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PCAOB, Norway Reach Accord on Auditor Inspections
The PCAOB on Wednesday said it entered into a cooperative agreement with the Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) of Norway for the oversight of audit work performed by public accounting firms that practice in the two regulators' respective jurisdictions.
The PCAOB had been blocked from inspections in Norway since 2008, the last year it conducted a joint inspection with the FSA.
"With this agreement, Norway's FSA and the PCAOB are joining forces to improve audit quality and protect investors," said PCAOB Chairman James Doty in a news release. "I am pleased that the PCAOB is continuing to make progress in overcoming the obstacles that have in the past prevented PCAOB inspections in Europe."
The agreement provides a basis for the resumption of joint inspections of PCAOB-registered accounting firms that are located in Norway and that audit, or participate in audits of, companies whose securities trade in U.S. markets. The agreement also includes provisions governing the exchange of confidential information between the oversight authorities, consistent with the provisions of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Dodd-Frank amended the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) to permit the PCAOB to share confidential information with its non-U.S. counterparts under certain circumstances.
SOX directed the PCAOB to oversee and periodically inspect all accounting firms that regularly audit companies whose securities trade in U.S. markets. More than 900 audit firms registered with the PCAOB are outside the United States, spanning 84 countries. Five registered firms are in Norway.


We're looking for a passionate, detail-oriented Corporate Recruiter to assist with all internal hiring efforts at GTreasury. He or she will source and recruit passive and active candidates to build a pipeline of talent for open positions as well as future open positions within all aspects of the business. The right candidate must be able to apply creative approaches to recruiting. You will work in conjunction with hiring managers throughout the organization to proactively source and screen new talent. The right candidate will be a self-starter, thrive in a team-based environment, look forward to a new challenge every day and must be able to roll with the changes of a fast growing technology company.


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By Hannah Wallace May 31, 2004
The newest, sleekest, most Euro-chic mode of local transportation is not a sports car. It's a bicycle. A Volta electric bicycle, to be precise-a battery-operated hybrid that allows you to pedal like a regular bike, then switch between partly and fully motorized modes whenever your legs get tired.
Sarasota was the site last winter of the Volta's U.S. rollout because it's the home of its international distributor, Piero Rivolta. An Italian-born Renaissance man who, in his long and highly public career, has also produced automobiles, yachts, commercial and residential real estate and books of poetry, Rivolta is typically enthusiastic about the Volta's prospects here. In the great seaside resort towns of Europe, where it's been available for four years, he says, "it becomes something elegant. In Europe that is the trend: you go to the beach, to the hotel with this bike. It looks fun. Here we believe it is the same." Indeed, Rivolta says, such local luminaries as Brenda Johnson, wife of AC/DC rocker Brian Johnson, and clothing designer Adrienne Vittadini have purchased Voltas.
Under full electric power, the zippy-looking Volta can travel two and a half hours at a top speed of 15 miles per hour. You can ride it on streets just like a bike; no license or registration is required, but all the same laws apply (helmets for riders under the age of 16, for example). When it needs recharging, you disconnect the battery from the bike, bring it indoors and put it in a "smart charger" that plugs into a wall.
Says Erik Kauk, general manager of University Bikes, the area's authorized Volta service dealer, "There are other electric bikes on the market, but we like ours best. Ours has the best combination of power and ride time. Literally, you twist the throttle and go."
Manufactured in China, the Volta retails for $1,399-although with rebates and special promotions, University Bikes was offering it for $999 last spring. Kauk says he sold more than 40 in the first two months after it debuted in mid-January. "Our average customer is a retired person who wants basic transportation around his country club, because in some communities they aren't allowed to ride their golf carts around.."
Younger people are beginning to jump on the electric bike bandwagon, too. Kauk says a few people who live and work downtown have bought them for commuting short distances. "There are no emissions, it's quiet and doesn't create parking headaches," he says. "It's a fun product. The best way to describe it is to get on one and go. Then you say, 'Oh, wow, now I get it.'"
Rivolta and his wife Rachele spelled rite? Ask kay(I did; it's Rachele-Ilene) ride their metallic red and silver Voltas across the new Ringling Causeway. "With this, you bike a little bit, you start the engine a little bit, and up you go," says the ebullient Piero (she is italian, too). "And you cannot believe the people who stop me and say, 'oh, fantastic.'"

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CEREC Dentist Washington DC | New dental crowns made during a single visit!
You know the usual routine. You visit a dentist and learn you need a crown. The dentist prepares the tooth to be repaired, takes an impression, and places a temporary crown. You then wait two weeks for a return visit, and then the dentist installs your permanent crown. If for any reason the fit isn't perfect, then it goes back to the lab again and you wait. And once again you return to the dentist.
But with new technology called CEREC™ one-visit dentistry, that's all changed. Our doctors can reduce that process to just a single visit! CEREC is a computer-aided design and milling device. It allows us to construct a permanent crown in our in-house lab while you wait. There's no more waiting for an external lab, and no return trips to the dentist. Our patients love it!
CEREC allows us to repair a damaged tooth in about an hour. We no longer need to take dental impressions or create temporaries, and this technology allows us to satisfy patients looking for a long-lasting, aesthetic alternative to silver fillings.
To make your crown, we use a special camera to photograph the tooth. The picture is then displayed on a computer screen, allowing us to design your restoration. Then the CEREC machine takes over and automatically builds the restoration. Finally, we bond the restoration to the surface of the damaged tooth for the final repair.
All this makes a dental visit much easier and faster, and nobody wants to spend more time in the dental chair!
There's no charge to learn more about CEREC one-visit crowns. Call today at (202) 466-4530 to schedule your complimentary consultation.


Since Dan and I are leaving for vacation soon, I'm trying to be as resourceful as I can with the items still left in our fridge. Whipping up this "fridge clean-up" pasta dish, it did a good job of tiding us over while at the same time using lots of left over veggies and some Brazilian pork sausage too, for some protein. I harvested my basil plants too, as you can see and picked off all their leaves to create a quick, homemade pesto. Hope you enjoy it as well, and make your own personal renditions.
Sautee the onions, sausage and the mushrooms together. Add a bit of salt and pepper. Sautee until all the ingredients are golden brown and then add the tomatoes and olives and cook for another 5 minutes until the tomatoes just soften.
In the meantime, prepare the pesto by putting all the ingredients into a food processor and pulsing it until it's well combined and forms a paste.
Add the pasta directly into the sauteed medley and toss well. Add in the pesto and combine again, adding in a bit of pasta water to smooth it out as needed. Season with salt and pepper to taste.


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Ferrellgas Implements Real-time Automated Route Delivery
Taps Agentek for enterprise mobile computing
Roswell, GA — September 15, 2004 — Agentek Inc., a wireless mobile computing solutions provider, announced today that it is deploying an integrated, real-time wireless handheld mobile computing solution for Ferrellgas of Liberty, Mo.
Ferrellgas is one of the largest retail marketers of propane, serving more than one million customers nationwide. Ferrellgas' retail propane distribution business consists principally of transporting propane purchased from third parties to retail distribution outlets and then to tanks on customers' premises, as well as to portable propane tanks.
Agentek's Agent Route Delivery, using Agentek's TXP wireless protocol, is supplying the mobile application that interacts in real-time with the Ferrellgas enterprise system for routing, dispatch, delivery, field data collection and order completion.
Approximately 4,000 Ferrellgas drivers and field technicians will carry Intermec mobile computers with integrated 802.11b radios for complete mobility. The handheld computers will communicate wirelessly to a Wireless Matrix satellite modem on each truck, which will send data across the Wireless Matrix network.
"We are excited to see this solution rolled out to all of our facilities. Real-time information at the point of activity and complete customer information feeds a fully dynamic business model for us that leads to increased productivity," said Pat Walsh, vice president and chief information officer of Ferrellgas.
"We have been impressed with the work ethic and technical capabilities that Agentek has demonstrated from the very beginning; the company responded to a demanding schedule and a rigorous test pilot period with tight timelines and extensive application and communications requirements," said Drew Mazeitis, manager of Mobile Technology and overall project manager at Ferrellgas. "The Ferrellgas solution is very complex, incorporating satellite communications, cellular communications, multiple modes of 802.11b and data exchange with our enterprise applications. Agentek's end-to-end solution eliminated the need to patch together pieces from multiple vendors."
Erik Anderson, vice president of Sales at Agentek Inc., commented, "Ferrellgas was a great partner in that their team knows exactly how to roll out a project. Their staff did a terrific job of cooperating with the Agentek team to deliver a fully operational system over a demanding schedule. We look forward to a long technology partnership with Ferrellgas."


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Compare Brazil to other countries
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If Brazil were your home instead of The United States you would...
The life expectancy at birth in Brazil is 73.28 while in The United States it is 79.56.
The number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in Brazil is 19.21 while in The United States it is 6.17.
be 7 times more likely to be murdered
26.50 in every 100,000 people are murdered annually in Brazil compared to 3.80 in The United States
The GDP per capita in Brazil is $12,100 while in The United States it is $52,800
Brazil has an unemployment rate of 4.80% while The United States has 6.20%
Per capita public and private health expenditures combined in Brazil are $1,056.50 USD while The United States spends $8,895.10 USD
The per capita consumption of electricity in The United States is 12,185kWh while in Brazil it is 2,249kWh
The United States consumes 2.4822 gallons of oil per day per capita while Brazil consumes 0.5376
be 58.6% less likely to be in prison
289 in every 100,000 people are currently imprisoned in Brazil compared to 698 in The United States
experience 15.33% more of a class divide
The GINI index measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of family income. In Brazil it is 51.90 while in The United States it is 45.00.
This index measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of family income in a country. The index is calculated from the Lorenz curve, in which cumulative family income is plotted against the number of families arranged from the poorest to the richest. The index is the ratio of (a) the area between a country's Lorenz curve and the 45 degree helping line to (b) the entire triangular area under the 45 degree line. The more nearly equal a country's income distribution, the closer its Lorenz curve to the 45 degree line and the lower its Gini index, e.g., a Scandinavian country with an index of 25. The more unequal a country's income distribution, the farther its Lorenz curve from the 45 degree line and the higher its Gini index, e.g., a Sub-Saharan country with an index of 50. If income were distributed with perfect equality, the Lorenz curve would coincide with the 45 degree line and the index would be zero; if income were distributed with perfect inequality, the Lorenz curve would coincide with the horizontal axis and the right vertical axis and the index would be 100.
have 9.69% more babies
The annual number of births per 1,000 people in Brazil is 14.72 while in The United States it is 13.42.
More Information about Brazil
With its 202,656,788 people, Brazil is the 5th largest country in the world by population. It is the 5th largest country in the world by area with 8,514,877 square kilometers.
Following more than three centuries under Portuguese rule, Brazil gained its independence in 1822, maintaining a monarchical system of government until the abolition of slavery in 1888 and the subsequent proclamation of a republic by the military in 1889. Brazilian coffee exporters politically dominated the country until populist leader Getulio VARGAS rose to power in 1930. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil underwent more than a half century of populist and military government until 1985, when the military regime peacefully ceded power to civilian rulers. Brazil continues to pursue industrial and agricultural growth and development of its interior. Exploiting vast natural resources and a large labor pool, it is today South America's leading economic power and a regional leader, one of the first in the area to begin an economic recovery. High income inequality and crime remain pressing problems, as well as recent years' slow down in economic growth.
Languages spoken: Portuguese (official and most widely spoken language)
Reading about Brazil
Check out the recommended reading list below for great sources of information on Brazil


