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[COM] Oaklands Crossing | $174m
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#1 Post by ReallyBad » Thu Mar 02, 2006 6:53 pm
Happen to drive past the Oaklands Rail Station, and noticed the Garden store next to it is closing this weekend.
Looks like this might be starting soon. Anyone know when its gonna start?
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Just in case you not sure what I am on about.
[quote]MEDIA RELEASES
NEW BUS AND RAIL INTERCHANGE NEAR MARION SHOPPING CENTRE
The State Government will build a major bus and rail interchange at Oaklands Park by the end of 2006.
The $7 million project will result in the delivery of a superior interchange facility for public transport commuters in Adelaide's expanding southern suburbs, using the Noarlunga to Adelaide line.
Infrastructure and Transport Minister Patrick Conlon made the announcement at the launch of the Strategic Infrastructure Plan, Building SA.
"The existing Oaklands Station will be demolished and a new bus and train interchange will be built closer to the Marion Shopping Centre at the intersection of Morphett and Diagonal Roads,â€
Location: Brisbane, QLD
#3 Post by AG » Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:18 pm
If Oaklands Interchange is going to be constructed by the end of 2006, it should be starting now, or it should've months ago.
If they're developing housing around the interchange, the new development should be well linked to the station and to Diagonal Road.
#4 Post by AG » Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:19 am
Travel hub still 'on track'
By ANNA VLACH
AMID suggestions of a Budget blowout, the State Government is adamant its Oaklands Park bus and rail interchange is going ahead.
It yet has to produce a detailed proposal for the $7 million redevelopment, south-west of Adelaide.
Announced in last year's Budget, the centre was to be built by the end of this year.
Independent state MP Kris Hanna said he did not believe the project could be completed for the budgeted $6.8 million.
"It is turning into the new government's first major embarrassment," he said.
A spokesperson for Transport Minister Patrick Conlon confirmed last week the interchange was going ahead and plans were still being worked on.
Mr Conlon told a community meeting last October the proposal would not proceed without community approval.
Local action group BOXers (Better Oaklands Crossing) spokeswoman Jacqueline Cookes said community consultation had been lacking.
"We have been given no clear proposal to put to the community to show them how the project has been amended so we don't know what we are accepting," she said.
The media seems to be firing at the government for every transport project.
#5 Post by Will » Wed Apr 19, 2006 4:45 pm
Can I just say how dissapointed I am in the local media through their repeated attacks on every transport project of the State government.
And I just cannot comprehend why they waste space expressing the views of local anti-progress groups.
And the Sunday Mail's editorial calling for the scrapping of the tram extension is very short sighted and 'small town'. The tram extension is not a monument to the premier, but instead it is a piece of infraestructure that will have profound positive phychological impacts on the people of Adelaide.
[COM] Marion Interchange
#6 Post by Howie » Tue Aug 08, 2006 1:51 pm
Marion - Oaklands Transport Interchange Overview
The $7 million project was announced as part of the State Infrastructure Plan in April 2005. The interchange is to be constructed within the transport corridor at Oaklands Park. The project will result in the delivery of a modern, efficient interchange with facilities that are fully accessible for people with disabilities.
When complete, the Marion Oaklands Transport Interchange will provide:
* A new train station with associated bus interchange areas on Morphett Road
* Facilities that enhance the safety and security of passengers such as monitored and recorded security cameras, duress alarms and increased lighting
* A Park'n'Ride facility for more than 230 cars
* Kiss'n'Ride zones for car passengers
* New facilities for pedestrians and cyclists, including a new pedestrian crossing on the southern side of the rail line for pedestrians to safely cross Morphett Road
* Automated gates for pedestrians to cross the tracks at the level crossing and either end of the station platforms
* Other general passenger facilities including real time passenger information and a ticket sales kiosk
The interchange will provide high quality infrastructure with an emphasis on comfort, access, safety and security for all users.
http://www.transadelaide.com.au/marion_oak/
#7 Post by Tom » Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:01 pm
I think it should be moved closer to the main road. I dont like the idea of just upgrading the Current station, infact the sooner the current station goes the better in my opinon. Oaklands park has to be the worse station on the network at the moment.
#8 Post by AtD » Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:16 pm
Tom, that's one of the options on the table.
crawf
#9 Post by crawf » Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:16 pm
^^ I completely agree Tom
the station needs to be moved closer to the marion domain what includes the proposed state aquatic centre, Adelaides biggest shopping complex (Westfield Marion) and the curtural centre.
#10 Post by AtD » Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:21 pm
BTW Howie, a thread already exists for this topic:
http://www.sensational-adelaide.com/for ... .php?t=269
#11 Post by AG » Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:53 pm
I would think that grade separating the roads and rail at this location for the long term would be a smart idea. A road bridge could double up as pedestrian access or concourse of the station down to the platforms.
#12 Post by Will » Tue Aug 08, 2006 6:22 pm
Hasn't this project been scrapped?
I recall reading something in the Messenger a few months ago stating that this project was scrapped due to budget blowouts.
#13 Post by Howie » Tue Aug 08, 2006 6:44 pm
AtD wrote: BTW Howie, a thread already exists for this topic:
Whoops.. i'll merge them then.
#14 Post by Tom » Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:52 pm
Will wrote: Hasn't this project been scrapped?
No I think it was that it might be scaled back to not moving it and just upgrading the current station, to which I think, would be short sighted. I also think about this debacle about the trees is pathetic.
#15 Post by ReallyBad » Wed May 16, 2007 7:54 pm
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Q: Ubuntu shows hard drive with a quarter of it's size Ubuntu live stick (tried different versions: 14.04, 16.04, 17.04) shows my additional hard drive as 802GB which is roughly 750GiB, beeing a quarter of the 3TB of it's actual size. And I am unable to mount it.
Can that have anything to do with the block sizes? Drives this size don't usually have 512B blocks, but ubuntu probably assumes that....
GParted often gives the good old "driver says the blocksize is 2048B, but linux says it's 512B" warining.
To be a litle more specific:
It's actually two drives in RAID1 and they are encrypted with LUKS/dm-crypt, but I am able to unlock them, I just can't mount them:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/mapper/isw_hjgegijjc_RAID1 vault
Enter the passphrase for »/dev/mapper/isw_hjgegijjc_RAID1«:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mkdir /mnt/vault
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mount /dev/mapper/vault /mnt/vault
Failed to read last sector (5860524030): invalid argument
HINTS: Either the volume is a RAID/LDM but it wasn't setup yet,
   or it was not setup correctly (e.g. by not using mdadm --build ...),
   or a wrong device is tried to be mounted,
   or the partition table is corrupt (partition is smaller than NTFS),
   or the NTFS boot sector is corrupt (NTFS size is not valid).
Failed to mount '/dev/mapper/vault': invalid argument
The device '/dev/mapper/vault' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?

