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Portview banana project ripe for development
May 19, 2021 | Press Office Northern Ireland
Banana field and living museum to bear fruit for tourism in East Belfast
YOU might think that talk of growing bananas in Belfast is quite frankly 'bananas' but scoff not – it's been done before and funding is now in place to bring the 'Belfast banana' back to life.
Portview Trade Centre in East Belfast and National Museums NI have developed plans to create 'Banana Block' – a banana field and a living museum at Portview, formerly the home of Strand Spinning Mill which was once the largest flax tow spinning mill in the world.
Tourism Northern Ireland has deemed the Newtownards Road site ripe for development and provided a grant of £148,950 towards the project, which will be match funded by Portview to help restore a part of Belfast's heritage that dates back more than 100 years.
As far back as 1911, William Richardson, head gardener to Sir Otto Jaffe, successfully cultivated ripe bananas in East Belfast. Jaffe, a German-born linen merchant and former Lord Mayor of Belfast, was also the owner of Strand Spinning Mill which in the 1930s was a key feature within a vibrant East Belfast community and a global centre of innovation in manufacturing and technology.
Belfast and Strand Spinning Mill's banana connection doesn't stop there. During the Mill strikes of 1932, bands and workers from both sides of the community went on the march and the only neutral, non-sectarian tune that they knew and could agree on was… you guessed it, 'Yes! We Have No Bananas' which was played on repeat.
The development of 'Banana Block' will see 700m2 of vacant space at Portview transformed into a tourism oasis that includes an agri-tech living museum and an archive of mill stories, all set within a tropical banana plant-filled greenhouse.
Not only will the project bear fruit for tourism in the area, it will also integrate into an already thriving business, education, and training hub at Portview, providing the key ingredient to a banana beer which will be developed by Boundary Brewing, a co-operative brewery owned by its members and just one of the growing number of SMEs on site.
Comber-based agri-food company Mash Direct, founded by Martin and Tracy Hamilton, will also be supporting the project as lead sponsor for the development of an Urban Farm and educational programmes on local, sustainable farming and urban agriculture.
In another interesting twist of fate, Tracy happens to be a member of Belfast's well-known Mackie family who once owned Strand Spinning Mill. So, for Tracy, the project combines her current business with her family's historic industrial past, to create a bright and innovative future at Portview.
Portview Trade Centre Chairman Brendan Mackin said: "We are delighted to receive support from Tourism NI and National Museums NI in our quest to develop a banana-based tourism destination, steeped in local heritage. This, alongside our private partnership with Mash Direct, will help us achieve our long-term goals of transforming Portview into an independently sustainable and self-sufficient creative social hub, doubling the number of SMEs on site, and at all times benefitting the local community with neighbourhood tourism at its heart."
Kathryn Thomson, Chief Executive at National Museums NI, said: "We are excited to work in partnership with Portview to take the curious history of the Belfast banana and turn it into a vibrant and educational way to engage with heritage. Innovative projects like this allow us to reimagine the role of museums in society and find surprising new ways to connect with more people in Belfast and beyond. We look forward to working with Portview and its partners and to grow our audiences over the coming months!"
Rosemarie Mc Hugh, Director of Product Development at Tourism NI, said: "We are thrilled to be part of such a unique and interesting offering centred on Belfast's banana heritage which will provide a new tourism experience in the East whilst supporting a collaborative and innovative approach to the tourism sector's recovery. This is particularly important on the back of a very difficult year and a half for everyone in the local industry."
The Portview concept development is being taken forward by Belfast-based Urban Scale Interventions (USI) and a team of local and international consultants, including existing on-site tenants.
USI Partner Ralf Alwani said: "As a flagship Heritage and Tourism project, Portview promotes collaboration, green recovery and a co-designed approach which brings communities, institutions, and creative SMEs together around Belfast's tourism offer. The development of this unique and curious space, with Belfast's banana heritage at its heart, allows Portview Trade Centre to evolve into a place with longer-term tourism ambitions. This couldn't be delivered at a better time as we hopefully emerge out of this pandemic and start the recovery process."
'Banana Block' at Portview is due to open in August 2021. For more information, visit www.bananablock.org.
MEDIA ENQUIRIES: See below additional information on the history of Strand Spinning Mill and Portview Trade Centre. For further information, please contact Michael Rafferty (michael@duffyrafferty.com) or Jillian Frew (jillian@duffyrafferty.com) of Duffy Rafferty Communications.
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THE HISTORY OF PORTVIEW
The history of the Portview Trade Centre site dates back to the early 1900s when Sir Otto Jaffe, a prominent Belfast businessman and brickworks owner, was persuaded by local textile machinery manufacturers James Mackie & Sons Ltd to build a Mill on the Newtownards Road. The Mackie family subsequently bought the Mill from him and by the 1930s, Strand Spinning Mill was the largest flax tow spinning mill in the world and a centre of innovation for manufacturing and new technology.
The Mill manufactured bobbins which were later woven into linen in the mills across Belfast, until the outbreak of World War 2 when the loss of European flax supplies led to the Mackies starting to experiment with the processing of viscose fibres which were synthetic.
Working with London-based manufacturer Courtaulds, the Mill pioneered the processing of synthetic fibres in Northern Ireland. In April 1941, the northern end of the building was damaged in the German Blitz bombing of Belfast and never rebuilt leaving an 18-bay block. However, under the continued ownership of the Mackie family, the Mill continued to operate as a successful mill for many years.
The steady decline of the UK textile industry forced the mill to close at the end of 1983. A small group of innovative individuals then sought to reutilise the Mill as a centre for revitalisation and social investment in the people and the communities across Belfast whose story is embedded in the fabric and history of the mill.
As a result, Strand Spinning Mill evolved into Portview Trade Centre with a focus of providing useable workspaces for small businesses. Current tenants include Root & Branch, Boundary Brewing, Thought Collective, Derek Wilson Ceramics, Creative Exchange Artist Studios, Hall McKnight, Lightsource and Lines & Current.
For over 30 years, Portview Trade Centre has sought to conserve and maintain the B2-listed property with all financial gain reinvested into the preservation and operation of the current buildings and site, which consists of four separate blocks dating back to 1911 and still retaining much of their original character and materials.
However, there are some significant structural issues and substantial investment is needed to upkeep the buildings and address how to bring the vacant spaces into use to provide a sustainable future for the whole complex.
Portview has commissioned Urban Scale interventions to develop plans to create an education and industry environment that would 'simulate curiosity, encourage risk and identify new talent'. The resulting proposals will breathe much-needed new life into the East Belfast community, enabling young people to create their own opportunities and small businesses to grow and flourish – whilst also preserving and celebrating the history, heritage and social ethos of the original mill.
Tourism potential will also be maximised against a backdrop that has, over the past few years, seen developments such as the CS Lewis Square act as a catalyst for regeneration on the Newtownards Road.
The Connswater Greenway route leading through the rear of the Portview site has also strengthened ties to the Titanic Quarter and City Centre and further allows opportunities for Portview's development.
ABOUT NATIONAL MUSEUMS NI
National Museums NI is made up of four diverse museums and serves as a custodian of the 1.4 million objects within the National Collection. These exquisite objects span all time periods, referencing Northern Ireland and the wider world.
National Museums NI operates over five sites: Ulster Museum in Belfast, Ulster Folk Museum and Ulster Transport Museum, both located in Cultra, Holywood and the Ulster American Folk Park in Omagh, as well as our Collections Stores. More information can be found at www.nmni.com