Trumka: We are Living in "The Fierce Urgency of Now"
Good afternoon brothers and sisters, and let me officially welcome you to the 2019 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference.
Thank you for being here today. Thank you for your work, your solidarity and your activism.
Look at this room! You are the future of the labor movement. Our movement. And, there's no question that each and every one of you is needed now more than ever before.
Brothers and sisters, this is that time. This is a time to take risks. This is a time to get uncomfortable. That's when real progress is made. Don't get me wrong: The attacks against us are vicious. Workers' rights. Civil rights. Voting rights. Women's rights. They are all being threatened as we speak. The labor movement will always mobilize and organize to defend ourselves, our communities and our values. But we cannot afford to confuse protecting what we have with winning what we need. Dr. King's example calls upon us to stop looking at our shoes and start reaching for the stars.
Because let's be honest: What's working for us right now?
Not our political system, when 800,000 federal workers—disproportionately black and brown—and even more subcontractors are locked out of their jobs as the government shutdown continues into its 28th day.
Not our economy, when one in seven Americans hasn't seen a raise in more than a year and five in seven Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
Not the American Dream, when women, particularly women of color, still aren't paid what they're worth.
The systems and institutions we're supposed to rely on are broken. Not because they're old. Because they've been rigged. Our economy and our politics don't work for working people because corporations and politicians have conspired to make it that way. They want us poor. They want us weak. They want us divided. So, we have to fight back.
For years, we've been told that we can't. But I remember the simple rallying cry of a community organizer from Chicago, someone who actually honored the Oval Office. Barack Obama was right then, and we must heed his words today: Yes, we can! Yes, we can! Yes, we can!
The protectors of the status quo told people of color they can't integrate, but they did.
They told women they can't vote, but they did.
They warned workers not to form a union or else, but we did it anyway.
They've been telling immigrants and asylum seekers to stay away, but no wall is big enough to stop the human desire to be free.
Something is happening in America, brothers and sisters. Something we haven't seen since Dr. King stood in President Lincoln's shadow and told us that he had a dream.
Collective action is on the rise across America: #MeToo. Students for safe schools. Black Lives Matter. Teachers striking in red and blue states. Federal workers and subcontractors taking to the streets demanding that Congress and the president do their jobs.
And, all of you, standing in solidarity with tens of thousands of Americans: Women, men, people of color, workers and students, straight, gay and trans...a MOVEMENT of people taking over our nation's capital and demanding that our voices be heard!
Brothers and sisters, the status quo is easy. Do nothing and you get nothing. You stay the same. It's the fight that's hard. That's what working people are after right now. Because we're the ones hurt most by the status quo.
This is our moment to fight for an America where workers are paid fairly and treated with dignity and respect.
Our moment to fight for an America that builds bridges, not walls, an America that welcomes immigrants and refugees and all those yearning to be free.
Our moment to fight for an America that invests more in education than incarceration.
Our moment to guarantee the right to vote. The right to form a union. The right to love who you love and not be fired for it. The right for a woman to be paid the same as a man for doing the same job. The right to be safe in our communities and not be arrested or harassed or shot because of the way we look.
Brothers and sisters, are you ready to fight for the America Dr. King dreamed of and died for?
That's exactly what we're going to do! We'll march for it. We'll sing for it. We'll shout for it and stand for it. And the harder it is, the louder we'll sing, and the longer we'll stand!
Brothers and sisters, it's pitch black outside, and those stars are twinkling!
So, let's stand together and scale that mountain.
Let's stand with workers on the picket lines—like the 30,000 teachers in Los Angeles striking right now for higher pay, a voice on the job and a better learning environment for their students!
Let's help register voters so that we can put the kind of pugnacious voter suppression we saw in Georgia and Brother (Andrew) Gillum's Florida in the ash heap of history!
Brothers and sisters, I don't accept an America that treats people who look like me better than people who look like you. Do you? I don't accept an America where too many black and brown people are struggling to get by. Do you? I don't accept an America where trans people are dying in the streets and children are being locked in cages. Do you? I don't accept an America where it's harder to form a union than bust one. Do you?
My promise to you, today and every day, is that we are in this fight to win it. And, I mean really win it! We won't be in the middle of the pack. We'll be the tip of the spear.
So, stand up if you're ready to march. Stand up if you're ready to fight. Stand up if you're ready to win.
We're fearless. We're strong. We're powerful. We're united. We're the American labor movement and we will not...WE WILL NOT...be denied!


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NEW VACCINES AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS: LESSONS LEARNED FROM BCG IMMUNISATION IN BRAZIL
Antas, P. R. Z. et al. | Date Issued: 2008
Antas, P. R. Z.
Castello-Branco, L. R. R.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Imunologia Clínica. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
The current tuberculosis (TB) vaccine Mycobacterium bovis BCG has been employed for some 70 years in Brazil and lessons from its use should be taken in account for the development or improvement of new TB vaccines. The vast majority of the current population has been vaccinated with BCG, with the possible requirement for a booster immunisation in adulthood for TB protection. BCG Moreau strain also protects against leprosy, meningitis and extrapulmonary forms of TB. Factors related to differences in strain, dosage and BCG administering protocol have been responsible for the variable efficacy of BCG. This vaccine is clearly affected by, as yet unclear, host and/or environmental variables. In this brief review, we describe some aspects of BCG immunisation observed in Brazil that may be of importance for improving or replacing BCG.
Imunização
ANTAS, P. R. Z.; CASTELLO-BRANCO, L. R. R. New vaccines against tuberculosis: lessons learned from BCG immunisation in Brazil. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, v. 102, p. 628-630, 2008.
10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.03.014


If you were born on 30th July 1919., your age is Ninety-Nine years and Two Hundred and Sixty-Two days. 36422 days passed since day of Your birth (or 5203.1 weeks). But you are not alone with this! In world 247000 babies was born on that day.
Why not celebrate every 100-th day of your life? Next one will be in Seventy-Eight days (Friday, 5th July 2019.), when you will be 36500 days old.
Every 1000-th day sounds better? OK, next one will be in Five Hundred and Seventy-Eight days (Monday, 16th November 2020.), your age will be 37000. days.
Heart beats since your birth: 3671.3 millions.
Since your birth, in Danube (at Bp.), 7395.1 billion m3 water flowed.
Biorhythm for visitors born on 30. July 1919.
If Your birthday is on 30. July 1919, check below your Physical, Emotional and Intellectual biorhythm calculator for next 20 days. What is biorhythm? Read more on FAQ page.


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package script

import (
	"fmt"
	"regexp"
	"strings"

	. "gopkg.in/check.v1"
)

func (vs *ScriptSuite) Test_empty(t *C) {
	ctx := newParseContext()
	n, err := parseEmptyCommand(ctx, "", []string{})
	t.Assert(err, IsNil)
	t.Assert(n, DeepEquals, emptyNode)

	ctx.line = "#new comment"
	n, err = parseEmptyCommand(ctx, "#", []string{"new comment"})
	t.Assert(err, IsNil)
	t.Assert(n, DeepEquals, emptyNode)
}

func (vs *ScriptSuite) Test_description(t *C) {
	ctx := newParseContext()
	line := "DESCRIPTION new desc"
	ctx.line = line
	n, err := nodeFactories[DESCRIPTION](ctx, DESCRIPTION, []string{"new", "desc"})
	t.Assert(err, IsNil)
	t.Assert(n, DeepEquals, node{cmd: DESCRIPTION, line: line, args: []string{"new", "desc"}})

	ctx.line = "DESCRIPTION"
	n, err = nodeFactories[DESCRIPTION](ctx, DESCRIPTION, []string{})
	t.Assert(err, NotNil)
}

func (vs *ScriptSuite) Test_NoArgs(t *C) {
	ctx := newParseContext()
	ctx.line = REQUIRE_SVC
	cmd, err := nodeFactories[REQUIRE_SVC](ctx, REQUIRE_SVC, []string{})
	t.Assert(err, IsNil)
	t.Assert(cmd, DeepEquals, node{cmd: REQUIRE_SVC, line: REQUIRE_SVC, args: []string{}})

	ctx.line = "REQUIRE_SVC 1"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[REQUIRE_SVC](ctx, REQUIRE_SVC, []string{"1"})
	t.Assert(err, NotNil)
}

func (vs *ScriptSuite) Test_OneArg(t *C) {
	ctx := newParseContext()
	line := "DEPENDENCY 1.1"
	ctx.line = line
	cmd, err := nodeFactories[DEPENDENCY](ctx, DEPENDENCY, []string{"1.1"})
	ctx.nodes = append(ctx.nodes, cmd)
	t.Assert(err, IsNil)
	t.Assert(cmd, DeepEquals, node{cmd: DEPENDENCY, line: line, args: []string{"1.1"}})

	ctx.line = "DEPENDENCY 1 1"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[DEPENDENCY](ctx, DEPENDENCY, []string{"1", "1"})
	t.Assert(err, NotNil)

	ctx.line = "DEPENDENCY"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[DEPENDENCY](ctx, DEPENDENCY, []string{})
	t.Assert(err, NotNil)
}

func (vs *ScriptSuite) Test_snapshot(t *C) {
	ctx := newParseContext()
	ctx.line = SNAPSHOT
	cmd, err := nodeFactories[SNAPSHOT](ctx, SNAPSHOT, []string{})
	t.Assert(err, IsNil)
	t.Assert(cmd, DeepEquals, node{cmd: SNAPSHOT, line: SNAPSHOT, args: []string{}})

	ctx.line = "SNAPSHOT 1"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[SNAPSHOT](ctx, SNAPSHOT, []string{"1"})
	t.Assert(err, IsNil)
	t.Assert(cmd, DeepEquals, node{cmd: SNAPSHOT, line: ctx.line, args: []string{"1"}})

