Finding the perfect tent for Bicycle Touring | Exped Vela I Extreme or VauDe Taurus-UL2p?
Bicycle Traveler who wanders alone, usually possess one-person lightweight tent, due to the small dimensions and limited space in panniers. By outdoor reviews and travelers advice, the tent must be lightweight, pitching easily, stable and durable. List of tents suitable for Bicycle Touring is large and searching in middle price range was a challenge. Choosing a small and light tent is a logical choice, but sooner or later, every self-supported traveler finds himself in a situation that forces him to stop. Due to bad weather, he has to stay in a tent for several days with no extra space for a little bit of comfort.
It was one of that night, when I was clutching wet in Ferrino Ligtent 1 and recognizing soon, this certainly wasn't the right tent for my size. Result is a search for a different tent. Soon I sold it to a much smaller, guy who went to Iceland. Purchase of new part of outdoor equipment, usually begins with reading more reviews, considering recommendations and brand names like Vaude, MSR, Exped, Hilleberg and special army hammocks.
There are many hammock choices on the market, but only few brands are made for the long haul. Regarding hammocks, actually "drifting beds" I have a good experience. Clark Jungle Hammock-North American, which I bought in the U.S. is very useful when trekking along forest terrain for short periods or in tropical climate. It has almost everything as a tent has. Personally, although excellent, I was not sleeping good in it, because it is still a hammock and sleeping in "U" position was just not comfortable enough for me. The manufacturer now offers a hanging tent version of hammock.The original Hammock tent, made for long haul. Good stuff.
Travelers who don't like to make any compromises regarding the quality, Hilleberg tents are the best option (Hilleberg Suolo and Staika). Since the price exceeds the budget of many touring cyclists, we have to deside between quality and price. I have decide between MSR (Hubba Hubba, Hubba, Nook, Carbon Reflex), Exped Vela I Extreme and Vaude. I have chosen the Vaude Taurus UL2, rather then similar model Vaude Hogan or smaller Argon. A decision was made, due to simplicity of the construction and ease of pitching. All of those tents have similar characteristics. We will take a close look at Exped Vela I Extreme and Vaude Taurus UL2.
At worldtravellers.dk Nikolai says: Exped Vela I Extreme tent has it all. It is a powerful, compact and easy to set up. Nikolai has cycled a good part of the world with Exped Vela I Extreme. This was a key argument, for buying this tent. Exped Vela I Extreme is quite expensive tent for its size. But after a detailed review of Exped Vela I Extreme, I found only a few weak points that I have further amplify. The entrance is really something special. Interior space is bigger than at Ferrino Lightent 1 and above all the vestibule is huge, because it runs along the entire length of the tent. Satisfied with Swiss precision, quality and a sense for details, I went to a couple of wanderings, but soon began thinking on another tent. Why and what for? Although really high-quality and strong in materials, Exped Vela I Extreme is not a free standing tent. Only one supporting pole and two pegs, isn't giving enough reliability and comfort in more difficult weather conditions. That is my opinion, but I like Vela somehow and it will be used for short hikes.
First of all it was a Swiss precision in shipment from Exped, that spoiled me, because when I opened the shipment from Vaude, I was slightly disappointed. Where are the accessories? Are spare parts not belonging to the shipment? After setting up Vaude Taurus UL2, my disappointment continues. Especially relevant were much softer materials and faulty seams, compare to Exped tents! The unique shape and spaciousness of this tent is very good, but obviously at Vaude, they are saving in quality and quantity of materials. Due to total weight, it is obvious, that more spacious tent Vaude Taurus UL2, weighs similar as smaller Exped-Vela I Extreme. In addition, the VAUDE service team says: "The longer your product is in use, the better it is for the environment". I hope, the same applies also for the terms of durability.
With purpose of eliminating the deficiencies, I set up both tents for comparison.
Differences are first of all in precision of production.
Swiss precision against German practicality. On both tents I pointed out their strengths and weaknesses.
Verdict: Recommendations to the producer, on future improvements!
it is also necessary to strengthen the bottom of the pocket, where most tension occurs from top pole, due to high pressure, the lower part of the pocket will probably soon be ripped.
Better quality Fiberglass Tent Poles (DAC).
Instead of clumsy roulette which elevates the the entire front hall, it would be better to install a zipper that will open only a portion of the vestibule.
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Ones to Watch: The musicians to keep on your radar in 2022
Alex Green
Up-and-coming artists were hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic in 2021.
New acts had only a few months to tour – an important step in building an audience. However, a raft of new talent has still managed to emerge.
Here are the artists to keep on your radar in the coming months.
– Lola Young
(Kalpeth Lathigra/PA)
The 20-year-old singer-songwriter, from south London, was chosen to soundtrack this year's John Lewis Christmas advert and delivered an emotive cover of Together In Electric Dreams, originally released by Philip Oakey and Giorgio Moroder in 1984.
Young started writing songs aged 11 and by 13 had competed in and won a national open mic competition, and cites Joni Mitchell and Prince as early influences.
She enrolled at the arts-focused Brit School in Croydon, south London, which counts Adele, Amy Winehouse, Raye and Loyle Carner among its alumni.
After gigging around London, she secured a record deal with Island Records, owned by Universal Music Group and the home to Ariana Grande, Jessie J and Nicki Minaj.
She has been in the studio writing with superproducer Paul Epworth, who has worked with artists include Adele, Florence + the Machine and Rihanna.
Young was also shortlisted for the 2022 Brits rising star award.
– ArrDee
(Island Records/PA)
The Brighton rapper, real name Riley Davies, enjoyed his first taste of success in April when he featured on a remix of Russ Millions and Tion Wayne's drill hit Body.
The song topped the charts after going viral on TikTok but it was his verse that garnered the most attention.
He wrote his Cheeky Bars freestyle, which has gone on to have some six million YouTube views, while working in an Amazon warehouse, before signing to Island Records.
ArrDee, who turned 19 in September, has won praise for his dextrous vocal delivery and ear for a catchy hook.
He told The Face magazine earlier this year: "In the UK we love an underdog.
"So everybody loved me when I was up-and-coming and now that I've blown, some (people) are like, 'Ah he's a meme rapper'."
ArrDee made his festival debut at Bassfest in Sheffield in August.
– Maisie Peters
This was a breakout year for the 21-year-old singer-songwriter from West Sussex, but 2022 may be the year her career goes stratospheric.
Peters is one of only a handful of acts signed to Ed Sheeran's Gingerbread Man Records.
Her debut album, You Signed Up for This, went to number two in September, robbed of the top spot by the juggernaut release of Kanye West's long-awaited Donda.
A deftly crafted collection of quirky, melodramatic pop, it was widely praised by critics and bolstered an already fanatic fanbase.
Next year, she could be in the running to claim her first number one.
– Finn Askew
(Jack Bridgland/PA)
Somerset-based Finn Askew could be the UK's answer to American hip hop stars such as Juice Wrld and Lil Peep.
Although he is inspired by the new wave of rappers across the Atlantic, the 20-year-old also cites bands including Nirvana and The Smiths as major influences.
The result is music that takes in both rap and sung vocals, combining the production values of lush R&B with reflective, Gen Z lyrics.
Askew started out playing guitar in the back rooms of pubs but has quickly become a regular on the festival circuit, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Post Malone.
"I want people to hear a song, and they'll know it's Finn Askew – it's the Finn Askew style," he told NME.
"I don't want to be in a certain genre, so people can say, 'Oh, it's rock, it's indie.' Finn Askew – that is the genre I want to be."
– Bree Runway
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Bree Runway – real name Brenda Mensah – kicked off 2021 by being shortlisted for the BBC Sound of 2021 and ended it with a nomination for the Brits rising star award.
Recent years have also seen the 29-year-old from Hackney, east London, collaborate with international superstars including Missy Elliott and Cardi B – but she has yet to release an album.
As a child, Mensah excelled at music and impressed Michelle Obama with a song when she visited her school.
She told The Face: "She gave me a high five and was like, 'You are fabulous, girl'."
Of Ghanaian descent, Mensah has spoken about how her experience of bullying and colourism at school influenced her music, which takes in rap, soul, punk and pop.
Israel hopes UN will unanimously condemn Holocaust denial
Israel is hoping the U_N_ General Assembly will unanimously adopt a resolution rejecting and condemning any denial of the Holocaust and urging all nations and social media companies "to take active measures to combat antisemitism and Holocaust denial or distortion."
Yard Act - The Overload review: Wry, words-first wit from a band with promise
3/5 Lyric after lyric leaps out while listening to this debut - but they don't always have the tunes to match
Madrid university offers young Afghan refugees prospect of a future in Spain
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Last night, I just about lost it. I have a final paper due today, and another final test tomorrow, and last night I had a lot of people here helping, fixing drywall, packing the kitchen, three kids wanting dinner, folks stopping by to see if I needed anything- and all I needed was to get my kids in bed and some quiet so I could write the damn paper. Then, the doorbell rang again, and it got stuck. It kept ringing. And ringing. At my wit's end, I stomped out on the porch and in an effort to dislodge the button, the whole thing came off the house.
Tears of frustration. I finally go the kids fed and in bed at 9:30, which if you know me shows how out of control the night was. My kids are always always always in bed between 8 and 8:30. Come hell or high water.
We're getting an echo now. The garage is stuffed, the forecast for Saturday is 57 degrees and rain all day. I might be having a yard sale on a Tuesday. It has to happen, no matter what… could just something… anything… be easy? My heart and nerves are ragged and raw.
Tiny little patch of sunlight this morning. I'm holding onto it. Off to turn in my final undergraduate paper. Wish me luck.
Emptying your house, emptying your heart. I understand the pangs and frustrations! Glad there was a patch of sunlight to hold onto.
Unless your garage sale income is your moving gas/apartment deposit money, is there a way for a friend (or friends) to hold onto your sale items and have the garage sale in pleasant weather and just send you the money?? It would help lessen your stress, since you can't control the weather.


