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Campbell culminates 135th year with fall graduation
Ben Thompson wasn't sold on Campbell coming out of high school in 1972 until his first visit to campus, at the urging of his father. Campbell, his father believed, was just "the place I needed to be."
His first visit to Buies Creek sealed the deal — "It just felt right," he says. Fifty years later, his relationship with Campbell remains strong, anchored by love, loyalty and a desire to lead.
The 1976 graduate and charter member of the first Norman A. Wiggins School of Law graduating class in 1979, Thompson spoke at Saturday's Winter Commencement, held in the John W. Pope Jr. Convocation Center, where 427 graduates received their Campbell University degrees.
Thompson, today the chair of the Campbell University Board of Trustees and a partner at Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP in Raleigh, received the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award prior to the presentation of degrees.
Established by the New York Southern Society in 1925, the award honors the memory of Algernon Sydney Sullivan, a prominent New York philanthropist, lawyer and businessman during the late 19th century. Presented annually at Campbell's spring graduation service, the award recognizes a citizen who best exemplifies the Sullivan ideal of compassion, intellect and conduct as evidence of a spirit of love for and helpfulness to others.
Addressing graduates, Thompson spoke of love, loyalty and leadership to the graduates on Saturday and encouraged them "be true to your school."
"My love for Campbell runs deep — it was indeed for me the place to be and the place for me to fully become the person of my aspirations, both personally and professionally," Thompsons said, referring to Campbell's tagline, "A place to be … a place to become," in the early 1970s. "My prayer for you graduates, who I know love this place, is that you will find ways and means to express your loyalty in the years ahead."
Saturday's commencement marked the final event of Campbell's 135th year. The atmosphere in the convocation center was a joyous one — for Mason Tucker, who earned his degree in sports management and marketing, it was a day of celebration with his family.
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"They're just so proud," said Tucker. "They're proud of everything I've done while I was here and everything I have going for my future. And it gives me a sense of pride too, because they opened the doors for me in the first place. I wouldn't be able to do everything I do without them. And it's awesome to know that I'm making them proud. This is awesome. There's no better feeling."
Tucker said, to him, what separates Campbell from other universities is the professors and the unwavering support they offered him throughout his four years in Buies Creek. He encouraged current and future Campbell students to use their four years to find something they're passionate about.
"Find something you love, because the moment you do that is when you start figuring things out," he said. "There will be a lot of new experiences and a lot of new things that come your way that you don't expect. But if you find something that can be yours, you can hold on to that."
Marketing graduate Ariyanna Jones called graduation "a giant weight being lifted off your shoulders."
"I'd advise current students to not be afraid to step outside of their comfort zone and participate in as many opportunities as possible," Jones said. "Live in the moment and enjoy your time here."
For Kaitlyn Stocks, Saturday's graduation is only the halfway point of her Campbell experience. She'll be attending the Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine in the fall with hopes of becoming a dermatologist.
"I am not the first in my family to graduate, but I will be the first to attend medical school," Jones said. "What excites me the most about walking across the graduation stage is knowing that I will be beginning a new chapter of my life. I'll be one step closer to reaching my goal of becoming a doctor."
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David Brin is very opinionated about Star Wars.
Attributes - A system where you roll stats on 4 or 5d6, or where all stats start at 8 and you point-buy up, inherently says "We are only concerned with a certain quality of hero. Deeply flawed characters, with a 6- in one stat, need not apply." When you roll on 3d6, and your distribution is on par with the human average in your setting, the tone is much different - your heroes frequently end up flawed, even ones with one or two exceptionally high attributes. They're more human. Further, attributes exercise less raw power over the mechanics of most old school games, which decreases the gap between demideific and normal characters within a party. You got Int 9? Good enough to be a wizard with nearly as good a shot at eventual archmagistry as any other.
Henchmen - The New School tends to avoid henchmen; through Brin's lens, this is a concession both to the demideific (in that it keeps the action narrowly focused on a few superhuman individuals of interest) and to the limitations of the form (managing more than a handful of combatants in number-heavy systems is difficult). The old school's use of henchmen is relatively egalitarian, in that it distributes attention across a broader set of individuals of more varying capability, some of whom may even surpass or betray their masters.
Death - is, as they say, the Great Equalizer, and in the old school, it is a relatively Frequent Equalizer too. Nobody is predestined to kingship, and plot armor is nonexistent. Even characters of exceptional ability, like the Albanian with his 18 Str and 16 Dex, end up dead sometimes. Death is less frequent for main characters in the new school, and is considered a bigger deal because it threatens to derail the preordained plot. Dying has gotten harder, and the penalties for resurrection have gotten smaller.
Gear Focus - The old school game presents relatively few things as inherent powers of a character; instead most of a character's capabilities, at low levels especially, come from their mundane gear. This sends the essential message that "Anyone could do this with the right tools and a little elbow grease," which is essentially egalitarian. By comparison, a 1st-level 4e character for example starts out with like four special powers that are inherent to their being what they are, and a pile more hit points than an average human, and their rate of divergence from the norm is much faster and more total. A max-level ACKS fighter has probably 25 times as many HP as a 0-level human... but he is still very terminable by massed missile fire from Joe Mercenary and his pals with non-magical bows. I would be very surprised if a max-level (or even an equivalent / mid-teens level) 4e character still considered CR1 creatures in bulk an existential threat.
Really what it boils down to is equal opportunity and lack of predestination. The L0 henchman who is hired because he was in good health and looking for work, out of rational mutual self-interest on his part and his master's, and who goes on to outlive his master and perhaps eventually rise to power, wealth, and rulership is, essentially, the Great American Egalitarian Rags-to-Riches Myth. It is the elevation of one's station through risk-taking, hard work, good planning, and a little luck, with the full knowledge that the consequences of one's actions will come down not only on one's own head, but on the heads of one's companions as well, and that no higher power or predestination (coughElminstercough) waits in the wings to avert those consequences. Had any other peasant been presented with the same opportunities, been willing to take the same risks, and been as clever and lucky, he could've done the same.
Where does your game fall?
That must mean that I'm OK with Brin's 'elitist' approach to sci-fi, although I'm not sure I get all of his arguments. I don't see CT or most of the sci-fi I've read as being 'elitist' in tone. Of course, CT has very limited advancement rules, so anybody who ends up as an Archduke got there by the long route of hard work & ambition. Does that make CT elitist or egalitarian? I'm not sure.
I have little familiarity with New School game systems, so I can't comment on the difference. I get the impression that New School games are more detail-oriented in character creation, which may make players more averse to having their characters get killed or end up working a desk job. Could you share some examples of New School games where the mechanics are weighted in favor of PC survival & greatness?
As for the new school... I don't know which came first - destiny or character complexity. But they're linked. The canonical new-school example of a mechanic which provides plot armor to a fated few is action / hero points, as used in Pathfinder, Trailblazer, 4e, d20 Modern, True20, and others. Most characters in the world don't have action points, but the PCs and a few of their elite enemies do, and can use them to survive things which should not be survived. I would also argue that the new school's CR systems and 'balanced encounters' are mechanics which favor the PCs, by insulating them from their world in a bubble of balanced safety. Finally, the rules for death and dying have gotten consistently more lenient over time - in 3e, you died at -10 HP. In PF, you die at -Con score. 4e's system is complex and I don't have it at hand, but you got something like six rounds to bleed out on average, or max of -10 and a quarter of your (much higher than in previous editions) HP. A Trailblazer character can reach an arbitrary number of negative hit points without dying, provided that he is stabilized in 3 rounds by an ally and takes no further injuries. All far cries from immediate death at 0 HP! Such death mechanics favor the PCs in new school games because PCs tend to win most encounters, which leave them holding the field and able to tend to incapacitated allies, while monsters, lacking clerical support, are typically 'as good as dead' at 0 under any of these systems.
Good article John. Though I must say I think Brin is a bit off his rocker with that old article.
Definitely interesting things to think about, particularly when designing new games.
One of my favorite things about our ACKS campaign was Corinth's ascension from first hench to kickass hero.
Excellent article. I can't believe I missed this.


