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In a continuously changing environment that reshapes the workforce model faster than ever and with employees that are demanding completely new career models, companies should put their mind-set on transforming their business into "organisations of the future". Only these leading companies succeed to embrace the change and are able to use it as a potential tool to attract the right people.
To keep up with a digitally transformed environment, companies must leverage the best technology at hand. Modernising the HR department is a great start, as finding top talent is considered to be the biggest challenge for most organisations. More specifically it is highlighted that organisations are not able to find the qualified person for a job opening, even with having over 250 candidates applying. Not to mention that only a small part of the companies surveyed manage to meet the challenges of digitalisation.
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A dreamy loft in Paris
Pictures by Birgitta Wolfgang Drejer, via rumhemma.se
Today I'm dreaming about Sara and Louis Bennard's gorgeous Parisian loft. The wooden floors, the exposed brick walls, the mismatched Eames chairs around the dining table, I love it all!
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Eva on 22 November 2014 at 16:40 said:
I love that first room although I can imagine it can be awkward when you have guests, haha xx
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Oh! I agree! This place is wonderful! Paris is one of my favorite cities, and living in such place will be like a dream comes true for me)
These photos are absolutely stunning! THe things I would do to have that apartment!
becky :: accooohtrements on 22 November 2014 at 16:58 said:
I love the exposed brick & I have a real thing for Eames chairs!
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Amazing! Would love to live here..
It's incredible!
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What a beautiful place!
Julia on 22 November 2014 at 18:20 said:
You´re right! That apartment is such a nice place! http://cosmicconfession.blogspot.de/
wow amazing!!
Aubrie on 22 November 2014 at 18:53 said:
Amazing! Would love to be here right now :)
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caroline on 22 November 2014 at 20:03 said:
Oh yes, so perfect ! I live in Paris, but don't have that loft, that's for sure !
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Portia on 22 November 2014 at 20:18 said:
Love love love this loft. It's so beautifully spacious!
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Wow, amazing plac e! Dreaming of something like this one day
Such an awesome interior
Cheyenne on 22 November 2014 at 21:56 said:
This place looks so amazing, I'd love to move in immediately.
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Sylvie on 22 November 2014 at 22:43 said:
love it! this space is so beautiful. thanks for sharing!
Dominique on 23 November 2014 at 0:18 said:
so totally dreamy! want those high ceilings and windows
It sure is dreamy! So beautiful!
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Marsya on 23 November 2014 at 7:05 said:
Omg, love this interior! But for me, it a great choice if you living next to the ocean so you can have that much light and a calmer place to hear the waves . Great pictures tho.
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Honorata on 23 November 2014 at 9:35 said:
Such a fantastic crib!
Jeanne on 23 November 2014 at 9:40 said:
How cool and chic! Amazing and so inspiring!
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mfashionfreak on 23 November 2014 at 11:03 said:
oh wow that is beautiful!
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Love it !
This is so lovely! Definitely getting some inspiration for my apartment.
Silvia on 23 November 2014 at 11:38 said:
Ahhh, this is pure perfection!!
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Elisa on 23 November 2014 at 12:22 said:
Amazing place!
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Neeltje on 23 November 2014 at 13:07 said:
It looks like the perfect living space! I would love to live there hihi.
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Jeany on 23 November 2014 at 13:24 said:
wow such a perfect loft, want to live there! And also great inspiration! <3
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Sybille on 23 November 2014 at 13:33 said:
Wow! This is such the perfect flat! Your photographs are really beautiful too. Thanks for sharing :)
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Anthony La Badie on 23 November 2014 at 13:42 said:
I would love that loft in any city, but to be in Paris? And be living in that loft? I think maybe I wouldn't want to come home.
Merri on 23 November 2014 at 13:42 said:
Sorry, but I find this place to be cold & soulless. It fails to capture the true essence of both modern & minimalism.
Interesting interior, great feel to it and in Paris!!:-)
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Bell Santiago on 23 November 2014 at 16:16 said:
what a gorgeous living space!! I love people who can make an empty space look like a different world..
kimberly bee on 23 November 2014 at 16:43 said:
Sublime. I want to go to there!!
CHAMA FASHION on 23 November 2014 at 16:45 said:
Love this apartment
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BrinisFashionBook on 23 November 2014 at 19:04 said:
A very beautiful apartment – love the design :)
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carolina on 23 November 2014 at 19:30 said:
Amazing! ;)
Christine on 23 November 2014 at 22:08 said:
this is goregous! Love it! Christine from http://www.genussgeeks.de
Indya on 24 November 2014 at 3:39 said:
So great! Love the decor.
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Kaitlyn on 24 November 2014 at 8:26 said:
Omg this is my dream! I want a home like this some day so bad. it's so esthetically pleasing and modern.
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lauren on 24 November 2014 at 10:25 said:
What a dream
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Likeabyul on 24 November 2014 at 14:20 said:
It looks so cosy ! LOVE IT.
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Carlotta on 24 November 2014 at 18:43 said:
So inspiring! Great post as always :)
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nicola on 26 November 2014 at 8:07 said:
incredibly beautiful interior! I really need to move into a bigger flat..
Really dreamy!! Just stunning!!!!!!
Trangscorner on 24 December 2014 at 19:14 said:
Such a cool post!
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Maria on 4 September 2015 at 2:59 said:
It's whimsical!
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Q: Replacement needed for eventdelete function to delete google calendar event I want to delete selected calendar events but eventdelete function is now void in new scripts.
I have google script attached to a google spreadsheet which contains All Day event details. Collaborators use menus run the script to create or delete events in a google calendar.
The script loops through and selects the relevant events including its stored google calendar EventID and deletes or creates it in the google calendar. This all works fine.
I created a new google user account, new Google Calendar and new spreadsheet in a new Drive.
Having copied the Script to the new Sheet adjusting the CalendarID etc. it fails..
The EventDelete is now a Void function The error message is TypeError: CalendarApp.deleteEventSeries is not a function. Checking the list the function deleteEventSeries is now Void.
I have tested code and am able to edit description so the code is working as expected but I cannot find a function/method for deleting a google calendar event in the Calendar.
function DeleteCalendarEvents() {
    var CalID = "myUserName@gmail.com"
    var cal =CalendarApp.getCalendarById(CalID);
    // I have removed code which loops each row in a google spreadsheet
    //   and selects events marked delete grabbing its stored eventID.

    {
    var EventID = ("The event ID eg scrambledLettersNumbers@google.com");
    var event = cal.getEventSeriesById(EventID);
    CalendarApp.deleteEventSeries();
    }
}

A: I think you are confusing some fundamentals of OOP.
Is normal that your code is failing because the class CalendarApp has no function called deleteEventSeries(). You could try to find in the reference for the class.
What you want to delete is actually the object that you have retrieved by invoking the method getEventSeriesById in the Calendar object which type is CalendarEventSeries.
So to delete that Event series you will need to indeed call the method deleteEventSeries() but you need to use CalendarEventSeries object not CalendarApp.
function DeleteCalendarEvents() {
    var CalID = "myUserName@gmail.com"
    var cal =CalendarApp.getCalendarById(CalID);

    var eventSeriesID = "<Id of the event Series>";
    var eventSeries = cal.getEventSeriesById(eventSeriesID);
    eventSeries.deleteEventSeries();

}

The functions are not deprecated as you have suggest in the comments. The returning type being void just means that the function will not return any variable which make sense because you have just deleted the event.
var a = eventSeries.deleteEventSeries();

