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Blake Shelton Says His Relationship With Gwen Stefani Isn't 'Just Dating'
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At around the same Gwen Stefani is on the record as saying that she and Blake Shelton are in no particular hurry to get hitched, Shelton is asserting that their relationship goes deeper than merely boyfriend and girlfriend.
In a recent Today interview while promoting a new Hallmark movie he's co-executive producing with his mother, Time to Come Home for Christmas, Shelton didn't exactly answer the question on everyone's minds—namely, is he planning to pop the question anytime soon. He did, however, state that "Gwen and I aren't just dating, you know."
The Voice coach went a bit further in his praise of Stefani, whom he has been linked with for three years. "This is something that I feel like is meant to be," he said. "I've learned more from Gwen Stefani as a human being and how to grow as a human being than I have from anybody ever in my life. Anybody. She's everything that you could hope a human being could be."
Interestingly enough, Stefani herself appeared on Today just two days earlier stating that the pair feel "zero pressure" regarding their relationship status, due to the painful divorces both went through (Stefani with Gavin Rossdale, and Shelton with Miranda Lambert).
"When there's trauma the way that we had trauma back in the day, like going through all these hard times, you get to a place where you can find somebody that's like your best friend, that you know you can depend on and trust and go through life," Stefani told Today's Natalie Morales. She did add that she hopes Shelton is her "forever" partner.
Fans can't stop speculating on the couple's relationship status, however, which has made the couple something of a lightning rod for talk show hosts. Ellen DeGeneres recently tried to trick Stefani into admitting they were already engaged, though Stefani didn't take the bait.
Last month Stefani and Shelton released their music video for "You Make It Feel Like Christmas," which can be found on her Christmas album. The playful music video finds her cheating on him with Santa Claus.
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This sword is a mirror image design – the left and right sides are the same.
I based this drawing on a replica of Excalibur that I have here at home. The hilt is short and I like to imagine that the spiral on top is a large and fabulous gemstone.
As a tattoo design, this is strong and masculine. It would look great on a shoulder or down the spine.


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The other aspect of online real estate is user names and URLs for social media. Like facebook.com/insivia, twitter.com.insivia and all the thousands of social media platforms out there. You want to get that real estate, that username or that URL before other people do so that they don't take your brand away from you. So what you want to do is there is a great website out there called usernamecheck.com. Go to it ad you can put in your name like Insivia and it will show you all the different social media sites and whether that username has been taken. So it's a quick easy way to find out if a lot of the majority of social media sites are available for you to register. So go out there right now and make sure you have that real estate because you don't want to loose it to someone else.


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Q: Run a for loop for every second in a shell script I am trying to run a program every second
for i in {1..3}
do
        echo $i `date`
        ./tt.sh $i &
        sleep 1
done

The for loop is actually triggering 9 loops in the background is there a way to just run the program every second
below is the process information
root     10455     1  0 23:44 pts/0    00:00:00 /bin/bash ./tt.sh 1
root     10458 10455  0 23:44 pts/0    00:00:00 /bin/bash ./tt.sh 1
root     10460 10455  3 23:44 pts/0    00:00:00 /bin/bash ./tt.sh 1
root     10692     1  0 23:44 pts/0    00:00:00 /bin/bash ./tt.sh 2
root     10699 10692  0 23:44 pts/0    00:00:00 /bin/bash ./tt.sh 2
root     10701 10692  2 23:44 pts/0    00:00:00 /bin/bash ./tt.sh 2
root     10943     1  0 23:44 pts/0    00:00:00 /bin/bash ./tt.sh 3
root     10953 10943  0 23:44 pts/0    00:00:00 /bin/bash ./tt.sh 3
root     10955 10943  2 23:44 pts/0    00:00:00 /bin/bash ./tt.sh 3

A: When you look at
root     10455     1  0 23:44 pts/0    00:00:00 /bin/bash ./tt.sh 1
root     10458 10455  0 23:44 pts/0    00:00:00 /bin/bash ./tt.sh 1
root     10460 10455  3 23:44 pts/0    00:00:00 /bin/bash ./tt.sh 1

you can see that tt.sh with pid 10455 starts two other processes.
tt.sh has been started 3 times by your loop, you can look at tt.sh for seeing why it spawns additional processes.
With the beneath code you can see that the script only starts the program 3 times:
for i in {101..103}
do
        echo $i `date`
        sleep $i &
        sleep 1
done

and ps -ef will show
username    39     1  0 09:05 pts/0    00:00:00 sleep 101
username    42     1  0 09:05 pts/0    00:00:00 sleep 102
username    45     1  0 09:05 pts/0    00:00:00 sleep 103

When you don't want them running at the same time, remove the &.

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Elena Săcălici (olykor Ileana, házassága után Petroșanu) (Kolozsvár, 1935. július 18. – 1959) olimpiai és világbajnoki bronzérmes román szertornász.

A román olimpiai válogatott többi tagjával együtt (Elena Leușteanu, Sonia Iovan, Elena Dobrowolski, Uta Poreceanu, Emilia Vătășoiu-Liță, Georgeta Hurmuzachi) 1956-ban Melbourne-ben megszerezte Románia első csapattal szerzett olimpiai érmét.
A román válogatott többi tagjával együtt (Elena Dobrowolski, Elena Leușteanu, Atanasia Ionescu, Sonia Iovan, Emilia Vătăşoiu-Liţă) 1958-ban Moszkvában az első olyan román tornász, aki világbajnokságon nyert érmet.

Életpályája
Az AS Energia klubban kezdett tornázni. 1956-ban átigazolt a bukaresti Dinamo Sportklubba. A román válogatottnak 1954-től tagja, edzői itt Caius Jianu, Maria Simionescu és Petre Dungaciu voltak.

1959-ben hunyt el.

Felnőttként

Országos eredmények
1956-ban akkori klubjával, az AS Energiával megnyerte a román bajnokságot és harmadik helyezést ért el felemás korláton. Ugyanazon évben egy klubok közti versenyen harmadik helyezett volt egyéni összetettben.
A miután átkerült a Dinamo sportklubba, 1957-ben megnyerték a román bajnoki címet a klubbal, egyéniben pedig  második volt felemás korláton.
1958-ban ugrásban, 1959-ben pedig talajon szerzett bajnoki címet.

Nemzetközi eredmények
1958-ban a Románia–Német Demokratikus Köztársaság és a Románia–Ukrajna találkozón is harmadik helyezett volt egyéni összetettben.
1959-ben a Német Demokratikus Köztársaság–Románia találkozón ötödik, a Német Demokratikus Köztársaság–Románia–Franciaországon pedig tizedik helyen végzett.

Világbajnokság
1958-ban Moszkvában a csapattal (Elena Dobrowolski, Emilia Vătășoiu-Liță, Elena Leușteanu, Sonia Iovan, Atanasia Ionescu) szerezte meg Románia első torna-világbajnoki érmét, egy bronzot, továbbá kilencedik helyen végzett egyéni összetettben.

Olimpiai játékok
Az 1956. évi nyári olimpiai játékokon Melbourne-ben a csapattal (Elena Leușteanu, Emilia Vătăşoiu-Liţă, Elena Dobrowolski, Uta Poreceanu, Sonia Iovan, Georgeta Hurmuzachi) nyert bronzérmet, ezzel ő és csapattársai lettek Románia első olimpiai érmét megszerző tornászai csapatban. Ezen kívül ötödik volt kéziszeren, huszonhetedik lóugrásban, huszonkilencedik felemás korláton, harmincadik egyéni összetettben és talajon és negyvennegyedik gerendán.

Díjak, kitüntetések
Megkapta a Sport Mestere címet.

