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ZGANEC, KARLO
Cedevita Zagreb 11 Forward
Height: 2.06 Born: 25 July, 1995 Nationality: Croatia
@kzganec11
Totals 21 7 294:22 56 19/40 0/0 18/26 20 31 51 13 9 19 2 6 55 30 52
Averages 21 7 14:01 2.7 47.5% 0% 69.2% 1 1.5 2.4 0.6 0.4 0.9 0.1 0.3 2.6 1.4 2.5
13 at Unicaja Malaga 9:02 2 1/1 1 1 2
14 * vs Anadolu Efes Istanbul 14:00 8 2/4 4/6 2 1 3 3 4 3 9
15 * at Fenerbahce Istanbul 15:04 2 1/2 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 -2
16 * vs Panathinaikos Athens 21:27 8 3/4 2/2 1 3 4 2 2 2 4 3 12
17 at Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade 10:18 1 0/1 1/2 2 2 1 2 1 5 1 -5
18 at Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar 9:59 2 2/2 2 2 1 1 1 2 7
19 vs Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul 8:11 0/1 1 1 -1
21 at Anadolu Efes Istanbul 16:25 3 1/4 1/2 2 2 1 2 1 -1
22 vs Fenerbahce Istanbul 16:39 0/2 2 7 9 2 1 1 2 5
23 at Panathinaikos Athens 9:52 5 2/2 1/2 1 1 1 3 1 4
24 vs Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade 14:37 2 1/3 1 1 3 4 -6
11 Totals 145:34 33 11/24 0/0 11/16 11 15 26 6 7 11 1 4 31 13 22
Average 13:14 3 45.8% 0% 68.8% 1 1.4 2.4 0.5 0.6 1 0.1 0.4 2.8 1.2 2
1 at Olympiacos Piraeus 2:00 1 1 1
2 vs Limoges CSP 15:58 4 1/1 2/2 3 3 6 2 1 9
3 at Anadolu Efes Istanbul 21:33 6 1/4 4/4 3 3 1 1 1 2 4 7
4 at EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 22:30 5 2/4 1/2 4 4 1 1 2 5 9
5 vs Laboral Kutxa Vitoria Gasteiz 22:53 3 4 7 2 1 1 3 6
6 vs Olympiacos Piraeus 19:38 2 1/2 1 2 1 1 1 1
7 * at Limoges CSP 12:58 1 1 2 4 1 -4
8 * vs Anadolu Efes Istanbul 16:08 0/1 0/2 2 2 1 2 5 2 -5
9 * vs EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 8:08 4 2/2 2 1 5
10 * at Laboral Kutxa Vitoria Gasteiz 7:02 2 1/2 1 1 3 3 2
10 Totals 148:48 23 8/16 0/0 7/10 9 16 25 7 2 8 1 2 24 17 30
Average 14:52 2.29 50% 0% 70% 0.9 1.6 2.5 0.7 0.2 0.8 0.1 0.2 2.4 1.7 3
#1 in Games Played (10)
Index rating 17 Cedevita Zagreb vs. Limoges CSP 11/28/2014
Points 9 Cedevita Zagreb vs. Limoges CSP 11/28/2014
Offensive rebounds 5 Cedevita Zagreb vs. Limoges CSP 11/28/2014
Defensive rebounds 7 Cedevita Zagreb vs. Fenerbahce Istanbul 3/25/2016
Total rebounds 10 Cedevita Zagreb vs. Limoges CSP 11/28/2014
Assists 3 Cedevita Zagreb vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul 1/21/2016
Steals 3 Cedevita Zagreb vs. CSKA Moscow 10/31/2014
Blocks 1 Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar vs. Cedevita Zagreb 2/25/2016
Minutes 22 Cedevita Zagreb vs. Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 11/13/2015
Made his debut with KK Bosco Zagreb (Croatia) A2, during the 2011-12 season.
Signed for the 2012-13 season by KK Zagreb.
Signed for the 2014-15 season by Cedevita Zagreb.
He's still playing there.
Won the 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 Croatian National Championship with Cedevita Zagreb.
Won the 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Croatian National Cup with Cedevita Zagreb.
Won the 2017 Adriatic League Super Cup with Cedevita Zagreb.
.has been member of the Croatian U-16, U-17, U-18 and U-20 National Team.
Won the silver medal at the 2012 World U-17 Championship.
Won the silver medal at the 2013 European U-18 Championship.
2014-15 Cedevita Zagreb 9 19 2.1 4/13 30.8 0/0 0 11/22 50 24 5 6 0
2015-16 Cedevita Zagreb 21 56 2.7 19/40 47.5 0/0 0 18/26 69.2 51 9 13 2
Totals 30 75 2.5 23/53 43.4 0/0 0 29/48 60.4 75 14 19 2
2014-15 Cedevita Zagreb 6 9 1.5 2/5 40 0/0 0 5/8 62.5 8 1 4 0
2016-17 Cedevita Zagreb 12 59 4.9 21/40 52.5 0/0 0 17/19 89.5 45 10 12 4
2018-19 Cedevita Zagreb 8 32 4 8/13 61.5 0/0 0 16/23 69.6 19 6 7 2
Totals 41 171 4.2 47/94 50 0/0 0 77/96 80.2 123 26 41 6
Averages 41 171 4.2 47/94 50 0/0 0 77/96 80.2 3 0.6 1 0.1
2012/13 KK Zagreb 26 174 6.7 58/121 47.9 1/1 100.0 55/77 71.4 110 17 40 7
2013/14 KK Zagreb 15 206 13.7 66/115 57.4 0/4 0.0 74/108 68.5 119 12 55 9
2014/15 Cedevita-A1 18 118 6.6 44/72 61.1 0/1 0.0 30/50 60.0 89 14 36 8
Cedevita-ABA 30 127 4.2 48/79 60.8 0/1 0.0 31/52 59.6 86 21 25 7
2015/16 Cedevita-A1 19 133 7.0 47/81 58.0 2/4 50.0 33/47 70.2 82 17 26 2
Cedevita-ABA 23 80 3.5 28/54 51.9 0/0 0.0 24/39 61.5 64 10 16 6
2016/17 Cedevita-ABA 29 182 6.3 63/105 60.0 1/1 100.0 53/67 79.1 108 29 38 9
Cedevita-A1 26 140 5.4 47/95 49.5 0/0 0.0 46/64 71.9 152 15 38 8
2017/18 Cedevita-ABA 24 78 3.3 24/54 44.4 0/1 0.0 30/39 76.9 63 10 19 4
Cedevita-A1 31 221 7.1 70/129 54.3 2/4 50.0 75/90 83.3 184 35 76 8


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Note: On August 17, 2020, the day subsections 1 (1) and (4) of Schedule 12 to the Stronger, Fairer Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 come into force, subsection 15 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding "or (5.1)" after "subsection 13 (5)" in the portion before paragraph 1. (See: O. Reg. 198/18, s. 1)
Note: On August 17, 2020, the day subsections 1 (1) and (4) of Schedule 12 to the Stronger, Fairer Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 come into force, the English version of section 24 of the Regulation is amended by striking out "record" and substituting "document". (See: O. Reg. 198/18, s. 2)
Note: On August 17, 2020, the day subsections 1 (1) and (4) of Schedule 12 to the Stronger, Fairer Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 come into force, subsection 51 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out "subsection 13 (1) (2) or (4)" and substituting "subsection 13 (1), (2), (3.1) or (4)" and by striking out "Provincial Schools Negotiations Act" and substituting "Provincial Schools Authority Act". (See: O. Reg. 198/18, s. 5 (1))
Note: On August 17, 2020, the day subsections 1 (1) and (4) of Schedule 12 to the Stronger, Fairer Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 come into force, subsection 51 (2) of the Regulation is amended by adding "or, in the case of Centre Jules-Léger (École provinciale pour sourds, aveugles et sourds-aveugles), the Centre Jules-Léger Consortium" at the end of clause (a), by striking out "Provincial Schools Negotiations Act" at the end of clause (b) and substituting "Provincial Schools Authority Act", and by adding "or, in the case of Centre Jules-Léger (École provinciale pour sourds, aveugles et sourds-aveugles), the director of education of the Centre Jules-Léger Consortium" at the end of clause (c). (See: O. Reg. 198/18, s. 5 (2))
Note: On August 17, 2020, the day subsections 1 (1) and (4) of Schedule 12 to the Stronger, Fairer Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 come into force, subsection 52 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out "established under subsection 13 (5)" and substituting "established or continued under subsection 13 (5) or (5.1)". (See: O. Reg. 198/18, s. 6 (1))
Note: On August 17, 2020, the day subsections 1 (1) and (4) of Schedule 12 to the Stronger, Fairer Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 come into force, subsection 52 (2) of the Regulation is amended by adding "or, in the case of Centre Jules-Léger (École d'application), the Centre Jules-Léger Consortium" at the end of clause (a) and by adding "or, in the case of Centre Jules-Léger (École d'application), the director of education of the Centre Jules-Léger Consortium" at the end of clause (b). (See: O. Reg. 198/18, s. 6 (2))
Note: On August 17, 2020, the day subsections 1 (1) and (4) of Schedule 12 to the Stronger, Fairer Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 come into force, subsection 52 (5) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted: (See: O. Reg. 198/18, s. 6 (3))

