I've been working in ELT since 1995 and have worked across Europe and Asia, from Ireland to Macau, Lithuania to Azerbaijan. I've taught in a range of different contexts from private language schools to corporate training and the university sphere. I have a strong interest in course development, obtaining my Masters in English Language Teaching & Material Development, and have two published coursebooks, English for the Energy Industries and Academic Presenting & Presentations. I also receive the British Council ELTons Award for Innovation in Learner Resources in 2018 for the English for Academic Purposes course I co-wrote - Develop EAP: A Sustainable Academic English Skills Course. It was through the development of this course that my interest in collaborative learning began.
My interest is in collaborative learning, with a particular focus on the actual and perceived fairness of the assessment of a collaborative assignment. As collaborative assignments grow more prevalent on university courses it's important to examine student attitude to collaboration and how those assignments are assessed to ensure the individual can be seen within the group. My hope is that by developing a better understanding of how collaborative assignments can be and should be assessed will help overcome one of the main barriers to wider acceptance of collaborative assignments.


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Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Terminates Long-Lasting Vasopressor Responses to Endothelin 1 In Vivo
Merlijn J. P. M. T. Meens, Nadine J. A. Mattheij, Jelly Nelissen, Pieter Lemkens, Matthijs G. Compeer, Ben J. A. Janssen, Jo G. R. De Mey*
Pharmacology and Personalised Medicine
CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases
Slow dissociation of endothelin 1 from its endothelin A receptors is responsible for the long-lasting vasoconstrictor effects of the peptide. We showed recently that calcitonin gene-related peptide selectively terminates long-lasting contractile responses to endothelin 1 in isolated rat mesenteric arteries. Here we assessed whether the antiendothelinergic effect of calcitonin gene-related peptide is vascular bed specific and may terminate long-lasting pressor responses to exogenous and locally produced endothelin 1 in vivo. Regional heterogeneity of the calcitonin gene-related peptide/endothelin A receptor cross-talk was explored in arteries isolated from various rat organs. Endothelin A receptor-mediated arterial contractions were terminated by calcitonin gene-related peptide in rat mesenteric, renal, and spermatic arteries but not in basilar, coronary, epigastric, gastric, splenic, and saphenous arteries. Endothelin A receptor antagonism only ended endothelin 1-induced contractions in spermatic arteries. In anesthetized rats, instrumented with Doppler flow probes to record regional blood flows, long-lasting pressor and vasoconstrictor responses to an intravenous bolus injection of endothelin 1 or big endothelin 1 were transiently reduced by sodium nitroprusside (NO donor) but terminated by intravenously administered calcitonin gene-related peptide. In conscious rats, calcitonin gene-related peptide but not sodium nitroprusside terminated prolonged (>60-minute) pressor responses to endothelin 1 but not those to intravenous infusion of phenylephrine. In conclusion, pressor responses to circulating and locally produced endothelin 1 that are resistant to endothelin receptor antagonism and NO can be terminated by a regionally selective effect of calcitonin gene-related peptide. Calcitonin gene related peptide receptor agonism may represent a novel strategy to treat endothelin 1-associated cardiovascular pathologies. (Hypertension. 2011;58:99-106.) . Online Data Supplement
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Meens, Merlijn J. P. M. T. ; Mattheij, Nadine J. A. ; Nelissen, Jelly et al. / Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Terminates Long-Lasting Vasopressor Responses to Endothelin 1 In Vivo. In: Hypertension. 2011 ; Vol. 58, No. 1. pp. 99-U181.
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Jahmal Cole posted an online request for help shoveling snow for area senior citizens. He never expected such an overwhelming response!
He's a motivated man hoping to change the face of his community. Jahmal Cole runs a nonprofit community group called "My Block, My Hood, My City". The purpose is to take the youth from low-income areas and offer them experiences in arts, culture, and community service that they may otherwise not know. He's no stranger to seeing a need and meeting it in order to strengthen the community.
Heavy snow storms hit the Chicago area at the beginning of the month. Jahmal realized that there were people who needed help clearing their walkways. With a simple tweet, he offered his help.
Inbox me if you need your walkway shoveled! Gonna do as many as I can over the next few days. Helping seniors is top priority. #formyblock @fox32news @ABCNetwork @WGNTV pic.twitter.com/HdyycrQeNQ
— Jahmal Cole (@formyblockchi) February 6, 2018
True Inspirational Story Of Realizing A Need
What Jahmal didn't expect was to hear how many senior citizens in his community truly needed help. Doctors appointments, Dialysis, oxygen tank deliveries, and prescription refills couldn't wait for some of the area's older residents, The requests for snow removal were more than Jahmal could handle on his own.
"After I received 30 calls I put the word out on social media that I needed help," he told CNN.
Jahmal quickly posted on Twitter asking for volunteers to help shovel the snow those hit hardest– senior citizens.
Chicago, I need (10) volunteers to help me shovel for seniors tomorrow. I'm getting too many emails from elderly folks that need help. Meet me at the 79th St. Red Line stop at 10:00 am tomorrow. I got hoodies, hats and lunch for anybody that comes through. #formyblock pic.twitter.com/8Gb86cK3IH
— Jahmal Cole (@formyblockchi) February 10, 2018
Hoping that his plea for help would bring a few willing participants, he never expected the sight that met him at the train station's Red Line stop. There, 120 volunteers stood ready to serve a community's needs! Jahmal was blown away!
"The people who showed up, they showed that whether people have privilege or don't have privilege, everyone recognizes a need," said Cole.
One such volunteer was David Thompson, who drove 15 miles to join the snow troupe.
"I said, you know what, 'just go pay it forward," Thompson shared.
When Jahmal's tweet went out, it seemed such a simple request. A few folks, a couple of shovels and a good day's work.
credit: Twitter/Jahmal Cole
Instead, his tweet was shared more than 22,000 times and quickly was challenging even those out of the area to re-evaluate their own community needs. Many had never thought to shovel snow for others who couldn't. The snowstorm was an opportunity to help others in need and proved to be a huge motivator for unpaid community service.
Help For Senior Citizens Pours In
Those who were not local also stepped up in a big way by making donations to the organization. But Jahmal didn't put his request out there as a campaign. Instead, he was just trying to fill a need, in a neighborly way.
"I'm a really, really small nonprofit. We have two full-time staff, two part-time staff," he said. "… I don't even have an office space."
Of course, those who were helped are just as moved by Jahmal and his unexpected "snow team".
"For someone to come out and think of us like that, to think of a block like that and a city like that, to bring these young people together to do this, it's amazing," shared 25-year-resident Marc Townsend.
After the huge response that his unexpected snow initiative received, Jahmal may need to think bigger with his nonprofit! His actions taking care of those around him are setting great examples for the kids who's lives he is trying to change. It just takes one action at a time to change someone's perspective.
"I'm proud of our city. We're getting things done," Cole said. "People could have been doing anything in the world. They could have been home with families or making snowmen, but they came out to help."
h/t: Godupdates
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While President Donald Trump disparages Sen. Elizabeth Warren's claims of Native American ancestry by calling her "Pocahontas," the democrat from Massachusetts is throwing the ball right back.
During a speech to the National Congress of American Indians in Washington Wednesday, the 68-year-old who has been questioned over claims of her ethnicity since at least 2012, said she has never used her heritage to get ahead, and hit back at Trump for repeatedly calling her "Pocahontas" throughout the 2016 presidential elections.
She added that it is "deeply offensive" that "this president" has hung President Andrew Jackson's portrait in the Oval Office. Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830 that led to the Trail of Tears.
In response to allegations that her career got a leg up thanks to her heritage claims, Warren reiterated that her ancestry has had no such impact.
Warren has come under fire in the past for claiming Native American heritage and providing no more than anecdotal evidence. Former Massachusetts Governor Scott Brown has called for Warren to take a DNA test. She did claim to be a minority in an Association of American Law Schools directory, though she did not do the same in college applications.
I want to start by thanking Chairwoman Andrews-Maltais for that introduction. It has been an honor to work with, to learn from, and to represent the tribes in my home state of Massachusetts, the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head—the Aquinnah—and the Mashpee Wampanoag.
Pocahontas—whose original name wasn't even Pocahontas.
As you know, Pocahontas's real journey was far more remarkable—and far darker—than the myth admits.
Eventually she married another John—John Rolfe. Her marriage led to an uneasy harmony between Jamestown and the tribes, a period that some historians call the Peace of Pocahontas.
Indigenous people have been telling the story of Pocahontas—the real Pocahontas—for four centuries. A story of heroism. And bravery. And pain.
And I want to make something clear. I respect that distinction. I understand that tribal membership is determined by tribes and only by tribes. I never used my family tree to get a break or get ahead. I never used it to advance my career.
By all accounts, my mother was a beauty. She was born in Eastern Oklahoma, on this exact day—Valentine's Day—February 14, 1912. She grew up in the little town of Wetumka, the kind of girl who would sit for hours by herself, playing the piano and singing. My daddy fell head over heels in love with her.
My parents struggled. They sacrificed. They paid off medical debts for years. My daddy ended up as a janitor. They fought and they drank, but more than anything, they hung together. Sixty three years—that's how long they were married. When my mother died, a part of my daddy slipped away too.
They're gone, but the love they shared, the struggles they endured, the family they built, and the story they lived will always be a part of me. And no one—not even the president of the United States—will ever take that part of me away.
It is a story about hope. The hope you create as more native people go to college, go to graduate school, and grow local economies.
But there's another story that also needs to be told. The story of our country's mistreatment of your communities. And this isn't just a story about casual racism—war whoops and tomahawk chops and insulting Facebook memes.
It's a story about discrimination and neglect—the unmet health care needs of native children and families, the alarmingly high rate of suicide among Native teenagers, the growing opioid crisis, and the broader epidemic of substance abuse that has ravaged so many Native communities.
It's a story about greed. For generations—Congress after Congress, president after president—the government robbed you of your land, suppressed your languages, put your children in boarding schools, and gave your babies away for adoption. It has stolen your resources and, for many tribal governments, taken away the opportunity to grow and prosper for the good of your people.
It's a story about violence. It is deeply offensive that this president keeps a portrait of Andrew Jackson hanging in the Oval Office, honoring a man who did his best to wipe out native people. But the kind of violence President Jackson and his allies perpetrated isn't just an ugly chapter in a history book. Violence remains part of life today. The majority of violent crimes experienced by Native Americans are perpetrated by non-Natives, and more than half—half—of Native women have experienced sexual violence.
Washington owes you respect. But this government owes you much more than that. This government owes you a fighting chance to build stronger communities and a brighter future—starting with a more prosperous economic future on tribal lands.
For example, banking and credit are the lifeblood of economic development, but it's about 12 miles on average from the center of tribal reservations to the nearest bank branch. Meanwhile, native business owners get less startup funding than other business owners.
• We can take steps to stop violence against native people—including passing Savanna's Act to fight the plague of missing native women and girls.
At a time when children are still drinking bottled water in Flint, when families are still desperate for help in Puerto Rico, and when tribal governments are still asking Washington to live up to its promises, we must demand a federal government that works for all of us—because if we don't, we become a country that belongs to only a privileged few.


