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Renatus Leopold Christian Karl von Senckenberg (* 23. Mai 1751 in Wien; † 19. Oktober 1800 in Gießen) war ein deutscher Jurist, Historiker und Stifter.

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Renatus Karl kam am 23. Mai 1751 als Sohn von Heinrich Christian von Senckenberg und dessen zweiter Gattin Sophie Elisabeth, geborene von Palm, in Wien zur Welt. Seine Erziehung war streng protestantisch. Schon früh übernahm der Vater seine Unterrichtung, indem er unter anderem eine "Vorläufige Einleitung in die Rechtsgelehrsamkeit" für ihn schrieb und ihn in das Studium historischer Urkunden einweihte. 1766 erhielt sein Vater für ihn eine Domherrenstelle am Lübecker Dom.

Nach dem Tod des Vaters ging Senckenberg 1768 an die Göttinger Universität und studierte hier wie später auch in Straßburg Jura und Geschichtswissenschaften. 1772 arbeitete er dann zu seiner praktischen Ausbildung am Reichskammergericht in Wetzlar, musste aber einige Zeit aussetzen, um in Frankfurt bei der Einrichtung der Stiftung seines verstorbenen Onkels Johann Christian, der dem Senior der Familie die Oberaufsicht zugeschrieben hatte, tätig zu sein. 1774 bereiste er Italien. Er sah sich mächtig angeregt durch die künstlerischen und geschichtlichen Eindrücke dieses Landes und wurde in Rom in die Gesellschaft der Accademia dell'Arcadia aufgenommen. 1775 trat er in Gießen als Assessor in die hessische Regierung ein. Eine 1778 nach Wien unternommene Reise wurde für ihn verhängnisvoll. Er kam in den Verdacht die "Verzichtleistungsakte des Herzogs Albrecht von Bayern von 1429" (aus den hinterlassenen Papieren seines Vaters) dem kurpfälzischen Hofe mitgeteilt und dadurch das Interesse Österreichs an der bayrischen Erbfolge schwer geschädigt zu haben. Nach längerer Gefangenschaft wurde er aus Österreich verbannt und kehrte nach Gießen zurück; erst 1792 hob Franz II. das Verbannungsdekret auf.

Auf vielen Reisen suchte Senckenberg Fühlung mit damaligen Größen der deutschen Wissenschaft und Dichtung. 1780 wurde er Regierungsrat, legte aber schon 1784 seine Stellung nieder und lebte fortan in Gießen als Privatmann. Wohl durch das Vorbild seines Onkels Heinrich Christian angeregt, vermachte er die reichen Bücherschätze, die der Vater und er gesammelt hatten, der Gießener Universitätsbibliothek und hinterließ der Hochschule zudem sein Haus und 10.000 Gulden zur Verwendung für die Bibliothek. Seine zahlreichen Schriften behandeln (wie die des Vaters) Gebiete der Geschichts-, Staats- und Rechtswissenschaften. Besonders hervorzuheben ist die 1782 erschienene Biographie seines Vaters und die Fortsetzung der Häberlinschen Reichsgeschichte von Bd. 21–27 (1790–98).

Auch als Dichter hat er sich betätigt: 1785 ließ er unter dem Pseudonym Polydor Nemaeus (sein Arkadiername) das Werk "Carmina varia selecta latina et graeca" und 1787 die "Geschichte eines Christen" drucken – beides allerdings nur für seinen Freundeskreis. 1796 erschien dann das dramatische Gedicht Charlotte Corday, welches von der Wiener Zensur verboten wurde.

Renatus Karl starb am 19. Oktober 1800, seine einzige Tochter war ihm bereits vorausgegangen.

Mit dem Tod seines Bruders Karl (geb. 1760), der in die sardinische Armee eingetreten war, aber schon 1787 als Hauptmann seinen Abschied genommen hatte und 1842 kinderlos starb, erlosch dieser Zweig der Familie Senckenberg.

Literatur

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Einzelnachweise

Deutscher
Jurist in der Frühen Neuzeit
Autor
Geboren 1751
Gestorben 1800
Mann
Domherr (Lübeck)


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Q: How to add sql into a javaScipt function? i would like input from my user to go into a database, but it is not working. I have a working block of sql code that would insert the data into the database, but i keep getting "undefined" errors when it gets ran.
This is the fully working sql code
<?php
require 'creationlink.php';

$quizname = $_POST['name'];
$quest = $_POST['question'];
$ans1 = $_POST['answer1'];
$ans2 = $_POST['answer2'];
$ans3 = $_POST['answer3'];
$ans4 = $_POST['answer4'];
$correct = $_POST['A'];

  //initiates connection with database with creation file
  $sql = "INSERT INTO Quiz(question, answer1, answer2, answer3, answer4, correct) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)";

  if($stmt = mysqli_prepare($conn, $sql)){
      // Bind variables to the prepared statement as parameters
      mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt, "ssssss", $quest, $ans1, $ans2, $ans3, $ans4, $correct);

      // Attempt to execute the prepared statement
      if(mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt)){
          echo "Records inserted successfully.";
      } else{
          echo "ERROR: Could not execute query: $sql. " . mysqli_error($conn);
      }
  }
  else{
      echo "ERROR: Could not prepare query: $sql. " . mysqli_error($conn);
  }
  ?>

and this is the code that i would like the sql to apply to, which is just a simple quiz template that iterates depending on the user input.

  <form id='namennumber' action="includes/dbquestions.php" method="post">

     Quiz name
     <input name="quizname" type="text" placeholder="Enter quizname" required>

   </form>

         Enter a question
         <input name="question" type="text" placeholder="Enter a question" value ="question" required>

         Possible answer A
         <input type="text" name="answer1" placeholder="Enter a possible answer" value ="answer1"required>

         Possible answer B
         <input type="text" name="answer2" placeholder="Enter a possible answer" value ="answer2"required>

         Possible answer C
         <input type="text" name="answer3" placeholder="Enter a possible answer" value ="answer3"required>

         Possible answer D
         <input type="text" name="answer4" placeholder="Enter a possible answer" value ="answer4"required>

Correct answer

         <input type="radio" name="A" <?php if (isset($answer) && $answer=="A") echo "checked"; ?> value="A" />
         A

         <input type="radio" name="A" <?php if (isset($answer) && $answer=="B") echo "checked"; ?> value="B" />
         B

         <input type="radio" name="A" <?php if (isset($answer) && $answer=="C" )echo "checked"; ?> value="C" />
         C

         <input type="radio" name="A" <?php if (isset($answer) && $answer=="D" )echo "checked"; ?> value="D"/>
         D

         <form action="includes/dbquestions.php">
<button style="width:auto;" id="enter" class="btn btn-primary big-btn" >Save</button>
</form>

A: In your HTML, all the <input> elements are outside the <form> and hence you are getting the undefined error. To resolve the error move your <input> elements to the <form> tag. Try replacing your html code as below.

    <form id='namennumber' action="includes/dbquestions.php" method="post">
      Quiz name
      <input name="quizname" type="text" placeholder="Enter quizname" required>

    </form>

        <form action="includes/dbquestions.php"> //moved all the input elements
          Enter a question
          <input name="question" type="text" placeholder="Enter a question" value="question" required>

          Possible answer A
          <input type="text" name="answer1" placeholder="Enter a possible answer" value="answer1" required>

          Possible answer B
          <input type="text" name="answer2" placeholder="Enter a possible answer" value="answer2" required>

          Possible answer C
          <input type="text" name="answer3" placeholder="Enter a possible answer" value="answer3" required>

          Possible answer D
          <input type="text" name="answer4" placeholder="Enter a possible answer" value="answer4" required>

Correct answer

          <input type="radio" name="A" <?php if (isset($answer) && $answer=="A") echo "checked"; ?> value="A" />
          A

          <input type="radio" name="A" <?php if (isset($answer) && $answer=="B") echo "checked"; ?> value="B" />
          B

          <input type="radio" name="A" <?php if (isset($answer) && $answer=="C" )echo "checked"; ?> value="C" />
          C

          <input type="radio" name="A" <?php if (isset($answer) && $answer=="D" )echo "checked"; ?> value="D" />
          D

          <button style="width:auto;" id="enter" class="btn btn-primary big-btn">Save</button>
        </form>

As a note, you are using the same parameter for action, for both the <form>s in your HTML. See below.
action="includes/dbquestions.php"

Since you are using $_POST in your server side code, you will have to specify method as post for your <form>, as the default method for a <form> is get and not post.
UPDATE
From your errors, that you have posted in the comments, I've combined the 2 forms that you were using.