	ctx.line = "SNAPSHOT 1 1"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[SNAPSHOT](ctx, SNAPSHOT, []string{"1", "1"})
	t.Assert(err, NotNil)
}

func (vs *ScriptSuite) Test_use(t *C) {
	ctx := newParseContext()
	line := "USE zenoss/resmgr-stable:5.0.1"
	ctx.line = line
	cmd, err := nodeFactories[USE](ctx, USE, []string{"zenoss/resmgr-stable:5.0.1"})
	t.Assert(err, IsNil)
	t.Assert(cmd, DeepEquals, node{cmd: USE, line: line, args: []string{"zenoss/resmgr-stable:5.0.1"}})

	ctx.line = "USE zenoss/resmgr_5.0:5.0.4"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[USE](ctx, USE, []string{"zenoss/resmgr_5.0:5.0.4"})
	t.Assert(err, IsNil)
	t.Assert(cmd, DeepEquals, node{cmd: USE, line: ctx.line, args: []string{"zenoss/resmgr_5.0:5.0.4"}})

	ctx.line = "USE zenoss/resmgr-stable:5.0.1 blam blammy"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[USE](ctx, USE, []string{"zenoss/resmgr-stable:5.0.1", "blam", "blammy"})
	t.Assert(err, IsNil)

	ctx.line = "USE"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[USE](ctx, USE, []string{})
	t.Assert(err, NotNil)
	t.Assert(err, ErrorMatches, "line 0: expected at least 1, got 0: USE")

	ctx.line = "USE *(^&*blamo::::"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[USE](ctx, USE, []string{"*(^&*blamo::::"})
	t.Assert(err, NotNil)
	t.Assert(err, ErrorMatches, "invalid ImageID .*")

	ctx.line = "USE zenoss/resmgr_5.1 zenoss/newRepo"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[USE](ctx, USE, []string{"zenoss/resmgr_5.1", "zenoss/newRepo"})
	t.Assert(err, IsNil)

	ctx.line = "USE zenoss/resmgr_5.1 zenoss/newRepo:tag"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[USE](ctx, USE, []string{"zenoss/resmgr_5.1", "zenoss/newRepo:tag"})
	t.Assert(err, NotNil)
	t.Assert(err, ErrorMatches, "image string zenoss/newRepo:tag should only specify a repo")

	ctx.line = "USE zenoss/resmgr_5.1 localhost:5000/zenoss/newRepo"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[USE](ctx, USE, []string{"zenoss/resmgr_5.1", "localhost:5000/zenoss/newRepo"})
	t.Assert(err, NotNil)
	t.Assert(err, ErrorMatches, "image string localhost:5000/zenoss/newRepo should only specify a repo")

	ctx.line = "USE zenoss/resmgr_5.1 zenoss/newRepo secondRepo"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[USE](ctx, USE, []string{"zenoss/resmgr_5.1", "zenoss/newRepo", "secondRepo"})
	t.Assert(err, IsNil)

	ctx.line = "USE zenoss/resmgr_5.1 zenoss/newRepo secondRepo:tag"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[USE](ctx, USE, []string{"zenoss/resmgr_5.1", "zenoss/newRepo", "secondRepo:tag"})
	t.Assert(err, NotNil)
	t.Assert(err, ErrorMatches, "image string secondRepo\\:tag should only specify a repo")

	ctx.line = "USE zenoss/resmgr-stable:5.0.1 zenoss/newRepo service Zenoss.resmgr/Infrastracture/mariadb"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[USE](ctx, USE, []string{"zenoss/resmgr-stable:5.0.1", "zenoss/newRepo", "service", "Zenoss.resmgr/Infrastracture/mariadb"})
	t.Assert(err, IsNil)

	ctx.line = "USE zenoss/resmgr-stable:5.0.1 service Zenoss.resmgr/Infrastracture/mariadb"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[USE](ctx, USE, []string{"zenoss/resmgr-stable:5.0.1", "service", "Zenoss.resmgr/Infrastracture/mariadb"})
	t.Assert(err, NotNil)
	t.Assert(err, ErrorMatches, "image to replace is not specified")

	ctx.line = "USE zenoss/resmgr-stable:5.0.1 zenoss/newRepo service"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[USE](ctx, USE, []string{"zenoss/resmgr-stable:5.0.1", "zenoss/newRepo", "service"})
	t.Assert(err, NotNil)
	t.Assert(err, ErrorMatches, "path to service is not specified")

	ctx.line = "USE service Zenoss.resmgr/Infrastracture/mariadb"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[USE](ctx, USE, []string{"service Zenoss.resmgr/Infrastracture/mariadb"})
	t.Assert(err, NotNil)
	t.Assert(err, ErrorMatches, "invalid ImageID .*")
}

func (vs *ScriptSuite) Test_svcrun(t *C) {
	ctx := newParseContext()
	line := "SVC_RUN zope upgrade"
	ctx.line = line
	cmd, err := nodeFactories[SVC_RUN](ctx, SVC_RUN, []string{"zope", "upgrade"})
	t.Assert(err, IsNil)
	t.Assert(cmd, DeepEquals, node{cmd: SVC_RUN, line: line, args: []string{"zope", "upgrade"}})

	line = "SVC_RUN zope upgrade arg"
	ctx.line = line
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[SVC_RUN](ctx, SVC_RUN, []string{"zope", "upgrade", "arg"})
	t.Assert(err, IsNil)
	t.Assert(cmd, DeepEquals, node{cmd: SVC_RUN, line: line, args: []string{"zope", "upgrade", "arg"}})

	ctx.line = "SVC_RUN blam"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[SVC_RUN](ctx, SVC_RUN, []string{"blam"})
	t.Assert(err, ErrorMatches, "line 0: expected at least 2, got 1: SVC_RUN blam")

	ctx.line = "SVC_RUN"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[SVC_RUN](ctx, SVC_RUN, []string{})
	t.Assert(err, ErrorMatches, "line 0: expected at least 2, got 0: SVC_RUN")

}

func (vs *ScriptSuite) Test_svcWait(t *C) {
	ctx := newParseContext()
	line := "SVC_WAIT zope started"
	ctx.line = line
	cmd, err := nodeFactories[SVC_WAIT](ctx, SVC_WAIT, []string{"zope", "started"})
	t.Assert(err, IsNil)
	t.Assert(cmd, DeepEquals, node{cmd: SVC_WAIT, line: line, args: []string{"zope", "started"}})

	line = "SVC_WAIT zope stopped"
	ctx.line = line
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[SVC_WAIT](ctx, SVC_WAIT, []string{"zope", "stopped"})
	t.Assert(err, IsNil)
	t.Assert(cmd, DeepEquals, node{cmd: SVC_WAIT, line: line, args: []string{"zope", "stopped"}})

	line = "SVC_WAIT zope paused"
	ctx.line = line
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[SVC_WAIT](ctx, SVC_WAIT, []string{"zope", "paused"})
	t.Assert(err, IsNil)
	t.Assert(cmd, DeepEquals, node{cmd: SVC_WAIT, line: line, args: []string{"zope", "paused"}})

	line = "SVC_WAIT"
	ctx.line = line
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[SVC_WAIT](ctx, SVC_WAIT, []string{})
	t.Assert(err, NotNil)

	ctx.line = "SVC_WAIT zope"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[SVC_WAIT](ctx, SVC_WAIT, []string{"zope"})
	t.Assert(err, NotNil)

	ctx.line = "SVC_WAIT zope garbage"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[SVC_WAIT](ctx, SVC_WAIT, []string{"zope", "garbage"})
	t.Assert(err, NotNil)

	ctx.line = "SVC_WAIT zope started extra"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[SVC_WAIT](ctx, SVC_WAIT, []string{"zope", "started", "extra"})
	t.Assert(err, NotNil)

	line = "SVC_WAIT zope started 0"
	ctx.line = line
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[SVC_WAIT](ctx, SVC_WAIT, []string{"zope", "started", "0"})
	t.Assert(err, IsNil)
	t.Assert(cmd, DeepEquals, node{cmd: SVC_WAIT, line: line, args: []string{"zope", "started", "0"}})

	ctx.line = "SVC_WAIT zope started -1"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[SVC_WAIT](ctx, SVC_WAIT, []string{"zope", "started", "-1"})
	t.Assert(err, NotNil)

	ctx.line = "SVC_WAIT zope started extra"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[SVC_WAIT](ctx, SVC_WAIT, []string{"zope", "started", "extra"})
	t.Assert(err, NotNil)

	ctx.line = "SVC_WAIT zope started 4 extra"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[SVC_WAIT](ctx, SVC_WAIT, []string{"zope", "started", "4", "extra"})
	t.Assert(err, NotNil)

	ctx.line = "SVC_WAIT zope started 4 recursive"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[SVC_WAIT](ctx, SVC_WAIT, []string{"zope", "started", "4", "recursive"})
	t.Assert(err, IsNil)

	ctx.line = "SVC_WAIT zope started recursive"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[SVC_WAIT](ctx, SVC_WAIT, []string{"zope", "started", "recursive"})
	t.Assert(err, IsNil)

	ctx.line = "SVC_WAIT zope started recursive 5"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[SVC_WAIT](ctx, SVC_WAIT, []string{"zope", "started", "recursive", "5"})
	t.Assert(err, NotNil)

	ctx.line = "SVC_WAIT zope started 4 garbage"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[SVC_WAIT](ctx, SVC_WAIT, []string{"zope", "started", "4", "garbage"})
	t.Assert(err, NotNil)

	line = "SVC_WAIT zope mariadb started 0"
	ctx.line = line
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[SVC_WAIT](ctx, SVC_WAIT, strings.Split(line, " "))
	t.Assert(err, IsNil)
	t.Assert(cmd, DeepEquals, node{cmd: SVC_WAIT, line: line, args: strings.Split(line, " ")})

	line = "SVC_WAIT zope mariadb started"
	ctx.line = line
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[SVC_WAIT](ctx, SVC_WAIT, strings.Split(line, " "))
	t.Assert(err, IsNil)
	t.Assert(cmd, DeepEquals, node{cmd: SVC_WAIT, line: line, args: strings.Split(line, " ")})

	line = "SVC_WAIT zope mariadb started extra"
	ctx.line = line
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[SVC_WAIT](ctx, SVC_WAIT, strings.Split(line, " "))
	t.Assert(err, NotNil)

	ctx.line = "SVC_WAIT zope mariadb started extra recursive"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[SVC_WAIT](ctx, SVC_WAIT, strings.Split(line, " "))
	t.Assert(err, NotNil)
}