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Disasters, whether its natural, geo-political or a cyber attack, or simply a supply chain failure or losing a key employee, it always cause hindrance to a business. In order to avoid such disruptions and to deal with potential threats, every organization, whether big or small, must be ready with a "Business Continuity Plan".
A Business Continuity Plan or BCP is a framework of plan that will help an organization to recognize the potential threats and deal with any undesirable situation to keep functioning under any circumstances.
To get a better understanding of why BCP is absolute necessary for every organization, an event on "Business Continuity & Resilience through Relationships" was organized by NASSCOM Kolkata, supported by BCI India Chapter at Webel Manibhander in Salt Lake Sector V on 29th June. At the same event BCI or Business Continuity Institute launched its Kolkata Chapter, 7th Chapter in India. BCI has over 8000 members in more than 100 countries constituting a network of business continuity and resilience professional, thus keeping the world's organizations on track, no matter what happens.
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Chief Guests Mr. Debasish Sen, Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of West Bengal, IT Dept. & Chairman NDITA and Mr. R. Vaidhyanathan, BCI India Chapter President were felicitated with bouquets. Mr. Sen mentioned that Government plays a major role in managing crisis like natural disaster or geopolitical issues. He urged the corporates to collaborate with the government in handling such issues which will yield bigger and faster results. He further congratulated BCI for opening their Kolkata Chapter, the first one in Eastern India.
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Q: Creating http response as a return value for mockito I am new to Mockito testing and am testing a GET request.
I have mocked the call but now I need to return HttpResponse<Cars[]> because these values are later used in for loop.
How can I create a dummy HttpResponse where the body contains the array of Car objects.
The method where Get request is used in class CarProvider is:
public HttpResponse<Cars[]> getCars(String carId, String carname) {
    return Unirest.get(endpointUrl)
          .header("Accept", MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
          .queryString("carId",cardId)
          .queryString("carname",carname)
          .asObject(Cars[].class);
}

This is used in another class CarsUsers in below method:
public List<Cars> getCars(String carId, String carname) {
  HttpResponse<Cars[]> response = carProvider.getCars(carId, carname);
  for(Cars car: response.getBody){
     //use car and do something
}

My test method is as follows:
public class TestClass {
    @Mock
    HttpResponse<Cars[]> httpresponse;
    @Mock
    CarsProvider carsProvider;

    @Mock
    CarsUser carsUser;

    @Test
    public void getCarsTest(){
     Mockito.when(carsUser.getCars(Matchers.anyString(),
     Matchers.anyString())).thenReturn(getDummyCarsList());

     Mockito.when(carsProvider.getCars(Matchers.anyString(),
     Matchers.anyString())).thenReturn(httpResponse);

     }

    private List<Cars> getDummyCarsList(){
    //create a dummy list of cars
    }
}

I get NullPointerException pointing to for(Cars car: response.getBody){}.
I am assuming that body doesnt have any value and hence the exception is thrown.
Appreciate any help or suggestions.
Thanks

A: Do you really need CarProvider to return a HttpResponse<Car[]>?
It feels like an aspect of the underlying comms (HttpResponse) might be leaking here. If the purpose of the CarProvider is to provide cars then perhaps it should be typed accordingly.
So, if you declared CarProvider as follows ...
public class CarProvider {
    // should perhaps consider List<Car> instead of Car[] here ...
    public Cars[] getCars(String carId, String carname) {
        HttpResponse<Car{}> response = Unirest.get(endpointUrl)
          .header("Accept", MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
          .queryString("carId",cardId)
          .queryString("carname",carname);

        return deserialise(response.getBody());
    }

    private Car[] deserialise(ResponseBody body) {
        // read the body and deserialise to Car[]
    }
}

... then your test method would simplify to:
@Test
public void getCarsTest(){
    Mockito.when(carsUser.getCars(anyString(), anyString())).thenReturn(getDummyCarsList());

    // ...
}

private Cars[] getDummyCarsList(){
    return new Car{} {new Car(...), new Car(...)};
}

However, if this really is not possible and you really must mock HttpResponse<Car[]> then that'll look something like this:
HttpResponse<Car[]> mockedResponse = Mockito.mock(HttpResponse.class);
Mockito.when(mockedResponse.getCode()).thenReturn(200);
Mockito.when(mockedResponse.getBody()).thenReturn(someSerialisedFormOfYourCarArray);

Mockito.when(carsUser.getCars(anyString(), anyString())).thenReturn(mockedResponse);

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Take it away Millie, what's on your mind?
In her satin leggings, fighting for her rights….
The various forms of drink that my 10 month old enjoys…..
Gruff isn't a brilliant sleeper. He's waking a lot at the moment.
Maybe more teeth on the way?
He just comes in and we manage to get a little sleep that way.
First Day back at school..
Of course when the weather turns glorious in September it can only mean one thing, school term begins. I can still remember sweating buckets in my pristine winter uniform and my glasses sliding off my nose in 20 degrees of heat in a school hall.
The uniform came out the wardrobe and we trudged down the hill to school. First day as a junior. Evie howled as her big sister skipped happily in. We made it better with a balloon and an afternoon in the paddling pool.
A sea of wind-breakers, sandwiches and swimming costumes stuffed in Aldi bags, wasps and ice-cream, it's the great August Bank Holiday!!
2. There's a wasp on me THERE'S A WASP ON ME ,AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!
3. Ice-cream and tea in the same sentence.
4. I don't care if there's sand in it, eat it!
There's a distinctively Autumnal feel in the air today, the leaves are starting t o go brown and September is not far away too. Another wet summer, god I'm melancholy today. I quite like Autumn but I'm not ready for it yet, wouldn't mind a bit more of summer. Cwmbwrla Park feels even more desolate in weather like this, never mind the glass and empty bottles left behind from last nights teenage piss-up.