    <form id='namennumber' action="includes/dbquestions.php" method="post">
      Quiz name
      <input name="quizname" type="text" placeholder="Enter quizname" required>

          Enter a question
          <input name="question" type="text" placeholder="Enter a question" value="question" required>

          Possible answer A
          <input type="text" name="answer1" placeholder="Enter a possible answer" value="answer1" required>

          Possible answer B
          <input type="text" name="answer2" placeholder="Enter a possible answer" value="answer2" required>

          Possible answer C
          <input type="text" name="answer3" placeholder="Enter a possible answer" value="answer3" required>

          Possible answer D
          <input type="text" name="answer4" placeholder="Enter a possible answer" value="answer4" required>

Correct answer

          <input type="radio" name="A" <?php if (isset($answer) && $answer=="A") echo "checked"; ?> value="A" />
          A

          <input type="radio" name="A" <?php if (isset($answer) && $answer=="B") echo "checked"; ?> value="B" />
          B

          <input type="radio" name="A" <?php if (isset($answer) && $answer=="C" )echo "checked"; ?> value="C" />
          C

          <input type="radio" name="A" <?php if (isset($answer) && $answer=="D" )echo "checked"; ?> value="D" />
          D

          <button style="width:auto;" id="enter" class="btn btn-primary big-btn">Save</button>
        </form>

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Q: C++ placement new, inheritance and destructor Fellows,
When using placement-new on a class hierarchy, the base class must do the de-allocation. Otherwise, the base class destructor will be called on a de-allocated object.
I want to be able to perform the de-allocation from a derived class. So I am open for ideas and suggestions! (NB: I am not married to placement-new, but I want to have custom memory management instead of new/delete).
Please find below a sample piece of code:
#include <cstdint>
#include <cstdio>
#include <new>

class CParent
{
public :
    CParent() {
        printf("CParent()\n");
    }

    virtual ~CParent() {
        printf("~CParent()\n");
    }
};

class CAllocator
{
private :
    void Free(uint8_t *buffer) {
        printf("CAllocator::Free(%p)\n", buffer);
        delete [] buffer;
    }

    class CChild : public CParent
    {
    public :
        CChild(CAllocator &allocator, uint8_t *buffer)
            : mAllocator(allocator), mBuffer(buffer)
        {
            printf("CChild()\n");
        }

        ~CChild() {
            printf("~CChild()\n");
            mAllocator.Free(mBuffer);
        }

    private :
        CAllocator &mAllocator;
        uint8_t *mBuffer;
    };

public :
    CParent *Alloc() {
        uint8_t *buffer = new uint8_t[sizeof(CChild)];
        printf("CAllocator::Alloc() = %p\n", buffer);
        return new (buffer) CChild(*this, buffer);
    }
};

int main()
{
    CAllocator allocator;
    CParent *object = allocator.Alloc();

    // NB: Can't do `delete object` here because of placement-new
    object->~CParent();
    return 0;
}

Which gives the following output:
CAllocator::Alloc() = 0x2001010
CParent()
CChild()
~CChild()
CAllocator::Free(0x2001010)
~CParent()

So ~CParent() is called after the memory is freed...
Thank you so much for your help!

A: You are mixing the following notions in such a way that it makes me think that you are unclear on what they are supposed to be:

*

*Base classs/derived class destructors.

*Placement new operator.

*Memory allocation and deallcation.

When you use the plain old operator new to allocate objects, two things happen:

*

*Memory is allocated for the object.

*The constructor of the object (for classes that have constructors) is called.

When you call operator delete on pointers that were returned by operator new, two things happen:

*

*The destructor of the object is called.

*Memory is deallocated.

When you use a placement new operator, you have to:

*

*Allocate memory before the call to the placement new operator.

*Use the pre-allocated memory in the call to new. A constructor of the class is called to initialize the object.

For such objects, you have to:

*

*Call the destructor explicitly.

*Deallocate the memory using a method that matches with the way the memory was allocated. If you used operator new char[size]; to allocate memory, use delete [] ptr; to deallocate the memory. If you used malloc(size) to allocate memory, use free(ptr) to deallocate the memory.

To keep your code clean, you should separate:

*

*The responsibility for allocation and deallocation of memory.

*The responsibility for calling constructors and destructors.

In your posted code, the class CChild seems to be unclean. It's not clear whether it is meant to be a user facing class or a helper class to help you manage memory.
If you meant it to be a user facing class, I would refactor the code to:
#include <cstdint>
#include <cstdio>
#include <new>

class CParent
{
   public :
      CParent() {
         printf("CParent()\n");
      }

      virtual ~CParent() {
         printf("~CParent()\n");
      }
};

class CChild : public CParent
{
   public :
      CChild()
      {
         printf("CChild()\n");
      }

      ~CChild() {
         printf("~CChild()\n");
      }

   private :
};

class CAllocator
{
   public :
      void Free(uint8_t *buffer) {
         printf("CAllocator::Free(%p)\n", buffer);
         delete [] buffer;
      }

      uint8_t *Alloc(size_t size) {
         uint8_t *buffer = new uint8_t[size];
         printf("CAllocator::Alloc() = %p\n", buffer);
         return buffer;
      }
};

int main()
{
   CAllocator allocator;
   uint8_t *buffer = allocator.Alloc(sizeof(CChild));

   CParent* object = new (buffer) CChild;

   object->~CParent();

   allocator.Free(buffer);

   return 0;
}

If you meant CChild to be used as a helper class for managing memory, the first thing you'll have to do is make sure that CAllocator::Alloc() and CAlloctor::Free() are symmetric. Since Alloc() returns a pointer to a CParent, you'll need to change Free() to accept a pointer to a CParent and does the right thing with it. Here's what I think the code should look like:
#include <cstdint>
#include <cstdio>
#include <new>

class CParent
{
   public :
      CParent() {
         printf("CParent()\n");
      }

      virtual ~CParent() {
         printf("~CParent()\n");
      }
};

class CAllocator
{
   private :

      class CChild : public CParent
      {
         public :
            CChild(uint8_t *buffer) : mBuffer(buffer)
            {
               printf("CChild()\n");
            }

            ~CChild() {
               printf("~CChild()\n");

               // The object has ownership of the buffer.
               // It can deallocate it.
               delete [] mBuffer;
            }

         private :
            uint8_t *mBuffer;
      };

   public :

      // Make Alloc and Free symmetric.
      // If Alloc() returns a CParent*, make sure Free()
      // accepts the same value and does the right thing
      // with it.

      CParent *Alloc() {
         uint8_t *buffer = new uint8_t[sizeof(CChild)];
         printf("CAllocator::Alloc() = %p\n", buffer);

         // Transfer the ownership of buffer to CChild
         return new (buffer) CChild(buffer);
      }

      void Free(CParent* object) {
         printf("CAllocator::Free(%p)\n", object);
         object->~CParent();
      }

};

int main()
{
   CAllocator allocator;

   CParent *object = allocator.Alloc();
   allocator.Free(object);

   return 0;
}


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The History of Calderwood Realty
Calderwood Realty can actually trace its roots all of the way back to the existence of Smithers. In 1914 the first real estate business was started by W.S. Henry & Dunlop who were agents for Rattenbury Lands.
In 1929 the business was then sold to Lambert Kenney and L.H. Kenney Real Estate was started. In 1939 R.W. Calderwood Agencies Ltd was born when Roy William Calderwood purchased the business.
Originally R.W. Calderwood Agencies didn't just sell real estate it also sold insurance, & was a public notary. Back in 1939 real estate was only a very small part of the business. Roy ran Calderwood Agencies until he passed away in 1953. The business was then taken over by Roy's wife Marge Calderwood. Marge was originally a trained nurse but unfortunately had contracted polio and was no longer able to work as one. She became a notary, and also looked after both insurance and real estate.
In 1977 Charlie Northrup got his real estate license and started selling for Calderwood Agencies with Marge Calderwood.
In 1979 Charlie got his Brokers license and became partners with Marge by purchasing half of Calderwood Realty. Marge Calderwood retired from Real Estate in 1986 and at that time David Mio purchased Marge's half of the business. For the next two decades Charlie and David successfully ran Calderwood Realty "the hometown team" as the premiere real estate company in Smithers.
n 2007 Charlie Northrup and David Mio sold the business to John Butler. John Butler has a long history of being both a Realtor and appraiser in the Bulkley Valley. John had owned and operated previous real estate companies in the past, but found the prospect of owning Calderwood Realty to be an appealing one.
In 2007 DJ Mio (David Mio's son) became a licensed Realtor and was able to work with his dad for almost a year before David retired. That time and experience was invaluable as there is such a steep learning curve when jumping into real estate.
In 2015 DJ received his Managing Brokers license. It became clear that John was considering slowing down and eventually would be ready to sell the business. After much thought and deliberation, DJ & his wife Jennifer made a proposal to John in 2020 to purchase the company. DJ & John have always had deep respect for each other, which made the decision and business transfer very smooth. DJ & Jennifer are extremely proud of the deep history that Calderwood has in this community. Upholding the legacy as a trustworthy, reliable, hardworking real estate office is of utmost importance to them.
The History of Our Building
Even though the location of Calderwood's has never changed there have now been 3 different buildings at 1175 Main Street. The first building was already an old building when Roy Calderwood purchased it in 1939.
The Calderwood family can remember having to step down off of the street to enter into the building.
The Second Calderwood building was built in the late 1950's. This was a one story flat roofed building that eventually had peaks added to the front to comply with the Town of Smithers Alpine theme.
During this time half of the building was rented out to Eaton's, while the other half did real estate, insurance and notary.
The 3rd building was built in 1981 by Marge Calderwood and is the same building that Calderwood Realty is in today. Originally Calderwood Insurance was in the bottom left half and Calderwood Realty was in the bottom right half.
1177 Main Street Smithers, British Columbia V0J 2N0

