Quite possibly the hottest restaurant opening of the year, the $10 million Waitan in Chinatown caused a big stir on Sussex street on the 30th October at its official launch event. The streets were lined with media, models, Lamborghinis and even a few celebrities from Masterchef and possibly others as the restaurant opened up its doors to celebrate the opening of a new and exciting dining destination. Miss K and I were invited by Krissie at Hill+Knowlton Strategies to attend the red carpet event and we were very excited as the event got closer, we also bumped into a few familiar faces including Matthew & Beryl (Plan-MB), Michael (I'm Still Hungry), Jen (JENisHUNGRY), Ando & Belle (The Lamstock) and also Mina (My Hunger will go on).
Although there was plenty of food going around during the night, please note that these probably do not represent the dishes that are available on the full restaurant menu. Although very likely to be similar, they were mostly finger food made specifically to cater for the huge crowd going through that night and are only useful as an indicator of the kind of food they might serve. The big mention should probably go to the Oysters (above) because Miss K has been talking about them non stop for quite a while now, apparently they were so good that she'd eat the whole plate herself. Unfortunately I'm not a big fan of oysters so didn't taste them!
Most people were very keen to try the peking duck prepared by peking duck master Mr Yuejin Ma and the moment they came out they disappeared within a few seconds, luckily I managed to get a photo as soon as I saw them as I anticipated the chaos that was about to ensue. Peking duck is always a crowd pleaser and these ones were especially good, the pancake is slightly fried and that gives it a crispy outer layer that's much more neat and doesn't fall apart. The first photo above is of the hand made version which was being made on the spot right in front of the peking duck oven later on during the night, these ones tasted more authentic but were also much easier to drop or fall apart.
The deep fried quail eggs were quite numerous and servers had trays filled with them for quite a while. Miss K didn't quite like the thought of eating quail eggs but I usually enjoy them so decided to try it, luckily it was a good decision as the eggs were quite flavoursome and the tofu very silky. I noticed that this particular dish wasn't very popular and many people decided to pass on it because it was unfamiliar to them.
Easily another crowd pleaser, the chefs have obviously taken inspiration from Momofuku and decided to add their own twist to it by using wagyu beef rather than pork. Aside from that it's quite hard to tell the difference as the buns are very soft and the other ingredients (pickles) are pretty much the same. These were very delicious as the beef was cooked slightly rare leaving a juicy piece of beef that's extremely tender and full of flavour. I hope they're served as part of the restaurant menu as I'd love to come back for more.
They had a few of the man tou bowls lying around the venue, I wasn't too impressed with these as they seemed to be quite chewy and cold rather than more firm and crunchy man tou I'm used to from Singapore and Taipei. Miss K definitely enjoyed a few of these though, but then again she's always a big fan of any man tou in any form. There was nothing too unique about the prawns they served, they seemed like your everyday deep fried cocktail prawns served with a chilli sauce but they're pretty delicious with the dip.
The venue includes a number of sections including the O Lounge as well as a restaurant area and VIP private dining rooms on the second level. There were some interesting cocktails and drinks including the above Beijing Bellini which is an oriental twist to the standard Bellini. There was plenty of alcohol flowing including the Mandarin and Jasmine Luxe as well as many bottles of Veuve scattered around on the tables and seats.
As you can see above, the venue is exceptional and very classy – it has a bit of a shanghai colonial era chic to it which I really liked and reminded me of Mr Wong. The whole venue takes up the whole level of a building with further private VIP rooms on the second level which unfortunately we weren't able to check out (had to leave because of class). The whole venue is very spacious and has already been dubbed the new 'Ivy' of Chinatown because of how large and glamorous it is.
I'm definitely keen to visit Waitan once the restaurant has settled down a bit, the menu they plan to offer should be exceptional with all the skill behind the chefs and experience from the owners. There is much potential in the venue and we're quite excited to see how the brand goes in their other venues as well. There are plans to open a second Waitan restaurant in Sydney as well as one in Melbourne and New York, perhaps this is a new competitor to the much loved Merivale chain?
Mr C and Miss K attended as guests of HK Strategies and Waitan.


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    else {
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El Tratado de Lisboa es un acuerdo internacional que modifica los dos tratados que forman la base constitucional de la Unión Europea (UE). Fue firmado por los Estados miembros de la UE el 13 de diciembre de 2007 y entró en vigor el 1 de diciembre de 2009. Modifica el Tratado de Maastricht (1992), conocido en forma actualizada como el Tratado de la Unión Europea (2007) o TUE, y el Tratado de Roma (1957), conocido en forma actualizada como el Tratado de Funcionamiento de la Unión Europea (2007) o TFUE. En consecuencia, el título formal del texto es Tratado de Lisboa por el que se modifican el Tratado de la Unión Europea y el Tratado constitutivo de la Comunidad Europea.

Con este tratado, la UE tiene personalidad jurídica propia para firmar acuerdos internacionales a nivel comunitario. Además introduce numerosas reformas, entre las que se destacan: el voto por mayoría cualificada que busca reducir las posibilidades de estancamiento en el Consejo de la Unión Europea, un Parlamento Europeo con mayor peso mediante la extensión del procedimiento de decisión conjunta con el Consejo de la UE, la eliminación de los tres pilares de la Unión Europea, y la creación de las figuras de Presidente del Consejo Europeo y Alto representante de la Unión para Asuntos Exteriores y Política de Seguridad para dotar de una mayor coherencia y continuidad a las políticas de la UE. El Tratado de Lisboa también hace que la Carta de los Derechos Fundamentales de la Unión Europea sea vinculante jurídicamente.

Las negociaciones para lograr esta reforma de la UE se desarrollaron desde 2002 con la Convención sobre el futuro de Europa que dio curso al fallido intento de creación de una Constitución Europea. El Tratado se firmó en Lisboa (dado que Portugal ostentaba la Presidencia del Consejo de la UE en el momento), y habría sido ratificado por todos los Estados miembro para finales de 2008, a tiempo para las Elecciones al Parlamento Europeo de 2009. Sin embargo, esto no fue posible debido al rechazo inicial del Tratado por parte del electorado de Irlanda en junio de 2008, por lo que el texto no entró en vigor hasta el 1 de diciembre de 2009.

Algunos detractores del texto aseguran que este promociona la desregulación del mercado y no favorece la intervención del Estado para lograr objetivos sociales así como por ser, en esencia, el mismo tratado que fue rechazado por Francia y los Países Bajos en 2005, la Constitución Europea. Por su parte, algunos partidarios del tratado consideran que hará a la UE más eficaz y democrática.

Historia

El borrador propuesto por la Presidencia alemana del Consejo de la Unión Europea el 19 de mayo de 2007 incluyó la "esencia de la Constitución", en referencia al Tratado por el que se establece una Constitución para Europa de 2004 que no llegó a ser ratificado. La propuesta fue presentada tras las reuniones de trabajo entre la presidencia y los delegados de los en ese entonces veintisiete Estados miembros durante el primer semestre del año. Se decidió abandonar el formato del 'Tratado constitucional' e impulsar en su lugar un tratado clásico que introduzca enmiendas en los dos tratados en vigor, Tratado de la Unión Europea y el Tratado de la Comunidad Europea que pasaría a llamarse Tratado sobre el funcionamiento de la Unión.

Portugal, que asumió la presidencia de la UE durante la segunda mitad del 2007, lanzó una conferencia intergubernamental (CIG) los días 23 y 24 de julio, para acabar la redacción del texto, coincidiendo con la reunión de ministros de Asuntos exteriores. El nuevo Tratado fue presentado en la cumbre del 18 de octubre en la ciudad de Lisboa, siendo firmado el 13 de diciembre siguiente.