Nicholas A. Slatten was accused of firing the first shots that set off a barrage that killed or injured 31 people.
The retrial of a Blackwater security guard convicted of first-degree murder in 2014 resulted in a hung jury Wednesday, dealing a blow to the Justice Department's long pursuit of accountability for a 2007 shooting of unarmed civilians that drew international condemnation during the Iraq War.
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth of the District of Columbia declared a mistrial after a jury of seven women and five men said it was deadlocked on the 16th day of deliberations in the case of Nicholas A. Slatten. Slatten, 34, was accused of unleashing the first shots that set off machine gun and grenade fire that killed or injured 31 civilians in stopped traffic at Baghdad's Nisour Square on Sept. 16, 2007.
Charges were first brought against six Blackwater employees in 2008 and over the next decade their cases careered among trial and appeals courts.
It was the second time Slatten faced trial for murder in the shooting rampage that outraged diplomatic and humanitarian circles and sparked calls to end the U.S. government's use of private military forces.
The retrial jury had indicated in a note last week to the judge that it was at an impasse and asked "please advise." The judge sent them home for the weekend and asked them to try again to reach a verdict when they returned to court Tuesday.
A jury in Washington, D.C., in October 2014 convicted Slatten of murder and three fellow Blackwater Worldwide guards of 30 counts of manslaughter and attempted manslaughter. The team was part of a convoy protecting State Department personnel.
A federal appeals court last August ordered a new trial for Slatten, saying he should have been tried separately from a co-defendant, Paul A. Slough, 38, who told investigators days after the shootings that he, not Slatten, fired the first rounds in the incident.
Slatten, of Sparta, Tennessee, had been imprisoned in Sumterville, Florida, serving a mandatory life sentence, before being moved to Virginia and the District of Columbia for retrial.
Prosecutors still face resentencings of three other convicted defendants: Slough, of Keller, Texas; Evan S. Liberty, 36, of Rochester, New Hampshire; and Dustin L. Heard, 37, of Maryville, Tennessee.
The three men received twice the maximum punishment for manslaughter alone after being convicted of using military firearms while committing a felony, an enhanced penalty that was primarily aimed at gang members and had never been used against security contractors given military weapons by the U.S. government.
In a 2-to-1 ruling, the panel said it did not intend to minimize the carnage attributable to the men, saying "their poor judgments resulted in the deaths of many innocent people," but called for more "nuanced" penalties based on each's wrongdoing rather than "sledgehammer" treatment.
Lamberth, the judge in both trials, had deferred resentencing until the outcome of Slatten's retrial.
During the long history of the Blackwater prosecution one guard, Jeremy Ridgeway, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and testified against Slatten in both of Slatten's trials, although he also said he believed Slough fired first. Prosecutors withdrew charges against one other Blackwater convoy member, citing a lack of evidence.
A federal judge initially threw out the other indictments in 2009, saying prosecutors improperly relied on statements the guards have given State Department investigators immediately after the shooting believing their statements would not be used in court.
Another three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit reversed that ruling in 2011, clearing the way for prosecutors to obtain fresh indictments against Slatten and the three others.
However, prosecutors took so long to charge Slatten that the statutory time limit for bringing a manslaughter charge had expired, an error the appeals court panel contributed to an errant ruling, a court found.
The Justice Department responded by charging Slatten, a former Army sniper, with first-degree murder, which has no statute of limitations, but required a higher burden of proof, including premeditation, which prosecutors labored this summer to meet.
Slatten's defense also got a new boost when a key government witness – Jimmy Watson, the leader of the four-vehicle convoy who was seated next to Slatten – retreated from his previously strong, repeated testimony that he had heard Slatten fire first.
Watson, whom Slatten's attorneys said suffered a brain injury in a diving accident while a Navy SEAL, appeared "a bit of a shell of himself" on the stand in the retrial, lead prosecutor Patrick Martin acknowledged, "looking off into the distance" and speaking in a muted tone and cadence.
But Martin asked jurors to remember "the 2013 Watson," who without hesitation and "clear as a bell" said seven times– in recorded grand jury testimony that was played at the retrial–that he heard Slatten fire first, then Slough.
"He was not the Mr. Watson of 2013 … You saw a different man up here, and that was unfortunate," Martin said in the government's closing arguments. "But the 2013 Watson gives you the testimony you need" to find Slatten guilty.


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Lazy Sunday CXLII: More Movies, Part XII: Movie Reviews, Part XII
5 December 2021 5 December 2021 The Portly Politico2 Comments
It was a grueling week for yours portly, and the weekend hasn't been much easier. There won't be much resting this Sabbath; in addition to catching up on this quite belated post, I have quite a bit of prep work for the school week ahead, which includes not just writing review guides for exams (which also need to be written), but also preparing for the school's annual Christmas concert. One major beef I have with the time-honored five-day workweek is that it leaves little precious time to attend to what needs getting done around the house (like fixing a clogged drain and hanging my Christmas lights), and this school year I feel like I am constantly grading and creating assessments.
But enough moaning. Here are three more film reviews, all three from August of this year, when I was deep in the throes of my ongoing love affair with Shudder, the horror streaming service:
"Monday Morning Movie Review: The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2018)" – I actually didn't watch this one on Shudder. Audre Myers of Nebraska Energy Observer asked me if I'd seen The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2018), and encouraged me to write a review of it, so I did (I still have to write that review of 1999's Bicentennial Man that she requested months ago—I'll get to it eventually!). The flick is nothing like what its exploitation-style name suggests (although the title character does kill both Hitler and the Bigfoot), but it's still pretty good!
"Monday Morning Movie Review: Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)" – Now this is the flick I thought
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot would be! I loved this flick, which is about the title character, Sam Hell (Roddy Piper), infiltrating a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by frog people (thus, Hell Comes to Frogtown). The world is completely ridiculous, but fun, with hot babe super scientists, villainous frog dictators, and a man whose virility is so legendary, women lick their chops at the sight of him. It's everything that made the 1980s great: original storylines, comedic machismo, and pro wrestlers as actors.
"Monday Morning Movie Review: Jakob's Wife (2021)" – In August Shudder released a new exclusive film, Jakob's Wife (2021), a feminist-inflected vampire story starring 80s scream queen Barbara Crampton. While the feminist themes were a bit heavy-handed at points, the film handled the subject matter with a surprising degree of nuance. For one, the film suggested (perhaps unintentionally) that female empowerment unleashed is a destructive, parasitical force—like a vampire. Regardless, Crampton's portrayal of the titular wife is excellent, and the script makes us sympathize with her.
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5 December 2021 at 3:45 pm
Fun article! You mention the feminist infected vampire movie and the possibly unintentional highlighting of female empowerment being a destructive force. I see that in The Walking Dead. Three major characters – Lori, Carol, Andrea – were as dangerous as the zombies, in their own way. They knew better than anyone else, no one could tell them anything, they were 'strong women' who would not be denied. Folks who are familiar with the series understand what I mean.
We see the destructive force in certain elected females – horrendous decision making and never back down from those decisions. Of course that's our modern day, real life horror story.
Yes! That was a major part of the film's premise. Crampton's character has to face the decision of becoming fully a vampire or embracing the life she built with her husband (who also grows as a character). Jakob finally overcomes her cowardice and love of comfort and kills the main vampire (a Nosferatu-style one, at that), and Crampton freaks out at him, saying that he never lets her choose, and she wanted to do so just once.
Of course, we can HOPE she would choose to be her old self again, but her husband did the right thing—and potentially spared his town the scourge of _another_ vampire sucking people's blood. Chances are she would have kept the intoxicating vampiric powers, and her dutiful husband might have ended up helping her along in her new life.
The destructive force of some elected females is quite real (as I've observed firsthand—reasonable questions about decisions or policies I've brought up before often are treated as negative attacks by some of my more emotional colleagues on Council; it's lonely being the only man sometimes—ha!). It's also true of women in the workforce, unfortunately, especially in leadership roles. I don't want to bar women from working or from leadership, and I wish it wasn't the case, but I've seen a great deal of pettiness and mercuriality from female supervisors over the years.
Alternatively, some of them are great, but my own experience is that the toxic ones outnumber the others.

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No organisation likes to face the prospect of the 'unthinkable' happening, whatever that may be.
The reality is most executives will face a crisis at some stage in their corporate lives. Being ready to lead and respond effectively is key.
Knowing who to call on when things hit the fan is vital.
Reputation management has gotten a whole lot more interesting. Yesterday's news is no longer fish and chip wrapper, and we can't be reassured that last night's radio broadcast is gone for good. The web creates an easily searchable archive of every word you've uttered in the last while - searchable not just to reporters and news organisations, but to anyone who cares to look. Controlling messages is no longer possible (not that it ever had been). And now that that information is available anywhere, any time, managing our online reputation is now just as important as attending to it offline.


This is my 1976 Dodge Aspen. My first car.
My Dad gave me the title to this car, his car, on this date 30 years ago in 1982. I got my driver's license in it the next day.
It was a piece of junk.
The front fenders had been recalled by Chrysler but my dad used the recall incentive to buy a new car instead of getting them fixed. Until my Uncle and I riveted on a piece of sheet metal, I would get mud on my windshield from the tires spraying up from underneath.
I drove about 12 miles to high school and it took at least 11 of those miles to get the car to warm up on cold, winter mornings. It caused me to learn to drive with both feet, a pretty much useless skill but a skill nonetheless. In order to keep the car from stalling out, I would brake with my left foot and keep pumping the gas with the right.
It was easy to flood the carburetor too. Cars don't even have carburetors any more. That's a throw back. However, I learned how to start it by jamming a pen in the butterfly valve. It was an oxygen thing I guess.
One year, driving it up to a Cleveland Indians Opening Day, it's radiator died in a ceremonious display of steam. We missed the parade, but filled it with water enough to turn back and get a buddy's car to go instead. As I recall, the Indians lost. Some things never change.
One night not long after that an electrical system problem caused the passenger area to fill with smoke. I drove with my head out the window to avoid the smoke and with no headlights in order to see enough to get home.
Yeah, it was a piece of junk.
Lots of memories though. And lots of incentive to earn some money to buy my own car too, which I did.
My first car was a '61 Comet. I paid $400 for that piece of junk in 1967 and then replaced the engine a month later when it blew. I think every penny I made from my summer job at North American Aviation went into that car.


Two Status Yellow wind and rain warnings are coming into effect for most parts of the country later this morning.
A rain warning is in place from 6am until 6pm for 13 counties along the East and South from Dublin to Kerry with up to 40 millimetres forecast to fall.
The counties affected are Dublin, Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Louth, Wexford, Wicklow, Galway, Mayo, Cork, Kerry, Tipperary and Waterford.
There is a wind warning from this morning for Leinster, Munster, Connacht, Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal.
Met Eireann are forecasting gusts of 90 to 110km/h, but say these will be even stronger on exposed coastal areas and on higher ground.


