oil and coal producers will face mounting skepticism and resistance in the policy debate and in public discourse. For the moment, support for natural gas remains resilient, particularly in the US, but we may be nearing the end of that bridge.
2. Producers of fossil fuels will continue to be stuck at the bottom of the trust ladder until they can make the case that they are critical to the transition and part of the solution, rather than a problem to be cleaned up.
3. There is little appreciation for the energy sector's investments in facilitating the transition. This feeds the belief that costs will be passed to consumers, erodes confidence in the transition and limits political support for the sector.
4. Partnerships with government, the tech sector and other institutions are not only advantageous, but also expected as a demonstration of commitment to the energy transition and the climate.
5. There is permission to think big. Opinion leaders are expecting businesses and government to take a "moonshot" approach to a new clean energy and zero carbon future.
6. There is an enormous opportunity for companies across the energy sector to educate stakeholders and the public on cleantech innovation and share the mantle of a leading "clean-tech company."
Patrick Handley, a Partner, is co-head of Brunswick's Energy & Resources group. Brian Potskowski is a Partner specializing in climate who has spent more than a decade focusing on the energy transition. Jeremy Ruch is a Director specializing in opinion research, issue management and corporate reputation with Brunswick Insight. All are based in London.
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No Man's Sky: Music for an Infinite Universe + Soundscapes
Wild Light
We Were Exploding Anyway
The Destruction of Small Ideas
One Time for All Time
The Fall of Math
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Taipei (single)
Heavy Sky EP
Weak4/Come to Me (single)
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65 to play… the Boiler Shop
by tofr
The fine people of Newcastle Upon Tyne are in for a treat this autumn. Local venue the Boiler Shop is hosting some fine artists: Liars, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Mark Lanegan Band, and Public Service Broadcasting, among many others.
Earlier this month it was confirmed that 65 has been added to that impressive list. They'll be playing there on December 5th. This is the official line:
"65daysofstatic are a noisy instrumental band formed in Sheffield in 2001. They have released six albums and numerous EPs and singles, developing a sound that is as compelling as it is divisive. Once intent on taking over the world with noise, they now content themselves with taking it over one room of people at a time.
Their music has taken them from the club circuits of Northern Europe to the arenas and dive bars of America; warehouses on the edge of Siberia to airstrips, jungles and all-nighters in the Far East and Australia.
Please note, this show is 14+ (under 16s must be accompanied by someone who's 18 or over)."
Tickets for the show can be found here.
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An Up-Close Look at Toronto's Construction Boom
Jenny Ragan
As Canada's largest city, Toronto is known for its diverse culture, buzzing nightlife, towering skyscrapers, and an iconic waterfront skyline. The city is home to some of the tallest buildings in Canada, including the famed CN tower.
And though skyscrapers certainly aren't new to Toronto, a recent construction boom is drastically changing the already impressive skyline, making the city one of the biggest construction sites in all of North America.
To date, Toronto has 100 high-rises in construction, 300 proposed high-rises, and 220 construction cranes—more than any other city on the continent. Soon enough, Toronto will overtake Chicago (and fall just behind New York City) for the city with the most skyscrapers in the U.S. and Canada.
In this post, we'll take a look at what's driving this construction boom, then imagine the future of skyscrapers in Toronto. But first, watch the video to learn how Toronto's skyline is changing:
Driving Factors in Toronto's Construction Boom
As with most cities, the catalyst for Toronto's construction boom is multi-faceted. Increased housing demand, immigration, and investment have led to an explosion in building across the city. Evolving city policies have also put skyscraper construction into overdrive.
Let's dive deeper into the factors contributing to Toronto's race to the sky:
Housing Demand
According to 2021 census data, the population of downtown Toronto grew 16.1% from 2016 to 2021. This exponential population growth pattern isn't slowing down anytime soon, even despite the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led to a mass exodus from cities like Chicago, San Francisco, and New York City.
