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Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry - Exova Statement
Our thoughts remain with all those people who have been affected by the terrible and devastating events of 14 June 2017, including those who tragically lost their lives, their loved ones, families and friends.
Sir Martin Moore-Bick made clear in his Phase 1 Report that the tragedy of Grenfell Tower was caused by the installation of a cladding system which did not meet the requirements of Building Regulations.
Exova provided fire safety advice to KCTMO principally in the "pre-tender" phase of the proposed Grenfell Tower refurbishment. The cladding system, however, was chosen in a later stage, once Rydon, the lead contractor, had been appointed with overall responsibility for design, construction, and compliance. Exova was not part of the process of selecting the cladding — in particular, the critical decisions in relation to the choice of materials — nor was it responsible for designing, installing, or approving the system.
In fact, after the lead contractor was appointed in March 2014, it chose not to appoint Exova or ask Exova to update the advice that it had given previously, before the cladding system had been chosen.
Those other parties, who were responsible for choosing, approving, and installing an unlawful system, will need to explain why they did not seek or obtain the right approvals, and how it was that a completion certificate was granted for the project.
Exova's advice was initially sought by KCTMO in 2012, principally in relation to the proposed changes to the lower four floors of Grenfell Tower. Exova provided this advice primarily in 2012 and 2013. This was before KCTMO handed the Grenfell Tower project over to a 'design and build' contractor, in 2014.
In addition to taking on all aspects of design, construction, and compliance, Rydon, the 'design and build' contractor, was also responsible for choosing sub-contractors and consultants, and deciding what professional advice they needed and when.
It was only later in 2014, after this appointment, that the decision was made to choose ACM panels with a PE core. That decision was made without involving or consulting Exova.
Previously, at the time of its reports, no plans had been shared with Exova that would have indicated an adverse impact on external fire spread over the tower. That was reflected in Exova's advice, which nonetheless cautioned that the position was subject to further analysis. That further analysis was not requested.
Evidence already provided to the Inquiry demonstrates that cost control became a central focus on the refurbishment project, with the façade identified as an area where costs could be reduced. This appears to have led to discussions which chose to abandon the concept of zinc cladding, which had been considered previously, in favour of a cheaper ACM/PE system. Exova was not part of these discussions, nor was it responsible for selecting specific materials or designing the façade system.
At the end of the project Exova had no role in conducting a Fire Risk Assessment (a statutory requirement) for the refurbished building, nor was it asked to provide any input into that exercise.
Exova will continue to provide the Inquiry with its full support and cooperation.
About Exova
Exova Group plc was a laboratory-based testing business, listed on the London Stock Exchange until June 2017. Exova Warringtonfire was the fire testing, certification, and consulting division of the Exova Group. Element Materials Technology, a global materials testing business, reached an agreement to acquire Exova Group plc in April 2017. The deal was approved by Exova shareholders in May 2017, with the transaction formally completing on 29 June 2017.
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Thousands imprisoned every year for minor crimes
By Kathryn Torney, 15 December 2011
Fine defaulting can result in a prison sentence
Thousands of people in Northern Ireland have been imprisoned for non-payment of court fines for minor crimes including not having a light on their bicycle, dropping litter and fishing without a licence.
Around 2,000 people are sent to jail every year for fine defaulting and they make up around a third of total admissions to our prisons.
An investigation by The Detail has examined information released under Freedom of Information relating to over 14,000 cases where people served time behind bars from the start of 2006 until the end of October this year.
For each of the 14,259 cases, the Northern Ireland Prison Service has given the gender of the prisoner concerned, their age group, a description of their offence and the balance due on their fine when they were taken into custody. Some individuals may have been in jail for fine default more than once during this time period.
The information taken from the Prison Records Management System gives a fascinating insight into the range of crimes which result in prison terms being served.
However, the Northern Ireland Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders (Niacro) urged people to realise that each case represents a "real person who may lose their homes, their jobs or their families as a result of imprisonment."
In an article written for The Detail, Niacro's chief executive Olwen Lyner argues that prison is not a proportionate response to the offences and brands it "unacceptable" that some people can afford to buy their way out of imprisonment.
The Criminal Justice Inspectorate has also spoken out strongly.
Chief Inspector Dr Michael Maguire said: "The number of fine defaulters in prison is simply unacceptable, does nothing to address the needs of offenders or society and makes the prisons much more difficult to run."
WHAT DO THE FIGURES SHOW?
An analysis of the six years of data by The Detail found that 89% of the people imprisoned had unpaid fines of £500 or less and 92% of the sentences given were between seven and fourteen days. Fine default prisoners typically serve a third of their sentence.
It has been estimated that it costs £3,000 for a four-day committal of a prisoner.
All of the 14,259 fines came to a total of £4.8m and these are written off when the sentence is served. Of those imprisoned, 962 were women and 97 people were aged over 60.
Prison receptions 2006-2011
The largest unpaid fine was £500,000 for evading customs duty on goods and the lowest were three fines of £1. The Department of Justice said that 23 fines recorded as zero were an "input error" in the data.
People have spent time behind bars for non-payment of fines for begging, not paying TV licences, having a child in a car without a seatbelt, fishing without a licence, failing to wear a seatbelt, overtaking on the inside and not paying a shoplifting fine of just £6.89.
Over 90% of the sentences were between 7 and 14 days
Three people were jailed for failing to pay fines for allowing children to be absent from school. Their fines ranged from £165 to £755 and their sentences were between seven and twenty-eight days long.
Almost half of all of the cases involved people jailed for motoring offences – over 4,600 did not have insurance. Other motoring offence descriptions included 'dangerous cycling', 'driver unable to have full view of road', jaywalking, 'learner driver on motorway', 'parked within 15m of junction' and 'unlawful use of lamp'.
Almost 90% of unpaid fines were £500 or less
The largest unpaid motoring fine was £5,005 for misuse of trade plates. This resulted in a man aged over 60 being sentenced to 92 days in jail. The longest sentence for a motoring offence was 250 days for a man in his 30s who hadn't paid a £14 fine for using a car without insurance.
Non-payment of fines for not having a TV licence resulted in 728 people starting a custodial sentence.
Eight people were imprisoned for litter fines – four women and four men. One of the men, who was in his 20s, was given a 28 day sentence last year for a fine of £937.
The four people jailed for not paying fines for begging were all men aged in their 40s or 50s. They were sentenced to seven days for fines ranging from £50 to £105.
97 people imprisoned were aged over 60
There appears to be some discrepancy in sentences given for similar crimes.
In 2008 man in his 20s was sentenced to 184 days for a £6,847.68 unpaid fine imposed for owning a dangerous dog. While in 2010 a man in his 20s was sentenced to just six days for not paying £5,979.55 for having a dangerous dog.
In 2009 a man in his 30s was sentenced to 14 days for failing to pay a £26,025 fine for not having a TV licence. This contrasts with the 28 day sentence given to a woman in her 30s in 2010 for not paying a fine of just £508 for the same offence.
And looking at drug offences, a man in his 20s was sentenced to 45 days in 2007 for a £1,500 fine for possession of a class C drug. While in 2008, a man in his 40s sentenced to just seven days for a much larger unpaid fine of £90,607.00 for the same offence.
The Department of Justice has confirmed that of the 14,259 fine default prisoners between 2006 and 2011, 8,257 were new committals and 6,002 were already in prison.
There is wide consensus on the need for change in how fine defaulters are dealt with.
The Department of Justice recently completed public consultation on fine default in Northern Ireland. The responses will be made public next year.
This comes just three years after a strategy was established in 2008 by the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunal Service (NICTS) to alert people to the consequences of default and to provide advice.
Court officials now contact and encourage those with fine payment due to make payment – possibly by instalments or even to seek additional time if that is needed.
The fine collection scheme has been successful in that it increased the number of fines paid by 30% but it appears not to have addressed the key issue of reducing the number of people ending up in prison.
The data released to The Detail shows that 1,169 people were sent to prison for fine default in 2006, 2,494 when the new scheme started in 2008 and this went up to 2,844 in 2011, covering just the 10 months up to the end of October this year.
CJI says current situation is
Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJI) published an inspection report on the enforcement of fines in Northern Ireland in March 2010.
Chief inspector Dr Michael Maguire told The Detail: "The number of fine defaulters in prison is simply unacceptable, does nothing to address the needs of offenders or society and makes the prisons much more difficult to run.
"It does not do anything to deal with the actual problem of people who are either too poor to pay a fine, or who can avoid payment at the further public expense of a couple of days in prison.
"There is a need for a stricter regime for the payment of fines to maximise compliance and minimise recourse to police enforcement and imprisonment.
"The CJI inspection identified the current system as being open to abuse. Many of the people who go to prison have their fines paid-off were relaxed about it, and were in effect, opting for prison.
"If imprisonment did not discharge the fine that would fundamentally change their calculation.
"I welcome the DoJ's consultation and await the final report with interest. I believe this is an opportunity to address the issue of fine defaulters in a more effective manner and will go some way to alleviating the pressures on the Northern Ireland Prison Service and the PSNI in addition to ensuring only the serious defaulters will be imprisoned."
The CJI is due to publish a further inspection report on fine enforcement in the New Year.
COMMUNITY SERVICE ALTERNATIVE
In the meantime, a pilot is due to get underway on January 1st in the Newry area. Unpaid work in the community will be offered as an alternative to being sent to prison for unpaid fines.
The Supervised Activity Orders scheme has the support of the Probation Board in Northern Ireland (PBNI).
A spokeswoman said: "The only disposal currently available to courts for fine default is custody.
"PBNI is of the view that custody should be used for people who have committed a serious offence and the risk they pose to communities, but custody for other crimes, such as non- payment of a fine, should be a last resort.
"Supervised Activity Orders, which will require people to do unpaid work in their local communities, give people an opportunity to pay back for both their original offence and non-payment of the fine imposed; it is a way for them to make reparation.
"This is a practical way that will help people take responsibility for their behaviour. Depending on the amount of the unpaid fine, people will be required to work for between 10 and 100 hours (available for fines up to £500).
"The first pilot of Supervised Activity Orders will commence on 1 January 2012, and run for six months.
"PBNI have indicated to the Department of Justice their willingness, providing resources are available, to test out this community alternative for fine defaults in other court areas during 2012.
"PBNI would wish to see Supervised Activity Orders being the first choice of judges who deal with people who have not paid their fine."
David Ford
Justice Minister David Ford told The Detail that the number of people going into custody for the non-payment of fines is unsustainable.
"It is also at odds with the reformed justice system we are trying to build in Northern Ireland," he said.
"The need to find better ways to deal with fine defaulters has been flagged up in a number of reports on the criminal justice system and it's clear that the system needs to provide a range of options."
The Minister said that the recent consultation process included an examination of powers available in other jurisdictions, including fines officers and powers to deduct monies from income.
He continued: "Our next step, in light of the results of the consultation and the views of the Justice Committee, is to prepare and bring forward new legislative powers to the Assembly to create a fine setting system that is effective, efficient and fair."
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Milo was probably one of the easiest babies you would ever meet. He ate, he didn't fuss, he slept through the night, pretty much fell asleep instantly when putting him down. He still sleeps amazingly well but he is getting pickier at eating, and well, he's now a toddler. And parents know what that means.
When looking back on this summer, the only way we can explain it is by a Charles Dickens quote from A Tale of Two Cities, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."
That pretty much sums up our summer vacation. We had an amazing time away, but let's just say it wasn't all enjoyable. Ok, let's get one thing straight, there is no vacationing when it comes to a toddler. We now refer to it as travelling. And travelling with a toddler, shall we say, is super exhausting. We're sure parents out there that have children under the age of four (or even into the teenage years!) can relate to this.
We will admit, we had it pretty easy, and still kind of do. (Ok don't hate us!) Milo was probably one of the easiest babies you would ever meet. He ate, he didn't fuss, he slept through the night, pretty much fell asleep instantly when putting him down. He still sleeps amazingly well but he is getting pickier at eating, and well, he's now a toddler.
We all know what that means; screaming, tantrums, being more defiant and becoming more independent. One of our friends would call her two year old a jerk. We found this funny and odd at the same time, but now we totally understand why!
Toddlers can be jerks! And we mean that in the most loving, endearing way possible!
This toddler stage is something we totally were not prepared for. In the good ol' days (like a year ago) things were pretty easy, we took Milo to drag bingo last year and he slept right through it! Now try reasoning with a two year old why they should not run on the road when cars are driving by, or why they should not drink water out of a rusty bird bath. It makes perfect sense to them to eat dirt and put every single rock from the ground in their mouth. Why bother listening to us, we're just his parents.
We were unsure how this trip would play out since we have a two year old, and well, they don't have any kids. We told them they were brave for coming with us because Milo pretty much will dictate what we can do! We are no longer on our schedule and life is all about Milo and we follow Milo time.
Milo was on his best behaviour (kind of) and didn't bother Wrik and Kev a lot (sort of). And by being on his best behaviour and not bother them we mean he woke up at 5:30 am every morning, sometimes screaming at the top of his lungs. Unfortunately this was the trip that Milo learned how to climb out of his crib, we had to keep our eyes and ears open at all times for the pitter patter of little feet.
We felt bad for Wrik and Kev. They were on vacation, and Milo was being disruptive. But they totally got it. He's two. He does what he wants. He wants what he wants. And he will scream when he wants. Wrik and Kev were amazing with Milo, playing with him so we could rest a bit and enjoy some quiet time.
As much as Milo had freak outs, refused to eat dinner, cried, decided to lay down where ever he wanted, he was a really good boy. He sat with us to watch tv, would snuggle with us, give hugs and kisses. We also loved going for long walks on the beach looking at crabs and little fish when the tide went out. We loved playing "choo choo train" in the sand.
That we could do for hours on end running back and forth on the beach! Milo really loved looking at shells and of course collecting rocks. (We have about 30 we had to bring back with us!) Lucky for us Milo LOVES the beach and can spend hours on end digging holes, filling them with water, then filling it up again to start all over. He also could not get enough of getting buried in the sand!
Milo truly has a loving, sweet soul. Although we may not understand half the time why he does the things he does, we have to remember, he is only two. He is a toddler, he is learning, growing, becoming independent and he is experimenting.
We discipline when necessary and try to teach him right from wrong. No one said this whole parenting thing was easy. But we try our best, try to stay calm, and make the most out of every situation. We also have to remember that as parents, we grow along with our children. We are often the ones who teach them right from wrong, but a lot of the times it's our kids who teach us more about ourselves than we already know.
We learned how important it is to stay calm in the situation, which trust us is hard when he is screaming at the top of his lungs because he wants something at that moment that he cannot have. They don't know how to communicate any other way than screaming, and we have to remember that this phase will pass. We feel we have grown as parents too.
We have become more patient and understanding, We try to reason with Milo and deescalate a situation to the best of our ability before it becomes something bigger.
So after all the trials and tribulations, would we vacation, sorry we mean travel, with Milo again? In a heartbeat. We have already booked our trips for next summer, Christmas and March Break. We will take all the lessons we learned from travelling with Milo this summer and do it all over again.