>>> a == null // True

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San Francisco, CA 94102-4689 Dennis J. Herrera, Esq.
We, as representatives of our neighborhoods in District Five, and as residents of the City and County of San Francisco hereby state we believe that the prevention of violence, and the protection of public safety, is the first and foremost duty of civil government.
When an elected government demonstrates that it is unwilling, or unable, to prevent violence and protect public safety it is the duty of citizenry to demand relief. We hereby place you on notice that the publics right to peace and safety is not being adequately protected. We hereby demand that you use any and all lawful means at your disposal to address this unacceptable state of affairs.
An escalating wave of violence is sweeping through our communities and is imperiling the security of all citizens. Shootings, stabbings, assaults and gang activity continue to proliferate. We consider these matters to be offenses against our rights, and the rights of each and every citizen of the City and County of San Francisco. We stand together in objecting to these offenses, and we stand together in demanding immediate relief and enforcement of our right to public safety.
Formulation, adoption, and implementation of City-wide community policing protocols that will mandate deployment of San Francisco Police Department foot patrols in high crime areas, including Federal housing projects, on a long-term ongoing basis.
A joint effort by Federal, state, and local law enforcement focused on identification of street gangs and street gang members, and neutralization of street gangs in the City and County of San Francisco.
Aggressive use of civil injunctions by the City Attorneys Office to help facilitate neutralization of street gangs in the City and County of San Francisco.
A joint effort by Federal, state, and local government to create an effective, comprehensive, and well-funded witness protection program to help facilitate prosecutions of street gang members and the dismantlement of street gangs.
Aggressive prosecution of all crimes involving use of a firearm, or a knife, or with a connection to gang activity.
Collaboration between the District Attorneys office and communities experiencing disproportionately high levels of violence to facilitate preparation and presentation of community impact statements at the sentencing of individuals who have committed violent crimes and/or crimes that have an adverse effect on public safety.
Creation of a city agency to facilitate identification of juvenile gang members and enforce probation related curfews and school attendance for identified juvenile gang members.
Creation of geographically dispersed vocational training and internship programs specifically targeted at identified juvenile gang members, parolees, and youths at risk of becoming involved in gang or criminal activity.
Truancy enforcement for all juveniles.
Establishment of sports leagues and/or police athletic leagues in communities experiencing disproportionately high levels of violence.
Annual fiscal audits and assessments of CBOs and service providers to determine the programs efficacy in addressing their mission.
Annual meetings facilitated by SF5Together with the Mayor, the District Attorney, the District Supervisor, the City Attorney, and the San Francisco Police Department where crime statistics are presented and reviewed and the efficacy of crime prevention and harm reduction programs are reviewed and evaluated.
Appointment by the Mayors Office of one individual to coordinate all of the activities described above, report to the community, and ensure that the various agencies and entities involved in the plan outlined above share information and work effectively together to help stop violence in the Western Addition.
We understand that the relief we demand is extraordinary, will be expensive, and will be challenging to create, deploy, and maintain, but we believe that current levels of violence warrant an extraordinary response.
Finally, we request your attendance at a District Five community meeting which will be presented and moderated by SF5Together, and that will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday October 9, 2007 in the basement community room at the Ida B. Wells public school, which is located at 1099 Hayes Street in San Francisco. We look forward to hearing specific responses from all of you regarding each of the action items discussed above.
The community members and community representatives that will be present at this meeting have attended many meetings regarding the issues and problems discussed in this letter. We are no longer interested in merely venting our ire, or in hearing platitudes and/or indefinite promises to form committees, or to conduct investigations regarding the practicability of our proposed specific reforms. This meeting will specifically focus on securing your agreement, or your express refusal, to implement the action items described above.
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using System;

namespace Duality.Drawing
{
	/// <summary>
	/// A general interface for different types of color data.
	/// </summary>
	public interface IColorData
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Converts the color to a <see cref="System.UInt32"/>-Rgba value.
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns></returns>
		int ToIntRgba();
		/// <summary>
		/// Sets the color base ond a <see cref="System.UInt32"/>-Rgba value.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="rgba"></param>
		void SetIntRgba(int rgba);

		/// <summary>
		/// Converts the color to a <see cref="System.UInt32"/>-Argb value.
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns></returns>
		int ToIntArgb();
		/// <summary>
		/// Sets the color base ond a <see cref="System.UInt32"/>-Argb value.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="rgba"></param>
		void SetIntArgb(int argb);
	}

	public static class ExtMethodsIColorData
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Converts the color to a different color data format. If there is also a
		/// specific method doing the desired conversion, use that instead - it might be faster.
		/// </summary>
		/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
		/// <param name="source"></param>
		/// <returns></returns>
		public static T ConvertTo<T>(this IColorData source) where T : IColorData
		{
			T clr = default(T);
			if (clr == null)
			{
				if (typeof(T) == typeof(IColorData))
					return (T)source;
				else
					clr = (T)typeof(T).CreateInstanceOf(true);
			}
			clr.SetIntArgb(source.ToIntArgb());
			return clr;
		}
		/// <summary>
		/// Converts the color to a different color data format. If there is also a
		/// specific method doing the desired conversion, use that instead - it might be faster.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="source"></param>
		/// <param name="type"></param>
		/// <returns></returns>
		public static IColorData ConvertTo(this IColorData source, Type type)
		{
			if (!typeof(IColorData).IsAssignableFrom(type)) throw new ArgumentException("Target type must implement IColorData.", "type");
			if (type == typeof(IColorData)) return source;

			IColorData clr = type.GetDefaultInstanceOf() as IColorData;
			if (clr == null) clr = type.CreateInstanceOf(true) as IColorData;
			clr.SetIntArgb(source.ToIntArgb());
			return clr;
		}
	}
}

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Bloomingdale's To Close E-Commerce Operations
November 30, 2001 10:43 AM PT
Federated Department Stores (NYSE: FD) said late Thursday that it will stop selling merchandise on its Bloomingdales.com Web site and will use the site instead as a "marketingsite that supports the Bloomingdale's store brand."
Federated, the parent company of both Bloomingdales and Macy's, said it plans to direct its e-commerce efforts toward theMacys.com site, which will narrow its offerings and eliminate less popularcategories.
Despite the pullback, Federated chairman and CEO James M. Zimmerman said the company is still committed to its Internet strategies.
Jobs Cut
The change, effective February 1st, will result in the elimination ofabout 100 jobs and a charge of US$50 million to $60 million tofourth-quarter results, the company said.
The jobs to be eliminated include technical support and programming staffers, as well as merchandisingand administrative personnel, Federated said.
Bloomingdales.com will continue to offer electronic order forms for theBloomingdale's By Mail catalog, and online services for the site's bridalregistry will be maintained in partnership with WeddingChannel.com,Federated said.
Macys.com will also cut back on its online offerings, eliminatingsuch slow-moving categories as petites, large sizes, career wear and swimwear.
At the same time, Federated said, Macys.com will expand its moresuccessful categories, which include bridal, home, gifts and jewelry.Macy's also will close its catalog operation, which Federated said"primarily has served as a marketing vehicle for Macys.com."
Though other brick-and-mortar retailers are doing well online, upscaleretailers have had a hard time selling high-end items, such as designer clothesover the Internet, Morningstar analyst David Kathman told the E-Commerce Times.
Even Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN), the biggest online retailer, still does the mostbusiness in books, CDs and other products that are relatively inexpensiveand easy to ship, Kathman said.
Federated said its aim is to get the most for its dollar.
"In the current economic climate, it is important that we use our available resources in themost productive way possible," said Jeffrey Sherman, chairman of Federated Direct, the New York-based division of the company's direct-sale division.
Federated said the reorganization will reduce expected losses from theInternet businesses and will keep them on track for reaching breakeven in 2003.
Summer Overhaul
In July, Federated relaunched theMacys.com site, touting new features and better customer service.
Federated, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, also owns the Bon Marche, Burdines,Goldsmith's, Lazarus and Rich's department-store chains, as well as catalogand Internet retailer Fingerhut.
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Q: making a object equal to another object i know you can make two objects equal to each other when one of them is being declared. i tested this in my program. but when i went to use a assignment statement it freaked out. Can you make two objects equal to each other with a assignment statement or can you only do that when one object is being declared?