The city has struggled to keep up with the existing housing demand, and as the population continues to grow, the housing shortage is expected to get worse. To combat the problem, Ontario will need to build one million new homes to accommodate the surge in residents.
It's not just Toronto's downtown area that's growing. 100,000 people are pouring into the greater Toronto area every year, with much of the growth driven by immigration. In fact, Canada's population increased 5.2% from 2016-2021, and 80% of new residents came from other countries.
Immigrants from Saudi Arabia, Australia, South Africa, and Turkey make up the majority of the population growth, and 90% of these immigrants settled in urban centers like Toronto. Overall, this surge in immigration has led to an almost 10% growth of Toronto's distant suburbs.
As Toronto politicians grapple with the challenges of a rapid population increase, they're creating new policies to curb the growing pains. One of the most important changes is to make Toronto's city footprint grow up rather than outward.
Whereas Manhattan became America's skyscraper capital due to lack of space, Toronto certainly isn't lacking in that department. Yet only a small segment of the city is zoned for high-rise buildings, and a massive 75% of buildable land in Toronto is zoned for low-rise development only.
The shortage of zoned land has led to a dramatic increase in land value downtown. Consequently, Toronto is building upward due to rising land value, zoning laws, and a desire for walkability.
Investors are taking note of the city's housing shortage, meaning an astounding 90% of the new towers under construction in Toronto are residential (or will contain residential units).
The Toronto Skyline of the Future
At the heart of the residential building boom in downtown Toronto lies The One—a skyscraper that will rise 308.6 meters (1,012 feet) above the city, making it Canada's tallest apartment building and first supertall skyscraper.
Upon completion, The One will offer apartments, commercial space, and a hotel. Because the innovative skyscraper sits on the corner of the bustling Yonge and Bloor streets, engineers pushed the limits to maximize the size and volume of the space.
To make the most of the space inside the building, weight is transferred to giant exterior columns that stretch the height of the tower. Floors are hung on this frame by the building's distinctive diagonal beams, and cutaways are added to the mechanical floors to accommodate the city's strong gusts of wind.
The end result is a skyscraper that sets a new standard for new construction in downtown Toronto and signifies the rebirth of urbanism in Canada.
Solving Skyscraper Construction Headaches with Autodesk
Whether designing Canada's tallest building or a more humble tower, there are many challenges that go into any type of skyscraper construction. Fortunately, Autodesk can help solve design headaches across a varied range of disciplines.
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From creating a 3D model of a ground floor office to topping off a building 300 meters in the air, Autodesk Build allows everyone to stay in the loop and seamlessly share documents.
Dive Deeper Into Toronto's Construction Boom
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In many cultures, there's a holiday tradition of baking bread with a small token hidden inside, such as a coin or a whole almond. It's a nice surprise for whoever gets the slice with the token, which is sometimes said to bring a year of good luck.
Though our own version may be showier than is accustomed, King's Day Bread (or Rosca de Reyes in Spanish) is always adorned with candied fruits. King's Day, January 6, commemorates the arrival of the three Wise Men in Bethlehem with gifts for baby Jesus. The baker customarily hides a figurine of baby Jesus inside the dough. The bread has a particularly rich tradition in Mexico, where the person served the piece with the figurine is obliged, traditionally, to host a tamal dinner on February 2 (the Day of the Virgin of Candelaria).
Versions of the citron-tinged bread—also known as Three Kings Bread, Twelfth Night Cake, or Brioche des Rois—are eaten in many countries, including France, Spain, and Portugal. In addition to King's Day, the bread is also prepared for Twelfth Night (a Christian holiday 12 days after Christmas) and in New Orleans during Mardi Gras.
This is a wonderful looking, and tasting I am sure, Roscón de Reyes (as we call it in Spain, instead of the Mexican Rosca) and I am definitely going to have a go… even if in Barcelona one would not dream of making it oneself, just finding the right pastelería or pastisseria!