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Connecticut Recognizes Parental Consortium Claims
Posted on November 5, 2015 by Larry Bodine
The Connecticut Supreme Court agreed that children of an injured parent should be allowed to bring a claim for loss of parental consortium. Connecticut was one in five states that previously declined to recognize children's claims.
Jose Campos was killed after a car struck him while he was riding his bicycle. The vehicle was operated by the defendant, Robert Coleman and owned by his employer LQ Management. The family was awarded $2.9 million for the wrongful death claim and $1 million for spousal loss of consortium.
The Campos family's primary argument was to overrule Mendillo v. Board of Education, which declined to recognize a parental consortium claim. 717 A.2d 1177 (1998). In Mendillo, the court declined to allow the claim for the following reasons:
The additional economic affects on the public;
The uncertainty of whether recognition would produce social benefits;
The risk of double recovery; and
The weight of judicial authority.
The state supreme court believed, however, that a failure to recognize this type of claim would be "inconsistent with the fundamental policy purposes of the tort compensation system. . ."
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Parent-Child Relationships
The state supreme court favored recognition of the claims because the factors surrounding the claim outweighed those disfavoring the claim. Specifically, the unique emotional attachment in a parent-child relationship was distinguishable from other familial relationships. While the parent is no longer with the child, it is necessary for the child to have continued development and for innocent parties to be compensated.
The court acknowledged that its reasons in Mendillo were overstated. Previously, the court believed that recognizing the parental consortium claim would open the door to an unlimited class of plaintiffs who could "present equally strong claims of loss of consortium."
The court further explained that minor children are the only ones who have a legal entitlement to the claims because adult children are presumed independent of their parent's care. Minor children suffer the most by an injury to the parent.
Additionally, there is no distinction between the loss suffered by natural children versus an adopted or stepchildren, because the deprivation is the same.
Undue Societal Impact & Large Families
The parent-child relationship is distinguishable from other familial relationships. The impact of the injury to the parent is foreseeable and the only workable way to compensate for the loss is a monetary award.
The court stated that if a monetary award was not available the effects of the loss may have a broader societal impact such as the child's future development as a contributing member of society.
Mendillo was concerned with the number of potential claims if there are multiple children. With larger families there will be additional claims made, however the number of potential claims is not a sufficient reason to deny the action, the court stated. The larger the family the greater the scope of injury.
Double Recovery
If the claim for parent consortium were recognized, previous courts believed the surviving spouse and the children would both recover by filing separate claims. However, the court quickly dispensed with the issue by suggesting the parent's claim and the child's claim would be joined to the same proceeding and specific jury instructions should be provided on damages.
The court concluded its opinion by providing some guidelines for parental consortium claims in the state:
The parental consortium claims must be joined with parent's negligence claim whenever possible;
Jury must be instructed that only the child raising the claim can recover the pecuniary value of the parent's services;
The consortium claim will be barred when surviving parent's claim has been terminated by settlement or by adverse judgment on the merits
The claim may be raised only by a person who was a minor on the date of the parent's injury and damages are limited to the period between the injury and date the child reaches the age of majority.
This case is Gregoria Campos, Administratix (Estate of Jose Mauricio Campos), Et Al v. Robert E. Coleman Et Al., Case No. SC 19195, Supreme Court of Connecticut.
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Systematics/Phylogeny
I have been working in the Bird Collection in some capacity (at times student, volunteer, or staff), since 1989. Much of my time is spent with skeletal prep including managing the Bird's Dermestid colonies.
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Many factors contributed to the decline of Peregrines, including habitat loss, hunting, and egg collecting, though the predominant cause was effects of organochlorines such as DDT. By comparing the egg shell thickness of the few remaining peregrines to historic oology collections including the Field Museum's, scientists discovered that DDT and it's byproducts interfered with calcium production in females causing them to lay thin eggs which subsequently were crushed during incubation.
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Q: Angular Check value in array directly in template in my ng app I'm working with roles. All roles are stored in an array. How can I check if a role exists in my html template without doing something like this:

      allowed

In my opinion there must be a solution to do this without a ngFor.

A: I would define a structural directive for this:
import { Directive, TemplateRef, ViewContainerRef, Input } from '@angular/core';

@Directive({
     selector: '[hasRole]'
})
export class HasRoleDirective {

    constructor( private templateRef: TemplateRef<any>,
                 private viewContainer: ViewContainerRef,
                 private userService: UserService) { }
    @Input() set hasRole(role: string) {
       if (this.userService.getRole() === role) {
          this.viewContainer.createEmbeddedView(this.templateRef);
       } else {
          this.viewContainer.clear();
      }
    }
}

You now can use the directive like this:

  allowed

Benefit would be that you can use it anywhere in your project without duplicating code.

A: One way would be using a pipe, this is also faster (if it's pure) than using a service
@Pipe({ name: 'hasPermission' })
export class HasPermission implements PipeTransform {

  transform(permissions: string[], required: string[]): boolean {
    return permissions.some((current) => required.some((req) => current === req));
  }
}

Use it as

      allowed

Or

      allowed

Haven't tested it, this is just a prototype

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He's had calves up to £460 at six weeks old in Carlisle. Calves out of suckler cows up to £1380 at 11 months old.
Dylan is an easy calver, who produces dark blue calves out of black and white dairy cows.
His calves have fantastic shape that get better towards weaning.
Ideal for the 6 week old market.


It's All about the Journey; Handbound books, Rubber Stamping, Paper Crafting and Tutorials. Where will your crafting journey take you?
Welcome to the Leather Page of the Bookbinding section.
Here you will find links to sites that either sell leather directly, or have information on leather and how to work with it. My main interest in leather is for bookbinding, but I will feature links on here to video demos that also involve tooling leather.
The Leather Connection; This site lists a lot of leather suppliers from around the world.
J.Hewit & Sons; Bookbinding supplies and leather tanners.
www.ebay.com Is a good source of leather. In the categories choose Craft, then there is a sub category called Leathercraft. You will find several places stocking all kinds of leather.
The Leather Connection; There are links to all kinds of leather related sites from here.
Kingsmere Crafts; This is an excellent reference site for all kinds of leather working. Scroll to the bottom of the home page on there and select from a drop down menu for plenty of information on all aspects of working with leather.
This page will be updated over time.
I started a new blog about ways to find inner calm and peace: https://aspacetoheal.wordpress.com/ Check it out.
BJD Stories. Oscar meets Holly the dog.
Time for a change, welcome to Bjd Land.
Where will your crafting journey take you?
If you find a dead link on this blog, please leave me a comment to let me know. That way I will try to repair or replace any links that no longer work.
Thanks to advice from Timethief on the Wordpress Forums the menu system is back as it should be.
Thanks for your patience and to Timethief.


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Амірабад () — село в Ірані, у дегестані Фармагін, у Центральному бахші, шагрестані Фараган остану Марказі. За даними перепису 2006 року, його населення становило 954 особи, що проживали у складі 222 сімей.

Клімат
Середня річна температура становить 11,52 °C, середня максимальна – 31,44 °C, а середня мінімальна – -12,34 °C. Середня річна кількість опадів – 263 мм.

Примітки

Населені пункти шагрестану Фараган

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Q: When to use std::swap for stream types? Trying to give an answer to this question text-file-handling-in-c giving references to cplusplus.com. I came across to the std::swap-function for stream-types like fstream.
So my question is:
What exactly is the purpose of a swap functionality e.g. for a 'fstream' respectively in which situation do I have to use it?
Referencing to to the Q&A C++ std::ifstream in constructor problem I know that stream types are non-copyable. Referencing to the Q&A What is the copy-and-swap idiom? the swap-functionality is e.g. given to implement a copy-constructor,... . So are stream-types having the swapping-feature now copyable with the swap-feature -> If so, how do the language-developers achieved it?

A: Well, unsurprisingly, you use std::swap for streams when you want to swap around streams. You can for example use this to std::remove_if all "bad" streams from a vector of streams (ok, this is probably not the best example. I can't come up with a better one of the top of my head).
As for how this works: Since C++11, the standard streams are move constructable and move assignable. So while you still cannot copy them, you can swap them with a generic swap function like:
template <class T>
void swap (T &a, T &b) {
    auto temp = std::move(a);
    a = std::move(b);
    b = std::move(temp);
}

Now our streams are swapped without ever having to copy them.
By the way, the streams being swapable does not make them copyable. When you look the example copy assignment operator
MyClass& operator=(const MyClass& other)
{
    MyClass tmp(other);
    swap(tmp);
    return *this;
}

from the question you linked, you will notice this line:
MyClass tmp(other);

which requires a copy constructor, something the streams do not have.