See what I have done is a must read for lovers of murder mysteries and historical fiction.
Lizzie Borden's parents Andrew and Abbey are found brutally murdered in their Massachusetts home. The novel takes the reader back to events leading up to that fateful day in 1892.
Lizzie becomes an immediate suspect in this crime and is send to trial for the murders. The question is did the daughter Lizzie take and axe and butcher her parents or not?
Sarah Schmidt is an Australian author and this is her first novel.
It has been a while since I have read a book that I couldn't put down. The Natural Way of Things had me hooked from the get go. Ten women are drugged and kidnapped and taken to a camp in the Australian outback. The girls all have something in common, related to a sexual scandal. The book is about survival of the fittest and what people will do for self-preservation.
They say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, however that's exactly what I did when I saw 'The Collected Works Of A.J. Fikry' by Gabrielle Zevin in a book store in Manly. I loved the cover and knew that I just had to read the book.


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A Clear Trade
By Jon Michaud
The Book Club is reading "Legend of a Suicide," by David Vann, in April. Join our ongoing discussion in the open thread.
[#image: /photos/590957cb2179605b11ad4364]"Impulsive and fated" is Ian's apt description of Roy's suicide at the end of the first part of "Sukkwan Island." Reading it, I felt the shock and then the assent that accompanies a well executed surprise in fiction. No way! Then: Oh, wait, actually that makes sense…
I also found myself admiring David Vann's guts in flipping the events of his own life. Instead of Roy having to contend with the father's suicide (which is how I expected the story to go), Vann imagines the father, Jim, dealing with his son's decision to put a gun to his own head. It's a brave choice, but, as I read through the second part of the novella, I wondered if it was not also a vindictive one. I can't make up my mind about this. Those passages describing the father's transport of Roy's body are gruesome and sickening to read. They are also punishing in an Old Testament way. (Cormac McCarthy's work, cited by Ian, also recalls the brutality of the Old Testament.)
At the end of the novella comes this key passage:
He didn't care about anything, and it would have been better just to kill himself, but Roy had done that, and now he couldn't Roy had killed himself instead, in a clear trade, and this was why Jim was responsible for killing Roy. It was not the way things were supposed to have been, but because Jim had been cowardly, because he hadn't had the courage just to kill himself before Roy returned, he had missed the moment, the one moment he had to make things right, and he forfeited that moment forever and handed over the pistol to Roy and asked that he fix things in the way that he could, even though it was not the right way.
And Roy had done it. Roy wasn't cowardly and didn't flinch, and he put the barrel up and pulled the trigger and blew off half his head.
Here Jim reverses the usual terms in which suicide is usually seen—as a cowardly act. Roy, by killing himself, proves his own bravery and confirms his father's weakness. It's revealing that in Jim's solipsism, he is unable to see the other option, which is that neither of them kill themselves or each other and instead repair their father-son bond. In his mania after Roy's death, Jim imagines the two of them setting sail across the Pacific, but this is nothing but more escapism. "Instead of relaxing and getting to know his son, he had worried only about survival." That's a lovely twist: by worrying about survival, he had caused his son's death.
Jim is a much less appealing character than Roy. At one point, he even blames his ex-wife Rhoda for Roy's death. As a result, my response to Jim's murder was relief more than anything else. Chuck and Ned do for him what he hasn't been able to do for himself: end his own misery. I'd be interested to hear what readers thought of the last two lines of the novella: "…he knew then that Roy had loved him and that that should have been enough. He just hadn't understood anything in time."
Is that a moment of self-revelation, or more self-deceit?
Jon Michaud is the author of "When Tito Loved Clara."
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The Netherlands was the first country in the EU to reach an agreement among all stakeholders on the implementation of co-existence. Despite this, critics of genetically modified crops are dissatisfied with the agreement.
Co-existence regulation is based on an agreement of all stakeholders. The van Dijk committee, named after its chairman, came up with an agreement among conventional and organic farmers, seed producers, and consumers on practical measures for co-existence in the Netherlands. The goal was to minimise admixing of GM crops at the farm level, thereby ensuring freedom of choice for farmers and consumers.
Farmers wishing to grow GM crops must notify their neighbours before February 1st. This is also the deadline for informing the public registery. Similarly, farmers intending to produce GM-free crops must inform their GM-cultivating neighbours.
Farmers must comply with prescribed codes of conduct. At all stages of cultivation, suitable measures must be taken to avoid the admixing GM and GM-free crops. These include thoroughly cleaning machinery, maintaining separation distances, and implementing segregated storage and transport.
Minimum separation distances have been set for potatoes, sugar beet, and maize. For GM fields adjacent to conventional fields, the separation distances are 3 metres for potatoes, 1.5 metres for sugar beet, and 25 metres for maize. If the GM field is adjacent to a field with a certified GM-free crop (as is the case for organic farming), the minimum separation distances increase to 10 metres for potatoes, 3 metres for sugar beet, and 250 metres for maize.
If proposed codes of practice for co-existence are upheld, the chances of admixing and subsequent economic losses are considered remote. A grower who does not adhere to the co-existence measures may be held liable under the Dutch Civil Law for losses due to adventitious presence of GM material – but only if the damage is provable and can be linked to an individual GM farmer. Agricultural producers upholding codes of conduct cannot be held liable if losses occur nonetheless. In that case, a public fund will compensate for losses. Such a fund will be established for each crop. The fund is expected to be set up at the end of 2008.
Will be evaluated three years after the first commercial cultivation of GM crops begins.
Different sources will contribute to the fund. Costs for equipment will be compensated by the product boards and costs for potato and maize will be compensated by private companies. Who cover costs for sugar beet has not been decided yet.
Compliance is enforced by including co-existence measures in certified Good Agricultural Gap schemes. Farmers who do not observe co-existence measures may be reproached and even fined by the Main Board of Arable Crops.
Monitoring will focus on companies marked 'unsafe' after risk analysis in order to prevent admixture further on down the chain. A separate process will be set up for that.