El proceso de ratificación se inició el 17 de diciembre de 2007 con la aprobación del texto por parte de la Asamblea Nacional de Hungría. Al año siguiente, el resultado negativo en un referéndum irlandés sobre el tratado, llevó al Gobierno de Irlanda convocar un segundo referéndum el 2 de octubre de 2009 que produjo resultados favorables a la ratificación del documento.

Con la firma del tratado por parte del presidente de República Checa en noviembre de 2009 se finalizó el proceso de ratificación, permitiendo con ello la entrada en vigor texto el 1 de diciembre de 2009.

Funcionamiento

En consonancia con su naturaleza por la que modifica otros tratados, el Tratado de Lisboa no está destinado a ser leído como un texto autónomo. Se compone de una serie de enmiendas del Tratado de la Unión Europea y del Tratado constitutivo de la Comunidad Europea, este último se denominará en adelante "Tratado de Funcionamiento de la Unión Europea". El Tratado de la Unión Europea que, después de haber sido modificado por el Tratado de Lisboa, hace referencia a la Carta de los Derechos Fundamentales de la UE, por lo que es un documento jurídicamente vinculante. El Tratado de la Unión Europea, el Tratado de Funcionamiento de la Unión Europea y la Carta de los Derechos tienen igual valor jurídico y constituyen la base jurídica de la Unión Europea.

La rechazada Constitución de la UE integraba la Carta de los Derechos Fundamentales en el texto del tratado y era jurídicamente vinculante. El Reino Unido, como uno de los dos países con un sistema jurídico de derecho común en la UE y que además no ha codificado una gran Constitución, estaba en contra de lo que fuese jurídicamente vinculante sobre el derecho interno. La propuesta de la Presidencia alemana que una sola referencia a ella con un solo artículo en la modificación de los tratados, mantuviese el que debe ser jurídicamente vinculante, se puso en práctica. Sin embargo, en un protocolo adjunto, Polonia y el Reino Unido obtuvieron un trato especial en estas disposiciones del tratado. El artículo 6 del Tratado de la Unión Europea eleva a la Carta el mismo valor jurídico que el Tratado de la Unión Europea y el Tratado de Funcionamiento de la Unión Europea.

Una enmienda característica del Tratado de Lisboa es la siguiente:

Modificaciones aportadas

Banco Central Europeo

El Tratado de Lisboa formalizó la posición del Banco Central Europeo (BCE) al convertirlo en una Institución de la Unión Europea, y al Consejo Europeo se le dio el derecho de nombrar al presidente del BCE por mayoría cualificada.

Ámbito judicial

El Tratado de Lisboa cambió el nombre del Tribunal de Justicia de las Comunidades Europeas por el de «Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea» (TJUE), que según el artículo 19 del TUE, comprenderá el Tribunal de Justicia, el Tribunal General y los tribunales especializados (el Tribunal de la Función Pública, derogado desde 2016). Según el texto, los asuntos de política exterior continúan siendo excluidos de la jurisdicción del Tribunal de Justicia, a pesar de que habrá nueva jurisdicción para revisar la política exterior de medidas de sanción. Asimismo, se le dio jurisdicción sobre ciertos asuntos no relacionados con la cooperación policial y penal (ver más Espacio de Libertad, Seguridad y Justicia).

Por otra parte, al Tribunal de Primera Instancia se le cambió su nombre por el de «Tribunal General de la Unión Europea», creado para descargar de trabajo al Tribunal Europeo. Su función principal es atender los recursos de personas físicas y/o jurídicas contra actos jurídicos u omisiones de las instituciones de la Unión Europea.

Consejo

El Consejo de la Unión Europea (CUE) pasa a denominarse simplemente Consejo. Sin embargo, el CUE seguirá siendo una plataforma organizada de reuniones entre los ministros nacionales de departamentos específicos (por ejemplo, las finanzas o los ministros de Asuntos Exteriores). Los procedimientos legislativos, que incluyen reuniones de debate y votación, se celebrarán en público.

El Tratado de Lisboa amplió de 36 a 87 las materias que se adoptarán por voto a mayoría cualificada. Aunque algunas áreas de la política todavía requieren decisiones unánimes (en particular en materia de política exterior, defensa y fiscalidad). A partir de 2014 empezó a aplicarse formalmente la doble mayoría (de un 55% de Estados miembros, con un mínimo de 15, que englobe a un 65% de la población), sin embargo Polonia podrá invocar el Tratado de Niza para lograr una minoría de bloqueo. Cuando el Consejo no actúa a propuesta de la Comisión, la mayoría necesaria de todos los países miembros se incrementa a 72%, mientras que en cuanto a la población se mantiene la misma exigencia. Para bloquear la legislación, al menos, 4 países tienen que estar en contra de la propuesta.

Las reglas de votación del Tratado de Niza, que incluyen en la mayoría de los países (50% / 67%), el peso de voto (74%) y población (62%) se mantuvo en vigor hasta 2014, y a partir de entonces una nueva versión del "compromiso de Ioánina", permite a las pequeñas minorías de los Estados pedir un nuevo examen de las decisiones de la UE.

En cuanto a la Presidencia rotatoria del Consejo, esta tendrá un plazo de 18 meses compartida por un trío de los Estados miembros, con el fin de proporcionar una mayor continuidad. La excepción es la del Consejo de Asuntos Exteriores, que es presidido por el recién creado puesto de Alto representante de la Unión para Asuntos Exteriores y Política de Seguridad.

Consejo Europeo

Con la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Lisboa, el Consejo Europeo de jefes de Gobierno o jefes de Estado (ya sea el primer ministro o el presidente), se separó oficialmente del Consejo de la Unión Europea (los ministros nacionales de áreas específicas de la política). Con este tratado el Consejo Europeo se convirtió en una institución de la UE pero sin recibir nuevas atribuciones. Sin embargo, se creó la figura del Presidente del Consejo Europeo que es nombrado para un periodo de dos años y medio renovable una sola vez, tras ser elegido por mayoría cualificada entre los miembros del cuerpo.

El trabajo del Presidente es en gran parte administrativo. Su misión principal es la de garantizar la preparación y la continuidad de la labor del Consejo y favorecer el consenso entre sus miembros. Sin embargo, encarna la representación exterior del consejo y de la Unión, y es el encargado de presentar los informes al Parlamento Europeo después de las reuniones del Consejo.

Parlamento Europeo

En virtud de las disposiciones del Tratado de Lisboa, el poder legislativo del Parlamento Europeo se incrementó mediante la extensión del procedimiento de codecisión con el Consejo a nuevas áreas políticas. Este procedimiento se convirtió en el procedimiento legislativo ordinario en la labor del Consejo y el Parlamento.

En las áreas restantes ("procedimientos legislativos especiales"), el Parlamento no tiene el derecho de consentimiento para una medida del Consejo, o viceversa, salvo en los pocos casos del antiguo procedimiento de consulta (en la que el Consejo tendría que consultar al Parlamento Europeo antes de la votación sobre una propuesta de la Comisión y tener en cuenta sus puntos de vista. No sería obligado por la posición del Parlamento, pero solo por la obligación de consultarlo. El Parlamento tendría que ser consultado de nuevo si el Consejo se aparta demasiado lejos de la propuesta inicial).

El Tratado de Lisboa también redujo el número máximo de diputados de cada Estado miembro de 99 a 96 y aumenta el número mínimo de 5 a 6. El Parlamento también adquiere mayores competencias en la totalidad del presupuesto de la UE, y su autoridad se extendía desde "obligatoria" para incluir los gastos del presupuesto en su totalidad. Por otra parte, la Comisión ya no estará obligada a presentar un anteproyecto de presupuesto al Consejo, sino a presentar el proyecto de presupuesto directamente.