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Free 'Ultimate Seminar' in London
14 November, 2018 in Events, News
Ultimate Seminar: "Year-on-year we see the success stories rising and the passion that young creatives have…"
Music conference takes place at Westminster university on 24 November, with talks and discussions involving leading songwriters, managers and execs
Saturday 24 November sees the free music industry conference, Ultimate Seminar, take place at the University of Westminster in London. Now in its ninth consecutive year, the event is organised by Cre8ing Vision and offers attendees education in all aspects of the business, from managing talent to making it as an artist. Newly confirmed speakers for this year's seminar include in-demand pop songwriter Kamille, Kingston-born dancehall trailblazer Alicai Harley, and Capital XTRA's Manny Norte.
Kamille, aka Camille Purcell, will be sharing her experience of quitting her job as a stockbroker to pen global hits for the likes of Rihanna and Little Mix and release tracks with artists such as Kranium and Gorgon City. Meanwhile, talking artistic control and opportunities will be Manny Norte, one of the most respected figures on the urban music scene, and rising star Alicai Harley.
From music managers like Lateral MGMT's Jamie Binns and Since '93's Riki Bleau, to leading executives such as Warner/Chappell A&R Director, Amber Davis, and PRS Head of Writer Relations, Simon Aldridge, the newly announced speakers will take part in a day of talks and panels that address the rapidly changing landscape of the music industry and how to succeed in it.
The second wave speakers join the likes of RCA's David Dollimore, Virgin EMI's Rob Pascoe, Grammy and Ivor Novello-winning songwriter Cass Lowe and singer and songwriter Etta Bond to help empower and mobilise young creatives to take the steps towards fulfilling their musical aspirations.
"For us, The Ultimate Seminar is a beautifully cyclical event – those that sit in the audience to learn are often those that are sat on a panel a couple of years later recounting what they learnt," commented Cre8ing Vision founders Kwame Kwaten, Nicola Charles and Andrea Euell. "Year-on-year we see the success stories rising and the passion that young creatives have, and it's these people who inspire us to keep going and provide a seminar that is free and accessible to all."
The Ultimate Seminar takes place at the University of Westminster on Saturday 24 November 2018, kicking off at 9:30am and running till 7:00pm. The venue can be found at Westminster Law School Campus, 4-12 Little Titchfield Street, London, W1W 7BY. It's free to attend, but it is advised to register online in advance at cre8ingvision.com/events/ultimate-seminar-2018/
Tags: Alicai Harley, Amber Davis, Andrea Euell, Camille Purcell, Cass Lowe, conference, Cre8ing Vision, David Dollimore, Etta Bond, Jamie Binns, Kamille, Kwame Kwaten, Lateral MGMT, Manny Norte, Nicola Charles, Riki Bleau, Rob Pascoe, Simon Aldridge, Since '93, Ultimate Seminar, University of Westminster, Warner/Chappell
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individual statements that can later be used in the software requirements document.
Software requirements are basically goals that are assigned to a single agent.
System requirements are goals that involve multiple agents.
depending on which system agents are involved in its satisfaction.
These may relate to the system that was.
requirements necessarily involve the system to be.
We will also have statements that are stating assumptions.
As with goals, assumptions may be prescriptive or descriptive.
Prescriptive assumptions are our exceptions.
instead, relate to basically our hopeful assumptions.
For example, passengers will get off the train when the door opens at their destination.
get off after or jump out somehow in between.
Descriptive statements are divided into domain properties and domain hypotheses.
the environment and they hold invariably regardless of the system behavior.
organizational components or maybe even by Mother Nature.
a good condition except for if the track segment X is under maintenance.
This is descriptive but it is not a domain property.
moving if and only if its physical speed is non-null.
another domain hypothesis could be that the university library has about 20,000 patrons.
a domain property would be that Saturdays are excluded dates for meetings.
prescribes the preferences along alternative behaviors.
is it a functionality constraint or is it a quality constraint?
Behavioral and soft goals may be viewed in a taxonomy and they do not overlap.
Soft goals have a bit of fluffiness to them.
They allow you to state your preferences along alternative behaviors.
we should be able to write them with verbs like achieve, maintain or avoid.
Again, behavioral goals are prescribing the intended system behaviors declaratively.
They implicitly define the maximal set of the admissible agent behaviors.
Behavioral goals can also be stated in a partial sense.
partial goal satisfaction or soft goals and its challenges.
100 percent goal satisfaction on a system level allows us to build operation models.
These operation models show that we meet the behavioral goal entirely.
done so using UML use case diagrams or state diagrams.
languages that can be used in more formal analysis.
The worst-case stopping distance of the train is maintained, or, let's see.
then we could ask, Is a reminder sent out if the book is not returned by its due date?
These are clear-cut behavioral goals.
Note that these two statements also rely on other definitions.
Those also need to be specified.
the SRS documentation and diagramming course.
we may state that all train doors shall always remain closed while the train is moving.
state transitions that are implicitly defined by that goal.
There are two controlled state variables here.
The first is train movement.
The second is train doors.
one for controlling the movement and the other for controlling the doors.
We can represent the desired behavior of the train in a diagram like this.
Obviously, this is not covering all desired behavior for the train.
It is only showing for this goal.
we have the status of the train movement.
On the bottom, we have the status of the doors.
the overall desired behavior between those two agents.


सॉनिक और एमी Did आप like/love the part at opening of sonic x when amy and sonic hugged?
Do you want Sally dead???
What does sonic and Amy ship?
Do You Think Sonic Secretly Love Amy?
Who Looks Better With Amy?


The Honesty blind in Lagoon is a colourful mix of navy, muted sky blue, and olive green, set on a calming cream background. Perfect for those going for a Mediterranean look, the Lagoon has a generous weight and allows just a hint of light through.
This is the ideal blind for a country kitchen, where it will complement rustic furniture and soft blue walls beautifully. Consider accenting the colours in the blind with whites and greens, to really bring out that cosy home feel.


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Q: Parent container with flex-direction column and child container with flex-direction row I have a header element that I want to display flex column so I can center the .container div vertically. This is working fine. I then need the items in .container to flex in a row with even spacing across the 1200px. Are you not able to do flex containers within flex containers going in different directions? Please see my css below:
header {
    height: 50px;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    justify-content: center;
}

.container {
    max-width: 1200px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0 15px;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: row;
    justify-content: space-between;
    align-items: center;
}

A: Yes that's definitely possible, I think the flex property will only affect the direct children of a parent element.

  Anything in here effected by flex

I'm effected by flex but my children aren't

That doesn't mean you can't put flex on that child and set different properties (like flex-direction column etc).
It's difficult to work out without seeing more of your code but I'd try removing max-width as that can often effect things in weird ways.
The other thing I'd try is using more containers. You can often solve a problem in CSS by simply wrapping another div around it!

A: Yes, Flexbox is perfect for nested containers. To illustrate my point, here is an example of basic header using nested Flexbox.
header {
    width: 100vw;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    height: 50px;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: row;
    justify-content: space-between;
    align-items: center;
}

header .image--container {
    position: relative;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: row;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
    padding: 0.5rem;
    flex: 1 1 20%;
}

header .image--container img {
    width: 100%;
    display: block;
    height: auto;
}

header .menu--container  {
    flex-direction: row;
    justify-content: flex-end;
    align-items: center;
    flex: 1 1 70%;
}

header .menu--container .parent--items {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    width: calc(100% / 4);
}

header .avatar--container {
    flex-direction: row;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
    padding: 0.5rem;
    flex: 1 1 10%;
}


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Vol. LXX, No. 17
Immunotherapy Benefits NIH Scientist/Author
Tree Population Grows on Campus
Intern from Puerto Rico Receives Governor's Medal
Krebs Shares Vision for Improving Pain Management
Hospice Suites Debut at Clinical Center
NIMHD Launches Plan to Advance the Science of Health Disparities
NINR Lecture Examines Roots of Hypertension in African Americans
Clinical Center's Gilman Visits NIEHS
Fire Marshal Oversees Safety Improvements
Talented Youngsters Tour NLM, NIH
By Jo-Ann Kriebel
NINR director Dr. Patricia Grady (l) and Dr. Jacquelyn Taylor
For many college students, the drudgery of a campus job doesn't lead to much more than funds to cover a few textbooks each semester. For Dr. Jacquelyn Taylor, however, that first campus job was the inspiration for a career in basic science research that would eventually lead to her receiving the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government to outstanding scientists and engineers in the early stages of their independent research careers: The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. Taylor is just the fourth nurse to receive this honor.
As Taylor recalls, Dr. Joseph Dunbar, chair of Wayne State University medical school's department of physiology, "took a chance" and offered her a position as a laboratory technician when she inquired about a campus job. Taylor remained in the lab throughout her undergraduate studies and Dunbar became the first of many mentors helping guide her career studying genetic markers associated with an increased risk for high blood pressure (also known as hypertension) among African-American women.
After graduating with a B.S.N., Taylor later completed M.S.N. and Ph.D. programs, a postdoctoral program in aging and urban health and additional training in genetics and genetic epidemiology. Through it all, she gathered a diverse group of mentors across the fields of physiology, nursing, gerontology, genetics, medicine and social science.
Embodying the spirit of the NINR Director's lecture series, which according to NINR director Dr. Patricia Grady provides "an opportunity for us to see how the science has grown over time…[and] an opportunity to get a window into the future, where the science is going," Taylor described the trajectory of her program of research.
Initially, she studied the genetics of hypertension among multiple generations of African-American women in Detroit. Since the women in this study tended to be overweight or obese, she sought to replicate the study among the Dogon tribe in Mali, West Africa, a hunter-gatherer society whose members tend to be underweight, but who still have issues with hypertension. Many African Americans have Dogon roots.
Finally, she replicated the study in a large epidemiological sample, the Hypertension Genetic Epidemiology Network, which includes African-American mothers and daughters with hypertension.
In each of these studies, she discovered single nucleotide polymorphisms—variations in single DNA base pairs—in genes associated with hypertension risk, findings that could help guide clinical practice when considering early interventions and prevention plans.
Taylor, the inaugural Vernice D. Ferguson endowed professor in health equity at the Rory Meyers College of Nursing at New York University, is continuing her research via the NINR-funded Intergenerational Impact of Genetic and Psychological Factors on Blood Pressure study.
Her lecture is available on NINR's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/NINRnews.