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Nato wants EU countries to buy more drones
Rasmussen also said Nato and the EU might help to build a new Libyan army in a precedent for other north African countries (Photo: nato.int)
Brussels, 19. Sep 2013, 09:27
Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen wants EU countries to buy more drones, refuelling planes and naval radars.
The head of the military alliance is expected to call for the measures at a speech in the Carnegie Europe foundation in Brussels on Thursday (19 September).
"I believe that European nations can, and should, do more, to match America's commitment … [and] help to rebalance Nato," he aims to say.
"I would like to see European allies playing their part to acquire more drones to improve surveillance. More large transport and air-to-air refuelling aircraft to enhance their ability to deploy on operations. And more upgraded radars on their ships so they can be integrated into our Nato missile defence," he plans to add.
Looking ahead to an EU summit on defence in December, he also plans to endorse European Commission ideas on how to create "a strong European defence industrial base."
He is to say "the European defence industry remains too national and too fragmented."
He also aims to urge EU leaders to "demonstrate strong political commitment" to spend more on defence when their economies recover from the crisis and "to assume more security responsibilities in Europe's neighbourhood."
The EU commission in July published a draft blueprint for EU defence co-operation.
It proposed a series of actions, including the creation of EU-level certification standards for military equipment, such as chemical and nuclear detection technology, airworthiness of aircraft and data encryption instruments.
It aims to crack down on state aid and other market distortions in the sector.
It intends to give more EU money to train defence sector workers and to fund research into military technology.
It wants EU countries to pool buying of military and commercial satellite technology.
It is also keen to launch an assessment of whether some kinds of assets, especially "dual-use" technology, which can be used in civilian or military missions, should be "directly purchased, owned and operated by the Union."
The commission paper said EU countries' total defence budgets have gone from €251 billion a year to €194 billion since 2001, while total EU military R&D spending is just €9 billion, seven times less than the US.
It noted that 80 percent of current defence spending is done at national level.
It also said the future of the 1.36 million people who work in member states' military-related companies is at risk unless Europe makes the sector more competitive.
Like Rasmussen, it noted that "the US is rebalancing its strategic focus towards Asia."
It added: "Europe must be able to decide and to act without depending on the capabilities of third parties. Security of supply, access to critical technologies and operational sovereignty are therefore crucial."
Nato chief: EU soft power is 'no power at all'
Sweden: Who needs Nato, when you have the Lisbon Treaty?
Rasmussen: 'Nato cannot act as the world's policeman'
UK and France going own way on military co-operation
EU should press Obama on drone secrecy
6. May 2013, 21:26
Nato head Rasmussen has said there cannot be a credible EU foreign policy without the military means to back it up.
Swedish defence minister Karin Enstrom has said her country is not in Nato partly because the EU treaty contains its own security guarantee.
Nato head Anders Fogh Rasmussen has told EUobserver the alliance would only take action against Syria if Turkey is attacked.
Britain is forging ahead on military co-operation with France, while warning about EU "interference" on defence.
As EU officials and Obama knuckle down on Russia, the summit should not forget another issue: US drone killings, which claimed more than 2,500 lives since Obama took office.
China spy suspect worked for EU for 30 years
The former EU ambassador suspected by German prosecutors of spying for China was Gerhard Sabathil, according to EU officials speaking on condition of anonymity.