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When Will We Get The Infrastructure?
Roy Meachum's latest drivel ("Say ''Fiasco,'' Suckers!" April 25, 2006) includes this excerpt:
"The region involves, by the way, some 47,000 acres presently slated for about 14,000 homes, which scarcely represents overcrowding. That figures out to approximately one residence for about 3.4 acres, but in clusters, where the facilities are."
One house per 3.4 acres?! Ha! I'll give Roy partial credit for using the calculator to figure that one. Oh, but he says those homes will be "in clusters."
Exactly, they will be smacked right up against the other, just like the sprawl that is Urbana. Nearly everything in the New Market Plan is zoned at least R-3. Will these new homes be affordable? Doubtful.
And the facilities Roy mentions? They aren't here today. Land Stewards claims they will build those facilities, but you'll have to forgive us (the residents of Lake Linganore) if we're skeptical.
Here's why: we've had the Brosius Brothers (original project developers who went bankrupt back in the 70s), we've had Frank Ellis who promised to upgrade all the roads in the community, including rebuilding the bridge on Eaglehead Dr. None of that ever happened.
Currently we have Land Stewards...they already declared bankruptcy two or three years ago. Now they want to build-out Lake Linganore, promise roads, schools, etc. It all sounds eerily familiar!
What about the added traffic?
Land Stewards may take care of the roads in and around Lake Linganore. How about state roads like Rt. 75 and Rt. 144? The state has gone on record saying they cannot provide funding for at least 10 years.
In an April 6th, 2006, article in The Gazette ("New Market road projects predicted to cost $370M") David Severn thinks a developer will step up and provide the funding for these state roads, just like the improvements made to Rt. 85. The figures for Phase 2A of that I-70 project were in the neighborhood of $200M. The figures for the proposed upgrades to Rt. 75 and Rt. 144 are upwards of $370M. What developer in their right mind is going to step up and handle that astronomical figure, or even a portion of it?
John Lovell and Bruce Reeder seem to think we may not even need those improvements since we'll all be telecommuting in 10 years! That could be the case, but what about the increased local traffic? What happens on the weekends when everyone makes a trip to the grocery store, the hardware store, etc?
Nearly every day I witness what happens when infrastructure is not in place. My commute takes me through Blaine Young's neck of the woods: down Rt. 355 or Rt. 75 through Green Valley and Hyattstown to pick up I-270. A mile-long lineup of cars to take Rt. 109 onto I-270 is not uncommon for Rt. 355 or Rt. 75 at that point near Hyattstown. If there is an accident on I-270, then the lineup on Rt. 355 could stretch all the way to Frederick. On a good day, it has taken me 10 minutes to move one quarter of a mile in the backup to turn from the southbound lane of Rt. 75 onto Rt. 80 at the drag strip – and this is just due to sheer volume!
My whole point is this: Growth can only be good if there is adequate infrastructure in place to support it.
Jeremy Leftwich, New Market
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Heat the oil and keep it in a vessel.Cut the fish into slices, marinate it with salt and turmeric powder for 15 minutes.
In frying pan fry the fish using a little oil (do not deep fry) turn the slices and when it is well cooked and the water is evaporated remove the fish from the fire.
Peel the garlic and keep the small flakes whole, if the flakes are too big, cut into two.Peel the ginger and cut into small pieces.Grind the red chilli, using vinegar.
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List of The Batman episodes
The following is an episode list for the Kids' WB animated television series The Batman, starring the titular character. The series premiered on September 11, 2004, and ended on March 8, 2008. Although the series borrows many elements from previous Batman storylines, it does not follow the continuity set by the comic books nor that of the previous Batman: The Animated Series or its spin-offs. Also, the animation style bears a strong resemblance to that of Jackie Chan Adventures, since Jeff Matsuda was the chief character designer for both shows. The designs of many supervillains, like the characters Joker, Penguin and Riddler, are very different from those of their comic counterparts.
As of March 8, 2008, 65 episodes of The Batman have aired.
The first five seasons are available on DVD. A Direct-To-DVD movie titled The Batman vs. Dracula, based on the series, was released in on October 18, 2005 and made its television debut on Cartoon Network's Toonami block on October 22, 2005. There is also a spin-off comic book series, The Batman Strikes!, published by DC Comics which is set in the same continuity and style of The Batman.
Season 1: 2004-2005
Season one comprised 13 episodes, aired over a period of eight months between September 2004 and May 2005. These episodes were released on The Complete First Season DVD in February 2006.
As an added gag bonus, Batman: The Animated Series producers Alan Burnett, Bruce Timm, and Glen Murakami voice escaped inmates at Arkham Asylum in "The Bat in the Belfry".
Season 2: 2005
The production order for season two comprised 13 episodes and a direct to video movie. This episode introduces Riddler with a very new look. The episodes ran on Kids' WB from May until September 2005, and the movie was released on DVD in October 2005. The Complete Second Season (without the movie) was released on DVD in September 2006. At the end of this season, Batman was accepted by the Gotham City Police Department.
The third season comprised 13 episodes which aired over eight months from September 2005 through May 2006. Like the first two seasons, it began directly following the end of the previous season. This season also aired with a brand new intro and musical theme. The season introduces Poison Ivy and Batgirl with an inspiring relationship but, was changed when different paths were taken. The Complete Third Season was released on DVD in April 2007. This was the last season on The WB when it became The CW.
Season four introduces Robin, Tony Zucco, Harley Quinn (veteran Bat-writer Paul Dini, creator of the character, wrote her debut episode), Black Mask, Killer Moth, Everywhere Man, Penguin's version of The Injustice Gang, a new Clayface (Basil Karlo), and the Martian Manhunter. New episodes air on The CW, which launched in September 2006 and is the new home of Kids WB. The Complete Fourth Season was released on DVD in November 2007.
Season 5 expands the series further into the rest of the DC Universe, introducing superheroes from the Justice League of America and their enemies, both of which include Superman, Hawkman, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, and Flash; and the supervillains are Wrath, Lex Luthor, Toyman, Metallo, Shadow Thief, Count Vertigo, Sinestro, The Terrible Trio, and the Mirror Master. This season is the last of the series. The series finale aired on March 8, 2008. The Complete Fifth Season was released on DVD in July 2008.
The 2005 direct-to-video feature film The Batman vs. Dracula was released after four episodes of the third season had aired. An intended sequel based on Batman: Hush was in pre-production before the project was cancelled. The movie was released to DVD on October 18, 2005 and made its television debut on Cartoon Network's Toonami block on October 22, 2005. It was released on DVD as a tie-in with the live-action Batman Begins.
"The Batman Season 1". Worldsfinestonline.com. http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/WF/thebatman/?x=guides/01. Retrieved 2007-04-15.
"The Batman Prod Codes and airdates". epguide.com. http://epguides.com/Batman_2004/. Retrieved 2007-04-15.
"The Batman Writers list". Worldsfinestonline.com. http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/WF/thebatman/?x=backstage/castcrew/writers. Retrieved 2007-04-15.
"The Batman Directors list". Worldsfinestonline.com. http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/WF/thebatman/?x=backstage/castcrew/directors. Retrieved 2007-04-15.
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Alabama has a stunning diversity of fossils, ranging from tiny microfossils to giant prehistoric whales. The state is host to a number of sites that reveal fossil-bearing rocks from the ancient Cambrian period to almost modern-day sediments. These rocks range from the time period when trilobites swarmed in the oceans, more than half a billion years ago, to the more recent past when the world we recognize took shape. Alabama's best-known fossil is its state fossil,Basilosaurus cetoides, an ancient toothed whale, but the state is also home to fossil Paleozoic invertebrates, Pennsylvanian plants, Cretaceous-Tertiary mollusks and vertebrates, and a variety of dinosaurs. These include Lophorhothon atopus, a hadrosaur, and Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis, a tyrannosaur that, so far, is known only from Alabama.
Fossils are intrinsically interesting because of their beauty and strangeness, but they are also important for what they reveal about the Earth's history. For example, because different creatures lived at different times, fossils can be used to determine the relative ages of rock layers.
Blastoid