func (vs *ScriptSuite) Test_svcexec(t *C) {
	ctx := newParseContext()
	line := "SVC_EXEC NO_COMMIT zope ls -al"
	ctx.line = line
	cmd, err := nodeFactories[SVC_EXEC](ctx, SVC_EXEC, []string{"NO_COMMIT", "zope", "ls", "-al"})
	t.Assert(err, IsNil)
	t.Assert(cmd, DeepEquals, node{cmd: SVC_EXEC, line: line, args: []string{"NO_COMMIT", "zope", "ls", "-al"}})

	line = "SVC_EXEC garbage zope ls -al"
	ctx.line = line
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[SVC_EXEC](ctx, SVC_EXEC, []string{"garbage", "zope", "ls", "-al"})
	t.Assert(err, ErrorMatches, regexp.QuoteMeta("line 0: arg garbage did not match ^(NO_)?COMMIT$"))

	line = "SVC_EXEC COMMIT zope"
	ctx.line = line
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[SVC_EXEC](ctx, SVC_EXEC, []string{"COMMIT", "zope"})
	t.Assert(err, ErrorMatches, regexp.QuoteMeta("line 0: expected at least 3, got 2: SVC_EXEC COMMIT zope"))

	ctx.line = "SVC_EXEC"
	cmd, err = nodeFactories[SVC_EXEC](ctx, SVC_EXEC, []string{})
	t.Assert(err, ErrorMatches, "line 0: expected at least 3, got 0: SVC_EXEC")
}

func (vs *ScriptSuite) Test_svcStartStopRestart(t *C) {

	cmds := []string{SVC_START, SVC_STOP, SVC_RESTART}

	for _, cmd := range cmds {
		ctx := newParseContext()
		line := fmt.Sprintf("%s zope", cmd)
		ctx.line = line
		n, err := nodeFactories[cmd](ctx, cmd, []string{"zope"})
		t.Assert(err, IsNil)
		t.Assert(n, DeepEquals, node{cmd: cmd, line: line, args: []string{"zope"}})

		line = fmt.Sprintf("%s zope auto", cmd)
		ctx.line = line
		n, err = nodeFactories[cmd](ctx, cmd, []string{"zope", "auto"})
		t.Assert(err, IsNil)
		t.Assert(n, DeepEquals, node{cmd: cmd, line: line, args: []string{"zope", "auto"}})

		line = fmt.Sprintf("%s zope wait", cmd)
		ctx.line = line
		n, err = nodeFactories[cmd](ctx, cmd, []string{"zope", "wait"})
		t.Assert(err, NotNil)

		line = fmt.Sprintf("%s zope recurse blam", cmd)
		ctx.line = line
		n, err = nodeFactories[cmd](ctx, cmd, []string{"zope", "recurse", "blam"})
		t.Assert(err, NotNil)

	}

}


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GAO decides against Forest Service in Global SuperTanker's contract protest
The Government Accountability Office said the FS failed to provide a reasonable justification for limiting the maximum size of the retardant tank.
Above: The 747 SuperTanker drops on the Palmer Fire south of Calimesa and Yucaipa in southern California, September 2, 2017. Photo by Cy Phenice, used with permission.
(Originally published at 3:48 p.m. MST November 10, 2017)
The Government Accountability Office has upheld a protest by Global SuperTanker (GST) who contended the Forest Service's (FS) contract restriction on the maximum size of a retardant tank was unduly restrictive of competition.
The FS issued a solicitation for Call When Needed air tanker services May 16, 2017. For the first time in their air tanker contracting history, according to the GAO, the FS restricted the maximum size of retardant tanks, specifying the capacity must be between 3,000 and 5,000 gallons. This eliminated Very Large Air Tankers (VLAT) from being able to compete, since the DC-10 holds 11,600 gallons and the GST 747 carries up to 19,200.
10 Tanker Air Carrier, which operates three DC-10's, attempted to support GST's protest, but the GAO denied their request to submit an amicus curiae or friend of the court pleading, concluding that the company did not meet the definition of either a protester or an intervenor under the GAO's Bid Protest Regulations.
The GAO decided that the FS…
…failed to provide reasonable justifications for the challenged specification, such that we are unable to conclude that the challenged specification is reasonably necessary for the agency to meet its needs.
We recommend that the agency make a documented determination of its needs. Once the agency identifies its needs, the agency should revise its solicitation to include specifications that are reasonably necessary to meet those needs. We also recommend that the protester be reimbursed the costs of filing and pursuing the protest, including reasonable attorneys' fees.
We asked Jennifer Jones, a spokesperson for the FS, for their reaction to the GAO decision, if GST would be reimbursed for their attorney fees, if GST would be considered for a contract, and if there was any bias in the FS against any VLATs. Here is the response:
In accordance with regulations, the U.S. Forest Service is complying with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision for the Call When Needed (CWN) protest. We are reviewing our documentation. After the review is completed, the agency will determine the most appropriate ways to continue to procure Large and Very Large Next Generation Airtankers.
Jim Wheeler, the President and CEO of GST, said:
We are pleased that the GAO sustained our case. We really look forward to working with the Forest Service in the future and hopefully these issues around the [Requests for Proposals] will work themselves out to everybody's satisfaction.
In 2016 and 2017 the 747 deployed to fires in Israel and Chile and the company currently has a CWN contract with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Suppression. The aircraft was used for several weeks in California in the last part of the summer supporting CAL FIRE, but the FS has not allowed the company to submit a bid to acquire a contract.
In the 22-page decision, the GAO addressed numerous issues introduced by the FS that attempted to justify the agency's new policy of restricting the maximum size of a retardant tank in a contract solicitation. In each case the GAO argued that the FS was wrong, unreasonable, illogical, or, it did not apply to the issue.
The 747 Supertanker drops on the Railbelt Complex of Fires in Alaska July 31, 2009. At that time the aircraft was operated by Evergreen Aviation. Photo by Mike McMillan, Fairbanks Area Forestry.
The FS claimed that the solicitation was intended to procure services to support initial attack operations for which VLATs are not suitable. The GAO responded that the solicitation sought to procure aerial firefighting services to support both initial and extended attack operations. And, since it was a CWN contract, the FS could choose whether or not to use the VLAT on initial or extended attack.
The GAO wrote…
…there is also no support for the agency's contention that VLATs are not suited for performing initial attack operations.
The GAO noted that 10 Tanker Air Carrier's DC-10s had completed a total of 700 missions in 2017 at the time of the decision and routinely performs initial attack operations.
They also found that…
Indeed, the record is completely silent regarding who, if anyone, at the agency made the decision to include the [maximum tank size] restriction, when the decision was made, and why the decision was made. Notably, none of the pre-solicitation documents contain any reference to a 5,000-gallon maximum restriction.
The FS cited air tanker studies from 1995, 1996, and 2005 as a basis for its restriction, but it did not identify any language in the studies to support the restriction.
From the GAO decision:
The cited pages do not lend support to the agency's position. As an example, the page in the 2005 study merely indicates that the agency prefers larger aircraft over smaller aircraft, not that VLATs are somehow less desirable for initial attack operations.
The [2012] study recommends that the wildland firefighting aircraft fleet be composed of a mix of aircraft, including "Very Large Airtankers (>8000 gallons)." In discussing tank sizes, the study recommends a minimum capacity, not a maximum capacity, and reflects a preference for larger retardant tank capacities.
The Forest Service has not identified any study or analysis, upon which it relied to develop the RFP requirements, that has considered the question presented here: whether VLATs are unsuited for initial attack operations. In sum, the studies relied upon by the agency do not provide a reasonable basis to restrict competition.
Although the agency has reached conclusions regarding the technical limitations of VLATs, and is excluding VLATs from competition based upon such conclusions, the record does not demonstrate that the offered studies support the agency's conclusions. For this reason, we are unable to find that the agency's asserted justification for the exclusion of VLATs is reasonable.
The FS pointed out that on two occasions a VLAT struck objects on the ground while taxiing. The GAO said both incidents occurred while FS ground personnel were directing the aircraft. Reviews determined that one was 100 percent the fault of the ground guides and the other was 75 percent the fault of the ground guides.
The FS also listed several other reasons that they contend are significant problems related to the use of VLATs, including, the number of personnel needed on the ground, the amount of fuel and retardant needed, the number of suitable bases, and the need for lead planes.
In their written decision the GAO addressed these and other issues brought up by the FS, and similar to the examples above, shot them all down, saying the FS was simply wrong or the issue was not applicable to the protest. The GAO noted that economies of scale, with the VLATs carrying four to seven times more retardant than a conventional large air tanker, can mitigate some of these issues.
We asked Bean Barrett, a former Naval aviator and frequent contributor to this website, for his take on this issue:
It seems to me that their main contracting focus should be the gallons of retardant required to be delivered per hour or per day and the total cost per gallon delivered and the ability to meet various delivery rates/ coverage levels.
Platform type shouldn't have any bearing on the issue at all unless there is some performance limitation that impacts its ability to meet delivery requirements.
If they ever get around to defining what constitutes acceptable IA in terms of how much retardant, how far away from base, and how fast, then there may be some platform considerations.
Bean recommends a book by Stephen Budiansky titled Blackett's War: The Men Who defeated Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare. It tells the story of how efforts led by Winston Churchill before and during World War II to utilize science and careful analysis resulted in innovations that made the British much more successful in warfare. Bean said, "The parallels you can draw with the USFS and fire aviation's problems are amazing. It's a very good interesting book and an easy read."
One reviewer of the book on Amazon wrote that the Churchill-led efforts "…showed how careful quantitative analysis could provide far better guidance for decision makers than tradition, prejudice, and gut feeling."
It appears from the GAO report that their decision to sustain the protest was not even close to going the other way. The FS seemed to be grasping at straws trying a shotgun approach, throwing out everything they could think of off the top of their head, with little serious thought, in their ill-considered attempt to prevent GST from being allowed to submit a bid on the contract. They came off looking like an inept, bumbling, incompetent, leaderless organization.
This should be an embarrassment for Jeffery Power, the new Assistant Director of Aviation for the FS, and Shawna Legarza, the National Fire Director for the FS.
Fire aviation is very expensive and based on the fatality records, is very dangerous. The Forest Service should consider reorganizing their aviation assets, removing the aviation autonomy from the individual regions and using a more centralized approach led by a Chief Pilot with actual pilot credentials and experience. It is our understanding that only one of the Regional Aviation Officers, who have far too much responsibility and power, is actually a pilot.
For anyone who closely follows FS aviation contracting it is obvious that for the last five years it has been a quagmire, with bad strategic decisions being implemented poorly, resulting in numerous protests. (It must be contagious, because the condition spread to the BLM this year.) It took 555 days for the FS to award the first "Next Generation" air tanker contract in 2012. Perhaps a Chief Pilot and an improved contracting section would better serve their customers, including aviators and our citizens.
In the interests of disclosure, Global SuperTanker has an ad on this website.
Author Bill GabbertPosted on November 10, 2017 November 19, 2017 Categories Contracting, Fixed wingTags 747, GAO, Global SuperTanker
4 thoughts on "GAO decides against Forest Service in Global SuperTanker's contract protest"
Are Power and LeGarza part of the 20 something political appointees the Trump administration brought in to manage the FS and DOI?
No. The FS Fire director and subordinates are not political appointees.
Adam32 says:
And some people want to give the Forest Circus an even bigger budget…
Well, I hope it doesn't happen, but if they pile it up, the whole thing will get rehashed again. From a slightly different perspective.
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This is a very interesting and revealing study and points out the importance of the Institute?s work on development of ?Fuel-efficient fishing vessels? and the utilization of fishing capacity.
The estimation of fuel utilized by the fishing industry in Kerala was one of the primary objectives of the research project. For this purpose a complete enumeration of the mechanized crafts of Kerala was taken up during the trawl ban period of June 15- July 31 of the year 2003. The boats were categorised on the basis of the over all length (LOA) of the craft. The categories are Small (below 40 ft. LOA) and medium (40-48 ft. LOA). The detailed information on the make of hull, length, breath and depth of the boats, make and horse power of the engine, fuel and water storage capacity, ice and fish storage capacity etc. were also collected. As per the census study the details of the number of mechanised fishing boats under different category are as follows.
The fuel utilized by the mechanized fishing industry in Kerala was estimated to be 97, 000 kL. The quantity of fuel utilized by small, medium and large mechanized vessels was estimated as 29,075, 32,129 and 36,001 kL respectively. The fishing capacity in Kerala was found to be only 55%.
The fuel utilized by the fishing industry in Andhra Pradesh was 56383 kL being 19, 698 kL for small mechanized, 21744 kL for sona, 3684 kL for mini trawlers and 11256 kL for trawlers. The average per day fuel utilization by different categories of crafts was 117.83 l for small mechanized, 202.44 l for sona, 502.54 l for mini trawlers and 1173.26 l for trawlers. Based on the ideal number of fishing trips that could possibly be undertaken by different categories of crafts (35,520 by small mechanized; 25,740 by sona; 380 by mini trawlers; and 390 by trawlers), it has been estimated that the mechanized sector as a whole has undertaken only 79.7% of the total trips in Andhra Pradesh during 2004.
The studies also revealed that 2589 boats are presently operating from Veraval alone as against a total of 7,162 in the whole of Gujarat.
Y= 37.87 + 0.4795X1 + 0.1305X2 + 0.4937X3; where Y is the revenue; X1 is the number of fishing days, X2 is the fuel cost and X3 is the repair cost.
The models were found to be good fit and all the coefficients found statistically significant at 1% level.
The two critical factors affecting economic viability of fishing were seen to be low income and the highly skewed distribution of this income.
Economic evaluation of 18 m steel trawler designed by the CIFT for commercial operations indicated the operational profits to be 47.5% of the operating cost. The economic efficiency of deep sea trawlers (14.5 m-16.7 m OAL) was evaluated and it was observed that the annual net profit was 7.06% of the total costs (fixed and variable) incurred.
Large mechanized trawlers operating off the west coast have registered a gross return of Rs. 20 lakhs per annum against the operational expenditure of Rs. 17.18 lakhs with an operational profit of 16.41% indicating that capital recovery will be possible only in 7 years at the present rate as compared to 5 years in 2001.
Comparative evaluation of the fuel subsidy rates has shown that the policies in this regard differ from state to state.