As transaction counsel – advised a Malaysian bank on an Islamic facility to part-finance the acquisition of a narrowbody jet, as well as in the securitisation of the operating lease for the aircraft.
As transaction counsel – advised a Malaysian bank on a commercial facility, with multiple aircraft as the security.
Negotiated sale and leaseback financing for medium range wide-body aircraft, including assignments of various engine and avionics maintenance programmes, on behalf of the lessee.
Advised on a possible structure for a Sukuk issuance as the primary source of funding in relation to certain prospective aircraft deliveries.
Advised various foreign banks and lessor in relation to the novations and/or assignments of finance and operating leases for aircraft assets leased to Malaysian operators.
Advised a Malaysian bank on a revolving credit facility to a Malaysian carrier.
As Malaysian law counsel – advised a foreign bank in relation to a facility for the purchase of a private jet aircraft.
Acted as Malaysian counsel for lessor, head lease parties and finance parties in a restructuring of a tranche of 8 narrowbody jet aircraft operating leases.
As transaction counsel – advised a helicopter fleet operator in relation to a cross-border restructuring involving 6 helicopters.
Advised a charter passenger airline on wet leases and block charters to private individual clients as well as to corporate clients.
Acted as counsel for the lessee, in relation to various wet leases in different jurisdictions, including advising on the regulatory requirements and framework for the Malaysian compliance.
Advised a commercial operator in relation to a review of various Japanese Operating Leases with Call Options (JOLCOs).
Acted as Malaysian counsel for a European entity that had purchased a portfolio of aircraft including aircraft that were on existing leases with Malaysian lessees.
Assisted a commercial operator with a review of all of their operating leases, with a view to formulating a best negotiated outcome, as a position for future negotiations.
Acted as Malaysian counsel to a foreign bank that was providing refinancing for aircraft that were on existing leases with Malaysian lessees.
Advised on proposed ownership and operational structures for private jets operated in Malaysia.
Advised a leading aircraft management company on its commercial agreements in the sector, including aircraft management agreements, maintenance agreements, aircraft operating leases, aircraft acquisition agreements, and entry into service agreements – for corporate jets and private jets.
Advised on cross border purchases of aircraft (recent transactions include Cessna, Falcon, Airbus, and Pilatus aircraft) involving structuring United States ownership trusts and registration with the United States Federal Aviation Administration.
Advised a lessor / owner in relation to the possible pursuit and recovery of claims arising from an air accident.
Advisory in relation to the Malaysia Airlines (Administration) Act.
Advising a lessee in an aircraft default and repossession scenario.
Represented a new charter operator in relation to the entry of a new investor into the Company, by way of a subscription for Redeemable Convertible Preference Shares.
Represented the Malaysian shareholder in relation to a Joint Venture for the set up of a new flight training school, with a European government-linked entity – including on all issues related to regulatory matters and licensing requirements in Malaysia.
Represented a Malaysian purchaser in the acquisition of a company with existing rights to distribute rotor wing aircraft in Malaysia; including negotiating the distributor agreement with the foreign OEM.
Advised a Malaysian purchaser on the acquisition of a company in the business of operating, maintaining and leasing aircraft.
Advised the company on the entry of a new shareholder into an existing Investment Holding Company, with investments in the aviation training sector.
Advised on the set up of the Malaysia Aerospace Industry Association.
Advised on a joint venture for the provision of hangar space and maintenance of aircraft.
Advised on a partnership for the provision of cabin aircraft modifications, support and maintenance services within the ASEAN region.
Advised on joint venture and leasing arrangements with an airport terminal services provider.
Advised an aerospace client on the proposed acquisitions of corporate charter airlines, corporate air charter businesses, commercial helicopter operators and MROs.
Advised a helicopter operator on the proposed restructuring of existing "Power-by-the-hour" arrangements, in order to permit the operator's cross-border affiliates to have the benefit of those PBH arrangements.
Advised on the corporate set-up of a flight training academy.
Advised on the corporate set-up of a new air operator.
Advised an airport operator in relation to land and tenancy matters, including possible terminations of tenancy agreements.
Advised a helicopter lessor in relation to the harmonisation of the various maintenance contracts entered into by the lessor, and to ensure that the lessees are able to obtain the same terms from the maintenance service providers.
Oversaw a due diligence process for a Malaysian aerospace company, looking to acquire a majority stake in a foreign company with operations in 3 different jurisdictions in Europe; And advising the Malaysian aerospace company in relation to the acquisition of the shares.
Advised an aerospace services provider in relation to the possible entry of a new investor into the Company, by way of a subscription for Redeemable Convertible Preference Shares.
Represented a Malaysian aerospace services provider in negotiations for the set-up of an equal joint-venture with another Malaysian aerospace services provider.


If you'll remember, a while ago I shared a cute parody video by the Peterson Farm Brothers. They have done it again with a parody of Katy Perry's "Roar." And this time, their sister – who is normally behind the camera – makes an appearance. This one might be my favorite yet!


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Cats get tummy aches and related stomach issues for many reasons, some obvious, some enigmatic. Watch for other symptoms and try to figure out what's wrong. Seemingly mundane stomach issues sometimes indicate serious medical conditions.... 23/10/2007 · Best Answer: If the baby is gassy you can do the 'football hold' where you put them on your forearm with their tummy towards the ground and pat their back.
What do you do when your newborn has tummy ache?
My 6 yr old daughter has had tummy issues since she was about a year old. Curling up in a ball & screaming. Genuine tears, and a look to stop any mother's heart - the silent plea to make it go away. Curling up in a ball & screaming.
23/10/2007 · Best Answer: If the baby is gassy you can do the 'football hold' where you put them on your forearm with their tummy towards the ground and pat their back.