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(2nd LD) Virus curve continues to flatten, loose social-distancing in store
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SEOUL, May 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has continued to report fewer than 15 cases of the new coronavirus for more than two weeks, data showed Sunday, as the country seeks to loosen social distancing moves and gradually normalize everyday life.
The country reported 13 new virus cases, bringing the nation's total infections to 10,793, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC).
The slowdown in new infections came as South Korea moves toward loosening its social distancing drive.
Seoul believes it has virtually contained the domestic COVID-19 outbreak, although imported cases linger as a threat. Of 13 cases announced on Sunday, 10 were imported, raising the country's total number of such cases to 1,091.
The nation's death toll remained at 250.
In total, 9,183 people in South Korea have recovered from the virus, up 60 from a day earlier. So far, 85 percent of the patients have been cured. The overall fatality rate reached 2.32 percent.
The country, with a population of around 50 million, has tested 630,973 people since Jan 3. including 3,411 carried out a day earlier.
The number of relapse cases came to 340 as of Sunday.
Daegu, the nation's worst virus-hit region located 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, added four cases. The city accounts for 64 percent of the nation's total COVID-19 cases.
Health authorities are remaining vigilant over the holiday that runs through Tuesday, as many citizens travel across the country.
"We have found around 10 patients in the past two weeks whose infection routes have not been identified," KCDC Director-General Jeong Eun-kyeong said. "This indicates that there are still sources of infections in communities."
"Recently, the number of tests being carried out also decreased in sync with fewer suspected cases. It is worrisome that people's mindfulness over the COVID-19 virus could have loosened," Jeong added.
Nevertheless, with clear signs of a slowdown, South Korea plans to loosen the country's social distancing campaign after the holidays. Details are expected to be released later in the day.
Under the so-called "everyday life quarantine" scheme, schools and workplaces can go back to their normal routines with some basic guidelines.
"People need to comply with basic guidelines, such as maintaining at least two meters of distance from each other, even after we move on to the everyday life quarantine," Jeong said.
Health authorities said they are also closely watching the effectiveness of Remdesivir, an Ebola treatment that has emerged as a new hope in tackling the new coronavirus, although no decision on imports have been made yet.
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Published: August 9, 2022, 9:35 AM
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Balint wins Vermont's Democratic primary for US House
Published: August 9, 2022, 9:35 AM Updated: August 9, 2022, 11:15 PM
FILE - Vermont state Sen. Becca Balint, who is seeking the Democratic Party nomination to run for Vermont's vacant U.S. House seat, speaks to voters in Colchester, Vt., on July 24, 2022. The Vermont primary is Aug. 9. The incumbent, Rep. Peter Welch, is running for the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring, File)
MONTPELIER, Vt. – The leader of Vermont's state Senate, Becca Balint, won the Democratic Party primary on Tuesday for Vermont's lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, meaning she could become the first woman and the first openly gay person to represent the state in Congress.
In deep-blue Vermont, it's likely the Democratic candidate will also clinch the general election in November. A win by Balint, who is white, would help erase what some consider to be the blot on the liberal state's reputation of only being represented by white men.
Balint garnered support from the progressive wing of the state party, including the independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, and national progressive leaders such as Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Balint had campaigned with Sanders late last month.
Balint defeated Lt. Gov. Molly Gray, a more centrist candidate who was supported by the state's Democratic establishment, including retiring U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy and former governors Howard Dean and Madeleine Kunin.
In a statement, Balint thanked her opponents in the primary and said she was "humbled and honored by this victory."
"Tonight is a big step forward for our state. Vermont has chosen a bold, progressive vision for the future, and I will be proud to represent us in Congress," Balint said. "We can preserve democracy, tackle climate change, bridge inequality, and make the health care system work for all of us. I know that we will."
In a concession speech, Gray said she'd called Balint to congratulate her on the win.
"While my disappointment is profound, so too is my gratitude for his opportunity," Gray said. "This was a tough race with deeply qualified candidates making their case to Vermonters."
Vermont voters also chose Democratic U.S. Rep. Peter Welch to replace Leahy, who has held the seat since 1975 and was the last of Congress's so-called Watergate babies. Welch's decision to run for the Senate seat opened up his seat in the House, the first time since 2006 that there have been any openings in Vermont's three-member congressional delegation.
Welch easily defeated two little-known candidates to move on to the general election in November. During his years in Congress, Welch has been one of Vermont's top vote-getters and would be an odds-on favorite to win the general election.
Welch will face retired U.S. Army officer Gerald Malloy, who defeated former U.S. Attorney Christina Nolan in Tuesday's Republican primary for the Senate seat. Malloy says he believes he can win in November, although no Republican has represented the state in Washington since 2001 when the late Sen. Jim Jeffords left the GOP to become an independent, switching control of the Senate from Republican to Democratic.
Incumbent Republican Gov. Phil Scott also cruised to his party's primary victory, defeating two candidates as he seeks a fourth term. The lone candidate for the Democratic nomination is activist Brenda Siegel, of Newfane. Last fall she spent 27 nights sleeping on the steps of the Vermont Statehouse to highlight the state's homelessness challenge.
Liam Madden, a Marine Corps veteran who describes himself as a non-traditional candidate, won the GOP primary, defeating Ericka Redic of Burlington and Anya Tynio of Charletson.
Madden says he's an independent, and has said he considered declining the nomination if he won — until he learned that would allow the party to choose a replacement for the November ballot.