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Q: .NET 4 - win forms app location I have a couple of issues right now.  I think I would like to create an .msi for my application.  However, all I can find it how to publish the application.
So my 1st question is: How can I setup an .MSI for my application distribution?
When I go through the publish wizard I can setup where the install files will reside but I really would like to setup where the actual application will be.
My 2nd question is: If I have to use the publishing feature, how do I setup where the actual program will be installed?
Just for some context for the 2nd questions - The user will be able to change the some text files that the app is reading from and I want to be able to direct the user to the right location.  I would prefer to have a simple location versus some convoluted Microsoft location.

A: Q1 - the easiest way to generate a .msi package would be using a Visual Studio 2010 Setup Project or Setup Wizard (under Other Project Types -> Setup and Deployment -> Visual Studio Installer). You'd need to add a setup project to your solution. The setup project should give you enough flexibility in terms of the application installation location, etc.
Q2 - you don't have much control over the application installation location when using ClickOnce publishing and that's by design. My suggestion would be to write some custom code that would execute on your application startup and create/read the text files to/from the desired location.

A: *

*In order to create an MSI, you actually have to create a new project (New Project -> Other Project Types -> Setup and Deployment -> Visual Studio Installer).  From here you can select which assemblies and other dependencies you want installed.

*When you use the publishing wizard, you're actually creating a ClickOnce deployment.  You have no control where files are installed and this is by design.

I would prefer to have a simple location versus some convoluted Microsoft location.

There is a good reason for the convoluted Microsoft location.  User files should go in a user directory.  Gone are the days when we could assume that the user was a superuser and had write permissions everywhere.  It is also good practice to keep all application files in locations the installer is aware of, so that they can be properly uninstalled.


• The Decision Tree is a form of flow diagram that helps to map out complicated decision-making processes, or the possible directions a conversation or interaction might take.
• Each branch of a tree represents a decisive moment. This can be as clear cut as yes/no, or as mild as not interested/might be.
• The tree is particularly useful in mapping long and drawn-out sales decision processes such as buying a car, which might have a three-year gestation period.
• It can also be used to map options on questionnaires, the options in call centre conversations, or those on a technological interface such as a mobile device.


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Saint-Genest-Malifaux és un municipi francès situat al departament del Loira i a la regió d'Alvèrnia-Roine-Alps. L'any 2007 tenia 2.891 habitants.

Demografia

Població
El 2007 la població de fet de Saint-Genest-Malifaux era de 2.891 persones. Hi havia 1.058 famílies de les quals 308 eren unipersonals (125 homes vivint sols i 183 dones vivint soles), 293 parelles sense fills, 389 parelles amb fills i 68 famílies monoparentals amb fills.

La població ha evolucionat segons el següent gràfic:

Habitants censats

Habitatges
El 2007 hi havia 1.460 habitatges, 1.097 eren l'habitatge principal de la família, 354 eren segones residències i 9 estaven desocupats. 987 eren cases i 468 eren apartaments. Dels 1.097 habitatges principals, 690 estaven ocupats pels seus propietaris, 369 estaven llogats i ocupats pels llogaters i 38 estaven cedits a títol gratuït; 11 tenien una cambra, 102 en tenien dues, 241 en tenien tres, 278 en tenien quatre i 465 en tenien cinc o més. 762 habitatges disposaven pel capbaix d'una plaça de pàrquing. A 448 habitatges hi havia un automòbil i a 499 n'hi havia dos o més.

Piràmide de població
La piràmide de població per edats i sexe el 2009 era:

Economia
El 2007 la població en edat de treballar era de 1.792 persones, 1.332 eren actives i 460 eren inactives. De les 1.332 persones actives 1.247 estaven ocupades (682 homes i 565 dones) i 85 estaven aturades (33 homes i 52 dones). De les 460 persones inactives 132 estaven jubilades, 219 estaven estudiant i 109 estaven classificades com a «altres inactius».

Ingressos
El 2009 a Saint-Genest-Malifaux hi havia 1.080 unitats fiscals que integraven 2.712,5 persones, la mediana anual d'ingressos fiscals per persona era de 19.578 €.

Activitats econòmiques
Dels 154 establiments que hi havia el 2007, 4 eren d'empreses alimentàries, 3 d'empreses de fabricació de material elèctric, 12 d'empreses de fabricació d'altres productes industrials, 19 d'empreses de construcció, 34 d'empreses de comerç i reparació d'automòbils, 12 d'empreses de transport, 15 d'empreses d'hostatgeria i restauració, 4 d'empreses d'informació i comunicació, 5 d'empreses financeres, 5 d'empreses immobiliàries, 14 d'empreses de serveis, 18 d'entitats de l'administració pública i 9 d'empreses classificades com a «altres activitats de serveis».

Dels 39 establiments de servei als particulars que hi havia el 2009, 1 era una oficina d'administració d'Hisenda pública, 1 gendarmeria, 1 oficina de correu, 2 oficines bancàries, 3 tallers de reparació d'automòbils i de material agrícola, 1 autoescola, 1 paleta, 2 guixaires pintors, 4 fusteries, 5 lampisteries, 5 electricistes, 3 perruqueries, 2 veterinaris, 6 restaurants, 1 agència immobiliària i 1 saló de bellesa.

Dels 16 establiments comercials que hi havia el 2009, 5 eren botiges de menys de 120 m², 4 fleques, 3 carnisseries, 2 botigues d'electrodomèstics, 1 una botiga de material esportiu i 1 una floristeria.

L'any 2000 a Saint-Genest-Malifaux hi havia 48 explotacions agrícoles que ocupaven un total de 1.628 hectàrees.

Equipaments sanitaris i escolars
El 2009 hi havia 1 hospital de tractaments de mitja durada (seguiment i rehabilitació) i 1 farmàcia.

El 2009 hi havia 4 escoles elementals. Saint-Genest-Malifaux disposava d'un col·legi d'educació secundària amb 346 alumnes.

Poblacions més properes
El següent diagrama mostra les poblacions més properes.

Referències

 Résumé statistique Fitxa resum de dades estadístiques de Saint-Genest-Malifaux a l'INSEE.
 Évolution et structure de la population Fitxa amb el detall de dades de Saint-Genest-Malifaux a l'INSEE
 France par commune Dades detallades de tots els municipis de França accessibles a partir del mapa.

Municipis del Loira

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Q: SELENIUM Can't access payment form/fields https://squidindustries.co/checkout
    checkout_cc_number = driver.find_element_by_id("number")
    checkout_cc_number.send_keys(card_number)

When I try to input information into the card number field I get an error saying the element could not be located. I tried using time.sleep and driver.implicitly_wait when i first got to the page but both failed. Any ideas?

A: The element is in a frame (i.e. a webpage within a webpage). Selenium will look for elements in the page it has loaded and not within frames. That's the problem.
To solve this we just need a bit more code, which will tell Selenium to look in the frame.
The example you've given is several pages deep into a shopping cart, so I'm going to use a much more accessible example instead: the mozilla guide to iframes.
Here is some code to open that page and then click the CSS button within the frame:
from selenium import webdriver
import time

browser = webdriver.Chrome()
browser.get(r"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/iframe")
time.sleep(5)

browser.switch_to.frame(browser.find_element_by_class_name("interactive"))
css_button = browser.find_element_by_id("css")
css_button.click()
browser.switch_to.default_content()

There are two lines that are important. The first one is:
browser.switch_to.frame(browser.find_element_by_class_name("interactive"))

That finds the frame and then switches to it. Once we have done that, any code that looks for elements will be looking in the frame and not in the page that we navigated to. That is what you need to do to access the number element. In your example the class of the frame is card-fields-iframe, so use that instead of interactive.
The second important line is:
browser.switch_to.default_content()

That reverts the previous line. So now Selenium will be looking for elements within the page that we navigated to. You'll want to do that after interacting with the frame, so that you can continue through the shopping cart.