A: You have provide operator= to a class so as copy the contents of another object. For example:
class A
{
  public:

   //Default constructor
   A();

   //Copy constructor
   A(const A&);

   //Assignment operator
    A& operator=(const A& a);
};

int main()
{
  A a; //Invokes default constructor
  A b(a); //Invokes copy constructor;
  A c;
  c = a; //Invokes assignment operator
}

A: Overloading assignment operator for that object can help you. (I hope you are talking about objects of same class :))

A: For assignment operator just overload assignment operator according to your class implementation.

A: The object may be required to initialize or create or equated with another object when the object is dependent on other objects.
In this case, copy constructor gives the best solution..because it does not copy the object to other object by bit by bit. Bitwise copy creates problem if the memory is allocated dynamically to the object. so, the solutions is the defining the copy_constructor in the class.The copy constuctor takes reference to an existing object of the same type as its argument, and it is used to create a new object from an existing one. Here is an examplet to equate the objects with other objects using copy constructor..
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "iostream"
using namespace std;
class array
{
int *ptr;
int size;
public:
array (int sz) {
ptr = new int [sz];
size =sz;
for(int index=0;index<size;index++)
ptr[index]=size;
}
~array(){
delete[] ptr;
}
array(array &a) {
int index;
ptr=new int[a.size];
for(index=0;index<a.size;index++)
ptr[index]=a.ptr[index];
cout<<"copy_constructor invoked"<<endl;
}
};

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
array num(10);
array x(num); //invokes copy_constructor
array y=num; //invokes copy consturctor

return 0;
}

A: This answer applies to C#.
Along with Overloading = operator you should also override equals method. You should also check Guidelines for Overloading Equals() and Operator ==
public struct Complex
{
   double re, im;
   public override bool Equals(Object obj)
   {
      return obj is Complex && this == (Complex)obj;
   }
   public override int GetHashCode()
   {
      return re.GetHashCode() ^ im.GetHashCode();
   }
   public static bool operator ==(Complex x, Complex y)
   {
      return x.re == y.re && x.im == y.im;
   }
   public static bool operator !=(Complex x, Complex y)
   {
      return !(x == y);
   }
}


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(Audio) Ramzah named University of Nebraska at Lincoln's next police chief
BY UNL Communications/Brandon Benitz | July 28, 2020
Home › News › Regional News
UNL Police Chief, Hassan Ramzah - courtesy, UNL Communications
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln has selected Hassan Ramzah to serve as its next chief of police. To listen to a podcast of Chief Ramzah's interview with Brandon Benitz, click the link to the right.
A law enforcement veteran with 30 years of experience, Ramzah has served as the university's interim police chief since July 2019. He joined the university as assistant police chief in August 2016.
Ramzah's appointment was announced July 14 by Bill Nunez, vice chancellor for business and finance. Selected through a national search, Ramzah is the first Black chief of police in the more than 90-year history of the University Police Department.
"Hassan is a proven leader who has helped our police department grow and thrive, expanding officer training and building positive engagement across the university community," Nunez said. "His approach to policing, which focuses on building community, is ideal in our university setting where every person and every interaction matters. I look forward to the department's continued excellence with Hassan as our chief of police."
Since joining the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Ramzah has helped lead the police department toward a guardian model. The objective of this approach is to create outreach efforts that foster engagement and build partnerships with the community.
Ramzah practiced this community-focused approach in his 26 years with the Wichita Police Department in Wichita, Kansas. His successes in that work included helping form an after-school program that kept children engaged in positive, supervised activities.
"It's a philosophy that's perfectly suited to a campus environment where you have multiple opportunities to collaborate on things like safety initiatives," Ramzah said. "And, rather than focusing strictly on enforcement, it allows our department to promote a secure environment while helping educate students in the co-production of community safety."
To date, the community policing model has forged connections across campus, including dedicated liaisons who work with the university child care center, students in residence halls, and Fraternity and Sorority Life. It also led to the creation of the Citizens Police Academy, a multi-week program that allows students, faculty and staff to learn policing procedures through presentations and hands-on situations.
Under Ramzah's leadership, the university police department has completed an external review of its entire operation, increased mental health and implicit bias training for officers, and is expanding representation on its Police Advisory Board.
"As a university police department, we are dedicated to building positive working relationships with our campus community that result in meaningful and lasting interactions," Ramzah said. "I am honored for the opportunity to continue that work as chief and build upon the positive momentum within the department."
In his law enforcement career, Ramzah has held the rank of officer, detective, sergeant, lieutenant, captain and deputy chief. Prior to becoming a police officer, he served six years active duty in the U.S. Army.
Ramzah holds a bachelor's and master's degree in business administration. He is pursuing a doctorate in educational studies leadership and higher education. He is also a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Academy.
The national search for the new police chief was led by Laurie Bellows, interim vice chancellor for student affairs.
The university's chief of police reports to and serves on the leadership team of the vice chancellor for business and finance. The chief serves a vital role in leading the university police department and guiding safety, security and success on campus.
The chief promotes a safe, secure and inclusive environment while overseeing operations and strategic planning of all police functions.


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Q: Java Regex Look-Behind Doesn't Work So I am working on regex comparing phone numbers and this is the result:
(?:(?:0{2}|\+)?([1-9][0-9]))? ?([1-9][0-9])? ?([1-9][0-9]{5})

As you can see there are spaces between the numbers. I want them to appear only when there is some other number before the space so:
"0022 45 432345" - should match
"45 345678" or "560032" - should match
" 324400" - shouldn't match because of the space in the beginning
I've been reading different tutorials about regexes and found out about look-behinds, but simple construction like that(just for test):
Pattern p2 = Pattern.compile("(?<=abc)aa");
Matcher m2 = p2.matcher("abcaa");

doesn't work.
Can you tell me what's wrong?
Another problem is - I want a character only happen when it is THE FIRST character in a string, otherwise it shouldn't occur. So the code:
0043 022 234567 should not work, but 022 123450 should match.
I'm stuck right now and would appreciate any help a lot.

A: Lookbehind is a zero length match.
The javadoc for the Matcher.matches method determines if the whole String is a match.
What you're looking for is something the Matcher.find and Matcher.group methods.  Something like:
final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("(?<=abc)aa");
final Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher("abaca");

final String subMatch;
if (matcher.find()) {
    subMatch = matcher.group();
} else {
    subMatch = "";
}

System.out.println(subMatch);

Example.