I recently attended a public event with US military recruiters present. I walked by their display table wondering if any of them knew they recruit for lie-started and illegal Wars of Aggression. I made eye contact with one, who instantly responded with a friendly greeting. This is roughly the conversation after I answered that I'm a high school teacher.
Recruiter: Hey, could I come to your classroom sometime to discuss military careers with your students?
Carl: Ok, let's talk. This is what I see and would include if you'd like to come to my class: the US wars are the opposite of legal, and from disclosed top-level documentation of our own government were started with "reasons" that were lies known to be lies as they were told.
I'm 16 years in and would like to retire with benefits. If I speak out now, I might go to military prison, and for sure would throw away those 16 years.
For now, my mouth stays closed. But my ears and eyes are open.
C: I empathize, Brother. You should try to earn those benefits with 20 years in. My wife was in the Navy for six, and now makes a nice salary as a computer systems analyst from what she learned. You have to take care of your family.
R: I have to. But that doesn't mean I'm not paying attention.
C: What percent of the military you observe are aware that the wars are illegal, and you're all sent to invade and attack other nations that just happen to have strategic resources like oil?
R: I'm really not aware of how many of us know this. As I said, my mouth is closed.
C: Did you know the first operation name for the war on Iraq was O.I.L.: Operation Iraqi Liberation? They changed it after too many people like me noticed.
R: (wrinkled brow, then shakes his head) No, I wasn't. But I'm not surprised.
C: They use and laugh at you in the military.
C: And it's not going to stop. Syria is the same. So is Iran (both here).
R: Look: I'd appreciate it if this conversation stays confidential.
C: Agreed. (zero details of time and venue do this) Keep your eyes and ears open, Brother. There might be an opening to take action. Be prepared.
C: (I extend my hand to shake; he embraces firmly) Best wishes.
I make all factual assertions as a National Board Certified Teacher of US Government, Economics, and History, with all economics factual claims receiving zero refutation since I began writing in 2008 among Advanced Placement Macroeconomics teachers on our discussion board, public audiences of these articles, and international conferences (and here). I invite readers to empower their civic voices with the strongest comprehensive facts most important to building a brighter future. I challenge professionals, academics, and citizens to add their voices for the benefit of all Earth's inhabitants.
Let's hope that the number of aware military grows and grows.
Lucky for him, he does not have to go and fight.
The invasion of Iraq wasn't for OIL rather for destruction of a nation for the sake of another nation.
Check for yourself, Sadaam Housain was about to give US for much cheaper OIL and buy millions of US made vehicle but we went to war any way. It was never for OIL or any other resources.
We the people love to worship the chosen and die for the chosen one.
You can criticize, US, Its administration, the Congress but you better not go Criticizing Israel.
Tom: click on either of the first two links of this article to see what I document about Israel's illegal and lying War of Aggression on Gaza.
You're a Bad Boy until you do.


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Q: EF 5 Sync Model to Database Project Currently we are using EF 4.1 with a Model First Approach that we then use the Entity Designer Database Generation Power Pack to Sync the model to a Visual Studio 2010 Database Project. From there we use the deploy feature of the database project to upgrade the actual databases. This works fine. I had to write a little clean script to clean out extreanous comments in the database project but that is all solved.
The issue is SQL Server 2012. I did a test whereby I installed Sql Server 2012 and our VS 2010 database project didn't want to deploy to it. It said that Sql Server 2012 is not a supported target version.  Okay so that just means I need to install SSDT and convert the project to a Sql Database Project.  The issue here is that there isn't a tool to Sync the Entity Model to a SSDT project. The Entity Designer Database Generation Power Pack was only built for VS 2010 Database Projects not SSDT Database Projects.
This is preventing us from upgrading to SQL Server 2012 and SSDT projects.
I really like the database projects because they allow us to source control our database schema. And we can add in extra stuff like reporting stored procedures and the like to it.
I've looked at Code First Migrations but seems less feature rich than an SSDT project. And I'm not 100% sure that you can use that migration with the edmx designer for Model First implementation.
So what are we to do?
Eric

A: Indeed, syncing from edmx to an SSDT Database Project isn't possible. Have you considered building a database from edmx and using SSDT's schema compare tool to sync it to the Database Project?
The only difference from your previous process is building this intermediary database.

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Klei Entertainment's Hot Lava turns the floor and your childhood fantasy into an actual video game
Console versions of Minecraft get a free new exciting mini-game called Tumble
Published on 31 August 2016, 00:04 Asia/Kolkata
Dhruv Chopra
Touch the floor and die! Such were the rules of a common household game for every child in his or her middle school years. High schoolers couldn't care less and parents just weren't a fan of kids and their friends jumping around on family furniture.
Imaginations ran wild as you saw the floor as hot scolding lava and every object that could hold your weight above it as a savior and every tool you could use to push your friends into the lava as a weapon. Last man standing wins. Bit of a nostalgia trip there huh?
Klei Entertainment, an independent studio based out of Vancouver, Canada, released a game-play trailer of their latest game, Hot Lava, yesterday. They have previously been responsible for 2D titles such as Shank and Don't Starve and Hot lava is their first 3D venture.
Hot Lava, the game developers first 3D game, is their take on the classic children's game where the only rule is that you can't touch the floor(simplicity, hun!). In the game, however, lava is literally everywhere. As is visible in the game-play trailer, you start off with the classic "house flooded by lava" and eventually make your way out-doors to larger locations that present newer and harder challenges and opportunities with ropes and wall-running, adding a touch of parkour to the kids game.
There is no information as of yet on when Hot Lava will be coming out, but you can sign up for a beta at the game's website.
Talking more about the ideology behind the game, it's Steam page reads:
Hot Lava transports you back to your childhood imagination. Relive those moments of excitement, joy, and chaos. Traverse distinct worlds, from school hallways to the memories of your darkest fears. This is a game of dexterity and ingenuity, you will have to use all your skills to complete the treacherous obstacles that await. But whatever you do…don't touch the floor.
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President-elect Donald Trump and his family sat down with Lesley Stahl for a 60 Minutes interview that aired Sunday night.
NEW YORK, November 14, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) -- True to his word, President-elect Donald Trump stood by his pro-life campaign stance during his first post-election interview broadcast Sunday night on 60 Minutes.
Lesley Stahl challenged Trump on the replacement of Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court. Immediately, the president-elect replied, "I'm pro-life. My judges will be pro-life."
Pressed on the possibility of overruling Roe v Wade and outlawing abortion, Trump said the issue "will go back to the states." But he assured Stahl that "it will take a long time."
"If it were overturned, it'll go back to the states," Trump said. With that, Stahl noted that some states might completely outlaw abortions and Trump simply responded, "Well, they'll perhaps have to go to another state."
Asked about LGBTQ issues, Trump defended himself. "I have been in their corner," he said. Regarding homosexual "marriage," Trump flatly stated, "It's settled law," and "I'm fine with that."
But the late Justice Scalia, whom Trump has said he admires and wants to replace with like-minded appointees, was not fine with the Obergfell v Hodges decision by the Supreme Court that in a 5-4 vote legalized gay "marriage" in 2015.
Trump went on to say the justices he nominates will defend the right to own guns. "They'll be in terms of the whole gun situation … very Second Amendment," he said.
Stahl asked the president-elect about his meeting with President Obama — a meeting scheduled for 15 minutes that lasted more than 1 ½ hours. "I found him to be terrific," Trump said. "Very smart. Very nice. ... We had a very good chemistry going. ... It could have gone on four hours."
Trump said he and the president talked about peace in the Middle East, North Korea, and ObamaCare.
When Stahl continued to try to dig up dirt about rivalries during the nasty campaign, Trump didn't bite. "We never discussed what we said about each other," Trump said, adding that during the meeting he never felt awkward.
Trump summarized his future presidency as "It's going to be America first. ... We're losing this country. That's why I won this election — and I won it easily," he said.
When Stahl again challenged him about the contentious nature of the presidential campaign, he responded, "Sometimes you need a certain rhetoric to get people motivated."
A repeated item during the Trump campaign was the building of a wall to keep out illegal immigrants. Stahl asked Trump is he was going to go through with this promise, and Trump immediately responded, "Yes."
Some advisers have called the barrier a "fence" to soften the idea, and Stahl jumped on this, implying a "fence" was different from a "wall."
"In certain areas I would (accept a fence)," Trump admitted. But he reiterated that only after the border is "secure," immigration officials will begin to make a "determination" about the remaining undocumented immigrants in the U.S.
Mexico has said publicly they will not pay for a wall.
Trump said he met with Republican leadership and they agreed on moving forward with healthcare, immigration, and a "major tax bill" lowering taxes for Americans, as well as simplifying the tax code.
Trump said he wants to "clean up the system" with term limits, and limits on foreign money supporting outside interests and not the average American citizen.
Since Tuesday's election, angry Clinton supporters have staged violent riots in cities across the nation. Stahl claimed that Trump supporters were violently counter-protesting. Trump responded by saying that "some of them are professional" paid protesters to further muddy Trump's image.
Nine people have been caught fabricating attacks by so-called "Trump supporters."
Real Trump supporters, Trump said, are true Americans. "We are going to bring our country back," he said.
Despite the widespread violence, neither President Obama nor Hillary Clinton has said anything publicly to stop the destruction.
"There is a double standard here," Trump charged, saying that if his supporters had demonstrated violently, it would be much more criticized in the media. Nevertheless, to any of his supporters who might be resorting to violence, he twice said, "Stop it."
Stahl confronted Trump about his frequent tweets, to which Trump explained, "It's a great form of communication. I'm not saying I love it, but it does get the word out. When you give me a bad story … I have a method of fighting back."
"It helped me win," Trump said of social media, noting he has millions of followers. "Social media has more power than the money they spent," referring to the Clinton campaign.
Nevertheless, Trump projected "restraint" in his future use of social media. "I'm going to be very restrained," he said.
Stahl brought up Trump's comment during the campaign that Hillary Clinton's abuse of classified emails was criminal and asked if he was going to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate her misdeeds. "I'm going to think about it," Trump said, but first "I want to focus on jobs, on immigration, and get the country straightened over. I don't want to hurt them," he said.
Trump said that early on he was going to focus on the economy. "We're going to win on trade," he said. "We're going to destroy ISIS." When Stahl asked for details on how he was going to "destroy ISIS," Trump demurred, saying he wasn't going to publicly reveal to ISIS what he's going to do.
Repeatedly during his campaign, Trump said he was going to "repeal and replace" ObamaCare. Stahl brought this up, asking for more details, specifically, "When you replace it, are you going to make sure that people with preconditions are still covered?"
Trump replied, "Yes, because it happens to be one of (ObamaCare's) strongest assets." He then added, "Also, with the children living with their parents for an extended period, we're going to very much try and keep that. It adds cost, but it's very much something we're going to try and keep."