Generally speaking, the more closely fossils resemble the shells or bones or footprints of creatures that are alive today, the younger are the rocks, but this is not always the case. Because oysters have existed for many millions of years, it is sometimes difficult for scientists to determine the age of the rock in which their fossils are found. But if, for example, a shell is from an identified species of oyster, such as Agerostrea falcata, scientists can date the rocks because they know that the species lived during a particular period of the upper Cretaceous, about 80 million years ago. Fossils of animals like Agerostrea falcata, which lived during a specific span of time and were geographically widespread, are called index fossils and can be used to date the rocks that contain them.
Some rocks are practically made out of fossils. For example, when conditions in the sea were stable and favorable, microscopic organisms died in large numbers, rained down onto the sea floor, and over time fossilized to become chalk. Two processes make microscopic shells into chalk. First, the weight of overlying sediment actually fuses shells together where they touch. Second, shell material that dissolves at pressure points later grows as tiny crystals that cement particles to one another. Such is the case with the famous chalk deposits that underlie much of Alabama's Black Belt. To the naked eye, chalk appears to be a smooth or slightly roughened, solid white surface. Under a powerful microscope, however, it is revealed to be a conglomeration of thousands of tiny shells. Because microfossils are difficult to see, people tend to forget about them. But wherever visible fossils appear, there are surely microfossils present too.
Crinoid
Alabama can be divided into geologic provinces based on the differing ages or formative processes of the rocks found in the various parts of the state. The Piedmont Upland physiographic section, in east-central Alabama, consists of metamorphic rocks of Precambrian and lower-Paleozoic age. These rocks are part of the Appalachian mountain chain and have been so squeezed, twisted, and heated that they contain hardly any recognizable fossils. North Alabama rocks consist of strata, or layers, most of which were laid down on the floors of shallow seas between the Cambrian and Pennsylvanian Periods of the Paleozoic Era. Fossil sea creatures in these rocks are older than the dinosaurs. Some of them, such as crinoids, look vaguely familiar and are related to modern crinoids, but others, such as trilobites, have no close living relatives. The most common fossils in these rocks are brachiopods, which look like seashells. Brachiopods (Cambrian to Recent) are not close relatives of modern clams and oysters, however. They are more closely related to bryozoans (Ordovician to recent), which, like the brachiopods, are abundant in Ordovician through Pennsylvanian rocks of North Alabama. Bryozoans are still common today, but most are small and unobtrusive. They often can be found coating the seaweed that has washed up on Alabama's beaches after a high tide. What looks like very small pieces of lace made of stone is actually a series of tiny sticklike arms or segments perforated with minute pits. Each pit contained a bryozoan.
Brachiopod
Like corals, the individuals formed colonies made up of numerous individuals connected by their hard skeletons. Other common fossils in Alabama rocks, particularly limestones and shales, include crinoids (Ordovician to recent), blastoids (Ordovician to Permian), trilobites (Cambrian to Permian), and gastropods (Cambrian to recent).
Alabama is well known for its coal-age (Pennsylvanian) plant fossils. These are most abundant in the Warrior coal basin of northwest Alabama. The best plant fossils are preserved in shales associated with coal deposits and are found in coal mines. Common Alabama plant fossils include treelike lycopods, such as Lepidodendron, which are preserved as trunks, branches, leaves, flowers, and roots; ferns of many kinds; and giant horsetails. Fossil plants in Alabama record the former presence of swamps like those forming today in the Okefenokee Swamp. Similar Pennsylvanian plant fossils are found from Alabama to West Virginia. Petrified wood has been found in many parts of Alabama.
Pennsylvanian Fossil Plants
Much of the lower two-thirds of Alabama lies within the East Gulf Coastal Plain physiographic section. The rocks in this area, which date to the Cenozoic Era, are much younger than those in the other sections. Coastal plain sediment was laid down in and near the ancient Gulf of Mexico and partly along rivers. These deposits also underlie the beaches and bays that border the modern Gulf. Fossil animals found in Coastal Plain sediment are more closely related to living forms than those in the Paleozoic rocks of north Alabama, and so they look more familiar to us. They include fish and sharks, snails, clams, sea urchins, and an almost incredible variety of oysters. Some of the best-known and largest marine creatures from Alabama are the state fossil, Basilosaurus cetoides, a toothed Eocene whale, and about a dozen species of mosasaurs (giant marine reptiles), which are common in the Cretaceous marine deposits of the Black Belt.
Pennsylvanian Amphibian Footprints
North Alabama is also a rich source of trace fossils, which is what scientists call the preserved remains of marks made by the activities of ancient creatures. Trace fossils include footprints, trails, burrows, and other signs of movement. Trace fossils are more visible in sandstone and shale than in limestone, and although they do not show as much of the physical appearance of ancient organisms, they do indicate what ancient creatures did, which can be even more useful to scientists. Alabama is home to one of the best Pennsylvanian trace-fossil sites in the world, the Stephen C. Minkin Paleozoic Footprint Site, where researchers have found a record of animal behavior on an ancient tidal flat. Creatures ran, walked, swam, crawled, and dug burrows in the mud at a time when reptiles began to replace amphibians as the dominant four-footed animals. Among the thousands of trackways recovered are some that capture interactions among fish and amphibians that lived and died more than 300 million years ago.
Fossil Dinosaur Egg
Alabama's remarkable fossil heritage is clear in the sheer number and the diversity of the fossil discoveries made in the state. The only dinosaur egg found east of the Mississippi was collected by pediatric immunologist and amateur fossil collector Prescott Atkinson, at the time a high school student, in 1970 in Alabama. The egg is now part of the collections at the Auburn University Museum of Natural History in Auburn, Lee County. Cretaceous strata near Phenix City recently have yielded amber and fossil feathers. Cenozoic mollusks have been considered Alabama's greatest claim to fame among invertebrate paleontologists. The shell beds beautifully preserve hundreds of species, many of which were first found in Alabama. For the Paleocene and Eocene epochs especially, these shell beds rank among the very best in the world.
Alabama is a good place to go fossil collecting, and there are large collections of fossils on view in several museums. The National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., has an excellent and comprehensive collection of Alabama fossils. Within the state, the Anniston Museum of Natural History, the McWane Center in Birmingham, the Auburn University Museum of Natural History, and the Alabama Museum of Natural History in Tuscaloosa have substantial holdings. Most museums have more material available for study and in storage than they do on display, but Alabama fossils are displayed in all four museums listed.
Adams, G. I., C. Butts, L. W. Stephenson, and C. W. Cooke.1926. Geology of Alabama: Geological Survey of Alabama Special Report 14. Tuscaloosa: Birmingham Printing, 1926.
Burdick, D. W., and H. L. Strimple. Genevievian and Chesterian Crinoids of Alabama. Bulletin 121. Tuscaloosa: Geological Survey of Alabama, 1982.
Buta, Ronald J., and David C. Kopaska-Merkel. Footprints In Stone, Fossil Traces of Coal-Age Tetrapods. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2016.
Buta, Ronald J., Andrew K. Rindsberg, and David C. Kopaska-Merkel, eds. Pennsylvanian Footprints in the Black Warrior Basin of Alabama. Birmingham: Alabama Paleontological Society, 2005.
Copeland, C. W. Curious Creatures in Alabama Rocks, a Guidebook for Amateur Fossil Collectors. Circular 19. Tuscaloosa: Geological Survey of Alabama 1965.
Kopaska-Merkel, David C., Andrew K. Rindsberg, and Sydney S. DeJarnette. A Guidebook to the Mississippian Rocks and Fossils of North Alabama. Educational Series 13. Tuscaloosa: Geological Survey of Alabama, 2000.
Lacefield, Jim. Lost Worlds in Alabama Rocks: A Guide to the State's Ancient Life and Landscapes. Tuscaloosa: Alabama Museum of Natural History, 2013.
Lafferty, April, David C. Kopaska-Merkel, and Andrew K. Rindsberg. Fossil Creatures of Alabama. Poster. Geological Survey of Alabama Educational Series, 2000.
Rindsberg, Andrew K. Ichnology of the Upper Mississippian Hartselle Sandstone of Alabama, with Notes on Other Carboniferous Formations. Bulletin 158. Tuscaloosa: Geological Survey of Alabama, 1994.
Rindsberg, Andrew K., David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Doug Wymer, and J. C. Hall. A Guidebook to Cretaceous Rocks and Fossils of West-Central Alabama.. Tuscaloosa: Geological Survey of Alabama, 2006.
Published: April 12, 2007 | Last updated: December 17, 2015