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This is strong proof of the company's determined efforts to ensure safety. The jury commended Lapland Safaris for its pioneering work in developing safety in the tourism field and particularly programme services in Lapland. Lapland Safaris is a nationally significant producer of tourism services. The company has cooperated closely with authorities and educational institutions to develop safety practices and new product ideas. Lapland Safaris has been an active and uniting force between different authorities in developing safety practices and arranging exercises. The Finnish Association of Fire Chiefs together with the Finnish Hospitality Association, the Federation of Finnish Financial Services and the producer of Turvallisuusuutiset.fi site established the award to promote safety work in the tourism and restaurant field. The award is presented for exemplary accident-prevention work or events or activities that have prevented or limited the amount of damage, outstanding efforts to improve safety in the tourism and restaurant field or the development of a safety-promoting device, procedure or practice. The safety award goes to a company or organization. This is the fourth time it has been presented. The award proposal was made by Dr Johan Edelheim of the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Director-General Timo E. Korva of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Lapland, Head of Security Kari Tiermas of the City of Rovaniemi and Team Leader Pekka Koivukangas of Voluntary Rescue Services (Vapepa). Heartfelt thanks go out to everyone who has strived to promote safety work and thinking at Lapland Safaris. Special thanks go to Markku Seurujärvi, who for over ten years has been in the forefront in promoting safety thinking in our company as well as cooperation among companies and safety authorities. Examples include our safety course for guides, tailored first-aid training and rescue maps.