Dip your toes into mobile marketing with these five easy-to-execute tactics.
Nine out of 10 Australians have a mobile phone, and with over 80 per cent of those being smartphones, there's no doubt that dodging mobile in marketing means missing out on a huge chunk of potential business.
SMS marketing is unique in that it grants you access to the portion of mobile users who do not have a smartphone. In addition, SMS experiences a very high open rate compared to the more prevalent and long-format eMail.
Tip: Choose a straightforward offer with minimal conditions, make sure to have a CTA (visiting a website or making a call), and use sparingly.
Mobile search results do differ to web search results. To make rank, ensure your site is mobile optimised with short load times and a low instance of 404 errors.
Tip: Read Google's guidelines for building a smartphone-optimised website to learn straight from the horse's mouth.
These days, a very high percentage of eMails are opened on mobile, so it's crucial to have a template that is mobile friendly and includes plenty of clicks to a mobile-optimised website or app.
Tip: The three golden rules of mobile-friendly templates are single-column layouts, alt tags for images and touch-friendly links.
Localised ad buys for mobile are a perfect fit if your potential sale is out and about looking for your business, they're searching on their mobile and they want answers straight away.
Tip: To start, focus on local keywords in Google ad buys, look at advertising on services like Yelp and Foursquare, and geotarget your sponsored Facebook posts.
Inexpensive and simple to execute, QR codes are a fantastic way to maximise your traditional marketing tactics by showing people you are mobile, and encouraging better, more memorable engagement.
Tip: Have a single goal for your QR code campaign mixed messages do not work here!
Contact your local Snap Centre to discover options for your mobile marketing campaign.


HomeProjects4-storey house refurbishment, Flood Street, Chelsea.
I suggested an aspirating fire detection system as an alternative to point smoke detectors. There was confusion over the fire resistance requirements for the floor and staircase enclosing elements because the uppermost floor was more than 7.5 m above ground level, and I also gave advice on suitable intumescent protection to exposed structural steelwork, and advice on stairhead smoke clearance vent etc. This was all fed into a revised building control approval application by the architect.


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Eric Ravilious (1903 - 1942)
Cottage in Sussex, c1928
Collection of Douglas Percy Bliss; thence by family descent
This early watercolour likely resulted from one of the cycling trips that Ravilious took with Bawden and Bliss around the Essex countryside.
Ravilious admired the work of Cotman, Towne and Palmer which at the time were being re-discovered by his contemporaries; his own watercolours have been described, like theirs, as distilled out of the ordinary experience'. Here the soft greens of the trees are set off against the red geometric forms of the house, his romantic response to nature balanced by an emotional distance.
A similar watercolour can be seen in the collection of the British Museum. This is titled 'Red Cottage, Essex', and is dated 1927.
Design, Houses, Landscape, Medium, Subject, Watercolour
Ravilious
Born in London he studied at the Eastbourne School of Art and at The Royal College of Art under Paul Nash, where Edward Bawden became a close friend. Initially a muralist (none of which has survived), he became widely known for his luminous watercolours, woodcuts, lithographs ' notably his High Street Shops executed by the Curwen Press, (published by Country Life in 1938 in a book with a text by JM Richards, husband of Peggy Angus), ceramics for Wedgewood and graphics for London Transport, as well as glass and furniture design. Much inspired by the South Downs in East Sussex, he was a frequent visitor to Furlongs, the cottage of the artist Peggy Angus. In 1930 he married fellow artist 'Tirzah' Garwood, they then moved to rural Essex, at first sharing a house with the Bawdens. An official World War II artist and with a commission with the Royal Marines, he died while with an RAF air sea rescue mission to Iceland. His works are in the collections of numerous British museums and art galleries, the largest holding is at the Towner Gallery, Eastbourne.
Selected Literature: Alan Powers, Eric Ravillious: Imagined Realities, Imperial War Museum, London, 2003.
Wallpaper Design: Butterball Crab Apples on a Plate, circa 1924
Floods at Lewes
Butterball Crab Apples on a plate, design for wall paper, circa 1924
Tirzah on a cockerel, 1931
The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta, 1933


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Q: Differences between S3 and Google Cloud Storage preventing Chrome HTML5 audio from loading I have some HTML5 code that makes use of the HTML5 Audio "canplaythrough" event to detect when music is finished loading.
Here is the page when referring to the MP3 file hosted on Google Cloud Storage:
http://moovd-translated-production.storage.googleapis.com/294348a6-8dfa-4a11-961a-fb28c7d9fc45_480p.html'
When the "canplaythrough" event is fired, using the Buzz HTML5 audio library, a play button should appear.
What happens is that Chrome gets stuck in (pending) and does not proceed loading. Here is a screenshot of the Developer Tools Network tab, see the last line for the mp3 file:

The generated request in curl form is:
curl 'http://storage.googleapis.com/moovd-translated-production/uploads/music/mp3/6/emotive.mp3' -H 'Referer: http://moovd-translated-production.storage.googleapis.com/294348a6-8dfa-4a11-961a-fb28c7d9fc45_480p.html' -H 'Accept-Encoding: identity;q=1, *;q=0' -H 'User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_9_2) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/34.0.1847.116 Safari/537.36' -H 'Range: bytes=0-' --compressed

I changed this to show headers only --head and get from the shell:
HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content
Expires: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 12:00:29 GMT
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 11:00:29 GMT
Cache-Control: public, max-age=3600
Last-Modified: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 14:22:58 GMT
ETag: "dfe1015fb2e479721cf7cea99c1aa9ac"
x-goog-generation: 1397053378181000
x-goog-metageneration: 3
x-goog-stored-content-encoding: identity
x-goog-stored-content-length: 3043484
Content-Type: audio/mpeg
x-goog-hash: crc32c=ZExbIQ==
x-goog-hash: md5=3+EBX7LkeXIc986pnBqprA==
x-goog-storage-class: STANDARD
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Content-Range: bytes 0-3043483/3043484
Content-Length: 3043484
Server: HTTP Upload Server Built on Apr 7 2014 11:59:06 (1396897146)
Alternate-Protocol: 80:quic

When the same content is hosted on AWS S3, it loads properly:
http://moovd-translated-production.storage.googleapis.com/a9e16b41-5b9d-4376-9f0e-5cda0ecd6c78_480p.html
It starts out as (pending) but continues loading.
Request and response:
curl 'http://moovd-translated-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/music/mp3/6/emotive.mp3' -H 'Accept-Encoding: identity;q=1, *;q=0' -H 'Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.8' -H 'User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_9_2) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/34.0.1847.116 Safari/537.36' -H 'Accept: */*' -H 'Referer: http://moovd-translated-production.storage.googleapis.com/a9e16b41-5b9d-4376-9f0e-5cda0ecd6c78_480p.html' -H 'Connection: keep-alive' -H 'Range: bytes=0-' --compressed

HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content
x-amz-id-2: ULg38QGKIlEWaxbRwFzt0hvbm01Chw5ZsFelKrpXs2zPJlyoYZBFZ07d6hYikpiV
x-amz-request-id: D57F144132757325
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 11:16:22 GMT
Last-Modified: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 01:53:22 GMT
ETag: "dfe1015fb2e479721cf7cea99c1aa9ac"
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Range: bytes 0-3043483/3043484
Content-Type: audio/mp3
Content-Length: 3043484
Server: AmazonS3

Screen shot, the mp3 file is also on the last line:

This problem happens with Chrome but not in Safari or Firefox.
The second time I access the mp3 file hosted on Chrome, it loads correctly.
I'm not sure if it's related, but loading the mp3 file hosted on Chrome directly on the URL bar also got stuck in "Waiting for Cache" on the status bar. I could not find a pattern for this behaviour.