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We invite you to learn about the experience and lessons learned in the regions of Cusco and Puno, in an article written by Francesca Garcia, a journalist with the El Comercio newspaper
Fortunato Puma Huanca looks up at the sky and forecasts that tomorrow it will rain. As the 'yachachiq' of his community, the Quechua word for 'leader and teacher', Fortunato keeps alive the knowledge he inherited from his parents and grandparents, country men and women who have long predicted the weather through the observation of nature.
He recognizes himself as a scientist of an unwritten ancestral science, the proponent of a method that seeks answers in indicators such as clouds, wind, stars, animal behaviour, insects or flower colouring.
It is a clear day in the rural community of Huaccaytaqui, which lies at over 3,200 meters above sea level, in the district of Quiquijana, province of Quispicanchi, Cusco. The clouds, synonymous with rain and water for harvesting, cover only a small area of the sky, something that in other times would have been unusual during the rainy season in the Andes. Fortunato walks through the countryside and explains how climate change has changed the community's life.
"The sun no longer warms, now it burns," Fortunato says, explaining the crop damage.
Leoncio Puma Durán, another of the community's yachachiqs, says that in years gone by irrigation water used to last one week, but now there is only enough for three or four days. He recognizes that the farmers' main concern is drought. They could protect the crops from hard frost or warm dry spells if they had warning, but the lack of rain between November and March would ruin it.
Leoncio is also an expert in cabañuelas, a set of traditional methods used in the Andes for long-term weather forecasting. With this technique, country people make a calendar that serves as a guide for the harvest. August is the key month. "A magical month," adds Leoncio. August coincides with the Wata Qallariy, or beginning of the Andean agricultural year. The cabañuelas are based on the weather record of the first 12 days of August, each representing (from January to December) a month of the year. In other words, what happens on those days will reflect the future weather events of each month of the year.
Through the Climandes program, Senamhi, with funding from Swiss Cooperation, trains high Andean
communities in Cusco and Puno to address climate change (Photo: Alonso Chero).
Thanks to the drive of leaders such as Fortunato and Leoncio, for the past six years the community of Huaccaytaqui has been part of the Climandes (Climate Services for Development) project, led by the National Meteorology and Hydrology Service (Senamhi) and supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). A conventional weather station was installed in the community that allows the yachachiq to combine their ancestral knowledge with scientific measurement.
Leoncio Puma reads the station instruments three times a day (at 7 a.m., 1 p.m., and 7 p.m.) and writes the results on a blackboard. In this way other communities are kept informed and can take precautions against the risk of storms, rain, hail or frost. Leoncio says this information complements his own forecasts. "Sometimes the instruments give us data we already knew," he jokes. He keeps a record of everything in a notebook that he carries with him every day.
"The information that the community has is fundamental to them for taking action and increasing their risk management, because they live in highly vulnerable areas," says Teófilo Zamalloa Challco, agricultural specialist at Senamhi in Cusco.
Grinia Ávalos, Senamhi's deputy director of climate forecasting and Climandes coordinator, stresses that the project's main objective has been to produce climate services tailored to the needs of the community with a focus on inclusion and interculturality. She remembers that until a few years ago Senamhi generated information without corroborating its usefulness in practice. "We have changed that paradigm so that we can make climate-smart decisions in Peru, which is a country so vulnerable to climate change," she says.
—Voices from the Altiplano—
More than 300 kilometres south of Cusco, in the peasant farmer community of Ilaya, district of Ilave, province of El Collao, in Puno, farmer Mario Jinez tells how the Pleiades, the constellation of seven stars named after Greek mythology, warn people when temperatures are going to fall drastically and allow them to make the most of the situation. Observing the sky at more than 3,500 meters above sea level is a necessary way of life.
"If the Pleiades shine brighter than normal, it means it's going to freeze harder. That means it's time to spread the potatoes to make chuño," Mario explains. Making chuño, he explains, is the time-honoured way to ensure food security because it can be stored for up to seven or eight years.
Mario Jinez is a yatichiri, an Aymara word for 'master'. Like hundreds of farmers in this area of the Altiplano, he is being trained by Climandes to strengthen their inherited knowledge and disseminate new knowledge. He also translates information from Spanish into Aymara and narrows the language gap.
This is Mario Zapana, yatichiri of the Jacha Yacango community, Puno (Photo: Alonso Chero)
A few minutes away, in the rural community of Jacha Yacango, Mario Zapana, another yatichiri, climbs to the top of a hill and sits down to watch the clouds that draw their silhouette perfectly in chiaroscuro. At 55, he has learned the scientific names of the clouds he has seen all his life.
"My grandparents taught us to recognize the signs of nature. We are here to share our knowledge and learn," he reflects.
Senamhi experts acknowledge that science cannot explain the successes of ancestral methods. Officially, the weather forecast is for a maximum of three or five days and three months when it comes to the climate. Meteorologist Jhonatan Paredes Quispe emphasizes, after his experience with the yachachiq, that the important thing for both parties is to learn.
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RBC I Despite losing its budget and finance director in the middle of the budgeting process.
Despite an anticipated drop-off in intergovernmental funding — revenue coming from other governmental sources.
Despite a slowdown in oil and gas activity in the Piceance Basin, not to mention the local economy.
Despite losing a years-long court battle over application of its use tax on industrial construction and building materials.
Despite all of the above, the county completed the budget process on time and remains on solid footing financially.
"Despite the tough economic times, the county is in a relatively healthy financial position," said Commissioner Ken Parsons of Rangely, the chairman pro tem.
Parsons gave an overview of the proposed 2010 budget during a hearing Dec. 14. Afterward, commissioners approved a resolution adopting the budget for next year, which included no pay raises for county employees and appropriations of $57.9 million, compared to $49.7 million in 2009.
"Most of that has a lot to do with the court case on use tax and the liability that's going to go into that," Parsons said. "We're also seeing $20 million being budgeted toward the County Road 5 project."
As far as the county's 2010 budget, Parsons said the County Road 5 improvement project "tends to skew … all that we're looking at here."
Parsons explained, "We're applying for Senate bill 232 grant funds that are a one-time funding opportunity through (the Colorado Department of) Local Affairs. There is $17 million that they are going to distribute. We are one of seven finalists for those grant funds. We have to budget for them whether we get them or not. That really makes the capital grants look pretty enormous this year, compared to the past. But, if we don't get the grant, the money will not be spent.
"There is an anticipation that there might be an industry match coming in on this SB 232 grant," Parsons continued. "If that doesn't materialize, then the pie picture changes quite a bit."
As well as presenting facts and figures from the county's 2010 budget, Parsons outlined the commissioners' goals for the new year.
"We're still looking at completing the master plan and updating the land use resolutions," he said. "We're still looking at the former (Meeker) library space for our offices. We're still looking at what we're going to do for a criminal justice facility. I hope we'll make more progress on that this year.
"We're working on increased radio coverage in areas not currently covered in the county. We have to be completely converted over to a new system of emergency communications by 2013," Parsons added. "We're going to continue our work toward design and financing on the transportation improvements on Piceance Creek. We're going to need to determine a course of action in light of the use tax decision that has been handed down on the county's construction material use tax. And we're, finally, interested in recruiting and retaining qualified people. That's the core of our services — the people we have working for us."
The county is currently advertising for a new budget and finance director to replace Diane Sorensen, who resigned in November to take another job. The county hired two outsiders on a contract basis to help complete the budget process and handle the day-to-day operations of the finance department.
Regarding the Fairfield Com-munity Center in Meeker, commissioners budgeted $525,000 for remodeling space formerly occupied by the Meeker Public Library and converting it to offices for county staff.
Also, commissioners budgeted $1 million for site preparation and design for a justice center. The county is considering several different site options for the facility, which would allow for expanded jail and courtroom space. A neighborhood group has opposed locating the justice center in Meeker's downtown district at the site of the old elementary school, which will be vacated at the end of the school year.
Shortly before Christmas, the county's request for the Colorado Supreme Court to reconsider its decision in the use tax case was denied.
"Unfortunately, the court denied our motion for a rehearing," said Malcolm Murray, an attorney from Denver who represented the county in the use tax case.
The supreme court's decision in the use tax case had a significant impact on the county's 2010 budget.
"The ExxonMobil (the plaintiff in the case) use tax decision is probably the No. 1 revenue-affecting decision that will affect our budget," Commissioner Parsons said during his Dec. 14 presentation. "It will have profound long-term implications for the county, as well as an immediate impact. The county is estimating our liabilities on this will be on the order of about $9.5 million."
Parsons said the county had taken steps to prepare for the financial hit it would take in the event it lost the use tax case.
"We do have sufficient funds budgeted in contingency that we've put away over the past few years in anticipation of what we would consider to be a worst-case scenario," Parsons said. "So, there is fund balance that will enable us to get through this, but we're not going to have these revenues in the future.
"While we have put this money in contingency out of use tax against this eventuality, we've also set aside funds … through these good years that have occurred recently," Parsons added. "So, we do have fund balances that are enabling us to get through this year without problems — thanks to the flat budget — and perhaps even more, should we have to in the future."
Still, Parsons noted, "The immediate effect is that an 82 percent drop in (use tax) revenues from $3.6 million that was budgeted (in 2009) to about $700,000 budgeted for this year. So, we're looking at a revenue stream that will be much smaller than it was before."
Here are additional numbers from the county's 2010 budget, with comments by the chairman pro tem:
"Property tax is 39 percent of our revenues," Parsons said. "This year, property tax (revenue) is going to increase, but virtually every other significant source of revenue is declining."
The county's mill levy will remain the same for 2010 at 9.05 mills.
"Assessed valuations continue to grow," Parsons said. "We're looking at the revenues that are increasing there as being temporary. They will probably last about two years. Then there will be a reassessment based on lower property values, and we expect that these revenues will go down."
As far as intergovernmental revenue — money from the state and other government sources — it is expected to decrease dramatically.
"That's mainly from decreases in state severance tax and in federal mineral revenues to the state," Parsons said. "This one worries me. The state is having its fair share of fiscal problems, and the federal government isn't doing that much better. … when a third of your revenues are depending on people who are having fiscal problems, that's a worrisome source of revenue."
"Capital projects, that's taking up the biggest part," Parsons said. "Capital outlay takes up 56 percent. Personnel costs are up 19 percent (due to increased health insurance premiums). That's the biggest chunk outside of capital.
"Again, the County Road 5 project is completely dominating," Parsons added. "Although full funding from the grant is not anticipated, it must be budgeted, and expenditures will be proportionally decreased to reflect any actual award."
FUND BALANCES
"We've been building up fund balances since 2004, and at the end of 2009 we're expecting that those will total about $54 million," Parsons said.
Total fund balances are expected to decrease about $5 million by the end of 2010.
"That's still a very substantial reserve," Parsons said. "But in this climate and economic uncertainty, I believe it is very prudent that we have this to get through the tough times. And, if good times come back again, perhaps, we'll have some funds that will help us with capital construction down the road."
The largest decrease in fund balance — due to the County Road 5 project — is expected in the capital expenditure fund.
"Again, when you're looking at one huge project, it really distorts the statistics," Parsons said.
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2014 London's Top Ten Best Bubble Tea Shops , Taiwan Festival writers select ten of London's best Bubble Tea for those searching for something a bit different. A cold, frothy drink made with iced tea, sweetened milk or other flavorings, and usually with sweet black balls or "pearls" made... Bubble Tea also known as Pearl Milk tea or Boba is a refreshing sweet drink made hot or cold and comes in a variety of flavours. Its flavours and options have no limits and are virtually borderless. It is usually a mix of tea, milk, sugar and black tapioca balls that can be added with different toppings of jelly. Bubble tea which originated from Taiwan has moved beyond their Asian roots and gained popularity across Australia, Canada, America and for a while now in the UK. Its a tea taken through a fat straw that coffee shops or cafés in Hounslow have yet to offer.
This reminds us of tiny, independent 'upstairs cafés' in Hong Kong, where ground-floor spaces are at a premium. Find the steps next to Leong's Legends and you're halfway there. Along with bubble tea (we like the coconut-infused milk tea) you can enjoy food such as thick toast spread with kaya (coconut jam). Students receive a 10 per cent discount from noon-5pm weekdays.
This tiny shop fits right into its quirky Camden surroundings, with modish design, bright colours and cheerful staff. It's good for novices, as the various types of bubble tea (milk or fruit based, or an icy version they call 'crush') and even the ratios used for each are clearly explained. The fruit flavours use a base of either green or oolong tea, and guava and honeydew are among the options.
This spin-off of Candy Café is a takeaway on one side, sit-down East Asian café on the other (newer) side. A huge choice of fruit- and milk-based bubble teas is available, featuring a generous number of boba per cup. There's also the option to add other ingredients to your drink, such as jellied nata de coco (fermented coconut water). The café also serves a large choice of East Asian-style desserts, many made without dairy produce. There is also a tiny karaoke booth with songs in Korean or Chinese.
This bubble tea shop is gimmicked to the hilt with bubbling chemistry sets in the window and gnomic slogans on the plastic cups. We found the vanilla tea almost sickly sweet; the passionfruit was better. But the 'bubbles' are a cut above, with just the right amount of bounce and chew.
Bobo Tea is committed to introducing everyone in the UK to authentic Taiwanese bubble tea, ice tea, smoothies and slush!! Already loved in Asia, America & Australia, we've launched our first BoBo Tea Bar in Manchester Arndale City Centre and plan to go nationwide in 12 months.
Tea kiosks in Taiwan are the first stops for students between classes or off from schools. As for the busy office people, a cup of Pearl Milk Tea tends to be their deserving afternoon treat. Instead of seeing people walking down the street with their cups of latte or cappuccino in New York or Seattle, you will find that in Sydney they stroll down the street with Pearl Milk Tea in their hands! Milk Tea & Pearl brings this trend to London for the first time!
We at CafeDePearl will be bringing the East to the West, by introducing a whole new genre of drink to the North West. We present to you, Bubble Tea. Our unique milk tea soft drink comes with edible Tapioca, or juice filled Pearls.
CUPP TEA BAR is the first and only mobile Bubble Tea company in the UK.
We bring authentic bubble tea and fruit tea from Taiwan, our ambition to serve the very best bubble tea and fruit tea you can find anywhere in the UK!
We only use fresh fruit and fresh milk in our bubble teas and fruit tea bringing you the healthy and real tasting bubble teas.
Is there a vital Bubble Tea shop missing from our list? Let us know www.taiwanfestival.co.uk/contact If you find any inaccurate information on the Site let us know and we will correct it, where we agree, as soon as practicable. You should independently verify any information before relying upon it. We make no representations that information is accurate and up to date or complete and accept no liability for any loss or damage caused by inaccurate information. This Site gives a large amount of data and there will inevitably be errors in it, particularly because dates and times of events change and cancellations occur. You are advised to check directly with the owners of the shops concerned before making any arrangements.