The interesting thing is: it works fine with my current ubuntu installation (which is giving me some other trouble) and I am concerned of data loss in case I crash that one ubuntu installation.
lsblk does show the partition inside the LUKS container:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsblk
NAME                       MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE   MOUNTPOINT
sdf                          8:80   0   2,7T  0 disk
└─isw_hjgegijjc_RAID1      253:0    0 746,5G  0 dmraid
  └─vault                  253:2    0 746,5G  0 crypt
sdd                          8:48   0   2,7T  0 disk
└─isw_hjgegijjc_RAID1      253:0    0 746,5G  0 dmraid
  └─vault                  253:2    0 746,5G  0 crypt
sdb                          8:16   0 931,5G  0 disk
├─sdb1                       8:17   0 931,5G  0 part
└─isw_cebdbccfga_RAID0     253:1    0   1,8T  0 dmraid
  ├─isw_cebdbccfga_RAID0p2 253:4    0 109,4G  0 part
  └─isw_cebdbccfga_RAID0p1 253:3    0   1,7T  0 part
sde                          8:64   1   7,5G  0 disk   /cdrom
├─sde2                       8:66   1   2,3M  0 part
└─sde1                       8:65   1   1,5G  0 part
loop0                        7:0    0   1,4G  1 loop   /rofs
sdc                          8:32   0 931,5G  0 disk
└─isw_cebdbccfga_RAID0     253:1    0   1,8T  0 dmraid
  ├─isw_cebdbccfga_RAID0p2 253:4    0 109,4G  0 part
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Q: Почему один код работает по-другому относительно другого? Напишите программу, которая считывает три числа и подсчитывает сумму
только положительных чисел.
Написал такой код:
nums = [-31, -11, 5]
for i in nums:
    if i < 0:
        nums.remove(i)
print(sum(nums))

На выходе получаю -6, однако должен получать 5.
Если посмотреть итоговый список, то он получается:
[-11, 5]

Не могу понять, почему остаётся -11, когда в переборе значений условием указано убирать отрицательные числа из списка? Почему это работает только для первого значения изначального списка?
Если попробовать код изменить на такой, то все получится адекватно:
a, b, c = -31, -11, 5
result = 0
if a > 0:
    result += a
if b > 0:
    result += b
if c > 0:
    result += c
if a and b and c < 0:
    print(0)
print(result)

Вывод:
5

A: Вы редактируете список, пока идёте по ниму в for, из за чего программа пропускает второе значение. Решить можно 3мя способами:
1й и самый протой - ввести переменную - итоговую сумму
nums = [-31, -11, 5]
sum = 0
for i in nums:
    if i > 0:
        sum += i
print(sum)

2й - итерироваться не по самому списку, а по его копии (в данном примере она создаётся с помощью nums[:])
nums = [-31, -11, 5]
for i in nums[:]:
    if i < 0:
        nums.remove(i)
print(sum(nums))

3й - Создать новый список и добавлять туда только положительные числа
nums = [-31, -11, 5]
positive_nums = []
for i in nums:
    if i > 0:
        positive_nums.append(i)
print(sum(positive_nums))

# Укороченная версия
# nums = [-31, -11, 5]
# print(sum([i for i in nums if i > 0]))

A: Потому, что удаляя элементы из списка в прямой последовательности, вы "перескакиваете" через следующий элемент. Чтобы получить правильный результат, можно обойти список в обратной последовательности, например:
nums = [-31, -11, 5]
for i in range(len(nums) - 1, -1, -1):
    if nums[i] < 0:
        nums.remove(nums[i])
print(sum(nums)) #5

Другое простейшее решение:
print(sum(i for i in nums if i > 0)) #5


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The Complete Peanuts 1961-1962 is volume six of 25, reprinting for the first time every one of the daily and Sunday pages of Charles M Schulz's classic newspaper strip. Schroeder, cover featured on this volume, finds himself in the middle of the action when he accidentally foments a revolt on the baseball team. He decides to quit because he likes Beethoven more than baseball, so he tells Charlie Brown his time is better spent playing the piano. Lucy tries to talk him into returning but after she is persuaded that he's right, everyone else quits too, leaving Charlie Brown as a manager with no team to manage.
There's more accidental controversy when Frieda of the "naturally curly hair" makes her debut in this volume, drives all the girls crazy with her endless references to her naturally curly hair and takes Lucy's spot at Schroeder's piano. She also keeps telling Snoopy to get off his doghouse and chase rabbits. When he finally buckles under the pressure, he doesn't tell her his secret: "I don't even know what a rabbit smells like." But he gets his own back by giving Lucy pouncing lessons, and she puts them to good use to regain her position at the piano. Linus has lots more traumatic blanket battles versus Snoopy, Lucy and even his beloved Miss Othmar, and trauma of a spiritual kind when he convinces Sally to believe in the Great Pumpkin.
There are lots of extended sequences of silly, funnily-drawn and highly quotable events with all the cast, adding up to a great volume of work bursting with personality and charm from Schulz, riding a wave of unparalleled creativity. This volume includes an introduction by singer Diana Krall.


Published Google announcement of the date of its next conference devices Pixel in the 7 next May is expected to reveal its new smart phones.
She had hinted Google recently via the e-store on my phone. Pixel 3a and the largest percentage XL of them, the marks May 7 the first day of the annual developers conference of the company.
Change according to previous leaks, the phone Pixel 3a will come with a screen 5.6-inch and processor Snapdragon 670 with Ram 4 GB and a camera of 12 megapixels used the same technology found in the phone Pixel 3.
The value of the Pixel 3a XL will come with a screen 6 inches and the rest of the specifications are almost similar, except the processor will likely be using a better processor which is the Snapdragon 710.
Sure that these phones are specifications available will be at a reasonable price compared to the smartphones that got their prices the numbers are high is unprecedented.