How strange that a Sacramento-based group called "Safe and Clean Schools Coalition" would immerse itself into the tempestuous Measure H battle in Stockton.
The group's purpose, stated on its Internal Revenue Service Form 990, is to "educate the public about the need for safe and clean schools."
Apparently that includes producing a flier that urges Stockton voters to approve Measure H, the city-sponsored move to gain more control and flexibility in the way it runs the fire department.
City Hall reporter Daniel Thigpen touched on the flier in a blog entry on our website last week.
It was of interest to me because the flier distorted words I had written in a Sept. 26 column.
The flier, which does not mention Measure H (probably strategically) states: "... there are fewer cops on the street (in Stockton), other essential services are being cut and bankruptcy is a real possibility because of fire department expenses."
The flier does not include the words: "From the city's perspective ... ."
Basically, the folks who are so concerned about our state's schools stripped away the attribution from those words to make them seem as if they came from The Record instead of city officials.
The flier also said The Record stated: "... an upcoming report from a national city managers' group will show Stockton has the 'single worst fire contract in the country.' "
Missing from this statement, again, was the attribution: The statement was made by City Manager Bob Deis.
So here's a switch: the journalist claiming he was taken out of context.
I gave Donna Brown a call. The former Stockton city official is now a political consultant who is running the campaign for Measure H. I asked her about the flier, which includes the word "Stockton" in red type going up in flames and a fire extinguisher filled with red ink.
"I haven't seen it," Brown said. "It's nothing that we have been involved with."
On a hunch, I contacted Dean Andal. The former assemblyman, former school board member and full-time political activist has been vocal in favor of Measure H. His voice is used on phone calls supporting the measure and he submitted an op-ed piece to The Record, which appeared Saturday, urging its passage.
When reached by phone, Andal - coincidentally - had a copy of the flier in front of him. I pointed out my concerns about the way the words were manipulated. He said he understood.
I asked Andal if he was involved in the "schools" group that had produced the flier. He hemmed and hawed and said he is very careful about getting involved in matters such as these. Andal mentioned fines he has received in the past over campaign-related matters.
In essence, Andal used the old Sgt. Schultz line from "Hogan's Heroes": "I know noootthiiiing."
He did mention to me perceived agendas from The Record against him in the past. Alas, we have no Dean Andal voodoo dolls here.
Thigpen, our reporter, dug a little deeper. The "Safe and Clean Schools Coalition" is a tax-exempt organization and does not have to disclose its donors. It is linked to a political consulting firm that includes Richard Temple as executive vice president. Temple was Andal's consultant for his unsuccessful congressional bid in 2008.
So maybe Andal wasn't involved. I'd like to think that he'd be truthful about any involvement if that were the case. You'd also think that a tax-exempt group whose stated purpose is "safe and clean schools" would use its funds for exactly that purpose. Lord knows there's a need at our public schools.
Don't you think anyone with this group, especially if they've held educational leadership positions, would stand firm and not allow funds to be siphoned to fight one city's battle with its firefighters?
And don't you think that the people running the Measure H campaign would like to know if rogue fliers are going to be, well, flying in from Sacramento that could taint their efforts?
As an important footnote: The Record has editorialized in favor of Measure H.
I previously urged voters to take time to study all sides of the Measure H debate - and to not take anything the city or firefighters claim at face value.
Measure H is already divisive enough. The last thing we need is sleaze from outside groups.
Contact Klocke at (209) 546-8250 or mklocke@recordnet.com. The Record senior editors' blog is available at recordnet.com/editorblog.


BELLA PIZZA - BELLA PIZZA IN THE NEWS!
Establishment gets the most votes and reviews, but others get support, too.
Bella Pizza was declared the winner of the Hillsborough Patch Readers' Choice contest for favorite Italian restaurant. The top vote and review getter was joined by some other great places that received top-notch reviews, as well. Winners are chosen based on both the number of votes they received in our poll and the number ratings they receive during the week on their Patch Places page.
In the event of a tie, we take into account the number positive comments on our poll story, as well as the reviews posted on the businesses' Patch Places pages.
With its seventh anniversary under current ownership rapidly approaching, Bella Pizza on South Branch Road is constantly looking for new and innovative ways to continue growing in the community.
How does Bella Pizza do it? Well, by using social media, for one thing. Bella Pizza promoted its appearance in Hillsborough Patch's Reader's Choice poll for best Italian restaurant over Facebook and, as a result, came away with the win as the best place to grab an Italian dish in the borough.
It's that willingness to be in the public eye and on social media that spreads the word about Bella Pizza. This word-of-mouth functions as the pizzeria's main form of advertising; after all, the restaurant is set back away from the main drag of Route 206.
That is not to say that the pizzeria has not been featured in more traditional forms of promotion. Farzaie's willing assistance in a coat drive organized by one of Hillsborough's young residents in 2009 helped garner plenty of attention from local and regional media outlets, including the Courier News, UPN9, News 12 New Jersey and NJN. Farzaie's T-shirt designs to promote his business have also attracted media attention, having been worthy of a spot in the Hillsborough Beacon this past February.
The award from Patch's readers is another honor for Bella Pizza to have received in a town with multiple Italian restaurant choices, and one that Farzaie does not take lightly. After all, Farzaie looks up to the way many of his competitors have done business over the years.
More than anything, though, it's the delicious product Farzaie and his staff creates that they believe keeps customers coming back for more. Farzaie says the restaurant prides itself on its use of all fresh, built-from-scratch ingredients in its menu items, right down to the sauce and dough used on its pizzas.


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Кукруй 3-й — река в России, протекает по Башкортостану. Устье реки находится в 165 км по левому берегу реки Большой Ик. Длина реки составляет 11 км.

Данные водного реестра
По данным государственного водного реестра России относится к Уральскому бассейновому округу, водохозяйственный участок реки — Большой Ик, речной подбассейн реки — подбассейн отсутствует. Речной бассейн реки — Урал (российская часть бассейна).

Код объекта в государственном водном реестре — 12010000612112200005965.

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Притоки Большого Ика (притока Сакмары)
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether differences could be detected in mobility outcomes during community mobility and home mobility tasks according to type of mobility assistive device. DESIGN: Randomized, repeated measures. SETTING: Community mobility task: traversing 341.4m between the rehabilitation clinic and hospital entrance; home mobility task: traversing 39m into and out of a patient training bathroom and bedroom. PARTICIPANTS: Community-dwelling, cognitively intact ambulatory veterans (N=59) who used a mobility device within the 14 days prior to the study. INTERVENTIONS: Participants tested 3 types of mobility assistive devices with wheels: 4-wheeled walker (WW), manual wheelchair (MWC), and powered wheelchair (PWC). The first and last devices used by each participant were randomly assigned as either MWC or WW. The PWC was always the second device. MAIN OUTCOMES MEASURES: Speed (m/s), collisions (total), fatigue (0-10 Likert scale), and pain (0-10 Likert scale, diagram). RESULTS: The community mobility task was performed with all 3 devices by 52 (88%) veterans, and the home mobility task was performed with all 3 devices by 53 (90%) participants. In each task, 28 participants used the WW and 28 participants used the MWC as the final device. In the community mobility task, statistically significant differences (P<.05) were seen with ≥1 device comparison for all studied outcomes (eg, standardized mean difference for the MWC compared with the PWC showed -.67 fewer collisions for the MWC). In the home mobility task, speed, collisions, and fatigue showed statistically significant (P<.05) device-related differences (eg, standardized mean difference for the WW compared with the MWC showed -.88 fewer collisions for the WW). CONCLUSIONS: We found statistically significant and substantively different effects from 3 commonly used mobility assistive devices with wheels on diverse mobility outcomes when used in typical community mobility and home mobility tasks, providing proof of concept support for a research methodology applicable to comparative outcome studies of diverse mobility aids.