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Mirrorless camera growth a double-edged sword for Sigma
Sigma chief executive Kazuto Yamaki says the rising mirrorless camera genre is an opportunity as more mirrorless camera systems mean a greater variety of products, which will stimulate the camera market. ST PHOTO: TREVOR TAN
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Making lenses for mirrorless cameras has been both a bright spot and challenge for Sigma, the world's largest third-party lens manufacturer.
Mirrorless cameras are interchangeable-lens cameras (ILCs) that do not have the reflex mirror found in digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras, thereby allowing them to be more compact and lighter. They form the only ILC segment that is enjoying a healthy growth rate.
In an interview at the CP+ 2019 camera show in Yokohama, Japan, last week, Sigma chief executive Kazuto Yamaki says the rising mirrorless camera genre is an opportunity as more mirrorless camera systems meana greater variety of products. This will help stimulate the camera market and Sigma can sell more lenses.
But it is also a challenge for Sigma as a manufacturer as it has to open up new assembly lines to build lenses for different mounts.
"We will lose efficiency and productions costs will increase," he says.
This is especially so now that Sigma is part of the L-mount alliance with Panasonic and Leica, which allows Sigma to make cameras and lenses for Leica's L-mount system for mirrorless cameras.
Sigma has one factory in Aizu, Japan. It has expanded the factory by about 30 per cent since 2016 to meet changing demands.
The company has announced it will be releasing 11 L-mount lenses this year.
But Mr Yamaki says Sigma's yet-to-be-named L-mount mirrorless camera - which will have a Foveon full-frame 60.9-megapixel image sensor - will be delayed till next year, instead of this year as previously announced.
Sigma was founded in 1961 by the late Michihiro Yamaki, the father of Mr Kazuto Yamaki. The privately held company makes lenses for consumers to use with cameras of other brands.
The global market share of mirrorless cameras in terms of value has grown by 15 per cent from 2016 to last year, while that of DSLR cameras fell by 22 per cent over the same period, according to market research firm GfK Asia.
Mr Yamaki says he saw the mirrorless camera uptrend about two years ago and initiated several mirrorless camera lens projects then. Now, Sigma is reaping the rewards.
He is happy with its performance last year, which saw overall sales value grow by 5 per cent compared with the previous year. In particular, the company's lenses for Sony E-mount mirrorless cameras "sold very well".
However, Mr Yamaki is conservative when making his prediction for 2019. "I think it will probably be flat," he says.
And Sigma is not abandoning DSLR camera lenses. "As long as there is a demand, we will make them for users," he says.
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Passing a subway station from Eirik Solheim on Vimeo.
Place the camera firmly against the window. Start video recording just before you approach the station. Add a stupid sound from the default Apple audio library.
Exact location: Nationalteateret station, Oslo, Norway.
…and you can click through to Vimeo to watch the video in HD.
I recently bought the Canon 15mm f2.8 Fisheye for my new 5D Mark II. It's extremely wide angle and gives the characteristic fisheye distortion.
In some images you want the fisheye distortion, but in other images you might want to remove it.
And there are several applications that can help you with that. Regardless of what fisheye you're using.
The most common way to remove the distortion is to squeeze the image in the middle. Something like what PTlens will do for you. In addition you can adjust perspective, rotation and a couple of other settings.
But this leaves you with an image that has to be cropped and if there are people along the edges of the image they will look very distorted.
Another program called Fisheye Hemi aim to fix that problem. And will try to remove the fisheye distortion using advanced algorithms to keep as much as possible and do the adjustments but keeping people and other details in the image without distortion.
I've made a simple flash animation to show the different images. Click the buttons below the image to change from original, to the one corrected with fisheye hemi to the one corrected with PTlens.
There are a lot of programs that is made to help you adjust lens distortions. I've also tried DxO, but simply found it too difficult to use. For people using Windows I've heard positive remarks of RectFish.
Please leave a comment if you have a favourite that I haven't mentioned.