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Cat café will be a first for Vancouver | CBC News Loaded
Cat café will be a first for Vancouver
A feline-friendly entrepreneur is fundraising to open Vancouver's first cat café. Cat-sitter and cat photographer Michelle Furbacher has teamed up with the Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association with the aim of opening "Catfé".
"Catfé" will give patrons a chance to grab a latte and mingle with rescued kitties
CBC News · Posted: Apr 15, 2014 5:30 AM PT | Last Updated: April 15, 2014
Michelle Furbacher, on the right, plans to open a cat café to host felines from the Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association. Alannah Hall, on the left, is a volunteer with the rescue association. (Elaine Chau)
A feline-friendly entrepreneur is fund raising to open Vancouver's first cat café.
Cat-sitter and cat photographer Michelle Furbacher has teamed up with the Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association with the aim of opening "Catfé".
"I discovered online, by accident one day, that there's this cat café in Japan," Furbacher told The Early Edition.
"After more research, I discovered that there are many, many cat cafés. And I just figured that would be the perfect business, to bring the whole community together — to socialize with cats."
Monty, one of the cats at the Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association, was a stray picked up in New Westminster. His clouded eye is a result of long-term diabetes. (Roham Sheikholeslami)
Catfé will be divided into two sections. One side will serve food and beverages, and the other will be a cat lounge, where patrons can play with cats from the Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association. It will also serve as a foster home for the adoptable cats.
"I just find there's something magical in the non-verbal communication with a soft cuddly little fur ball," said Furbacher.
Furbacher has launched a crowd-funding campaign with a goal of $50,000 to help get Catfé off the ground. Contributors to the Indiegogo site get rewards such as t-shirts, stickers and free visits to the cat café.
"The great thing about crowd-funding is that it creates a community around the business so I'll get to know my customers right from the start, and they help build the business from the ground up," she said.
Furbacher hopes to have Catfé up and running by the end of the year, although the location isn't confirmed.
The world's first cat café was in Taiwan. The trend spread to Japan, and now cat cafés are opening up in several European cities, including Vienna, pictured above.
"Ideally, I'd like to have eight to 10 cats in the space," she said.
"But it also depends on finding the right kind of cats, who are socialized and happy to hang out with other cats, and socialize with people."
Cat cafés are popular in many Asian cities. The idea was born in Taiwan in 1998, and spread to Japan, where it's estimated there are now nearly 150 cat cafés.
Catfé Indiegogo campaign
Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association


I KNOW YOU ARE STRESSED WITH IMPLEMENTING COMMON CORE NOW-A-DAYS!! I AM, TOO!! THAT'S WHY I CREATED RESOURCES IN WHICH OUR STUDENTS CAN ENCOUNTER COMMON CORE ON A DAILY BASIS!!!
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If you are thinking about taking up a PhD level course then let me tell you , it is amongst the most honored degrees not only in India but also abroad. It provides the most stable base for careers, the PhD degree can be considered to be a good qualification in the career graph. This is because; it points the candidates to the right direction. Although it is time consuming but at the end it's worth it.
Individuals will have an in-depth idea about the subject they have chosen to specialize.
This knowledge of theirs will be very much useful for them in their careers.
Individuals will be able to help others as well. The practical as well as theoretical idea they have can be used to assist others.
Candidates will be able to get jobs almost easily.
Due to deep study the candidate develops a good aptitude.
An individual will have numerous career choices.
It will also be possible for him to get a higher salary.
One of the best perks of the PhD degree is that the person who has this degree will have a good status in the society.
d holder is respected wherever he goes.
PhD is meant to give you a jump start. One is required to have a well-developed sense of breaking down any complex scientific problems into small manageable bits, on-demand problem solving, self-motivation and focus.


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A 2953 Vysheslavia (ideiglenes jelöléssel 1979 SV11) a Naprendszer kisbolygóövében található aszteroida. Nyikolaj Sztyepanovics Csernih fedezte fel 1979. szeptember 24-én.

Kapcsolódó szócikkek
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Q: How SELECT column does not list in GROUP BY clause The query:
select year,sum(mark),sum(maxmark)
from table1
group by parameterno

yields an error message:

Column 'table1.year' is invalid in the select list because it is not contained in either an aggregate function or the GROUP BY clause.

A: It is not clear to me what you are asking but I believe that GROUP BY is one of the most misunderstood concepts in SQL, so I'll add this answer anyhow. It may or may not help with the understanding of the concept GROUP BY. Assume we have a table like:
CREATE TABLE T
( YEAR INT NOT NULL
, PARAMETERNO INT NOT NULL
, MARK INT NOT NULL
, PRIMARY KEY (YEAR, PARAMETERNO) );

INSERT INTO T ( YEAR, PARAMETERNO, MARK )
VALUES (2014,1,10),(2014,2,20),(2015,1,15),(2015,2,25);

What would:
SELECT YEAR, SUM(MARK)
FROM T
GROUP BY PARAMETERNO

mean? Grouping by PARAMETERNO means we have two groups
1    2014    10
     2015    20
2    2014    15
     2015    25

that we apply the aggregate function SUM on, but how does YEAR come in to play? This could mean:
     2014    30  -- 10+20 in group 1
     2015    30
     2014    40  -- 15+25 in group 2
     2015    40

but this is hardly a useful result? Another possibility is to randomly pick one row from each group, like:
     2014    30  -- 10+20 in group 1
     2015    40  -- 15+25 in group 2

The results are unpredictable and you may get different result for the same data/query.
SQL92 requires that all columns in the SELECT CLAUSE is part of the GROUP BY CLAUSE, so if we want:
SELECT YEAR, SUM(MARK)
FROM T

we would have to add at least YEAR to the GROUP BY:
SELECT YEAR, SUM(MARK)
FROM T
GROUP BY YEAR

(it is possible to add other columns, not very common though). The result:
     2014    25 -- 10+15 in group 2014
     2015    45 -- 20+25 in group 2015

SQL99 loosens this restriction and requires that all columns in the SELECT clause is functionally determined by the GROUP BY clause (not the data per se, but the declared constraints). In a trivial case with one table it means that if the GROUP BY clause uniquely identifies a row we can add any column we want to the SELECT clause. Example:
CREATE TABLE T
( YEAR INT NOT NULL
, PARAMETERNO INT NOT NULL
, MARK INT NOT NULL
, PRIMARY KEY (YEAR) );

INSERT INTO T ( YEAR, PARAMETERNO, MARK )
VALUES (2014,1,10),(2015,2,20),(2016,1,15),(2017,2,25);

Now, beacause PARAMETERNO is functionally determined by YEAR a query like:
SELECT YEAR, PARAMETERNO, SUM(MARK)
FROM T
GROUP BY YEAR

would be valid. AFAIK know recent versions of PostgreSQL and MySQL are the only ones that implements the SQL99 version of GROUP BY.
A trick for those DBMS that don't implement the SQL99 version is to apply an aggregate to those columns:
SELECT YEAR, MAX(PARAMETERNO), SUM(MARK)
FROM T
GROUP BY YEAR

Since there is only one PARAMETERNO per YEAR, the result is the same.
MySQL historically allowed you to violate the SQL92 as well as the SQL99 GROUP BY rule, unless you specified ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY in @@sql_mode. This may lead to un-deterministic results, and has caused much confusion in forums such as this one over the years. I personally always set @@sql_mode to ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY when using older MySQL version than the latest (which I havent tried).