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Scandals are swirling again for DOI Secretary Ryan Zinke, who just days ago compared Civil Rights Leader, Martin Luther King Jr. to Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Now, however, the Department of Justice is considering the potential prosecution of Ryan Zinke over his questionable behavior in his Department of the Interior role. The Agency currently has three open investigations into the secretary including questionable business deals with the chairman of oil firm, Halliburton and another regarding a mixture of lobbying and casino construction. The number of ethics violations Zinke is facing, is bearing a closer resemblance to those which former-EPA head, Scott Pruitt, was subjected to, as well. Though the probe is still in its beginning stage. Zinke, however is not giving much rise to the probe, and is calling it, "politically motivated."
The Zinke probe comes amidst a flurry of other political moments for the environment. In a televised interview, President Trump disavowed both the science and the government that has legitimized information about climate change, but said that he believed climate change existed, though it fluctuated. And the EPA has planned to "accelerate" ozone pollution limits. But with elections coming up, many American environmental activists are trying to encourage some states to swing green. More still, in a surprising move, The Supreme Court has decided to hear the case brought before them by 21 youth, who are suing the government about climate change.
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Health and wellness has emerged as a vital design priority for WSP USA clients.
Since the International Well Building Institute introduced its WELL standard, creating healthy spaces to live and work has prominently factored into lighting and lighting controls design.
There is a greater understanding that buildings need to serve their occupants better.WSP's lighting group has positioned itself as prioritizing people, and placing their practical and aesthetic objectives at the forefront of the firm's design strategies.
The firm has also made it a priority to keep up with rapidly changing technology and understanding the impact of the internet of things (IoT)— the term used for the interconnection of computing devices embedded into everyday objects, which are capable of transferring data over a network without human interaction.
WSP has been at the forefront of systems design for the internet of things, and specifically how lighting serves the infrastructural needs of the IoT, as well as how lighting can benefit from the explosion of data. The firm has a rigorous understanding of current technologies, and an informed sense of what the future holds.
For example, LED light sources and lighting controls have forged tremendous energy use and cost savings.
The WSP lighting design team is working on 14th@Irving, an innovative building in New York City that will become a center for the tech sector in New York City.
Increasingly, the WSP lighting designers think of lighting in terms of systems, including the controls that define functionality for energy savings and for the health and wellness of building occupants. Ensuring that those systems truly serve the needs of the client and the people who actually inhabit the space is a key consideration for each design.
The lighting design team brings a holistic understanding of the full range of expertise required to design lighting and controls systems, to assess a system's constructability, and to ensure the system will successfully function within the context of the overall project.
One of the firm's current lighting projects is 2+U, a prominent 38-story office tower under construction in Seattle. WSP is providing the lighting design, as well as the mechanical-electrical-plumbing engineering for the 587-foot tower with 683,000 square feet of office space, which is scheduled for completion next year.


The Dream Centers three primary programs are our VISITS Program , RESTORE Program and ADOPT A BLOCK program. Each serve a different population but all are focused on providing opportunity and movement to the poor and marginalized of New York City.
Dream Center NYC holds an annual back to school backpack giveaway each year. With a line out the door, the kids were given free backpacks, haircuts and giveaways. This event provides children in New York City the resources they need to start the school year. The Dream Center partnered with individuals and corporations to equip the children in Chelsea and East Harlem communities experiencing poverty.
Rogue House's first appearance and appointments were booked solid. Kids were not getting frequent haircuts and we discovered long locks and split ends.
The girls were excited to have a fresh hair cut for school. Sara, salon host, was giving away flower crowns to wear as they received their haircut. Sara, a mom of two kids, expressed extreme joy throughout this experience. Jamielynn was excited to see the impact they had made at their first event. As a result, the girls were already asking if we were already going to come back next year.
With the success of our first appearance, we knew we made a difference. Excited to see the smiles on the kid's face, we fostered new ideas for the upcoming year. If you would like to give your kids a haircut, will be back in August for a complimentary trim at Dream Center NYC.


What Makes a Primate a Primate?
Maybe you just watched a film about Madagascar and met some lemurs jumping and running through the forest. Maybe you visited the zoo and saw gorillas grooming each other and eating leaves. Maybe you passed an elementary school and saw kids swinging on the monkey bars. Or maybe you just looked at your thumb as you picked up a carrot to eat it and thought "wow, that's pretty cool I can pick things up like that!" In all these scenarios, you are contemplating what it means to be a primate.
One of the important things to know as we ask "what makes a primate a primate" is that the primate characteristics we see are all built on mammal characteristics. All primates are mammals. This means that based on what we know about mammals, we can assume some basic things about how primates are put together, how they function, and what they do. Four kinds of mammals are pictured below so when you look at the table below about mammal characteristics, you will be able to look for those traits in these pictures.
See Morbeck, Galloway and Zihlman's book The Evolving Female for more on what it means to be a mammal and how primates build on those mammal characteristics.
Note: The primate characterisitics below are drawn mainly from Falk's Primate Diversity, with additional information from Fleagle's Primate Adaptation and Evolution.
Why? Primates rely less on their sense of smell and more on vision. Primates also have a reduced number of teeth as compared to other mammals.
Why? With different types of teeth, they can eat a variety of foods and process food efficiently. They have incisors for biting, canines for shearing and premolars and molars for crunching food into digestable packages.
Why? Primates have an increased emphasis on vision, so natural selection acted to position the eyes best for taking in the most visual stimuli.
Why? Stereoscopic vision means that the fields of vision provided by each eye overlap, resulting in what's called depth perception. This is extremely useful for forest-dwelling primates, as it lets them judge how far away the next branch is as they are moving from tree to tree.
Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak) Using your stereoscopic vision, you can see that some of the branches of the oak tree are closer than others. Without that depth perception, all the branches would look flat and equally far away from you. Image courtesy of the US Forest Service, St. Paul Field Office.
Why? Primates have very extensive shoulder motion because the clavicle provides the only bony link between the upper limb and the trunk.
Why? Having two bones allows for better limb motion and more precise movements.
Nycticebus pygmaeus (Pygmy loris) This loris is descending a branch, taking advantage of the limb motion afforded by two bones in the primate forearm and lower leg.
Why? Nails allow primates to manipulate objects more easily.
Why? Primates tend to move with a more vertical posture, even if they are rarely upright.
Why? Longer lives and longer life stages are good for increased growth, especially brain growth. Primates have larger brains for their body size than a lot of other mammals, and are born with brains that still need to develop quite a bit outside of the mother's body. Primates also spend a lot of time learning skills and strategies for food gathering and survival from their mothers and others in their social groups.
Eulemur mongoz (Mongoose lemur) Notice how this lemur is climbing by grasping.
Animal Diversity Web: Order Primates A comprehensive site with information about primates as well as many images of primates, specimens (for example, photographs of primate skulls and jaws) and sounds made by primates.
Valley Zoo School Primate Research Results Information on five kinds of primates as well as classification information and some primate links put together by a Canadian primary school. Also has teacher resources like a kid-friendly primate observation sheet on the school's home page.
Gombe Page Several fun chimp and primate-themed quizzes along with video clips of Jane Goodall greeting an audience with chimp sounds and talking about the Gombe chimpanzees.
Jane Goodall Institute Chimpanzee Central Information about chimpanzees, part of the Jane Goodall Institute site.
1) Falk, Dean. 2000. Primate Diversity. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.
2) Fleagle, John G. 1999. Primate Adaptation and Evolution. 2nd Ed. Academic Press. San Diego, CA.
3) Morbeck, Mary Ellen, Alison Galloway and Adrienne L. Zihlman, Eds. 1997. The Evolving Female: A Life History Perspective. Princeton University Press. Princeton, NJ.