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Vissan IPO attracts 142 investors
A Vissan worker checking pork. The company's IPO will be held on March 7. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Vu
HA NOI (VNS)— More than 140 investors from local and overseas markets will participate in the initial public offering (IPO) of the Viet Nam Meat Industries Limited Company (Vissan) on March 7.
Vissan will sell more than 11.3 million shares at the IPO, with a starting price of VND17,000 each. The company expects to earn at least VND192 billion (USVND189,486 million) from the IPO.
The 142 investors comprise 123 local individuals, six local companies, six foreign individuals, and seven foreign firms. They have registered to buy 63.6 million shares at the IPO, more than five times the number of shares offered by Vissan.
The number of shares being offered at the IPO is equal to 14 per cent of the company's capital after privatisation, which is expected to reach VND809 billion.
Vissan will sell the shares to only three investors at the coming IPO, so that they become the company's strategic investors.
According to Vissan, a strategic investor should have equity of VND1 trillion as of the end of 2015, should not have suffered any losses during the 2012-14 period, and should not have suffered any accumulated loss as of the end of September 2015.
A strategic investor should also have had at least five years of operations experience, working in the same industries as Vissan, and be capable of working with Vissan to create a food chain called 3F (Feed-Farm-Food) to provide safe food to consumers.
Investor concerns
Vissan's Director General, Van Duc Muoi, has said that investors may not be happy because the State may remain the major shareholder with an ownership of 65 per cent of the company after privatisation is complete.
The State is to remain the major shareholder of Vissan in the near future because the company has a very important role in HCM City in stabilising the food market, especially the sectors of fresh meat and processed food.
Organisation investors have raised concerns that they will face strong competition from two big companies, including the local food and beverage producer Masan Group and the South Korea-based CJ Corporation.
Investors are also concerned that it will be difficult for them to express their strategic role, since Vissan offers a very small number of shares reflecting a small percentage of the company's capital. Plus, the company has not provided a detailed plan for future privatisation.
Muoi, Vissan's general director, has said that investors will have opportunities to increase their financial investments in the company as the State's ownership in Vissan will be reduced to below 51 per cent soon.
Local media reported that early in 2015, the privatisation of Vissan drew the attention of the South Korea-based CJ Corporation, which operates in multiple industries, including food and food services, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, entertainment and media, and home shopping and logistics.
CJ Corporation plans to improve Vissan's brand, not only in the domestic market but also abroad, if it becomes one of Vissan's three strategic investors.
Vissan is now one of Viet Nam's leading corporations in the production of food, fresh meat, frozen meat, and meat products. Vissan was founded in 1970 as a subsidiary of the State-owned Sai Gon Trading Corporation (SATRA). — VNS


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Could your son be a chorister at Hereford Cathedral?
Each year Hereford Cathedral looks for three or four boys aged between 7 and 9 to join the choir, sharing in the Cathedral's and the School's rich musical heritage.
Opportunities for your son as a chorister at Hereford Cathedral:
First-class musical training from Hereford Cathedral's staff of professional musicians. The experience of performing to the highest standards every day and the acquisition of the valuable skills of concentration, team-work, self-discipline and self-confidence will benefit the Choristers for the rest of their lives.
Taking part each year in the world-famous Three Choirs Festival, which has been hosted in turn by the cathedrals of Hereford, Worcester and Gloucester since the early 1700s. Today it provides further opportunities for the Choristers to work at the highest professional standard with some of the country's best-known conductors, soloists and orchestras.
A substantial scholarship from the Dean and Chapter of Hereford Cathedral towards the cost of their education at Hereford Cathedral Junior School and Hereford Cathedral School. Additional financial support may be available where needed.
What are Hereford Cathedral looking for?
Many parents assume that their son has to be a musical genius to audition for the choir, but in fact what Hereford Cathedral is looking for is a boy who enjoys singing, being part of a close-knit team and who, with his parents, will commit himself to a demanding but immensely rewarding schedule. It is always useful if a boy has some experience of a musical instrument but it is by no means essential.
The Cathedral Choir sings Evensong at 5.30pm on five days a week, and at three services on Sundays.
The choristers rehearse for these services, and extra events like tours, broadcasts and recordings, on five mornings a week from 8.10am to 9am and on Sundays from 8.55am to 9.50am. There is also a short rehearsal each afternoon with the gentlemen of the choir and on Friday evening from 6.15pm to 7.15pm.
Choristers normally continue in the choir until their voices change or the end of Year 9, whichever is the sooner, and continue to receive a scholarship from the Dean and Chapter until the end of Year 11. Additional financial support is available where needed.
If you have any questions or would like to find out more about becoming a Chorister at Hereford Cathedral, please call Lucy Debenham, the School Registrar, on 01432 363511 or email l.debenham@herefordcs.com.


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Villagarcía de Campos es un municipio y localidad española de la provincia de Valladolid, en la comunidad autónoma de Castilla y León. Cuenta con una población de .

Geografía
El municipio se encuentra situado a orillas del río Sequillo y junto a los montes Torozos, en Tierra de Campos.

Mapa del término municipal

Historia

Se tienen noticias de su existencia en el siglo XI. En el siglo XIV pertenecía a la merindad del infantazgo de Valladolid y su señor era Juan Alfonso de Alburqueque.

A partir del 1387 el castillo/palacio pasó, por donación real de Juan I de Castilla, a Gutierre González Quijada III, siendo el feudo más importante de esta familia. hasta su último representante D. Luis Méndez de Quijada.

En los años 50 del siglo XX se realizaron sondeos para la búsqueda de petróleo, que dieron resultado negativo.

Demografía
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Símbolos

Escudo
El escudo heráldico y la bandera que representan al municipio fueron aprobados oficialmente el . El escudo se blasona de la siguiente manera:

Administración y política

Cultura

Patrimonio

 Castillo de Villagarcía de Campos - Palacio de los Quijada;
 Colegiata de San Luis: en 1572 las trazas originales de la misma, obra de Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón, son modificadas por el maestro cántabro Juan de Nates y su suegro Juan de la Vega;
 Iglesia de San Pedro;
 Ermita del Ecce Homo;
Caño y ruinas reconvertidas en cementerio de la Iglesia de San Boal;
Acueducto del siglo XVI en el patio de la Colegiata;
Traída de aguas de Cañicorrales hasta San Boal;
Ruinas de la iglesia de San Boal.

Fiestas
 San Blas, el 3 febrero;
 La Virgen del Rosario, el primer domingo de  octubre.

Todavía quedan tradiciones como la carrera de cintas a caballo o el encierro de reses bravas a caballo por el campo.

En Semana Santa, se celebra la procesión del Ecce Homo, que recorre el camino desde la ermita hasta la iglesia de San Pedro el Miércoles Santo, y de vuelta a la ermita el Viernes Santo.