A: You can not select aggregates across a field if you don't include the field in the group by list.
If you want the totals per year you should write
SELECT year,sum(mark),sum(maxmark)
FROM table1
GROUP BY year

If you want the totals per parameterno it should be
SELECT parameterno,sum(mark),sum(maxmark)
FROM table1
GROUP BY parameterno

From the error message I guess you're using SQL Server so have a look at the documentation

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text:
Attila Dargay (June 20, 1927 – October 20, 2009) was a Hungarian comics artist and  animator. He was born in Mezőnyék.

Life
He began working as a scenery painter for the Hungarian National Theatre in the late 1940s. He directed such animations productions as Hajra, Mozdony! (1972), Mattie the Goose-boy (1977), The Little Fox (1981), The Treasure of Swamp Castle (1985), and Captain of the Forest (1988). He studied at the College of Fine Arts in Budapest until 1948 when he was discharged because of political reasons. From 1951 he worked as a stage setting painter at Hungary's National Theatre, and in parallel he worked as a trainee on animated films, from 1954 he worked as a cartoon planner. He became an animated-film director in 1957, his first independent director-piece being the Don't give in little man! (Ne hagyd magad emberke!) in 1959. He started working at the then formed Pannonia Film Studio in 1957. His films are popular among both children and adults. He is also author of several animated books and comic strips. His best known strip figure is dog Kajla (Kajla kutya). His good humour reflects in all his works, which made all generations laugh among his audience. In 2008 his most known animated movie was re-filmed by György Gát, but Dargay did not approve using his original characters because he did not agree with the spirit of the new movie. He died a year later, aged 82 in Budapest.

Selected films

Director
 Dióbél királyfi (1963)
 A három nyúl (1972)
 Hajra, Mozdony! (1972)
 Mattie the Goose-boy (Lúdas Matyi (1977))
 Vuk (1981)
 The Treasure of the Swamp Castle (Szaffi (1984))
 Captain of the Forest (Az erdő kapitánya (1988))
 Dragon and Slippers (Sárkány és papucs (1989))
 A préri pacsirtája (1991)

Writer
 The Seventh Brother (A hetedik testvér) (1991)

Dramaturg
 Willy the Sparrow (Vili, a veréb) (1989)

Notes

External links
Lambiek Comiclopedia article.

1927 births
2009 deaths
People from Nyékládháza
Hungarian animators
Hungarian animated film directors
Hungarian comics artists


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Charles Frederick Cox – World War One ANZAC
Charles Frederick Cox, was 51 when he enlisted 15 September 1914. At this time he resided at 26 Croydon Road Croydon. He was born in 1863 at Pennant Hills and was educated and married in Parramatta, where he also maintained his connections with the New South Wales Lancers. He joined the Lancers in 1891 and was selected to head a detachment for Queen Victoria's Jubilee celebrations in London in 1897. He served with the New South Wales Volunteer Corps in the Boer war and was among the first Australians to disemabark at Cape Town, South Africa, in 1899.
Not content with one visit he returned to the conflict in 1901, this time with the 3 New South Wales Mounted Rifles. On the 15th of October 1902 Cox was wlecomed home at a specially prepared conversazione, at the Parrmatta Town Hall, where all the notable citizens gathered to hear him speak. Twelve years later he was speaking at another conversazione held in the same hall in honour of his departure, and as it would turn out, an illustrious career at Gallipoli and in the Palestinian Campaigns.He appears to have been left in Australia after the departure of the first contingent of the 1 Light Horse Brigade as part of the reinforcements. He then was assigned to the 6 Regiment in the 2 Lighthorse brigade and left for Egypt in December 1914. Cox then went to Gallipoli with the 6 Light Horse Regiment and after being wounded in the knee with shrapnel 21 May 1915 returned to the peninsula where he was raised to the rank of Temporary Colonel while in command of the 2 Light Horse Brigade. On 3 November he resumed command of the 6 Light Horse. His stellar career continued and on 28 Novemebr 1915 he was appointed temporary command of the entire 1 Light Horse Brigade. Cox returned to Australia 19 April 1919.
Geoff Barker, Research and Collection Services Coordinator, 2015
Image: F C Cox, National Library of Australia nla.pic-an24081715


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MuCEM, Musée des civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée
Rudy Ricciotti
Suspended between sky and water, floating at the entrance to the Old Port of Marseille, a new national museum opens its doors. Open to the sea, the MuCEM is by nature of its location, a major project for the Mediterranean where it redraws the horizon, creating a meeting place for its two shores. Never before has a museum been specifically dedicated to the cultures of the Mediterranean,despite their richness from the perspective of history and civilisation.
Marseille welcomes a museum designed in its own image: cleaved to the north shore of the Mediterranean, gazing out over the open sea, receptive to the winds of ideas. More than a museum, the MuCEM is a true cultural city drawing on all the disciplines of the humanities and social sciences and mobilizing the artistic expressions of both shores of the Mediterranean. Even more, it is a new way of regarding the Mediterranean as a space for openness and sharing, for envisioning a common history and the dialogue of civilisations, by clarifying the issues, to give depth of field to contemporary phenomena, and shape a new public space.
A new perspective on the cultures of the Mediterranean
The MuCEM will focus principally on the cultures of the Mediterranean, from a comparative and multidisciplinary perspective in which Europe and the other continents bordering this sea will play a major role. It will take advantage of the "world-culture" which characterises the Mediterranean basin to radiate beyond its geographical boundaries: hence, Latinity mixed with Christianity spread to the Americas; the Muslim world unfolds from the Saharan edge of Africa to the far reaches of Indonesia, passing through the Middle East; Jewish culture has spread to every continent; and the Orthodox world, originating in Greece and South Slavic Europe, has penetrated as far as Siberia.
The MuCEM is the metamorphosis of a major museum devoted to society – The Musée National des Arts et Traditions Populaires created in 1937 – whose origins date back to 1884, with the opening of a "room" on France at the Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro, in Paris. Ethnography was thus its founding discipline. The disciplinary field of the museum has expanded today to include all of the social sciences and humanities: anthropology, political science, sociology, history, archaeology, art history… contributing at the crossroads of methods and approaches.
The evolution of the museum's collection and its modes of presentation just like its program of exhibitions, discussions, images and performances reflects this expansion of the geographic, historic and disciplinary fields. Upon entering the Gallery of the Mediterranean, on the first floor of the J4 building, the public will discover, over 1,600 m², a presentation of the major events in the history of the civilisations of the Mediterranean basin.
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The collections of the MuCEM and the greatest French and foreign museums will be enlisted. This presentation aims to progressively illuminate the multifaceted history of the Mediterranean with its landscapes, cities and shores thus enabling a better understanding of certain challenges of the contemporary world: the relationship with the environment, human rights, the relationship with the Other.
The museum will also present temporary exhibitions as well as conferences, fictional or documentary films, and performances that will address the major issues of current interest in the Mediterranean basin. It is to be a true cultural city open to great debates and in particular to the following issues:
> Questions of memories, through the relationship of the Mediterranean world with Europe as a whole, and particularly the colonial legacy. Numerous clusters of memory surface and mobilize groups or communities around the conflicts of the past that find a deep resonance in the present.
> Questions of identity and daily culture, in relation to the legacies of the past and the present context. Observing for example, diets, whether or not they are linked to religious beliefs, ways of living or dressing, relationships between modesty and immodesty, as well as controversies over the veil or the burqa.
> Questions artistic, intellectual, because the contemporary Mediterranean scene attests to the vitality of these societies. The domain of images, still or moving, new writing plastic, musical and literary are all of interest to a museum of civilisations connected with "world time".
Finally, the social, political, and religious transformations in the Mediterranean once again place this region before the eyes of the world. While civil societies and cultural stakeholders are in motion, the MuCEM asserts itself in resonance with the present.
An emblematic site symbolising the marriage of Marseille and the Mediterranean
The launching of the MuCEM in Marseille was a very symbolic choice. On the shore of a Mediterranean in which we must reinvest, first and foremost through education and culture, this great city – the second largest in France by population – remains the most emblematic of these multiple and permanent contacts between the two shores, of these diverse influences created by successive layers, unmistakable ingredients of its popular culture.
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The site chosen –fort Saint-Jean and the J4 pier of the port of Marseille – at the junction of the Old Port and the Joliette, at the bow of the city, is fully consistent with the theme of the museum. Each part of the site of fort Saint-Jean testifies to the civil and military history of Marseille. One finds, built upon the Greek and Roman vestiges of the antique city-state, a chapel from the 12th century that was part of the former commandry of Saint-John of Jerusalem, the defensive tour of King René (constructed between 1447 and 1453), the Fanal Tower erected in the 17th century at the request of ship owners to illuminate the entrance to the port, incorporated into various military fortifications. The historic site and the harmonious diversity of the military, religious, and civil elements that compose it have always been closed to the public. It was by way of the J4 pier that, until decolonisation, voyagers coming from the entire world made their arrivals and departures. It was by way of the J4 pier in particular, that jazz entered Marseille, in the 1920s. And it was also by way of the J4 pier that the artists and writers threatened by Nazism left Europe for the United States.
The site of the MuCEM is thus a place steeped in history and memories, at the heart of a prestigious heritage ensemble– the Cathédrale de la Major, the Eglise Saint-Laurent, with views of the Palais du Pharo, the Abbey of Saint-Victor, the sea and the Îles du Frioul – overlooking "the Suez and beyond".
A contribution to the influence of the metropolis
The MuCEM, due to its strategic location in the heart of the Phocean City, is a major project, not only for the Mediterranean, but also for the city of Marseille. The transformation of the commercial waterfront by the Euroméditerranée urban development agency, in close consultation with local authorities and the European Union, has two objectives: to convert this area into a new economic centre and to revitalize downtown and the port by creating connections between them. A new district is taking root between the maritime facade and the heart of the city. This transformation has accelerated since the designation in 2008 of Marseille as European Capital of Culture in 2013. The Euro- Mediterranean gathers within its geographical area most of the major flagship cultural facilities: the MuCEM, but also the Villa Méditerranée, the Silo and its concert hall, Fonds régionaux d'art contemporain, Frac (regional collections of contemporary art), the Euromed Center and its cinema multiplex, as well as the museum Regards de Provence.
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Major projects designed by internationally renown architects (Massimiliano Fuksas, Euromed Center; Jean Nouvel, Les Quais d'Arenc; Zaha Hadid, the CMA CGM Tower; Stefano Boeri, Villa Méditerranée; Rudy Ricciotti, MuCEM; Kengo Kuma, Frac; Jacques Ferrier, Euromed station) will offer the city a new centrality and, under the benevolent regard of Notre-Dame de la Garde, give new impetus to Marseille and its region. In the Belle de Mai district, the old Seita tobacco factories have been rehabilitated into three spaces dedicated to artistic professions:
> The heritage centre, including the Centre for Conservation and Resources of the MuCEM (CCR), designed by architect Corinne Vezzoni, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Heritage Conservation and Restoration (CICRP), the archives and storage facilities of the museums of Marseille, Ina, Fonds régionaux d'art contemporain, Frac;
> The media centre, a business centre composed of 80 enterprises and 600 employees in new technologies (web, multimedia, mobile, 3D…), as well as film studios ("Life's So Sweet");
> The centre for arts and live performances, better known as La Friche la Belle de Mai, mingling concert halls, artists' studios and exhibition spaces. It was expanded in 2013 through the project "Panorama".
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Author: Rudy Ricciotti
Photography: Lisa Ricciott
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Everyone needs a piece or two from Primrose Park's collections in their wardrobe – you'll wear its staples time and again. Set to be a favourite this season, their new 'Audrey' style features a pom pom print on a black base and is crafted from silky smooth viscose. Team yours with chunky sneakers, switching to a mule come evening.