Parlamentos nacionales

El Tratado de Lisboa amplió el papel de los parlamentos de los Estados miembros en cuanto a la labor y los procesos legislativos de las instituciones y los órganos de la UE. Una nueva disposición establece los derechos y obligaciones de los Parlamentos nacionales dentro de la Unión en cuanto a su información, los mecanismos de evaluación en el espacio de libertad, seguridad y justicia, el control de la subsidiariedad o la revisión de los Tratados. Según el principio de subsidiariedad, la UE solo debe actuar cuando ello resulte más eficaz que la acción a escala nacional (excepto en los ámbitos de su competencia exclusiva). Con el tratado, si una tercera parte de los Parlamentos nacionales considera que una propuesta no se ajusta a este principio, la Comisión deberá reexaminarla y podrá decidir mantenerla, modificarla o retirarla. Si la consideración viene de parte de la mayoría de los Parlamentos nacionales, pero aun así la Comisión decide mantener su propuesta, se iniciará un procedimiento donde la Comisión deberá exponer sus motivos y el Parlamento Europeo y el Consejo decidirán si el procedimiento legislativo puede continuar o no.

Comisión Europea
La Comisión de las Comunidades Europeas pasó oficialmente a llamarse «Comisión Europea». Además, el Tratado de Lisboa, declaró que el tamaño de la Comisión se reduciría de un Estado miembro por una de las dos terceras partes de los Estados miembros a partir de 2014. Esto habría puesto fin al acuerdo que ha existido desde 1957 de tener al menos un comisario para cada Estado miembro en todo momento. Sin embargo, el Tratado también estipula que el Consejo Europeo puede decidir por unanimidad modificar dicho número. Tras el referéndum irlandés, el Consejo decidió en diciembre de 2008, volver a un Comisario por Estado miembro a partir de la fecha de entrada en vigor del Tratado.

Otra medida destacada es la que estableció que la persona que ocupe el nuevo puesto de Alto Representante de la Unión para Asuntos Exteriores y Política de Seguridad, automáticamente también será un vicepresidente de la Comisión.

Relaciones exteriores y seguridad

Las Relaciones Exteriores es un área política que en el marco del Tratado de Lisboa requere la unanimidad en el Consejo Europeo. Sin embargo, se alcanzó un acuerdo respecto al puesto, papel y poderes del representante de la Política exterior y de seguridad común de la Unión (PESC), y el Tratado ha supuesto un reforzamiento de la política exterior de la organización, quedando reforzadas las actuaciones de la UE con la implementación del Servicio Europeo de Acción Exterior, que prestá su ayuda al jefe de Política Exterior contando con los medios de que disponen las instituciones comunes y los Estados miembros.

Este interés por hacer más visible a la UE en el mundo, se observa tanto en el Tratado de la Unión Europea (TUE), en el que se recoge las novedades sobre la PESC como en el Tratado de Funcionamiento de la Unión Europea (TFUE), cuya quinta parte titulada Acción Exterior de la Unión, engloba todas las políticas comunitarias del antiguo primer pilar con proyección exterior, como son la Política Comercial Común, la Política de cooperación al desarrollo, la cooperación con terceros países y la Ayuda Humanitaria de la Unión. Además incorpora un primer artículo, el 205, en el que hace referencia a los principios y objetivos de la Acción Exterior de la Unión, remitiéndose a los mencionados para la PESC, entre los que destacan la defensa de la democracia, el Estado de Derecho, los derechos humanos y de las libertades fundamentales, así como la dignidad humana.

También se estableció que el jefe de la Política Exterior se llamará Alto representante de la Unión para Asuntos Exteriores y Política de Seguridad (AR). Ete cargo combinó los puestos ostentados hasta entonces por el Alto Representante de Política Exterior y el Comisario de Relaciones Exteriores, que controla el presupuesto de la Comisión en materia de cooperación y política exterior y el personal de esta área del ejecutivo comunitario. Además pasó a ser vicepresidente de la Comisión Europea y preside el Consejo de Ministros de Asuntos Exteriores de la UE. Así mismo, el tratado especifica en lo referente a la acción del AR en la escena internacional y sus relaciones con la Organización de las Naciones Unidas:

El tratado prevé que la Política Europea de Seguridad y de Defensa, que pasó a denominarse Política Común de Seguridad y Defensa (PSCD) dará lugar a un acuerdo de defensa común para la UE. Si bien no cambió sustancialmente durante los primeros años tras la entrada en vigor del Tratado, la PCSD presenta un potencial de evolución, tanto política como institucionalmente. Además, en el marco del tratado, los Estados miembros deben asistencia, si un Estado miembro es objeto de un ataque terrorista o víctima de una persona física o desastres hechos por el hombre (pero cualquier acción militar conjunta está sujeta a las disposiciones del artículo 31 de la versión consolidada del Tratado de la Unión Europea, que reconoce diversos intereses nacionales).

Determinación de los ámbitos políticos
Según lo señalado en el Título I de la Primera Parte del Tratado de Funcionamiento de la Unión Europea (versión consolidada), la distribución de competencias en diversos ámbitos entre los Estados miembros y la Unión se declara explícitamente en las tres categorías siguientes:
 Competencias exclusivas: Solo la Unión puede legislar y adoptar actos vinculantes; los Estados únicamente podrán si son facultados por la Unión o para aplicar actos de la Unión.
 Competencias compartidas: La Unión y los Estados miembros pueden legislar y adoptar actos vinculantes, pero los Estados solo ejercerán su competencia en la medida en que la Unión no lo haya hecho.
 Competencias de apoyo: La Unión puede llevar a cabo acciones con el fin de apoyar, coordinar o complementar la acción de los Estados.

Personalidad jurídica

Anteriormente solo el pilar de las Comunidades Europeas tenía su propia personalidad jurídica. En virtud de las nuevas disposiciones, los tres pilares se refundan en una personalidad jurídica de la llamada Unión Europea y la UE tendrá una personalidad jurídica única. El Tratado de la Unión Europea después de que el Tratado de Lisboa establece que "La Unión sustituirá y sucederá a la Comunidad Europea." Por lo tanto, los nombres de las instituciones de la UE verán la palabra 'Comunidad' eliminada (por ejemplo, el título de facto 'Comisión Europea' se convertirá en oficial, en sustitución de su nombre de tratados de "Comisión de las Comunidades Europeas»).

Poniendo fin a esta dualidad, el Tratado de Lisboa ha aumentando la capacidad de la UE para actuar, especialmente en política exterior. Esta fusión de los pilares, incluida la Comunidad Europea, permite ultimar el establecimiento de diversas comunidades. Tal es el caso de la Unión Europea Occidental (UEO), una organización integrada por diez Estados miembros, que fue disuelta en 2010 tras la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Lisboa y el consecuente desarrollo de la política de defensa en la Unión Europea.

Ampliación y secesión

Una propuesta que consagraba la inclusión en el tratado de los criterios de Copenhague para una nueva ampliación, no fue plenamente aceptada, ya que se teme que llevaría a que los jueces del Tribunal de Justicia tengan la última palabra sobre quién puede formar parte de la UE, en lugar de los líderes políticos.

El tratado introduce una cláusula de salida para los Estados miembros que deseen retirarse de la Unión. Esto formaliza el procedimiento por el que se indica que un Estado miembro deberá informar al Consejo Europeo antes de que pueda terminar su membresía. Hasta el momento, ha habido dos caso en que un territorio ha dejado de ser parte de la Comunidad: Groenlandia en 1985 y Reino Unido en 2020.

En las nuevas disposiciones del Tratado de Lisboa, la condición de los territorios de ultramar (francés, neerlandés y danés) se puede modificar más fácilmente, sin que requieran una completa revisión de los Tratados. En lugar de ello, el Consejo Europeo podrá, por iniciativa del Estado miembro en cuestión, cambiar el estado de un país o territorio de ultramar (PTU) a una región ultraperiférica (OMR) o viceversa. Esta disposición se incluyó a propuesta de los Países Bajos, en el marco de la disolución de las Antillas Neerlandesas.