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Congratulations to John Grisham for Writing about the Injustice of Guantánamo
In the long and horrendous history of the "war on terror" prison at Guantánamo Bay, it has been noticeable that very few celebrities have challenged the myriad injustices of Guantánamo — the torture; the indefinite detention without charge or trial; the decision by the Bush administration to tear up every domestic and international law and treaty regarding the treatment of prisoners; the refusal to make a distinction between soldiers and terrorists; the bounty payments issued to America's Afghan and Pakistani allies, which led to numerous civilians being rounded up and sent to Guantánamo; the pressure exerted on the prisoners to make them tell lies about themselves and their fellow prisoners, to create the majority of what passes for evidence at Guantánamo; the failure of President Obama to hold any Bush administration officials (up to and including President Bush) responsible for their actions; the failure of President Obama to close the prison as he promised; the failure of President Obama to resume releasing prisoners, as he promised in a major speech in May this year; the opportunistic fearmongering of Congress, which has raised almost insurmountable obstacles to prevent the release of prisoners or the closure of the prison; the decision by judges in the appeals court in Washington D.C. (the D.C. Circuit Court) to gut habeas corpus of all meaning in relation to the Guantánamo prisoners, and to shut the Great Writ down as a route out of the prison; and the decision by the Supreme Court to allow this cynical manipulation of the law to stand, and not to assert its authority over the appeals court.
As a result of the general indifference towards Guantánamo, it came as a great and pleasant surprise when, at the weekend, the author John Grisham, whose books have sold over 250 million copies, wrote an op-ed for the New York Times about the indefinite detention of prisoners at Guantánamo, focusing, in particular, on the case of Nabil Hadjarab, an Algerian national, and an orphan, with relatives in France who have been seeking his release for many years. Grisham found out about him because he was alerted to the fact that prisoners were being prevented from reading his books, and that Nabil was one of them — and I imagine he was made aware of this through his support for the Innocence Project, a non-profit organization in the US dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people, which Nabil's lawyers at Reprieve have also been involved in over many years.
Grisham, I'm glad to say, has understood perfectly the horrors of Guantánamo, as the following passages from his article show:
Nabil has not been the only "mistake" in our war on terror. Hundreds of other Arabs have been sent to Gitmo, chewed up by the system there, never charged and eventually transferred back to their home countries. (These transfers are carried out as secretly and as quietly as possible.) There have been no apologies, no official statements of regret, no compensation, nothing of the sort. The United States was dead wrong, but no one can admit it.
In Nabil's case, the United States military and intelligence agents relied on corrupt informants who were raking in American cash, or even worse, jailhouse snitches who swapped false stories for candy bars, porn and sometimes just a break from their own beatings.
Nabil is one of 86 prisoners in Guantánamo (out of 166 in total) who are still held despite being cleared for release in January 2010 by President Obama's Guantánamo Review Task Force, and is one of the many prisoners who have been engaged in a hunger strike since February.
Moreover, he is one of 46 prisoners who have been force-fed during the hunger strike, although it is currently reported that the number of force-fed prisoners is down to 38. Nabil recently submitted a motion to a US court calling for a judge to issue a ruling compelling the government to "stop force-feeding in the prison and stop force-medicating prisoners," as I explained in a recent article, "Guantánamo Hunger Strike: Nabil Hadjarab Tells Court, 'I Will Consider Eating When I See People Leaving This Place.'" The motion was refused, because of a legal precedent forbidding judges to interfere in decisions regarding the treatment of prisoners in Guantánamo, but not before a judge criticized the military and President Obama.
Please see below for John Grisham's article, which brings Nabil's story up to date with the rather disturbing announcement that he may be one of two Algerians whose planned release was recently announced by the Obama administration — the only two of the 86 cleared prisoners that Obama has shown any interest in releasing, even though he has no family in Algeria. As John Grisham stated, if he is released to Algeria, "His nightmare will only continue. He will be homeless. He will have no support to reintegrate him into a society where many will be hostile to a former Gitmo detainee."
After Guantánamo, Another Injustice
By John Grisham, New York Times, August 10, 2013
About two months ago I learned that some of my books had been banned at Guantánamo Bay. Apparently detainees were requesting them, and their lawyers were delivering them to the prison, but they were not being allowed in because of "impermissible content."
I became curious and tracked down a detainee who enjoys my books. His name is Nabil Hadjarab, and he is a 34-year-old Algerian who grew up in France. He learned to speak French before he learned to speak Arabic. He has close family and friends in France, but not in Algeria. As a kid growing up near Lyon, he was a gifted soccer player and dreamed of playing for Paris St.-Germain, or another top French club.
Tragically for Nabil, he has spent the past 11 years as a prisoner at Guantánamo, much of the time in solitary confinement. Starting in February, he participated in a hunger strike, which led to his being force-fed.
For reasons that had nothing to do with terror, war or criminal behavior, Nabil was living peacefully in an Algerian guesthouse in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 11, 2001. Following the United States invasion, word spread among the Arab communities that the Afghan Northern Alliance was rounding up and killing foreign Arabs. Nabil and many others headed for Pakistan in a desperate effort to escape the danger. En route, he said, he was wounded in a bombing raid and woke up in a hospital in Jalalabad.
At that time, the United States was throwing money at anyone who could deliver an out-of-town Arab found in the region. Nabil was sold to the United States for a bounty of $5,000 and taken to an underground prison in Kabul. There he experienced torture for the first time. To house the prisoners of its war on terror, the United States military put up a makeshift prison at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. Bagram would quickly become notorious, and make Guantánamo look like a church camp. When Nabil arrived there in January 2002, as one of the first prisoners, there were no walls, only razor-wire cages. In the bitter cold, Nabil was forced to sleep on concrete floors without cover. Food and water were scarce. To and from his frequent interrogations, Nabil was beaten by United States soldiers and dragged up and down concrete stairs. Other prisoners died. After a month in Bagram, Nabil was transferred to a prison at Kandahar, where the abuse continued.
Throughout his incarceration in Afghanistan, Nabil strenuously denied any connection to Al Qaeda, the Taliban or anyone or any organization remotely linked to the 9/11 attacks. And the Americans had no proof of his involvement, save for bogus claims implicating him from other prisoners extracted in a Kabul torture chamber. Several United States interrogators told him his was a case of mistaken identity. Nonetheless, the United States had adopted strict rules for Arabs in custody — all were to be sent to Guantánamo. On Feb. 15, 2002, Nabil was flown to Cuba; shackled, bound and hooded.
Since then, Nabil has been subjected to all the horrors of the Gitmo handbook: sleep deprivation, sensory deprivation, temperature extremes, prolonged isolation, lack of access to sunlight, almost no recreation and limited medical care. In 11 years, he has never been permitted a visit from a family member. For reasons known only to the men who run the prison, Nabil has never been waterboarded. His lawyer believes this is because he knows nothing and has nothing to give.