Jegyzetek

Források

További információk

Kapcsolódó szócikkek
 Olimpiai érmesek listája tornában (nők)

Román tornászok
Román nők
1935-ben született személyek
Román olimpiai bronzérmesek
1959-ben elhunyt személyek
Kolozsváriak

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This weeks topic was originally about the top ten books that take place in another country and seeing as how I only tend to read fantasy, I thought I'd switch it up a little. So, I thought back to all the books I had been reading recently and the worlds that they take place in. Which ones did I love the most? What worlds would I want to visit if I could? Here are my picks.
Based off of New Orleans, the world in which The Belles is set was fantastical, colourful and incredibly imaginative. With post balloons and teacup animals (yes, there are tiny versions of elephants and such) it was so unique and a pleasure to read. I can't wait to explore more in the next instalment.
I haven't even finished reading this book yet, but I am completely enthralled by the world that has been created based off of West African mythology. It's incredible and so vivid that I feel as if I am there with the characters. I cannot wait to sink my teeth deeper into this book and find out more.
With three different London's and worlds to visit, you are spoilt for choice with this book. Of course, I would choose to go to Red London and explore the magical streets and festivals. I have yet to read the rest of this trilogy, but you can be sure I will get to it this year.
After reading the collection of fairy tales, I was completely drawn into this world, even more so when I read the first two books of the Grisha trilogy. The magic system is amazing, the world vast with different climates, and a darkness that I am drawn to. I can't wait to finish this off and start Six of Crows.
I loved the idea of the story being set on an island that is completely separate from the rest of the world and the three main groups of people liveing apart from one another. The magic is mysterious and strange, which only makes it more appealing. The first two books have been great and I am looking forward to the third one coming out this year.
I remember reading this a couple of months ago and being blown away by how unique the story and world were. The concept of time as currency was refreshing and new compared to what I had read before and I loved the mythology and lore that surrounded the characters.
A darker book, but no less special than the others on this list. I fell in love with the characters and the incredible world that they live in. The Deadlands were so interesting and different, and I was completely captured by what was happening. With the chance to explore more at the end of the book it sets it up perfectly for the second and I can't wait.
Ah, I love stories set in the ocean. The Little Mermaid was always my favourite Disney movie and I loved the magical world in To Kill A Kingdom. We visit many strange and wonderful lands that are part of the 100 Kingdoms, each different from the next and the descriptions were great. It was such a pleasure to visit the world in the standalone novel.
Another book with a world that is cruel, dangerous, yet wonderful at the same time. As the books go on we get to see more of the world that Sarah J. Maas has created and how imaginative she can be with her descriptions. Not to mention the creatures that live in certain areas. I can't wait to discover more!
This list wouldn't be complete without an entry into the world of the Fae and Holly Black has created one of the best worlds that I have had the pleasure of visiting. It is dark and dangerous, as well as enticing. What I would give to go to the parties and wander through the magical woods.
And there you have it! My favourite fantasy worlds to date. What would you choose to visit if you could?
I have not read any of these, but the world I'm most exited to dive into is the world from Children of Blood and Bone.
Agreed. ^_^ This is on the top of my tbr list.
I wanted to buy it not long after it came out when I saw it at the store, but my bank account would have started weeping, hoping to finally but it soon.
It is so good! Everyone seems to love this book and I can see why now 😊 I hope you enjoy it too!
This makes me realize I have some catching up to do when it comes to reading lol! These are some great picks. I'm reading Three Young Queens right now and it's making me unsure about starting the series but I'm so curious too! To Kill a Kingdom looks really interesting also!
So many books I still need to read, so many worlds still to discover! This is such a good Top Ten Tuesday, gets me really excited to read!
Aww I'm glad 😊 hopefully you get a chance to read them soon!
I'm really glad you liked Everless – it's next up on my TBR so I've been hoping my hopes aren't set too high!


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A codec that forwards all its method calls to another codec.

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The codec to filter.