Procedimientos de revisión
El proceso de revisión de los Tratados se divide en el procedimiento de revisión ordinario y el procedimiento de revisión simplificado. En el procedimiento ordinario el gobierno de un Estado miembro, el Parlamento Europeo o la Comisión Europea presentan propuestas de modificación al Consejo para que los presente al Consejo Europeo. Los Parlamentos nacionales también son notificados sobre la propuesta. El Consejo Europeo, previa consulta al Parlamento Europeo y a la Comisión, decide por mayoría simple, si se debe examinar las enmiendas. Si es aprobado, la Presidencia del Consejo Europeo convocara una Convención compuesta por representantes de los Parlamentos nacionales, de los jefes de Estado o de Gobierno de los Estados miembros, del Parlamento Europeo y de la Comisión. En el caso de modificaciones institucionales en el ámbito monetario, el Banco Central Europeo será también consultado. Después de examinar las propuestas de la Convención, se adoptará por consenso una recomendación a una Conferencia de representantes de los Gobiernos de los Estados miembros convocadas por el Presidente del Consejo para determinar de común acuerdo las modificaciones que deban introducirse en los Tratados. Tras las enmiendas de este, pasará por el proceso de ratificación en cada Estado miembro. El Consejo Europeo podrá decidir por mayoría simple, previa consulta a la Comisión y con el consentimiento del Parlamento Europeo para eludir el proceso de la Convención y proceder directamente a la Conferencia de los representantes.

En el procedimiento simplificado de enmiendas propuesto en la tercera parte del Tratado de Funcionamiento de la Unión Europea, relativo a la política interna y la acción de la Unión, establece que estas pueden ser presentadas directamente al Consejo Europeo, que decide por unanimidad sobre las enmiendas a las disposiciones, previa consulta al Parlamento Europeo y la Comisión, y el Banco Central Europeo en el caso de modificaciones institucionales en el ámbito monetario.

Opting out (cláusula de exención)

Comparación con el Tratado Constitucional

La mayoría de las innovaciones institucionales que se acordaron en el fallido Tratado por el que se establece una Constitución para Europa, se mantienen en el Tratado de Lisboa. La diferencia más destacada es que el Tratado de Lisboa modifica los tratados existentes de la UE, en lugar de la refundación de la UE mediante la sustitución de antiguos textos con un solo documento con la condición de una constitución. Otras diferencias incluyen:

 El proyecto de "Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores" se ha rebautizado como "Alto representante de la Unión para Asuntos Exteriores y Política de Seguridad".
 Los símbolos de la UE como la bandera, el lema y el himno, no son jurídicamente vinculantes en el Tratado de Lisboa. Todos ellos son, sin embargo, ya en uso, por ejemplo, la bandera fue adoptada en el decenio de 1980. Dieciséis países de la UE han declarado su lealtad a estos símbolos en el nuevo tratado, aunque la declaración anexa no es jurídicamente vinculante.
 De acuerdo con la eliminación de la terminología y los símbolos de estado, los nuevos nombres para los distintos tipos de legislación de la UE han disminuido, en particular la propuesta de cambiar el nombre de los reglamentos y las directivas de la UE por leyes.
 Dos Estados miembros de la UE han negociado cláusulas de exclusión adicional de determinados ámbitos de la política (véase más arriba).
 La lucha contra el cambio climático se declara explícitamente como objetivo de las instituciones de la UE en el Tratado de Lisboa.
 En la Constitución de la UE se había establecido como un objetivo el fomento de la "competencia libre y sin distorsiones". Debido a la presión ejercida por el Gobierno francés, esta frase no se incluyó en el Tratado de Lisboa. En cambio, el texto relativo a la libre y leal competencia en el artículo 3 del Tratado CE se mantiene y se trasladó al Protocolo n º 6 ( "El Mercado Interior y Competencia"). Ha habido un cierto debate sobre si esto tendrá un impacto en la política de Competencia de la UE en el futuro.
 Modificaciones al consejo europeo: la presidencia pasa de rotar cada 6 meses y ser ostentada por un país a rotar cada 18 meses y ser ostentada por tres países. También hay cambios en cómo se toman algunas decisiones (doble mayoría: 55% de Estados miembros, con un mínimo de 15 países, que englobe a un 65% de la población).

Véase también

 Asuntos institucionales y política en la Unión Europea

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea. Incluye el texto completo del tratado.

Tratados de 2007
Tratados de la Unión Europea
Historia de Lisboa
Unión Europea en 2007
Tratados de Rumania del siglo XXI
Tratados de Austria del siglo XXI
Tratados de Bélgica del siglo XXI
Tratados de Bulgaria del siglo XXI
Tratados de Chipre
Tratados de la República Checa del siglo XXI
Tratados de Dinamarca del siglo XXI
Tratados de Estonia
Tratados de Finlandia del siglo XXI
Tratados de Francia del siglo XXI
Tratados de Alemania del siglo XXI
Tratados de Grecia del siglo XXI
Tratados de Hungría del siglo XXI
Tratados de Irlanda del siglo XXI
Tratados de Italia del siglo XXI
Tratados de Letonia
Tratados de Lituania del siglo XXI
Tratados de Malta
Tratados de los Países Bajos del siglo XXI
Tratados de Polonia del siglo XXI
Tratados de Portugal del siglo XXI
Tratados de Eslovaquia
Tratados de Eslovenia
Tratados de España del siglo XXI
Tratados de Suecia del siglo XXI
Tratados del Reino Unido del siglo XXI