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USPTO Celebrates a Decade of Telework
Trademark Work at Home Pilot Program in 1997 Led the Way for Agency's Telework Success
Jennifer Rankin Byrne or
Ruth Nyblod
Washington - The Department of Commerce's United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today celebrated the ten-year anniversary of its Trademark Work at Home program, the agency's first telework initiative. Based on this successful model, the USPTO expanded its telework offerings to include business units across the agency, with more than 3,000 of the USPTO's approximately 8,500 employees currently participating in some form of telework. Over the past decade, USPTO has received accolades as a leader in the federal government for its successful and innovative telework programs.
The Trademark Work at Home program started as a small pilot project, with 18 trademark examining attorneys working from home three days per week and sharing office space with other program participants two days a week. The hope was that current technology could be leveraged to allow employees to enjoy the benefits of working remotely, while still meeting the same qualitative and quantitative goals as their colleagues who worked in the office five days a week.
After the Trademark Work at Home pilot proved to be successful, the USPTO ultimately grew its telework initiative to include patent examiners and employees in other business units throughout the agency. The ability to telework continues to gain popularity among USPTO employees. Among trademark examining attorneys, 85 percent of those who are eligible choose to telework. In the patents organization, the USPTO has a goal that 3,000 patent examiners will be teleworking by 2011.
Jon Dudas, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, said, "Today we celebrate the anniversary of our Trademark Work at Home Program, which helped to demonstrate how beneficial the practice of telework could be to our entire agency. Telework programs are critical to our strategic vision, and we look forward to working with the Office of Personnel Management and Congress to expand these programs to eventually allow for a nationwide work force."
Telework offers countless benefits to the USPTO, its employees, and the environment, including:
Employee Quality of Life: Allowing employees to telework gives them more time with their loved ones and less time on the road. USPTO employees report that the ability to telework helps them have a better balance between their professional and personal lives.
Employee Retention: The USPTO has seen that offering employees the ability to telework helps with employee retention, allowing the agency to retain highly qualified employees, saving hiring and training costs and contributing to a high quality of work.
Maximizing Office Space: As more USPTO employees choose to telework, more office space is made available. This, in turn, gives the agency more flexibility to hire more staff without having to acquire and pay for additional space.
Reducing Emissions: Telework can mean a significant reduction in auto emissions. For example, among the nearly 950 trademark examining attorneys and patent examiners working remotely four days a week, auto emissions are reduced up to 5,000 tons per year*, compared to if they drove to the office every day.
Rather than taking a "one size fits all" approach, the USPTO has more than a dozen telework programs to address the specific needs of its business units and employees. All of these programs follow procedure set forth in the USPTO Enterprise-wide Telework Policy and are overseen by an agency-wide telework coordinator.
USPTO has received a number of awards for its Trademark Work at Home program. These awards include the 2007 Work-Life Innovative Excellence Award presented by the Alliance for Work-Life Progress, the Telework Program with Maximum Impact on Government for 2006 by the Telework Exchange Tele-Vision Awards; the Telework in the Federal Government Leadership Award for 2004; and several others.
*Information prepared by the Telework Exchange.
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Infosys to Partner with the State of Rhode Island to Open Design and Innovation Hub and Create 500 New Jobs in Five Years
Providence, Rhode Island – November 27, 2017
Infosys (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in consulting, technology and next-generation services, today announced a multi-year partnership with the State of Rhode Island to establish an Infosys Design and Innovation Hub. Infosys will also hire 500 American workers in Rhode Island over the next five years.
"We are excited to welcome Infosys to Rhode Island," said Governor Raimondo. "Because of our investments in higher education and job training at CCRI and other institutions across the state, Rhode Islanders are well-equipped and well-prepared to compete for these good paying jobs. Infosys joins a growing local market of innovative, advanced industry companies that have chosen to plant a flag in Rhode Island."
"Today's partnership with Rhode Island marks another important step forward for Infosys in the United States. The state's educational institutions, design-rich environment, and economic development tools, positioned Rhode Island competitively for this type of specialist partnership," said Ravi Kumar, President, Infosys. "This will enhance our ability to provide design-driven, digital technologies across the country and enable breakthrough innovations at the intersection of industry and design for our clients."
Earlier this year, Infosys committed to hiring 10,000 American workers over the next two years. The company has been making rapid progress and is on target to hire towards that commitment, and is investing in Technology and Innovation Hubs in Indianapolis, Indiana and Raleigh, North Carolina.
Today's announcement is a continuation of Infosys' campaign to boost innovation in the United States. These new hires in Rhode Island will include experienced designers, design architects, specialists in information design and technical experts to accelerate the digital transformation of Infosys' clients in Rhode Island and beyond. This partnership also offers a unique platform to nurture specialist design talent at scale to serve the growing demand for design-driven digital skills across industries.
The Design and Innovation Hub, which intends to apply for Qualified Jobs and Rebuild Rhode Island incentives, will help close the gap for design and human-centric skills in technology fields. The Hub will offer early-career designers and design graduates unique training opportunities with in-demand digital skills including exposure to systems, platforms, strategy and organization domains to make them more employable in today's digital world. By studying everything from user-experience to how people interact with systems, these design-focused hires will be equipped to create fully realized, 360-degree solutions to business challenges. Built on a model of interdisciplinary collaboration, the Hub will facilitate interactions between early-career designers and working professionals and technical experts in such fields as architecture, engineering, data science and business consulting. Infosys' clients and industry partners will likewise benefit from increased access to top-tier designers and subject matter experts.
Infosys' ongoing commitment to training and upskilling a new generation of American technology professionals extends to the work of its charitable foundation, Infosys Foundation USA. More than 4.7 million students, over 13,000 teachers, and 21,000 schools across America have benefited from computer science training and equipment funded through the foundation. The Foundation has provided multiple grants to teachers and schools across Rhode Island — to date, grants made by the foundation have reached 930 students, 20 teachers and 18 schools across the state.
For more information, please visit: www.infosys.com/american-innovation/ri
About Infosys
Infosys is a global leader in technology services and consulting. We enable clients in 45 countries to create and execute strategies for their digital transformation. From engineering to application development, knowledge management and business process management, we help our clients find the right problems to solve, and to solve these effectively. Our team of 198,000+ innovators, across the globe, is differentiated by the imagination, knowledge and experience, across industries and technologies that we bring to every project we undertake.
Visit www.infosys.com to see how Infosys (NYSE: INFY) can help your enterprise thrive in the digital age.
Certain statements in this press release concerning our future growth prospects are forward-looking statements regarding our future business expectations intended to qualify for the 'safe harbor' under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in earnings, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including those factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, industry segment concentration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks or system failures, our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which Infosys has made strategic investments, withdrawal or expiration of governmental fiscal incentives, political instability and regional conflicts, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, and unauthorized use of our intellectual property and general economic conditions affecting our industry. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our United States Securities and Exchange Commission filings including our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. Infosys may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. In addition, please note that any forward-looking statements contained herein are based on assumptions that we believe to be reasonable as of the date of this press release. The company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the company unless it is required by law.


What are you having for lunch today? I just filled the Instant Pot with the ingredients to make this soup. Man, this soup is so good I make it at least twice a month and freeze the leftovers so I have a quick lunch option on hand during the week.
Super Easy Easter Bunny Bark Recipe: Want a super easy Easter treat to make with the kids? Easter Bunny Bark is the perfect fun and easy Easter treat even the youngest of kids can help make.
Homemade & Yummy: This looks amazing and if my hubby is a good boy he may get a surprise when he comes home one day this week.
Veena Azmanov: Strawberry Purim cookies recipe is perfect for this time of the year when strawberries are in season. And they are egg free!