atiesrxx.exe may be a dangerous program, according to heuristic analysis. This program triggers too many of the "probable danger" flags detailed bellow. It is yet unknown if atiesrxx.exe is a virus or a legit program that doesn't cause harm your PC. Please be careful with this application.
The MD5 fingerprint for this executable is ebccbcbf1df132e4775e5d6e6dea3ed0.
This program is registered as a Windows service. This means it operates on your PC in background, usually without displaying anything to you. Most Windows services are legit programs, which perform useful features to other applications or to the Windows Operating System.
This application runs as a 32-bit program. It can not exploit the full power of modern PC CPUs. This ordinarily happens because the makers did not upgrade it to use the x64 instruction set.
The description present in the file is AMD External Events Service Module.


DHA Karachi has not only regulated administration but is also an assiduously designed project of the city. The project was established back in March 1953, when a group of retired officers from the Army initiated this housing project with the name of 'Defense Officers Housing Society'. However, following the presidential orders, the project was taken over by the government later in the year 1981. The government transferred the administration of the project to Corps Commander, Karachi. The municipal association was formed with the Clifton Cantonment Board (CBC). CBC is an autonomous civic body, encircles the eight phases of DHA, Clifton block 8 and 9, and outskirts. The CBC is in charge of maintaining streets, public parks, decoration of roadsides, ensuring sufficient water supply, ensuring public safety, conducting a census, and implementing good sanitation executions.
DHA Karachi has been stretched out to around 8,838 acres of land. Defense Housing Authority has been widely regarded as one of the most prestigious and urbanized housing societies of the city. The front part of DHA has the seashore comprising of beautiful beaches. The eight phases of DHA offers its residents a unique, high-quality lifestyle.
Investors are usually inclined towards investing in DHA. The core reason behind this interest is the quality DHA is providing towards a luxurious lifestyle, advanced infrastructure, neat and clean network of roads, top-class recreational facilities, green belts, modernized health facilities.
People invest in houses in DHA, Karachi because the community has taken into consideration all aspects of a luxurious lifestyle. Due to the modern infrastructure, a clean network of roads, green belts, best recreational amenities, high-quality medical facilities, world-class clubs, and the city's some of the best educational institutions. By the passage of time, DHA has also become a hub for business and commercial activities in the city.
Public buses: W30, X10, X8, W21, Z2, Aiwan Coach and Gulistan Coach.
Lahore Grammar School is in Khayaban-e-Roomi.
The Space Institute are various other reputable schools in DHA.
A. Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed College.
Defence Central Library to compliment universities.
There as a dedicated area in each phase of DHA for commercial activities. Here is the listing of commercial areas according to their respective phases.
Phase 2 – Commercial Area A and Sunset Boulevard Commercial Area.
Phase 4 – Sunset Commercial Area and 9th & 10th Commercial Street.
Phase 5 – Badar Commercial Area, Stadium Commercial Area, Tauheed Commercial Area and Zamzama Commercial Area.
Phase 7 – Sehar Commercial Area and Jami Commercial Area.
Phase 8 – Zulfiqar & Al Murtaza Commercial Area and Peninsula Commercial Area.
There are various options available in DHA for commercial purposes such as shops, offices, and buildings. Sizes for commercial plots range from 5 marlas to 1 Kanal. Having a suitable environment for business, DHA is one of the major destinations for many companies, looking for rental options in the city. One can easily find furnished shops and offices on rent in DHA.
There are a number of cigar lounges and several sheesha bars are also available in DHA.
Residents of DHA enjoy the convenient access to Clifton Beach which is more commonly known as Sea View. It is situated around 15 minutes away. It comprises of various entertainment features. People walk alongside seashore and enjoys a cool breeze.
There are a number of popular attractions near DHA. If you want to have memorable dining out with your loved ones, Savors Restaurant offers exquisite dinner on a romanticly decorated boat. If you're a rider and want to test your skills, Devil's point Clifton is the place where guys test their racing skills. However, we firmly discourage any stunt, racing or every other action that poses a threat to human life and performed without taking safety precautions prior. You can also reach historical spots of the city from DHA such as Mohatta Palace. You will have to take W30 bus or Super Hasan Zai Coach to reach there. Mohatta Palace was once the residence of the mother of the nation, Fatima Jinnah. It is now a museum, situated in Clifton. Timings to visit are 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM from Tuesday to Sunday.


Walk to the town, popular sailing clubs, Parade and Fast Cat. Situated just behind The Parade and the Cowes Combined Clubs Regatta Centre, Yvery Court is split level with an elevated position providing outstanding views. Features include CCTV cameras covering the perimeter of the building, professional landscaping, and remote video entry system. "Large picture windows and balconies ensure that you enjoy the location while the imaginative design and architectural features blend perfectly with the surrounding properties yet offer modern facilities to buyers.'' The property is extremely well thought out in terms of design to maximise the space and views while the finish is to an extremely high level. Ideally suited for those wanting a sea view or those wishing to be at the heart of all that is Cowes.
Accessed via Castle road. A secure and solid wooden front door opens to a welcoming hall with accommodation off over 4 split levels.
The wonderful dual aspect reception space is L shaped. Located up on the second floor to accommodate the excellent view of the sea both East and West via the picture arched window and Juliette balcony. Vaulted ceiling, wooden flooring.
This spacious room dual aspect room has some sea views from the Juliette balcony. Space for family dining table and chairs. The kitchen area is appointed with a large range of floor and wall mounted units finished with a black granite counter top. Further equipped with integrated appliances, pull up counter top plug sockets, wooden flooring. Door to.
This room has storage cupboards, sink and shelving. Side aspect window and plumbing for washing machine. The boiler is also sited here.
As with all the bathrooms in this property, beautifully appointed with tiled floors and half splash backs. Fitted with bath, separate shower cubicle, basin and towel rail.
A nautical themed double bedroom on the ground floor. currently configured as a twin room with space for a range of free standing furniture.
Ground floor bathroom with bath, w/c basin and towel rail. Tiled floor.
This double bedroom on the first floor has a front aspect. Again arranged as a twin room.
Fitted with corner shower cubicle, w/c, basin, towel rail. Tiled floor.
A top floor double bedroom vaulted sloped ceilings with front aspect and velux window. Sloped ceilings. door to en-suite.
Fitted with bath, w/c, basin, towel rail and tiled floor.
To the rear of 'The Grove' is an allocated parking space.


Some carers may be required to care for a service user who relies on a ventilator (ventilator dependency) in order to breathe following a procedure known as a "trachestomy".
As medical technology and intervention evolves, more patients are faced with temporary and long-term tracheotomy/ventilation as a part of recovery. A tracheotomy is where an incision is made to a person's windpipe in order to help them breathe. A tracheotomy is usually done for one of three reasons: to bypass an obstructed upper airway; to clean and remove secretions from the airway; to more easily, and usually more safely, deliver oxygen to the lungs.
If a service user has a trachestomy tube, a carer will be required to understand the basic functionality of the device and may be required to assist service users to manage the tube, especially during swallowing and oral communication.
While the respiratory therapist sets up the ventilator and usually makes major changes as per the doctor's orders, there are basic principles that apply to all ventilators that every carer should be familiar with when working with any ventilator.
knowing and demonstrating basic life support for healthcare providers.
Understanding the proper functioning and the adverse effects that can occur to the respiratory and cardiovascular systems (such as respiratory acidosis, hypoxemia, and pulmonary hypertension), are just a few examples of the knowledge nurses should have.
It also is important to be aware of potential complications of mechanical ventilation. In short these include, but are not limited to; the development of acidosis, blocked airways, bronchospasm, infections, damage to tracheal tissues and oxygen toxicity.
There are several ways in which patients can be weaned off a ventilator. To begin the process, a patient might go from the assist-control setting to a synchronized intermittent mandatory- ventilation setting. The breathing effort can be more negative to exercise the respiratory muscles and the diaphragm to generate negative pressure in the chest and lungs to draw fresh air into the lungs. The breath rate can also be gradually decreased and PEEP can be gradually reduced to zero. A trial of CPAP might also be given. Some doctors will also order increasing times off the ventilator once the settings are low, such as 5 minutes off the ventilator, 5 minutes on, and gradually increase the time off as tolerated by the patient.
The goal in caring for patients at home is to assist them in participating in the most normal life as possible and fulfilling their goals for the best quality of life they can attain.
For more information about ventilator dependency, we recommend looking at The NHS' guide to Tracheostomy.
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The WaPo has been printing some truly loopy op-eds lately. This is another one.
Yeah, Jewish people did not get ahead on hard work, talent and luck, but because someone else was stepped on. I guess that also means Asians and Indians are getting ahead due to someone else getting stepped on.
And women are graduating from college at higher rates than men because someone is getting stepped on…ooops.
I love all the people. This obsession with victimhood is depressing.


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Court Allows Private Property Owner to "Reel In" Exclusive Fishing Rights on a Navigable Waterway
Can a private property owner possess the exclusive right to fish on a navigable river? According to the New York State Court of Appeals, the answer is yes.
In Douglaston Manor v. Bahrakis, 89 N.Y.2d 472 (1997), the Plaintiff-Appellant, Douglaston Manor, Inc., owned approximately one-mile-long sections of both shorelines of the Salmon River in Oswego County and the riverbed in between. Plaintiff traced its title back to a conveyance from the State of New York in 1792. The issue was whether Plaintiff's ownership entitled it to exclude members of the public from fishing in, though not from navigating through, its portion of the river.
Plaintiff operated the Douglaston Salmon Run within its section of the river. The Salmon Run was an exclusively managed private sport fishery from which the general public is excluded and for which users pay Douglaston a fee. Plaintiff sought to enjoin Defendant's commercial fishing guides from future anchoring upon and fishing in Douglaston's privately owned section of the Salmon River.
After a detailed legal analysis, including the definition of "navigable" and Plaintiff's deed from the State of New York, the State's highest court ruled in favor of the Plaintiff.
The Court held in relevant part that "[T]here is no necessary conflict between the reservation to the public of the right of navigation and the recognition of the exclusive privilege expressly granted to the owner. The public right, whatever it might otherwise be, must be held limited in such a situation to the right to use the waters for the purposes of a public highway. * * * [T]he easement of passage over navigable waters does not involve a surrender of other privileges which are capable of enjoyment without interference with the navigator."
The Court further held that "Importantly, New York State, as the original grantor of the Macomb Patent directly descending to the title involved in this case, has long respected private fishing rights in navigable-in-fact rivers and has even been engaged in purchasing precisely such rights for public benefit …We see no reason in this circumstance to curtail the State's general authority to convey property and property rights, nor to countenance the view that the State has been expending public moneys unnecessarily on rights, according to defendants' theory, the State already irrevocably holds in public trust."
Finally, the Court held that "In sum, the desirable definiteness attendant upon discrete property rights and principles, along with reliable, predictable expectations built upon centuries of precedent, ought not be sacrificed to the vicissitudes of unsupportable legal theories."
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'Sister Wives': Are Kody Brown and Meri headed for fracturing family dynamic?
All is not well with the Brown Family parents following divorce and catfish drama.
Kody Brown, "Sister Wives" family patriarch, no longer wants to share intimacy with first wife Meri Brown, according to People and In Touch Weekly. Fans are in the dark whether the couple remains together or if they have split.
The news that Kody no longer desires to be with Meri intimately caught many off-guard. Other fans sensed something was amiss in the relationship from the time viewers learned about the catfish drama that ensnared Meri in 2015.
Not only had many fans believed that the couple weathered Meri having been "catfished," as People put it, but fans also thought the duo was resolved with their decision to divorce in 2015, as well.
Viewers, after all, did realize that Kody and Meri likely have some residual problems from the two events. Kody and Meri have been filmed through therapy sessions, which many thought could help the two iron out problems.
To make it public that he no longer wants to be intimate with Meri is drastic. Some fans believe that going public with his feelings toward her could spell catastrophe and the end of their relationship altogether.
In 2014, Kody and Meri legally divorced to free him from constraints against marrying his fourth wife Robyn.
The goal was to enable Robyn's children, from her first marriage, to have to same insurance benefits as Kody's biologic children.
The next year, Meri was devastated, telling her sister wives, along with Kody, that she had been catfished online. Meri fell for the person she was led to believe was a man. Her emotions were in upheaval following the traumatic effects of learning that she had been duped by a woman.
Kody spoke with Andrea Canning, of NBC, about his feelings toward Meri. He stated that he does not want to have an intimate relationship with Meri. The problem, however, is that Meri is on a different page than Kody in terms of their relationship.
Fans are uncertain whether Meri's hopes are realistic or whether she is clinging to the relationship now that she is an empty-nest parent and her daughter, Mariah, is living away from home and making establishing her life.
While fans want the best for the couple, it was also heartbreaking for people to witness Meri tell Kody in a TLC episode where he didn't want to end the family relationship, but only wanted to get out of the relationship with her.
In March, Robyn posted on Twitter about Meri's absence when Maddie Brown gave birth to the wives first grandson, Axel. A fan responded with a tweet that indicated what many fans believe. Robyn wanted to marry Kody and needed Meri out of the way.
Meri took the high road and responded by stating that her relationships with the adults in the Brown Family are "important" to her.
Fans will likely see how the effects of the divorce and the catfishing drama turn out by watching upcoming episodes of "Sister Wives" on TLC.