The United States government says otherwise. In documents, military prosecutors say that Nabil was staying at a guesthouse run by people with ties to Al Qaeda and that he was named by others as someone affiliated with terrorists. But Nabil has never been charged with a crime. Indeed, on two occasions he has been cleared for a "transfer," or release. In 2007, a review board established by President George W. Bush recommended his release. Nothing happened. In 2009, another review board established by President Obama recommended his transfer. Nothing happened.
According to his guards, Nabil is a model prisoner. He keeps his head down and avoids trouble. He has perfected his English and insists on speaking the language with his British lawyers. He writes in flawless English. As much as possible, under rather dire circumstances, he has fought to preserve his physical health and mental stability.
In the past seven years, I have met a number of innocent men who were sent to death row, as part of my work with the Innocence Project, which works to free wrongly convicted people. Without exception they have told me that the harshness of isolated confinement is brutal for a coldblooded murderer who freely admits to his crimes. For an innocent man, though, death row will shove him dangerously close to insanity. You reach a point where it feels impossible to survive another day.
Depressed and driven to the point of desperation, Nabil joined a hunger strike in February. This was not Gitmo's first hunger strike, but it has attracted the most attention. As it gained momentum, and as Nabil and his fellow prisoners got sicker, the Obama administration was backed into a corner. The president has taken justified heat as his bold and eloquent campaign promises to close Gitmo have been forgotten. Suddenly, he was faced with the gruesome prospect of prisoners dropping like flies as they starved themselves to death while the world watched. Instead of releasing Nabil and the other prisoners who have been classified as no threat to the United States, the administration decided to prevent suicides by force-feeding the strikers.
Last week, the Obama administration announced that it was transferring some more Arab prisoners back to Algeria. It is likely that Nabil will be one of them, and if that happens another tragic mistake will be made. His nightmare will only continue. He will be homeless. He will have no support to reintegrate him into a society where many will be hostile to a former Gitmo detainee, either on the assumption that he is an extremist or because he refuses to join the extremist opposition to the Algerian government. Instead of showing some guts and admitting they were wrong, the American authorities will whisk him away, dump him on the streets of Algiers and wash their hands.
What should they do? Or what should we do?
First, admit the mistake and make the apology. Second, provide compensation. United States taxpayers have spent $2 million a year for 11 years to keep Nabil at Gitmo; give the guy a few thousand bucks to get on his feet. Third, pressure the French to allow his re-entry.
This sounds simple, but it will never happen.
Note: To add your voice to others calling for the French government to demand his return to France, please sign the Change.org petition here (in English), and please also watch the recently released short animated video below, in which Nabil's words are spoken by the British actor David Morrissey. In the video, Nabil talks about the hunger strike and the force-feeding:
Posted in Algerians in Guantanamo, Asylum in Europe, Barack Obama, Conditions at Guantanamo, Guantanamo, Guantanamo media, Hunger strikes in Guantanamo Tagged Algerians in Guantanamo, Guantanamo, Hunger strikes, John Grisham, Nabil Hadjarab, President Obama, Reprieve
On Facebook, Palina Prasasouk wrote:
Wow, John Grisham.
...on August 12th, 2013 at 10:56 pm
Yes, I hope all of the people who have bought 250 million copies of his books read his op-ed, Palina. I thank the New York Times for publishing it, but it remains apparent that the majority of the chronic injustices that plague us aren't sufficiently challenged by the mainstream media, whose vaunted "objectivity" consistently allows governments, politicians, banks and corporations to continue their malignant work largely unchallenged.
Palina Prasasouk wrote:
Kudos to Grisham's curiosity.
Sandrine Ageorges-Skinner wrote:
Yes, thank you, thank you and thank you Mr. Grisham!
...on August 14th, 2013 at 5:24 pm
Laura Geraghty wrote:
So glad to see this
Yes, Sandrine and Laura. it takes the story of Guantanamo's injustice to a whole new audience, that's for sure.
It would be dramatic if Nabil was deported to Algeria instead of France…
It would be horrible, Sandrine, as he has no one there to support him. I hope that isn't the plan, but I fear it may be.
At least he will be free from Gitmo-until he gets jailed for stealing to eat, or killed by the genuine terrorists for not supporting them.
I expect, Thomas, that Reprieve will be doing all they can to help him get support in Algeria, and to keep pushing for him to be allowed to move to France.
Singer Esperanza Spalding against Guantánamo torture prison | Dear Kitty. Some blog says...
[…] novelist John Grisham to write an op-ed about Guantánamo for the New York Times on August (which I wrote about here), focusing on the case of Nabil Hadjarab, an Algerian national, who, Grisham discovered, had been […]
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I Have Not Owned It For All Of Its 125 Years!
May 24, 2008 | history, medals | 2 comments
On May 24, 1883, thousands of people crowded lower Manhattan and Brooklyn for the grandest of all ceremonies from all over the area—even as far away as Philadelphia. Dignitaries gathered at the armory of the Seventh Regiment on Park Avenue to board carriages to join a colour guard, a 70-piece band, and a 22-piece drum corp for the festivities. Forty mounted police officers accompanied the parade.
The list of dignitaries was a Who's Who of the political America that included President Chester A. Arthur, New York Governor Grover Cleveland, and New York City Mayor Franklin Edson. The carriage carrying President Arthur and Mayor Edson lead the parade surrounded by a very large cheering crowd.
At 1:50 PM, the processional arrived at the entrance of the new bridge, President Arthur and Mayor Edson left their carriage and crossed what was the world's longest suspension bridge arm-in-arm to a cheering crowd who paid $2 for tickets to watch from the bridge.
The band played Hail to the Chief as ships who came to the ceremony and anchored around the East River blew horns to honor the President. Navy ships who were invited to the ceremonies took turns giving 21-gun salutes.
Present Arthur and Mayor Edson were joined by Brooklyn Mayor Seth Low when they arrived on the other side of the new bridge. The three men locked arms and marched to the Brooklyn Pier to complete the ceremony dedicating the Brooklyn Bridge to the people of the New York City and Brooklyn.
Kickoff for the Brooklyn Bridge 125th Anniversary Celebration began on May 22 with a concert by the Brooklyn Philharmonic and fireworks by the Gruccis, the first family of fireworks. The celebration extends through Monday that includes a walking tour of this impressive structure on Saturday, the anniversary.
In honor of the 125th Birthday of the bridge everyone owns, the image to the right is a bronze medal commemorating her Centennial (click to enlarge). This medal was produced by the Medallic Arts Company for Brooklyn Union Gas. Silver medals were made for the company's executives. Bronze medals were given to some employees and offered for sale to the public. When the company that owns Brooklyn Union Gas merged with the Long Island Lighting Company (LILCo) in 1998, the company changed its name to KeySpan Energy. In 2007, KeySpan was bought by National Grid plc of London.
By the way… I have a bridge I can sell to you. Let me know and I can give you a good deal!
Source: "Two Great Cities United," [PDF] The New York Times, May 25, 1883.
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As our brand name, the concept is " Creative & Nostalgic ", not only nostalgic but new creation, to become a new standard.
Simple & high fashioned items are consisting of materials that incorporate a special process, own specific colors dye from scratch and the form that expresses the concept. Produced high quality to be generated by each one carefully to handmade, by taking advantage of the traditional technical capabilities of craftsman. We are creating from the design of sense to the certain items.