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Q: How to convert lambda function in java to kotlin when there is one method in interface? I want to set a listener in kotlin. Is there a way we can set it just similar to java lambda function (this::methodName)?
i tried converting it to kotlin automatically but it gives me error InterfaceListener does not have constructors
public class TestActivity {

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A: You can move your Listener interface to Java file so setListener(Listener { this.onDataAdded(it) }) will work.
Or you can use a function instead of the listener like this:
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Ramdin appreciates Bravo alliance
Wicketkeeper-batsman Denesh Ramdin basked in the Man of the Match award and Player of the Series accolade, as the West Indies recorded a three-nil whitewash over Bangladesh in the final ODI at Warner Park.
Ramdin, who struck a fine 74 and 34 in ODIs one and two respectively, registered a career-best 169 off just 121 deliveries – eight fours and 11 sixes included – in Basseterre, St Kitts, on Monday.
The right-handed Ramdin was particularly fruitful during a record 258-run alliance for the third wicket alongside the left-handed Darren Bravo, whose complementary 124 was lined with seven fours and eight sixes.
The entertaining vigils carried the Windies to a formidable final total of 338 for seven, after which the tourists slumped to a mere 247 for eight – and a resounding 91-run defeat.
"Captain Dwayne Bravo said he needed someone to bat through the innings and I put my hand up. Darren helped me get there and rotate the strike and hit some boundaries on the way," said Ramdin.
"Bangladesh's seamers bowled well early, then Darren took over and then finally I took over to look for quick runs. I just try to give myself time in the middle and not look to hit too hard in the nets."
The Windies and Tigers will meet for a one-off Twenty20 International at the same venue on Wednesday. Two Tests will follow at the Arnos Vale Ground in Kingstown and Beausejour Cricket Ground in Gros Islet.
"We now look forward to the T20I game, and we hope to come with the same attitude. Not much is going to change as we are hungry for success. We want to keep putting on a good team effort going forward. We look forward to great things ahead," concluded skipper Bravo.
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Bird umpired in 66 Tests and 69 one-day internationals.
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Volume 1272: symposia kk/ll/nn/oo/pp – integrated miniaturize...
Boundary Lubricant - Functional...
Volume 1272 (Symposia KK/LL/NN/OO/PP – Integrated Miniaturized Materials-From Self-Assembly to Device Integration)
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Boundary Lubricant - Functionalized PVA Gels for Biotribological Applications
Michelle M Blum (a1) and Timothy Ovaert (a2)
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tovaert@nd.edu, Universirty of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-1272-PP09-14
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2011
A novel material design was developed by functionalizing a biocompatible hydrogel material with organic boundary lubricants. Polyvinyl alcohol was functionalized with varying molar ratios of 0.2, 0.5, and 1.0 moles of lauroyl chloride. Tribological and mechanical characterization was performed by means of nanofriction testing and nanoindentation to determine the influence of the hydrocarbon chains on the friction coefficient and elastic modulus of the hydrogels. It was found that fusing of the lubricant to the polymer material has a positive effect on the surface friction properties, yet an unfavorable effect on stiffness properties of the gel due to the processing method.
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Here's my drawing of the irises composition from my photograph. It seems to me that it's a nice expression just as it is.
I love the lines, but I love the colour too…how can I find a way of combining the two?
I've got 99 likes/thumbs up on my face book page…..Who's gonna make it 100? Yay!
If you do, I'll let you have a look at this picture of irises in my garden taken last May. I like the horizontal format and I'm working on it. I've done a detailed drawing and traced the drawing to preserve it. Might start a painting tomorrow.