Train drivers at Iarnród Éireann are set to receive a pay increase of 1.15 per cent. This is to take account of productivity measures implemented in the past but for which they received no payment.
The increase, which has been recommended by the Labour Court in recent days, also covers the introduction of new mandatory arrangements for existing drivers to mentor new trainee drivers.
The Labour Court has separately urged unions and management at the company to return to the Workplace Relations Commission for talks on claims for a general pay rise for staff across the State-owned train operator.
Unions had originally indicated they would be seeking increases of about 21 per cent over several years. This was later scaled back to the level of the 3.75 per cent annual increases given to Dublin Bus staff last year. However, informed sources suggested a new target may be along the lines of the rises secured by public-service workers under their new draft deal with the Government. For most staff this will range from 6.2 per cent to 7.4 per cent over the next three years.
However, the company argued in a supplementary submission to the Labour Court that any increases not funded by further productivity measures would have a "catastrophic impact " on its financial position. It said imposing additional costs "at this juncture would have a very serious impact on the employment prospects for all our staff and for the long-term future of the railway".
The company said it had accumulated losses of €159 million since 2007.
It forecast that a 1 per cent rise would cost €2.6 million next year and €7.8 million by 2020. It projected a 3.75 per cent increase could cost €29.4 million by 2020.
Unions argued in submissions to the Labour Court that there had been major improvements in both passenger and revenue numbers at the company. They said these had now "exceeded Celtic Tiger levels".
Unions said a conservative forecast of 2017 revenue suggested this could increase by 2.7 per cent, which would generate an additional €6.5 million.
Unions contended that over the last 14 months the company had spent nearly €50 million from its own funds on areas such as heavy maintenance, payroll systems , wifi and catering.
"It is our strong contention that the money spent ... from 'own funds' is actually money practically pilfered from Iarnród Éireann's own employees and siphoned off to act as a proxy for items which should be capital-funded by the exchequer, similar indeed to the Luas infrastructure.
Drivers at the company are expected to receive the additional 1.15 per cent rises for past productivity on top of any increase arising from the general claim.
The past productivity for which the new payment will be made includes the "de-manning" of some train stations, which unions argued led to increased duties for drivers as well as reductions in the numbers of driving staff.
The Labour Court said on the general pay claim that it had concerns "that direct engagement between the parties and indeed engagement at the Workplace Relations Commission has not been as effective as it could have been.
The group of unions at the company told members in recent days that they would fully engage "within all the parameters laid down by the Labour Court".
However, the unions warned that "if we find that Iarnród Éireann are not 'playing ball' then we will immediately seek a mandate for industrial action in order to force the company to do right by its own staff".


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How is Australian Pork Produced?
If you think the definitions for eggs has gotten too confusing, you will need to read this guide to sort out the different pork labels!
What is the difference between pastured pork, free range, bred free range, organic and sow stall free?
The definition of pastured pork is:
'All livestock are raised outdoors with continuous and unrestricted daytime access to paddocks that are suitable for grazing and are provided with shade and shelter. All animals must use the paddocks each day unless; they choose to shelter because of inclement weather, short term confinement for veterinary treatment or when giving birth. Feed supplements are available to ensure all their nutritional needs are met. Animals are kept at a stocking intensity that will ensure forage is always available in an actively managed rotational grazing system.'
As a PROOF Licensee, a pork producer makes a commitment to you that the pork they produce is born and raised outdoors and conditions will ensure that they are free to roam with access to pasture. Look for the PROOF logo.
Free range pork should come from pigs that were born and raised with access to the outdoors. Legal definitions of free range are changing so that access to an outdoor range doesn't mean that the animals actually have to use it. Not all free range farms are the same and conditions vary greatly from open green paddocks to pig feed lot style production. Look for producers that also say they are pastured. Better still, ask for PROOF.
The organic standards are more focused on farm inputs and land management and most certifiers only require that the Code of Practice for Animal Welfare - Pigs is complied with. The code offers minimum welfare standards for pigs. The pigs are required to have access to the outdoors and in some instances, to pasture. Because of the strict feed and animal treatment restrictions of the organic standard, organic pork production is not common in Australia and usually only found on very small farms.
Bred Free Range Pork or Outdoor Bred, Raised on Straw
Bred free range is a very confusing term, so much so that the ACCC has stepped in and now industry has changed the term to Outdoor Bred, Raised on Straw to better align with this production style practices.
These terms do not mean that the pigs are free range. All these terms mean is that only the sow lives outdoors and that her piglets are weaned as early as 21 days of age and moved indoors into sheds or what the industry likes to refer to as eco shelters.
The pork produced from bred free range or outdoor bred is not free range. The pigs that the pork comes from were raised indoors, not outdoors on pasture.
Sow Stall Free Pork
Sow Stalls or Crates are used to confine individual sows in intensive pig production. These stalls are very restrictive and do not allow free and natural movement by the sow. All she can do is stand up or lie down. She cannot turn around. Sow Stall Free means that sows will not be kept in these stalls, instead the animals will be group housed in sheds.
Unfortunately it is not the sow that becomes pork, it is her offspring. Porker pigs have never been housed in sow stalls, they are instead housed in sheds. This is a grey area for many consumers because pork industry terminology is not understood. Ending the use of sow stalls is a great initiative but it must be understood that sow stall free does not mean free range.
The use of Farrowing Crates, which are a different form of sow stall, has not been phased out. Read more on our pig welfare page.
Does Sow Stall Free actually mean that no Sow Stalls can be used?
The Pork Industry body standard, APIQ Gestation Stall Free, states:
The Australian Pork Limited (APL) "Gestation Stall Free" (GSF) definition as voted by APL Delegates in November 2010, is:
"Sows and gilts are kept in loose housing from at least five days after service until one (1) week before farrowing, where service refers to the last mating.
How the sows are housed from weaning to last mating (which could be several weeks) is unclear but there is no wording to suggest that sow stalls cannot be used during this time.
Intensive Pork
This is not an official category for pork production but it is a term that many refer to for pigs that are kept indoors for their entire lives and the use of sow stalls and farrowing crates is permitted.
The pork industry has made a promise to phase out sow stalls by 2017. Unfortunately there is no way to legally enforce such an action because it is quite legal to keep sows in stalls during certain stages of each pregnancy. While sections of the industry have converted to group indoor housing for sows, others will continue to use sow stalls.


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The average asking price of a 4 bedroom Indianapolis home in this zip code is $415,903 (20.6% more than this home).
This home is priced at $106/sqft, which is 8.9% less than similar homes in the 46278 zip code.
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6527 N Blossom Ln, Indianapolis IN is a single family home of 3253 sqft and is currently priced at $345,000 . This single family home has 4 bedrooms and was built in 1967. A comparable home for sale at 6819 Bluffridge Pkwy in Indianapolis is listed at $297,500. This home on 6527 N Blossom Ln has not had a price change. In addition to single family homes, Highgarden also makes it easy to find Condos, New Homes and Foreclosures in Indianapolis, IN. Hawthornes At The Crossing, Huntington Pointe and Huntington Estates are nearby neighborhoods. MLS 21631838 has been posted on this site since 4/12/2019 (9 days ago).