A: This should work just fine. The spaces are moved into the optional groups and are themselves optional. This way, they only match if the group before them is present, but even then they are still optional. No look-behind required.
(?:(?:(?:00|\+)?([1-9][0-9]) ?)?([1-9][0-9]) ?)?([1-9][0-9]{5})


I am fan of testing new applications and enthusiastic about experiencing new features in various softwares. Many a times, there are some unstable releases which can put you in trouble on installation. So, how about skipping installation and making it portable?
Yes, you can make a Portable app out of any installation setup file. This is made possible by extracting the files inside installer. Any software setup or installer is nothing but an archive of files which is programmed to extract at specified locations already.
Universal Extractor is a tool which can extract most of Setups locally inside a folder and you can start using any application without actually installing it.
Conventional Installation allows the files to be write on system folders. Yes, you can uninstall but it creates unnecessary registry edits and heaps of garbage files in cache. Moreover, it increases number of System Restore points (if created one) by various installers.
Just drag the setup file you want to extract and click OK. Within seconds you have all the files in archive extracted at the directory location.
Now hunt for the application starter which is generally an exe file (like for Firefox, its firefox.exe inside nonlocalized directory).
My Verdict : Works for most of the softwares and easy to use utility. Great time saver for testers like me and helps you in keeping PC clean.
What do I do if I want to make a cd portable. Cause theres heaps of .bin files and then the installer. Which one(s) do I extract?
Hi. I'm not trying to be a wise guy. But this can be done manually without any additional software, right? I've been running in Windows 7 Ultimate a very old Photoshop program(windows 95 vintage!) by importing all the files from an old hard drive into a folder, finding the exe file and making a shortcut to it. Granted it's unstable and doesn't retain any settings. But amazingly, it works! Are we perhaps talking about something else here?
Just another note. I would strongly urge caution to anyone before they try what I just described in the previous post. I do a complete image backup of my entire system before I do experiments like that. I'm a self taught guru via many expense mistakes! It's a hobby, so I spend twice as much money and time than an average user or trained professional! Lol!


Important: Each town, city, county may have their own ordinances regarding importation of poultry. It is recommended to call the town, city, and county well in advance. For New York City, call NYC Dept of Health at (646) 632-6604.


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Alfa Romeo Competizione — дводверний спортивний автомобіль, що виробляється італійським виробником Alfa Romeo. Уперше показаний 2003 року як автомобіль-концепція на Франкфуртському автошоу. 2007 року розпочались продажі серійної версії.

2003 автомобіль-концепція

8C Competizione була показано на Франкфуртському автошоу 2003 року. Лінії цього двохмісного автомобіля нагадують стиль Alfa 1930-х та 1940-х, а назва «Competizione» — це вказівка на 1948 6C 2500 Competizione, що змагалась у 1949 та 1950 у Mille Miglia (обидва рази третя). У Mille Miglia 1950-го за кермом сиділи Хуан-Мануель Фанхіо та Аугусто Занарді. Також, вона виграла Targa Florio 1950-го. 3.0-літровий прототип був побудований, але ніколи не вироблявся. Ці 6C 2500 були практично останніми машинами, що були зв'язані із довоєнними автомобілями.

2005 року на Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, Alfa Romeo показала 8C Spider, кабріолет-версію купе, з іншими легкосплавними колесами. Виробництво Alfa Romeo 8C Spider було підтверджено Сергіо Марчіонне 25-го вересня, 2007. Планувалось, що Spider'а також зроблять в кількості 500 одиниць, а також він коштував на €20,000 більше, ніж купе. Однак всього виготовили 329 автомобілів Alfa Romeo 8C Spider

2007 серійна версія
Впродовж Паризького автосалону 2006 року, Alfa Romeo анонсувала випуск обмеженої серії 8C Competizione в 500 одиниць. Серійна версія дуже схожа на концепт, найбільша зміне в екстер'єрі — це капот, що відкривається назад (петлі біля лобового скла). Можна вибирати з чотирьох різних кольорів:
8C Red, Competition Red, чорний та жовтий. Кузов зроблений з вуглецевого волокна.

Автомобіль використовує змінену платформу та трансмісію Maserati (Maserati Quattroporte, GranTurismo) а також Ferrari/Maserati 4.7-літровий V8, що збирається Ferrari.
Характеристики двигуна — максимимальна потужність , пік обертального моменту —  (причому, вже 80% на 2500 об/хв), червона лінія знаходиться на 7500 об/хв, а рубіж обертання на 7600 об/хв.

Шести-ступінчата коробка передач має комп'ютеризовані перемикачі передач — підкермові пелюстки, і може бути використована у таких режимах: ручний-нормальний, ручний-спорт, автоматичний-нормальний, автоматичний-спорт та сніг. КПП може перемикатись за 0.2 секунди при використовуванні режиму спорт. Також 8C має самоблоківний диференціал.

На 8C стоїть спеціально розроблена 20-ти дюймова гума: 245/35 попереду та 285/35 позаду. Журналом Road & Track гальма були названі феноменальними, гальмівний шлях 97-0 км/год дорівнює 32 м Офіційна максимальна швидкість — 292 км/год, але вона може бути вища, близько 306 км/год, відповідно до журналу Road & Track.

Характеристики

Гоночна версія

Кількість одиниць у серії може показувати, що 8C — омологаційна модель.

У 2005-2006 вийшла відеогра 'Squadra Corse Alfa Romeo', за розробки Black Bean Software у співпраці із Alfa Romeo Spa. У грі були присутні дві гоночні версії авто. Відповідно до розміру і потужності автомобіля, як GT, можна було гонятись на таких треках, як Ле Ман, Дайтона, Себрінг.

У 2008-му, 8C візьме участь у гонках на витривалість 24 годинах Ле Ману, 24 годинах Нюрбургрингу та 24 годинах Дайтони. Очікується, що гоночну версію шасі буде готувати Dallara.

Ринки

8C випущена в обмеженій кількості і Alfa Romeo розподілила усі автомобілі між кількома важливими ринками:

У США 8C буде продаватись, як повернення Alfa Romeo до ринку Сполучених Штатів, продажі розпочнуться у 2008-му. Alfa Romeo пішла із ринку США у 1995-му. Вперше 8C з'явиться в Німеччині.

Виноски

Посилання
 8c.alfaromeo.com

Спортивні автомобілі
8C Competizione

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Cushing's disease is brought on by excessive amounts of cortisone circulating around the body.
Affected pets may display some or all of these symptoms.
Excess amounts of cortisone therapy e.g. in long running skin problems.
Malignant tumour of the adrenal glands- tumours made up of the cortisone producing cells of the adrenal glands make excessive cortisone.
Benign tumour of the pituitary gland in the base of the brain (most common cause).
Left untreated, complications can occur e.g. diabetes, poor wound healing, infections, poor skin, pot bellied, fatty liver.
Dogs with pituitary gland tumours can go on to live comfortably for some time until the tumour gets too big and starts to place pressure on adjacent parts of the brain.At this stage, we might see symptoms such as blindness and other hormone imbalances.
Unfortunately, adrenal gland tumours are often malignant and can spread to other parts of the body. Referral to a specialist may be an option if the tumour is in just one adrenal galnd and not adhered to any vital structures e.g. the major vein returning blood to the heart (caudal vena cava) which runs adjacent to the adrenal glands.
Suspected cases have blood tests done to try and find out where the excess cortisone is coming from.
Until recently, most cases were treated with a drug called Lysodren which destroys the parts of the adrenal glands that make cortisone.
A relatively new drug called Trilostane, is the current treatment of choice. It has a much higher success rate and less side effects than Lysodren. Trilostane is used in human medicine for treatment of Cushing's disease.
Trilostane is an expensive drug to supply.
Many cases on Trilostane can have the dose lowered after a few months, which helps with the budget. Regular blood tests pick up if this situation has arisen.
Cortisone has powerful anti-inflammatory actions in the body. Symptoms of arthritis or itchiness (pruritis) may be hidden in dogs suffering from Cushing's disease. Once treated for Cushing's disease, these signs may become obvious to the owner and require other medications to soothe them.
Diabetes is commonly seen in Cushing's cases, probably as a result of cortisone interfering with the action of insulin. Because of this interference, the treatment dose of insulin is much higher than in a diabetic none-cushingoid dog. Once treatment for Cushing's starts, the vet has to closely monitor the diabetes to ensure there is no overdosing of insulin which now has no cortisone to interfere with its action.
Cushing's cases have to be regularly monitored to make sure the medication is working properly and also to ensure that not all the body's cortisone production has been stopped. In other words, we don't want the dogs to have the opposite problem of not enough cortisone (Addison's Disease).
Dogs in treatment are usually given some cortisone tablets (e.g. Cortate) to have on hand just in case their dog's cortisone levels drop to zero during the course of treatment and it starts to show symptoms of Addison's disease.
Before embarking on treatment, owners need to be very aware of the expensive nature of treament. They must be fully committed and prepared to put up with regular blood tests and expensive drug bills. In a very old patient, no treatment may be a more preferable propositon especially if the owners are on a budget.
In human medicine, pituitary gland tumous can be removed by specialist surgeons operating through the nose or roof of the mouth.