Ilustres

Véase también

 Gastronomía de la provincia de Valladolid
 Historia de la provincia de Valladolid
 Economía de la provincia de Valladolid

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Diputación de Valladolid

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South Africa's central bank starts buying bonds
26 March 2020 M&A Community
The bank says it will buy government bonds across the curve.
South Africa's central bank on Wednesday launched a bond-buying programme, seeking to drum up demand in credit markets as the coronavirus epidemic weighs on the country's already ailing economy. The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) did not specify the amount of government bonds it would purchase from the secondary market.
The SARB, which is led by governer Lesetja Kganyago (pictured), has long resisted public and political pressure to intervene more directly in providing stimulus. Wednesday's move brings it into line with major central banks across the developed world that have run large-scale asset purchase programmes.
The SARB's bond-buying programme is widely perceived to be a form of quantitative easing, which is a tool that central banks use to buy government debt in open markets in order to protect the financial system, increase money supply, encourage lending and investment.
South Africa's economy will come under increasing pressure as it enters a 21-day national lockdown from Thursday, ordered by President Cyril Ramaphosa in response to the spread of Covid-19, of which more than 700 confirmed cases have been registered, but as yet no deaths.
The country's bond market has been short of buyers since February, while daily sales of sovereign debt have regularly topped R4 billion ($230 million), including a record R12.8 billion on 2 March.
The bank said it would buy bonds of varying maturities in the secondary market, without giving further details. The move should boost the take-up of government debt and make it easier for commercial banks to fund their operations.
The bank delivered a surprise 100 basis point cut to its main lending rate on Thursday to help the economy, and said it stood poised to cut further if market volatility continued.
South African banks and financial firms have in recent weeks seen a sharp increase in redemptions of short-term funds, as well as higher margin calls, while primary dealers – who buy government securities to sell on the secondary market – have struggled for buyers.
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A Nation Must Think Before it Acts Are Tyrants Only Local Thugs?
Are Tyrants Only Local Thugs?
Jakub Grygiel
Program on National Security
If we see that tyrants lack hope, making them myopic in their historical outlook, we might also argue that their actions are circumscribed to their dominions. Tyrants, in other words, may be only local thugs and thus have less impact on international stability than they might otherwise. Applied to today, this argument would suggest that a tyrant like Putin presents merely a local problem, and his decision to invade Ukraine creates at most a regional tiff.
But it is more complicated than that.
The theme of tyrants as local rascals rather than actors with a wider systemic impact stems in part from Thucydides. In the first book of his Peloponnesian War, while giving a brief historical excursus of the years before the great conflict between Athens and Sparta he explains that it was the tyrannical nature of Greek cities that limited their ability to fight large wars. "Wherever there were tyrants, their habit of providing simply for themselves, of looking solely to their personal comfort and family aggrandizement, made safety the great aim of their policy, and prevented anything great proceeding from them; though they would each have their affairs with their immediate neighbors." (Thucydides, I.17).
Self-centered, preoccupied with their personal survival and wealth, fearful of domestic rebellions, and, even more, perennially watchful of ambitious members of their entourage, tyrants cannot go far away. A tyrant going on a distant expedition risks denuding his own lands of armed men who instill fear and prop up his power. Fear among the populace is much more real when the imperial guards are in the city, not outside of it. Any absence by the tyrant chips away at his hold on power. (It is not surprising that Putin's recent disappearance from public view, irrespective of the reasons for it, called into question his hold on power. Being there is half of what it means to hold tyrannical power.) To use the classical analogy of a state as a ship, and of the political leader as the captain, a tyrant is perennially fearful of his own crew; the navigation of the ship to distant shores is an ancillary concern.
The additional risk of embarking on a war abroad is that it may bring glory to, and whet the political appetite of, the tyrant's military commanders. The logic of tyranny insists that only a tyrant should be the author of martial success; a defeat, on the other hand, must be ascribed to the cadres in charge of operations. There are dangers in both victory and defeat, because the commanders may be jealous of the tyrant's appropriating undue glory in case of the former, and they may be angry at being offered as expiatory sacrifices in case of the latter. Wars, in brief, are risky for tyrants, who as a result have strong incentive to stay home. In Thucydides phrasing, nothing "great" can come out of them.
The Greek historian, of course, did not claim that tyrants were peaceful. But they were geopolitically timid, and at most they engaged in…
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Jakub Grygiel is Book Review Editor of Orbis, FPRI's journal of world affairs. He is an Associate Professor at the Catholic University of America.


Amazon is promoting the establishment of a network of unmanned air vehicle control zones to ensure that its anticipated Prime Air delivery service will integrate smoothly into national airspace.
Speaking at the AUVSI Xponential show in New Orleans on 2 May, Gur Kimchi, vice-president of Prime Air, stressed that movement needs to be made on airspace integration methods now, so that services are ready to be carried out when the necessary authorisations are granted.
Kimchi referred to the idea that execution of the airspace control would have to be carried out by "federated traffic controllers", which would consist of different overlapping networks of UAV operators communicating with each other and deconflicting, just as cellular service operators communicate to ensure that different networked phones can connect.
He says that NASA has been a "shining example" of engineering initiative through its unmanned traffic management effort, while the Joint Authorities for Rulemaking on Unmanned Systems working group has been useful in providing integration oversight.
Kimchi says that the model needs to be established now, even as the delivery service is in its infancy, to ensure that there are no issues when these operations begin, adding that airspace access rules need to be communicated effectively to ensure that everybody is aware of movements in the air.
Amazon proposes that a no-fly zone be established at 400-500ft, to allow for UAVs to travel to delivery destinations. Real-time no-fly zones can also be imposed on UAV operations to allow for manned operations as necessary, and the systems can simply wait until it is safe to enter the zone again.
He stressed the importance of safe, secure and interoperable operations, and warned that the pace of how this will move should not be set on current standards, because it is expected to grow rapidly in the next five years.
Meanwhile, start-up Uvionix is preparing to launch its nSky UAV delivery service – which it claims will be provided for just $3 per delivery – in the next year.
It has designed a clean-sheet coaxial vertical take-off and landing aircraft that will be able to deliver 1.2lb payloads, and is targeting the convenience market to include the delivery of hot drinks and fast food.
"Our primary aim is to begin by delivering small parcels," Boris Iskrev, chief executive of the company, tells Flightglobal. Uvionix is aiming to deliver within a 12mile radius, and is moving away from the need for warehouse despatch by offering the system to retailers to operate in-house but be controlled remotely by the Uvionix.
Regarding airspace integration efforts, the company is optimistic that challenges will be overcome by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to allow for such operations.
"We have seen a much more aggressive approach from the FAA with regards to integration recently," Yordan Iskrev, president of the company, adds.
The system has a number of monitoring and redundancy systems integrated to ensure safety, including a parachute recovery system if the battery fails.


Klout measures a person's online influence. It uses a numerical score between 0 and 100 to quantify the extent of influence a user has. "Influence" is defined as the ability to drive action. Klout generates a person's score by examining that person's interactions on various social networks.
What are the benefits of a high Klout score?
Klout is not perfect, and it can be gamed just as any other algorithm can be. However, Klout does serve a purpose.
Businesses/brands use Klout to reach out and offer "Perks" to users who have a high Klout score and who also share the same interests/values that are reflected in a brand. If you are an individual user, you may be approached by brands who wish to offer you a special, also known as a "Perk" in Klout-speak.
If you are looking to promote your content across social media and increase your influence, Klout may be for you.
Here are some of the ways I increased my Klout score over time. Any individual or corporate account can apply the same tactics and achieve similar if not better results.
I started by linking my Twitter account with Klout. I was not active on Twitter and hence my low Klout score. The big advantage of starting with a single social media account is that you get a feel for what is working and what is not. You also stay motivated, as it is easier to move the needle when you have a low Klout score to start with.
You are probably following many industry superstars (people and corporations) on Twitter. Generally, corporations have a reasonable number of social media reps that are empowered to speak on behalf of the corporation. That makes it easier for you as a user to get a response when you interact with corporate accounts versus a person's account. And every interaction/engagement (response, retweet, being favorited, etc.) means an uptick in your Klout score.
In some cases, you as a consumer might have a legitimate customer complaint or feedback to share. Aside from getting your problem resolved, your dialog with a brand on Twitter will also assist your Klout score.
Every now and then brand accounts/corporate accounts will acknowledge a contributor by including the author in their tweet. When you respond to such a post, you end up responding to both the corporate account and the individual contributor; that's a good transition point after you have been engaging with corporate accounts for a while.
This tactic cannot and should not be faked. Just as in real life, relationships on social media are best meant for the long term. Engage with people you respect—when you have something real to say or share.
On May 16, 2014 my LinkedIn profile was added to my Klout profile. When you add in a profile from a social media platform, it helps to stagger the addition so that you can see the extent of the effect each of your social media profiles has on your score.
The large spike in my score (see first image, above) is explained by the linking of my LinkedIn account.
If you are running multiple social media accounts, I have found Klout to be a useful way to get some semblance of knowing which social media accounts may be working for you.
On May 19 I added my dormant Facebook account. Interestingly, it had a larger "Network Contribution" than my LinkedIn account but did not produce the sharp spike in my Klout score that I got with my LinkedIn account.
It's not easy to decipher an algorithm, and you will see such anomalies that cause you to dig deeper and learn more.
Finally, here is an old but good post from Klout on what signals Klout pays attention to.