Last Friday, the first location of the Open Science Centre network, Plataforma de Ciência Aberta, opened during the StixCamp workshop 2017 in Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, Portugal. The Portuguese Minister of Economy, Manuel Caldeira Cabral and the State Secretary of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Fernanda Rollo, inaugurated the Platform, which is a collaboration between Leiden University and the municipality of Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo.
On 6 July, in Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo in Portugal, local citizens, scientists, science communicators and educators gathered with representatives of local and national governments, to discuss the role of science, technology and innovation on the development of rural communities at .
Plataforma de Ciência Aberta maintains the historic architecture of the former school building.
shares the vision of Universe Awareness of "inspiring every Child with our Wonderful Universe." The OSC are equipped with UNAWE resources, like Earth Balls and Universe in a Box.
Young visitors from the local community exploring the makerspace of the Open Science Centre: Plataforma de Ciência Aberta.
Plataforma de Ciência Aberta is located in an upcycled school building in Barca d'Alva, next to the Douro river, and combines modern design with historic architecture. The Open Science Centre will support the surrounding schools and their communities in co-creating solutions for local challenges using Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM).
During the opening, visitors explored the new building, a temporary , and the new makerspace of the Open Science Centre. During the panel discussion at the end of the day, the Secretary of State of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Maria Fernanda Rollo, expressed her support of the project and announced the intention to allocate additional resources to stimulate Open Science practices on a national level through local initiatives.
StixCamp 2017 informal panel at the Open Science Platform with Maria Fernanda Rollo, Secretary of State of Science, Technology and Higher Education.
The Plataforma de Ciência Aberta is part of the international Open Science Centre network of STEAM learning spaces in rural communities, coordinated by Leiden University (through Leiden Observatory, Astronomy & Society Group). Plataforma de Ciência Aberta is a collaborative project of (the Netherlands) and the municipality of Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo in Portugal.
Collage with aerial view of former building of the Open Science Platform and the upcycled Open Science Platform.
The minister of Economy, Manuel Caldeira Cabral, and the mayor of Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo Paulo Langrouva with StixCamp 2017 participants during the inauguration of the Open Science Platform.
Visitors from the local community exploring the makerspace of the Open Science Centre: Plataforma de Ciência Aberta.


On Friday, I heard about the Unsubscribe.com service. This service is supposed to make it easy to unsubscribe from mailing lists. I beloved that their service knows about the various mailing lost software commonly used, and knows what actions are required to unsubscribe from a list managed by each.
Since the charge for the premium level of their service, I hope that they also will help unsubscribe from lists where manual steps are required.
I signed up for an account, and then when I got to the step where I needed to install the browser plugin, I stopped. The Chrome browser plugin requested permission to my data from mail.google.com. I didn't see a way to restrict the access to one account. Since I can't verify what information it accesses, and there are certain accounts on which I want to make sure that no unauthorized access happen, I will not install the plugin.
What Unsubscribe.com should do is create a Google Apps Marketplace application. Then I could install it on the account that I am interested in trying out the service, and none of the other accounts could be compromised.


USS Tucson was an Atlanta-class light cruiser laid down on December 23, 1942 and launched on September 3, 1944. It was commissioned on February 3, the following year under Capt. Arthur D. Ayrault's command with the hull number CL-98 and served in the US Navy for 4 years until it was decommissioned on June 11, 1949. During its activities, the ship carried a complement of 688 people on board and had the main missions in San Diego, Pearl Harbor, Ulithi, Leyte, Kobe, Nagoya, Okinawa or Yokosuka. After the decommissioning, the ship was struck from the Navy List on June 1, 1966 and sold for scrapping in 1971. For the services brought to the country during the World War II, USS Tucson received 1 battle star.


Stephen Harper is going to have a hard time holding on to his majority in this fall's election – but his chances of victory may get an unexpected boost from Quebec.
The conventional wisdom in English Canada is that soft-left Quebecers will vote en masse for Justin Trudeau's Liberals giving them enough seats to challenge for power. The trouble is that Quebecers don't seem to be going along with this plan.
While Trudeau and the parliamentary press gallery are outraged by Harper's demand that niqabs be banned at Canadian citizenship ceremonies it is playing well right across the country. Quebec has been struggling with these issues for years and on this issue Harper is certainly in line with the values of certain Quebecers.
It's making a difference in the Quebec City area – where the Conservatives are now at 41%, up three percent from last month. In 2011 the Conservatives only got 30% in the region and the NDP got 39% winning most of the seats. At 41% the Conservatives could sweep the area winning five or six new seats because the opposition is so divided.
Parliament is growing by 30 seats in the next election and when the results of the 2011 election are distributed on the new boundaries Prime Minister Harper is defending an 18 seat majority. That was always going to be tough after nearly a decade in power – but if the Conservatives can gain five or six in Quebec City holding that majority will be much easier.
Just as Quebec may save Harper, it is also making things very tough for Justin Trudeau. The most recent poll from CROP has the Liberals at 29%, neck and neck with the NDP at 30%. On the surface that's more than double what the Liberals got in the last election, and they should be on track to win many more seats. But the problem is that the Liberal vote is very concentrated among the non-French speakers who make up only 18% of Quebec's population.
In fact, the Liberals are only at 23% among francophone Quebecers. What this means practically is that a seat has to be less than half francophone for the Liberals to win it. There are only 8 seats in Quebec that fall into this category, and the Liberals already hold 5 of them.
Even if we include seats which are less than one third Francophone – which would be a real stretch with the Liberal Francophone support below 25% - there are only 18 of these seats, and the Liberals hold 8 of them, and another one of them is Tom Mulcair's seat. So that means the absolute best case the Liberals can expect in Quebec is to gain 9 seats. That's not enough to get ahead of the NDP, much less win the election.
And one little twist may make things even worse for Trudeau: Irwin Cotler the MP for Mount Royal is retiring. Mount Royal is the second most Jewish riding in the country and as the Conservatives have gained in that community Cotler has seen his support drop from 92% in his first election to only 41% in 2011. His was able to hang on in the last election mainly because of his personal popularity. With Cotler not on the ballot this is a seat the Conservatives could actually grab from the Liberals in Quebec.
It would be good to have the Conservatives back in for another majority term.