The kitchen is a special place in the home. It is where families can come together to prepare and cook amazing meals. It is also the place where families can past down cooking techniques and recipes to each other. The kitchen is where love is express through the art of cooking and eating. Art featuring subjects of the kitchen is loveable as well. Kitchen art can bring a creative and special element to your home.
Kitchen wall art involves a variety of featured subjects that are taken from the kitchen and made into beautiful artwork for your walls. You can choose Small Clearance prints or colored prints, whichever color scheme works better with your chosen room. If you need to add a frame with your selected piece, make sure that the frame blends in well with the colors of the painting.
Kitchen photography comes in a variety of different prints and feature subjects ranging from fruits to kitchen utensils. Kitchen Words Trio by Pela is a piece that features simple subjects like a fork, knife, and spoon. Zest of Lemons by Daphne Brissonnet and Zest of Limes by Daphne Brissonnet are prints that feature fruit. If you preper a mix of food and drink to display, you can choose Wine Bottle Grapes and Walnuts by Loran Speck.
Kitchen art is a great addition to any room of your home like the kitchen, dining room, or living room. Any piece from the Kitchen art collection will add a creative and fun element to your home's decor.


Boheme Opera fully upheld its well-known high standards with this simple but elegant production. Performed in costume but without scenery, in front of an on-stage orchestra, the audience had the opportunity to concentrate fully of Verdi's beautiful music and the superb interpretation by the singers.
In the lead role of Violetta, Lorraine Ernest turned in a well-acted and strongly sung performance.


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La Chapelle-Saint-Aubert (; ) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Geography
La Chapelle-Saint-Aubert is located at  in the North-East of Rennes and at  in the south of the Mont Saint-Michel.

The communes bordering are Saint-Sauveur-des-Landes, Romagné, Billé, Vendel, Saint-Jean-sur-Couesnon and Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon.

Population

See also
Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

References

External links

 The commune on infobretagne.com

Communes of Ille-et-Vilaine

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Q: Flex + buffer + live stream via RTMP = disaster Can't get any love anywhere on this and it's pretty hard to believe.  Live streaming and a buffer on a NetStream do not mix.  Why?  The docs don't say you can't do this.
The playback gets hosed.  Buffer is supposed to fill to what you set it to before playing.  Instead though, about half the time, the player starts playing right away and disregards the buffer time you've set.  Then you get caught in short buffering and rebuffering cycles that degrades the playback experience.
Give it a shot yourself.  Here is the simplest of live streaming video players.  No frills.  Just connect it to your live stream by changing the defaultURL string and stream name in the ns.play() statement.
Run it in Flex debug mode.  It will check and print the ns.bufferLength property every second.  The buffer is set to 20 secs currently.  Last time I ran it, I never made it above 2 seconds in the buffer.  Player started playing right away instead of buffering the full 20 secs first. Sometimes you get to the full 20 and sometimes not.  Why?  No idea.
Can you not buffer a live stream reliably or is there something wrong with the code?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute"
    initialize="init()">
    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import flash.media.Video;
            import flash.net.NetConnection;
            import flash.net.NetStream;
            import mx.core.UIComponent;

            private var vid:Video;
            private var videoHolder:UIComponent;
            private var nc:NetConnection;
            private var defaultURL:String="rtmp://your_streaming_server_url_here";
            private var ns:NetStream;
            private var msg:Boolean;

            private var intervalMonitorBufferLengthEverySecond:uint;

            private function init():void
            {
                vid=new Video();
                vid.width=864;
                vid.height=576;
                vid.smoothing = true;
                //Attach the video to the stage
                videoHolder = new UIComponent();
                videoHolder.addChild(vid);
                addEventListener(SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_ERROR, onSecurityError);
                this.addChild(videoHolder);
                connect();
            }

            public function onSecurityError(e:SecurityError):void
            {
                trace("Security error: ");
            }

            public function connect():void
            {
                nc = new NetConnection();
                nc.client = this;
                nc.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, netStatusHandler);
                nc.connect(defaultURL);
            }

            public function netStatusHandler(e:NetStatusEvent):void
            {
                switch (e.info.code) {
                    case "NetConnection.Connect.Success":
                        trace("Connected successfully");
                        createNS();
                        break;
                    case "NetConnection.Connect.Closed":
                        trace("Connection closed");
                        connect();
                        break;
                    case "NetConnection.Connect.Failed":
                        trace("Connection failed");
                        break;
                    case "NetConnection.Connect.Rejected":
                        trace("Connection rejected");
                        break;
                    case "NetConnection.Connect.AppShutdown":
                        trace("App shutdown");
                        break;
                    case "NetConnection.Connect.InvalidApp":
                        trace("Connection invalid app");
                        break;
                }
            }

            public function createNS():void
            {
                trace("Creating NetStream");
                ns=new NetStream(nc);
                //nc.call("FCSubscribe", null, "live_production"); // Only use this if your CDN requires it
                ns.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, netStreamStatusHandler);
                vid.attachNetStream(ns);

                //Handle onMetaData and onCuePoint event callbacks: solution at http://tinyurl.com/mkadas
                //See another solution at http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/quickstart/metadata_cue_points/
                var infoClient:Object = new Object();
                infoClient.onMetaData = function oMD():void {};
                infoClient.onCuePoint = function oCP():void {};
                ns.client = infoClient;
                ns.bufferTime = 20;
                ns.play("your_stream_name");
                ns.addEventListener(AsyncErrorEvent.ASYNC_ERROR, asyncErrorHandler);
                function asyncErrorHandler(event:AsyncErrorEvent):void {
                    trace(event.text);
                }
                intervalMonitorBufferLengthEverySecond = setInterval(monPlayback, 1000);
            }

            public function netStreamStatusHandler(e:NetStatusEvent):void
            {
                switch (e.info.code) {
                    case "NetStream.Buffer.Empty":
                        trace("Buffer empty: ");
                        break;
                    case "NetStream.Buffer.Full":
                        trace("Buffer full:");
                        break;
                    case "NetStream.Play.Start":
                        trace("Play start:");
                        break;
                }
            }

            public function monPlayback():void {
                // Print current buffer length
                trace("Buffer length: " + ns.bufferLength);
            }

            public function onBWDone():void {
                //Do nothing
            }

            public function onFCSubscribe(info:Object):void {
                // Do nothing. Prevents error if connecting to CDN.
            }

            public function onFCUnsubscribe(info:Object):void {
                // Do nothing. Prevents error if connecting to CDN.
            }