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Get vacation insurance in Renfrew today!
Whether traveling for business or pleasure, you'll need vacation insurance in Renfrew that works with your lifestyle to keep you safe and secure. Your vacation insurance coverage doesn't have to be one-size-fits-all. At The Co-operators, we provide vacation insurance in Renfrew that's reliable, reasonably priced, and suited to each individual. We have dedicated, highly trained Insurance Advisors available across the country to provide a quote or answer any questions you might have. Choose The Co-operators to provide your policy and that's exactly what you'll receive. Still need to know more? Speak to an Insurance Advisor now to request a personalized quote!
Even when visiting another province while travelling in Canada, if you suddenly require medical attention not all the costs associated with your medical care are covered by your provincial health plan. Depending upon your needs, critical illness insurance coverage may provide lump sum benefit amounts which can range from $25, 000 to $2, 000, 000. You can also contact The Co-operators about vacation insurance for visitors, international students and expatriates.
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Mill Creek at Woodbine are issued as needed during times of high water, but are not routinely available.
23 Flooding of commercial, residential, and industrial properties and structures along Mill Creek from the Space Park industrial complex to the Cumberland River is occurring. Locations affected include Drummond Dr, Wimpole Dr, Currey Rd, Old Glenrose Ave, Massman Dr, Wilhagen Rd, Space Park Dr, Philfre Ct, Sanborn Drive, Lynnmeade Dr, Bismark Drive, and Acorn Drive.
21 Extensive flooding is occurring from the Space Park industrial complex to the Cumberland River, impacting commercial, residential, and industrial properties on Drummond Dr, Wimpole Dr, Currey Rd, Old Glenrose Ave, Massman Dr, Wilhagen Rd, Space Park Dr, Philfre Ct, Sanborn Drive, and Lynnmeade Drive. Water reaches the bottom of the Thompson Ln bridge, and begins to approach properties on Foothill Dr, Hollydale Drive, Bismark Dr, and Acorn Dr.
19 Flooding of commercial, industrial, and residential properties and structures continues along Mill Creek, especially those on Drummond Dr, Wimpole Dr, Currey Rd, Old Glenrose Ave, Massman Dr, Wilhagen Rd, Space Park Drive, Philfre Ct, Sanborn Dr, and Lynnmeade Dr.
17 Flooding of commercial, industrial, and residential properties along Mill Creek is occurring. Locations impacted include those on Drummond Dr, Wimpole Dr, Currey Rd, Old Glenrose Ave, Massman Dr, Wilhagen Rd, Space Park Dr, and Philfre Ct.
16 Businesses and other structures near the intersection of Old Glenrose Ave and Thompson Ln begin to flood, as well as industrial areas along Space Park Dr. Water begins to approach commercial and industrial properties along Massman Dr and Wilhagen Rd.
15 Flooding of residential properties along Drummond Dr and the mobile home park on Philfre Ct near Murfreesboro Pike begins. Flooding of property continues along Wimpole Drive, Currey Road, and at the intersection of Old Glenrose Ave and Thompson Ln.
14 Water begins to flood the yards of homes along Wimpole Dr and Currey Rd near Thompson Ln, and the low lying portions of businesses near the intersection of Old Glenrose Ave and Thompson Ln.
13 Water begins to flood portions of Old Glenrose Ave north of Thompson Ln, and low lying areas along the creek on Wimpole Dr. Water also begins to inundate low lying areas of properties on Drummond Dr.
12 Water begins to approach portions of Old Glenrose Ave north of Thompson Ln, and begins to inundate low lying areas of properties along the creek on Wimpole Dr.


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Current: Back to school during COVID-19
Back to school during COVID-19
In line with the introduction of a national lockdown on Tuesday 5 January, Southwark's primary schools, secondary schools and colleges will remain open for vulnerable children and the children of critical workers only. All other children will learn remotely until February half term.
Our schools have been preparing to deliver remote learning as soon as they possibly can, whilst also ensuring they can continue to provide safe teaching on-site for vulnerable children and children of key workers.
Time away from learning can have a negative impact on a child's development, so it's important that children continue to engage with their learning to prevent any long-term impacts of being out of education. If you have concerns about sending your child to school (vulnerable or key worker children only at present) or you're experiencing barriers to accessing remote learning, speak with your school. You can also contact our back to school team.
Southwark schools have worked extremely hard throughout this pandemic to prioritise our children's education, and we'll support them through this next phase. As always, the council and our schools are grateful for parents' and carers' patience.
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The V&A Opens in Dundee as Scotland's First Design Museum
On September 15, the V&A Dundee opened in Dundee, Scotland, becoming the country's first ever design museum. Coinciding with the city's 3D Festival, guests were able to preview the museum, which was brought to life by several partners, including the Dundee City Council, Heritage Lottery Fund, and London's Victoria and Albert Museum.
The building, designed by the Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, is on Dundee's waterfront, which was once a part of the coastal city's docklands. It is here that the geometric structure hangs out over the River Tay, mimicking Scotland's dramatic cliffs, by which Kuma was inspired.
"The big idea for V&A Dundee was bringing together nature and architecture, to create a new living room for the city. I'm truly in love with the Scottish landscape and nature. It's as if the earth and water had a long conversation and finally created this stunning shape," said Kuma.
Inside the light-filled, wooden interior of the V&A Dundee, visitors will find the Scottish Design Galleries, which features 300 exhibits highlighting the V&A's collections of Scottish design, as well as works belonging to museum and private collections from around the world. Situated at the heart of the galleries is the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Oak Room, which has been conserved, restored, and reconstructed for the museum in partnership with the Glasgow Museums and Dundee City Council.
"This cultural milestone for the city of Dundee is also a landmark moment in V&A history–we're extremely proud to share in this exceptional partnership, the first of its kind in the UK, and to have helped establish a new international center for design that celebrates Scotland's cultural heritage," said Tristram Hunt, director of the V&A.
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After Mother's Day, Lovina's all set for fishing: license, rod, and life jacket!
Hi. This is Lovina's 18-year-old daughter, Verena.
I hope all you readers are doing great! Part of my Mother's Day gift to my dear mother is writing the column for her this week. I also gave her a lighted crystal cube that says "I Love You Mom." Dad and all of us children gave her two potted rose bushes, and a life jacket. Dad got her fishing licenses so she can go out fishing with us. Also a new fishing rod, so she is set to go.
It has been a rainy day! Mom took me to the eye doctor today as I have been having problems with my right eye since Sunday morning. I have an infection in my eye lid and I think the doctor called it blepharitis. My eye lid dried up which caused it to stick to my cornea which was why my vision is blurred. The doctor gave me antibiotic eye drops to put in my eyes for a week. He wants me to put it in both eyes to keep the infection from spreading into the other eye.
Around May 24, my friend Lori's Yorkie dog will give birth to her puppies. I get first choice out of the puppies. I am hoping one will be a female. I just love little Yorkies. Sister Liz has two and I am so attached to them! They are so sweet and can be a lot of fun!
I want to thank Pamela for the money she sent to help me purchase the Yorkie. That was so kind and thoughtful of you! I will send you a personal thank you yet. May God bless you!
Dad is outside grilling tonight. I love when he grills because he will often yodel while grilling. It just always lifts my mood! If it wasn't raining, we children would be out there with him.
Last week we went fishing three different days. We caught a total of 182 Bluegill. I enjoy fishing. The first day I went fishing was with sister Susan and her boyfriend Mose. Susan and I were catching so many fish that Mose hardly had time to fish since he had to put the worms on our hooks. If I really had to put those slimy worms on the hook, I could have but I wasn't going to tell Mose that.
The next night I went fishing with sister Liz and her husband Tim. Susan and Mose went along too. It was enjoyable. Dad and my brothers and Mose's brother Freeman took another boat out as well.
One afternoon and evening we had both our boats and Tim's boat out on the lake. Uncle Jacob, cousins Emma and Elizabeth, and their friends Menno and Manuel went along that time. Joseph, Lovina, and Cousin Benjamin fished from our friend's dock since we had enough on the boats.
Saturday was a nice sunny day to weed the flower beds for Mom. One thing Mom does not like doing is weeding her flower beds. I still have more weeding to do around the house. It makes it look so much better.
Reading is one of my most favorite things to do. I just love to read every free moment I have. I like Karen Kingsbury's books. I am reading the Baxter Family series now. I borrow sister Susan's books. Karen makes her books so realistic that I have a hard time putting them down.
Our new horse Rex is doing great for us. Brother Benjamin and I use our horse Mighty on weekends to go to the Community Youth Center or to Sunday evening singings. He is such a calm, safe horse. Mom likes taking Mighty to town because he is calm around all the traffic. Uncle Amos trained Mighty and sold him to us.
I will share the recipe for my favorite salad with you readers. I love salads.
Love and best wishes to all! God bless!
Brown hamburger. Add taco seasoning, reserving one tablespoon of seasoning for dressing.
In separate large bowl, place chopped lettuce, and add all ingredients except chips, ending with cheese.
Combine ingredients for dressing. Toss salad with chips and dressing.
Thank you for a very interesting column. I'm sure your Mom is very proud of the job you did and appreciated time off from writing it.
Thank you for the recipe also. I love taco salads and we usually serve ours in bowls made out of flour tortillas. I will have to give your version a try.
Thank you Verena for a wonderful column. Well written and very informative. I also love Taco Salad.
Thanks for writing a great column this week!