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The perfect deal: Jigar Shah on the recent extension of the US Investment Tax Credit
In this exclusive interview with pv magazine, SunEdison founder and solar industry legend Jigar Shah gives his views on the recent extension of the U.S. ITC, why the phase-down was critical, and what the future holds.
pv magazine: In the past you have been critical of efforts to extend the ITC in the past, but called the recent extension of the ITC and PTC "the perfect deal". What are the most important differences between this deal and past efforts?
Jigar Shah: The big thing that I was looking for was the phase-down. In the sense the phase-down makes this a permanent solution. The argument that I have been making for a long time is that there is very low-cost capital out there that really needs to see more cash flow, and less tax credits, to get interested in investing.
And this deal sort of pushes them off until 2023, but that is neither here nor there. It is not like those guys are itching to get in. They can come in 2018, or they can come in in 2023.
pv magazine: In the past you've talked about certainty versus uncertainty. Can you explain why this is important?
Jigar Shah: When you think about these huge pools of capital such as pension funds, or Chinese and Japanese or Korean money, these are generally three-year conversations. It's not something like, I go in, I pitch them a great deal on solar, and they say great – we're in, we are going to fund it.
It's more like, that's really interesting, we've never done a solar deal before, let us hire our favorite consultant, to tell us whether this is a good deal or not. Let us do this, let us do that. It is more of a three-year process to get them involved. This eight-year extension that we have been under has been really helpful to getting folks like that into the game, which has really been useful.
Now there are those who have no interest in investing in solar, not because they are against it, but just because they don't really love the tax credit. Because if you are a pension fund, you don't pay taxes.
And so now we are going to go back to them and say, now there is a phase-down now by 2023, why don't you go back and do all the work that you need to do, so that by 2022, you are actively able to invest.
That certainly matters. The sheer amount of money that we need to raise in order to be able to accomplish the goals here, it is pretty massive. We need to raise something in the order of $400 billion dollars, which is what I have been calculating.
And that money doesn't come just from wishing for it. There are people who have to go out and raise it.
pv magazine: So do you believe now with this extension and phase-down, that we are going to be able to raise the kind of capital that we are going to need to really expand the solar industry to scale?
Jigar Shah: I do. Yeah, and that $400 billion is not just deployment capital. I think you are going to see a lot of new manufacturing plants go up in the U.S. now because we have all this intrinsic demand here in the U.S. I think you are also going to see a lot of additional money going in to R&D for solar and wind, because of the huge opportunities available.
pv magazine: Are you still concerned that through 2020, 2023 that the solar industry will remain overly dependent upon tax equity? What do you see as the effects of this?
Jigar Shah: We will be for sure, right? That's what this extension has done, is make the tax equity essential at least through 2022. And that's what it is. I've made my peace with it. I wish it would have phased down faster, and that's what I was lobbying for, but the phase down was the key thing I fought for.
The wind industry had no phase-down in 2012/2013, and then they have this boom-bust cycle where thousands of people were whip-sawed and lost their jobs. That's not going to happen now in the solar industry. Which is fantastic news.
pv magazine: Now that the ITC has been extended, with the phase-down, and the commence construction clause. When you look big picture, what impact do you expect for the solar industry to 2020 and beyond?
Jigar Shah: I think the first thing that people have failed to acknowledge, is that with this deal, we are now Goliath and the utility companies are now David. So the roles have reversed.
We now have the responsibility of being the dominant force on the regulatory stage, and it is the utility companies who are now working every which way to figure out how to stop us. And that's a much different dynamic than we had before. So we need to understand that as an industry, and make sure that we resource that.
It used to be that we were very reactive. So whenever the utility companies did something, we said OK, fine, we need to fight that. Now we need to say, hey, if the utilities are going to do something, what do we do, who do we fund, how do we make sure that the literature is clear. Such that, at the time at which we need to defend ourselves, we have already done all the research and the work.
pv magazine: What sort of responsibilities do you see the solar industry and renewables broadly as having in this new environment?
Jigar Shah: For instance, it is obvious that now that we have this long-term extension of the federal level, the fight is going to go on to net metering in the states. So what is our position on net metering in the states? And how do we defend that?
So if our position is, we want to leave it exactly the way it is, then we have to do our own research with credible academics saying, well this is what the impact to people's neighbors is going to be if we do it exactly the way it is now.
We can't just say the utilities are lying when they say it is going to cost an extra $45 a month to every person. We have to be able to say, our academic person who has excellent credentials says this.
pv magazine: Do you also see the potential responsibility for the solar industry in other areas, such as grid integration of large volumes of renewables?
Jigar Shah: So we have to put together an entirely new framework. Essentially, what this extension did was to destroy wholesale markets in the United States. Wholesale markets assume that you have variable costs to operate. If you have very low variable costs to operate, then that means your technology (solar and wind) is going to be preferred over things that have higher variable costs.
It means that we are going to basically bankrupt almost every coal plant, as well as old natural gas plants, in the United States.
Either we have to say, no, we need those natural gas plants, which I don't believe, but some people do. Or we need to say, we need a new framework by which to integrate storage and existing gas plants that aren't going to be shut down because they are very advanced and efficient, or add demand response and load control.
All these advanced grid edge features which we have been pursuing for the last 20 years, we now have to put a framework together, it is our responsibility to put that framework together for utility 2.0.
pv magazine: Do you see REV as an example of this?
Jigar Shah: Yeah, REV is one example of this for sure. But there needs to be other examples. We are in the early stages of doing this. The renewable energy industry now has to have a definitive point of view on this. Before we were very responsive to these efforts. Now we actually have to have a proactive point of view.
pv magazine: Anything else about this ITC extension which we haven't covered?
Jigar Shah: The scale of what happened in Paris, and what happened in DC this week, with respect to the ITC extension, is truly massive. I think that people have a hard time grappling with it.
This one policy, combined with China and India's efforts, etc., will make solar and wind the dominant electricity technology that will be deployed over the next 10 years – at a trillion dollar scale.
Globally. And the reason for that is because as we convert these money sources over to solar and wind, they are not going to be only be converted for the U.S. market, they are going to be converted towards the technology for markets around the world, right?
Once you are used to investing in a technology, you are like, hey – why don't I invest in India, or China, or Brazil, or other places.
When I look at the coverage so far, it's been very light. People think oh – you got another extension, which is great. This is literally fundamentally groundbreaking. I think people are missing how extraordinary this news really is.
Interview conducted by pv magazine Americas Editor, Christian Roselund.
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Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru.
(History of the Welsh Independent Churches)
By Thomas Rees & John Thomas; 4 volumes (published 1871+)
English translations contributed by Jon Mein (Feb 2008)
REYNOLDSTON
SARDIS, St Issells parish
(Vol 3, p 123)
This chapel is within a few miles to the east of Tenby. Around the beginning of the present century, Mr R. Morgans, Henllan; Mr Jones, Trelech, and other Welsh Ministers would visit occasionally the English parts of Pembrokeshire and preach in homes and at the roadside, and everywhere they found people who would listen. They succeeded by these visits in winning over a few people in various areas to love and welcome the gospel. They visited this area, among other places. They were welcomed here by Mr Clement Phillips, a responsible farmer. This good man built a room near his house for preaching. After Mr Benjamin Evans settled in St Florence in 1804, he would come here fairly regularly to preach and a church was soon formed here. Mr William Thomas, a young man of the area who was won over to the faith through the ministry of Messrs Morgans and Jones when they visited the neighbourhood, was one of the first and most industrious members. He was urged to begin preaching and was of particular service to the cause when it was not strong here, and to new causes in various other areas. In 1809 Sardis chapel was built. This church remained under the ministry of Mr Evans, St Florence, until 1819, when the afore-mentioned William Thomas was ordained minister here. He was ordained on 19th May 1819. Messrs J. Bulmer, Haverfordwest; T. Harries, Pembroke; W. Warlow, Milford; J. Meyler, Rhosycaerau and W. Thomas, Tier's Cross, took part in the ordination service. Mr Thomas was ordained to be co-minister with Mr Evans in the whole area of his ministry; but he soon limited his services mainly to Sardis. He continued working here, and in Saundersfoot, after a chapel was built there, until his death in 1855. Within a year after the death of Mr Thomas, an invitation was extended to Mr D. Matthews from Elim near St Clears, and he is the minister here and in Saundersfoot up to the present. We do not know of anyone who was called to preach from here besides Mr William Thomas, the first minister and his son Dr David Thomas, Stockwell.
William Thomas. This good man and excellent preacher was born in a farmhouse named Vaston within three miles of Tenby in September 1782. The only educational advantages he received were for about two years when he was a young child at a school held by a Mr Williams, the parson of his native parish. As soon as he was capable of being of any useful service on the farm he was taken from the school. His parents were not religious but he was brought, somehow, to feel from childhood the importance of spiritual matters. When he was a child he would often go to the Parish Church and he noticed that the parson there would weep under the influence of the Word. About the year 1803 the opportunity came for him to go to hear the famous preachers R. Morgans, Henllan; Mr Jones, Trelech; John Evans, New Inn and John Rees, later of London; and his religious impressions were deepened so that he decided to join the Independent cause that had recently been established in the neighbourhood. In 1806 he began practising his gifts as a preacher and soon became an extremely useful and acceptable preacher. He was ordained, as we noted, in 1819 as minister of his mother church and continued to fulfil his office effectively until the end of his life. After his marriage he went to keep a farm called Hollybush. Soon he moved from there to a larger farm, called Hopshill, where he stayed for thirty years. Since he was not a wealthy man, and having a family of ten children, he had to work hard throughout his life. Still, in spite of all his labours with the things of this world, he preached four or five times every week and was of immense service to the cause of religion, not only in his own area but in surrounding areas. After a life of unending work, his career ended peacefully on 23 March 1855 when he was 73 years of age. On his deathbed he said, 'If anyone orates a funeral sermon for me he should not take as text "I have fought a good fight ..." but the words 'I consider everything as muck and loss as I win Christ'. On 3rd April, a large crowd gathered to escort the body of their old minister, and respectable neighbour, to the grave. He was buried by the side of Sardis chapel.
William Thomas, although he was not a scholar, was a notably able and highly talented preacher. He imparted gems of ideas which astounded and melted his listeners. Although his language was rustic and unadorned, his ideas were so original and excellent, and his way of putting them so molten, that his ministry was appreciated by the most cultured thinkers, as much as by the ignorant common folk. This arduous and modest minister was of great service to the cause of religion during his lifetime, and his name will be revered in the English parts of Pembrokeshire for years to come.
SAUNDERSFOOT, St Issells parish
Saundersfoot is a populous seaside village a few miles to the east of Tenby. Most of the inhabitants are miners and fishermen. It was through the work of Mr W. Thomas, Sardis, and his son Mr David Thomas (now D. Thomas, D.D., Stockwell) who at the time was a tradesman in Tenby, that the cause was established and the chapel built in this place. Before the Nonconformists began to preach regularly here the inhabitants were proverbially well known for their ignorance and lack of religion. The chapel here was opened on 23 May 1838 when six sermons were preached by Messrs J. Davies, Glandwr; D. Davies, Zion's Hill; H. Davies, Narberth; T. Jones, Rosemarket; J. Evans, Hebron, and T. Jones, Laugharne. This church has been under the same ministry as Sardis from the beginning until the present day. Although the congregation is not large, the cause looks flourishing and has been, and continues to be, a great blessing to the place.
Reynoldston is the name of a parish about five miles to the south of Narberth. Although a succession of parsons had received a good salary for hundreds of years for educating the inhabitants, Mr Lingen, who was sent down by the government in 1847 to inspect the quality of education in Wales, said that this place was notable for its ignorance as late as that year. If there was occasional preaching by the Nonconformists years ago, there was no attempt to establish a cause here until 1866. In March of that year Mr Griffiths, minister of the church in Templeton, preached in the loft of a warehouse belonging to Mr John Griffiths, Reynoldston. Mr Griffiths encouraged him to return there, promising to give him a room for holding religious meetings every Sunday. Mr E. Griffiths accepted the offer. He soon succeeded in gathering a good congregation in the place and in establishing a Sunday school here. In 1867 a church was formed here. Various enthusiastic persons came to work with the cause from its beginning, such as John Griffiths, Reynoldston; Ebenezer James; John James; Miss John, Loveston, and others. To the great loss of the cause, Messrs J. Griffiths and E. James have died and other most industrious members have moved out of the area; but yet others have come to fill their place so that the young cause is alive and is likely to survive. Mr S. Morley MP offered a hundred pounds towards building a chapel here, but they couldn't get the land and so Mr Morley's generous offer was lost. However, T. H. Powell Esq. gave land and materials to build a schoolhouse here. A day school is held in this schoolhouse and religious services on Sunday. A congregation of about eighty comes there to listen every Sunday and the future looks hopeful. Mr Griffiths, Templeton, has been the minister here from the beginning. ( Gareth Hicks - 20 Feb 2008)
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Lack of skilled personnel, scarcity of resources, competitive pressure: There are many reasons why companies outsource business and IT processes. In this context, a study by Axxcon's consultants comes to the conclusion that 81 percent of the surveyed managing directors and CIOs have already outsourced IT functions, and the trend is rising. However, the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI) warns: "Often the outsourcing effort is greater than the benefit. "Instead of getting external partners on board at home or abroad, companies should take advantage of the opportunities offered by Robotic Process Automation (RPA)," advise the German RPA experts from Another Monday. The company informs in which areas software robots do more and perform better than external outsourcing companies.
Hans Martens, founder and CEO of Another Monday, explains: "Many companies want to meet the challenges of digital change by reorganizing tasks or outsourcing them to external experts. But that is not enough. Rule-based processes can be handled much more strategically and effectively by software robots. Another Monday combines sophisticated RPA methodology with powerful and reliable technology for a wide range of industries and company sizes. A protracted and expensive outsourcing becomes so unnecessary."
RPA offers companies numerous advantages and prevents the negative side effects associated with outsourcing. For example, when processes are outsourced, there is an increased need for communication, which takes up a lot of time. In addition, companies are to some extent dependent on the outsourcing partner, and security precautions must be taken when it comes to sensitive data, for example. In addition, the outsourcing of tasks and processes is associated with a certain loss of control, which can be avoided through the use of RPA. Whether it's customer service, human resources, IT or accounting: wherever companies can outsource tasks, software robots can be used more cost-effectively and efficiently.
RPA robots work much more efficiently in the financial sector than human employees. Through machine learning and interaction with the responsible employee, individual process steps in the accounting context can be permanently optimized. The typical RPA application areas in accounting include the management of credit allocations, dunning and invoice processing of supplier invoices, the administration of travel expense reports or the independent generation of payment instructions. In addition, software robots can check invoices for completeness and plausibility based on previously defined specifications.
With the help of RPA, companies can optimize many HR processes. Examples are the procurement, support and development of personnel. The following personnel tasks are predestined for RPA: management of working and absence times, personnel remuneration, tax and duty collection, but also the keeping of legal reports and the rule-based handling of personnel departures. If the personnel file is managed using RPA, companies can reduce errors by up to 80 percent and respond to requests much faster.
Customer service also offers many application possibilities for RPA use. Examples are the editing, categorizing and forwarding of customer e-mails. RPA does this tough job in a fraction of the time, because the robot recognizes the content, categorizes it based on defined criteria and automatically assigns the mail to the appropriate department. Further applications in customer service are data management and migration, cancellation processing, booking of product returns, processing of customer complaints, but also RPA integration in chat bots. RPA helps customer service minimize response times, improve customer satisfaction and improve process efficiency.
According to McKinsey, RPA implementation in logistics can increase productivity by 30 percent, increase transaction speed and reduce costs by 25 percent. Supply chain management typically includes incident management, escalation in the event of delivery delays, change orders for transport slots, and supply and demand planning. In purchasing, software robots can take over and improve operative purchasing, supplier and material group management or data maintenance.