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San José Clean Energy's community solar program saving some low-income customers $100 per month
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San José Clean Energy (SJCE) announces details of the success of its first community solar program. The program provides over 800 customers with 100% solar energy at a 20% discount. This can be combined with other monthly discounts to save up to 55%.average solar access Customers can save $32 on a single bill, and some save over $100 each month.
This new program provides discounted utility-scale clean energy to customers who rent homes, cannot afford solar installations, or have homes that are not suitable for solar. SJCE supplies solar energy for our customers. No solar panel installation or equipment required.Target customers application Once you are added to the waitlist for the program and a spot becomes available. Customers are registered on a first-come, first-served basis.Accepting applications onlineby email or by phone at 833-432-2454.
Mayor Sam Ricardo said, "I would like to thank San Jose Clean Energy for their leadership in implementing programs like this for our residents." "Too many of our communities are disproportionately burdened by climate change and rising utility bills. Solar Access addresses this problem by providing clean power at discounted prices. ."
SJCE partnered with local community-based organizations to enable all eligible customers to hear about and apply for the program, including those without internet access and those who speak other languages. Partners include International Children's Assistance Network, Mujeres Empresarias Tomando Accion and Alviso Community Fund.
The Solar Access Outreach Campaign is a finalist in the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award by the California Association of Public Affairs. Over 80% of her applications are submitted by phone or direct mail, and over 40% of her applicants speak Vietnamese or Spanish.
"Programs like Solar Access are one of the many benefits of the Community Choice Aggregation," said Lori Mitchell, director of the Community Energy Department, which runs SJCE. "We are committed to working with our communities to keep our customer needs at the forefront as we transition to a clean energy future."
SJCE recently partnered with Renewable America to build a new solar facility that will provide energy to Solar Access customers. The West Tambo Clean Power project will be built in Merced County and is expected to be operational in April 2023. Meanwhile, energy for Solar Access customers will come from an existing solar project in Corcoran, California.
Solar Access is enrolled in either California's Energy Alternative Rate Program (CARE) or Home Electricity Rate Assistance Program (FERA) and is located in a privileged area defined by the state as an excessively environmentally impacted neighborhood. Available to residential customers living in communities that do not have Socioeconomic burdens such as air pollution, poverty and high incidence of asthma.
Solar Access is the SJCE's iteration of the state's Unfavorable Community Green Pricing Program, administered by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). SJCE was allocated 1.736 MW by CPUC. This is enough energy to power 800-850 homes.
SJCE will launch additional CPUC programs later this summer. The program offers significant discounts on energy efficient appliances for eligible San José homes and energy efficient heating, ventilation and air conditioning upgrades for businesses.
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DILG-CAR Regional Director John M. Castañeda hands over checks worth PhP 8M to Ifugao Governor Dennis B. Habawel for two road improvement projects, as Ifugao municipal functionaries and DILG officers looks on.
The Department of the Interior and Local Government – Cordillera Administrative Region (DILG-CAR) released the first tranche amounting to PhP 8M of the PhP 10M earmarked for two road improvement projects in the Province of Ifugao, bringing the total of funds released by DILG-CAR to PhP 133.8M since the inception of the PAyapa at MAsaganangPamayanAN (PAMANA) Program of the national government in 2012.
DILG-CAR Regional Director John M. Castañeda handed over the checks to Ifugao Governor Hon. Dennis B. Habawel, during the opening program of the Rollout of the Human Rights-based Local Water and Sanitation Governance Training at the Summer Place Hotel, Baguio City on October 23, 2013.
The Namal to Pula Road Improvement Project in Asipulo will cover 797 meters of road with total project cost of PhP 5M, and another PhP 5M for the Road Improvement in Danggo, Tinocwhich will improve 4.4 kms of road that will connect Barangays Danggo andLubong, still in Tinoc. These two projects will directly benefit more than 6,000 constituents of the four barangays, and more from the adjoining barangays of the Asipulo and Tinoc.
Aside from the convenience of the constituents and their overall economic concerns, Gov. Habawel hopes that "once these villages are made accessible, there would be less enclaves for lawless elements to stay," referring to the most recent encounter between the military and the lawless elements in Asipulo. He said that any similar project is much appreciated considering that the Province of Ifugao is one of the poorest province in the country.
The program of works and detailed engineering designs for these projects were approved last October 13, 2013, for immediate implementation by the Provincial Government of Ifugao. The remaining PhP 2M will be released immediately after the completion of both projects and validation by DILG-CAR, said Engr. Rene Valera, the chief of the Local Government Capability Development Division of DILG-CAR.
A total of PhP 211.8Mwas allocated for the six provinces in CAR that will fund 13 development projects under the PAMANA Program this 2013, including the two identified in Ifugao. The other 11 development projects are distributed in the other five provinces.
In Abra Province, a total of PhP 39.8M was allotted for the Buneg-Pacqued Road Project in Lacub, Abrathat will open 7.9 kms stretch of road, and Cogon-Lanec Road Project in Tineg that will open 12 kms. of road, amounting to PhP 24M and PhP 15.8M, respectively. The Buneg-Pacqued Road Project is 75% completed, while the Cogon-Lanec Road Project has been issued the notice to proceed last September 2013.
The amount of PhP 6M was allocated for the improvement of the Sta. Maria-Balluyan-Malayugan Road Project in Barangay Balluyan, Flora in Apayao Province. As of this writing, the project is already 80 percent completed.
The identified PAMANA development projects in Benguet Province, which commenced last Oct. 14, 2013,is the 6 km Cabiten-Kamatakki Road in Mankayan amounting to PhP 8M for their PAMANA.
The program of works and detailed engineering design of the concreting of the Allaguia to Asingbalan Road in Pinukpuk, Kalinga Province worth PhP 20M has been approved and the project is ready to commence upon the issuance of the notice to proceed by the LGU.
Fund allocation for Mt. Province amounting to PhP 128M covering six projects are ready for release by DILG-CAR once documentary requirements are submitted by the local government units. The six identified projects are the Road Opening from Besao, Mt. Province to Tubo, Abra worth PhP 50M; improvement of 16 kms of the Bontoc-Besao Road, PhP 20M; improvement of Natonin-Toboy Road that included 12 kms of road widening and slope protection, PhP 20M; improvement of Poblacion Marat Road in Poblacion, Paracelis, PhP 7M; and construction of Betwagan Bridge (Phase II) and improvement of Betwagan Access Road, both in Sadanga worth PhP 25M and PhP 6M, respectively.
PAMANA is the national government's program and framework for peace and development. It is implemented in areas affected by conflict and communities covered by existing peace agreements. In order to strengthen peace-building, reconstruction and development in conflict affected areas, the government is adopting negotiated political settlement of all armed conflict through peace negotiations, and undertaking programs aimed at addressing the root cause of armed conflict through intervention on the ground.
The program hopes to improve governance, reduce poverty and empower communities.
All 12 LGU PAMANA-DILG beneficiaries in 2013 were identified by members of the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC), with LGUs identifying specific projects in their localities.
In 2012, all approved 21 PAMANA projects amounting to PhP 50M implemented in seven LGUs were identified by the Cordillera Bodong Administration-Cordillera People's Liberation Army (CBA-CPLA), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), and the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Process (OPAPP), and formed part of the Closure Agreement between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the CBA-CPLA signed on July 4, 2011.
Except for construction of the Betwagan Bridge (Phase 1- construction of abutments and approaches) amounting to PhP 21M in Sadanga, Mt. Province, all 20 projects worth PhP29M are located in Kalinga Province. Fourteen of the 21 projects have been completed already with seven projects still on-going.
Members of the Cordillera Regional WATSAN Hub signs the MOA to strengthen partnership in the implementation of the SALINTUBIG and Bub-Water Programs. (L-R) JVOFI Exec. Dir. Ma. Rosario Lopez, Ifugao Provincial Gov. Dennis B. Habawel as one of the witnesses, DILG-CAR RD John M. Catañeda, LTWD GM Oliver L. Taule, and UC President Ricardo P. Pama. Looking on are Jessie Gabayno of OPDS-DILG, Engr. Nathaniel Lubrica of UC, Johhny Mauting and Carol Gano of DILG-CAR.
A total of PhP2.9 Million worth of potable water systems were finally completed in Barangay Uhaj, Banaue, Ifugao and in Barangay Dominglay, Licuan-Baay, Abra. Both barangays are beneficiaries of the Sagana at Ligtas na Tubig sa Lahat (SaLiNTubig) Program in 2011, and are within the Cordillera People's Liberation Army (CPLA) areas. There were nine CY 2011 LGU-beneficiaries that have been identified by NAPC. DILG, on the other hand, has provided technical assistance through capacity development initiatives and monitoring efforts for all LGU-beneficiaries of the Program.
Through the SaLiNTubig Program, 900 households of Barangay Uhaj, Banaue, Ifugao may benefit the PhP1.6 Million worth of level II potable water system, while in Barangay Dominglay, Licuan-Baay, over 400 households may benefit the level II potable water system which amounts to 1.3 Million Pesos. The SaLiNTubig is part of President Aquino's Universal Health Program.
DILG-CAR Regional Director John M. Castañeda is the new Chairperson of the Development Administration (DevAd) Committee of the Regional Development Council (RDC) – CAR. The DevAd Committee is one of the five Sectoral Committees of the RDC in which they review and endorse proposed plans, programs and projects for inclusion in national plans and policies, and for eventual implementation in the region.