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Question everything and accept nothing
I have decided to regale you with my current thoughts for anyone interested in the short-term causes of this financial crisis.
The long-term buildup of debt guaranteed problems for America, but a long series of public policy errors produced a severe crisis.
In a forthcoming article in Vanity Fair slated for January 2009 (yes – I have both the power and will to do this), entitled "Capitalist Fools", Joseph E. Stiglitz will write:
"Behind the debate over remaking U.S. financial policy will be a debate over who's to blame. It's crucial to get the history right, writes a Nobel-laureate economist, identifying five key mistakes-under Reagan, Clinton, and Bush II-and one national delusion."
You can learn more about Mr. Stiglitz by reading this summary from Wikipedia: He has credibility and my attention. Mr. Stiglitz is an American economist and a professor at Columbia University. He is a recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal (1979) and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2001). He is also the former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank.
In any event…
There will come a moment when the most urgent threats posed by the credit crisis have eased and the larger task before us will be to chart a direction for the economic steps ahead. This will be a dangerous moment. Behind the debates over future policy is a debate over history; at issue – the causes of our current situation. The battle over the past will determine the path for the present. So it's crucial to get the history straight.
What would Thomas Jefferson and Ayn Rand say?
I believe Mr. Jefferson would advise us to keep asking questions. And, Ms. Rand would encourage not to accept any answers.
I Blog about both quite a bit. Go indulge yourself when you have some time. NOTE: See below for some quick links.
What were the critical decisions that led to the crisis? Mistakes were made at every fork in the road. We had what engineers call a "system failure – when not a single decision, but a cascade of poor judgment calls, produced tragic results.
The truth is most of the individual mistakes boil down to just one: a belief that markets are self-adjusting and that the role of government should be minimal./1 Looking back at that belief during hearings this fall on Capitol Hill, Alan Greenspan said out loud:
"I have found a flaw."
Congressman Henry Waxman pushed him, responding:
"In other words, you found that your view of the world, your ideology, was not right; it was not working."
Greenspan responds:
"Absolutely, precisely,"
Such a simple rsponse to a tragic and enormous result.
The embrace by America, and much of the, of the world, of this flawed economic philosophy made it inevitable that we would eventually arrive at the place we are today.
The administration talked about confidence building, but what it delivered was actually a confidence trick. If the administration had really wanted to restore confidence in the financial system, it would have begun by addressing the underlying problems-the flawed incentive structures and the inadequate regulatory system.
Was there any single decision which, had it been reversed, would have changed the course of history? Every decision including decisions not to do something, as many of our bad economic decisions have been (eg the SEC and the IRS regarding Bernie Madoff), is a consequence of prior decisions, an interlinked web stretching from the distant past into the future. You'll hear some on the right point to certain actions by the government itself-such as the Community Reinvestment Act, which requires banks to make mortgage money available in low-income neighborhoods. (Defaults on C.R.A. lending were actually much lower than on other lending.) There has been much finger-pointing at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two huge mortgage lenders, which were originally government-owned. But in fact they came late to the subprime game, and their problem was similar to that of the private sector: their C.E.O.'s had the same perverse incentive to indulge in gambling.
More later – to include historical foundation, root cause and relevance. And, potential solutions.
Meanwhile… Please go listen to "In The Sun" by Michael Stipe with Coldplay. The original song was by Joseph Arthur. Both are brilliant. But, I think I like Arthur's version better. It's raw – like my feelings so often are.
1/ Ayn Rand might agree with this. But, it neglects the sophism that everything is likely manipulated at some point.
NOTE: I also have a business Blog that apparently fascinates world leaders and decision-makers alike (but, few others). It can be viewed and relished at: The Human Capital Blog.
Blog Posts with references to Thomas Jefferson – and, certainly Ayn Rand:
http://briancork.wordpress.com/about/
http://briancork.wordpress.com/2007/02/09/being-jeffersonian-part-i/
http://briancork.wordpress.com/2007/12/10/why-ayn-rand-was-a-visionary/
http://briancork.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/ayn-rand-and-me/
http://briancork.wordpress.com/2007/12/28/my-mom-story-5-pain-and-strength/
http://briancork.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/not-reason-alone/
http://briancork.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/radford-university-2008-entrepreneurial-economic-summit/
http://briancork.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/going-back-and-leaning-forward-part-i/
http://briancork.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/the-moviegoer-and-me/
http://briancork.wordpress.com/?s=ayn+rand
Tags: Ayn Rand, brian cork, Coldplay, economic crisis, In the Sun, Joseph Arthur, Joseph Stiglitz, Michael Stipe, The Human Capital Blog, Thomas Jefferson
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BTA, the Scottish charity recruitment and consultancy agency, has recruited Peter Caithness as director of executive search.
This role will be operational and strategic, utilising his skills as a recruiter in both the voluntary and public sectors while supporting the ongoing growth and development of BTA.
Mr Caithness was the founder of Caithness Consulting, which is based in Dundee and specialises in high-end search and selection in the third and public sectors.
He spent more than 20 years working across many sectors, recruiting senior-level candidates on behalf of major national and global organisations in such areas as general industry and commerce, construction, oil and gas, health and law.


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Children Suffer Under A Silent Church, Part 2
By Roger Anghis|2018-09-09T01:30:18-04:00September 9th, 2018|
We are looking at the state of mind the church is operating under and we are seeing that far too many of those in authority in the church have set God's precepts and laws aside. They may espouse one thing in public but in private they are no more a man of God than monkey is. Last week we were looking at the horrific report from the Catholic church in Pennsylvania were 300 priests molested over 1000 children. What I have to question is, this is Pennsylvania, what about the other 49 States and diocese around the world? How can an organization that is supposed to represent God do this to children and then NOT report these predators to law enforcement? This means that not just the perpetrator is guilty but the powers that allow it to continue are just as guilty.
It was not only the Pennsylvania officials that did a systematic cover up of their atrocities, but the Vatican did the same. Both did this cover up for decades! Where is the character of these people? Where is the conscience of these people? The report said that abuse complaints were kept in the church's so-called secret archive and church officials worked to hide incidents, failed to discipline priests or report the allegations to law enforcement.
"Priests were raping little boys and girls, and the men of God who were responsible for them not only did nothing; they hid it all," the report said.
Shapiro said the report showed a "systematic cover up by senior church officials in Pennsylvania and at the Vatican."
"The abuse scarred every diocese, the cover-up was sophisticated," he said.
Three victims of the alleged abuse gave emotional testimony in a short video played before the news conference.
"It doesn't ever go away, it has an effect on you for the rest of your life," said Shaun Dougherty, 48, adding, "This has absolutely destroyed me." [1]
The adults in this church act like members of Congress. Congress set up a tax payer funded pay off scheme to silence the people they were having affairs with. Pay them off and keep it quiet but in this case their actions destroyed the lives of thousands of innocent children that they were supposed to protect. I believe that this may be just the beginning of what we will learn about these predators. Prosecutors say a hotline set up to get information on child sexual abuse by clergy within Pennsylvania's Roman Catholic dioceses has received more than 400 calls over the past six days.
A spokesman for the attorney general's office said Monday agents are returning all calls and assessing the facts.
Spokesman Joe Grace says the agents will have to consult with the office's lawyers to determine whether any claims warrant investigation.
Church officials have stressed that many of the allegations in the nearly 900-page clergy abuse report made public last week go back decades, and that changes have been made.
Grace says his office can't describe or categorize the information that's coming in, including whether they involve more recent allegations. [2]
This idiocy of this situation is compounded by the comment that the statute of limitation had run out on many of these decades old allegations.[3] Just how does the statute of limitations expire when a child has been molested?
Not only were the priests doing these heinous deeds there is a group of nuns in Scotland doing the same thing: "Twelve people, 11 women and one man, ages ranging from 62 to 85 years, have been arrested and charged in connection with the non-recent abuse of children. All are subject of reports to (the) Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal. A further four individuals will be reported today. Inquiries are continuing, it would be inappropriate to comment further," a spokesperson from Police Scotland, the national police force of Scotland, said, according to The Guardian.
Nuns and lay staff who worked at the orphanage allegedly humiliated children for bedwetting, did not feed them, repeatedly beat them, and verbally and sexually abused them, according to those who lived there.
"The order is deeply troubled by each of these failings. As Daughters of Charity our values are totally against any form of abuse and thus we offer our most sincere and heartfelt apology to anyone who suffered under any form of abuse in our care," Gregor Rolfe, a lawyer for the Daughters of Charity told Lady Smith, a high court judge and chair of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry, last year, reported The Guardian.[4]
Before I could get this article written it was reported that the diocese in Chicago has come under investigation for possible ties to the diocese in Pennsylvania. On Thursday, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced she plans to meet with the Chicago Archdiocese after at least seven priests with connections to Illinois were identified in the Pennsylvania grand jury report.
"The Catholic Church has a moral obligation to provide its parishioners and the public a complete and accurate accounting of all sexually inappropriate behavior involving priests in Illinois," Madigan said in a statement.
The Chicago Archdiocese has agreed to meet, Madigan said.
"I plan to reach out to the other dioceses in Illinois and have the same conversation and expect the bishops will agree and cooperate fully," she added. "If not, I will work with states' attorneys and law enforcement throughout Illinois to investigate."[5]
Jesus said in Matthew 19:14 let the little children come to Him. Men of God are His representatives on this planet and the authorities of this so-called church allow this to not just occur but to continue AND then they cover it up! Concerning Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano who Pope Benedict placed canonical sanctions on, Pope Francis repealed them! Then a report came out saying Pope Francis and other senior prelates were covering for another Archbishop of sexual abuse. What you are about to read is an explosive testimony of the former apostolic nuncio to the United States, implicating Pope Francis and several senior prelates in covering up Archbishop Theodore McCarrick's alleged sexual abuse of seminarians and priests.
In an extraordinary 11-page written statement (see official English text below), Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, 77, claims that Pope Francis knew about strict canonical sanctions imposed on McCarrick by Pope Benedict XVI but chose to repeal them.
In his testimony, dated August 22, Archbishop Viganò, who served as apostolic nuncio in Washington D.C. from 2011-2016, states that in the late 2000s, Benedict had "imposed on Cardinal McCarrick sanctions similar to those now imposed on him by Pope Francis," and that Viganò personally spoke with Francis about the gravity of McCarrick's abuse soon after his election in 2013.
But he says that Francis "continued to cover him" and not only did he "not take into account the sanctions that Pope Benedict had imposed on him" but also made McCarrick "his trusted counselor" who helped him to appoint a number of bishops in the United States, including Cardinals Blase Cupich of Chicago and Joseph Tobin of Newark.[6]
This is not the actions of a church that is a true representative of the gospel of Jesus Christ. This is a slap in the face to the faithful followers and a total disgrace to the roots of this church. The disturbing thing is it is the children that suffer the worst. Next week we'll look at the disgrace of the protestant side of Christianity.
Over 300 predator priests in Pennsylvania accused abuse grand jury report
Priest abuse hotline inundated with over 400 calls after report
Nuns arrested after years alleged physical and sexual abuse in orphanage
Diocese sex abuse investigations open in other states
Former US Nuncio Pope Francis knew of mccarricks misdeeds repealed sanction
About the Author: Roger Anghis
Roger Anghis is the Founder of BuildingtheTruth.org, an organization designed to draw attention to the need of not just free speech for churches but disseminating correct information through responsible journalism. Email: roger@buildingthetruth.org