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Ecce homo est une expression latine signifiant « voici l'homme ». Il s'agit de l'expression prêtée à Ponce Pilate, gouverneur romain de Judée, dans la traduction de la Vulgate de l'Évangile selon Jean (19:5) lorsqu'à Jérusalem, il présente à la foule Jésus de Nazareth sortant du prétoire, après la flagellation. La phrase correspondante en grec ancien est .

Un Ecce Homo sur le plan artistique est une représentation de Jésus de Nazareth debout, couronné d'épines et revêtu d'une cape, les deux mains entravées par une corde, tenant un sceptre de roseau. Cette représentation peut comporter des variantes selon les œuvres.

Ecce homo comme motif artistique

Peintures référencées

Ecce homo est le titre classiquement donné à une œuvre représentant Jésus couronné d'épines, même lorsque Pilate est absent :
 Ecce homo (1494), par Jean Hey, huile sur bois, musées royaux des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles ;
 Ecce homo, 1485, par Jérôme Bosch, conservé à Francfort-sur-le-Main ;
 Albrecht Dürer a peint un Ecce homo, connu comme L'Homme de douleurs, Staatliche Kunsthalle de Karlsruhe ;
 Ecce homo, de Quentin Metsys, musée du Prado ;
 Ecce homo, d'Andrea Mantegna (1500), musée Jacquemart-André ;
 Ecce homo, du Sodoma, vers 1500-1530, Metropolitan Museum of Art ;
 Ecce homo, du Corrège, National Gallery de Londres ;
 Ecce homo, du Tintoret, Alte Pinakothek de Munich ;
 Ecce homo, du Titien,  musée du Prado ;
  Ecce homo par Wenzel Coebergher, 1576-1634, musée des Augustins de Toulouse
 Ecce homo, par Le Caravage (1605), palazzo Bianco de Gênes ;
 Ecce homo, par Giandomenico Tiepolo (1727-1804), musée des beaux-arts de Caen ;
 Ecce homo, d'Honoré Daumier, Museum Folkwang d'Essen ;
 Ecce homo, d'Antonio Ciseri, galerie d'Art moderne de Florence ;
  Ecce homo, d'Hippolyte Michaud, Musée des beaux-arts de Beaune ;
 Ecce homo, d'Elías García Martínez (années 1910), église de la Vierge de la miséricorde de Borja ;
 Ecce homo, de George Grosz (Berlin, éditions Malik, 1923) ;

Gravure

 Ecce homo, de Rembrandt, 1655, conservée au musée de la maison de Rembrandt ;
 Ecce homo, de Martin Schongauer,  ;
 Ecce homo, deux gravures d'Albrecht Dürer, dans les séries Grande Passion (conservée à l'Albertina de Vienne) et Petite Passion (conservée au British Museum) ;
 Ecce homo, d'Albrecht Dürer, 1512, conservée au musée d'art de l'université de Princeton ;
 Ecce homo, de Jean-Pierre Norblin de La Gourdaine, 1774-1789, conservée au musée national de Varsovie.

Sculpture

 Ecce homo, sculpture du , église Notre-Dame de la Dalbade à Toulouse ;
 Ecce homo en pierre, du monument funéraire de Pierre Bury (XVIe siècle), dans la Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens ;
 Ecce homo, sculpture de Josep Maria Subirachs sur la façade de la Passion de la Sagrada Família, Barcelone ;
 Ecce homo en bois polychrome, (vers 1530), Beauvais, Église Notre-Dame de Marissel.

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Articles connexes

 Iconographie
 Peinture chrétienne
 Basilique de l'Ecce Homo
 Représentation de Jésus-Christ dans l'art chrétien

Locution ou expression latine

Mot ou expression de la Bible
Jésus-Christ dans la gravure
Représentation artistique de Jésus-Christ par thème
Passion du Christ dans la peinture


The previous Member for Bonython was Neal Blewett (ALP) who represented the electorate from 1977 to 1994. He resigned from Parliament on 11 February 1994 and the writ for the by-election was issued on the same day.
A total of six candidates nominated for the Bonython by-election held on 19 March 1994 compared with seven at the 1993 federal election.
A total of 77 469 electors were enrolled for the Bonython by-election. The Divisional Returning Officer for Bonython declared Martyn Evans (ALP) as the new Member on 24 March 1994.


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Q: React навигация с помощью клавиатуры ul и table как реализовать? Подскажите пожалуйста есть ли какой-нибудь стандартный способ указать возможность навигации с помощью клавиатуры внутри элементов ul и table ? Как это реализовать ?

A: это просто Вам как пример, не больше. этот код совсем не адаптивный.

const myList = [...Array(9)];  // это типа пропса (массив для
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class App extends React.Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this.state = {
      list: [],
      activeId: null
    };
    this.checkKeys = this.checkKeys.bind(this);
  }

  static getDerivedStateFromProps({ items }, state) {
    const store = items.map((i, n) => ({ id: n, isActive: false }));

    return state.list.length ? null : { list: store };
  }

  checkKeys(e) {
    e.persist();    // это чтобы объект событий работал как надо (гугл поможет)
    const { list, activeId } = this.state;
    let nextActiveId = activeId;

    if (activeId === null) {       // проверяем если ли уже выбранные блоки клавиатурой
        const newList = list.map(i => i.id == 0 ? { ...i, isActive: true } : i);

        return this.setState({ list: newList, activeId: 0 });
    }

    switch (e.keyCode) {  // проверяем какую клавишу нажали
       case 40: {
          nextActiveId += 3;
          break;
       }

       case 38: {
          nextActiveId -= 3;
          break;
       }

       case 39: {
          nextActiveId += 1;
          break;
       }

       case 37: {
         nextActiveId -= 1;
         break;
       }

       case 13: {
          alert(`Вы выбрали lolipop номер ${activeId + 1}`);
          break;
       }
    }

    // проверяем не вышли ли мы за границы блоков
    if (nextActiveId < 0 || nextActiveId > list.length - 1) return;

    this.setState({
        list: list.map(i => ({ ...i, isActive: (i.id === nextActiveId) })),
        activeId: nextActiveId
    });
  }

  render() {
    return (

        {
          this.state.list.map((i, n) =>

lolipop

          )
        }

    )
  }
};

ReactDOM.render(<App items={myList} />, document.getElementById('root'));
ul {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 50px);
  grid-auto-rows: 50px;
  grid-gap: 10px;
}

li {
  list-style-type: none;
  background-color: red;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  transition: transform .5s, border .5s;
  font-size: 12px;
}

li.active {
  transform: scale(1.2);
  border: 1px solid black;
}

здесь главная мысль в том, что state.list - это модель приложения (хранит состояния всех блоков - кто из них выбран, а кто - нет)