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Africa Has No Better Friend Than Israel, Netanyahu Says During Kenya Visit
During a meeting with Kenya's president, prime minister says Israel and African countries have a shared interest in confronting Islamic extremists.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta shake hands at State House in Nairobi, Kenya, July 5, 2016. Credit: Sayyid Abdul Azim, AP
Africa has no better friend than the state of Israel for the practical needs of security and development, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday on the second leg of a four-country tour to pursue better relations with the continent.
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Netanyahu is the first ruling Israeli prime minister to visit Kenya. He met with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on counter-terrorism, energy and agriculture, amid tight security. Netanyahu is also visiting Uganda, Rwanda and Ethiopia.
Israel played a prominent role in assisting newly independent African countries in the 1960s, but those relations crumbled in the 1970s, when Arab countries, promising aid, pressured African nations to limit or cut ties with Israel. African states were also opposed to Israel's close ties to South Africa's apartheid government.
In exchange for its expertise in security and other fields, Israel now wants African states to side with it at the United Nations, where the General Assembly overwhelmingly recognized Palestine as a non-member observer state in 2012.
Israel and the region also have a shared interest in confronting Islamic extremists.
"Things are changing in the world, things are changing in the Middle East, and things are changing in the relations between Israel and many of our Arab neighbors. A similar change is now undergoing our relation with African countries," Netanyahu said.
He said Kenyatta told him that African leaders would work to restore Israel as an observer to the African Union. "I think that it will have very considerable effect regarding Israel's international relations in the future, vis-à-vis our effort to bring about a very great number of countries that support Israel," Netanyahu said.
Kenyatta said the threat of extremism demands partnership with nations with a common position against it.
"That's why I strongly believe it's critical for us reevaluate our relationship ... with the state of Israel given the challenges that in we in the African continent are faced with today," Kenyatta said.
Kenya has long been a target of extremist attacks which have hit Israeli interests. In a near simultaneous attack in 2002, Al-Qaida extremists blew up an explosives-laden vehicle at an Israeli-owned hotel on the Kenyan coast, killing 11 people, while others shot at an Israeli jetliner.
Kenyatta also said his country supports talks between Israel and the Palestinians.


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The Trade: Sell an out-of-the-money put and buy an even further out of the money put. Since a put with a higher strike price is sold, the trade is initiated for a credit.
When to use: Similar to selling a put naked but your potential loss is limited via the purchase of a put with a lower strike price. Also, because of the protection it requires much less margin. This is a good trade when you might not know where the market is going, but feel that it's unlikely to fall drastically. For example, you are neutral to slightly bullish/bearish.
Profit: Limited to the difference between the two strikes plus net premium credit. Maximum profit occurs where underlying rises to the level of the higher strike or above.
Breakeven: Reached when the underlying is below strike the first strike by the same amount as the net credit of establishing the position.
Time decay: Time decay will help, you are selling time.


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Located 20 minutes south of Nashville in Williamson County, this charming, upscale city ranks as one of the wealthiest cities in the entire country when compared to the region's overall cost of living. It's distinguished for being one of Nashville's most desirable and sought after suburbs. Of course, Brentwood is so much more than just another "bedroom" community. While many residents commute to Nashville for work each day, Brentwood has made serious moves in recent years to provide business and office space opportunities within its own city limits — like the 5-million-square-foot Maryland Farms office complex.
Because of its location, families in Brentwood have easy access to both the urban excitement of downtown Nashville and the tranquility and outdoor recreational opportunities that come with living outside the city. There are multiple greenways and park spaces in Brentwood, including Crockett Park, River Park, Deerwood Arboretum and Nature Area, Marcella Vivrette Smith Park among many others. And that's just within the city limits! Brentwood is also just a stone's throw away from Percy and Edwin Warner Parks, Radnor Lake State Nature Area and the Park at Harlinsdale Farm.
Brentwood is also a prime destination for shopping, which ranges from popular national retailers like REI, TJ Maxx and Nordstrom Rack, independent boutiques and shops, like Pear Tree Avenue Gifts and Hot Pink, as well as specialty shops like Sur La Table and Paper Source. Located just south of Brentwood is Cool Springs Galleria, a massive shopping mall that was recently upgraded after a year-long renovation project. All that shopping is bound to work up an appetite. Don't miss Brentwood's collection of highly rated restaurants, including Southern-style steakhouse Meres Bulles, relaxed pizza joint Bricks Cafe, Westshore Pizza and favorite neighborhood restaurant, Soy Bistro. The CityPark Brentwood complex houses many great dining options such as BurgerFi, Blaze Pizza, 55 South, Just Love Coffee and Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe. While just across the street, Hill Center Brentwood features Puffy Muffin, Del Frisco's Grille, Uncle Julio's, CHOPT, Mooyah Burgers, Chipotle, Starbucks, Jason's Deli, Nama Sushi, Maple Street Biscuit Company and Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, as well as The Fresh Market. For a great dessert, visit Crumbl Cookies, one of our new favorites!
Homes in Brentwood are stately and polished, and typically range anywhere from $400,000 to more than $1 million. Within the city, there are several gated communities to consider, including Annandale, Windstone and the Governors Club, which is part of a members-only country club perched upon some of the highest elevations in the entire county.
Despite its close proximity to Nashville, Brentwood is actually part of Williamson County, making it home to some of the most accomplished and highest scoring schools in the states. A few of the public schools you'll find in Brentwood include Edmondson Elementary, Lipscomb Elementary School, Scales Elementary School, Crockett Elementary School, Jordan Elementary, Kenrose Elementary, Brentwood Middle School, Woodland Middle School, Brentwood High School and Ravenwood High School. Private schools include Brentwood Academy, an independent, coeducational Christian school that serves grades 6-12 and Currey-Ingram Academy, an independent college preparatory school serving grades K-12, which provides an environment rich in opportunities for students who have unique learning styles.
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Crocallis helenaria is een vlinder uit de familie spanners (Geometridae). De wetenschappelijke naam is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 2006 door Ruckdeschel.

De soort komt voor in Europa.

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