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He first began DJing in Chicago in 1985, and started working as a producer in 1990, doing tracks for Chicago house labels Dance Mania, Relief, Cajual, Nite Life, Undaground Therapy, Defected, DJax Up Beats, Peacefrog, and Moody. His tune "Get Get Down" became an international house hit, sustaining airplay for several years in clubs and was a top 5 hit in the UK Singles Chart. The song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in December 1999, and remained on the survey for 18 weeks. The tune is also used by West Ham United F.C. fans to sing to their striker Demba Ba. Johnson started the Chicago house label Dust Traxx, and has worked with Robert Armani under the name Traxmen and with Gant Garrard as Brother 2 Brother. His 2004 track, "Follow This Beat", hit #8 on the US Dance chart.
Johnson is unable to walk and DJs in a wheelchair, due to an accidental gunshot in his shoulder in 1987.


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Q: Text that get pushed down and truncated by amount of text above I want to accomplish something rather complex. I've made an image to explain it better:

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*The title text can be a maximum of 3 lines

*The text below that can be a maximum of 5 lines

*The text below should be longer or shorter, depended on the title text above it

*If one of the texts is too long, the text should get truncated with ellipses

How do I accomplish this in HTML/CSS?
I already found something for truncating with ellipses: http://jsfiddle.net/6hk8Ldq2/

  var p=$('#fos p');
    var divh=$('#fos').height();
    while ($(p).outerHeight()>divh) {
        $(p).text(function (index, text) {
            return text.replace(/\W*\s(\S)*$/, '...');
        });
    }

A: If you want to add ellipses on multiline text then you have to use -webkit-line-clamp with number of line as a value (3, 4, 5) and also below styles.
text-overflow: ellipsis;
display: -webkit-box;
-webkit-box-orient: vertical;

I also have added jQuery code to calculate -webkit-line-clamp value dynamically.
See the Snippet below:

$(window).on('resize', resetHeight)

function resetHeight(){
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    $(this).find("p").height($(this).height() - $(this).find(".title").height() - 10);

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    var scrollheight = parseFloat($(this).find("p").height());
    var calc = parseInt(scrollheight/lineheight) + 1;

    calc = (calc>5)?5:calc;*/

    var title=$(this).find(".title");
    var divh=$(this).find(".title").height()+10;

    while ($(title)[0].scrollHeight>divh) {
        $(title).text(function (index, text) {
            return text.replace(/\W*\s(\S)*$/, '...');
        });
    }

    $(this).find("p").addClass("p-overflow");
    //$(this).find("p").css({"-webkit-line-clamp": "" + calc + ""});
    var p=$(this).find("p");
    var divh=$(this).find("p").height()+10;

    while ($(p)[0].scrollHeight>divh) {
        $(p).text(function (index, text) {
            return text.replace(/\W*\s(\S)*$/, '...');
        });
    }
  });
}
$("#textHeight").change(function(){
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  //resetHeight();
});

resetHeight();
*{
  font-family: calibri;
}
.changeHeight{
  padding:10px 5px;
}
.fos-container{
  display: flex;
  flex-direction:row;
}
.fos {
  width: 220px;
  min-height: 120px;
  max-height: 120px;
  overflow: hidden;
  background:#eee;
  padding:10px;
  font-family: calibri;
  margin:5px;
}
.fos .title{
  padding: 0 10px;
  max-height:58px;
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
  display: -webkit-box;
  -webkit-line-clamp:3;
  -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
  overflow:hidden;
  font-weight:bold;
}
.fos p {
  padding: 5px 10px;
  margin: 0;
  overflow:hidden;
  position:relative;
  line-height:19.5px;
}