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Tvrz Václava IV. v Záběhlicích byla malá vodní pevnost na ploše dnešního Hamerského rybníka v Praze-Záběhlicích. Tvrz zanikla pravděpodobně roku 1420 za husitských válek. Její zbytky byly objeveny v roce 1960 a 22. prosince 1964 byla zapsána do státního rejstříku jako kulturní památka.

Archeologický průzkum

Pozůstatky kamenného zdiva byly nalezeny při bagrování vypuštěného Hamerského rybníka národním podnikem Vodní stavby v únoru 1960. Zděné zbytky byly v celé ploše pokryty 10–20cm vrstvou bahenních nánosů. Stavba byla patrna v půdorysu na dně vypuštěného rybníka zvlněním v místech pozůstatků zdiva a rozdílným zbarvením, výškou a šířkou porostu, pokrývajícího počátkem léta střední část dna vypuštěného rybníka. Při následném archeologickém průzkumu v červnu a červenci roku 1960 byla prokopána a prozkoumána plocha cca 120 m², zachycující zhruba čtvrtinu celkového původního rozsahu stavby, přičemž byl zjištěn půdorys několika místností.

V hlavní zkoumané místnosti o rozměrech 11 x 7 metrů (délkou ve směru jih–sever) se zachovala podlaha z pálených čtvercových, velmi dobře vypálených cihlových dlaždic, kladených šikmo ke směru základových zdí, přičemž souvislá dlažba byla zachována na více než jedné třetině plochy místnosti. Zachovaná výška neporušeného zdiva nepřesahovala nikde úroveň 30 cm nad dlažbou, zeď byla stavěna z kamenů, prokládaných pravidelnými, dobře vypálenými cihlami. Obvod hlavní místnosti tvořily 80–90 cm silné základové zdi, vybudované z hrubě přisekaných kamenů, spojovaných maltou. V bahenních nánosech byly nalezeny prejzy ze střechy a zlomky keramiky, které byly zařazeny do přelomu 14. a 15. století. Byly nalezeny i hřebenové prejzy se stříškovitým chráněním a zesílenými konci.

Jižně od půdorysu hlavní místnosti byla odkryta část obvodové zdi a základy menšího obdélníkovitého objektu, interpretovaného jako součást fortifikace, se zdivem o síle 110–120 cm, stavěné z hrubě přisekaných kamenů, spojovaných maltou, která tvořila na vnitřní straně jižnější zdi souvislou vyhlazenou plochu. Hloubku a původní úroveň dna nebylo možno zjistit kvůli pronikání spodní vody při průzkumu. Vnitřek byl vyplněn destrukčními zbytky kamenů, cihel, dlaždic a prejzů, přičemž průzkum destrukční vrstvy probíhal až do hloubky 110 cm. V obou místnostech byly těsně pod úrovní zachovaných horních okrajů zdí umístěny ve vodorovné řadě s odstupem cca půl metru čtvercové otvory o rozměrech strany 8–10 cm, o nichž se předpokládá, že jde o ložiska po dřevěné konstrukci, jež původně mohla tvořit podlahu. V destrukční vrstvě byl nalezen též velký stavební dílec z pískovce, v jehož delší stěně byl zasazen železný čep. V půdorysu patrném na dně rybníka bylo možno spolehlivě vysledovat další tři místnosti, tvořící celkově obdélník o stranách minimálně 25 × 25 metrů, přičemž prozkoumaný objekt představoval jeho jihozápadní čtvrtinu. Na severní a východní straně bylo další pokračování půdorysu porušeno již dříve při bagrování dna, takže nelze spolehlivě zjistit, zda v těchto směrech stavba nepokračovala dále.

Většina nalezených zlomků keramiky pocházela z hrncovitých tvarů s profilovanými okraji. Šlo o velmi dobře vypálené nádoby vyráběné na kruhu, většinou tenkostěnné a buď zcela bez výzdoby, nebo opatřené jednoduchými vodorovnými rýhami v podhrdlí, v několika případech se vyskytla jednoduchá vkolkovaná výzdoba, klikatky nebo půlobloučky ve vodorovných řadách, ojedinělá pásková ucha byla umístěna na podhrdlí hrncovitých tvarů a zasahovala až k okraji. Bylo nalezeno i několik zlomků kónických pokliček. Jen v jednom případě nálezu silnostěnné mísy se vyskytla světle zelená glazura, dva zlomky byly s červenohnědým malováním, jinak byly nádoby většinou šedočerné, výjimečně i světle okrové. Srovnáním s jinými nálezy byla keramika ze Záběhlic datovaná do přelomu 14. a 15. století. Bylo nalezeno i několik dalších předmětů, například méně výrazné zlomky skla a několik železných předmětů především hřeby, ale i součást železné přezky lyrovitého tvaru a polovina koňské podkovy, které zapadají do uvedeného datování.

Interpretace průzkumu
Z nálezů archeologové usoudili, že se jedná o tvrz zničenou za husitských válek roku 1420.

Poloha uprostřed rybníka a poblíž kostela, jehož nejstarší část pochází z doby kolem roku 1125, nasvědčuje tomu, že by mohlo jít o stavbu fortifikačního charakteru. V Sedláčkově soupisu je u Záběhlic zmínka o dvou tvrzích, z nichž jedna (patřící litomyšlskému biskupovi) stávala bezesporu v místech dnešního Záběhlického zámku, ležícího východněji. Druhá tvrz, královská, byla podle Sedláčka zničena v době husitských válek v roce 1420. Proto se nabízí možnost ztotožnit zkoumaný objekt na dně rybníka s tvrzí zaniklou za husitských válek.

V hloubce 1 metru pod základy středověkého objektu a v okolí stavby bylo nalezeno několik zlomků slovanské keramiky, například z počátku mladší doby hradištní, ukazující na možné dřívější osídlení lokality, z čehož lze usuzovat, že tvrz vznikla v prostoru vyspělé středověké osady.

Pobyt Václava IV.
Památkový katalog ve své strohé informaci uvádí, že tvrz byla vystavěna v letech 1407–1408, jinde se však uvádí, že období založení tvrze je neznámé, ale že v letech 1407–1408 na ní pobýval Václav IV., zatímco stavěl nový hrad u Kunratic.

To tedy spadá do období před vydáním Dekretu kutnohorského, kdy Václav IV. byl ještě Husovým podporovatelem, několik let poté, co byl sesazen z pozice římského krále, ale sám zpočátku toto sesazení neuznával (pisánský koncil v roce 1409 jej nakrátko v této funkci potvrdil, ale fakticky se Václav již říšské moci nikdy neujal), byl nucen stále více ustupovat požadavkům vyšší šlechty, po morové epidemii z konce 14. století bylo české království v ekonomickém propadu, rostlo sociální napětí a dovoz cizího zboží. Po svém sesazení byl Václav IV. opakovaně vězněn, v roce 1408 byl přiotráven jedem a začal ještě více stupňovat pití alkoholu.