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Home arcade Snake in a Block — How I Ran Snake on Ethereum
Snake in a Block — How I Ran Snake on Ethereum
Snake in a Block —How I Ran Snake on Ethereum
Some months ago I and a friend decided to collaborate on an NFT. We wanted to create a piece of retro-game art that could be arcade in spirit. Something engaging, fun that would at the same time need to push the limits of its own technology to come to life. The same attitude that brought many legendary arcade games to existence. Remember how Nintendo managed to make the 1st 3D game for the SNES, when that was not even imaginable for that type of hardware?
So we created the ArcadeGlyphs. Simply put, it's a generative NFT that, once minted, creates a Snake game. The twist is that the collectors only get the initial state of the snake. The creature will advance every hour, guided by a greedy search algorithm. At the end of the game, the NFT turns (magic) into an animation of the game itself. The cherry on the top: we wanted to have NFT-prizes that the owners of the best game could claim "for free".
Where is the complication? We wanted it to sit 100% on-chain. In the old days, if you wanted to make a mind-blowing game for a certain console, you had to be able to do it with the hardware that was already out there in the gamers' houses. We wanted to give ourselves the same challenge.
In this article, we will explain in technical details part of the journey to minimize the gas needed to run the game so as to fit all that was needed within the block.
Why Gas Matters
Quick intro about gas: it's a unit of measurement of the amount of computation that some Solidity code requires. It is used to estimate the cost related to a Solidity function call. There are 2 potential issues related to it:
It determines how much the user will have to pay for a transaction (a "write call"). The more the gas consumed, the higher the transaction's cost.
Read calls (so-called view functions in Solidity) should not be affected by gas, but each node may decide to still put some limits on it, to avoid resource exhaustion. These limits are not standard. Some allow double the actual gas limit, some less... It's most importantly not clear what's the Opensea configuration. One way to be safe is to keep it within the actual block gas limit.
Back to the NFT look: it shows the current state of the game if the game is in progress, and an animation otherwise.
Game in Progress
Both cases require the contract to be able to calculate the current state by using only
the initial snake configuration (determined at minting time)
the current block.
In a nutshell: it needs to simulate the game up until the current block. This was the only way to avoid transactions and still provide through-time-mutability.
The problem is that the simulation is an O(N) function, with N the number of moves. In the best case, the snake collides right away and not much needs to be calculated, but in the worst case, we might need to run through the full number of iterations.
Imagine a very lucky game that runs quite long. On a grid 11x11 the game could run beyond 400 iterations. On top of calculating the outcome of the game, the contract has to generate the SVG animation if the game is over (very gas-intensive). This should give you a hunch of why even saving 700 gas (this is the cost for an optimized log2 computation) could have a pretty perceivable impact at the end of the simulation.
The other point of saving on gas though comes from an extra feature we implemented: the token owners can redeem trophies for the best games. For example, collectors with a 42-score game could redeem the 1st place trophy (requiring at least 40 points). This "proof-of-score" requires running the whole simulation again. It would be cost-irrelevant for a view call, but in this case, the function needs (after the verification) to change the state of the blockchain, by transferring the trophy to the token owner. The final gas fee will then include the overhead of the "proof-of-score", which is one of the fundamental reasons why gas efficiency was vital.
Basic Operations
To simulate the snake game, the minimum set of operations that the logic has to support is:
Collision detection: this can be between single points (e.g. head and apple), or multi-point objects (head and snake body)
Movement: basically advancing the snake, either for real or while searching for the next best move
Extension: the snake needs to grow, the more apples it eats
We can then implement the simulation roughly like this:
1: for each iteration
2:    move snake according to strategy
3:    if collision with wall OR snake body
4:      then break
5:    else if collision with apple
6:      extend the snake
7:      move apple
When the collector wants to see the state of their snake after (say) 21 hours, the contract would run 21 such iterations to define how the game looks at that time. Let's remember that that is an oversimplified version of the real algorithm. Line 2 and 7, for instance, are a whole piece of logic by their own. And 'move snake' is not merely 1 statement, but it involves advancing the head and the tail. This is just to say that there are a lot of devils in the details of that seemingly simple loop.
We will now show 2 different types of data structures that could be used to run the above-mentioned simulation. For each, we will show how the basic operations are implemented and the gas implications.
Most Naive Solution
Given that the Snake game-board is a grid, the most intuitive approach is to represent everything in a 2D coordinate system, where each element is either a point or a list of points. More specifically:
Apple and Snake Head: uint[2] , the (x, y) coordinate of the point
Snake: uint[][2] an arbitrarily long list of (x, y) coordinates representing the space that the snake occupies in the grid
Wall: although it occupies points in the system, for the sake of collision detection, it's enough to know what the boundaries are, so 0 and GRID_SIZE
The different operations would then be implemented this way (pseudo-pseudo code):
// Extend Snake
snake[nextPosition] = newHead
// Check apple-to-head collision
head[0] == apple[0] && head[1] == apple[1]
// Check head-to-body collision
for (bodyPart in snake) {
head[0] == bodyPart[0] && head[1] == bodyPart[1]
// Check collision between wall and head
head[0] > 0 && head[0] < GRID_SIZE - 1 &&
head[1] > 0 && head[1] < GRID_SIZE - 1
// Check collision between apple and snake body (useful not to move // the apple over the body of the snake)
apple[0] == bodyPart[0] && apple[1] == bodyPart[1]
// Move head right, left, up and down
head[0] = head[0] + 1
head[0] = head[0] - 1
A quick benchmark on the different operations shows (very approximately) what they could cost in terms of gas
There is a clear point of optimization in the snake-to-point collision, but we should not underestimate all other operations, because they are repeated multiple times per iteration and they could have a snowballing effect.
With a 30M gas limit one could think this is still nothing to worry about, but the more precisely the simulation logic is implemented (including edge case handling, etc), the more operations like those listed above are needed, making it very likely that with a long game, the limit is breached. As mentioned already in the previous section, though, one other motivation to cut the cost is to allow a not-so-expensive trophy-claiming functionality.
Better Solution
The optimization objective was simple:
Critical: decrease the computational complexity of the snake-to-point collision detection
Very desirable: decrease the single operation gas
Decreasing the computational complexity of the snake-to-point collision is by itself easy. We could use a matrix where 1 indicates that the snake occupies that position in the grid, 0 otherwise.
We felt that there was an even more efficient way to work with this problem though.
The intuition was simple: what if every element in the game (snake, wall, apple, etc) could be represented by an integer such that all the snake-relevant functions could be then handled just with bitwise logic, executed straight into 1 processor instruction?
The solution was then to imagine the grid system as if it was 1 dimensional, with each coordinate (x, y) represented by a bit in a bit array.
Each bit would be set if that position was occupied. For instance, to represent a snake occupying the first 3 points in the grid:
A grid with 9 playable slots and a wall occupies 11x11 points, for a total of 121. We need 121 bits to be able to represent every possible element configuration within this system, which is achievable simply with a uint128 , which represents 128 bits integers.
To represent the snake above we would then use the number 14 ( 1 << 1 | 1 << 2 | 1 << 3) where 0 and 10 positions are occupied by the wall.
The operations with this new representation would be:
snake = snake | newHead
// Remove tail
snake = snake ^ tail
head & apple == 0
snake & head == 0
snake & wall == 0
snake & apple == 0
head = head >> 1
head = head << 1
head = head >> GRID_SIZE
head = head << GRID_SIZE
Checking the benchmark
All collision operations became not only O(1) but also as gas-efficient as they can get and the other operations considerably improved as well. All those listed above are indeed a subset of everything that needs to be done. But with this data structure, we could handle almost everything with bitwise logic.
Way to go. In the next chapter, we will clarify how the search algorithm ("AI") has been implemented. Another insidious issue was hiding there as well.
Greedy Search
We tried to make the snake move at least halfway decently. The best solution we found that could still be implemented on a contract was a greedy search strategy where the snake follows a couple of heuristics:
tries to decrease the Manhattan Distance from the apple
if not possible, try to decrease the Manhattan Distance from the tail
if not possible, "random" move
The main issue with this algorithm (paired with the solution described above) is that it requires knowledge of x and y to decide how to minimize the distance. Given that we deal mainly with uint representations of the snake (including the head), to get x and y we need to do the following
function getXY(uint coord) returns (uint x, uint y) {
// Get bit position inside the int
uint position = log2(coord)
return position / GRID_SIZE, position % GRID_SIZE
The log2 is unfortunately not natively implemented in Solidity and the most efficient implementation still costs 700 gas.
The naive implementation of the "AI" would then be to try each single move and check if
a) it decreases either the x or y distance from the apple
b) it does not collide with either wall or snake itself
This of course requires to know exactly what x and y are. But we don't, we only know the integer representation. And going back to the 2D system would cost quite some gas.
The idea was to see if we could find a way to perform this same logic without ever passing through the 2D coordinates data structure again.
If the grid was actually a line, this would be easy: different positions are already naturally sorted. If I have head on 2 and apple on 15, we can safely tell the head to increase (so to move towards the apple). Unfortunately, we have a grid, so numbers that are distant in the int realm might be close once transposed to the grid. Example: what's closer to P1 ? P2 or P3 ?
Clearly P3. Let's see how the integer representation of these coordinates is though:
From this perspective, P2 is closer to P1 than P3 .
The relations of distance in this representation do not allow us to make a proper calculation.
There is no way (to our knowledge) to have this information without first decoding the coordinates into x and y. BUT, there is another way to move the head in the right direction, still remaining in our efficient system.
What's needed to know is whether the apple x is greater or smaller than the head's x and just move accordingly. If smaller, move back, if greater, move forward. If the same, try with y .
Computing this information requires still a kind of decoding of x a y, but we don't care about their exact value, we only care that the proportions between two decoded x are correct. If x1 > x2 in the 2D data structure, it should be the same in this newly decoded version.
Now, focus.
Let's say the head is on (1,9) (end of the first row) and apple on (2,1) (beginning of the second row). 0 and 10 in both axes are occupied by walls. What we want is that the snake notices that the head's y (9) is greater than the apple's y(1) so that we can instruct the head to move left (backward).
The problem is that head is encoded as 1048576, apple as 8388608, which is the opposite of what we are looking for. The reason is that the x coordinate pushes the set bit 11 positions to the left (as many as the grid size). Visually:
// Spaces added to visualise the rows within the bit array
// head (1, 9)
// apple (2, 1)
Every 11 bits refer to a row (x). What we need is a way to factor out the x part of the shift so that we can compare only the y part. Something that would bring us here
// head decoded
// apple decoded
The way we found to achieve this was with some brainfucky masking
// --- This is the algorithm ---
// If it's the first row, we don't have to do anything
// If it's the second row, we should shift by GRID_SIZE * 1
// If it's the third row, we should shift by GRID_SIZE * 2
// --- This is how we implement it in bitwise logic ---
// "If it's the first row" becomes:
OR more simply
2047 & p // this would now compute to 0
// "If it's the second row" becomes:
4192256 & p // which computes to p
// "we should shift by GRID_SIZE * 1" becomes:
p >> 11
// How to make sure the shift happens only if the correct row is
// found?
(2047 & p)
| (4192256 & p) >> 11
| (8585740288 & p) >> 22
At the end of the execution of this chain, we will get 2 comparable values of y. So head = 512 and apple = 2. Way more efficiently than going with the log2 decoding. We won't know the position in the grid, but we will know enough to instruct the snake where to move. This way:
if(head > apple && !isCollision(p1 >> GRID_SIZE)) {
return p1 >> GRID_SIZE; // this stands for "move backward"
From here on, it was possible to compute the next move mainly with bitwise logic.
Some non-thorough tests have been done to also check whether assembly optimized code would have worked as well, but we noticed a small if not irrelevant gain which did not justify the effort of rewriting everything in machine code. Definitely, a challenge we will consider for the next game, should this first project work.
Bitwise logic makes the code much harder to grasp, but its benefits in terms of efficiency gains are superb. With a technology where optimization saves actual money, it's a no-brainer to go with it.
Keep in touch, we will make another article explaining how we could generate the SVG animation within the same function call, still remaining within limits.
Also, feel free to check out the NFT page and the mainnet contract, in case you'd like to give us any feedback or support.
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Darq, I'm getting the following errors in the UI.log file... any ideas?
It appears that there is a typo somewhere and the game is looking for eq2ui_examine.xml but somewhere is is mis-spelled as eq2ui_examine_.xml.
I simply copied the correct spelled file to the incorrect spelled file and all errors disappeared. Not sure where the offending mis-spelled reference is.
Well that didn't completely fix the problem. Same errors are back with an additional "Encountered data outside of container tags" error.
Until you have made customizations to a DarqUI component, no configuration file will exist for it in the \POI subfolder. This is not an error, but the ui.log file will indicate a failure to load data from these non-existent files. In the utility go to the bottom of the Manage page and click "Generate files." Generating empty configuration files is harmless and will eliminate the extraneous log file messages that pertain to DarqUI.
The lines about inventory upgrade are from windows that no longer exist in the default UI. There are references to them in the default and the developers have never removed them. Again not an actual error, and the game simply steps over the references. Same with the examine_ misspelling. That exists in the default game for every player, but the XML engine is robust enough to step over the missing file reference.
Data outside of container tags means there are extra blank lines in one or more of the XML files. Again, not an error that will do any harm to the game. I have meticulously kept blank lines out of the DarqUI files where possible, to reduce the number of log file lines that alarm players, but the default UI and other custom UIs have plenty of blank lines that fill the log with the messages.