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Q: How to read a binary file quickly in c#? (ReadOnlySpan vs MemoryStream) I'm trying to parse a binary file as fastest as possible. So this is what I first tried to do:
using (FileStream filestream = path.OpenRead()) {
   using (var d = new GZipStream(filestream, CompressionMode.Decompress)) {
      using (MemoryStream m = new MemoryStream()) {
         d.CopyTo(m);
         m.Position = 0;

         using (BinaryReaderBigEndian b = new BinaryReaderBigEndian(m)) {
            while (b.BaseStream.Position != b.BaseStream.Length) {
               UInt32 value = b.ReadUInt32();
}  }  }  }  }

Where BinaryReaderBigEndian class is implemented as it follows:
public static class BinaryReaderBigEndian {
   public BinaryReaderBigEndian(Stream stream) : base(stream) { }

   public override UInt32 ReadUInt32() {
      var x = base.ReadBytes(4);
      Array.Reverse(x);
      return BitConverter.ToUInt32(x, 0);
}  }

Then, I tried to get a performance improvement using ReadOnlySpan instead of MemoryStream. So, I tried doing:
using (FileStream filestream = path.OpenRead()) {
   using (var d = new GZipStream(filestream, CompressionMode.Decompress)) {
      using (MemoryStream m = new MemoryStream()) {
         d.CopyTo(m);
         int position = 0;
         ReadOnlySpan<byte> stream = new ReadOnlySpan<byte>(m.ToArray());

         while (position != stream.Length) {
            UInt32 value = stream.ReadUInt32(position);
            position += 4;
}  }  }  }

Where BinaryReaderBigEndian class changed in:
public static class BinaryReaderBigEndian {
   public override UInt32 ReadUInt32(this ReadOnlySpan<byte> stream, int start) {
      var data = stream.Slice(start, 4).ToArray();
      Array.Reverse(x);
      return BitConverter.ToUInt32(x, 0);
}  }

But, unfortunately, I didn't notice any improvement. So, where am I doing wrong?