A: have you tried getting the input element using the DOM? what happens if you do document.getElementById('number') ?

A: I ran into the same issue, and with checkouts, as you mentioned, all the iframe class names are the same. What I did was get all the iframes with the same class name as a list:
iframes = driver.find_elements(By.CLASS_NAME, "card-fields-iframe")

I then switched through the iframes referencing each one by its place in the list. Since there are only four fields in the checkout, the list is only 4 elements long, starting with [0].
    driver.switch_to.frame(iframes[0])
    number = driver.find_element(By.ID, "number")
    if number.is_displayed:
        number.send_keys("4000300040005000")
    driver.switch_to.default_content()

It's important to note that switching back to the default content, using driver.switch_to.default_content(), before switching to the next frame is the only way I was able to make this work. The is_displayed function just checks to see whether the element is on the page or not.


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Sofi Investing: What is it, and why is it important?
The first thing to know about Sofi is that it is not a stock trading platform.
But the company is building a blockchain for its businesses.
Sofi is building blockchain technology for companies like sofi.com, a site that lets people buy, sell, trade, and rent digital media and apps.
Sofi.co, a marketplace for digital assets, has a similar mission.
Both Sofi and Sofi have raised over $5 million from investors including SoftBank, Accel Partners, and Alibaba.
It is the first time that sofi has raised capital, and SoFi expects to raise a total of $50 million to $100 million in the coming months.
SoFi is a technology company that wants to make blockchain technology a reality in the real world.
SoFi is using blockchain technology to develop a digital asset management platform that allows companies to invest in assets on the blockchain without the need for a traditional stock exchange.
This allows SoFi to build a system that will help improve the value of assets on blockchain, Sofi CEO and co-founder Ben Johnson told me in an interview.
In order to make this possible, SoFi uses blockchain technology.
SoFi's platform is a way to build decentralized applications that are built on top of blockchain.
This lets SoFi scale without having to invest money in an existing company.
This makes SoFi's platform a unique opportunity to create a real-world asset management system that can help transform the world of finance, SoFI CEO Ben Johnson said.
For example, SoFis technology can enable SoFis blockchain to build an asset management software platform that can allow for more efficient and efficient ownership of digital assets.
The software can help improve asset allocation and valuation across all of SoFi products and services.
The SoFi platform also helps SoFi users understand the market and use this knowledge to make smarter investment decisions.
In fact, SoFlo's platform has been tested with over 1,000 different companies in the financial services industry and has made real-time investment decisions, according to Johnson.
SoFis blockchain is open source and can be used by anyone to build their own blockchain application.
In the future, SoFs technology will be open to developers in any industry to build applications for both the public and private markets.
SoFlo, the SoFi Blockchain platform, is built on the SoFlo platform, the platform that SoFi has built and is run by SoFi.
The SoFi team has developed a set of tools for the public market and for private markets that will enable SoFlo users to buy and sell assets on this platform.
SoFlo is an open source, distributed ledger platform that was designed and built to be as easy to use as possible.
The blockchain technology was built by SoFlo.
SoFs team has worked with a blockchain company to develop the blockchain for the SoF project.
The technology allows SoF to create blockchain-based software that enables SoFi and SoF's private markets to conduct real-market transactions and to manage their portfolios on a blockchain.
SoFX is the only company that has access to this blockchain.
SoFX is a company that specializes in blockchain technology and digital asset services, Johnson told TechCrunch.
The company's blockchain technology can be applied to a range of industries, including finance, education, healthcare, transportation, and more.
In addition to SoFi, SoFX works with companies like EMC, Intel, IBM, and others.
The company also has a partnership with the SoFI team to create software to help investors and clients buy and place their orders on SoFi platforms.
SoFM is a blockchain platform that will make it easier for people to access and use digital assets and financial services on Sofi, Johnson said, adding that SoFM's blockchain will be used to allow people to buy, place, and trade securities, as well as to track and manage assets.
Johnson said the SoFM platform will be a great example of the future of blockchain and digital assets in the future.
The technology allows users to view their portfolio and manage their assets on SoFM.
Johnson said this allows investors to make smart investment decisions based on a detailed understanding of their portfolio's characteristics.
Sofm also has the ability to track the price of assets like digital currency and digital currencies like Bitcoin.
So FM is one of the few platforms that has both a public and a private market.
So, FM has been able to be a platform that connects both the marketplaces and the asset management tools for investors and businesses.
Johnson also told me that Sofi's blockchain platform will enable other blockchain companies to create digital assets on its platform, which will enable investors and entrepreneurs to create assets on a global scale.
In future, the companies are planning to build other blockchain-powered platforms, and Johnson said that he is confident that they will succeed.
The next step is to get the public platform built and open source.
Johnson and SoFI co-founders Benjamin Johnson
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A rib is a bone that forms a structure around the thorax of vertebrates. This is known as the rib cage. Humans have 24 ribs, 12 one each side.
It is a common urban legend that male humans have one fewer pair of ribs than female humans. However, this is not true. This came from the Christian bible explaining the creation of Eve from the rib of Adam.
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Have you been considering offering sensory storytimes at your library or doing outreach to a school serving children with developmental delays? Maybe the reason you've hesitated is because you feel unprepared. I get it: Sensory storytime can seem intimidating, with its own particular structure and style. But this is an incredibly important area of service for any library to undertake, reaching children who often otherwise feel unwelcome in a storytime space.
Six years ago, Ashley Waring wrote a wonderful how-to guide for sensory storytime that remains one of ALSC's most popular blog posts to date. My post is in no way meant as an improvement on Ashley's work; instead, we thought it would be great for library professionals – especially those hesitant to offer sensory storytimes – to get an update. In addition to offering some tips for how to run your own sensory storytime, either in the library or at an outreach visit, I'll offer some book suggestions, as I know from personal experience how difficult it can be to find recommendation lists.
Have a visual schedule. Visual schedules tell participants what to expect during storytime. This is especially important for children with developmental delays, who often find transitions difficult. Each element of your storytime should have its own easily-identifiable graphic. (Ashley's post includes a great example.) You can also help children by providing verbal cues about what's going to come next, i.e.: "We're going to sing one more song, and then it's time for our story." Keep these cues simple, though, with no more than the next 2 steps mentioned.
Repeat, repeat, repeat! Not only does this mean it's appropriate to keep songs and stories the same for multiple storytime sessions, but you should also keep certain elements of the storytime consistent from week to week. For instance, having the same welcome and goodbye is really important, as children will be more comfortable if they know what to expect. Consider keeping your other song selections the same, on a rotating basis, as well; when I do storytime outreach, I bring the same 12 song cards every week and allow each class to choose 4-6 to sing.
It's okay to shorten stories. Generally speaking, one or two books are plenty for sensory storytimes, but some stories run a bit long. In those cases, it's okay to paperclip a few pages together and skim over sections – as long as it doesn't turn the book into nonsense, of course!
Have designated spots for each child to sit. If you're holding the storytime at your library, it's a good idea to have carpet tiles or cushions for each child, so everyone has their own space.
Keep it small. I know we often have to justify programming with those high participant numbers, but sensory storytime is one thing that needs to stay small. A ten child maximum is ideal, but I definitely wouldn't allow more than fifteen into a program.
Turn it down. Children with developmental delays often deal with sensory processing issues, so florescent lights and loud noises can be overwhelming. Dim the lights and keep the volume low to make sure these participants feel comfortable.
Make it interactive! Children who attend sensory storytimes often have a difficult time staying focused on one thing for extended periods of time. (So do I, for that matter.) Break things up with songs, fingerplays, scarves, egg shakers, bean bags, and/or bubbles so children are engaged. It's also a good idea to have fidgets available for children who don't have their own. These can be textured balls or bracelets, bendable or squishy toys, etc. Depending on your library's policies and funding, you can either purchase fidgets or create your own.
That means books, too. Some books are already interactive in and of themselves (Hervé Tullet's titles are a great example), but you can make others interactive by adding props or creating felt pieces. Below, you'll find a list of some of my favorite sensory storytime titles.
Fans of Nicola's Open Very Carefully will recognize Carter the crocodile, who's lost and needs help finding his way home. Children are asked to trace shapes – I typically have everyone simply draw the shape on the floor or in the air – and imagine Carter's perfect habitat. Verbal children can answer questions about said habitat – Is it wet or dry? Is it hot or cold? The story has the same mystical quality as Christie Matheson's sensory storytime favorite, Tap the Magic Tree.
One of my personal favorites, Shake the Tree! is about a mouse who really wants a nut – and the antics that follow when he tries to shake it out of the tree. Verbal children will have fun identifying the animals and guessing what will happen next, while non-verbal children can help shake the book to make the magic happen.
Full of the zany surprises typical in Jan Thomas books, Let's Sing a Lullaby with the Brave Cowboy features not only a sweet lullaby – repeated throughout the story – you can sing to the kids, but also opportunities for verbal responses as the cowboy imagines terrifying things lurking in the dark.
I'm sure we've all heard Laurie Berkner's classic "We Are the Dinosaurs," but you might not be aware it was published as a picture book just last year! I've used this story in sensory and toddler storytimes, either simply marching along to the beat or with the addition of egg shakers.
A particularly fun title if you've got kids who are antsy and need to get moving, Jump! is exactly what the title suggests: a story to jump to! Children will have fun mimicking the various animals in the story as they jump to escape becoming the next animal's dinner. Be sure to keep your audience in mind, though: Some children may not be able to jump, and while younger/smaller participants could be lifted by caregivers, this option may not work for everyone.
Another fun one from Jan, Is Everyone Ready for Fun? follows three cows as they get up to shenanigans on Chicken's sofa. You can encourage children to jump, dance, and wiggle along with the cows. Again, keep your audience in mind. If you're just beginning and aren't sure of your exact audience, perhaps save this title until you get to know participants better.
A fun story for learning about community helpers, this book is always popular with verbal children who can guess the helper by their clothing. Features mail carriers, artists, chefs, and more!
Another fun guessing game for verbal children, First the Egg allows participants to guess what comes next in each transformation. From egg to chicken, tadpole to frog, seed to flower, this is an especially good read for the spring.
If you've never read Tanka Tanka Skunk!, you're missing out. It's a great story for teaching kids about rhythm, which makes this the perfect time to pull out the egg shakers (and maybe even a hand drum) so everyone can "keep the beat" while you read.
Besides being incredibly fun to sing, I Ain't Gonna Paint No More is a great props story! Grab some paintbrushes (sans paint, of course) and encourage children to "paint" body parts along with the child in the story. Have caregivers handle the brush for children who aren't able to hold one on their own.
For this colorful story, I love to use a laminated image of Dog (you can find a similar image here or create your own if you're feeling artistic!) and have each child apply a dot. You can use washable paint/markers or simply apply dot stickers. If going with paint/markers, have one child use a baby wipe to "clean" Dog at the end of the story.
If you've got the time and supplies, Mouse Paint makes a great felt story. You need 6 mice (3 white + 1 yellow, 1 red, 1 blue) and some paint puddles. Puddles can be simply red, yellow, and blue, if you'd prefer to make mice feet in your mixed colors; however, for my set, I created additional mixed puddles (purple, green, and orange) and skipped the mice feet.
When I read The Very Hungry Caterpillar for sensory storytime, I bring along what I personally think is my best prop: A tissue box decorated with images of the caterpillar and various laminated food images for the children to feed him. You can create something similar using boxes, paper bags, even cylindrical snack containers. I plan to do something similar with Simms Taback's There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly next. Feeling extra crafty? You can make a caterpillar out of a sock and sew plush foods to feed him!
Looking for more information on conducting sensory storytime? This ALSC post from 2016 includes a great resource list!
This post addresses the following ALSC Core Competencies: I. Commitment to Client Group and III. Programming Skills.
Oh my gosh this article is amazing!! I'm trying to start a sensory storytime at my library and this is such a great resource and inspiration for new ideas!!