Are public service mutuals the future of public services or window-dressing for privatisation? What is the evidence? And how does it feel on the front line?
This set of project papers and videos brings together analysis of the current state of the sector with detailed information for and by practitioners involved in 'spinning out' their public service teams into mutually owned social businesses. Supported by London Councils' Capital Ambition Programme, we have worked closely with professionals from Lambeth, Lewisham, Richmond, Kensington and Chelsea.


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use Drupal\Core\Url;
use Drupal\elastic_email\Api\ElasticEmailApiAccountDetails;
use Drupal\elastic_email\Api\ElasticEmailException;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RedirectResponse;

/**
 * Default controller for the elastic_email module.
 */
class ElasticEmailController extends ControllerBase {

  public function dashboard() {
    try {
      /** @var ElasticEmailApiAccountDetails $service */
      $service = \Drupal::service('elastic_email.api.account_details');
      $data = $service->makeRequest(FALSE);

      $build = [
        '#theme' => 'elastic_email_dashboard',
        '#data' => $data,
        '#attached' => [
          'library' => ['elastic_email/admin'],
        ],
      ];

      return $build;
    }
    catch (ElasticEmailException $e) {
      $route = Url::fromRoute('elastic_email.admin_settings');
      $params = [
        '%settings' => Link::fromTextAndUrl('settings', $route)->toString(),
      ];
      drupal_set_message(t('You need to configure your Elastic Email %settings.', $params), 'error');
      return new RedirectResponse(Url::fromRoute('elastic_email.admin_settings')->toString());
    }
  }

}

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Berkley Smith Virts
Personal Information | Media | Notes | Sources | All | PDF
Born 28 Jan 1916 Morrisonville, Virginia [1]
Died 1 Sep 1987 Falls Church, Virginia [1]
Buried Hillsboro Cemetery, Hillsboro, Virginia [1]
Father Elbert Joseph Virts, b. 18 Oct 1887, Lovettsville, Virginia , d. 17 Apr 1963, Lovettsville, Virginia
Mother Lela Corinne Smith, b. 26 Mar 1894, Lovettsville, Virginia , d. 16 Nov 1968, Lovettsville, Virginia
Married 18 Sep 1913 Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia
Family Marion Elizabeth Abel, b. 25 Dec 1921, Virginia , d. 12 Jan 2013, Leesburg, Virginia
Married 31 Aug 1949 Hagerstown, Maryland
Berkley Smith Virts and Marion Abel Virts
Berkley Smith Virts was born January 28, 1916 in Morrisonville, Virginia to Elbert Joseph and Lela Corinne Smith Virts. He died September 1, 1987 in Fairfax, Virginia. He married Marion Elizabeth Abel on August 31, 1949. Berkley is buried in Hillsboro Cemetery, Hillsboro.
Photo courtesy Marion Abel Virts
Elbert Joseph Virts and Lela Corinne Smith (7)
Loudoun Times Mirror, September 1987
Berkley Smith Virts, 71, of Hillsboro, died Sept. 1, at Fairfax Hospital. Born Jan. 28, 1916, in the Morrisonville section of Loudoun County, he was the son of Elbert J. and Lela Smith Virts. Mr. Virts was a retired farmer and former employee of the Coca Cola Company in Silver Spring, Md. He also formerly owned and operated the Phillips 66 service station in Leesburg and managed the Leesburg Laundry. At the time of his retirement he was employed by Southern States in Leesburg. Surviving are his wife, Marion Abel Virts of Hillsboro; two brothers, E. Leon of Silver Spring, Md., and Aubrey L. Virts of Hamilton; a sister-in-law Dorothy Abel Virts of Hillsboro. Interment was in the Hillsboro Cemetery.
[S1866] Virginia Death Certificate No. 1987032024.


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Q: I had a problem with getting datas from Json output i was trying to show Json output in my Android app. I'm dropping the site link here: https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users
When i try to show ResponseDTO.java output in AddressPage, it works. But when change it to Address.java or AddressDTO.java, i get null value in my app(in AddressPage)
AddressPage.java:
public class AdressPage extends AppCompatActivity {

    String id, usr_name;
    List<Address> userAdressList;
    TextView street, suite, city, zipcode, latText, lngText;
    List<GeoDTO> geoDTOList;
    Float lat, lng;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_address_page_adapter);
        defVars();
        get_parameters();
        request();
    }

    public void get_parameters() {
        Bundle bundle = getIntent().getExtras();
        id = bundle.getString("post_id");
        usr_name = bundle.getString("user_name");
    }

    public void defVars() {
        street = findViewById(R.id.street);
        suite = findViewById(R.id.suite);
        city = findViewById(R.id.city);
        zipcode = findViewById(R.id.zipcode);
        latText = findViewById(R.id.lat);
        lngText = findViewById(R.id.lng);
    }

    public void assignment(List<Address> addresses) {
        street.setText(""+addresses.get(0).getStreet());
        suite.setText(""+addresses.get(0).getSuite());
        city.setText(""+addresses.get(0).getCity());
        zipcode.setText(""+addresses.get(0).getZipcode());