There are many people who are using MS Outlook to check all their emails that they receive from Gmail or Yahoo mail or any other platform. Though, the majority of people are happy with the synchronization of Gmail with MS Outlook, but there are still thousands of people who have issues while accessing MS Outlook. Either the mails are not being sent or received in the right manner, or the Outlook is running way too slowly. Some people have also experienced the issue of emails and folders getting missing. This is not right because people use their emails for important task and when things like these happen, then there is a huge question mark on the reliability of the email service. Where Outlook has a limited amount of services and functionalities, Gmail tends to have a limitless service.
Gmail was not made keeping in mind that it will be used for Outlook. Gmail is a complete email platform with nothing more to add, so this is what might be creating issues. People who are still using IMAP settings are the ones who suffer from technical glitches. Here are five issues Gmail has with MS Outlook.
There is a limit defined as to how many emails can one have in his/her Gmail account, which sometimes works, but sometimes, it doesn't. The problem is large and corrupted of the Gmail local copy, which is present in the MS Outlook profile. This signifies that the MS Outlook profile is not matching with the one given by Gmail on the server.
With the overloading of email, the folders in the MS Outlook will stop synchronizing. But, if there are more emails with heavy attachments, then it is going to take a lot of time. This in turn can create a lot of problems for MS Outlook users.
For Gmail users who are using the free version of Gmail app, they are never going to see any problems with the size of the email, as the app will pretend as if there is no problem. But, this is not the case with MS Outlook, as the folders can be downloaded in the sub-folders of the Gmail account of the person. It is very hard to figure out where important emails are stored because there is one tab named 'All mail', which contains a copy of the emails that you have sent and received.
If you have exceeded the email limits, then you will find that your MS Outlook Gmail has stopped sending and receiving emails. If you want to restart this process, then you will have to move a huge number of emails. A tip that I would like to give to you is; start moving the sent emails first because they are the easiest to move. After that, you can move the emails stored in 'All Mail' tab followed by 'Important' emails.
In case, you are using MS Outlook as a platform and Gmail as your server, then you can download Google Apps Sync Tool on the PC and also install it there. With this, you will be able to sync your emails, calendar and contacts with Google Apps. If there are any issues, then it may be due to the settings that you have done.
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Tremosine (met de klemtoon op de tweede lettergreep) is een gemeente in de Italiaanse provincie Brescia (regio Lombardije) aan het Gardameer en telt 2070 inwoners (31-12-2004). De oppervlakte bedraagt 72,3 km², de bevolkingsdichtheid is 27 inwoners per km².

Tremosine sul Garda telt de volgende Frazioni: Arias, Bazzanega, Cadignano, Campione del Garda, Castone, Mezzema, Musio, Pieve (het hoofddorp), Pregasio, Priezzo, Secastello, Sermerio, Sompriezzo, Ustecchio, Vesio, Villa, Voiandes, Voltino

Demografie
Tremosine telt ongeveer 928 huishoudens. Het aantal inwoners steeg in de periode 1991-2001 met 3,3% volgens cijfers uit de tienjaarlijkse volkstellingen van ISTAT.

Geografie
De gemeente ligt op ongeveer 414 m boven zeeniveau.

Tremosine grenst aan de volgende gemeenten: Brenzone (VR), Limone sul Garda, Magasa, Malcesine (VR), Molina di Ledro (TN), Tiarno di Sopra (TN), Tignale.

Externe link
 http://www.comunetremosine.it/

Gemeente in Brescia

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Q: Detect when new row is added to another google spreadsheet file (not just another sheet tab) I have two spreadsheets - one is private, the other is public.
Whenever the public one receives a webhook it adds a new row with some info in it.
Is there a way for the private one to be able to read the public one and run a function when it detects that a new row has been added?
I can obviously IMPORTRANGE(A1:F) from the public sheet into the private, but as far as I know that has technically auto-filled all of columns A-F, meaning it wont detect when a new row is added? (Because technically all rows are already filled?).

A: Method 1:
About Whenever the public one receives a webhook it adds a new row with some info in it., in your situation, if the new row is added by Sheets API, I think that you can detect this using OnChange trigger of the installable trigger. Ref In this case, you can run the function using Google Apps Script executing by OnChange trigger. In this case, you can do something between the public and private Spreadsheets using the script.
Method 2:
If the new row is added by no Sheets API, in this case, in order to check the added new rows, how about using the time-driven trigger? When the time-driven trigger is used, the added new rows can be detected by checking every several minutes using Google Apps Script. By this, when the new rows are added, you can execute the function using Google Apps Script running by the time-driven trigger. In this case, you can do something between the public and private Spreadsheets using the script.
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A: yes and no. refresh rate of IMPORTRANGE is 30 minutes. and there are ways how to make it refreshable every minute or on every change in spreadsheet settings


When considering "taking a bus" for an upcoming group trip, there are many unknown factors for the first time planner. Sometimes you may feel like you don't know where to begin or even what questions to ask. Below are a few questions we hear frequently. Give us a call at (865) 694-0304 to discuss your specific needs.
What does "chartering" a motorcoach mean?
At PREMIER TRANSPORTATION, we are in the charter business only, meaning we make reservations for our motorcoaches to be used by groups for trips to anywhere in the USA and Canada.
We do not offer packages or plan tours for groups, but we do specialize in serving as partners for group trips by providing the most dependable drivers, the latest model busses and the safest mode of transportation available.
Is there a difference in a motorcoach and a bus?
In our book, Yes! This isn't your granddad's bus trip. PREMIER TRANSPORTATION's fleet of late model Van Hool and Prevost motorcoaches are comfortable, stylish, safe and offer the most state-of-the art amenities for passengers' traveling pleasure.
Frankly, if your last trip by motorcoach was more than five years ago, you are in store for a treat. This isn't anything like the bus you rode to grammar school or home from college. Today's European style motorcoach is a delight and your group will turn heads arriving in a stylish PREMIER coach.
Is smoking or alcohol allowed on the bus?
Smoking is not allowed on PREMIER motorcoaches.
The driver must always ensure every passenger onboard a PREMIER coach are safe at all times. We all like to have a good time, so please drink responsibly. The driver has the right to determine whether alcohol is allowed onboard and as with federal and state laws, no one under the age of 21 is allowed to consume alcohol.
I have a CDL. Can I charter a bus without a driver?
Even if you have a Commercial Drivers License (CDL), only certified PREMIER associates may drive our charter coaches. Thanks to PREMIER's ongoing training and certification requirements our customers can rest assured PREMIER'S drivers and equipment are the safest on the road.
What is required to confirm my reservation for a PREMIER coach?
First, PREMIER Customer Service will send you a no-obligation, custom quote for the group trip based on the itinerary you provide. If the quote is acceptable, a signed contract, along with the deposit, confirms you are accepting the quoted price for the anticipated itinerary for the group trip.
There are many occasions when all of PREMIER's fleet of motorcoaches are chartered, so be sure to confirm your reservation early. Only the signed contract and receipt of deposit will hold a bus for your dates.
How much is my group's trip going to cost?
Motorcoach travel provides a luxurious experience at a reasonable price for a group. Like many services, prices for chartering a motorcoach will vary based on the season's demand. Additionally, the distance to your destination and driver's hours are factors any charter motorcoach company must consider. At PREMIER we do our best to always fairly and competitively price group trips.
Customers often prefer to view the cost divided among all passengers or on a per person/per day basis, which calculates as the most economical, form of group transportation available. Motorcoach travel is the most cost effective way to go and far less than other modes of public transportation.
If you are apprehensive about the pricing or would like to understand more about the cost factors for PREMIER's charter service do not hesitate to ask Customer Service.
Tipping is always at the discretion of the chartering group. Tip is not included in the quoted trip price paid by your organization. It is customary for groups to tip $1-$2 per passenger if they feel their driver provides good service. For drivers delivering exceptional service, more has been reported.
Do I pay for parking, tolls, and other fees incurred during travel?
Yes, these fees are the responsibility of the chartering group. There are many areas where groups travel that charge for permits, tolls, and parking. Advance itinerary mapping and planning is suggested.
In high tourist travel areas, such as Washington, D.C., permits are required to drive a charter bus into the district as well as hourly fees for parking in required areas. According to your route, many of the best roads for traveling by bus charge rates based on the number of vehicle axles and the number of miles traveled per toll road. PREMIER charter drivers are familiar with the majority of these fees and policies, but the responsibility for payment is with the chartering party.
Finally, if you are planning your trip through a tour operator, these tolls and fees may already be included in their overall package pricing for the trip, but always check with your tour operator in advance.
Do I need to book a hotel room for the bus operator?
Yes, for overnight trips, one room per driver must be provided by the group for each night's stay. When booking a large group block of rooms many hotels will provide a complimentary room for the bus driver – just ask! Also don't forget to ask if there is a place to park the motorcoach and if there is a parking fee. You don't want to be surprised upon arrival!