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Vinyasa Yoga in India usually referred to simply as Ashtanga yoga, is a style of yoga codified and popularized by K. Pattabhi Jois during the 20th century, and which is often promoted as a modern-day form of classical Indian yoga. Jois began his yoga studies in 1927 at the age of 12, and by 1948 had established the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute for teaching the specific yoga practice known as Ashtanga (Sanskrit for "eight-limbed") Yoga.] Ashtanga Yoga is named after the eight limbs of yoga mentioned in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.
In his book, "Yoga Mala," about the Vinyasa Yoga India practices, Pattabhi Jois recommends staying five to eight breaths in a posture or staying for as long as possible in a posture. Breathing instructions given are to do rechaka and puraka, (exhale and inhale) as much as possible. "It is sufficient, however, to breathe in and out five to eight times in each posture.
In an interview regarding the length of the breath, Pattabhi Jois said, "Inhale 10 seconds or 15 seconds then exhalation also 10 seconds or 15 seconds". He goes on to clarify, "Your strength is 10 breathing is doing possible, you do 10 breathing, 15 breathing you possibly, you do 15 breathing. One hundred possible, 100 you do. 5 you do, 5 is possible, 5 you do."
Additionally, his son, Manju Jois, recommends taking more breaths in difficult postures.
Pattabhi Jois recommends breathing fully and deeply with the mouth closed. He does not specifically refer to Ujjayi breathing. However, Manju Jois does. Manju Jois also refers to breathing called "'dirgha rechaka puraka', meaning long, deep, slow exhales and inhales. It should be dirgha… long, and like music. The sound is very important. You have to do the Ujjayi pranayama.
In late 2011, Sharath Jois, the grandson of Pattabhi Jois, declared his feelings on the issue, stating that Ujjayi breathing was not done in the asana practice, but also stated that the breathing should be deep breathing with sound. He reiterated this notion in a conference in 2013 stating, "You do normal breath, inhalation, and exhalation with sound. Ujjayi breath is a type of prāṇāyāma. This is just normal breath with the free flow".
In 2014 published on YouTube, Manju Jois dodges the question, "What is the difference between Ujjayi breathing and free breathing?" by saying that the breathing in Ashtanga should be long and deep with the sound like the ocean. He also states that if you don't make a sound, that is okay, too. However, he makes no distinction between the two terms and provides no explanation.
As far as other types of pranayama practice in Ashtanga, the consensus seems to be that it should be practiced after the asanas have been mastered. Pattabhi Jois originally taught pranayama to those practicing the second series, and later changed his mind, teaching pranayama after the third series.
Sharath Jois recently produced a series of videos teaching alternate nostril breathing to the beginner.
A connection between breath and bandhas
Sharath Jois says, "Without bandhas, breathing will not be correct, and the asanas will give no benefit."[17]
Drishti
Dristhi is where you focus your eyes while in the asana. In the Ashtanga yoga method, there is a prescribed point of focus for every asana. There are nine dristhis: the nose, between the eyebrows, navel, thumb, hands, feet, up, right side and left side.
In the words of Pattabhi Jois, "Vinyasa means 'breathing system.' Without vinyasa, don't do asana. When vinyasa is perfect, the mind is under control."
Vinyasa means breathing with movement. For each movement, there is one breath. All asanas are assigned a certain number of vinyasas.
According to Sharath, "The purpose of vinyasa is for internal cleansing. Breathing and moving together while performing asanas makes the blood hot, or as Pattabhi Jois says, boils the blood. Thick blood is dirty and causes disease in the body. The heat created from yoga cleans the blood and makes it thin, so that it may circulate freely.
Sharath also claims that the heated blood removing toxins, impurities, and disease from the organs through sweat produced during the practice. He claims that "it is only through sweat that disease leaves the body and purification occurs."
Students are encouraged to practice six days a week, preferably in the morning, and to take rest on Saturdays as well as the days of the full and new moon. Women are also instructed to rest during menstruation, refraining from any yoga practice.
Mysore Style
The term Mysore-style comes from the city Mysore, in Karnataka, India, where Pattabhi Jois & T. Krishnamacharya taught. Students are expected to memorize a sequence and practice in the same room as others without being led by the teacher. The role of the teacher is to guide as well as provide adjustments or assists in postures. Twice per week Mysore-style classes are substituted with led classes, where the teacher takes a group through the same series at the same time.
Sequences & Series
Usually, an Ashtanga practice begins with five Surya Namaskar A and five B, followed by a standing sequence. Following this the practitioner begins one of six series, followed by what is called the closing sequence. The six series are:
The Primary series (Yoga Chikitsa: Yoga for Health or Yoga Therapy),
Intermediate series (Nadi Shodhana: The Nerve Purifier) (also called the second series),
The Advanced Series (Sthira Bhaga: Centering of Strength):
Advanced A (also called third series),
Advanced B (also called fourth series),
Advanced C (also called fifth series) and
Advanced D (Sthira Bhagah) (also called sixth series).
Nancy Gilgoff reports that originally there were four series on the Ashtanga syllabus: Primary, Intermediate, Advanced A, and Advanced B. A fifth series of sorts was the "Rishi series," which Guruji said could be done once a practitioner had "mastered" these four. Anthony Gary Lopedota also confirms this.
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Apple will be fine, but the jury's still out on how Fitbit will keep up with its peers.
Last week, Strategy Analytics reported that Xiaomi shipped more wearable tech devices (like fitness bands) in the second quarter of this year than both Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Fitbit (NYSE:FIT). The China-based company now holds 17% of the global wearables market share, surpassing Apple and Fitbit for the first time ever.
Global wearables shipments grew by about 8% year over year in the quarter, but while Xiaomi and Apple both improved their shipment numbers dramatically, Fitbit's spiraled down. It wasn't all that long ago that Fitbit dominated the wearables tech space, but the company is losing its footing in the lower-end market and will face massive competition later this year when it releases its new smartwatch.
The news isn't all bad for Apple. The company has always taken a slow and steady approach with its products, and typically doesn't care much about market share. Additionally, the Apple Watch isn't a big money maker for the company. Apple's "other products" category, which includes the Apple Watch, Apple TV, Beats headphones and other accessories, accounted for just 6% of the company's total revenue in the third-quarter.
The good news for Apple is that Strategy Analytics said that strong demand for premium smartwatches actually helped drive up shipments in the second quarter. Apple may have lost out to Xiaomi for market share, but the company still shipped 55% more Apple Watches in the second quarter than it did the same time last year, according to Strategy Analytics.
Xiaomi's growth, on the other hand, came from increasing demand for low-cost fitness trackers (like the company's Mi Bands) in China, which is Xiaomi's home country. The devices come with a heart rate sensor, step counter and even calendar alerts, and start at a price of just $15.
While Xiaomi leapfrogged both Apple and Fitbit for the first time, the real loser in the quarter was Fitbit. The company saw its market share get cut nearly in half in just a year, from 26% down to 16%.
Strategy Analytics' executive director, Neil Mawston, warned in a press release that "Fitbit is at risk of being trapped in a pincer movement between the low-end fitness bands sold by Xiaomi and the fitness-led, high-end smartwatches sold by Apple."
Fitbit is just coming off a stronger-than-expected second quarter that beat analysts' consensus estimates for both revenue and earnings. Revenue fell by nearly 40% year over year to $353 million, but were $12 million higher than the average estimate. Meanwhile, Fitbit posted non-GAAP earnings per share loss of $0.08, which beat the consensus estimate of $0.15.
That helped push the company's share price up in the short term, but I have my doubts about the company's long term outlook. Fitbit is getting squeezed on the low-end by cheap fitness trackers, and it's now looking to launch a new smartwatch to expand its business. That may seem like a logical move, but it could prove very difficult to pull off as the company tries to take on Apple's smartwatch.
Earlier this year Apple held about half of all smartwatch market share, which makes Fitbit's smartwatch play an uphill battle against Apple. Additionally, Apple CEO Tim Cook said on the company's third-quarter earnings call that Apple Watch sales increased by 50% in the quarter.
I think it's a risky bet to think that Fitbit could take on the Apple Watch in any meaningful way at this point. Coming up against Apple in the high-end smartwatch market seems like an insurmountable task, and Fitbit investors should be a little concerned that the company's prospects in both the low-end and high-end wearable markets are looking a bit unstable.