.p-overflow {
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
  display: -webkit-box;
  -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
}

  Change .fos height: <input id="textHeight" name="textHeight" type="number" min="120" max="420" step="20" value="120"/>

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You can test it here also.
Update 1
Limit the text below to maximum 5 lines.
jsFiddle
Update 2
I have merged the original code to the solution so that it will work on Firefox as well.
jsFiddle


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SYRIA CAUCUS
Join the grassroots movement for a free, secular, and democratic Syria
Understand what's at stake and how America can lead
Take action in your community and on Capitol Hill
Homeafs2018-12-12T22:24:43+00:00
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SYRIA?
The people of Syria flooded the streets in March 2011 in peaceful protest demanding many of the same rights we enjoy as Americans — freedom, democracy, and basic human dignity.
Instead of addressing their concerns, President Bashar al-Assad brutally cracked down on protesters, initiating what has become one of the most destabilizing conflicts since World War II. Over 500,000 people have been killed and 12 million driven from their homes.
In its bid to keep power, the Assad regime has imprisoned an estimated 100,000 people, operating a systematic machinery of torture and execution that U.S. officials say has not been seen since Nazi camps. Meanwhile, the world's silence leaves a vacuum that has been exploited by extremists like ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and Hezbollah, jeopardizing the security of the United States and its allies.
The Syrian government's war continues despite global efforts for peace. While the world watches, civilians pay the price.
Syrians killed
Killed by pro-Assad forces
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Protecting Civilians
Stop the indiscriminate attacks on civilians, hospitals, and infrastructure by the Assad regime and its allies.
Increase pressure for a lasting, viable peace solution for Syria through the internationally-backed UN Geneva process.
Countering Extremists
Pursue policies that tackle all forms of violent extremism: ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah and Iranian-backed militias.
Improving Aid Access
Ensure humanitarian assistance is permitted into all areas and break sieges around civilian populations.
info@freesyria.org
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NICCM's National Administrator Credential can be completed through a live 2 and a half day event or through the Web Based Distance Learning Program.
The National Institute of Child Care Management will be available to you by e-mail, or phone to answer your questions and guide you through the credential process. Participants will receive the prestigious "National Administrator Credential" (NAC) upon completion of the Conference, the Praxis and the Examination.
NICCM is the only national Director Credentialing organization to offer a Web Based Distance Learning Program. Participants who are unable to attend a live conference can now receive the same quality training that participants at one of our live conferences receive. The Distance learning program includes access to a video recording of the conference through a web based login, 350 page manual and a final exam and praxis. Each participant has up to 6 months to complete the course once they are registered.
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Zentiva Acquires Central and Eastern European Business of Alvogen
vrijdag 25 oktober 2019 12:01 Economie
Zentiva to further expand its geographical footprint and complement its portfolio in Generics and OTC
PRAGUE, Czech Republic and SOFIA, Bulgaria, Oct. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Zentiva announces the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire the Central and Eastern European Business of Alvogen, for an undisclosed amount.
Alvogen CEE markets over 200 generic and over-the-counter products across multiple therapeutic areas, consisting of highly recognized brands like Lactacyd, Persen, EuBiotic and many more with leading market positions in 14 key markets across CEE including; Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and Balkan markets.
Nick Haggar, Chief Executive Officer of Zentiva remarked "This acquisition is a perfect fit for Zentiva and supports the execution of our strategy. Zentiva will strengthen its leadership in Central and Eastern Europe while expanding into new markets and significantly increase its specialty and OTC medicines portfolio. We look forward to welcoming more than 1,000 people from the Alvogen CEE team into our Zentiva community. Together, we will be even stronger as we continue working on our primary mission of providing high-quality and affordable medicines to people in Europe and beyond."
This transaction brings together two leading branded generics and OTC businesses in the CEE region, with complementary strengths, product portfolios, geographical footprints and cultures. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2020, subject to customary approvals.
"With the divestiture of the European business, we will be focusing our strategic development, growth and expansion in other areas. Through acquisitions and strong partnerships in the Asian region and continued investment in biosimilars through our sister company Alvotech, we can continue to grow and set the standards on a global platform. We thank our colleagues for their extraordinary efforts in building one of the most successful regional companies in our industry and we look forward to following the continued success of the combined business", said Robert Wessman, Chairman & CEO of Alvogen.
Earlier in 2019, Zentiva integrated the teams of Creo Pharma in the UK and Solacium Pharma in Romania into the Zentiva group. In September, Zentiva also announced acquisition of a manufacturing site in Ankleshwar in India. In addition to multi-million Euro investments in existing manufacturing facilities in Prague and Bucharest, Zentiva continues to maximize its competitive advantage, expanding market footprint and upgrading its manufacturing network and capabilities.
About Zentiva
Zentiva is a producer of high-quality affordable medicines serving patients in Europe and beyond. With a dedicated team of more than 3,000 people and a network of production sites - including flagship sites in Prague and Bucharest - Zentiva strives to be the champion of branded and generic medicines in Europe to better support people's daily healthcare needs.
At Zentiva it is our aspiration that healthcare should be a right and not a privilege. More than ever, people need better access to high quality affordable medicines and healthcare. We work in partnership with physicians, pharmacists, wholesalers, regulators and governments to provide the everyday solutions that we all depend on.
Learn more about Zentiva on www.zentiva.com [http://www.zentiva.com/].
About Alvogen
Alvogen is a global, privately owned pharmaceutical company focused on developing, manufacturing and selling generic, brand, over-the-counter medicines (OTC) and biosimilar products for patients around the world. The company has commercial operations in 35 countries with 2,800 employees and operates four manufacturing and development hubs in the U.S., Romania, Korea and Taiwan. North America is Alvogen's single largest market and other key markets include: South Korea, Russia, Taiwan, Romania, Hungary, Ukraine, Japan and China.
Learn more about Alvogen on www.alvogen.com [http://www.alvogen.com/]
Ines Windisch Head of Corporate Affairs & HR Tel: (+420)601-341-444 Email: ines.windisch@zentiva.com [mailto:ines.windisch@zentiva.com]
Photo - https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1017199/Nick_Haggar_and_Robert_Wessman.jpg [https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1017199/Nick_Haggar_and_Robert_Wessman.jpg] Logo - https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/788903/Zentiva_Logo.jpg [https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/788903/Zentiva_Logo.jpg]
Web site: http://www.zentiva.com//