        /*zipcode.setText(id);
        street.setText(id);
        suite.setText(usr_name);
        city.setText(usr_name);*/
    }

    public void request() {
        userAdressList = new ArrayList<>();
        Call<List<Address>> call = ManagerAll.getInstance().managerGetAdress(id, usr_name);
        call.enqueue(new Callback<List<Address>>() {
            @Override
            public void onResponse(Call<List<Address>> call, Response<List<Address>> response) {
                if (response.isSuccessful()) {
                    userAdressList = response.body();
                    assignment(userAdressList);
                }
            }

            @Override
            public void onFailure(Call<List<Address>> call, Throwable t) {
            }
        });
    }

}

AddressDTO or Address (Same codes):
public class Address implements Serializable {
    private String zipcode;
    private Geo geo;
    private String suite;
    private String city;
    private String street;

    public void setZipcode(String zipcode){
        this.zipcode = zipcode;
    }

    public String getZipcode(){
        return zipcode;
    }

    public void setGeo(Geo geo){
        this.geo = geo;
    }

    public Geo getGeo(){
        return geo;
    }

    public void setSuite(String suite){
        this.suite = suite;
    }

    public String getSuite(){
        return suite;
    }

    public void setCity(String city){
        this.city = city;
    }

    public String getCity(){
        return city;
    }

    public void setStreet(String street){
        this.street = street;
    }

    public String getStreet(){
        return street;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString(){
        return
            "Address{" +
            "zipcode = '" + zipcode + '\'' +
            ",geo = '" + geo + '\'' +
            ",suite = '" + suite + '\'' +
            ",city = '" + city + '\'' +
            ",street = '" + street + '\'' +
            "}";
        }
}

RestApi interface:
public interface RestApi {

    @GET("/users")
    Call<List<ResponseDTO>> bring();

    @GET("/users") Call<List<ResponseDTO>> bringResponse(@Query("id")String id, @Query("username")String usr_name);

    @GET("/users") Call<List<Address>> bringAdress(@Query("id")String id, @Query("username")String usr_name);

    //@GET("/users") Call<List<GeoDTO>> bringGeo(@Query("id")String id, @Query("username")String usr_name);

}

ManagerAll.java:
public class ManagerAll extends BaseManager {

    private static ManagerAll ourInstance = new ManagerAll();

    public static synchronized ManagerAll getInstance() {
        return ourInstance;
    }

    public Call<List<ResponseDTO>> bringCall() {
        Call<List<ResponseDTO>> x = getRestApi().bring();
        return x;
    }

    public Call<List<Address>> managerGetAdress(String post, String username) {
        Call<List<Address>> y = getRestApi().bringAdress(post, username);
        return y;
    }

    public Call<List<ResponseDTO>> managerBringResponse(String post, String username) {
        Call<List<ResponseDTO>> z = getRestApi().bringResponse(post, username);
        return z;
    }

}

This is ResponseDTO:
public class ResponseDTO implements Serializable {
    private String website;
    private AddressDTO address;
    private String phone;
    private String name;
    private CompanyDTO company;
    private int id;
    private String email;
    private String username;

    public void setWebsite(String website){
        this.website = website;
    }

    public String getWebsite(){
        return website;
    }

    public void setAddress(AddressDTO address){
        this.address = address;
    }

    public AddressDTO getAddress(){
        return address;
    }

    public void setPhone(String phone){
        this.phone = phone;
    }

    public String getPhone(){
        return phone;
    }

    public void setName(String name){
        this.name = name;
    }

    public String getName(){
        return name;
    }

    public void setCompany(CompanyDTO company){
        this.company = company;
    }

    public CompanyDTO getCompany(){
        return company;
    }

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

    public int getId(){
        return id;
    }

    public void setEmail(String email){
        this.email = email;
    }

    public String getEmail(){
        return email;
    }

    public void setUsername(String username){
        this.username = username;
    }

    public String getUsername(){
        return username;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString(){
        return
            "ResponseDTO{" +
            "website = '" + website + '\'' +
            ",address = '" + address + '\'' +
            ",phone = '" + phone + '\'' +
            ",name = '" + name + '\'' +
            ",company = '" + company + '\'' +
            ",id = '" + id + '\'' +
            ",email = '" + email + '\'' +
            ",username = '" + username + '\'' +
            "}";
        }
}

As i said, when i set the list in AddressPage AddressDto(or Address) to Response i can get datas. But it gives me null value when i set it to AddressDto.
GeoDTO:
public class GeoDTO implements Serializable {
    private String lng;
    private String lat;

    public void setLng(String lng){
        this.lng = lng;
    }

    public String getLng(){
        return lng;
    }

    public void setLat(String lat){
        this.lat = lat;
    }

    public String getLat(){
        return lat;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString(){
        return
            "GeoDTO{" +
            "lng = '" + lng + '\'' +
            ",lat = '" + lat + '\'' +
            "}";
        }
}

CompanyDTO:
public class CompanyDTO implements Serializable {
    private String bs;
    private String catchPhrase;
    private String name;

    public void setBs(String bs){
        this.bs = bs;
    }

    public String getBs(){
        return bs;
    }

    public void setCatchPhrase(String catchPhrase){
        this.catchPhrase = catchPhrase;
    }

    public String getCatchPhrase(){
        return catchPhrase;
    }

    public void setName(String name){
        this.name = name;
    }

    public String getName(){
        return name;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString(){
        return
            "CompanyDTO{" +
            "bs = '" + bs + '\'' +
            ",catchPhrase = '" + catchPhrase + '\'' +
            ",name = '" + name + '\'' +
            "}";
        }
}

A: Address class is not similar to your json response so you are not getting data from your service . You can read first ResponseDTO data then read address data from json.

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text:
using Cxx

export TTreeBindings
export TTreeInput
export TTreeOutput
export TChainInput

export ttree_binding_proxy

struct TTreeBindings
    values::Dict{Symbol, Any}
    direct_values::Dict{Symbol, Any}
    proxied_values::Dict{Symbol, Pair{Any, Any}}

    TTreeBindings() = new(
        Dict{Symbol, Any}(),
        Dict{Symbol, Any}(),
        Dict{Symbol, Pair{Any, Any}}()
    )
end

Base.getindex(bindings::TTreeBindings, key::Symbol) = bindings.values[key]

Base.setindex!(bindings::TTreeBindings, value::Any, key::Symbol) = begin
    bindings.values[key] = value

    proxy = ttree_binding_proxy(value)
    if proxy == nothing
        # info("Binding branch name $(key) to value of type $(typeof(value))")
        haskey(bindings.proxied_values, key) && delete!(bindings.proxied_values, key)
        bindings.direct_values[key] = value
    else
        # info("Binding branch name  $(key) to value of type $(typeof(value)) via proxy of type $(typeof(proxy))")
        haskey(bindings.direct_values, key) && delete!(bindings.direct_values, key)
        bindings.proxied_values[key] = Pair{Any, Any}(value, proxy)
    end

    bindings
end

copy_to_proxies!(bindings::TTreeBindings) = begin
    for (_, (value, proxy_value)) in bindings.proxied_values
        copy!(proxy_value, value)
    end
end

copy_from_proxies!(bindings::TTreeBindings) = begin
    for (_, (value, proxy_value)) in bindings.proxied_values
        copy!(value, proxy_value)
    end
end

bind_branches!(ttree::ATTreeInst, bindings::TTreeBindings) = begin
    for (key, value) in bindings.direct_values
        # info("Binding branch $(string(key)) of type $(typeof(value)) in $(ttree)")
        bind_branch!(ttree, string(key), value)
    end
    for (key, (_, proxy)) in bindings.proxied_values
        # info("Binding branch $(string(key)) of type $(typeof(proxy)) in $(ttree)")
        bind_branch!(ttree, string(key), proxy)
    end
end

create_branches!(ttree::ATTreeInst, bindings::TTreeBindings) = begin
    for (key, value) in bindings.direct_values
        # info("Creating branch $(string(key)) of type $(typeof(value)) in $(ttree)")
        create_branch!(ttree, string(key), value)
    end
    for (key, (_, proxy)) in bindings.proxied_values
        # info("Creating branch $(string(key)) of type $(typeof(proxy)) in $(ttree)")
        create_branch!(ttree, string(key), proxy)
    end
end

ttree_binding_proxy(value::Ref{T}) where T = nothing

struct CxxObjWithPtrRef{T,N,CVR}
    x::CppValue{T,N}
    ptrref::Ref{CppPtr{T,CVR}}
end