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Talos Theatre Festival 2018: In Conversation with Festival Director, Christos Callow Jr.
The Bread and Roses Theatre will host a theatre festival of new writing that celebrates and champions imaginative concepts, spaceflight, fantasy, time travel, just to name a few. The genre of speculative fiction, also known as Sci-Fi is about to go centre stage from March 22 – 25.
Cyborphic presents Talos Theatre Festival 2018 and our newly appointed Marketing Manager,
Roman Berry, speaks with the Festival Director Christos Callow Jr to find out more about the origins and the excitement in the lead up to the Festival.
RB: Tell us about this year's Talos Theatre Festival?
Christos Callow Jr: Talos: The Science Fiction Theatre Festival of London was founded in 2015, taking its name from the earliest robot in Greek mythology (well, a giant made of bronze but he was still an automaton, like Hephaestus' servants). I don't think there can be a Talos without some good robot plays! The festival is back this year, featuring plays with robots, unicorns, Frankenstein's monster, clones, feminist utopias, and so many fascinating characters and visions!
RB: As the Festival's Artistic Director what was the motivation to use Science Fiction as the vehicle/ theme for a theatre festival?
Christos Callow Jr: I've been interested in science fiction theatre since I started studying theatre at a drama school in Athens. I have worked before at The Bread & Roses Theatre, staging a fantasy play of mine, Voice, in 2015, and directed the science fiction play, SUM, by Susan Gray in 2014. I have founded with Susan the first international conference on science fiction theatre in 2014.
If the question is why I believe science fiction belongs on stage, the answer is, I think nothing belongs on the 21st Century stage more than science fiction; how can theatre-makers not engage with the same concerns and themes that film and literature are obsessed with?
Find out all about Tim!
The team behind 'An Abundance of Tims' tell us all about their production, company and Tim!
Tell us more about the play you're producing? When and how was it written and/or developed?
The original idea for the show was simple: what would it be like for Tim to perform a one-man show, but with two other versions of himself on stage? Tim acts on stage telling a story with two audio speakers - each with recordings of his own voice. We wanted to create a show in which the form and content of the performance cannot exist apart. With a story about mistaken identity involving multiple Tims, there was only really one way to tell the story.
And what's the background of your theatre company?
Well, 'Shepard Tone' is a brand new company (of two people!). This is our first performance to a wider audience that will not be solely made up of our friends and Mums. We want to make theatre that is playful, unpredictable and performed above a pub.
The Bread & Roses Theatre announces new Artistic Director & further staff changes
The Bread & Roses Theatre is thrilled to announce Velenzia Spearpoint as their new Artistic Director. As of April 2018 she will take over from Tessa Hart, who is moving on to work for the Astrid-Lindgren-Bühne in Berlin whilst also staying involved as a Co-Executive Director of The Bread & Roses Theatre. Velenzia will be working alongside current Managing Director Rebecca Pryle.
Formerly already the Associate Producer of the The Bread & Roses Theatre since 2016, Velenzia will be programming the theatre's main seasons from December 2018 on. A director, producer and actor, she has over ten years experience both on and off stage and is also a co-founder of all-female theatre company Get Over It Productions. Notable work includes 'The Balcony' (The Bread & Roses Theatre), 'Britain's Got Fashion' (The Cockpit), 'Us' (SLAM Kings Cross), 'dirty butterfly' (The Bread & Roses Theatre) and Macbeth (The Roundhouse).
Furthermore, the theatre has also appointed two new part-time staff members: Artistic Associate Roman Berry is being promoted to Marketing & Production Manager whilst Ella Gamble is joining the theatre as their new Associate Producer. Sassy Clyde is also joining the team as a theatre Artistic Associate.
The Bread & Roses Theatre is a 40- to 60-seat innovative fringe venue developed since 2012 and officially launched in November 2014 by Rebecca Pryle and Tessa Hart, located above The Bread & Roses Pub in Clapham. Artistic quality, equality and diversity are at the forefront of the theatre's programming, which features visiting companies as well as in-house productions, with a focus on new writing, underrepresented voices and distinctive work. Having seen over 35,000 audience members through its doors to date, the theatre has worked with award-winning ensembles with decades of experience but also frequently welcomes emerging companies taking their first steps and supports theatre-makers by providing box office split deals with no hidden fees. In every full year of its existence the theatre has been a recipient of the ICWP 50/50 Applause Award for Theatre Gender Parity and the press has described it as 'one of the most exciting ones amongst the London pub theatres' (RemoteGoat), 'an extremely ethical organisation' (London Pub Theatres Magazine), and 'a new wave of venues (....) – all on the sort of sweetheart deals of old.' (The Guardian).


Bread and Butter Pudding is a true comfort food. This recipe is made with Panettone, an Italian Christmas cake. Or you can just use normal bread. Serves six.
Place the milk, cream and vanilla pod in a saucepan and bring to the boil.
Whisk the eggs, egg yolks and sugar. Whisk the milk onto the egg yolk and sugar mix.
Pour the custard over the sliced Panettone and bake in low oven (150C) for 20-25 minutes until just set.
Brush with the apricot jam and dust with the icing sugar.
This recipe is from Darren Simpson, Head Chef Aqua Luna Restaurant, Circular Quay, Sydney.
This very simple recipe can be made using either fresh or leftover panettone and croissants. You can also add dried fruits of your choice if you wish. Adjust the quantities to suit the size of your baking dish.
You need an oven dish about 20cm x 30cm (8in x 12in) for this quantity.
Cut croissants and panettone into slices and fit them neatly into the oven dish.
In a bowl mix eggs with milk, cream and rum. Pour this liquid over the croissants and panettone. Sprinkle with brown sugar and bake in the oven until set. It takes about 20-30 Mins.
Serving Suggestion: Serve warm or cold.
And next my weight watchers version LOL!
Place the orange, almond paste and almond flour in a bowl and mix with a spoon. This is a good base for the rest of the salad.
Change the fruits depending on what is in season. For example add a mango or blueberries to sweeten. You can put in as much as you like but apple, banana and orange make a good basic start. I also like to add a dollop of coconut milk, it makes a soft consistency. Every time I make this it has a different personality!
Chop your fruit finely and it will melt in your mouth.
Enjoy for breakfast and morning tea. Also good with yogurt.
I've never seen a recipe for fruit salad with almond flour/paste in it. Does it come out more like Bircher muesli than a traditional fruit salad?
It comes out like a creamy sort of fruit salad but not acidic, it is really easy to eat and tastes good IMHO. There's no museli in this one, but I'm certain it would taste good with museli too.
I'd love to make one for Christmas day, but cant find an old fashioned recipe...would love it if anyone could help out!
line a bowl with slices of jam swiss roll and splash with sherry. Place alternate layers of the custard, cream, fruit and jelly and more sherry splashed cake. Make top layer of custard and more cream on top.
Sprinkle with grated chocolate if you like.
YUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMY!! Now i want some. Looks like i will be making rum balls and trifle for christmas!!
1. Line dish with swiss rolls (halved).
2. Pour cherry over swiss rolls and leave overnight.
3. Spoon fruit over top (juice & all).
4. Pour hot custard over fruit.
5. Make & set Jelly in a different dish.
6. When custard is cooled put jelly on top.
7 if necessary repeat layers & top with cream & strawberries.
Oh, I don't know if I can wait until Christmas to make the trifle...I want it now!!! Y'know it's the best thing eaten as a midnight snack straight from the bowl, by the fridge light. Oooooh, naughty!
Chocolate brownie with warm chocolate sauce..
Stir in sugar andegg, then flour, sour cream and nuts, spread mixture into prepared pan. Bake, uncovered, in moderate oven about 30mins. Cool in pan.
Meanwhile, make sauce. Stir chocolate, cream, and sugar in small saucepan over low heat until mixture is mooth. Remove from heat, stir in liqueur.
good god girl, you are on a chocolate obsession today, sounds divine!
Min, I'm always on a chocolate obsession, it's just a matter of how much!
I used to have a good one that my ex-SIL gave me. Can't very well ask her to resend to me now!
Have had two years of withdrawal symptoms.
PLUS I am not the best at recipes so will need to be idiot-proof! Any help would be most appreciated.
Is bread pudding like bread and butter pudding? If so, I posted a request a little while ago that some people replied to that had great easy recipes. Just keep flipping the pages back and you'll find the post.
Let me know if you have any probs if this is what you wanted.


The German group, Splash Band, pay homage to director and composer, John Carpenter. This set of tracks, basically the main titles to most of Carpenter's early film work (Dark Star, Assault On Precinct 13, Halloween, The Fog ec) is given the electronic treatment and turns the themes into catchy dance mixes. Quite an interesting idea. There are some very unique interpretations here, some quite good, such as tracks taken from Dark Star and The Thing for example. This CD was originally an LP that came out in the mid 1980s. You can tell because Christine is the latest film of Carpenter's on the album (no Starman or Big Trouble In Little China or Prince Of Darkness or They Live).


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Benjamin Oldroyd - University of Sydney, Australia
Benjamin Oldroyd
University of Sydney, Australia
Ben Oldroyd is Professor of Behavioural Genetics at the University of Sydney, Australia. He completed a BSc(Agr) in 1980 and a PhD at the University of Sydney in 1984. Bern Oldroyd's research focuses on the behavioral genetics of honey bees, the evolution of social behavior and evolution more broadly. He is also heavily involved with the Australian beekeeping industry, including helping beekeepers breed better, healthier strains. Ben has made important contributions to understanding the genetic basis of worker sterility in honey bees, and his breeding techniques are now widespread in the Australian beekeeping industry. His book Asian Honey Bees: Biology, Conservation and Human Interactions (Harvard University Press) is the authoritative text on the subject. Ben has authored nearly 200 scientific papers on bees and social insects.