The Quickening system replaces the Limit Break system that was common in some of the predecessors to Final Fantasy XII. Quickenings can be used during battle as a quick means of dealing heavy amounts of damage to an enemy or a group of enemies. They are highly effective against bosses, hunt marks and other enemies with high HP.
You will not have access to any Quickenings when you start the game, but they can be unlocked by activating Quickening Licenses on the License Board. The Quickening Licenses are found in different spots on each of the License Boards for the 12 different Jobs – check out the License Board section for more information.
Each character can unlock a maximum of 3 Quickening Licenses but you will notice that there are 4 Quickening Licenses on each of the License Boards. Once you unlock the third and final Quickening License, the fourth Licenses, whichever one you did not activate, will disappear from the License Board and you will no longer be able to activate that space.
It is critical that you make sure that you activate specific Quickening Licenses on each of the License Boards to make sure that you do not lose access to some of the other Licenses that may be important to that character. Scroll down to the Locked Licenses section below for more information about which Licenses are hiding behind a Quickening License for each job.
Once one of your characters gains access to a Quickening License and can use Quickening in battle, a new Mist Charges bar will appear under their HP and MP indicators in the bottom-right side of the screen. These bars indicate how many Mist charges each of your characters has left and they will slowly recharge over time as your characters move around (similar to how MP recharges).
The damage is also based on the strength stat of the character using their Quickening.
So how do you chain Quickenings and what are the mechanics behind the timer that appears on the screen when you initiate a Quickening? Learning how to chain your Quickening attacks is critical to ensuring that the Quickenings do a high amount of damage to the intended target.
The Quickening cinematic will begin as soon as you select the "Mist" and then the "Quickening" option on the battlefield. The character that you selected will begin performing whichever Quickening at whichever level you selected. While that character is completing their Quickening, a timer will appear in the bottom-right section of the screen, along with a list of your other party members, one of their Quickenings (or "Mist Charge") and the button used to initiate the next attack.
The idea behind chaining your Quickening attacks is that you want to press the button to initiate the next Quickening as soon as it appears and as quickly as possible. As you do this, Mist Charges will be spent completing the Quickening, but you may also see an option listed called "Mist Charge". Pressing this button will not initiate another Quickening, but it will recharge that party member's Mist Charges allowing them to complete more Quickenings.
Your goal should be to select the "Mist Charge" option as soon as it comes up in order to keep the Quickenings coming and build up a larger and larger chain. If there are no buttons that you can press, you should press the Button to do a 'reset' and hope that you are luckier the second go around.
It will become apparent very quickly that the ability to chain Quickenings requires getting extremely lucky sometimes. There are times when you are going to get unlucky and will not be able to build a high chain, either due to not seeing the "Mist Charge" option come up or by not being given the option to select a Quickening.
The higher level Concurrences can be extremely difficult to get, and the fact of the matter is that you will have to get extremely lucky while completing your Quickening Chain in order to activate them.
This ends up being a pain point for many players as there is a Trophy that requires completing every Concurrence. Some tips for completing these requirements are included in the section below.
The Mist Walker Trophy is obtained by using Quickenings to perform all of the different Concurrences in the game as indicated above.
You should have a plan in mind when it comes to selecting which Quickening you unlock on each of the License Boards. The Quickenings each cost a different amount of License Points (either 50, 75, 100 or 125) but it does not matter which of the 3 out of 4 you select – your character will still have the same 3 Quickenings. I.E. the 125 LP Quickening License is not more powerful than the 50 or 75.
The strategy comes in to play when you consider the interaction between the two Jobs you have selected for your characters. For example, the Bushi License Board has additional Licenses that can be unlocked if you activate the 75 LP, 100 LP and 125 LP Quickening Licenses, but if you selected another job that would have benefited from unlocking the 50 LP Quickening License, you will have to select which Licenses you will be comfortable not having access to.
The general consensus is that the Koga Blade (Ninja Swords 2) is better than the Iga Blade (Ninja Swords 3), but just be aware that the Koga Blade is an Earth-elemental weapon, which means that during many of the battles the sword will actually end up healing the target rather than inflicting damage. Regardless of that fact, it is recommended that you select the Ninja Swords 2 option and unlock the 50 LP, 75 LP and 125 LP Quickening Licenses for the Shikari.