Předpokládá se, že záběhlickou vodní tvrz dobyli a rozbořili roku 1420 husitští pražané.

Odkazy

Reference

Literatura
 HOLEC, František aj. Hrady, zámky a tvrze v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku. Sv. 7, Praha a okolí. 1. vyd. Praha: Svoboda, 1988. 221 s. S. 108-109.

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Ole von Beust (born 13 April 1955) is a former German politician who was First Mayor of Hamburg from 31 October 2001 to 25 August 2010, serving as President of the Bundesrat from 1 November 2007 on for one year. He was succeeded as mayor by Christoph Ahlhaus.

Life and work
Born in Hamburg as Carl-Friedrich Arp Freiherr von Beust, he is the son of Achim Helge Freiherr von Beust and Hanna, née Wolff, who was considered half Jewish in Nazi Germany. The von Beust family is an old noble family from the Altmark, which appears in 1228 for the first time. Through his father he is a descendant of Saxon and Austrian statesman Count Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust. He had his nickname Ole registered as his first name.

In 1971 von Beust became a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU). In 1973, after finishing high school, he worked for CDU parliamentary group in the Hamburg Parliament ("Hamburgische Bürgerschaft"), a position he held until he started to study law in 1975 at the University of Hamburg. From 1977 until 1983 he was Hamburg president of the youth organisation of his party. Since 1978 von Beust has been a member of the Hamburg city-state's parliament. In 1983 he successfully completed his studies and became an independent lawyer.

He has been a member of the ruling council of the Hamburg Land CDU since 1992, and of the national ruling council of the CDU party since 1998.

First Mayor of Hamburg
First term

On 31 October 2001, Ole von Beust became First Mayor of Hamburg.

When Hamburg experienced an exodus of jobs after major corporations including cigarette-maker Reemtsma, travel and shipping company Hapag-Lloyd, haircare products-maker Hans Schwarzkopf and the Vereins and Westbank AG were acquired by companies outside of Hamburg, von Beust had the city's investment arm, the Hamburger Gesellschaft für Beteiligungsverwaltung, join forces with retailer Tchibo for the acquisition of cosmetics maker Beiersdorf in 2003. This put American multinational Procter & Gamble out of the bidding and preserved Beiersdorf as a publicly traded, stand-alone company in Hamburg.

As host of Hamburg's annual St. Matthew's Day banquet for the city's civic and business leaders, von Beust invited several high-ranking guests of honour to the city, including Queen Silvia of Sweden (2003), King Abdullah II of Jordan (2005), Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark (2006), President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania (2008).

On 19 August 2003, von Beust dismissed his vice-mayor, Ronald Schill, causing a scandal. Von Beust had earlier dismissed Walter Wellinghausen, senator of the interior and Schill's most important official, without consulting Schill beforehand. This was due to public allegations of misconduct on Wellinghausen's part. In a private conversation, Schill then demanded that von Beust take back the dismissal, allegedly using personal threats. Von Beust then decided to dismiss Schill as well.

In the (preassigned) press conference Schill held minutes after he had heard of his own dismissal, he spoke vaguely of "homosexual relationships", a "flat in an infamous hustler district" and "certain things happened that let one infer the occurrence of love acts" between von Beust and Roger Kusch, who von Beust had appointed minister (in German city-states "senator") of justice. Von Beust in turn stated that Schill threatened to make his alleged liaison with Kusch public under the premise that von Beust intermingled public and private affairs. He said he had no sexual relationship with Kusch, that they merely knew each other for 25 years and were good friends, and that von Beust was Kusch's landlord. "This is all – absolutely all", according to von Beust.

His unprepared statement to the press quickly earned Schill a homophobic reputation. A popular radio-station broadcast a song calling him "Mega-Proll" (mega redneck) and gay and lesbian associations protested vocally. Schill however later affirmed von Beust's version of the story, except for the accusations of blackmail, saying that he warned von Beust to stay clear of nepotism, and that this had nothing to do with von Beust's sexual orientation. He stated "I have nothing against homosexuals".

In a later interview, von Beust's father confirmed that his son is indeed homosexual. Von Beust himself considers his sexual orientation a private matter; when asked directly he usually ironically refers the interviewer to his father. He has been in a relationship with his partner Lukas Förster since 2009 when the high school student completed an internship at the town hall. In 2013, the 56-year-old ex-mayor married his 22-year-old partner.

Second term

The Hamburg elections of 29 February 2004, ended with an unprecedented landslide victory for Ole von Beust and the CDU, with the party achieving an overall majority in the city-state's parliament. The CDU gained 47.2 percent of the vote, a full 21-point increase from the previous election in September 2001. This was the first time since 1993 the city-state has had only a single ruling party.

Under von Beust's leadership, the Hamburg state government made the decision to commence construction of the Elbphilharmonie, a concert hall in the  quarter.

Between 2007 and 2009, von Beust was one of 32 members of the Second Commission on the modernization of the federal state, which had been established to reform the division of powers between federal and state authorities in Germany.

Third term

In the Hamburg elections of 24 February 2008, the CDU gained 42.6 percent of the vote. Thus, the CDU continued to be the strongest party in Hamburg. However, since the CDU lost its absolute majority, it formed a coalition government with the Greens. At the time, the two party's cooperation was widely seen as a test for a possible coalition at the national level.

In February 2009, von Beust and Minister President Peter Harry Carstensen of Schleswig-Holstein agreed on a €13 billion bailout of state-owned shipping financier HSH Nordbank. The two states were forced to intervene after the SoFFin fund, which had been set up by the federal government in 2008 to stabilize the financial markets, said it could not help out HSH Nordbank until it got rid of all its bad debts.

Ahead of the 2009 national elections, von Beust was tipped as potential Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development in the cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel; in the negotiations on a coalition agreement with the FDP, however, the position went to Dirk Niebel.

In 2010, von Beust became the first German state leader to indicate that his state was in principle willing to provide humanitarian solutions for former Guantanamo inmates approved for release; Hamburg later accepted one released detainee.

On 18 July 2010, von Beust announced his resignation, to take effect on 25 August. Leaving office alongside von Beust were Karin von Welck, Hamburg's State Minister for Culture, and Volkmar Schoen of the senate chancellery.

Shortly after, voters in Hamburg toppled von Beust's proposed education reforms in the city-state's first binding referendum. The vote assured the preservation of Hamburg's four-year primary schools, rather than extending primary education to six years, which the ruling coalition of Christian Democrats and Greens had proposed.

Life after politics
Upon leaving active politics, von Beust opened his own law firm and joined consultancy Roland Berger as advisor. In 2012, he succeeded Klaus von Dohnányi as Executive Director of the Hamburg Foundation for Politically Persecuted People.

During a strike of ground crew at Frankfurt Airport in February 2012, von Beust was appointed as arbitrator by airport operator Fraport for negotiations with trade union GdF. The union accepted his proposed settlement plan; Fraport, however, rejected the deal.

In addition, von Beust has been holding various paid and unpaid positions, including the following:
 Friends of the Fraekelufer Synagogue, Member of the Board of Trustees
 Alliander AG, Member of the Advisory Board (since 2016)
 BoxDirect AG, Member of the Supervisory Board
 CH2 Contorhaus Hansestadt Hamburg AG, Chairman of the Supervisory Board
 Donner & Reuschel, Advisor (since 2014)
 ECE Projektmanagement, Member of the Sustainability Board
 Germela, Member of the Advisory Board
 Varengold Bank, Member of the Advisory Board (since 2013)
 Wirtschaftsrat der CDU, Member of the Board
 Rotary International, Member
 HafenCity Hamburg GmbH, Ex-Officio Chairman of the Supervisory Board (2010)

In late 2015, von Beust was named co-chairman (alongside Jürgen Trittin and Matthias Platzeck) of a government-appointed commission tasked with recommending by early 2016 how to safeguard the funding of fulfilling Germany's exit from nuclear energy. By April 2016, the commission agreed to ask the power firms to pay €23.3 billion ($26.4 billion) into a state fund to cover the costs of nuclear waste storage.