#Melbourne #Shopaholic #Size 6-8 Thanks for checking my items! Just want to get rid of some loved items not making money so no time wasters please!
It's from Bardot junior which is for kids, but the size actually fits me. I'm an Australia size 6.


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Q: JAXB Moxy Element inside Text Content I have to un-/marshall the following snippet
    <para sizeInfoId="sizeInfo2" styleId="mono">Franz jagt im komplett verwahrlosten <protectedText>Taxi</protectedText> quer durch Bayern.</para>

My Java Model looks like this
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAttribute;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlTransient;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlValue;

@XmlType(propOrder = { AcrossParagraph.XML_ID, AcrossParagraph.XML_STYLE_ID, AcrossParagraph.XML_SIZEINFO_ID, AcrossParagraph.XML_COMMENT, AcrossParagraph.XML_CONTENT })
@XmlRootElement(name = AcrossParagraph.XML_ROOT_TAG)
public class AcrossParagraph {

    public static final String XML_ROOT_TAG = "para";
    public static final String XML_ID = "id";
    public static final String XML_STYLE_ID = "styleId";
    public static final String XML_SIZEINFO_ID = "sizeInfoId";
    public static final String XML_COMMENT = "comment";
    public static final String XML_CONTENT = "content";

    private String id;
    private String styleId;
    private String sizeInfoId;
    private String comment;
    private String content;

    @XmlAttribute(name = AcrossParagraph.XML_ID)
    public String getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public void setId(String id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    @XmlAttribute(name = AcrossParagraph.XML_STYLE_ID)
    public String getStyleId() {
        return styleId;
    }

    public void setStyleId(String styleId) {
        this.styleId = styleId;
    }

    @XmlTransient
    public void setStyleId(AcrossStyle style) {
        this.styleId = style.getId();
    }

    @XmlAttribute(name = AcrossParagraph.XML_SIZEINFO_ID)
    public String getSizeInfoId() {
        return sizeInfoId;
    }

    public void setSizeInfoId(String sizeInfoId) {
        this.sizeInfoId = sizeInfoId;
    }

    @XmlTransient
    public void setSizeInfoId(AcrossSize size) {
        this.sizeInfoId = size.getId();
    }

    @XmlAttribute(name = AcrossParagraph.XML_COMMENT)
    public String getComment() {
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    }

    public void setComment(String comment) {
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    @XmlValue
    public String getContent() {
        return content;
    }

    public void setContent(String content) {
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Without the inner protectedText Tag everything is working, but I don't know how to map that inner element.
I have read something about XmlAnyElement Annotation but havn't found an example for mapping something like this.
Any ideas?
Best regards,
Pascal

A: create new class for protectedText element:
@XmlRootElement(name = "protectedText")
class ProtectedText implements Serializable{
    @XmlValue
    public String value;
}

now change content property in AcrossParagraph as below:
private List<Serializable> content;

@XmlElementRef(name = "protectedText", type = ProtectedText.class)
@XmlMixed
public List<Serializable> getContent(){
    return content;
}

public void setContent(List<Serializable> content){
    this.content = content;
}

when you unmarshal the content list contains mix of String and ProtectedText


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Nuray Kılıç est une ancienne joueuse de volley-ball turque née le  à Sivas. Elle mesure  et jouait au poste de centrale. Elle a totalisė 29 sélections en équipe de Turquie.

Biographie

Clubs

Palmarès
 Championnat de Turquie
Vainqueur : 1997.
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Vainqueur : 1997.