Hundreds of tourists and commuters across Himachal were put to great inconvenience on Monday with commercial vehicles, including taxis, going off roads following the call by the All Himachal Commercial Vehicle Joint Action Committee (AHCVJAC).
In Shimla, taxis, public goods carriers and some private buses went off roads causing inconvenience to locals as well as tourists, who thronged the state capital after the fresh snow spell, but remained stranded in their hotels.
"We came to Shimla following the snowfall, but due to the taxis' strike we would have to stay here for another three days," said Jugdeep Singh, a tourist from Delhi.
Rajat Goyal, a Shimla-based hotelier, said his business was hit adversely by the strike; there was no fresh booking for next 3-4 days.
However, public bus transport was partially hit in the state capital, as the Himachal Pradesh Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) had made special arrangements to facilitate commuters.
HRTC traffic manager for Shimla town Deva Sain Negi said private busses remained off the roads till 11 am. "We have made arrangements for 56 extra trips by local buses across the town," said Negi, adding by the afternoon some private busses had also started plying.
Commercial vehicles from neighbouring states, which supply dairy products, also joined the strike, thereby affecting the supply of milk, curd and bread across the state.
Meanwhile, AHCVJAC president Jeet Ram claimed that the strike was successful as all commercial vehicles, including taxis, went off the roads. Only a few vehicles, which were under influence of the transport minister, were plying, he added.
"We never wanted to strike, but the government forced us by amending the motor vehicle rules," he said.
The government was planning to increase road and commercial taxes manifold that which would affect their business adversely, said Ram, adding the tax was supposed to increase by 300%, while composite fees would be increased by six times. "Earlier the composite fee for small vehicles was `600 for three months, which was amended to `500 per day," claimed Ram.
On January 4, the government had approved the amendments in Rules 67, 68 and 69-A of the Himachal Pradesh Motor Vehicle Rules 1999 to increase/rationalise the application fee, permit fee and composite fee.
Meanwhile, the transport department has refuted that there is any proposal to increase taxes. "Department has not issued any notification regarding the hike in taxes, as there is no such proposal," said additional director (transport) Sanjay Sharma, adding the department had not received any notice of the strike by the commercial vehicle owners.
Himachal transport minister GS Bali denied that the striking commercial vehicle operators had ever approached him with the demand of reduction in taxes. "If they have a problem, they should have contacted the transport officials concerned, and if their problem could not be comprehended, then they could have approached me," said Bali, while terming the strike "illegitimate".
Bali claimed the private bus operators were forced by the striking taxi operators to join them. "The private bus operator have given us in writing that they will not join the strike," the minister added.


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Thinking in terms of Hero only is limiting.
The Protagonist and the Main Character do NOT have to be the same character. While they very often are, splitting them apart can help give a story more dramatic depth.
This was one of the first concepts that stood out for me when I was first diving into Dramatica. Up until then, every single storytelling guru I had come in contact with, from Syd Field to Robert McKee, had told me that these two characters were one in the same.
A Main Character is the player through whom the audience experiences the story first hand. A Protagonist is the prime mover of the plot. A Hero is a combination of both Main Character and Protagonist.
What? How can that be? I always thought heroes were mythic larger-than-life characters like Superman or Luke Skywalker. How could this computer program have the audacity to change terms around on me like this?
In other words, a hero is a blended character who does two jobs: move the plot forward and serve as a surrogate for the audience. When we consider all the characters other than a Protagonist who might serve as the audience's position in a story, suddenly the concept of a hero becomes severely limited. It is not wrong, just limited.
Limited. That really struck a chord in me. I always felt that those other story paradigms had a narrow view of how to tell a story. Their approach to structuring a story certainly worked, but it always felt a little too formulaic.
Suddenly, after reading the above quotes, all sorts of new dramatic potentials were open to me. I had a tool to write something different. It was freeing. And it simply made sense.
The value of separating the Main Character and Protagonist into two different characters can be seen in the motion picture, To Kill a Mockingbird. Here, the character, Atticus, (played by Gregory Peck) is clearly the Protagonist, yet the story is told through the experiences of Scout, his young daughter.
Of course. In that story, you get two very different perspectives on the impact of racism. You get the very obvious, very objective view of it with Atticus fighting it out in the classic courtroom scene. But you also get to feel it very personally from the perspective of Scout and her predisposition towards the scary Boo Radley. To Kill A Mockingbird was a fantastic movie (and an even better novel). Now I had the tools to write something just like it (well, maybe a little talent would help too!).
Let's take a look at the greatest movie of all time: The Shawshank Redemption. Story gurus in the past have always assigned Tim Robbins' character Andy Dufresne to the role of Main Character/Protagonist. After all, he's the guy we are rooting for—the one who has been unjustly imprisoned—and consequently, the one we really want to see escape at the end.
But do you really feel as if you're experiencing the story through Andy? Do we get to known him intimately and develop a strong empathy with him?
Not really. We witness Andy's actions from a distance. Remember the scene of him sitting there soaking in the sun on the rooftop? If he was the Main Character we would've seen and felt what it was like to have overcome an "accidental" drop off the roof—we would've identified with him emotionally. Instead, we watch that smile on his face and wonder what he's thinking. We watch and feel the impact of his actions on us.
Dramatica identifies two different kinds of characters: those who represent an audience point of view, and those who fulfill a dramatic function.
Andy is in the story to pursue and escape. The warden is there to prevent him from succeeding. These are dramatic functions of the overall story—not points of view.
By now, it should be apparent who the Main Character in Shawshank is. In fact, it might've already been obvious to you. You just didn't know why.
Morgan Freeman's Red is our emotional, personal connection to the story. He's not driving the story—we could care less whether or not he succeeds in escaping or overcoming the warden. Instead, his dramatic function is that of a sidekick or helper. However, when it comes to the Main Character, we're not interested in the big picture story—we're after the more intimate one.
Note how in the very first scene with Red we don't even see his face! Instead, it is us (the camera) taking his place and walking through that door into the parole boardroom for "evaluation". A better visual representation of experiencing the storyline from within would be hard to find.
Andy also has another role in the story—that of Red's Influence Character—but I'll go into that more later when I take a swing at the analysis for this great film. For now, it is enough to realize that the Protagonist of your story does not have to be the Main Character.
Splitting the roles of Protagonist and Main Character into different characters can widen the breadth of your dramatic argument. By separating them, you can analyze all the different perspectives of your central idea—you can watch it play out objectively, and you can experience firsthand, from within the story.


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Florida Fertilizer and Agrichemical Association ponders joining suit to block EPA water quality rules: News. Politics. Media
Add the Florida Fertilizer and Agrichemical Association to the growing list of groups attacking the EPA's implementation of a strict set of standards that would govern pollution in Florida waterways.
During the association's winter meeting in St. Petersburg this week, President Mary Hartney expressed interest in filing suit against the EPA over the nutrient standards: "For us, it's all about water quality. … We have a recommendation coming forward to our Board of Directors today to join in to the lawsuit against EPA on its' implementation of numeric nutrient criteria in Florida. So it's water, water, water."
Saying that the issue was "absolutely" one that crosses the board, Hartney said that her group was grateful to the state of Florida, Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam and Attorney General Pam Bondi for acting as "leaders in the effort" to fight water quality rules. Putnam and Bondi took part in filing suit over the standards in early December.
Others filing similar suits include city municipalities and utility companies, all of which argue they would be hit with high costs in adhering to guidelines that are much stricter than the current rules — but, many would argue, much more effective.
"I wish it was over with today," said Hartney, when asked about her ideal timeline in filing suit against the EPA. "It was an activist lawsuit that got us into this mess, unfortunately. It's a lawsuit that'll, hopefully, get us out of it."
Hartney also mentioned that her group was supportive of a bill concerning numeric nutrient criteria, currently being written by state Rep. Trudi Williams, R-Fort Myers.
Listen to the full interview with Hartney here:
League of Cities and Florida Stormwater Association sue EPA to kill water quality standards: News. Politics. Media
Feinberg acknowledges 'mistakes,' says fund will 'take another look' at denied oil spill claims: News. Politics. Media
Haridopolos, Bondi part of CPAC FL panel on 'ending unconstitutional ObamaCare'
The Conservative Political Action Conference being held in Orlando this month is set to feature a session that includes strategies to end unconstitutional ObamaCare. Included in the panel will be Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos, and former Attorney General Bill McCollum.
Scott's budget proposes deep cuts and widespread restructuring
Gov. Rick Scott released what he called his jobs budget on Monday — a proposal that covers two years, seeks a sweeping restructuring of state government and cuts more than $4.6 billion in the first year and nearly $2.6 billion in the second for a total of more than $7 billion.
Former Buchanan dealership fined for campaign violations
In an order filed yesterday in a U.S. District Court in Jacksonville, Judge Roy Dalton fined a car dealership once owned by Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota, nearly $68,000 for illegal campaign contributions.
VIDEO: Gingrich Super PAC leader touts 'Black Genocide' theory on MSNBC
Salon's Joan Walsh points out today that Rick Tyler, the former Newt Gingrich communications director who now runs the candidate's Super PAC, touted a theory popular among the fringes of the anti-abortion movement on The Rachel Maddow Show last night.
A battle over how much weight Florida trucks can carry revs up
Florida's legislative battle to allow trucking companies to haul 8,000 more pounds than is currently allowed by federal law…
For Senate advocates of unemployment insurance extension, a battle to nowhere
(Pic by Hey Paul) On Wednesday night, a bare-bones measure to keep federally funded unemployment insurance checks headed…