Universities Scotland gave a very strong welcome to the Scottish Government's three-year spending plans announced today (Wednesday 21 September), which included an additional £135.5million per year for university teaching and research in cash terms by 2014/15.
"As a sector we will respond to this vote of confidence by delivering the high-level skills, world-leading research and partnerships with business needed to help drive Scotland's economic growth.
"This settlement marks a serious commitment to Scotland's universities and gives the sector renewed confidence about our ability to compete with the best.
"It enables us to invest in making sure our learners have the internationally-competitive quality of experience they deserve, and that we develop Scottish universities' standing as leaders in the research which will create a better world.
The additional cash investment in Scotland's universities of £135.5million by 2014/15 relative to 2011/12 as a baseline, follows last year's budget settlement for 2011/12 in which Scottish Funding Council teaching grants to universities were cut by 11 per cent. Today's reversal of funding cuts and significant new investment in university teaching and research over the next three years will enable Scotland's universities to remain on a competitive footing with those in England and internationally.
The teaching funding gap has been closed by the additional public investment announced today and by drawing on an estimated £56 million of income to be generated from rest-of-UK fees by 2014/15 and cash-releasing efficiency savings of £26 million delivered by the sector in 2014/15.
Funding allocations for universities can be found in Chapter 9 in table 9.06 which shows detailed (level 3) spending plans for universities.


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Q: Grails - how to call a controller method from a form I'm completely new to grails, and I appreciate any help.
This code is in my gsp file:
<g:form action="backfillMachineTags">
            <fieldset class="buttons">
                <g:submitButton name="create" class="save"
                                value="${message(code: 'default.button.create.label', default: 'Create')}"/>
            </fieldset>
        </g:form>

And this code is in my RegressionPoolMachineController.groovy file:
def backfillMachineTags()
    {
        flash.message = "testing message"
        redirect(action: "list")
    }

But when I click the submit button on the form, the method is never entered and I get a 404 not found.
message:/pool-manager/regressionPoolMachine/backfillMachineTags
status:  The requested resource is not available.
I also tried doing:
<g:form url="[action:'backfillMachineTags',controller:'RegressionPoolMachineController']">

but get a similar 404 not found.
Am I missing a step to connect my form and controller?

A: Try to use the following:
<g:form controller = "controllerName" action ="actionName" >
    <fieldset class="buttons">
        <g:submitButton name="create" class="save" value ="${message(code: 'default.button.create.label', default: 'Create')}"/>
    </fieldset>
 </g:form>

A: Try adding a "controller" attribute to your form in addition to the "action" attribute.  You could use url instead of controller and action, but you would need something like
url="${createLink(controller: "myController", action: "myAction")}" instead of what you've shown here.
For reference: http://docs.grails.org/2.5.6/ref/Tags/form.html
You can also look at the generated HTML in your browser (just view source) and see what is actually being generated on the resulting web page.  That's usually pretty helpful for finding out why things aren't going where you want them to!

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The CFL held its expansion draft on Monday and the Ottawa Redblacks made a splash, selecting two quarterbacks in the first round to lead their team into the 2014 season. Thomas DeMarco, formerly of the BC Lions and Kevin Glenn, who had been one of the Calgary Stampeders' most valuable players the past two seasons, will compete for the starting job when camp opens next summer. Barring injury, the job is Glenn's to lose and with DeMarco the Redblacks have their desired combination of veteran leadership and raw talent. But according to the first set of Grey Cup odds, online bookmakers are giving the expansion club little hope to compete.
Sports Interaction has answered the demands of Canadian football fans as one of the first sports betting sites to offer 2014 Grey Cup Futures. The first set of odds and Season Win Totals are the closing numbers from June, 2013 (see Stadium CFL-13 for more details). The second set is how the 2014 odds looked just two days after the Ottawa Redblacks expansion draft.
Odds on the Lions, Stamps and Riders are remarkably similar in the West with the division's newcomer, Winnipeg, lagging behind. Hamilton has taken over as one of the Eastern favorites for the first time in more than 10 years and with Montreal stepping back, the Cats will be after their second straight divisional crown and first league championship since 1999. At +697 the Argonauts may offer the best value from the East and will come as no surprise to see that line drop during the off-season.
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Times Internet inks partnership with Ziff Davis to launch IGN & Askmen in India
Times Internet (TIL), has entered into a strategic partnership with Ziff Davis, Inc. – a leading all-digital media company specializing in the technology, games and men's lifestyle markets with over 120 million in-market buyers every month. Via this partnership, Times Internet will manage and drive local Indian destinations for IGN (IGN.com) and AskMen (AskMen.com), the premium gaming & men's lifestyle sites.
As part of the collaboration, Times Internet will have exclusive rights to the IGN and AskMen brands and their content in India, as well as the significant media opportunity they bring to the country. The unique partnership will help TIL grow an already-strong vibrant digital community of Indian consumers passionate about games, entertainment and lifestyle. TIL intends to use The Times Group's multimedia resources to help develop and evangelize the brand locally.
IGN is the world's most popular website dedicated to video games and pop culture – including comics, film and TV, reaching 50m unique users worldwide. AskMen has been the largest and most trusted source of men's lifestyle content on the web since launching in 1999 – and attracts over 16m unique users every month.
The partnership grows the list of brands under the Times Local Partners (TLP) group – which is an initiative by Times Internet to partner with global digital companies. IGN and Askmen join the fledgling TLP portfolio, which has already rolled out the Indian editions of Gizmodo, Lifehacker and Business Insider.
Satyan Gajwani, CEO, Times Internet, said: "We are really excited about this partnership and the arrival of Ziff Davis' respected brands coming to India. The IGN name is incredibly respected, and this brings us the opportunity to create premium editorial and video content for the Indian gaming community. AskMen will augment our leadership in men's lifestyle content offering and deliver the best to our users and advertisers in the coveted male 18-34 demographic."
Vivek Shah, CEO, Ziff Davis, added: "We're delighted to be partnering with India's leading media group to bring localized editions of our brands to this vibrant market for the first-time. The media landscape is evolving rapidly, and millions of Indian males 18-40 will benefit from AskMen and IGN's globally respected advice."
By teaming up with local publishing experts in their markets, Ziff Davis continues to grow the influence of our brands, and allow marketers to deliver global advertising campaigns with local relevance and engagement."
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You Are Here: Home → Caroline Wozniacki cruises into Australian Open quarterfinals
Caroline Wozniacki cruises into Australian Open quarterfinals
Published 7:33 p.m. ET Jan. 20, 2018 | Updated 12:45 a.m. ET Jan. 21, 2018
Caroline Wozniacki is into the Australian Open quarterfinals for the first time since 2012.(Photo: Mast Irham, EPA-EFE)
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Caroline Wozniacki is continuing to cash in on her second chance at the Australian Open, reaching the quarterfinals here for the first time since 2012 with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Magdalena Rybarikova on Sunday.
After her close call in the second round — she had to save two match points and come back from 5-1 down in the third set — No. 2-ranked Wozniacki said she was "playing with the house money" and had nothing to lose.
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require 'mysql_status/version'
require 'active_support/inflector/methods'
require 'active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter'

module MysqlStatus
  class State
    def initialize(state)
      @state = {}.tap {|_state|
        state.each {|key, value| _state[key] = cast(value)}
      }
    end

    def [](key)
      @state[key.to_s]
    end

    def method_missing(method_name, *args)
      method_name = method_name.to_s
      if @state.has_key?(method_name)
        self[method_name]
      else
        super
      end
    end

    def respond_to?(method_name)
      method_name = method_name.to_s
      @state.has_key?(method_name) || super
    end

    private

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        value.to_f
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        value
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  end

  class Base
    include Enumerable

    def initialize(connection, command)
      @status = connection.select("SHOW #{command}").map {|state|
        State.new(state)
      }
    end

    def each
      @status.each do |state|
        yield(state)
      end
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    [:detect, :find, :select, :find_all].each do |method|
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        @status.send(method) {|_state|
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        }
      end
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    status:         'STATUS',
    global_status:  'GLOBAL STATUS',
    innodb_status:  'INNODB STATUS',
    master_status:  'MASTER STATUS',
    session_status: 'SESSION STATUS',
    slave_status:   'SLAVE STATUS',
  }