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Let's Talk (Frankly) About Sex
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Julie MetzgerCredit...Holly Andres for The New York Times
By Bonnie Rochman
Reasons Why I Shouldn't Have to Go Tonight: If I wanted to talk about it, I would. / It's my body. / It's a waste of time. / It's a waste of money. / I know what I need to know. / It sounds pretty stupid to me. / It's so stereotypical because obviously I know this happens to everyone. / Considering I took the time out of my morning to write you these extremely reasonable and great reasons not to make me go (and it took forever because I can't type very well), and the fact that I really, really, really, really . . . really, really, really strongly don't want to go, please don't send us to this horrible torture.
PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME GO. I DON'T WANT TO GO.
The plea came from Leah Likin, a fifth grader. It was addressed to her mother, who had registered both of them for a two-part course on puberty called "For Girls Only." The missive, which included additional objections, failed: Mother took daughter anyway. But Leah had plenty of company, peers who shared her resistance, their arms crossed, their eyes downcast. Last year, the course, which is split into sessions for preteen boys and girls and held mostly in and around Seattle, and also in the Bay Area, pulled in 14,000 attendees. They heard about it from their pediatricians, or through word of mouth.
The creator of the course, Julie Metzger, has been trying for nearly three decades to turn what's so often at best a blush-inducing experience — the "facts of life" talk — into a candid dialogue between parents and children. In the mid-1980s, she was a graduate student at the University of Washington School of Nursing when she reviewed survey data on how women had learned about menarche, or the onset of menstruation, for her master's thesis. Most reported getting information from gym class or their mothers. "You can picture those conversations lasting from 10 seconds to 10 hours," Metzger says. "And I thought, Wouldn't it be interesting if you actually had a class where you sit with your parents and hear these things from someone? What if that class were fun and funny and interactive?"
Metzger, who is 56 and vigorous, with flushed cheeks and blue eyes, says she has always been comfortable talking about sexuality; her father was a urologist, her mother a nurse. "Hand me a microphone," she says. "I get so into this topic that I can make myself cry in front of the class, and it's real."
Her class on puberty debuted in 1988 at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, where she was the nurse manager of the pediatrics unit. The class was so crowded, she says, that "we had to run it twice." That reception convinced her that there was an appetite for a forthright talk about growing up. Soon after she moved back West in 1990 — she was raised in Portland, Ore. — Metzger began offering the course at Seattle Children's Hospital.
"Parents walk in feeling almost victimized by preteens and puberty, and my job is to utterly transform their ability to connect," she says. "That sounds so arrogant, but I know when I walk in that room, that is my work."
On a recent winter evening, Metzger stood at the door to the hospital auditorium and greeted every mother-daughter pair with animation, as if she'd known them for years, and told each girl to take an index card and a ballpoint pen with the name of her company, Great Conversations, on it. The first hour of each class amounts to an informative stand-up routine — Metzger sticks a sanitary pad on her shoulder to show that it won't slip around — but the second hour is devoted to answering the girls' questions. Metzger believes that having kids pose questions fosters intimacy and allows parents to hear for themselves what their children's concerns are. In the first class, when the focus is on the physical changes caused by puberty, Metzger tends to be asked: Why do we have pubic hair? What does it feel like to have a growth spurt? How do I know when I'm getting my period?
As the girls scribbled on their index cards, some used their elbows to block an inquisitive mother's gaze. (Bolder girls will sometimes go so far as to write things like "This is from Susan in the third row, in the red shirt.") After intermission, during which Metzger collected the cards into a disorderly pile, she put on a pair of thick red reading glasses and began.
"Can boys stick a tampon in their penis?" she read. "Absolutely not. They can try, but I wouldn't recommend it." She flung the card to the floor.
Julie Metzger believes that having kids pose questions fosters intimacy and allows parents to hear what their children's concerns are. The following are questions submitted by girls and boys during Metzger's classes.
Credit...Holly Andres for The New York Times
"Do you always get a baby from having sex?" she read. "My husband and I have been married 28 years. We may have had sex over 1,000 times. I am happy to report we do not have 1,000 children. There are ways to show and share your love without having a baby." Another card flew out of her hand.
"Does having sex hurt?" she read. "When people bring their bodies together, their ear might go into your elbow, but because you have chosen someone you love and trust, you say, 'Please get your elbow out of my ear.' And they would say, 'Of course.' Do I look like someone who would choose something 1,000 times if it was painful? No, I do not."
The second class of every course delves into the opposite sex's puberty, along with reproduction and decision making. Metzger can count on at least one girl asking how you know if you want to have sex with someone. At the class I attended, she got the expected question, then walked briskly to one side of the auditorium and said: "Let's say it's 8:12 on a Tuesday night, and you walk by a complete stranger. What would you do?"
"Nothing," the girls chirped.
"What if it's 8:12, and you run into Ralph from Jamba Juice, and your family gets a Jamba Juice every Saturday. What would you do?"
"Say hi," someone yelled. With each question, Metzger moved a few steps toward the other side of the room. "What if it's your friend whom you haven't seen since 2:30? What's your feeling?"
"What are the consequences? Sleepover! Now what if you spot your grandmother? You give her a big hug, and what's the consequence? She takes you shopping. But what if I go over to a stranger and shake her hand? What if I give Ralph a huge hug like you did your grandmother?"
The girls snickered. By now, Metzger had reached the other side of the room, her movement reinforcing the notion that different relationships call for different behaviors. "Ohh," Metzger said with exaggeration. "You're saying my actions don't reflect my feelings for these people? If you're telling me that, then if two people brought their bodies so close that a penis actually went inside a vagina, that's enormous. If it's true what you're telling me, that this seems to be one of the biggest human-being actions, I have to put it together with some of the biggest human-being qualities — trust, respect, love, commitment. That's why some people say this action belongs only to grown-ups, and that's why some people say this action belongs only in marriage."
Boys and girls experience puberty differently. For girls, puberty typically begins at 10 or 11 and lasts five to six years, punctuated by distinct events — breast development and the onset of menstruation. Puberty for boys starts later, around 11 or 12, and lasts longer. Many girls are done with puberty — over, by definition, when growth stops — in their sophomore year of high school. Boys, on the other hand, may still be growing in college, and some secondary sex characteristics, like beard growth, may not show up until they are in their 20s.
The first night of the boys' course includes a musical interlude, "The Penis Opera," in which the falsetto of the boys is set off by the bass of their fathers. Preteen boys think saying "penis" is funny, and my son, then 11, guffawed even as he looked around to gauge others' reactions — perhaps because no one anywhere else ever shouts "penis" at the top of his lungs.
"Maybe you've been using the word 'willy' or 'stick' or 'twig,' " the instructor, Greg Smallidge, a sexuality educator who teaches many of the boys' classes, told the audience. "We were brought up for generations with people thinking it wasn't O.K. to name these body parts. That's why we need 'The Penis Opera.' We need to talk about sexuality."
Yet what that conversation should include is far from settled. In 1913, Chicago's became the first major school system in the United States to include sexuality as a subject. More than 100 years later, there is still no standardized curriculum. Detailed guidelines, released in 2012 as a resource for school districts, recommend minimum standards for comprehensive K-12 sex ed, but compliance is voluntary. "No state or school district I'm aware of has adopted them in full," says Danene Sorace, who coordinated the development of the guidelines for Future of Sex Education, a partnership of three nonprofits. As a result, sex ed varies widely in schools. Some places, like New Jersey and Chicago, deliver age-specific lessons starting in kindergarten and continuing all the way through Grade 12. Other places, like Clark County, Nev., home to Las Vegas and the nation's fifth-largest school district, teach abstinence-based curriculums. Many states have no policies; more than half receive a share of the $50 million that the federal government hands out each year to promote abstinence through community programs.
Great Conversations represents a distinct shift from the usual approach to sex education. Metzger believes that adolescence and puberty should be the purview of children and their parents, not solely that of children and their teachers. "The idea that we are talking to two generations at the same time is at the core of this," she says.
In a 2012 survey by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, 87 percent of teenagers said "open, honest" conversations with their parents could help them put off sex and avoid pregnancy. Students who take part in comprehensive sex-ed programs delay having sex for the first time, have less sex and fewer partners and rely more on contraception than their peers. (Conversely, abstinence-only instruction has not succeeded in extending virginity.) "As parents of young children, we are really engaged," Sorace says. "But sexuality is such a taboo topic in our culture that when it comes to adolescence, we freeze."
That's probably why information about sex, whether from parents or schools, is so often delivered in serious, white-coat fashion, its clinical messages heavy with the fear of consequences. To those who advocate abstinence until marriage, attitudes like Metzger's foster permissiveness. But limiting the conversation to abstinence, Metzger says, "isn't a full-enough understanding of sexuality." Because they are voluntary, Great Conversations courses are free to be more frank than school-based sex ed; they can sidestep detractors who think kids shouldn't be taught about masturbation, for example. "We are not saying you have to learn this," Metzger says. "People get to choose to come to us."
Metzger's greatest challenge might be figuring out how to speak in one voice to families from radically different backgrounds and viewpoints. For the most part, the course, which costs $70, attracts a well-educated, mostly homogeneous demographic. But over the years, Metzger and her business partner, Robert Lehman, who also runs the boys' curriculum, have tried to appeal to lower-income parents. They found success in Palo Alto, where the class is regularly taught in Spanish. But in Seattle, Metzger says, she has struggled to find a community partner. A deal with the Y.M.C.A. fell through because of the need to simultaneously translate instructors' rapid-fire delivery into several languages.
Earlier this month, Metzger got an email from a middle-school teacher she knows: Would Great Conversations want to teach a group of disadvantaged students — some homeless, others victims of abuse? Two of her instructors are interested, and Metzger is imagining what shape such a class would take. "It wouldn't be the same song and dance," she says.
Metzger's course might need to evolve in other ways. Lindsey Doe, a clinical sexologist whose YouTube channel, Sexplanations, tackles subjects ranging from kissing to anal sex, attended Great Conversations with her daughter. She was disappointed that the focus was limited to either boys or girls. Where would a transgender or an intersex child fit in? "I loved the curriculum so much that I wanted it to be perfect, and that was the piece that would have completed my experience," Doe says.
Metzger is open to the idea. Finding the right words to include adoptive families was tricky when she started teaching the course; now, it's how to deal with sexual identity. "There was a titanic shift five years ago when the audience began demanding a more open conversation around homosexuality and transgender experiences," she says. "We're always trying to balance the readiness of the room, and we may be running a bit behind."
In November, my 10-year-old, Shira, and I attended For Girls Only. There was an undercurrent of nervous tension as we waited for the class to start. Mothers looked stressed, daughters embarrassed. Shira hadn't wanted to come. "I don't want to learn about puberty," she pouted. "I don't even like the word." But as the girls looked around, some of them spying friends, they seemed emboldened: Maybe theirs weren't the only parents to drag them to a talk about penises and vaginas.
And then Metzger won them over. At one point, she handed out a diagram of a woman's reproductive organs and challenged the girls to go home, stand naked in front of a mirror and superimpose the image over their abdomens to get a sense of where things were in their bodies. When Shira's drawing fell to the floor, she gave me an impish grin and asked, "Mom, could you pick up my uterus?"
Later still, she leaned forward, intrigued, when the talk turned to how to insert a tampon; I'd never explained that to her. "Some people worry they'll put it in too far," Metzger was saying. "What if you're in social studies and it comes out your ear?" She pantomimed stumbling across the room and pulling a tampon out of her ear; lots of laughter followed her. "That — " Metzger paused dramatically — "cannot happen."
A month later, on a drizzly December Monday, I met with Leah Likin, now 14. She has long, curly hair that fades from brown to blond, and she twirled one lock around and around as she talked. I asked her why she was dead-set against going to Metzger's class three years earlier. She struggled to explain herself. At last she said, with a blush that highlighted her freckles: "I guess I didn't want to grow up. I was happy with the way things were. I am realizing now that the class was superhelpful. Julie sends you away with this greater message that we are all in this together, that you're fine," she said, referring to Metzger. "That's what my mom always says: You are just right the way you are."


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