de Jong Dream House: Our Sixth Anniversary!
Today is our sixth anniversary! Time sure flies when you're having fun! I spent some time this morning looking through photos (and if you know me in real life, you know I take a lot of pictures!) as a way of remembering everything our life together has brought us so far. (Those of you who are new to the blog may not know that I live with a brain injury, so photos become my memory of an event. After about three months, my ability to recall events without photos is greatly diminished).
When Niels and I got married, I promised to keep things interesting, and our life together has certainly been anything but dull! In addition to my ongoing health issues, we've weathered two miscarriages, a very difficult pregnancy and delivery, the loss of our dog, the humbling and excruciatingly slow process of applying for disability, and the process of selling our old house in a rotten market. While none of those events were pleasant, they did draw us closer as a couple, and made me eternally grateful to God for providing the husband I prayed for all those lonely thirty-five years. Niels was definitely worth the wait!
Niels and I honeymooned in Curacao, a tiny Dutch island in the Southern Caribbean that looks like any tropical island on one side, and Arizona on the other. We worshipped with other islanders at a church that met in the movie theater in a service that included three languages. We paid respect to the Africans our cultures (Dutch and American) enslaved by visiting the Kura Hulanda slave museum. (Unfortunately, Curacao was used by the Dutch as a key port in the slave trade). And of course, we enjoyed gorgeous beaches.
The highlight though, was the last night, when we sat on beach chairs with our toes in the water, looking out at a storm in Venezuela. There was something beautiful about that moment. Sitting in absolute paradise, watching the storm ahead.
It's nearly impossible to describe how wonderful it has been to be D's mom. Our little boy blows me away with his curiosity and intelligence. (I often say that I know more than he does, but he is way smarter than me!). He loves all things space, Legos, trains, and books. He's very sweet and loving, especially when I'm sick. I love this sweet spot of being his best friend.
When we began the process of building our house, we were warned that it could cause a lot of friction in a marriage. For us, it was confirmation of how similar our priority and goals really are. When we were building our house, we were less concerned about trends, and more concerned about building a house that would meet our needs both now and in the distant future. We had a lot of fun dreaming about what our life would look like when our then-two-year-old is more social, when he is in school and I was home alone all day, when D is a teen, when we were empty nesters, when we become grandparents, and realistically, if something happens to either one of us and mobility becomes an issues. We took all those dreams into consideration as we designed our dream house.
We spent our fourth anniversary at the house, writing Bible verses on the ICF blocks. Not quite as easy as writing on wood, but we love knowing that those life-giving words surrounds us even to the foundation of our house.
One of the goals we talked about even before we were married was to host an exchange student. It was almost a year ago that we were matched with Marissa, our Dutch daughter.
I admit I was a little nervous about being responsible for a teenage girl for ten months, especially in a new house, but it was a wonderful, wonderful experience. So much so that we're now afraid to do it again because we can't imagine anyone being a better fit for our family than Marissa was. She truly became our daughter, and since she lives in the Netherlands, we are able to see her whenever we are there to visit Niels' family.
Niels and I see ourselves as residents of the United States and citizens of the world. As parents, we want our son to appreciate the diversity of our world, and as much as we are able, we desire to travel to see the world for ourselves. In the past six years, we have been all over the States, and to Canada, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg, Italy and Curacao.
Six years down, a lifetime to go!
And now, and anniversary gift to you, our readers! I made this printable with the verse we used at our wedding. Right click to save to your computer and print it out. Of course, this permission is for private use only.
Thanks for sharing this at the Less Laundry, More Linking Party.I love the printable!
I hope, you two had an awesome anniversary-day!


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Enforcement wins out again - Sinocore International Co. Ltd & RBRG Trading (UK) Limited, 23 April 2018
The English Court of Appeal has today handed down a unanimous judgment dismissing an appeal from the earlier Commercial Court decision of Phillips J upholding the enforcement of a New York Convention (CIETAC) Arbitration Award for a significant US dollar sum.
The case related to a contract to sell rolled steel coils shipped from China to Mexico. Payment was to be made by an irrevocable Letter of Credit (LoC). It then transpired that forged or misdated bills of lading were presented in order to comply with a purported amended shipment date under the LoC. Payment under the LoC against the misdated bills of lading was prevented by an injunction. Sinocore, the sellers of the rolled steel coil, purported to terminate the sale contract due to the Appellants/buyers' repudiatory breach. The Appellants commenced CIETAC Arbitration and Sinocore counterclaimed for damages claiming that the Appellants breached the sale contract by their unilateral attempt to amend the shipment date under the LoC.
The CIETAC Award concluded that the Appellants had breached the sale contract in instructing the bank to issue an amendment to the LoC, which was itself not compliant with the terms of the sale contract. The Tribunal awarded damages to Sinocore and dismissed the counterclaim against Sinocore.
The Appellants appealed the Judgment of Phillips J on four grounds, including that the Judge had applied the wrong legal test, and that he should have applied the more flexible approach established by the Supreme Court in Patel v Mirza,1 and that the Judge was wrong to find that Sinocore's claim was not "based on" its own illegality.
The Court of Appeal addressed section 103 of the Arbitration Act 1996, which states that recognition or enforcement may be refused if it would be contrary to public policy to recognise or enforce the Award.
The Court of Appeal made clear in a judgment of commendable clarity that section 103 of the Act embodies a pre-disposition to favour enforcement of New York Convention Awards. The Court acknowledged the well recognised distinction between an award enforcing a contract to bribe (which would not be enforced), and an award where it is alleged that the underlying contract was as a result of bribery (which the courts have enforced).2
In respect of Patel v Mirza the Court stated that there was nothing in the judgment to suggest that the Supreme Court contemplated that the approach it set out might also be applicable in the context of section 103.
Dealing with the facts of this appeal, the Court concluded that there were a number of reasons why Sinocore's attempted fraud in presenting forged bills of lading and their claim for enforcement of the CIETAC Award was not sufficiently connected to engage the public policy exception, or, if it was engaged, to justify refusal of enforcement on public policy grounds. In particular, the CIETAC Tribunal had expressly considered the causal significance of forged bills of lading, but found that there was none as the Appellants had not been deceived and they had in fact prevented payment under the LoC. The Court of Appeal recognised that in reality the Appellants needed to go behind the findings made by the Tribunal in order to pursue the causation arguments they sought, something that was inappropriate.
Materially, this was at most a case of a failed attempt at fraud. The Appellants were not deceived nor was the bank; the bank did not pay, and forged bills did not go into circulation. Sinocore obtained no benefit from their attempted wrongful act. The Court concluded "In enforcing the Award the court is not allowing its "process to be used by a dishonest person to carry out a fraud". In the event, there was no fraud; only an attempt at fraud. There is no public policy to refuse to enforce an award based on a contract during the course of the performance of which there has been a failed attempt at fraud." (Hamblen LJ).
The English Court of Appeal accepted Sinocore's submission that, on the Tribunal's findings, the attempted fraud was not the basis of their claim or loss and was essentially "collateral" to the claim. Even if Patel v Mirza was relevant, under that approach, the attempted fraud was far from central and was again essentially collateral.
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A useful by-product of this litigation is the Court of Appeal's reaffirmation of the importance (and public policy in favour) of enforcing New York Convention Arbitration Awards even in circumstances where the conduct of one party is found to be unacceptable, and the English court's confirmation of its robust "pro-enforcement" attitude towards arbitration awards, which is most welcome, Brexit or no Brexit.3 We are sure this decision will be welcome in China, and by those engaged in International Arbitration.
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What's in macOS Sierra to Make It a No-Brainer Upgrade
By: Don Reisinger | June 16, 2016
Apple's newly renamed desktop operating system will boast a number of features that will make it a worthwhile upgrade when it arrives later this year.
The Name Has Changed, but Not the Basic Design
The biggest change Apple announced at WWDC was that its desktop operating system will now be known as macOS instead of OS X. Despite the name change, the operating system's design is nearly identical to that of OS X El Capitan, complete with a semi-transparent Dock, standard apps and more. Those hoping for a major OS overhaul won't find it in Sierra.
Siri's the Big Addition
The biggest addition to macOS Sierra is Siri. The long-awaited feature will allow users to interact with Apple's virtual personal assistant to search files, find content within those files and create appointments, among other features. Siri has also become more intelligent, allowing users to ask specific questions, like "show my photos from yesterday." Siri will then respond by displaying only those photos.
There Are Major Enhancements to Messages
Apple spent considerable time talking about its updates to messaging during the WWDC keynote. On the Mac, users will find a wealth of new Messages features, including support for larger emojis, rich links so users can preview what they're clicking on, and the ability to play videos and other content from within the Messages container. It's a notable upgrade for a popular app.
Photos App Helps You Share Memories
The Photos app has come alive in macOS, boasting several new features that photographers might find appealing. In addition to a slight design overhaul, Photos has a new tool called Memories, a feature that automatically creates "stunning slideshows and shareable collections" of images. Plus, improved searching identifies objects and scenes and does a better job of keeping track of where pictures were taken. There's even a "People Album," so users can create albums based on who is featured in pictures.
The New Apple Music Experience
Apple Music was in serious need of an overhaul, and that's just what it got in the new macOS. Apple Music now makes it much easier to find a user's library of content, and its For You recommendations engine has been "revamped" so users can find more music they'll actually like. There's also a new Browse button that helps users discover new content.
Apple Pay Comes to Safari
Apple Pay is coming to Safari. When users are browsing e-commerce sites that support Apple Pay, they'll be given the option to pay for products through the iPhone maker's service. If they choose that option, they'll be asked to make an Apple Pay payment with an iPhone or Apple Watch paired to the Mac. It's part of a broader effort by Apple to expand Apple Pay's presence and ensure seamless connectivity across its Mac and iOS ecosystems.
There's a New Way to Unlock the Mac
If a person is wearing an Apple Watch that has been paired with a Mac, it's now much easier to unlock the Mac. Rather than requiring users to input their passcode, Sierra will automatically recognize the Apple Watch and immediately give users access to the computer. The feature could pave the way for Mac support for Touch ID, if Apple eventually brings its biometric sensor to its computers.
Universal Clipboard Sounds Outstanding
Universal Clipboard might be a small feature in macOS, but it's arguably one of the most interesting. With Universal Clipboard, users will be able to copy anything from text to images and video on an iPhone and paste it to a Mac. The service also works if users copy from a Mac and paste to an iPhone or iPad. Universal Clipboard ties iOS and macOS together, creating a seamless copy-and-paste experience that Apple device owners should find very useful.
Be More Productive With Tabs
Apple is bringing full tab support to all of the apps that come bundled with macOS, including the company's iWork suite. In addition, Apple has opened tab support to third-party developers, so they, too, can create a tabbed browsing experience in their software. The feature was previously available in Safari and Finder, but is now making its way across the operating system.
A Little Storage Love From iCloud
Apple has promised that users will no longer have an issue with onboard storage in Sierra. Users will be able to easily offload documents to the cloud, where they'll be kept until they're again required. Once in the cloud, the files will not take up space on an already-crowded storage drive. In addition, Apple says that Sierra will come with a storage-optimization feature that automatically stores rarely used files in the cloud. That feature will even suggest the removal of duplicate or obsolete files to save precious storage space.
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I'm not sure what this means and if it can be replicated, but we did something very unique and none of it was planned. There wasn't a $20 million marketing budget designed to make this; it just happened. The audience took the movie for its own and decided to make it an event, and that's pretty awesome. And by the way, there were people who liked the movie so much they were defending the film against people who were thrashing it. Completely mind-blowing. I've never had that happen, either.
We do these movies in six months so there's going to be some stuff that misses the bar in terms of looking super polished. We take what we're doing seriously as if we're doing one of those things. Also, we just go, Look, we're just going to be outlandish and crazy because that's what these movies are. They're intended to be fun. However anybody wants to construe them is up to them. If they want to think that they're bad and campy, that's fine. What I've found in general though is the true fans that love these movies, they love them because they are what they are.
Bio: Anthony C. Ferrante is an American film director, producer and writer, known for directing the Sharknado series and the 2005 ghost story film Boo, which was his feature writing and directing debut.