A: I did some measurement of your code on my computer (Intel Q9400, 8 GiB RAM, SSD disk, Win10 x64 Home, .NET Framework 4/7/2, tested with 15 MB (when unpacked) file) with these results:
No-Span version: 520 ms
Span version: 720 ms
So Span version is actually slower! Why? Because new ReadOnlySpan<byte>(m.ToArray()) performs additional copy of whole file and also ReadUInt32() performs many slicings of the Span (slicing is cheap, but not free). Since you performed more work, you can't expect performance to be any better just because you used Span.
So can we do better? Yes. It turns out that the slowest part of your code is actually garbage collection caused by repeatedly allocating 4-byte Arrays created by the .ToArray() calls in ReadUInt32() method. You can avoid it by implementing ReadUInt32() yourself. It's pretty easy and also eliminates need for Span slicing. You can also replace new ReadOnlySpan<byte>(m.ToArray()) with new ReadOnlySpan<byte>(m.GetBuffer()).Slice(0, (int)m.Length);, which performs cheap slicing instead of copy of whole file. So now code looks like this:
public static void Read(FileInfo path)
{
    using (FileStream filestream = path.OpenRead())
    {
        using (var d = new GZipStream(filestream, CompressionMode.Decompress))
        {
            using (MemoryStream m = new MemoryStream())
            {
                d.CopyTo(m);
                int position = 0;

                ReadOnlySpan<byte> stream = new ReadOnlySpan<byte>(m.GetBuffer()).Slice(0, (int)m.Length);

                while (position != stream.Length)
                {
                    UInt32 value = stream.ReadUInt32(position);
                    position += 4;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

public static class BinaryReaderBigEndian
{
    public static UInt32 ReadUInt32(this ReadOnlySpan<byte> stream, int start)
    {
        UInt32 res = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
            {
                res = (res << 8) | (((UInt32)stream[start + i]) & 0xff);
        }
        return res;
    }
}

With these changes I get from 720 ms down to 165 ms (4x faster). Sounds great, doesn't it? But we can do even better. We can completely avoid MemoryStream copy and inline and further optimize ReadUInt32():
public static void Read(FileInfo path)
{
    using (FileStream filestream = path.OpenRead())
    {
        using (var d = new GZipStream(filestream, CompressionMode.Decompress))
        {
            var buffer = new byte[64 * 1024];

            do
            {
                int bufferDataLength = FillBuffer(d, buffer);

                if (bufferDataLength % 4 != 0)
                    throw new Exception("Stream length not divisible by 4");

                if (bufferDataLength == 0)
                    break;

                for (int i = 0; i < bufferDataLength; i += 4)
                {
                    uint value = unchecked(
                        (((uint)buffer[i]) << 24)
                        | (((uint)buffer[i + 1]) << 16)
                        | (((uint)buffer[i + 2]) << 8)
                        | (((uint)buffer[i + 3]) << 0));
                }

            } while (true);
        }
    }
}

private static int FillBuffer(Stream stream, byte[] buffer)
{
    int read = 0;
    int totalRead = 0;
    do
    {
        read = stream.Read(buffer, totalRead, buffer.Length - totalRead);
        totalRead += read;

    } while (read > 0 && totalRead < buffer.Length);

    return totalRead;
}

And now it takes less than 90 ms (8x faster then the original!). And without Span! Span is great in situations, where it allows perform slicing and avoid array copy, but it won't improve performance just by blindly using it. After all, Span is designed to have performance characteristics on par with Array, but not better (and only on runtimes that have special support for it, such as .NET Core 2.1).