Political positions
For the 2021 national elections, von Beust endorsed Markus Söder as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Recognition
Von Beust was a finalist for the World Mayor prize of 2010.

Notes
  However, the title provides no legal privileges of any sort in Germany.

See also

 List of LGBT heads of government

References

External links

 Ole von Beust - CDU-Hamburg site
 City Mayors profile

1955 births
Presidents of the German Bundesrat
Mayors of Hamburg
Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians
Barons of Germany
Gay politicians
Living people
German people of Jewish descent
University of Hamburg alumni
LGBT conservatism
LGBT nobility
LGBT mayors of places in Germany
LGBT legislators in Germany
LGBT governors and heads of sub-national entities


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However, I have since also have noticed that the ABS light does not illuminate at any point on startup.
If the A.B.S light does not come on with the ignition, that's a mot fail.
Thanks for the info. I'll get on checking the bulb tomorrow if I can, and report back.
I've noticed something is unplugged in the engine bay, which I have attached a photo of.
Any idea if it's relevant?
Would an ABS fault display on the screen above the radio if there was one, as well as illuminating the ABS light?
Amazing, thank you so much that certainly reassures me!
Will get on with the bulbs tomorrow if I get a chance and report back!
Hoping it's not an LED (It's a 2002 2.0 Hdi 90) not sure what the chances are? As then I'll be stumped as to why its not illuminating or how to resolve it! Car has plenty of MOT so that's not my worry, just not sure how to test if the ABS is working correctly without it!


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Posted on February 18, 2020 9:07 PM IST
An ailing Amar Singh took to Twitter to share a tweet where he regrets about his 'overreaction' against Amit Ji and family. As he fights a battle between life and death, Amar Singh recalls his father on his death anniversary. Looks like Amar Singh is finally trying to bury the hatchet with the Bachchan. He is currently receiving treatment for his failing kidney at a hospital in Singapore.
Amar Singh and Amitabh Bachchan had been friends for the longest time until Amar Singh made some shocking revelations about 'PINK' actor and his family. In 2017, Amar Singh had said in an interview that Amit Ji and wife Jaya Bachchan were living separately and there was continuous tension between Jaya Ji and daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. He also revealed that Amitabh had warned him to not accept Jaya Bachchan's application to Samajwadi Party. This lead to a major fallout between friends who remain on no-talking terms.
When Amitabh Bachchan's name was brought up in the Panama Case Amit had revealed that he was the one who formulated his finances when ABCL (Amitabh's Production Company) crashed. Amar was later sent to jail for his fowl acts where he stayed for a while but Amitabh never visited him. Talking about those days, he had said that Amitabh took too long to visit him. The 'Sholay' star only went to see him in the hospital when he was released from jail. The politician had also expressed his displeasure on seeing Amitabh at the hospital one day.
"When he came to meet me I didn't feel like talking to him because the feelings I had for him, the friendship had gone. They had got filtered from my mind and the realisation had dawned that mostly people are weather cocks." he added. We hope that Amktabh Bachchan can find it in him to let bygones be bygones. We wish Amar Singh a very speedy recover.
Today is my father's death anniversary & I got a message for the same from @SrBachchan ji. At this stage of life when I am fighting a battle of life & death I regret for my over reaction against Amit ji & family. God bless them all.
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Q: How to replace a string after a single char? I have a string like this String no1="c1245_f5"; and I have another one String like this String no2="456df"; and I want to replace the first string by the second string but after the first character only.
In this I have replace after c. My Output has to be like c456df . I don't have any idea of doing this.I tried up to replacing the whole string
String no2="456df";
String no1="c1245_f5";
int g;
g=no1.indexOf("c");
int h=no1.indexOf("_", g+1);
no1=no1.substring(g, h);

System.out.println("Number-"+no1);

String rep=no1.replaceAll(no1,no2);

System.out.println(rep);

Here the output is second string only.
Edit:
The expected Output :
c456df

The output I'm Getting :
456df

A: no need for String.replaceAll, try this
    String s1 ="c1245_f5";
    String s2 = "456df";
    String s3 = s1.substring(0, 1) + s2;

A: Then create a string s3 by concatenating  s1.substring(0, 1) and  s2
String s1 ="c1245_f5";
String s2 = "456df";
String s3 = s1.substring(0, 1) + s2;

It will give the output c456df
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A: The very first thing, that came to my mind is to use String.substring(int,int).
So the code would be something like this:
String tmp=c1.substring(0,1)+no2;
System.out.println(tmp);

Check out the documentation to get more info about functions of String.

A: You can do this as follows:
String no1 = "c1245_f5";
String no2 = "456df";
String no3 = no1.charAt(0) + no2;

A: I would suggest you use this:
String rep = no1.replace(no1.substring(1), no2);

The mistake that you are making is that you should consider the first position after the 'c' character. So the indexOf('c') + 1
Put in your code that should be:

  String no2="456df";
  String no1="c1245_f5";
  String rep = no1.replace(no1.substring(no1.indexOf("c")+1), no2);
  System.out.println(rep);

A: Take the index, then append the second String.
String s1 ="c1245_f5";
String index = s1.substring(0, 1)
String s2 = index + "456df";

A: Try
String no1 ="c1245_f5";
String no2= "456df";
int len=no1.length();
String no3= no1.substring(1,len);
String newNo1=no1.replace(s3, s2);


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Astronaut feels the force
In a milestone for space robotics, the International Space Station has hosted the first full run of ESA's experiment with a force-reflecting joystick.
Think of the kind of tasks you can do with your hands without looking down, such as typing or tying laces. These are helped by 'force feedback' – the touch you feel in your hands and fingertips.
Harnessing that sensation for robotics would extend the human sense of touch to space or other remote areas, making robotic control much more natural and easy.
Ultimately, robots could work thousands or tens of thousands of kilometres away, yet perform tasks of equal complexity to those a human operator could manage with objects immediately at hand.
Body-mounted astronaut joystick
NASA crewmember Barry Wilmore operated the force-feedback joystick to gather information on physiological factors such as sensitivity of feeling and perception limits. He finished a first run on New Year's Eve.
The deceptively simple-looking lever is connected to a servomotor that can withstand any force an astronaut operator might unleash on it, while generating forces that the astronaut will feel in turn – just like a standard video gaming joystick as a player encounters an in-game obstacle. The joystick measures such forces at a very high resolution.
To stop the weightless users being pushed around by the force, the 'Haptics-1' experiment can be mounted either to a body harness or be fixed to the Station wall.
"With Haptics-1 we are paving the way towards an entirely new type of combined human–robot mission," explains André Schiele, the experimenter and founder of ESA's Telerobotics and Haptics Laboratory.
"We are investigating in fine detail the limits of human perception and ability to apply fine forces and manipulation with their limbs and hands in a weightless environment.
"This allows us to understand the technology boundaries for advanced robotic equipment to support human astronauts in space when performing remote robotic control tasks.
"In addition to measuring physiological factors, Haptics-1 is providing important insights into how force-reflection from a remote robotic system changes human perception in space.
"With these measurements, advanced robotic control equipment can be better designed to reflect the realities of human manipulation through a robotic interface in a weightless environment."
Experiment setup
"Haptics-1 marks the first time a force-reflecting device has been used in space. Before today, ESA, NASA or any other spacefaring nation has never gained such experience in this domain."
In future, orbiting astronauts might be operating a rover in real time on a planet, allowing human dexterity and intuition to help explore an alien environment without the expense and danger of landing.
Such advanced robotic remote control also has many potential terrestrial applications working at sites that are inaccessible or dangerous to humans, such as deep under water or within contaminated zones.
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André Schiele's TEDx talk on telerobotics