  SHOW_COMMANDS.each do |name, command|
    class_name = name.to_s.camelize
    status_class = Class.new(Base) {
      define_method :initialize do |connection|
        super(connection, command)
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    define_method name do
      status_class.new(self)
    end
  end
end

ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Mysql2Adapter.include MysqlStatus

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The notable Republicans who aren't supporting Donald Trump
Who isn't backing Donald Trump?
During his Republican primary campaign, presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump has made a host of enemies -- including from his own party.
Here are some of the most high-profile Republicans who aren't supporting the billionaire's candidacy.
Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
House Speaker Paul Ryan
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, said May 5, 2016, that he's just "not ready" to support Trump for the presidency.
"I'm not there yet," said Ryan, who will chair the Republicans' convention in Cleveland this summer.
"Saying we're unified doesn't in and of itself unify us," he said of Trump's promise to gather the GOP together. "I think he has to do more to unify this party."
Credit: REUTERS
Both Bush presidents
Former President George H.W. Bush and former President George W. Bush will not be backing the presumptive nominee, despite their record of endorsing the GOP's general election candidate in the past.
Spokesmen for the former commanders-in-chief said May 4, 2016, that they will not participate in or comment on Trump's presidential campaign.
Both endorsed Mitt Romney in 2012 and John McCain in 2008.
Credit: Kevork Djansezian, Getty Images
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush, like his family members, will not be backing his party's presumptive nominee.
"In November, I will not vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, but I will support principled conservatives at the state and federal levels, just as I have done my entire life," the former GOP presidential candidate and former Florida governor wrote in a Facebook post. He slammed Trump as someone who was not a "consistent conservative" and as a candidate who has no respect for the Constitution.
Like his brother and father, Jeb Bush also endorsed Mitt Romney in 2012 and John McCain in 2008.
Credit: Mark Makela, Getty Images
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, a former presidential candidate, is one of Trump's most outspoken critics in the Republican Party.
On CBS' "Face the Nation," Graham predicted that a Trump presidency would "lead to another 9/11" and charged the billionaire with starting a "civil war" within the GOP.
Graham was so vehemently anti-Trump that he had even endorsed Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, despite their strained Senate relationship.
Former GOP nominee Mitt Romney
Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has called Trump a "phony," a "fraud" and a candidate whose attitudes are "not the temperament of a stable, thoughtful leader."
In March, before Trump became the GOP's presumptive presidential nominee, Romney warned Trump's "imagination must not be married to real power."
Credit: REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein
Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse
Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse called for a third-party challenger to Donald Trump May 5, 2016, writing a lengthy letter on Facebook to address the issue.
"Why shouldn't America draft an honest leader who will focus on 70-percent solutions for the next four years?" the GOP senator questioned. "You know...an adult?"
Sasse opposed Trump even before the billionaire became his party's presumptive nominee, having campaigned against him prior to Iowa's kickoff caucuses in February.
Former NJ Gov. Christine Todd Whitman
Former New Jersey Governor and moderate Republican Christine Todd Whitman has said she won't support Trump, and instead plans to vote for Hillary Clinton.
"You'll see a lot of Republicans do that," Whitman told the Star-Ledger's Tom Moran in February. "We don't want to, but I know I won't vote for Trump."
Whitman also served as EPA administrator in George W. Bush's administration.
Credit: CQ Roll Call via AP Images
Weekly Standard Editor Bill Kristol
Bill Kristol, editor of the Weekly Standard, has been trying to recruit a candidate for a third-party run against Trump. He's made no secret of his efforts, and he met with 2012 GOP Mitt Romney in early May to try to talk about the possibility of a 2016 bid, the Washington Post reported.
"He came pretty close to being elected president, so I thought he may consider doing it, especially since he has been very forthright in explaining why Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton should not be president of the United States," Kristol told the Post.
Kristol says that Trump lacks the character to be president.
Credit: CBS News screen grab
Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge
Former Pennsylvania Gov. and former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge has called Trump "an embarrassment" to the Republican party and says that he will never vote for Trump.
"I think Donald Trump is about celebrities, he's about publicity. He's not about bringing a serious mindset toward trying to address the wide range of security challenges in this country," Ridge said at a New Hampshire campaign event for Jeb Bush in December.
Credit: Matt Rourke, AP
Former Oklahoma Rep. J.C. Watts
Former Oklahoma Rep. J.C. Watts told the Wall Street Journal in February, "It's going to be a tremendous setback for the party if he wins," and he added, "All these guys who are beating him up now -- if he asks them to be his running mate, they'll jump in in a New York minute."
Watts had backed Rand Paul before Paul dropped out of the race.
Credit: AP/Bill Haber
Former Florida Sen. Mel Martinez
Former Florida Sen. and former RNC chairman Mel Martinez rejects the idea of voting for Trump.
"If there is any, any, any other choice, a living, breathing person with a pulse, I would be there," he told the Wall Street Journal in February.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio
Sen. Marco Rubio said on May 9 that he isn't interested in being Donald Trump's running mate because he still has reservations and concerns with the presumptive GOP nominee's campaign and policies.
"He will be best served by a running mate and by surrogates who fully embrace his campaign. As such, I have never sought, will not seek and do not want to be considered for Vice President," the Florida senator and former GOP presidential candidate wrote in a post on Facebook.
Utah Sen. Mike Lee
Sen. Mike Lee, who had endorsed his friend Ted Cruz, has reservations about presumptive nominee Donald Trump.
"I have some concerns with him. He scares me to death; so does Hillary Clinton," Lee said on May 11, according to the Washington Examiner. There is no easy choice right now."
"I'll make the decision as best I can," Lee added, "but I'm not there yet."
Credit: AP/AJ Mast, May 1, 2016