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The upcoming two-part film adaptation of Broadway's Wicked has found its Fiyero: stage and screen star Jonathan Bailey. He joins the previously announced Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, set to star as Elphaba and Glinda, respectively.
Following news that Bailey was in talks to star in the film reported by Variety, director Jon M. Chu confirmed the casting with a tweet September 21.
He's perfect, they're perfect. They'd be perfect together. Born to be forever….. I am too excited to pretend this hasn't been happening. We have a Fiyero!!!! #JonathanBailey #Wicked https://t.co/meT51cGqDe
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Perhaps best known for his performance as Anthony, Viscount Bridgerton in Netflix's Bridgerton, Bailey is a star of stage and screen. As a child actor, he appeared in London's West End as Gavroche in Les Misérables, later winning an Olivier for his performance as Jamie in Marianne Elliott's gender-swapped revival of Stephen Sondheim's Company. Most recently, he starred in a revival of Mike Bartlett's Cockm, also in the West End.
The two-part Wicked film adaptation, which will include new songs by Stephen Schwartz, is scheduled for release December 25 of 2024 and 2025, with In the Heights screen director Chu at the helm. Wicked book writer Winnie Holzman is penning the screenplay, and Tony winner Paul Tazewell will design the costumes.
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6 Foodie Businesses Among Mission Main Street Grant Recipients
Published: Sep 22, 2015 Last Updated: Jan 26, 2020 by Joshua Sophy In Small Business Loans 1
It's tough to make it in the food industry these days.
Trends change so quickly and as they do, they're liable to take a lot of food-inspired startups with them.
Six small businesses in the food industry recently got some help in keeping their mission going. They were named among the 20 recipients of this year's Chase Mission Main Street Grants program.
Each winner gets $100,000 furnished by Chase and a trip to LinkedIn headquarters later this year for what's being billed as a Small Business Boot Camp aimed at helping these recipients leverage the power of the social site and its digital marketing.
One of those companies is a startup formed by Ohio State University graduates who happen to be identical twins. Strangely (for some) their business is based in beef jerky and video games. They call it Jerky XP and its mission is to deliver beef jerky to hungry gamers who simply can't put down their controllers for more than a minute to snack.
So, what got Jerky XP one of the 20 grants awarded this year? It's passion … passion for their business, their product, and their mission.
"We're looking for someone who's so wildly passionate about their business. They will ask people to carry the water with them. We're looking for that kind of mentality," says Allison Bennett, Chase for Business Chief Marketing Officer, in an interview with Small Business Trends.
How passionate are the OSU twins? They've even onboarded help of the four-legged variety and named their dog as CEO. Bennett was on hand to deliver an over-sized novelty check to the founders of Jerky XP recently and said the twins' dog even participated in the ceremony, accepting the check. (If it were really up to the dog, though, Jerky XP might be forced to take the winnings in jerky only!)
Instead, that $100,000 should go a long way for a budding small business like theirs. The significant amount of the award is by design, Bennett says.
"The reason we set that money so high is that they can do something meaningful with it," she adds.
Here are the other recipients of Chase Mission Main Street grants also in the food industry:
Tilit Chef Goods, New York City: Black-and-white checkered chef pants and ugly, black non-skid shoes begone! This New York company is tasked with making chefs, other restaurant employees, and even the home cook look fashionable — yet practical — while they're in the kitchen.
Vimala's Curryblossom Cafe, Chapel Hill, North Carolina: This small business is keeping one corner of the Triangle well fed with some authentic farm-to-fork Asian cuisine.
Wilbur's of Maine Chocolate Confections, Freeport, Maine: Tucked away in northern New England, this business keeps the Downeaster's sweet tooth satiated but it's also selling confections online and over the phone, too.
Campbell Cheese & Grocery, Brooklyn, New York: Staying atop the trends in Brooklyn is tough work but this grocery store is keeping up by selling cheese, charcuterie, chocolates, local produce, beer, and more. It also offers a full line of ready-to-eat fare as well as sustaining a catering business.
Real Good Fish, Moss Landing, California: Fresh, local seafood is always popular and that's where this company shines. It focuses on providing sustainable seafood to part of California's coastline, sourcing all products from local fishing outfits.
Bennett provides these stats from Chase on how the Mission Main Street Grants program has impacted previous recipients. These numbers show just how significant such a largess can be for a small business:
92 percent have hired at least one new employee
More than 85 percent have increased profit or revenue
89 percent have increased consumer traffic
One-third have opened a new location
Nearly 60 percent establish new vendors and relationships
60 percent purchase new equipment
The benefits of winning go beyond the $100,000, though. Part of the winning package also includes that trip to LinkedIn headquarters.
LinkedIn is the Premiere Sponsor of this year's Mission Main Street Grants program. It's aimed at providing for-profit small businesses (with less than a hundred employees) capital for growth. The grant program also arms small businesses with knowledge and tools to assist their digital growth, especially through LinkedIn.
Each of these businesses will get $100,000 from Chase and will be flown from their locations to a Small Business Boot Camp held at LinkedIn headquarters in Mountain View, California. At the boot camp, grant recipients will get to network with fellow recipients and also learn how to leverage the social network for their own business's growth.
There will also be a special seminar hosted by CNBC host Marcus Lemonis.
The boot camp also shows small businesses how to use other digital content to grow.
Here are all the other 2015 recipients of the Chase Mission Main Street Grants of $100,000:
Azule Staffing LLC, Eagan, Minnesota
Bay Area Medical Academy, San Francisco
Clearly Innovative, Washington, D.C.
Global Disability Inclusion LLC, St. Augustine, Florida
GreenLynx, Sebastopol, California
Guerilla Gravity, Denver
Harlem Doggie Day Spa, New York City
Larry's Barber College, Chicago
LeiManu Designs, Kea'au, Hawai'i
LuminAID Lab, Houston
Sustainable Lumber Company LLC, Missoula, Montana
Scratch and Peck Feeds, Bellingham, Washington
The Hive Colony LLC, Warren, Michigan
Veterans Green Projects Initiative, San Diego
The grant program has been in place since 2012. To date, more than $8 million have been awarded to small businesses from Maine to Hawai'i (which happens to be the geographic range of this year's recipients).
Recipients in the Chase Mission Main Street Grants program must pass through several stages of the contest before getting their $100,000 and trip to LinkedIn headquarters for the boot camp.
First, small businesses must apply to become eligible to receive the grant. This year's application period was between May 4 and June 5.
The application is to specify — among other things outlined in the grant program's rules — how a small business intends to use its grant money, if it were to be declared a winner. And then Chase requires that any grant awarded be used as the small business intended in its application.
Then, a small business must garner a minimum number of votes to pass through to the next phase of the contest. This year, a company had to get 250 votes from Facebook users by June 19. Small businesses reaching that threshold had their applications passed on to a panel of experts assembled by Chase.
The panel was tasked with whittling down the field to come up with 20 recipients. Chase does not endorse or validate any small business that receives these grants, simply because they're deemed recipients.
Not all small businesses are eligible to receive Mission Main Street Grants from Chase. For instance, a business must be a for-profit venture. Also, a company needs to be a more established small business. The contest rules specify that a company must be in continuous operation for at least 24 months to be eligible.
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Warre est un petit village de la commune de Durbuy située en Région wallonne dans la province de Luxembourg. Warre faisait partie de la commune de Tohogne jusqu'à la fusion des communes de 1977.