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Ben Caucci
Ben Caucci has worked as a composer, percussionist and music producer for major Hollywood studio features, animation, independent films, documentaries and television. Among his credits are the Oscar-nominated score for How to Train Your Dragon, History Channel's Roots, Queen of Katwe, Captain Phillips, The Lorax, Happy Feet Two, Rio, Ice Age: Continental Drift, Knight & Day, Fair Game, Green Zone, and Kung-Fu Panda 2.
Ben and John's music can most recently be heard in acclaimed filmmakers Ashley York & Sally Rubin's documentary hillbilly, recent winner of the Jury Prize at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Ben wrote the Balkan brass-inspired score for the Kate Marks film 7 Day Gig (co-produced by Film Independent's Project Involve and PBS) as well as the South American folk-influenced music for Miracle Maker, both of which screened at film festivals worldwide. He provided the synth-based score for the award-winning sci-fi short Bunker 731, an official selection of the Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival, among others. He and John contributed music to the documentary Living on One Dollar, whose mission is to raise awareness of global poverty. Ben spoke on the panel of the LA Film Festival's "Emerging Filmmakers and Composers" and he and John were guests together on the San Diego Film Festival panel "The Art and Craft of Film Music" sponsored by ASCAP.
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As a composer, John's emotional and lyrical style adds depth to story and characters, whether the project is a children's animated television series, an independent drama, or a big-budget action film. He and Beth recently scored the award-winning independent film Chez Upshaw (Kevin Pollak, Illeana Douglas). John is the composer for multiple shows on the Discovery Channel and the film Bad Country (Willem Dafoe, Amy Smart, Matt Dillon). He has also written additional music for numerous film and television projects including the Warner Brother's animated movie Storks, the Emmy-winning score for World Without End, FX's Tyrant, Syfy's Continuum, The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, and Silent Hill: Revelation 3D.
John is an accomplished jazz bassist and composer who loves movies. He grew up playing in bands and making short films with his friends. John earned a degree in jazz performance from Rutgers University. While in college, he never lost his interest in cinema; he took almost as many courses in cinema studies as music classes. After completing college, touring in bands, and teaching, John finally decided to combine his passion for music and film. He earned a Master's in Music Composition for Film from Columbia College in Chicago and moved to Los Angeles. He then co-founded Alula studios with Ben Caucci and started a successful film and television music career.
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Moody's upgrades long-term deposit ratings of four Greek banks
Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) on Monday upgraded the long-term deposit ratings of National Bank of Greece, Eurobank and Alpha Bank to B2 from Caa1, and Piraeus Bank's long-term deposit rating to B3 from Caa2.
The outlook on the deposit ratings for all four banks is positive.
The rating agency has also upgraded the long-term Counterparty Risk Assessments (CRA) of National Bank of Greece, Eurobank and Alpha Bank to Ba3(cr) from B1(cr) and for Piraeus Bank to B1(cr) from B2(cr). The long-term Counterparty Risk Ratings (CRR) of the same three banks were also upgraded to Ba3 from B2 and for Piraeus Bank to B1 from B3. The short-term ratings for all banks were affirmed at Not-Prime (NP) and their short-term CRA at NP(cr).
Concurrently, Moody's has upgraded the Baseline Credit Assessment (BCA) of National Bank of Greece, Alpha Bank and Eurobank to b3 from caa1, and the BCA of Piraeus Bank's to caa1 from caa2.
"Monday's rating action on the four largest Greek banks was primarily driven by their improving asset quality and solvency and good prospects for further enhancing their recurring profitability, factors that are exerting upward pressure on their BCAs, the credit rating agency said in a report," Moody's said in its report.
In addition, the upgrade to the banks' deposit ratings also reflects their recent and upcoming MREL (minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities) eligible debt issuances until the end of 2025, which will change the banks' liability structure and enhance the buffers available to protect depositors.
"The positive outlooks reflect Moody's expectation that the four banks will continue to improve their credit profiles, and be in a good position to manage any new problem loan formation as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic. The ratings could be upgraded in the coming quarters if the banks maintain their sound capital and liquidity, while fully implementing their transformation plans by further reducing their problem loans and leveraging the economic and credit growth potential of the Greek economy, which will benefit significantly from the EU's recovery and resilience facility (RRF)," it added.
Greek banks' BCAs are still constrained by the quality of their capital, with sizeable deferred tax credits (DTCs) in the capital structure, and also by the challenge to further reduce their problem loans and cost of risk, as well as improve their core profitability by containing expenses and booking new business, Moody's said.
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Ride service Uber arrives in Redding
Posted: Feb. 20, 2016
By David Benda of the Redding Record Searchlight
Posted: Feb. 20, 2016 4
Uber has arrived in Redding.
At least four drivers have signed up to work for the transport service that has taken off in other parts of the country.
Angela Overstreet said a friend told her about Uber, that she had used it in San Francisco and it was "absolutely incredible." So Overstreet researched the company.
"When I realized it was here, I figured it would be a nice way to make a little extra cash, so I thought I am going to sign up," Overstreet said.
Uber is a ride service that is headquartered in San Francisco, but has a presence across the country. Riders tap the app on their smartphone and the driver comes to that location. The app tracks the distance of the ride and charges the fare to the customer's credit card. Uber does not accept cash.
Drivers notify Uber that they are available by signing on. So they can work their own schedule.
David Wylie is an Uber driver in Redding who also drives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he is an administrator for a doctor. Wylie said he gets more Uber business in the Bay Area.
"I think people don't know it is here yet," Wylie said.
Overstreet, who works full time as an operations assistant for a contracting firm in Redding, agreed. But she does think the demand is there.
"You have a lot of people in Redding, who don't drive, that would drop five bucks to be taken a few miles down the road," Overstreet said.
Uber, though, has had its share of controversy.
The Associated Press reported last week that Uber agreed to pay $28.5 million to settle two lawsuits that state the company misled customers about its safety procedures and fees.
The lawsuits criticized Uber for charging a fee of up to $2.30 per trip for what it called industry-leading background checks on drivers signing up for the service.
Diana Symons, an Uber driver in Redding, said the company has an agreement with Jiffy Lube to inspect vehicles to deem them service-worthy. Drivers also can take their checklist and vehicle to a mechanic.
Symons said she initially had concerns about safety.
"What settled it for me is you have to sign up with the program, so Uber knows who you are and how to contact you," said Symons, a student at Bethel's School of Ministry. She said riders have to use a credit card, so those can be traced.
Uber doesn't do the kind of fingerprint checks that are required of taxi cabdrivers, said Greg Murphy, president of Redding Taxi Cab Leasing Inc., which operates Redding Yellow Cab. Murphy said he is the oldest cab company in Redding.
"It's hard for me to grasp that we are allowing a vehicle for hire, under the definition, to go out there and not comply with any of the city codes. It's just unfathomable for all of us," Murphy said.
Some U.S. cities have implemented rules for Uber and other ride-hailing companies, like Lyft.
Earlier this month, Burlington, Vermont, approved rules that require all transportation firms to conduct driver background checks through the city or an accredited third party, the Burlington Free Press reported. A vehicle-for-hire enforcement position also was created.
In California, Uber is regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission. Cab companies fall under the jurisdiction of the city in which they do business.
Taxi cab companies doing business in Redding have their vehicles inspected by the city and the drivers are background checked and fingerprinted through the police department, said Teresa Rudolph, Redding's assistant city clerk.
"We don't regulate Uber vehicles like we do taxi cab companies'," Rudolph said.
Background checks and things like assuring the drivers are properly insured are a coordinated effort between the CPUC and Uber.
Uber drivers in Redding also don't need to have a business license, unless they gross more than $1,250 per quarter, at which point they would be considered an independent contractor and need a license, Rudolph said.
Murphy believes the time will come when he and other cab companies take their complaints to the city.
"I think that's inevitable," he said. "Competitors generally don't associate. ... I can't help but think since we are all pushed into the same boat, that we are not all going to be involved in definitely approaching the city."
About David Benda
Business reporter David Benda has been a journalist for nearly 30 years, including stints as a sports editor and copy editor. He has a background in business and a love for gardening, reading, hiking and sports, especially the Pittsburgh Pirates. He also writes the weekly "Buzz on the Street" column.
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Q: OpenGL Not Mesh Displaying I'm trying to make my own opengl engine for learning purposes and I'm using glfw3, glew, and assimp. So far I can load models from files and display them on screen. It can also read and compile shaders from files. When I try to draw a mesh using a shader it disappears, but if I don't use a shader it shows up just fine. I think my problem might be when I'm binding the mesh data to VBO's and VAO's. It might also be how I'm loading it
Here is my Shader loading functions:
Shader::Shader(string vertex_path, string fragment_path) {
    Shader::success = false;