When Emma posted "can you help, we need a race report….. I reacted straight away without hesitation, almost a sense of urgency & said I'd be happy to do one, although I had no real idea of what was expected so I hope this fits the bill. The urgency came from me still feeling on a high from completing the "Dave Clarke 5" race and I felt I wanted to share the positive feeling with, well…. everyone but more so with some of the newer members of the club, in the hope it will encourage them to give a future race a good go.
After only my 3rd official race with the club I arrived home and walked up my driveway with a very big spring in my step, having dropped Jools (Julie Hargreaves) off after the race, my beautiful friend that got me to do my first race some 15 years ago when I couldn't run for a bus!!!!
On Thursday evening I had a feeling of happiness, achievement and complete elation, and absolute belief I can deal with anything that gets thrown at me. I kind of know that sounds a bit over the top but you know what it's so true, so it doesn't matter does it…???
I don't want to harp on about issues I've had recently and goodness knows folk have much bigger traumas to deal with but life throws some pretty big emotional boulders at us sometimes so we need a coping mechanism. Running has become such a means to me.
I've said recently that before I go out on a club run I feel like someone has filled my brain with thick treacle…!!!! Everything is cloudy and weighs heavy. BUT… when I finish a run it's as if someone has poured the purist spring water through my mind and everything is ok with the world. AND you know what's even better..!!!! After a race the feeling is even more special.
You put on your club vest, fasten on your race number and become one of the team immediately. At the Dave Clarke 5k race there was a real mix of long-standing fast runners, to intermediate runners and new members that were almost scared stiff of what was ahead, but once you spot another Bat the camaraderie is amazing, old and new mixing together, it doesn't matter about your speed or your capability, we are all one Team.
The sense of belonging is very powerful.
To all our new members, never fear about entering a race, the moment you make that decision you will experience something very special. You will feel part of a group of like minded people who will want to encourage you and bring out the best in you.
I'd like to thank each and every one of the club members I run with and those I don't, I have said on more than one occasion that becoming a Stone Master Marathoner is one of the very best things I've done in a long time, I feel very blessed to have made such wonderful new friends.
A special thank you to Bill Clarke for all your time and encouragement, I'm becoming a more accomplished runner because of your coaching and guidance and the absolute ability to make me feel guilty whenever I miss a session…..lol and of course a special mention to Anne Griffiths who was amazing, staying towards the back of the group as a support to runners who are new to racing.


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New Mercedes-Benz 4-Cylinder Engine Packs Up To 416 HP
, Automotive Editor - June 7, 2019
It's the most powerful four-cylinder engine ever.
Mercedes has worked tirelessly over the years to wring every last drop of power from its four-cylinder turbocharged engine, and now the company claims it has the most powerful four-cylinder engine ever—the M 139. It's a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder making 416 horsepower and 369 pound-feet of torque in its top S spec. The standard M 139 mill produces 382 hp and 354 lb-ft of torque.
Mercedes will put the engine in a variety of models ranging from the A45, which won't come to the U.S., and the CLA 45, which will. Both are performance-oriented Mercedes-AMG modes that blend performance and luxury into one package. The engine could end up in other Mercedes vehicles, too, such as the GLB-Class crossover.
The engine makes its impressive power numbers through a variety of mechanical means. The turbocharger makes 30.5 psi in the S engine compared to 27.6 psi in the standard powerplant. The engine features both indirect injection into the intake manifold and direct injection into the cylinder. The engine features dual overhead cams, 16 valves, and a twin-scroll supercharger.
It's not like Mercedes had a slouch of an engine before the new M 139. The previous turbocharged 2.0-liter made a still impressive 375 hp. Other potent four-cylinder engines include the turbo 2.3-liter Ford Focus RS making 350 hp, The 2.5-liter turbo engine in the Porsche Cayman S that produces 350 hp, the turbo 2.3-liter in the Ford Mustang that makes 310 hp, and the Honda Civic Type R's turbo 2.0-liter making 306 hp. The Mercedes engine outperforms them all.
As automakers search to improve efficiency, they're downsizing engines while adding forced induction to compensate for the smaller engine displacement size. In this guise, the purpose isn't so much about fuel efficiency. Instead, it's about packing a lot of power into a small package, and it looks like Mercedes was successful.
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This Is Why People Are Baking More During The Pandemic, According To A Chef - Exclusive
By Jorie Mark/Sept. 9, 2020 6:16 pm EST
One day, perhaps, when the pandemic is behind us, we'll look back at how we reacted to the initial shock of the coronavirus and marvel at some of the strange things we did as we dealt with the anxieties of school closings, travel cancellations, and all of this talk of "flattening the curve." There was the panic over toilet paper shortages, those viral Tiger King memes, and, of course, quarantine baking. Maybe we'll never unearth why it was that a disease that didn't involve gastrointestinal distress caused us to stock up on Charmin, and our collective obsession with Carole Baskin probably does not have a logical explanation, but when it comes to why we all started making sourdough loaves and banana bread, there's an obvious reason why we started baking like crazy. Or at least, that's the opinion of Michelin-award winning chef Daniel Kleinhandler, who served as executive pastry chef at Bar Boulud, Aureole, db Bistro Moderne, Picholine, The Clocktower, and Boulud Sud, before opening his own own pastry company, sugar, butter, chocolate, earlier this year.
In an interview with Mashed, Kleinhandler, who is teaching a virtual cooking class through CocuSocial, on September 13 at 2 p.m. EST, explained why the pandemic has brought out the inner pastry chef in us all.
We actually always wanted to bake but didn't have the time before, chef says
According to Kleinhandler, baking is something we always longed to do, but there simply weren't enough hours in the day. "I always say, when I'm trying to teach my cooks or my sous chefs how to make a new dish, everyone needs to eat food. Not everyone needs to eat dessert," he said. "So if you are working a nine-hour job, you go an hour commute to a different area — an hour commute home, you're not baking bread. You're going to go to the store and buy bread. You're not baking cookies at night."
With so many of us now working from home to reduce the spread of the coronavirus transmission, we have more time to do the things we like, Kleinhandler added. "So I think a lot of it comes to the two hours we're saving on commutes, that time," he said. People are thinking to themselves, "Now, I can actually do something fun or do something extra!" he said. Instead of time-saving, one-pot meals or slice and bake cookies, we can get ambitious. "For a lot of people, baking is always something that sounds really cool," Kleinhandler explained. "And now, they're okay using their time [on it]."
Since we have more time, we might as well make elaborate foods
To feed the ambitions of emboldened home cooks, who are finally figuring out how to use the flour sifters and egg beaters they might have had in the back of their pantries for years, Kleinhandler is teaching a virtual cooking class that demonstrates how to make two dessert items that we previously left to professionals: chocolate soufflé and ice cream. "Chocolate soufflé is like the fanciest, French-est, scariest sounding dish you can do," he explained, but added that it's actually not impossible to do. "In reality, it's five ingredients, three techniques. None of them are like crazy, crazy difficult. And if you just do the four or five, like little phases, you can get caught and you'd do it right, it's super approachable. And everyone you make that dish will be like, 'Oh my gosh!'"
Indeed, when Kleinhandler was first approached by CocuSocial about teaching a master class, his goal was to find a recipe that would be a challenge, yet would be executable. A novice chef "might feel like, 'Oh my gosh, how can I make chocolate soufflé?'" he said. "But in reality, 'Yeah, you can do this... It takes 30 minutes. No big deal.'"
Having more free time allowed Chef Kleinhandler to realize one of his own dreams
While having more downtime may have allowed you to finally bake your own bread — or even attempt a soufflé — for Kleinhandler, a break from the daily grind meant he could finally achieve one of his biggest life goals: opening his own business. The pastry chef who began working in the kitchen at age 14 had always wanted to be an entrepreneur, but never had the time to put together a business plan. With restaurants closing due to the pandemic, though, a busy schedule was no longer the obstacle, Kleinhandler explained, and he was able to open sugar, butter, chocolate, an online chocolatier, in early 2020. "There's always a silver lining in a really awful situation," he said. "So, as a chef, you work 70, 80 hour weeks every time. And, I've been talking about a concept for probably seven years. So, actually, the pandemic allowed me the time to actually open a business."
In addition to selling desserts and candy online, sugar, butter, chocolate will help restaurants get back on their feet before they are equipped to hire back their pastry teams full-time. "When [business] starts coming back, restaurants aren't going to open with a hundred percent staff," he said, adding that his business will "hopefully be an opportunity to give restaurants an option, to create desserts and have dessert programs that are still up in the center that they had, eight months ago, without having to hire back a full staff or lose money on desserts."
Be sure to reserve your spot in Chef Kleinhandler's virtual cooking class on CocuSocial, which will be taught on September 13th.


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Built around Norwegian Jorn Lande who is touted as being an extraordinary vocalist. Upon listening however, I was struck by how ordinary and blaze' the music and most of the vocals are. Surprisingly average overall.