Histoire
On a retrouvé à Warre des traces d'une occupation humaine dès la Préhistoire. Le village a appartenu à la Terre de Durbuy et au comté de Luxembourg.

Géographie
Warre se situe à moins de trois kilomètres de la ville de Durbuy. Le village s'étire sur le haut du versant gauche surplombant la vallée de l'Ourthe. Vers le nord, en direction de Tohogne, il s'ouvre vers un plateau recouvert de prairie et de cultures. Tandis que dans les autres directions, il domine des contreforts rocheux et boisés.

Patrimoine
La principale richesse culturelle du village est sans doute l'église du Sacré-Cœur (qui surplombe la vallée de l'Ourthe). Construite en 1888 par M. Côme, elle accueille, chaque lundi de Pentecôte depuis 1916, les pèlerins venus prier sainte Gode, qui est invoquée contre la goutte, les rhumatismes et les maladies de peau.

Le village possède aussi de jolies anciennes fermes du  faites de moellons calcaires.

L'habitat s'est développé le long de deux axes parallèles.

Sur l'un de ces axes, à la sortie du village vers Tohogne, on peut voir la croix Sainte-Barbe qui, bien qu'érigée en 1829, est déjà renseignée sur la Carte de Ferraris établie entre 1771 et 1778.

Économie

La principale activité économique a toujours été l'agriculture même si le nombre d'agriculteurs a continuellement baissé pour ne plus en avoir, aujourd'hui, qu'un seul. L'exploitation forestière est aussi présente dans une moindre mesure. Il est remarquable de signaler le développement d'un industrie métallurgique, et cela jusqu'au , qui s'est développée autour de minerais proche du village.

Au Sud-Ouest du village est installé un parc residentiel

On remarque depuis plusieurs dizaines d'années, la transformation des habitations en gîtes ruraux et une augmentation de l'activité dans l'unique exploitation agricole, encore présente.

Un garage automobile y est installé.

Un restaurant s'est implanté dans l'une des rues principales en 2012.

Notes et références

Liens externes

Commune avant fusion dans l'arrondissement de Marche-en-Famenne
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Take your iPad along on your next flight review!
The FAA is putting renewed emphasis on the Flight Review, the biennial (or hopefully more often) training event that all pilots should complete with a flight instructor. In a recent update to Advisory Circular 61-98, the FAA is emphasizing some hot topics in aviation circles, like stabilized approaches, hand flying without automation and traffic pattern operations. Those are certainly important skills to focus on, but one area that many pilots ignore is proficiency with avionics – and yes, that means tablets too.
You could argue that the FAA's focus on stick and rudder flying competes with this, but we would disagree. It's quite possible to be proficient at using your avionics and be proficient at hand flying. In fact, we would argue that being proficient with your avionics leads to less heads-down time, less distraction and safer flying.
As the old saying goes, "train like you fly, fly like you train." If you fly with an iPad, don't hide it during your training flights. Better to make it an integral part of your proficiency program, whether you're on your own or with an instructor – including what to do if it fails.
It is within your discretion to require a "manual" flight plan created with a sectional chart, plotter, and E6B. In real-world flying, however, many pilots today use tablet-based apps and online flight planning software for basic information and calculations. Appropriate use of these tools can enhance safety in several ways: they provide precise course and heading information; the convenience may encourage more consistent use of a flight plan; and automating manual calculations leaves more time to consider weather, performance, terrain, alternatives, and other aspects of the flight. Encouraging the pilot to use his or her preferred online tool will give you a more realistic picture of real-world behavior, and the computer-generated plan will give you an excellent opportunity to point out both the advantages and the potential pitfalls of this method.
Do you know how to use the built-in weather briefing tools in your favorite app?
Review your currency and experience. You'll get the most out of any flight review if you start with a plan. Sit down and review where you are with your iPad and app skills. Are you experienced and just need to stay up to date? Or are you new to the world of Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs) and need some in-depth study? Make a plan to focus on those areas that directly impact the type of flying you do.
Regulatory review. This doesn't have to be long and boring, but just like a good session with a flight instructor covers some of the essential FARs, so too an iPad flight review should consult the regs. They do change from time to time, so it's important to stay current with the FAA's advice on using an EFB in the cockpit. Here's a good summary of the applicable regulations.
Basic iPad overview. Before you start working on aviation-specific features, make sure you understand the essentials of your tablet. This includes topics like the iPad's battery limitations, iOS shortcuts, troubleshooting procedures and how to use screenshots. These are basic skills that can save you a lot of time in the cockpit.