        ]]>
    </mx:Script>
</mx:Application>

My last run:
Connected successfully
Creating NetStream
Play start:
Buffer length: 0.001
Buffer full:  //Obviously the buffer is not full here.  Bogus.
Buffer length: 2.202
Buffer length: 2.369
Buffer length: 2.102
Buffer length: 2.402
Buffer length: 2.302
Buffer length: 2.369
Buffer length: 2.269
Buffer length: 2.269
Buffer length: 2.302
Buffer length: 2.369
Buffer length: 1.926
Buffer length: 2.336
Buffer length: 2.286
Buffer length: 2.336
Buffer length: 2.336
Buffer length: 2.403
Buffer length: 2.388
Buffer length: 2.402
Buffer length: 2.335
Buffer length: 2.369
Buffer length: 2.336
Buffer length: 2.339
Buffer length: 2.369
Buffer length: 2.402
Buffer length: 2.369
Buffer length: 2.396
Buffer length: 2.436
Buffer length: 2.336
Buffer length: 2.269

A: The AS3 reference explicitly states that you cannot do this:

Live content  When streaming live content, set the bufferTime property to 0.

Given that, if you tell us what you're trying to achieve then perhaps we can suggest another solution.

A: More of a thought, but here goes: Flash Player's internal streaming clockwork might refuse to buffer any more of live streams than what it deems "necessary." The idea is that if you have a live stream, you have a live stream. In most situations, having delay due to a buffer (think one-on-one video chat) would be ridiculous and really frustrating.
These things may be actually controlled from the server, but I could be wrong on this. Hope you can find a good solution for the problem :-)


Shareholders are advised that Macquarie is hosting a CEO Construction Conference on Tuesday, 6 December 2016 at which the management of the Company will be submitting a presentation providing a market update. The presentation will be made available on the Company's website at www.wbho.co.za.
Shareholders are advised that the Integrated Report for the year ended 30 June 2016, including the summarised consolidated financial statements for the same period, is available on the company's website at www.wbho.co.za, with effect from Monday, 24 October 2016.
The summarised consolidated financial statements included in the Integrated report contain no changes or modifications to the audited summarised consolidated financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2016 that were published on SENS on 6 September 2016 and posted to shareholders on 7 September 2016.
The audited summarised consolidated financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2016 are an extract of the full audited consolidated financial statements which have been audited by BDO South Africa Incorporated and their unmodified report is available for inspection at the company's registered office.
The full audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2016 are also available on the company's website.
The 34th annual general meeting of Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon Limited will be held at 53 Andries Street, Wynberg, Sandton on Wednesday 16 November 2016 at 11h00 for the purpose of conducting the business as stated in the Notice of Annual General Meeting included with the summarised consolidated financial statements posted to shareholders on 7 September 2016, and which are also available on the company's website.
The record date for shareholders to be recorded in the register of the Company in order to be able to attend, participate and vote at the annual general meeting is Friday, 11 November 2016 ("voting record date"). Accordingly the last date to trade in order to be registered in the Company's register of shareholders is Tuesday, 8 November 2016. Forms of proxy must be lodged by no later than 11h00 on Monday, 14 November 2016.
Shareholders are advised that WBHO Construction (Pty) Ltd (WBHO) a subsidiary of Wilson Bayly Holmes – Ovcon Limited entered into a settlement agreement (the Settlement Agreement) with the government of the Republic of South Africa (the Government), together with other construction companies (collectively, the Construction Companies), in an effort to address the Construction Companies' exposure to potential claims for damages from certain identified public entities (the Claims) arising primarily from the fast track settlement process launched by the South African Competition Authorities in February 2011 (the Fast Track Settlement Process), as well as to significantly advance the transformation of the South African construction sector.
The group delivered strong financial results this year. Markets were once again characterised by strong Australian building markets and subdued civil engineering markets globally. While local building markets have begun to taper, the group has shown good growth from this sector as it continues to increase its market share.
Revenue from continuing operations increased by 6% to R30,7b for the year ended 30 June 2016 as further growth within the group's building divisions, both in Africa and Australia, continued to moderate the impact of lower activity levels within the mining and other civil engineering sectors.
The impact of these challenging conditions is evident within the group's African-based operations where revenue decreased by 7% following declines in revenue from both the Roads and earthworks and Civil engineering divisions. Revenue growth in Australia reflects real growth of 8% in Australian dollar terms but was assisted by a weaker rand, where currency effects amounting to R1,5b resulted in overall growth of 18%.
Operating profit before non-trading items increased by 31% to R1b from R768m. This reflects the healthy recovery in profitability in Australia from R11m to R300m, where in the previous year losses on four civil engineering projects were recognised. Profitability from Australia this year was further supported by R45m in unrealised exchange gains following the devaluation of the Rand. Profitability from African based operations declined by 7% in line with lower activity levels.
While the overall margin of 3,3% reflects an improvement over the margin of 2,7% achieved at 30 June 2015, the volume of Australian-based projects, increased local building activity and a heavier weighting toward roadwork within the Roads and earthworks division resulted in the margin being constrained towards the lower end of the group's targeted range of between 3% and 4,5%.
The significant increase in earnings per share from continuing operations is attributable to normalised earnings generated from Australia.
The smaller increase anticipated in respect of earnings per share from total operations at 30 June 2016 is due to the loss recognised on the disposal of Capital Star Steel.
The summary consolidated financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2016 are expected to be released on SENS on 5 September 2016.
This statement has not been reviewed nor reported on by the company's auditors.
In accordance with section 122(3)(b) of the Companies Act, 71 of 2008 ("the Act"), and section 3.83(b) of the JSE Listing Requirements, shareholders are advised that Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon Limited has received formal notification that clients of Allan Gray, have, in aggregate, acquired an interest in the ordinary shares of the Company, such that the total interest in the ordinary shares of the Company held by Allan Gray's clients now amounts to 20.0105% of the total issued ordinary shares of the Company.
Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon Limited hereby confirms that it has received the required notice from Allan Gray in terms of Section 122(1) of the Act. As required in terms of section 122(3) (a) of the Act, Wilson Bayly Holmes- Ovcon Limited has filed the required notice with the Takeover Regulation Panel.
Revenue from continuing operations increased by 7% from R14,4b to R15,4b largely due to growth of 19% from Australia. Revenue from the African operations declined by 5%. Significantly lower activity experienced within civil engineering markets continues to affect the group across all its geographies. The impact is most evident in the 17% decline in revenue from the Roads and earthworks division. The current high volumes of local building work assisted in lessening this effect on the Building and civil engineering division which achieved growth of 2%. Similarly, strong growth of 38% in building revenue in Australia offset declining civil engineering related revenue which was impacted by both market conditions and the restructuring of the civil division in the prior year. Revenue from construction materials, which now consists only of the steel reinforcing business within Capital Africa Steel (Pty) Ltd (CAS), increased by 2%.
Operating profit before non-trading items at 31 December 2015 increased by 29% to R495m from R384m in the prior period. This is largely attributable to an improved performance from Australia following the losses recognised on three civil engineering contracts in FY15. The margin of 3,2% achieved continues to be impacted by the heavier weighting of lower margin building and road work within the group's overall project portfolio. The devaluation of the Rand in December 2015 resulted in unrealized currency gains improving overall profitability by R30m, a large portion of which was attributable to Australia. The Australian margin was negatively affected by the cost of the WBHO Infrastructure strategy implementation. The margin within the Building and civil engineering division has improved from 4,4% achieved in the comparative period but remains consistent with the 4,8% achieved at 30 June 2015 and reflects the strength in the building market. Margins within the Roads and earthworks division remain under pressure having declined further to 6,3% in the current six month period when compared to the 7,2% margin achieved in the previous financial period. A sustained lack of mining activity and increased competition in other lower margin sectors remain key factors behind the decline in margin.
During the period under review 3Q Mahuma Concrete (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary of Capital Africa Steel (Pty) Ltd met the requirements for classification as a discontinued operation in terms of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Earnings per share and headline earnings per share in respect of the comparative period 31 December 2014 have been restated accordingly.
The financial results for the period to 31 December 2015 are expected to be released on SENS 23 February 2016. This statement has not been reviewed or reported on by the company's auditors.