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Home Research > Constituencies > 1820-1832 > Winchelsea
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832, ed. D.R. Fisher, 2009
Available from Cambridge University Press
See Winchelsea in
Right of Election:
in the resident freemen paying scot and lot
Estimated number qualified to vote:
817 (1821); 965 (1831)1
8 Mar. 1820 HENRY PETER BROUGHAM
LUCIUS CONCANNON
20 Feb. 1823 WILLIAM LEADER vice Concannon, deceased
9 June 1826 HENRY PETER BROUGHAM
HENRY GREY, Visct. Howick
15 Feb. 1830 JOHN WILLIAMS vice Brougham, vacated his seat
30 July 1830 JOHN WILLIAMS 9
HON. HENRY DUNDAS 9
John Rodolph Deere nil
Henry Shirley nil
4 Apr. 1831 STEPHEN LUSHINGTON vice Dundas, vacated his seat
29 Apr. 1831 JOHN WILLIAMS
STEPHEN LUSHINGTON
15 July 1831 JAMES BROUGHAM vice Lushington, chose to sit for Ilchester
31 July 1832 BROUGHAM re-elected after appointment to office
Winchelsea, a decayed port, was in this period 'a mere village', situated on a hill a mile and a half inland from the east Sussex coast.2 It was part of the electoral empire of the Whig 3rd earl of Darlington, who had bought control of both seats in 1804. Freemen were admitted purely with reference to the parliamentary interest and their number 'kept as low as would secure the existence of the corporation', which consisted nominally of a mayor and 12 jurats.3
In 1820 and 1826 Darlington provided Henry Brougham, one of the leading Whigs in the Commons, with insurance against his defeats in contests for Westmorland. Lucius Concannon and William Leader were opposition backbench stalwarts. In 1826 Darlington offered the other seat to the Whig leader Lord Grey's son Lord Howick, in case of his failure in a doubtful contest for Northumberland. Thomas Creevey*, who had extracted from Darlington a promise of one of the seats if either Brougham or Howick was successful in his county, was sent on a 'foolish errand' to Winchelsea to stand proxy for Howick. He reported:
We sat down to dinner on Friday, just 40, though the real elect amount only to 11. I sat of course on the right hand of the mayor, and had to address my friends on both occasions of Lord Howick's health being drunk, and my own; for the evening was very little advanced before my friend Wright let out very plainly to the company that he hoped I should be the real Member, a sentiment that was most favourably received, and I had many civilities on it, amongst others the Insurgent whom I mentioned. A surly, ill-conditioned fellow, with £30,000 in his pocket, and under no control, and who told me when I canvassed him that he should make no promises, came to me after dinner to say he hoped I would forget all that had passed, and, squeezing my hand with such a grip that I have scarcely recovered it yet, swore he would never desert me or Lord Darlington as long as he lived.
Howick was beaten in Northumberland and Creevey left without a seat.4 Owners and occupiers of land in and around Winchelsea petitioned the Commons, 16 May 1820, 5 Mar. 1821, and the Lords, 10 Apr. 1821, for relief from agricultural distress.5
Darlington supported the junction of the Lansdowne Whigs in government with Canning in 1827 and with Lord Goderich after Canning's death, when he was created marquess of Cleveland, 'probably', as Mrs. Arbuthnot thought, 'to induce him to keep Mr. Brougham quiet'. As Grey was hostile to the ministry, doubts arose as to whether Howick could continue to sit on Cleveland's interest, but the premature collapse of the government extinguished them.6 In January 1830 Cleveland announced his adhesion to the Wellington ministry, which was symbolized by the choice of his son to move the address. He wanted Brougham to keep his seat, with complete freedom to act as he saw fit in the Commons, where he was now effectively the Whig leader. Brougham was aware of this, but could see himself being badly 'hampered' and had little hesitation in accepting the duke of Devonshire's offer to return him for the seat at Knaresborough just vacated by the death of Tierney. Cleveland was angered by Brougham's failure to consult him before taking this step, which was seen by some Whigs as 'a public decided censure' of his junction with government, but subsequent explanations restored their friendship.7 Cleveland offered the seat 'in the kindest way' to Grey's friend Henry Frederick Stephenson*, but he was not prepared to support ministers. It went to Brougham's colleague on the northern circuit John Williams, who had sat briefly for Ilchester on Cleveland's interest earlier in the 1826 Parliament. The marquess's family were said to be 'much annoyed' that he did not bring in his youngest son Lord Harry Vane†.8 Grey, who would commit himself to no more than 'a friendly though, perhaps, a somewhat distrustful neutrality' towards the government, feared that Howick would have to abandon the seat, but his son had 'a most satisfactory explanation' with Cleveland, which enabled him 'to keep it with comfort and credit'.9 Owners and occupiers of the Winchelsea area petitioned Parliament against interference with the corn laws in February and March 1827, and on 9 Mar. 1827 the Commons received the petition of the corporation and inhabitant householders of the borough for repeal of the coastal coal duties.10
At the general election of 1830 Howick transferred to a seat on the Fitzwilliam interest. Cleveland retained Williams, who had generally supported government, and with him put up Henry Dundas, the son of the cabinet minister Lord Melville. There was a token opposition, inspired by the recent success of the independent ratepayers of Rye in establishing their right to vote and forming part of a general campaign to liberate those of the Cinque Ports which were under nomination. On the day of election John Rodolph Deere of Donnington Priory, Berkshire, and Henry Shirley of Newick Park, Sussex, a member of Brooks's, tried to poll the votes of several inhabitant ratepayers. The mayor rejected them all and returned Dundas and Williams, who were supported by the nine eligible freemen.11 The case of Winchelsea, with its 80 ratepayers and nine voters, was included in memorials seeking extension of the franchise in the Ports, which were sent soon afterwards to the duke of Wellington as lord warden and to the king. Delegates from Winchelsea attended a campaign dinner at Rye, 19 Oct. 1830, and the following day one Dawes applied at quarter sessions for admission to the freedom as the eldest son of a freeman, but was refused.12 Deere and Shirley petitioned the Commons, claiming a majority of legal votes, 12 Nov. 1830, and Shirley addressed a reform meeting at Rye, 27 Jan. 1831. The petition was due to be considered on 17 Feb. 1831, but a week beforehand Deere and Shirley sought leave to abandon it without penalty, anticipating that they would 'gain all the objects of it' through the forthcoming ministerial reform scheme. The Speaker doubted the legality of this step under the terms of the Grenville Act, the petition was duly considered and the sitting Members were confirmed in their seats, 18 Feb. 1831.13
On 26 Feb. 1831 the commons received a petition for the secret ballot from the magistrates, merchants, gentry and inhabitants of Winchelsea and four other Cinque Ports.14 Although Winchelsea, along with his other boroughs, was scheduled for disfranchisement by the reform bill, Cleveland supported the measure to strengthen his bid for a dukedom (which he duly received in January 1833). Williams also favoured the bill, but Dundas opposed it, and Cleveland turned him out in late March 1831 and replaced him, at the 'express suit' of government, according to Creevey, with the prominent civilian Dr. Stephen Lushington.15 At the general election less than four weeks later Cleveland returned Williams and Lushington, who also came in on his interest for Ilchester. He used the surplus Winchelsea seat to accommodate lord chancellor Brougham's brother James.16
When Winchelsea's inclusion in Schedule A came before the House, 26 July 1831, Herbert Curteis, Member for Sussex, stated the prayer of a petition signed by 50 inhabitant householders which had just been given to him by a deputation. It welcomed reform, but asserted the borough's right to retain one seat on the ground that the population of the town and liberty of Winchelsea, which extended for seven miles along the coast, amounted to about 2,800. Curteis formally presented it the next day.17 On 30 July 1831 George De Lacy Evans, the hero of Rye, which was to lose one Member, unsuccessfully proposed that borough's amalgamation with Winchelsea to return two, on the strength of a combined population, including the liberties, of 6,425. Winchelsea's extinction as a parliamentary borough was agreed to without dissent in the committee on the revised reform bill, 20 Feb. 1832. The re-election of Brougham after his appointment to a chancery sinecure, 31 July 1832, was the penultimate return of a Member to the unreformed Commons. By the Boundary Act the borough and parish were added to the greatly enlarged constituency of Rye and supplied it with some 40 voters on the first register.18
1. The figure for 1821 applies to the whole parish; that for 1831 to the parliamentary borough (PP (1831-2), xxxvi. 44).
2. Pigot's Commercial Dir. (1823-4), 523; VCH Suss. ix. 523.
3. Oldfield, Key (1820), 249-52; W. D. Cooper, Parl. Hist. Suss. 50-52; PP (1835), xxiv. 413-16.
4. Creevey Pprs. ii. 90, 165-6; Brighton Guardian, 6 Apr.; Grey mss, Darlington to Grey, 3 June; Creevey mss, Mrs. Taylor to Creevey [2], Creevey to Miss Ord, 7,11 June 1826.
5. CJ, lxxv. 216; lxxvi. 137; LJ, liv. 187.
6. Arbuthnot Jnl. ii. 143; Lansdowne mss, Brougham to Lansdowne, 22 Oct. 1827.
7. Brougham, Life and Times, iii. 22-33; Lady Holland to Son, 107; Lieven-Grey Corresp. i. 427-9; Creevey Pprs. ii. 208; Add. 51575, Abercromby to Holland [28, 30 Jan.]; Brougham mss, Devonshire to Brougham [29 Jan.], Holland to same [30 Jan.]; Creevey mss, Sefton to Creevey, 30 Jan.; Grey mss, Durham to Grey, 5 Feb. 1830.
8. Add. 51785, Holland to C. R. Fox, 7 Feb.; Grey mss, Ellice to Grey [8 Feb.], Durham to same [8 Feb.], Grey to Holland, 9 Feb.; NLS, Ellice mss, Grey to Ellice, 6 Feb. 1830.
9. Grey mss, Howick jnl. 2 June [1829]; Grey to Holland, 9 Feb. 1830; Lieven-Grey Corresp. 428-9.
10. CJ, lxxxii. 230, 299; LJ, lix. 129.
11. Brighton Guardian, 30 June 1830; Cooper, 52.
12. W. Holloway, Hist. Rye, 261-2; Hastings Iris, 23 Oct. 1830.
13. CJ, lxxxvi. 61, 196, 231, 258, 260, 265; Hastings Iris, 4 Dec. 1830, 1, 29 Jan., 5 Feb. 1831.
14. CJ, lxxxvi. 310; Hastings Iris, 29 Jan. 1831.
15. Holland House Diaries, 47, 65; Creevey's Life and Times, 340; Creevey mss, Creevey to Miss Ord, 29-31 Mar. 1831; Hopetoun mss 167, f. 248.
16. Hastings Iris, 7 May 1831.
17. CJ, lxxxvi. 704; E. Suss. RO AMS 3713.
18. E. Suss. RO WIN 477-81; PP (1831), xvi. 71-72; Cooper, 243; Holloway, 269.


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