    string vertex, fragment;

    vertex = file_read_all(vertex_path);
    fragment = file_read_all(fragment_path);

    const GLchar *verCode = vertex.c_str();
    const GLchar *fraCode = fragment.c_str();

    GLuint verShader, fraShader;

    GLint success;
    GLchar log[512];

    verShader = glCreateShader(GL_VERTEX_SHADER);

    glShaderSource(verShader, 1 , &verCode, NULL);
    glCompileShader(verShader);

    glGetShaderiv(verShader, GL_COMPILE_STATUS, &success);

    if (!success) {
        glGetShaderInfoLog(verShader, 512, NULL, log);

        cout << "Failed to Compile Vertex Shader " << vertex_path << "!" << endl << log;
        return;
    }

    fraShader = glCreateShader(GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER);

    glShaderSource(fraShader, 1, &fraCode, NULL);
    glCompileShader(fraShader);

    glGetShaderiv(fraShader, GL_COMPILE_STATUS, &success);

    if (!success) {
        glGetShaderInfoLog(fraShader, 512, NULL, log);

        cout << "Failed to Compile Vertex Shader " << fragment_path << "!" << endl << log;
        return;
    }

    Shader::shader_id = glCreateProgram();

    glAttachShader(Shader::shader_id, verShader);
    glAttachShader(Shader::shader_id, fraShader);

    glLinkProgram(Shader::shader_id);

    glGetShaderiv(Shader::shader_id, GL_LINK_STATUS, &success);

    glDeleteShader(verShader);
    glDeleteShader(fraShader);

    if (!success) {
        glGetShaderInfoLog(Shader::shader_id, 512, NULL, log);

        cout << "Failed to Link Shaders " << vertex_path << " and " << fragment_path << "!" << endl << log;
        return;
    }

    Shader::success = true;
    }

Here is my Vertex Shader program:
#version 330 core
layout (location = 0) in vec3 position;

uniform mat4 view;

void main()
{
    gl_Position = view * vec4(position, 1.0f);
}

Here is my function that binds mesh data to VBO's/VAO's:
void Mesh::bind(vector<float> vertex, vector<float> normal, vector<GLuint> indices) {
    glGenVertexArrays(1, &this->VAO);
    glGenBuffers(1, &this->VBO);
    glGenBuffers(1, &this->EBO);

    glBindVertexArray(this->VAO);

    glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, this->VBO);

    glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, vertex.size() * sizeof(float), &vertex[0], GL_STATIC_DRAW);

    glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, this->EBO);
    glBufferData(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, indices.size() * sizeof(GLuint), &indices[0], GL_STATIC_DRAW);

    glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);
    glVertexAttribPointer(0, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, vertex.size() * sizeof(float), 0);
    glEnableVertexAttribArray(1);
    glVertexAttribPointer(1, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, normal.size() * sizeof(float), 0);

    glBindVertexArray(0);

}

Here is the code that draws my meshes:
void Mesh::Draw() {
    glBindVertexArray(this->VAO);
    glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, this->count);
}