CxxObjWithPtrRef(x::CppValue) = CxxObjWithPtrRef(x, Ref(icxx"&$x;"))

bind_branch!(ttree::ATTreeInst, name::AbstractString, value::CxxObjWithPtrRef) =
   bind_branch!(ttree, name, value.ptrref)

create_branch!(ttree::ATTreeInst, name::AbstractString, value::CxxObjWithPtrRef; kwargs...) =
   create_branch!(ttree, name, value.ptrref, kwargs...)

ttree_binding_proxy(value::CxxObjWithPtrRef) = nothing

Base.copy!(a, b::CxxObjWithPtrRef) = copy!(a, b.x)
Base.copy!(a::CxxObjWithPtrRef, b) = copy!(a.x, b)
Base.copy!(a::CxxObjWithPtrRef, b::CxxObjWithPtrRef) = copy!(a.x, b.x)

ttree_binding_proxy(value::AbstractVector{T}) where T = CxxObjWithPtrRef(icxx"std::vector<$T>();")
Base.copy!(a::AbstractVector, b::CxxObjWithPtrRef) = (resize!(a, length(b.x)); copy!(a, b.x))
Base.copy!(a::CxxObjWithPtrRef, b::AbstractVector) = (resize!(a.x, length(b)); copy!(a.x, b))

struct TTreeInput <: AbstractVector{Nothing}
    ttree::ATTreeInst
    bindings::TTreeBindings

    TTreeInput(ttree::ATTreeInst, bindings::TTreeBindings) = begin
        input = new(ttree, bindings)
        bind_branches!(ttree, bindings)
        input
    end
end

Base.show(io::IO, x::TTreeInput) = show(io, MIME"text/plain"(), x)
Base.show(io::IO, ::MIME"text/plain", x::TTreeInput) = Base.show_default(io, x)

Base.size(input::TTreeInput) = (length(input.ttree),)

Base.getindex(input::TTreeInput, i::Integer) = begin
    result = getindex(input.ttree, i)
    copy_from_proxies!(input.bindings)
    result
end

mutable struct TChainInput <: AbstractVector{Nothing}
    tchain::TChainPtr
    bindings::TTreeBindings
end

function Base.open(::Type{TChainInput}, bindings::TTreeBindings, treename::AbstractString, filenames::AbstractString...; wildcards::Bool = false)
    tchain = lock(gROOTMutex()) do
        icxx"new TChain($treename);"
    end

    if wildcards
        for filename in filenames
            @cxx tchain->Add(pointer(filename))
        end
    else
        for filename in filenames
            @cxx tchain->AddFile(pointer(filename))
        end
    end

    @cxx tchain->SetCacheSize(-1);
    @cxx tchain->SetBranchStatus(pointer("*"), false);
    bind_branches!(tchain, bindings)

    result = TChainInput(tchain, bindings)
    finalizer(close, result)
    result
end

Base.show(io::IO, x::TChainInput) = show(io, MIME"text/plain"(), x)
Base.show(io::IO, ::MIME"text/plain", x::TChainInput) = Base.show_default(io, x)

Base.open(::Type{TChainInput}, treename::AbstractString, filenames::AbstractString...; kwargs...) =
    open(TChainInput, TTreeBindings(), treename, filenames...; kwargs...)

Base.isopen(input::TChainInput) = (input.tchain != C_NULL)

function Base.close(input::TChainInput)
    if isopen(input)
        tchain = lock(gROOTMutex()) do
            icxx"delete $(input.tchain);"
        end
        input.tchain = icxx"(TChain*)(nullptr);"
    end
    nothing
end

Base.size(input::TChainInput) = (length(input.tchain),)

Base.getindex(input::TChainInput, i::Integer) = begin
    result = getindex(input.tchain, i)
    copy_from_proxies!(input.bindings)
    result
end

struct TTreeOutput
    ttree::TTreePtr
    bindings::TTreeBindings

    TTreeOutput(ttree::TTreePtr, bindings::TTreeBindings) = begin
        output = new(ttree, bindings)
        create_branches!(ttree, bindings)
        output
    end
end

push!(output::TTreeOutput) = begin
    copy_to_proxies!(output.bindings)
    push!(output.ttree)
    nothing
end


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Ни́жний Бурлу́к () — село
в составе Нижнебурлукского сельского совета
Шевченковского района
Харьковкой области Украины.

Код КОАТУУ — 6325785001. Население по переписи 2001 года составляет 193 (89/104 м/ж) человека.

Является административным центром Нижнебурлукского сельского совета, в который, кроме того, входят сёла
Владимировка,
Ивановка,
Михайловка,
Смоловка,
Шевченково и
Шишковка.

Географическое положение
Село Нижний Бурлук находится на правом берегу реки Великий Бурлук,
выше по течению на расстоянии в 1 км расположено село Шишковка,
ниже по течению примыкает село Михайловка,
на противоположном берегу — село Владимировка.

История
 1705 — дата основания. В начале село называлось Малыми Бурлучками.

Объекты социальной сферы
 Школа.
 Клуб.
 Фельдшерско-акушерский пункт.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Сайт Верховной рады Украины
 История Городов и Сел. Нижний Бурлук.

Населённые пункты Шевченковского района (Харьковская область)

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Two-fifths (41%) of respondents want to receive childcare vouchers via a salary sacrifice arrangement as part of their employee benefits package, according to research by Sodexo Benefits and Rewards Services.
Its survey of 1,000 employees also found that 51% of respondents want to contribute to their workplace pension through a salary sacrifice arrangement.
The government will limit the range of benefits that attract tax and national insurance advantages when offered through a salary sacrifice arrangement from 6 April 2017. Childcare, pensions, ultra-low emission vehicles, and bikes-for-work-schemes are among the benefits exempt from the changes.
The government's new tax-free childcare scheme will be rolled out gradually from 28 April 2017, with all eligible parents set to be brought into the scheme by the end of the year. The existing childcare voucher scheme will close to new entrants from 28 April 2018.
36% of respondents would like to have access to discounted shopping through a salary sacrifice arrangement.
20% of respondents would like their employer to provide access to car schemes through salary sacrifice, and 18% would like to be offered gym membership as a benefit through a salary sacrifice arrangement.
22% of respondents who are parents have had to borrow money from friends and family to pay for childcare, and 32% have seen the cost of childcare increase by more than 10% since they started raising their child.
James Malia (pictured), director of employee benefits at Sodexo Benefits and Rewards Sevices, said: "With just a matter of weeks to go until the new tax-free childcare scheme is introduced by the government, our research highlights that employees still view childcare vouchers as a highly valuable and sought after employee benefit.