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Wednesday 24 July 2019 (other days)
Readings at Mass
Liturgical Colour: Green.
Exodus 16:1-5,9-15 ©
The Lord sends quails and manna from heaven
From Elim they set out, and the whole community of the sons of Israel reached the wilderness of Sin – between Elim and Sinai – on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left Egypt. And the whole community of the sons of Israel began to complain against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness and said to them, 'Why did we not die at the Lord's hand in the land of Egypt, when we were able to sit down to pans of meat and could eat bread to our heart's content! As it is, you have brought us to this wilderness to starve this whole company to death!'
Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Now I will rain down bread for you from the heavens. Each day the people are to go out and gather the day's portion; I propose to test them in this way to see whether they will follow my law or not. On the sixth day, when they prepare what they have brought in, this will be twice as much as the daily gathering.'
Moses said to Aaron, 'To the whole community of the sons of Israel say this, "Present yourselves before the Lord, for he has heard your complaints."' As Aaron was speaking to the whole community of the sons of Israel, they turned towards the wilderness, and there was the glory of the Lord appearing in the form of a cloud. Then the Lord spoke to Moses and said, 'I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel. Say this to them, "Between the two evenings you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall have bread to your heart's content. Then you will learn that I, the Lord, am your God."' And so it came about: quails flew up in the evening, and they covered the camp; in the morning there was a coating of dew all round the camp. When the coating of dew lifted, there on the surface of the desert was a thing delicate, powdery, as fine as hoarfrost on the ground. When they saw this, the sons of Israel said to one another, 'What is that?' not knowing what it was. 'That' said Moses to them 'is the bread the Lord gives you to eat.'
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 77(78):18-19,23-28
Gospel Acclamation
Ps118:36,29
Alleluia, alleluia!
Bend my heart to your will, O Lord,
and teach me your law.
Alleluia!
The seed is the word of God, Christ the sower;
whoever finds this seed will remain for ever.
Matthew 13:1-9 ©
A sower went out to sow
Jesus left the house and sat by the lakeside, but such large crowds gathered round him that he got into a boat and sat there. The people all stood on the beach, and he told them many things in parables.
He said, 'Imagine a sower going out to sow. As he sowed, some seeds fell on the edge of the path, and the birds came and ate them up. Others fell on patches of rock where they found little soil and sprang up straight away, because there was no depth of earth; but as soon as the sun came up they were scorched and, not having any roots, they withered away. Others fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. Others fell on rich soil and produced their crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Listen, anyone who has ears!'
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In regards to luggage weight and size. The US and Peruvian airlines that we are scheduled for next month both allow baggage up to 62 linear inches... length+width+height. You can check your airline website or call to find out the specific requirements (national and international). Because our suitcases often include backpacks and hiking equipment (extra weight), we do pay attention to the size and weight requirements. We have gone through an airport at 5:30 am and no one seems to care about our luggage. We have paid excess baggage fees for the same luggage on the same airline on a different day of the same trip. Go figure!
For our Peruvian trip, we are going with the lowest allowable weight/bag which is on the internal Peruvian flight...and hope for the best on our return home with trinkets!