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"Corals have been expected to signal free-living zooxanthellae in seawater to increase the chance of meeting potential symbiotic partners, but we did not know what the signal was or even whether such a signal actually existed." said Associate Professor Shunichi Takahashi of the National Institute for Basic Biology in Japan. "We focused on the green fluorescence emitted by corals, and showed the first experimental evidence that corals attract free-living zooxanthellae by their green fluorescence."
"When corals are exposed to UV or blue light, they emit green fluorescence. This fluorescence is related to the endogenous green fluorescent proteins (GFP). Most coral species express GFP, however the intensity of the fluorescence can differ, thereby some corals show strong green fluorescence that is detectable by our eyes. We knew that corals express GFP and emit green fluorescence. However, we did not know why corals emit green fluorescence. We then hypothesized that green fluorescence may be a signal to attract potential symbionts."
Dr. Yusuke Aihara said "We were very excited when we saw that corals, as well as green-fluorescent paint, could attracted free-living zooxanthellae under blue light, the light conditions where green fluorescence is emitted. We then studied how free-living zooxanthellae swim towards the green fluorescence emitted by corals and found that it is related to their phototaxis.".
"To examine whether green fluorescence still attracts free-living Symbiodinium on coral reefs, we designed field experiments. However, this was beyond our (laboratory researchers) ability. Therefore, we invited Professor Andrew H. Baird, who is a top coral researcher in the world, to Okinawa in Japan to conduct the field experiments. We were lucky to be able to finish our field experiments the day before a typhoon hit Okinawa, with the results confirming that green fluorescence attracts zooxanthellae in nature" said Dr. Takahashi.
"The attraction of zooxanthellae by corals might help corals to recover from bleaching through recruiting new symbionts. However, we need further study to prove it."


Broadway Plaza is a short little one block long street that basically just cuts through the Broadway Plaza outdoor mall, but it is a great little chunk of real estate as far as retail therapy goes. I don't love the suburbs for the most part but I must say that shopping areas like this make the boredom of the suburbs worth it. First, there is the fact that this is an outdoor mall. This is not your usual fluorescent lit behemoth of a mall like the Sun Valley mall. This is not so much of a teenager's mall either—this more for your average twenty something or married gal.
You have great places to meet and eat here, like the China Bistro on the corner with Mt. Diablo—or Il Fornauo across the street. Both are outstanding with the Bistro being relatively affordable (and you will usually get a cute waiter to boot). There are the usual big department stores like Nordstroms here but the other smaller chain stores are the reason to go here. Banana Republic, Benneton, and Victoria's Secret are all here.
If you just want to chill out for a while during your lunch break, there is a great little fountain area where you can sit and watch suburban moms with their cute little babes and toddlers having ice creams or gossiping about their lives. There is a nearby Barnes and Noble and a Peet's coffee right by here too so you can get a book and coffee and sit pretending to read while you eavesdrop on people's fairly mundane discussions. Every so often, you will be rewarded with a juicy detail from some stranger's cell phone conversation that makes it worth it.
Lot's of people work in the area as well—Walnut Creek, though largely overlooked in the Bay Area, has a thriving business community. When I used to work nearby I would spend my lunch hour here sometimes just taking in the sun and people watching. Granted, it's not as interesting as Berkeley, but sometimes your average square suburban type can be fun to watch as well.


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Love conquers all, even kidney failure. Altai Shaimukhambetov and Lyazzat Nurgaliyeva from Kazakhstan are both dialysis patients and married one month after they met during their treatment.
In April, Altai and Lyazzat met each other in our dialysis center in Aktobe, Nefros Asia LLP – Diaverum Kazakhstan. Altai was just being connected to the dialysis machine, when he saw Lyazzat in the bed next to him. By a twist of fate, it had happened that they were undergoing treatment in a double room. "We were chatting, joking, laughing – and did not even notice when the treatment session was over!", Altai remembers.
From there, things went very quickly. After the treatment, Altai accompanied Lyazzat home. The following day, he asked her to stay together and she just smiled. Only one month later the two married! Since that day, they enjoy life as a couple, sharing their joys and sorrows.
"We do not have disputes or misunderstanding, we just enjoy harmony", both say. The entire Diaverum team of the dialysis centre in Aktobe wishes them all the best for the future!


Chances are that your convenience store chain has an active social media presence. Considering that the "big guys" like Wawa, Sheetz and Speedway have well more than 1 million followers, you definitely want to get in on that extra brand visibility, if you haven't already.
But being on social media is more than just posting your new products and promotions; it's about being a good community member. And like any other aspect of your operations, it requires a good strategy.
As part of their Social Media Awards, Convenience Store Decisions recently addressed the fact that studying the data of your social media following can pay off when it comes to promotional and partnership opportunities. Data can also help you to understand where your base customer spends the most time, so you can tailor your paid media accordingly to further extend your reach. It can also help you target the social media followers known as "influencers," the people who share posts. Inviting followers to give their feedback on promotions, offering contests on social media and asking trivia questions are all valuable ways to engage your audience and ensure that visibility.
CSD also discusses the benefits of being an "active listener" on social media. Again, using data can also help you "cut through the noise" of competing viewpoints over a product update or promotion. If you've made a decision to change a yearly promotion or pull a product, it could very well be that the complainers are going to be the most vocal. Not overreacting to the naysayers and taking your quieter social media followers into account is important, and data can help inform those decisions and essentially make your brand a better listener.
However, there's another important part of being an active listener, and that's being an active responder.
How does a convenience store brand respond to a customer complaint? A look at any Facebook comments section for an active retailer shows you plenty of "love" (great for sharing with your audience) and "hate" (wish you could bury it). DO NOT, and I repeat DO NOT, delete negative feedback. There's nothing worse than being accused of censoring customer feedback because it shows an unwillingness to address real concerns and improve your brand. Plus, no one likes being ignored or flat out rejected!
To that point, streamline your interactions. Most convenience store operators with a regular social media presence are in the habit of asking customers to send them a private message with their contact information. The assumption is that the convenience store operator will offer the customer a coupon or discount off their next purchase. This can turn a negative interaction into a positive outcome that reinforces customer loyalty.
So once you've addressed an individual customer's concern you can close the book on this interaction, right? Not even close!
Chances are that when you're asking the customer for their personal contact information, you're also asking them to provide the store number from their receipt. This is a prime opportunity to follow up with the store in question. For instance, if an employee forgot the bacon on a customer's sandwich, you don't have to play "Big Brother" and immediately fire off a message directed at that foodservice team. However, if several complaints are being logged against one store, then that indicates a more significant operations problem that's worth addressing.
With the right platform, you can follow up easily and, if necessary, in real time!
With Zenput, it's possible for a senior management team to take the social media interactions log, break it down by location and assign tasks to the regional manager and/or store manager. A senior manager may choose to start with a directive to the regional manager: "Multiple customer complaints about missing sandwich components at store #14. Please visit store and report back." The directive would appear immediately on the regional manager's mobile device and would remain an open task until they reported back.
Upon investigation at the store level, the regional manager may find a staffing problem or an inventory problem. They could report this in their notes to senior managers, who might then ask the regional manager to address the issue and provide an update in a couple of weeks. Hopefully, in that same time, the resolution will be evident through a lack of customer complaints on social media.
Assigning tasks creates a chain of accountability and improves communication. It's also collaborative and supports teamwork. If a customer reports that a store manager or employee made their day, be sure that message gets relayed at the store level as well!
Consider taking your social media interactions to the next level by turning comments into real action. Learn more about Zenput's checklists, audits, forms and reports by clicking here.


It's that time of year again. Mark Saturday, April 27, 2019 on your calendars and register to attend a Global Azure Bootcamp event near you. As of this post, there are 119 confirmed locations hosting events worldwide. If you have an afternoon to spend, come hang out for free and learn about Azure with your peers.
Packt Publishing is pleased to announce a special eBook offer – "Stock your reader this Christmas!" During this celebration, you can buy two or more Packt eBook's of your choice for just $5 | €4 | £3 | AUS$5 each. This offer is available from 20th December 2012 until midnight 3rd January 2013.
I will be speaking at the Richmond Code Camp on Saturday, October 6, 2012. The event is taking place on the campus of University of Richmond and you can find all of the details for the event here. My presentation on Service Bus for Windows Server will be at 3:30 PM. You can find my session and the entire mobile-friendly Code Camp schedule here. I hope to see you there.
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