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Miserden Nurseries (K9 and Company). No route recorded to this location.
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Chula Sakarat or Chulasakarat (; , ;  "Chulasakarach"; , , , abbrv. จ.ศ. Choso) is a lunisolar calendar derived from the Burmese calendar, whose variants were in use by most mainland Southeast Asian kingdoms down to the late 19th century. The calendar is largely based on an older version of the Hindu calendar though unlike the Indian systems, it employs a version of the Metonic cycle. The calendar therefore has to reconcile the sidereal years of the Hindu calendar with Metonic cycle's tropical years by adding intercalary months and intercalary days on irregular intervals.

Although the name Culāsakaraj is a generic term meaning "Lesser Era" in Pali, the term Chula Sakarat is often associated with the various versions of the calendar used in regions that make up modern-day Thailand. The calendar is used in Myanmar and the Sipsong Panna area of China. In Thailand, it is only used in academia for Thai history studies.

Etymology
The name Chula Sakarat is a loan translation from the Thai, which itself is derived from Pali culā "small" and Sanskrit śaka + rāja, literally meaning "Scythian king" (the meaning was thought and held to be "era" by some of those having adopted the Indianised culture in Indochina, including the Thais).

In Thailand, this era is used in contrast with the Shalivahana era, commonly known in Southeast Asia as Mahāsakaraj or the Great or Major Era (, ;  "Mohasakarach"; ; ).

History
The calendar was launched in 640 CE in Sri Ksetra Kingdom (in modern Myanmar) with the epochal year 0 date of 22 March 638. It was largely a recalibration of then prevailing Mahasakaraj or Saka Era. It was later adopted by the Pagan Kingdom. According to the Chiang Mai Chronicles and the Chiang Saen Chronicles, Chiang Mai, Chiang Saen and their tributary states of middle and upper Tai country (except Lamphun and Sukhothai) submitted to King Anawrahta and adopted the calendar in the mid-11th century in place of Mahasakaraj, the standard calendar of the Khmer Empire. However, scholarship says the earliest evidence of Burmese calendar in modern Thailand dates only to mid-13th century.

The use of the calendar appears to have spread southward to the Sukhothai and eastward to Laotian states in the following centuries. The official adoption farther south by the Ayutthaya Kingdom and farther east by Lan Xang came only after King Bayinnaung's conquests of those kingdoms in the 16th century. Subsequent Siamese kingdoms retained the Burmese calendar as the official calendar under the name of Chula Sakarat (Culasakaraj) until 1889.

The calendar fell out of use throughout the region in the second half of the 19th century with the advent of European colonialism. The only remaining independent state Siam too dropped the calendar on 1 April 1889 per King Chulalongkorn (Rama V)'s decree. It was replaced by Rattanakosin Era. Today, the calendar is used purely for cultural and religious festivals in Myanmar. Thailand has moved on to its own version of Buddhist calendar since 1941 although the Chula Sakarat era dates remain the most commonly used and preferred form of entry by the academia for Thai history studies.

Differences

Nomenclature

Month numbering
Various regional versions of Chula Sakarat/Burmese calendar existed across various regions of mainland Southeast Asia. Unlike Burmese systems, Sipsong Panna, Kengtung, Lan Na, Lan Xang and Sukhothai systems refer to the months by numbers, not by names . This means reading ancient texts and inscriptions in Thailand requires constant vigilance, not just in making sure one is correctly operating for the correct region, but also for variations within regions itself when incursions cause a variation in practice. However, Cambodian (Khmer) month system, which begins with Margasirsa as the first month, demonstrated precisely by the names and numbers.

Note: The Sukhothai and Lan Xang numbering systems and the now abandoned Burmese numbering system are the same.

Animal names
Cambodian and Thai systems give animal names to the years from a cycle of 12. The practice also existed in Burma but had died out by the 17th century. In March 1638, King Thalun of Burma rejected the proposal by King Prasat Thong of Siam to change the animal names of the calendar months because the animal naming system was no longer in use in Burma.

Calculation methodology
Chula Sakarat, like the Burmese calendar, was largely based on the Hindu calendar, an older version of Surya Siddhanta. However, unlike Hindu calendar, it also uses a 19-year Metonic cycle. In order to reconcile the sidereal months of Hindu calendar with Metonic cycle's solar years, the calendar inserts intercalary months and days on some schedule.

Intercalation
The Siamese system uses three similar but not identical types of lunar years used by the Burmese system. Each calendar has the same regular year of 354 days and a leap year of 384 days. However, whereas the Burmese calendar adds the intercalary day only in a leap cycle according to its Metonic cycle, the Siamese calendar adds the intercalary day to a regular year. The Siamese calendar does add the extra day in the same place (Jyestha/Nayon), however.

Length of the year
Down to the mid-19th century, the Burmese calendar and its Siamese cousin both used the Surya method. But between 1840 and 1853, Konbaung Dynasty switched to what it believed was a more accurate method called Thandeikta (a hybrid of the old Surya and an updated version of Surya from India). Thandeikta introduced a slightly longer solar year (0.56 second a year longer than the old system) and a slightly longer lunar month that produces a smaller gap between the two. However, it has turned out that the new system is actually slightly less accurate (0.56 second a year) than the old system in terms of the drift from the scientifically measured tropical year. At any rate, the old and the new systems are 23 minutes 50.8704 seconds and 23 minutes 51.4304 seconds respectively ahead of the actual tropical year. The error continues to mount.

Metonic cycle
Since the Thandeikta system not only does not solve but actually increases the accumulating drift issue, Burmese calendarists have resorted to periodically modifying the intercalation schedule of the Metonic cycle, starting in 1839 CE, using apparent reckoning. The fixed Metonic cycle remained in place in Siam.

See also
 Buddhist calendar
 Burmese calendar
 Saka Era
 Thai lunar calendar

References

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Burmese culture
Calendar eras
Thai culture