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The resources below can help local associations conduct and offer training as part of the REALTOR® Code of Ethics Training Requirement.
If your association has suggestions about materials to add or would like to contribute resources, send an e-mail to governance@realtors.org.
Provide this link to members wanting to fulfill the Code of Ethics Training Requirement online and receive CE credit. Right-click on the hyperlink of the title above to copy and paste a shareable URL.
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New members can use this link to fulfill the Code of Ethics Training Requirement when they first join the association. Right-click on the hyperlink of the title above to copy and paste a shareable URL.
Start-to-finish resources from NAR to provide Code of Ethics training to existing members. Includes facilitator and participant guides; a presentation; an optional test; and certificates of completion for associations to distribute. Also offers case studies specific to commercial real estate.
Start-to-finish resources to use to train new members.


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Q: Short if form does not work (myCondition!="true")
    ? output("false"); doSomethingElse();
    : output("true")

Why does the IDE say at the double-dot "Expected semicolon" ?

A: The conditional operator isn't a "short if form"... it's an operator, which evaluates either the third operand or the second operand based on the evaluation of the first operand. The result of the whole expression is the result of whichever operand was evaluated (out of the 2nd/3rd), converted to the result type where necessary (either the 2nd and 3rd operands have to be of the same type, or there must be an implicit conversion of one to the other).
You can't use it as an individual statement, and you certainly can't have multiple statements as the operands. Note that it must evaluate to a value - if Output and DoSomethingElse are void methods, that's another reason why you couldn't use the conditional operator.
Just don't do it. When you want the execution model of an if statement, use an if statement.
// I generally try to make conditions positive where possible. It's easier to read IMO.
if (myCondition == "true")
{
    Output("true");
}
else
{
    Output("false");
    DoSomethingElse();
}

A: This isn't intended to be a general replacement for 'if'. Rather, it's usually used to choose between two values;
 var clothing = isRaining ? hat : sunglasses;

What you're doing is better expressed with a classic if;
if (myCondition!="true")
{
    output("false");
    doSomethingElse();
}
else
{
    output("true")
}

The actual problem you're having is that you've included two statements in the first branch;
output("false"); doSomethingElse();

and in this form, you can only have one statement, and it has to return a value. After output("false") the language is expecting the:` for the else-value; you're giving it a semi-colon and it's got confused.