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Q: What is a general way to generate all the notes within a key I'm designing a piece of software in python to aid me in composition and to make useful suggestions while I'm playing.  Currently a key is defined in the following way:
noteDict = {"R":"C",  #root
        "m2":"Db",    #minor 2nd
        "M2":"D",     #major 2nd
        "m3":"Eb",    #etc
        "M3":"E",
        "P4":"F",
        "A4":"F#",
        "D5":"Gb",
        "P5":"G",
        "A5":"G#",
        "m6", "Ab",
        "M6", "A",
        "m7", "Bb",
        "M7", "B"}

#stores noteDict, and adds entries for notes in a different format:
#ex: knows that a m6 is the same as a b13 and a D5 is the same as a b5
C = key(noteDict)

This works as intended, however it would be nice to be able to have a set of rules that define how a key is constructed as opposed to hand coding it all.  Obvious rules exist such as "Augmented 4th is the Perfect 4th with a sharp", however I'd still need a way to generate the base scale (ie in C major: R M2 M3 P4... - C D E F...) and then apply the modifications to the base scale.
An obvious way to do this is to maintain a table of intervals based on semitones, so if you are told a root (such as C), you could add 3 semitones to the root to reach the minor 3rd (C -> Db -> D -> Eb).
The problem with this method arises when dealing with keys such as Cb major.  Finding the correctly spelled minor third of Cb would add three semitones and spit out D instead of the correct Ebb.  How could I generate a correctly spelled noteDict for an arbitrary key?


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The Elusive Springtime Plant That's Worth a Trip to Appalachia
BY Meg Van Huygen
It's springtime, which means that in the eastern half of North America, ramps are sprouting on the forest hillsides, particularly in Quebec and Appalachia. But if you live west of the Mississippi River, there's a good chance you've never heard of this elusive member of the onion family.
Also known as wild leek, Allium tricoccum is valued for its strong smell and taste—a combination of onions and garlic—as well as its culinary versatility. Both the leaves and the bulb are edible. It kind of looks like a scallion, with green leaves, a small white bulb, and reddish or purple stems, but you'll know a ramp by its extra-garlicky aroma and its two or three broad, rabbit ear–style leaves. It usually makes its debut in April, after the defrosting of the soil. Because ramps are one of the first veggies to emerge in spring, many consider them a folksy blessing—a sign that winter is officially over and the growing season has begun.
Foodie interest in ramps has blossomed thanks to a surge in foraging chic over the last several years: Chefs from Brooklyn to San Francisco have them shipped across states and sometimes the entire continent, to be roasted, sautéed, grilled, stewed, pickled, deep-fried, stir-fried, pizza-fied, omeletted, and served raw, among other applications. (Mario Batali is a ramp superfan—he posted this cool cooking-in-reverse video about them on his site in 2015.) Their short season—they're only around for about six weeks per year—only adds to their cachet.
Native Americans were eating ramps, of course, long before hipster foodies got so excited about them, with many tribes using them as a diet staple for centuries. The Dakota and Winnebago tribes not only ate ramps but also treated insect bites and stings with ramp juice, while the Cheyennes poured it in their ears to relieve aches and ringing. By some accounts, even the word Chicago actually comes from the Menomini people's word for the ramp, shika'ko, which once grew plentifully in the region.
Ramps are picky about where they grow: They need a mix of conditions (shade, cool temperatures, heavy vegetation, bark from deciduous trees, and no standing water) that can best be found in the Appalachian Mountains. They carpet the forest floor for miles between northern Alabama and Georgia and southeastern Canada, but they're also around—if harder to find—in Maine, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. In Quebec, where ramps are sometimes known as ail des bois (garlic of the woods), the plants are so dear that commercial ramp harvesting is illegal, and there are laws limiting personal harvest. (This has created a booming market for ramp poachers.)
Legend has it that ramps are notoriously hard to cultivate. But committed gardeners can do it, even though the process takes years from seed to full-grown plant. Glen Facemire has found success at it: He and his wife, Norene, run the world's only ramp farm in the tiny town of Richwood, rural West Virginia, and his life's work is not only growing ramps but teaching other people to grow them and harvest them correctly. "They are wild ramps," Glen says of his crop. "We just got them on the different side of the fence now."
Although Glen says he has been "fooling with ramps" since he was a kid, he and Norene only learned to cultivate and maintain them through trial and error. The Facemires ship both mature ramps as well as seeds and bulbs, particularly to customers in New England, which additionally helps to combat overharvesting of the wild patches.
Meg van Huygen
Glen and Norene serve ramps every year at Richwood's Feast of the Ramson, which is the largest of about a dozen ramp festivals throughout Appalachia. Richwood styles itself as the Ramp Capital of the World, and the festival serves about 2000 pounds of them annually. At this year's event in late April, the peppery, oniony scent of ramps filled the cafeteria of the local elementary school as crowds filed in to have their trays loaded with fried potatoes, cornbread, ham, soup beans, and a pile of boiled ramps topped with strips of bacon. Mason jars of earthy, spicy sassafras root tea were on hand to wash it all down. In the evening, live musicians performed, including songwriter John Wyatt, whose "Richwood Ramp Song" is always on the set list. At the city hall and firehouse on the other side of town, ramp-themed folk art is sold, among other crafts, and people sell fresh ramps out of their trucks.
Richwooders are such devotees that, at one time, the town had its own Ramp King, a man named Bato Crites, so titled because he reportedly gathered ramps faster than anyone else in town, personally collecting hundreds of pounds each season. A few years ago, the Richwood News Leader even went so far as to add ramp juice to the ink of the newspaper before they printed it, which made for a stinky surprise for its readers—and for the postmaster general, which reprimanded the publishers.
Several other communities throughout the Appalachians hold yearly ramp festivals in the springtime, although they're mostly in West Virginia, where, according to Joey Aloi of the West Virginia Food & Farm Coalition, there are "more towns than people, and more festivals than towns." At Stinkfest in Huntington, West Virginia, you can get ramp pesto and ramp cheddar biscuits, and at the Ramps and Rail Festival in Elkins, there's ramp burgers, ramp chili, and ramperoni rolls—a take on the classic West Virginia pepperoni roll.
If you're outside of ramp country, and you want to try ramps without traveling to Appalachia, you're in luck—a number of grocers in the U.S. have them shipped in during their short season, which usually lasts through May. Farmers markets are your best bet, and select Whole Foods occasionally carry them too. But prepare to be gouged: While local ramps in West Virginia sell for about $5 a pound, they're going for $25 a pound at Seattle's Pike Place Market, and they command upwards of $30 in spots in New York City. You can also pay $149 to have a 5-pound box shipped anywhere in the U.S. Or, if you're feeling ambitious (and patient), you can order some seeds or bulbs from the Facemires in Richwood and try your luck in your own garden.
Just be forewarned about the smell, which—love it or hate it—will seep out of your pores for a few days afterward. As Grubstreet's Hugh Merwin described it, "By comparison, the odor of ramps makes garlic smell like Chanel No. 5."
All photos by Meg van Huygen except where noted.