Here is my functions that loads and processes the mesh:
Mesh::Mesh(string path) {
    Assimp::Importer importer;

    const aiScene* scene = importer.ReadFile(path, aiProcess_Triangulate | aiProcess_JoinIdenticalVertices);

    this->process(scene);
}

void Mesh::process(const aiScene* scene) {
    vector<float> vertex, normal;
    vector<GLuint> indeces;

    this->count = 0;

    if (scene->HasMeshes()) {
        this->loaded = true;
        for (int i = 0; i != scene->mNumMeshes; i++) {
            for (int ii = 0; ii != scene->mMeshes[i]->mNumVertices; ii++) {
                vertex.push_back(scene->mMeshes[i]->mVertices[ii].x);
                vertex.push_back(scene->mMeshes[i]->mVertices[ii].y);
                vertex.push_back(scene->mMeshes[i]->mVertices[ii].z);

                normal.push_back(scene->mMeshes[i]->mNormals[ii].x);
                normal.push_back(scene->mMeshes[i]->mNormals[ii].y);
                normal.push_back(scene->mMeshes[i]->mNormals[ii].z);

                this->count++;
            }
            for (int ii = 0; ii != scene->mMeshes[i]->mNumFaces; ii++) {
                for (int iii = 0; iii != scene->mMeshes[i]->mFaces[ii].mNumIndices; iii++) {
                    indeces.push_back(scene->mMeshes[i]->mFaces[ii].mIndices[iii]);
                    indeces.push_back(scene->mMeshes[i]->mFaces[ii].mIndices[iii]);
                    indeces.push_back(scene->mMeshes[i]->mFaces[ii].mIndices[iii]);
                    this->indice_count++;
                }
            }
        }
    }
    this->vertex_count = this->count;
    this->bind(vertex, normal, indeces);
}

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A year after baking cupcakes for the very first time, I decided it was time to have a go at a full-sized cake. Having used Dan's sister's birthday as a reason for baking for the very first time, I thought the occasion, a year on, called for a bigger and better one!
Being very new to baking myself everything looks incredibly difficult to create and extremely impressive to me. So, I thought I would set myself a little challenge and rather than just bake a cake, I would bake a Piñata Cake.
To fill the cake I used a mixture of crispy and original M&M's – but the possibilities are endless. Haribo, skittles, fresh fruit or a variety of chocolates all work well. I then sprinkled blue and pink 'glimmer' cake decorations over the top.
Preheat the oven to 180ºC and line 2 x 21cm cake tins with greaseproof paper.
Gradually add all your ingredients into a large mixing bowl, whisking as you go.
Once combined – pour into the cake tins, ensuring they are as even as possible.
Turn out onto a wire rack and choose which will be the base – then turn this upside down and leave to cool. Tip: make sure the cake is completely cool before adding the sweetie centre to avoid them melting!
Whilst the base is cooling you can make the buttercream by whisking together the icing sugar, butter and vanilla extract.
Turn the top cake upside down and mark out a circle, do the same on the base and then scoop out the centre. Tip: be careful not to cut all the way through the cake, you only want to go about half way down.
Cover the edge of the circles with buttercream and add in your filling of choice to the base.
Once you are happy there is enough filling, put the top cake on like a lid and push them firmly together.
Coat the entire cake in a light layer of buttercream and leave to one side.
Decorate the top of your finished cake.
Although a piñata is usually hit with a bat until the sweets are revealed, I would advise cutting into this one with a knife to reveal the sweet surprise!


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TV Networks Shift From Coverage of Electoral Tally to Storming of Capitol
Posted On : January 11, 2021 Published By : Patricia A. Eldridge
On his Wednesday program, Tucker Carlson called the day's violence "wrong" and said that American citizens "are inseparably intertwined." He did not mention Mr. Trump by name in his opening monologue, and he warned that Democrats' taking power in Washington might strip away Americans' freedoms in reaction to Wednesday's events.
He concluded by saying that those who showed no understanding of the concerns of the people who stormed the Capitol were foolish. "We got to this sad, chaotic day for a reason," he said. "It is not your fault. It is their fault."
Right-wing personalities, who have helped fuel a movement built on misinformation and conspiracy theories, were reluctant to blame Mr. Trump for the violent actions of his supporters. On Newsmax, a conservative network that caters to Trump partisans — and whose most popular host, Greg Kelly, has insisted without basis that Mr. Trump can still win the election — commentators tried to denounce the mainstream media instead.
On Wednesday, Mr. Kelly echoed other Trump allies, including the Fox News star Laura Ingraham, in spreading a baseless rumor that far-left protesters were at fault for the actions of the pro-Trump mob. The notion that Trump supporters were blameless also cropped up on Mr. Carlson's show, when a guest, Drew Hernandez, said that "antifa insurrectionists possibly could have infiltrated some of these movements." Another Fox News personality, Brit Hume, wrote on Twitter, "Do not be surprised if we learn in the days ahead that the Trump rioters were infiltrated by leftist extremists."
Earlier on Wednesday, Fox News and Newsmax, along with Fox Business, broadcast Mr. Trump's incendiary, falsehood-laden speech in full, including when he urged his supporters to march down Pennsylvania Avenue. (The other cable news networks did not air the president's speech.) After the Capitol rampage, on Newsmax, Bernard Kerik, a former New York City police commissioner and felon who was pardoned by Mr. Trump, asserted that journalists "are acting like it was an armed takeover of the Capitol and that's nonsense."
He added, despite ample footage of the riot, that "you have six to 10 people who entered the building. OK, deal with it."
In tranquil times, the congressional certification of the Electoral College vote is the sort of rudimentary government business typically relegated to C-SPAN. Even before the mob headed to the Capitol, the networks were prepared for a marathon day of minute-by-minute Washington coverage, as allies of President Trump in the House and Senate planned a last-ditch effort to subvert the results of the election.
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There has been a lot of buzz about carbon neutral and net zero buildings and I decided to take a closer look at what this noise is all about.
Simply speaking a net zero building produces as much energy (or more) than it uses in a year. A carbon neutral building on the other hand does not use any fossil fuels in its operation.


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Kenilworth 1's suffered relegation from the top flight of the Warwickshire Cricket League when they could only draw at Solihull Blossomfield, falling short by 22 runs of the winning post in a high scoring game. Solihull recorded a stiff 263-2 as Williamson made 67 and Basher 57 who shared in a 111 run opening partnership. The mantle was then taken up by Khan who made an unbeaten 81 and Weaver 51 not out as their unbeaten 123 run partnership lifted Solihull to their final total. Only Geoff Edmunds with 3-64 off his 15 overs was Kenilworth's only successful bowler. Replying, they could only and frustratingly make 242-6 as skipper Dave Edmunds posted a fine 80 during which he hit 10 boundaries and 4 sixes. Chris Prophet hit 44 (4 x 4 and a six) and Adam Stuart 43 ( 5 x 4) but their efforts were in vain as Kenilworth were condemned to life in Division 1 for next season.


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Morning ladies so before I share what I'm wearing today I wanted to show you a new table runner I recently bought during the last Marks & Spencer Friends & Family discount. It goes perfectly with my mercurised candle holders & whilst it's ideal for dressing our tables over the festive season I also plan on using mine all year round. I went for the white mix but it's also available in a gold mix here & a pewter mix here.
Back to today & I'm going for an all black look styling a summer skirt I managed to nab in the sales with a simple crew neck jumper & biker.
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Title:A Translation of the Epistle of the Apostle Paul to The Romans, with an introduction and critical notes. By the Rev. James Challis, M.A., F.R.S., F.R.A.S., Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy in the University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Trinity College
Publisher: Deighton, Bell and Co.: Cambridge, Bell and Daldy: London
Contents: Romans
References: Chamberlin: 726-8; Herbert: 2251
Image: Title page
Comments: A facsimile PDF is available at archive.org
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