On January 4, 2012, Ontario Regulation 282/98 under the Assessment Act was amended to provide greater clarity and introduce new rules governing the property tax treatment of renewable energy installations. The amendments apply to facilities that generate electricity using solar energy, wind energy or anaerobic digestion of organic matter. The amendments take effect as of January 1, 2011.
The assessment and tax classification of property will not change due to the addition of a renewable energy installation on the rooftop of a building.
The following rules apply where energy generation is conducted by a person who is not ordinarily in the business of electricity generation, transmission or distribution, and where the generation is ancillary to another activity on the same property.
Small-size ground installations with a generation capacity up to 10 kW will not experience an increase in assessment or a change in tax classification.
Medium-size ground installations with a generation capacity over 10 kW and up to 500 kW will be taxed based on the surrounding land use (e.g. residential, farm, multi-residential, commercial).
Large-size ground installations with a generation capacity over 500 kW will be taxed based on the surrounding land use for the proportion of assessment up to 500 kW, and at the industrial rate for the proportion over 500 kW.
− For example, if a 560 kW wind tower is located on multi-residential property, the assessment of the wind tower and associated land would be apportioned 89 per cent to the multi-residential tax class and 11 per cent to the industrial tax class.
Ontario Regulation 282/98 was also amended to provide clear policy regarding energy efficiency and energy conservation installations that use renewable energy technologies. As a result, the assessment of properties with an active solar heating or cooling system or a ground-sourced geothermal heating or cooling system will not be increased as a result of that improvement.
Over the past year, we have seen our costs for solar panels drop by as much as 40% in the case of some solar panels. On average solar photovoltaic panels have come down 25% this year due increased competition within the sector and manufacturers scrambling to obtain market share. This price drop caused the decline of the American government backed solar panel manufacturer Solyndra. Solyndra received a $535 million loan guarantee to build a manufacturing facility but due to falling prices for solar panels they were priced out of the market and forced to file for bankruptcy.
The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) recognized the falling prices and decided it was time to undergo a review of the MicroFIT and FIT programs to better represent the rates it pays for solar projects. In addition to the falling prices, many areas in Ontario had reached generation capacity for generation coming from intermittent power (power from sources that is irregular). CanSIA is also requesting an increase from the 7% capacity rule.
The OPA has indicated that they will announce the results of the review within the first quarter of 2012 but have not committed to a deadline. It is our hope that they will complete the review as early as possible so that the solar industry can get back to business.
Ever since the microFIT program was introduced in Ontario I've noticed that every time I go to a home show there are more and more solar panel installers. Five years ago I used to joke that home shows were all about appliances and hot tubs. I suppose that now I can add solar panels and installers to the mix. If you're not familiar with the microFIT program, I've written about it before. In short, the Ontario government will pay you $0.80.2/kWh generated, for up to 20 years.
With all these new solar installer businesses popping up, I had to wonder, How do you go about looking for a reputable solar panel installer? And what about the solar panels themselves? How do you know what the right one is? There are several different manufacturers of solar panels, so how do you choose?
I contacted Aaron Goldwater of Goldwater Solar and asked him a few questions about solar panels. He's been in the solar business for many years and has installed many solar photovoltaic systems.
What are some of the qualities that separate a reputable solar panel installer from an organization that opened up shop just to take advantage of the microFIT program? Are there any certifications available?
Currently, there are is a certification that some installers may have from NABCEP (North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners), however it is a more common certification in the U.S. There are courses offered by CanSIA (Canadian Solar Industry Association) but no official accreditation offered through them. One way to determine if the company has been in business for a while would be to check how long they have been a member of CanSIA. Asking for references is always recommended and if you can get a referral from someone that goes a long way. In order for any company to comply with all the rules, the connection has to be done by a certified electrician. However, an electrician doesn't always choose the equipment used. I would recommend doing some background research into the equipment (panels/inverters/racking) before making a decision as there are a lot of companies out there offering panels that have only been in the business a short while. Even though they offer a 25 year warranty on performance, they may not be around once the industry matures.
I have not heard of leaks caused by solar installations. Generally the manufacturers of the racking systems have a careful method for attachment to roofs that include a flashing that is more than adequate for protecting the roof. A solar installation can actually protect the roof and extend the shingle longevity since it is usually the heat and UV exposure which causes them to degrade with time. The panels block the UV and lower the temperature of the roof because they are taking the sun's energy and converting it to electricity. A recent study in California also showed that Solar PV can reduce a building's cooling load by as much as 38%.
What are some of the main factors that make up a good quality solar panel? How much electricity should a standard-sized individual solar panel be generating?
Panels range in size up to as high as 300W each. These days, typically installers are using panels that are between 220 – 250W. Panels are usually rated by efficiency and the average panel is around 14 to 15% efficient. Checking the warranty of a panel is a good idea. Most offer a workmanship warranty of 5 years (although some now offer 10 years) and a power output of 80% of their original value at year 25.
Is there any way to check and see if your house is situated for maximum solar panel electricity generation? Does Google Earth have that ability?
Google Earth is a great tool for seeing if you have an ideally orientated roof for solar PV. A lot of installers use it as an initial assessment tool to determine if a site is suitable. Due south is ideal, but east and west can work too with about 80% overall production of a south facing roof. A typical panel is about 3′x5′ so you can even use google earth to determine how many panels you can fit on the roof with the measuring tool. At Goldwater Solar we use Google earth to assess orientation, potential shading, system sizing, and then we use PVWatts (an easy to use online PV calculator) to estimate production. We then send a proposal to the customer so they can evaluate if its worth it for them to pursue it any further. We then submit an application to the Ontario Power Authority on their behalf to begin the process (free of charge).
I would go with the 3′x5′ (3'4″ x 5'4″ to be more exact) measurement per panel and assume 240W per panel. Again, you can do this with google earth.
Is maintenance an issue? Do you need to be able to clean the solar panels every so often?
Cleaning the panels will definitely help with production. Panels can develop a film (dirt, debris, leaves, etc) on them that can lower performance. I would suggest if you have trees overhanging the roof (assuming they aren't shading the panels!!), removing any leaves that fall on the panels in the fall if possible. Using glass cleaner in the spring can also ensure you maximize the performance in the peak summer months.
Which is a better method of generating power when using more than one panel, in series or parallel?
Performance of the array and whether you string panels in series or parallel will depend on the inverter (what converts the panel's DC electricity to AC electricity). Their ability to convert DC to AC is what will determine how the array performs. Whether it is parallel or series doesn't matter though from a panel standpoint since when you string them together in parallel you add the amperage and when they are in series you add the voltage. The power output is voltage x amperage so the total output (watts) would be the same regardless.
Regarding the microFIT program: do you know if there is a long wait to get hooked up to the grid once you've received the approval from the ministry?
The process can take a while. In our experience, the OPA application approval can take anywhere from 1 month to 3 months to get approval. Once you receive approval (and actually they now request that you do this first now) you need to apply to connect to your Local Distribution Company (LDC), a fancy acronym for hydro company. This application approval review can take anywhere from 1 week to 2 months depending which behemoth you are dealing with. Once you have this approval the solar company can begin their installation and the Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) then comes to inspect that the system was installed according to code. The ESA then notifies the LDC and the LDC then installs the meter base (usually 1 to 2 weeks before they get in to do it). Then the LDC then informs the OPA that the project has been done (around 1 week). Finally the OPA then will send you a notice telling you that they will be issuing you the final contract soon. Then in about a week to 10 days the OPA issues you the final contract which the customer has to approve online. So you can see with all the different parties involved, it can literally take as long as 6 months to get a project finalized!
Thanks for the tips Aaron!
Recently, Aaron Goldwater received a call from Cathy Rust from BEC Green about Tankless Water Heaters. Below is the article Cathy wrote.
$229.89 yearly or $2758.62 over the life of the unit.
These numbers are worth paying attention to. But I'd also heard that there were certain drawbacks to a tankless system that worried me. I figured it was time to get to the bottom of when a tankless system is a good idea, and when it isn't. I contacted Aaron Goldwater of Goldwater Solar Services, a company that installs both solar hotwater and solar photovoltaic units. It turns out that solar hot water and tankless systems complement each other, with each system optimizing the other.
I sent Aaron a whole list of questions, concerns and observations and he patiently answered with thorough, thoughtful responses. If you were wondering about tankless hot water and whether it's right for your home, read on; Aaron clears up a lot of misconceptions about it, as well as pointing out the reality of a tankless system.
Cathy: A tankless hot water system cannot service a typical family of 4 or more, especially in the mornings when many showers might be being taken and the kitchen is in full swing. Same for night time if there are young children taking baths and the washing machine and dishwasher are on.
Different tankless water heaters have different flow rates and can supply different rates of hot water. Some can produce 5 or more gallons per minute which is sufficient to run two showers at the same time. You have to choose the right size tankless water heater for your household. The amount of hot water (flow rate) that a tankless water heater can supply depends on the incoming temperature of the water and the set temperature of the tankless water heater. The higher the temperature rise the lower the flow rate. So in the winter when the city water comes into the house colder than in the summer, tankless water heaters will produce a lower flow rate.
As the difference in temperature decreases between the set temperature and the incoming temperature of the water, the flow rate increases. Some tankless water heaters can produce as much as 9 gallons/minute if the difference in temperature is as low as 40 degrees F. This could happen for example if the tankless is set for 105F and the incoming water temperature is 65F. A solar hot water system will preheat the water before it reaches the tankless thereby increasing the flow rate of the tankless.
Having said that, water pressure is usually the real limiting factor for how many household facets you can run at the same time with hot water. Many households don't have sufficient water pressure to run 2 showers and do the dishes at the same time and this is NOT as a result of the tankless water heater not supplying enough hot water but a result of the size of the water pipes coming into the house.
Cathy: A cold water "sandwich" can occur if water is quickly turned off and on again in one part of the house (like the toilet flushing in older homes while someone is taking a shower).
In my experience and talking to my customers, the cold water sandwich doesn't seem to be an issue. I think the cold water sandwich occurs not when someone flushes the toilet but when a small section of the pipe has cold water trapped in it. For example, lets say you take a shower and then someone else in the house takes a shower 20 minutes later. The tankless water heater will take a few seconds to heat up again so although there's warm water in the pipe after the tankless water heater, some cold water will pass through the tankless water heater before it gets warmed. This would be eliminated with a solar water preheat system because the water would be warm or hot before entering the tankless.
Cathy: There is significant water wastage while the heating unit is warming up.
The one disadvantage of a TWH (lets use this acronym from now on) is that when the tap is turned on it takes about 10 to 20 seconds for the TWH to trigger and get hot enough so that the water passing through is at the set temperature. Its this extra 10 to 15 seconds on top of the usual wait time that people notice and it can waste a bit of water. Having said that, adding a solar water heater before the TWH as a preheat eliminates the added wait time most of the time because the water coming into the TWH is already warm or hot. So the TWH doesn't have to work as hard to heat up.
Cathy: An electric system uses too much electricity to off-set any real environmental or cost savings. A gas system (either propane or natural) is better.
An electric tankless water heater needs I believe a 100amp service and uses a lot of electricity to heat the water. They also typcially have low capacity compared with gas units and can usually only run 1 shower. Its not something we usually recommend unless there are no other options.
Cathy: Wouldn't the optimum use of a solar hot water heater, combined with tankless, be during the middle of the day when the sun is shining? Is there any sort of storage unit for solar-heated hot water?
A solar water heater has a storage vessel (tank) usually next to the tankless water heater that heats up during the day and stores the heat for when its ready to be used. Most solar tanks are insulated well and only lose about 1 degree F/hour once the sun goes down. So if you shower in the morning, the water in the solar tank will still be hot.
Cathy: Are the "hybrid" systems a better bet for a large family? (ie., a tankless system that includes a small storage tank).
Not really. A TWH with a small storage tank is usually only used to eliminate the wait time for HW.
Cathy: The pressure is often stronger than is needed for faucets in order for a larger capacity tankless system to work.
TWHs have a minimum flow rate to trigger the burner so if you only have the facet on partially the TWH might not trigger.
Cathy: Tankless systems are best suited for one and two person households.
Not true, because 20 people could live in one house and use a small tankless water heater. As long as they shower one after the next, they will all have HW.
Cathy: I also wondered if you could pair a tankless system with a drain water heat recovery unit or a circulating pump on a timer.
A drain water heat recovery (DWHR) unit will increase the hot water flow rate of a tankless water heater because it increases the incoming temperature to the tankless and therefore lowers that differential I was talking about earlier. For example, if the DWHR unit increases the city water temp by 10 degree F and the city water was coming in at 45F, that means that its now reaching the TWH at 55F instead of 45F. Lets say the tankless is set at 110F. Then that means instead of having to raise the temp by 65F it only has to raise it by 55F – this increase the hot water flow rate of the unit.
A recirc pump will keep the water running to the taps hot at all times so that when you turn on the tap the water is hot.
However, this is costly to install and will add more electricity consumption and gas consumption.
With a tankless water heater you can't run out of hot water. There is no storage of hot water. When you turn on the tap the tankless water heater is triggered and heats the water as it passes through it. Therefore you can have the tap on 24/7 and never run out of hot water. With a correctly sized tankless water heater you could run two showers all day a the same time.
Cathy: What's the biggest obstacle to installing a tankless hot water system?
One of the biggest obstacles to having a tankless water heater installed can be installing the venting or exhaust from the unit. Because they produce a lot of heat in order to heat the water as it passes through the TWH the exhaust from the unit can be a very high temperature. Some tankless water heaters use stainless steel 5 or 6 inch venting pipes as a result of the high temperature. This type of TWH comes with a venting kit, however, any additional venting needed can be very expensive.
However, some units, called condensing tankless water heaters, recover the lost heat that would have travelled out the exhaust. This increases the efficiency of the tankless water heater to as high as 98% efficiency. These are the most efficient water heaters on the market. Also, since the exhaust is at a lower temperature these units use smaller PVC venting. PVC venting is cheaper and can be easier to run longer distances thereby making it easier to find a spot to vent the TWH.
The biggest issue with TWH for installation is that the units aren't typically exhausted up a chimney. They are direct vent so the exhaust is typically run out the side of the house. Locating an appropriate spot for the venting can be tricky because the building code dictates how close the vent can be to different objects. For example, a vent cannot be within 3 ft of any door or window and it must be 1 ft above grade. It also has to be 2 ft from the property line. So if you have a very narrow passage between houses it may be difficult to find a spot to run the vent. A tankless installer should be able to determine if it can be installed within code.
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