Preflight planning. Go over the key elements to planning a flight and what your particular flow is: reviewing airport information, planning a route (including preferred routes), reviewing airspace and terrain, and filing flight plans. In particular, make sure you understand the new ICAO flight plan procedures, which will soon become mandatory.
Weather briefings. After planning a flight, go through your weather briefing flow. If you typically use Flight Service, request a briefing for a sample flight and review each element in detail. Are there sections you don't understand? If you do your own briefing, consider each of the resources you use and how they fit together. The FAA offers some tips for a good briefing, but at a minimum you should know how to find: the big picture (prog charts, synopsis), radar, METARs and TAFs, Pilot Reports and NOTAMs. Explore the weather section of your app and look for products you may not be using.
Cockpit setup and taxi. Before taking off, review your cockpit procedures. Is your mount or kneeboard in a safe place? Do you set up key information before you start the engine, to minimize heads-down time? Do you know how to use taxi charts to maintain situational awareness on the ground? Here's a quick checklist to make sure your iPad is ready to go.
Instrument procedures. There are a lot of potential topics to cover here, depending on your experience level. Some essentials would include: how to use automatic flight plan tools like ForeFlight's Procedure Advisor, how to display approach plates on the map screen, how to change approaches quickly in flight if ATC switches runways, and how to use geo-referencing.
Automation management. This phrase is usually applied to autopilots and flight directors, but it's also valid for iPad apps. If something goes wrong in the cockpit, make sure you know how to downgrade the automation on your iPad. Can you get back to the basic moving map page if you get confused? Most important of all, can you fly the airplane without your iPad if it decides to quit?
Accessories. Most pilots fly with some type of iPad accessory, whether it's an ADS-B receiver or a basic GPS. If you're flying with an ADS-B receiver, be sure you understand how it works and the difference between weather and traffic transmissions. If you use it for backup attitude, make sure you know how to calibrate the attitude display. If you use a Bluetooth GPS, review pairing procedures and how to check the status of the GPS reception. Finally, if your iPad is connected to your panel, you should be comfortable with the overall system design, any flight plan transfer features and weather data that comes from the panel.
What's new. App developers are constantly releasing updates, so make it a formal part of your iPad flight review to seek out new features or design updates. If you don't learn at least one new thing during your work, you probably didn't look hard enough.
A lot of this proficiency work can be completed at home or really anytime you have your iPad with you. That makes it a perfect training topic for rainy days or times when you can't get in the air. It could be a half day, once a year event or a shorter, monthly review.
You can also use your iPad during a Flight Review to enhance the training environment. We like to use Lightspeed's FlightLink app (for audio recording) and track logging features from ForeFlight, Garmin Pilot and CloudAhoy (for reviewing maneuvers and approaches). Both allow you to debrief your training flight in a much more structured way.
Any other proficiency habits you use to stay sharp with your tablet? Add a comment.
One of the best ways to get proficient with an iPad is to use it in flight when someone else is flying. What better way than when flying commercial. I've taken the stratus and iPad on many commercial flights. The flight plan data as filed is available on Flightaware.com and you can see SIDS, STARS and practice flightplan changes as ATC changes the route. Anticipating the approach based on the ADSB METARS is a good exercise for loading approaches then making changes quickly if your hunch is wrong. The AHARS with synthetic vision gives a good view out the front and is especially fun on a day when the ducks are walking. Many times a fellow passenger will look over and inquire and I've always had a good conversation about GA the fun of being a pilot.
Do the flight attendants ever ask what you are doing, or tell you not to use it?
No problems on Southwest. On a layover with no plane change at DCA, I moved up to the second row but stayed on the plane. The flight crew came back and talked with several of us while we watched ADSB traffic and weather.


This month sees the launch of Gelly Lips from Barry M Cosmetics. The highly pigmented lightweight formula comes in an easy to use crayon format for instant definition designed to leave lips sculpted, smooth and shiny. Gelly Lips are available in five colours including Vega (cherry red), Alpha (bright red), Electra (hot pink), Sirius (pink), and Capella (rose pink). Priced at £4.99, Gelly Lips launches at Superdrug on March 12 and Boots on March 19.


Outdoor concert of Jardier in a beautiful atrium of Vetrinjski dvor in the centre of Maribor attracted quite a bunch of people.
The hype around this band was present in Slovenia for some time now and with a good reason - they're still quite young as a band and have only one album behind them, but Alex Raztresen with his great voice and experienced musicians that are more than just a great support, are really cool live.
Even small rain didn't stop their fans to enjoy the great performance - I'm already looking forward seeing them again.