The plan of Angkor Wat is difficult to grasp when walking through the monument because of the vastness. Its complexity and beauty both attract and distract one's attention. From a distance Angkor Wat appears to be a colossal mass of stone on one level with a long causeway leading to the center but close up it is a series of elevated towers, covered galleries, chambers, porches and courtyards on different levels linked by stairways.
The height of Angkor Wat from the ground to the top of the central tower is greater than it might appear: 213 meters (699 feet), achieved with three rectangular or square levels (1-3) Each one is progressively smaller and higher than the one below starting from the outer limits of the temple.
Covered galleries with columns define the boundaries of the first and second levels. The third level supports five towers –four in the corners and one in the middle and these is the most prominent architectural feature of Angkor Wat. This arrangement is sometimes called a quincunx. Graduated tiers, one rising above the other, give the towers a conical shape and, near the top, rows of lotuses taper to a point.
The overall profile imitates a lotus bud, Several architectural lines stand out in the profile of the monument. The eye is drawn left and right to the horizontal aspect of the levels and upward to the soaring height of the towers. The ingenious plan of Angkor Wat only allows a view of all five towers from certain angles. They are not visible, for example, from the entrance. Many of the structures and courtyards are in the shape of a cross. The. Visitor should study the plan on page 86 and become familiar with this dominant layout. A curved sloping roof on galleries, chambers and aisles is a hallmark of Angkor Wat. From a distance it looks like a series of long narrow ridges but close up from identifies itself. It is a roof made of gracefully arched stone rectangles placed end to end. Each row of tiles is capped with an end tile at right angles the ridge of the roof.
The scheme culminates in decorated tympanums with elaborate frames. Steps provide access to the various levels. Helen Churchill Candee, who visited Angkor in the 1920s, thought their usefulness surpassed their architectural purpose.
The steps to Angkor Wat are made to force a halt at beauteous obstruction that the mind may be prepared for the atmosphere of sanctity, she wrote In order to become familiar with the composition of Angkor Wat the visitor should learn to recognize the repetitive elements in the architecture. Galleries with columns, towers, curved roofs, tympanums, steps and the cross-shaped plan occur again and again.
It was by combining two or more of these aspects that a sense of height was achieved. This arrangement was used to link one part of the monument to another. Roofs were frequently layered to add height, length or dimension. A smaller replica of the central towers was repeated at the limits of two prominent areas-the galleries and the entry pavilions. The long causeway at the entrance reappears on the other side of the entry pavilion.


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Q: Using 'this' as a generic argument, conversion issues Is this possible?  When i compile i get an error saying cannot convert Component to TComponent even with the constraint
public interface IComponent<TKey, TComponent> where TComponent : IComponent<TKey, TComponent>
{
    TComponent Parent { get; }
    void Register(TKey key, TComponent component);
    void RegsiterWith(TKey key, TComponent component);
}

public class Component<TKey, TComponent> : IComponent<TKey, TComponent> where TComponent : IComponent<TKey, TComponent>
{
    private TComponent _parent;

    public void Register(TKey key, TComponent component)
    {
        component.RegsiterWith(key, this);
    }

    public void RegsiterWith(TKey key, TComponent component)
    {
        component.Register(key, this);
    }

    public TComponent Parent { get { return _parent; } }
}

A: The reason that it fails is because TComponent could actually be some other implementation of IComponent<TKey, TComponent>. Just because Component implements the interface doesn't mean that nothing else can :)
One way round this would be to change the interface:
public interface IComponent<TKey, TComponent>
    where TComponent : IComponent<TKey, TComponent>
{
    TComponent Parent { get; }
    void Register(TKey key, IComponent<TKey, TComponent> component);
    void RegsiterWith(TKey key, IComponent<TKey, TComponent> component);
}

Whether that's feasible in your situation I don't know, but it would certainly avoid the type issue.
Another option would be to cast this as spender suggested. This could fail at execution time, but in reality unless you do create an alternative implementation, it won't. It's slightly annoying, having to cast when using generics, but occasionally it happens.
EDIT: Here's an example of how it could go wrong:
public class Other : IComponent<string, Other>
{
    // Implement interface
}

Now what happens if you create a Component<string, Other>? It satisfies the constraint with no problems... but a Component isn't an Other...
Now you could change your constraint like this:
public class Component<TKey, TComponent> : IComponent<TKey, TComponent>
    where TComponent : Component<TKey, TComponent>

i.e. constrain TComponent on Component instead of IComponent. That still has issues though:
public class FooComponent : Component<string, FooComponent> {}
public class BarComponent : Component<string, FooComponent> {}

Here, you probably want BarComponent to have a TComponent of itself, but it's got a different component. The code you've shown so far will probably be okay, but this sort of quirk may hamper other goals. Worth considering...
Oh, and if you're happy to make Component sealed, at that point the changed constraint is enough (I think!).

A: How about a cast:
public void Register(TKey key, TComponent component)
{
    component.RegsiterWith(key, (TComponent)this);
}