Richard Gibbs Q.C. left January 10th for Kuala Lumpur to attend the January 14-18 2002 trial of lawyer Karpal Singh, charged with sedition based on words he spoke in court while defending his client, former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on criminal charges. Mr. Singh's trial had previously been adjourned 3 times: July 2000, May 2001 and October 2001. David Gibbons Q.C. and Richard Fowler were to attend to hold a watching brief of Mr. Singh's trial both in July 2000 and May 2001.
On October 16, 2001 counsel representing the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales, (BHRC), the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Western Australia Bar were already in Kuala Lumpur when the adjournment occurred. Richard Gibbs QC, who had planned to attend the second week of the October trial, had not yet left B.C. when the adjournment was granted. Counsel attending for the BHRC reported that after Mr. Singh made an application to have the foreign lawyer-observers on record, counsel retired to the judge's chambers. Upon their return to the courtroom it was announced that the trial had been adjourned by agreement to January 14, 2002.
Richard attended Mr. Singh's trial as a representative of LRWC, the Law Society of BC and the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. The Federation of Law Societies of Canada and the Law Society of B.C. each adopted in the fall of 2001, resolutions requesting Richard to report to them on the independence of the Bar and the Judiciary in Malaysia and on the fairness of the sedition trial of Karpal Singh.
On January 14 2002, after much argument about the status of both Malaysian and foreign observers, Malaysia's new Attorney General Datuk Gani Patail (previously the lead prosecutor in PP v. Anwar Ibrahim) announced that the sedition charge was being withdrawn! The Attorney General's statement began by acknowledging that the office of the Public Prosecutor had "received numerous representations from domestic and international legal bodies…seeking a reconsideration of the pending charge…"The Attorney General concluded by saying that after reconsidering the representations, the public interest and 'circumstances' he was withdrawing the charge against Mr. Singh.
To our knowledge 'representations from international legal bodies' refers to two legal analyses: Michael Birnbaum QC & James Laddie, "Re Karpal Singh, An Opinion" (2000) written for BHRC and G. Davidson, T. Friesen & M. Jackson, "Lawyers and the Rule of Law on Trial: Sedition in Malaysia" (2000) for LRWC.
The continuing willingness of LRWC and other international lawyers groups to send lawyers to monitor and report on the trial may well have been one of the 'circumstances' that resulted in the sedition charge being withdrawn.
While in Kuala Lumpur Richard met with the Canadian High Commissioner and Malaysian lawyers. Proposals that lawyers in Malaysia either form a group to work with LRWC on campaigns involving lawyers under attack in ASEAN countries or form a Lawyers Rights Watch Malaysia were met with interest. While Richard will do some follow-up correspondence on this initiative, as the new President of the Law Society, he will have no time to continue the follow-up that will be necessary to develop the initiative.
Members interested in doing follow-up on this idea please indicate your interest to lrwc@portal.ca.
On October 19, 2001, leading human rights lawyer 38 year old Digna Ochoa y Placido was murdered. Ms Ochoa had won international acclaim for her work with PRODH ("Centro de Derechos Humanos 'Miguel Agustin de Juarez'"), an independent human rights organization which, since 1995, had been the target of acts of harassment, violence and intimidation. Ms Ochoa represented some of the most difficult and politically charged human rights cases in Mexico, many of them involving allegations of torture and murder by Mexico's military and security forces. Her killers left a death threat warning other human rights defenders against continuing their human rights work.
Digna Ochoa, who worked with PRODH as a legal advisor, was the subject of abduction, death threats and physical violence, all apparently in response to her representation of individuals involved in the Zapatista insurgency and most recently, her representation of two prominent peasant ecologists in conflict with logging groups – Teodoro Cabrera and Rodolfo Montiel.
Human Rights Organizations and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights acknowledge that Digna Ochoa was murdered because of her human rights work.
The history of efforts to ensure Digna Ochoa's safety indicate the terrible danger that still faces Mexican lawyers defending or prosecuting politically sensitive cases.
November 17, 1999: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights made the order sought. The order was based on evidence of the Aug. 9, 1999, kidnapping and physical assault of Digna Ochoa. (This included several prior and subsequent written death and bomb threats shown by the evidence to be connected to such kidnapping). While in her home, Digna was assaulted, held captive and subjected to prolonged interrogation about the activities of PRODH. She was then left, tied to her bed beside a gas valve which had been opened by her attackers in an attempt to asphyxiate her. That same night, PRODH offices were broken into and ransacked.
August of 2000, Digna Ochoa moved to Washington, in fear for her security. There she worked for the Center for Justice and International Law. Digna Ochoa returned to Mexico City in early May 2001 to continue her defense work.
May 2001: The Federal Attorney General advised Ms Ochoa that the investigation into her case had been suspended and the Mexican government applied to the IACHR for leave to remove the protective measures on the grounds that they were no longer needed as no threats had occurred during the period of protection.
August 2001: This application, apparently unopposed, was granted.
October 22, 2001: The IACHR petitioned the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to direct the Mexican government to adopt the measures necessary to protect the lives of Ms Ochoa's colleagues Barbara Zamora, Pilar Noriega and other members of PRODH and to investigate the facts and punish those responsible for the threats and the murder. On November 16 2001 Jesus Ochoa, for the family of Digna Ochoa and the original petitioners (Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, Center for Justice and International Law and the National Human Rights Network) proposed that the IACHR offer technical cooperation to the Federal District' Attorney General's Office (PGJDF) to strengthen the investigation. This proposal has been accepted by the government of Mexico and implementation by the IACHR was pending as of November 23, 2001. PRODH reports that this agreement implies the contracting of an international expert on criminal investigations of human rights violations.
October 25 2001 The President of the Court issued a resolution that Mexico is bound by the American Convention on Human Rights, (ACHR) Article 1.1 to respect the rights and liberties recognized in the IACHR and to guarantee their application. The Court ordered Mexico to immediately implement all measures necessary to protect the life and personal integrity of PRODH members and the named lawyers and to conduct full investigations leading to the prosecution and punishment of those responsible.
November 30, 2001: The Court issued a resolution confirming the one issued by the President on October 25, 2001 and extending the protections to members of Digna's immediate family.
Research and preparation of a summary of the facts and legal proceeding relevant to Ms. Ochoa's murder and a backgrounder.
Correspondence with PRODH and with human rights organizations involved in supporting PRODH.
The Singapore High Court in a judgement delivered Friday January 18/01 barred internationally known trial lawyer Stuart Littlemore Q.C.from defending a defamation suit against opposition leader Chee Soon Juan saying Mr. Littlemore "lacks decency" and is "not a suitable person"! The plaintiffs Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew, suit against Chee, Secretary-General of the Singapore Democratic Party, is based on remarks Chee is alleged to have made before the November 2001 general elections. In l997, Mr. Littlemore monitored the trial of a defamation suit filed by Prime Minister Goh and other officials against another leading opposition Member of Parliament and lawyer, J. B. Jeyaretnam for the International Commission of Jurists. Littlemore's report criticized the Singapore judiciary of lacking independence from the ruling People's Action Party (PAP). LRWC member/director Howard Rubin, as a joint representative of LRWC and Amnesty International, attended Jeyaretnam's final defamation appeals July 2001. The dismissal of these two appeals resulted in Mr. Jeyaretnam being barred from sitting as a Member of Parliament and from practicing law. Howard reported that because lawyers in Singapore don't want to take on the defense of defamation suits brought by members of the ruling party, it is next to impossible for an opposition party defendant to be properly defended.
LRWC member/director Paul Copeland has responded and says he would welcome the opportunity to be next in line to be declared 'lacking in decency' to represent Mr. Chee.
Mr. Zzarafchan was arrested in December 2000 following publication of an article he wrote in the journal Jomhouri Eslami, and following his public expressions of concern about the December 2000 trial of the assassins of Iranian intellectuals including writer Mohammed Djafar Pouhandeh in December 1998. His trial set to proceed before a military tribunal on November 3 was postponed. LRWC (Catherine Morris of Vancouver) wrote expressing the concern that Mr. Zarafchan appeared to have been targeted for speaking out in favour of internationally recognized human rights. Catherine's letter also urged the government of Iran to ensure that the trial of Mr. Zarafchan is fair, impartial and in accordance with the international standards to which Iran subscribes.
LRWC (Brenda Wemp of Vancouver) wrote letters to Mexican government officials stating that the failure to protect and investigate violations of the rights of Ms Ochao and other lawyers constituted the most egregious breaches of Mexico's duties under binding international laws and principles. LRWC also urged compliance with the orders of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and with Mexico's international obligations to provide adequate security to lawyers and other human rights defenders and to conduct adequate investigations and prosecutions of Ms. Ochoa's murder.
Pilar Noriega and Barbara Zamora, colleagues of Digna Ochoa had received threats in addition to the note left at the scene of Digna Ochoa's murder.
LRWC wrote letters outlining Mexico's national, international and OAS obligations to immediately put in place permanent measures to protect the independence and security of Pilar and Barbara and all other threatened legal worker including other PRODH staff and to effectively investigate and prosecute violations.
Nine lawyers were arrested and held in custody without charge and there were some reports of torture during their detention. Seven were release subject to onerous daily reporting and then were subjected to harassment. The whereabouts of the remaining two lawyers was unknown. LRWC (Catherine Morris of Vancouver) wrote letters to the Sudan government requesting the government of Sudan to ensure no further ill-treatment of the lawyers and to take immediate steps to investigate the allegations of torture. A reply from the office of the Sudan Ambassador to Canada did not appear to address any of the issues raised.
Lawyer Riad al-Turk, a leading activist/lawyer was arrested without charge on September 1, 2001. He had previously been detained from 1980 to 1998 and was during that detention, declared a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International as being detained solely for his peaceful opposition activities. LRWC (Constance Marlatt of Toronto) wrote asking Syria to guarantee the physical and psychological integrity of Riad al-Turk and to allow him immediate access to a lawyer, proper medical attention and his family.


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Q: Resuming a large file write in Python I have a big file transfer (say 4gb or so) and rather than using shutil, I'm just opening and writing it the normal file way so I can include a progress percentage as it moves along.
It then occurred to me to try to attempt to resume the file write, if for some reason it borked out during the process. I haven't had any luck though. I presumed it would be some clever combination of offsetting the read of the source file and using seek, but I haven't had any luck so far. Any ideas?
Additionally, is there some sort of dynamic way to figure what block size to use when reading and writing files? I'm fairly novice to that area, and just read to use a larger size for larger file (I'm using 65536 at the moment). Is there a smart way to do it, or does one simply guess..? Thanks guys.
Here is the code snippet of the appending file transfer:
                newsrc = open(src, 'rb')
                dest_size = os.stat(destFile).st_size
                print 'Dest file exists, resuming at block %s' % dest_size
                newsrc.seek(dest_size)
                newdest = open(destFile, 'a')
                cur_block_pos = dest_size
                # Start copying file
                while True:
                    cur_block = newsrc.read(131072)
                    cur_block_pos += 131072
                    if not cur_block:
                        break
                    else:
                       newdest.write(cur_block)

It does append and start writing, but it then writes dest_size more data at the end than it should for probably obvious reasons to the rest of you. Any ideas?

A: For the second part of your question, data is typically read from and written to a hard drive in blocks of 512 bytes. So using a block size that is a multiple of that should give the most efficient transfer. Other than that, it doesn't matter much. Just keep in mind that whatever block size you specify is the amount of data that the I/O operation stores in memory at any given time, so don't choose something so large that it uses up a lot of your RAM. I think 8K (8192) is a common choice, but 64K should be fine. (I don't think the size of the file being transferred matters much when you're choosing the best block size)


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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 — Minister in the Cambodian Prime Minister's Department, Oknha Datuk Dr Othsman Hassan has met all 47 Malaysians detained at Poi Pet, to listen to and see for himself the plight they are in.
"According to Othsman, he was informed that they were all lured by job offers at hotels in the Siem Reap tourist area. But when they arrived there, the employment agent had taken their passports and mobile phones and they had no contact with family and friends," Mustapha told Bernama from Phnom Penh.