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'The Best of DMX' jumps from No. 73 to No. 2 on the Billboard 200 charts
X's compilation album debuted on the music chart days after he passed away.
DMX's music is soaring on the Billboard charts in his absence. The emcee's compilation album The Best of DMX is now the No. 2 song on the Billboard 200, up more than 70 spots from its previously held position as the 73rd song on the popular music list.
According to MRC Data, the project — which features hit singles like "Ruff Ryders' Anthem," "Party Up (Up in Here)" and "X Gon' Give It to Ya" — sold 77,000 equivalent album units in the past week and is now his seventh album to earn a top two placement on a music chart.
The posthumous success of DMX's greatest hits album comes as no surprise. After news spread that the rapper passed away, there was a significant increase in his music streams. As REVOLT previously reported, the star's records sold roughly 101,000 equivalent units within a week, resulting in a surge of more than 900% in streaming numbers.
The increase in streams has now resulted in other albums' re-entry onto the Billboard 200 chart. Per MRC Data, It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998) is currently No. 46; Flesh of My Flesh Blood of My Blood (1999) is No. 107 on the list.
Though the listenership shows both an appreciation and renewed interest of DMX's musical talents, Zoey Dollaz noted that rising streams do not benefit deceased artists who don't own their masters. During a recent vent on Twitter, he asked his followers to refrain from streaming the music of musicians who have passed away if the money doesn't go toward helping their loved ones.
"Stop running up dead black artists streams if the money ain't going to their families, we making these vultures even more rich after the these kings die off then their families don't get shit!!!!!" he tweeted. "Shit be wack these artists die n make more millions, but their family get nothing their kids get nothing wtf kinda shit is that."
Stop running up dead black artists streams if the money ain't going to their families, we making these vultures even more rich after the these kings die off then their families don't get shit!!!!!
— zoey dollaz (@ZoeyDollaz) April 18, 2021
Shit be wack these artists die n make more millions but their family get nothing their kids get nothing wtf kinda shit is that
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Our hypocritical leaders refuse to obey their own COVID-19 rules
By Karol Markowicz
November 20, 2020 | 8:21pm
CNN's Chris Cuomo (left) and brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (right). AP
Wearing a mask is important. For you and those around you. For elected officials? Not so much.
Actually, all the COVID rules are for us, not them. COVID-19, and the accompanying lockdowns, have made it painfully clear: We plebes have to follow the rules; the elites do not.
Start with California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who last week groveled for forgiveness after being caught attending a large birthday dinner at The French Laundry restaurant in Napa Valley. When pictures from the event surfaced, the hypocrisy was glaring: The governor was seen with his wife at a large table full of maskless lobbyists, all sitting in close proximity.
But, hey: You're not the governor — so if you want to celebrate Thanksgiving in his state, remember: "No more than three households, including your own," at the gathering, and keep your distance.
Newsom isn't the only one to live it up while everyone suffers. Gov. Cuomo, for example, is rarely seen in a mask, yet his Twitter feed never stops harassing you to "mask up." (And, by the way, he's just thrilled with himself over his handling of the COVID-19 crisis, even though it resulted in more deaths than any other state and, according to The New York Times, seeded the virus throughout the country.)
The gov's daughter recently posted a picture of her dad, two of his daughters, one of "the boyfriends" and Cuomo's secretary all hanging out with no social distancing or masks. Were all of them part of the same household? Doubtful.
Yet you, of course, have to avoid friends and family — you know, just in case.
One of Cuomo's most famous constituents similarly seems to think rules are for the little people. He actually broke quarantine after testing positive for the virus.
NY company makes window stickers of Cuomo watching over your Thanksgiving
The constituent's wife posted pictures of herself working out indoors, maskless, with a personal trainer, while gyms in the state remained closed. And he was recently photographed getting a haircut, maskless, which would result in a $1,000 fine for the rest of us.
I'm referring, of course, to Gov. Cuomo's brother, CNN host Chris Cuomo, who gets a pass on all of his bad behavior because of his last name (and left-wing politics).
Politicians and their families are just not like the rest of us. Newsom sent his kids back to hybrid, in-person private school in Sacramento County while public schools there remain closed.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously got a haircut at a salon in California, though salons were supposed to be closed there at the time.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who has called for nationwide mask mandates, was seen walking maskless through an airport in September and again in the hallway of the Capitol last week.
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser traveled to Delaware for a Biden victory party, but didn't follow her own quarantine protocols upon return. Celebrations, you see, are "essential" for your betters; they're too important to follow the rules they set for others.
Last week, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced new lockdowns. "You must cancel the normal Thanksgiving plans," she said. The previous week, Lightfoot was whooping it up in the street, maskless and shouting through a bullhorn (and perhaps blowtorching her spittle at the crowd) during a Biden victory party.
Sen. Chuck Schumer also partied for Biden maskless. Apparently all these Democratic politicians seem to think if you're partying for a good cause, masks are unnecessary. My 4-year-old had to wear a mask, outdoors, at recess during those very few days he got to go to actual school. Then again, as Creedence Clearwater Revival put it, he "ain't no senator's son." (Other "good causes," like Black Lives Matter rallies, also seem to negate the need to follow the rules.)
"Don't listen to politicians, listen to scientists," say their defenders! Yet that's not really how it works. Scientists give their perspective, and politicians enact rules based on that. But if they tell us to be concerned, to take precautions, to change everything about the way we live and to do so indefinitely — and then don't do it themselves — what are we supposed to think?
The message that comes through loud and clear: Wink, wink — COVID's not really that big a deal.
These hypocrites have to know their behavior undermines their credibility and helps spread the virus they say they want to fight. The only possible conclusion is that they just don't care.
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Five classics for 2019: The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle
January 22, 2019 by Nora Nagy
We have five classics for you and your students to explore this year. When we read a story, we read so much more than the plot. Stories, and especially classics, open the door to multiple worlds, which we can become exciting territories for classroom activities and projects. In this series we give a short overview of our new stories: the author, the plot, the characters, the adaptation, the various classroom learning possibilities and some background information about the creation of the reader. The classroom learning projects are mostly CLIL projects (history, science, geography, literature, philosophy, psychoglogy, art) and language areas. Apart from these short overviews, we also prepare detailed lesson and project plans for each title. Watch out for these posts on our blog.
In this post we introduce The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle written by Hugh Lofting (Level 1). The adaptation and the activities were written by Jennifer Gascoigne, and the story was illustrated by Lorenzo Sabbatini.
The other new titles are:
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain, Level 2 reader: adaptation and activities by Scott Lauder and Walter McGregor, illustrated by Andrea Alemanno
Kim by Rudyard Kipling, Level 3 reader: adaptation and activities by Janet Borsbey and Ruth Swan, illustrated by Gianluca Garofalo
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells, Level 4 reader: adaptation by Donatella Velluti, activities by Mary Tomalin, illustrated by Paolo Masiero
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, Level 5 reader: adaptation and activities by Nora Nagy, illustrated by Simone Manfrini
The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle
1 Who is the author?
Facts about Hugh Lofting
He was born in England in 1886.
He studied engineering at Massachusetts Insitute of Technology in the USA.
He worked as an engineer and travelled to countries like Africa, the West Indies and Canada.
He eventually moved to New York, where he got married and had three children.
He fought for England in World War I.
After the war he returned to the USA and started a writing career.
He died in California in 1947. His books continued to be a success.
2 What do we need to know about the story?
Hugh Lofting experienced a lot of pain and suffering during World War I. Instead of writing these experiences in his letters for his children, he made up stories about a doctor called Dolittle. This doctor was kind and loved animals. The character may have been inspired by the Scottish surgeon John Hunter, who is mentioned in a lot of other literary works including The Island od Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells and The Giant, O'Brien by Hilary Mantel. The first Doctor Dolittle book was published in 1920, and the last one in 1952, five years after his death. Altogether 13 Doctor Dolittle books were published, and two more volumes of short stories were published after Lofting's death.
The main character of the books, Doctor Dolittle is a good doctor and people like him. However, his house is always full of his pets, and sick people don't like them. When Dolittle loses his human patients, he decides to become an animal doctor instead.
The stories are set in Victorian England. Dolittle lives in an imaginary village called Puddleby-on-the-Marsh near the sea. He also travels to Africa.
The characters in The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle. Illustration by Lorenzo Sabbatini. ©Helbling 2019
3 Why did we choose this title for adaptation?
Doctor Dolittle is a classic children's story. He is caring and passionate about his work and fun! He is one of the kindest heroes in children's literature, plus he is resourceful, brave and adventurous. When I was a child I used to dream of stowing away with Doctor Dolittle on one of his voyages and meeting the pushmi-pullyu, so it was an obvious choice for adaptation.
4 How can you use this reader for language learning?
Choose one discussion and research topic for a group of students to explore.
CLIL and discussion topics
Biology: classes of animals
Living and caring for pets
Communication and animals
Watch out for our project lesson plans for more detailed activities based on these topics.
Language stuctures
Present simple, present contimuous
Describing places
Describing animals
Say or tell?
Countable/uncountabe nouns
Animal communication; verbs; communication in general
Parts of aship
The adaptations
In 1967 the film Doctor Dolittle with the British actor Rex Harrison as the Doctor comes out. In 1998 the American actor Eddie Murphy stars in a modern version of the story.
Watch the trailer of the 1967 film:
And then the 1998 adaptation set in the USA, starring Eddie Murphy:
And look out for Robert Downey Jr. as the Doctor in the version coming out later this year (2019):
The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle poster. Source: IMDb
5 How did we create the reader?
The original text of the novel was simplified for elementary-level learners, avoiding complex grammar and sentence structures and minor plot strands that may lead to confusion. The vocabulary is only simplified as much as it is necessary to make it comprehensible for language learners at this stage. You can read our interview about adaptations with Jennifer Gascoigne on this blog.
The story was illustrated by Lorenzo Sabbatini, who created a series of digital layers which reflect the depth and dynamism of the text while placing it in a meaningful modern context.
Read our interview with Lorenzo, who has illustrated many Helbling Readers.
Check out Lorenzo's website for more about his work.
Here is a simple chart about our reading levels.
Helbling Reader levels.
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