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A. Complete your public profile. On Glambassador, you run your own influencer business and choose your own clients and campaigns. Just complete your profile so you can begin applying to campaigns that would you're interested in.
Now you can start placing bids on active campaigns. Placing a bid on a campaign shows you are interested in promoting that brand. A bid includes your cost for promotion and how long it will take you to complete. There are 3 ways in which you can collaborate with a brand.
1. Cash Campaign. Brand exchanges cash + product for promotion.
Brands have the ability to invite Glambassadors to campaigns however most campaigns are awarded to Glambassadors that apply. The best way to win campaigns is to consistently bid on campaigns listed in the directory.
Begin a campaign with a brand. If a brand is interested in your bid you'll be notified via email.
Share feedback in real time. Use our messenger to communicate via text, chat.
All campaigns include Glambassador Payment Protection — helping ensure that you get paid for all work successfully completed through the website.
All payments happen through Glambassador. All payments must be completed through Glambassador. To ensure your funds have been deposited, never begin work on a campaign until your bid has been accepted and you receive an email notification. Note: processing payments outside of Glambassador results in account termination.
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We make beautiful things. Most of the things that we make are also practical. We manufacture specialised scientific glassware for an extremely varied group of enterprises; chemical, petrochemical, nutritional analysis, metallurgy, pharmaceutical, agribusiness, lighting, designers, artists, film studios, museums, research and development labs, restaurants, television shows, displays, government research labs, emissions companies, water companies, the education sector, individuals, pilot plant manufacture, specialist manufacturers, the list is almost endless. Borosilicate glass is used in just so many industries in one form or another and as we specialise in 'specials' it follows that we deal with all.
We also supply standard laboratory glassware (beakers, flasks, microscope slides etc.) to whoever has a need. We are not just a distributor selling widgets. We are independent professional glassblowers, free of limiting commercial tie-ups and we know what we are looking at when we examine a scientific glass vessel. We have therefore carefully chosen the products that we hold in stock so that we offer a range of items that cover a range of budgets, tastes and requirements.


"I @#$%& hate arrogance. No, correct that... I @#$%& hate people. Vast mindless herds of people, usually around Christmas time or rush hour. And TV stereotyping. Urrrgh! Normality, waiting for anything (patience is not one of my virtues), litter, concrete urbanisation, lack of vision, religious strangleholds, bigotry, sponge cake... hate them all."
"You tend to get rather bored with people or bands not making an effort to look less than ordinary, so we just try and be a little flamboyant, it's just the way we are. We're into this kinda thing."
(When asked why he has a skeleton in his kitchen) "Well, it's a new kitchen.. so we thought it'd be ironic really, to have a skeleton in there."
(When asked how he trains his voice) "Continual masturbation. I'm masturbating now. This arm is polystyrene."
(When asked about what he's goign to teach Luna about religion) "I'll let her make up her own mind. I'm not going to force her into anything. I'm not going to force her into anything at all."
(When asked what he's going to expose Luna to) "This is the irony of it. She loves Winnie the Pooh. And she loves The Simpsons. And she loves Disney. And Stuart Little. And stuff like that. And she'll dance to it, and that's what you expect from kids. But then at the same time, she'll be dancing around the kitchen to the new Nile album. At the moment she is too young to understand the difference. And that innocence is worth protecting."
(When asked what sort of music he considerted Cradle of filth to be)"Cradle of filth id Cradle of filth, there is realy no other way to explain it".


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Q: Sample (preferably simple) subclass of NSCoder? I'm trying to create a subclass of NSCoder, but I really don't know where to start. Apple's documentation lists which methods are required, but not much else. Maybe my Google-fu is weak, but I can't find any examples of an implementation of, e.g. encodeValueOfObjCType:at:, anywhere. (Though I assume it involves a lot of cases.)
Anyone know of a sample subclass of NSCoder I can look at, or have an idea of what a case or two of encodeValueOfObjCType:at: and decodeValueOfObjCType:at: should look like?

A: I just open-sourced a NSCoder subclass here
It basically is a replica of the deprecated NSArchiver.
Should get anyone who stumble into this question started.

A: I've also been wanting to (ab)use NSCoder to generate simpler XML than what NSKeyedArchiver produces and have implemented some classes for it. The classes are called RWPlainXMLTreeEncoder and RWPlainXMLTreeDecoder, and I've written some test code for them too.
RWPlainXMLTreeEncoder assumes that the object graph you're encoding is a tree (in case the same object is encoded twice, the decoded tree will contain two different copies instead of one shared copy; if you try to encode a cyclic graph it raises an exception). Per encoded object it generates an XML element that looks roughly like the one for this example, an encoding of an array containing the string "A string":
<ROOT type="@NSArray"><NS.object.0 type="@NSString"><NS.bytes>4120737472696E67</NS.bytes></NS.object.0></ROOT>

I wanted to further improve the above by using a different method instead of the object's own encodeWithCoder: for objects such as arrays and strings, so that the above would become:
<ROOT type="array"><item.0 type="string">A string</item.0></array></ROOT>

I'm however not sure if I will continue working on this. My overall goal was to have a fairly generic, simple way of saving an object tree to a file that leverages of the encodeWithCoder: methods I've already written, while producing a file that is not as Cocoa-dependent as when using NSKeyedArchiver. This would allow others to write applications that open those files on other platforms.
But I've now come to understand there have been similar efforts which may already be more advanced anyway, and furthermore, with XML being a document markup language it may not be the best target format and some non-markup language might be better suited.
Nevertheless, if you want to continue with this or have some other reason to look at a fairly simple NSCoder subclass, feel free to use my code. You could also take a look at MAKeyedArchiver. Oh, and my code is covered by a BSD-style license (at least the version that is in SVN revision 424 is, I might change this for future versions). Improvements and feedback are welcomed.


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Emílio Dalçoquio Neto (Itajaí, 1965) é um empresário brasileiro e presidente do Instituto Lux, associação suprapartidária e sem fins lucrativos de viés conservador. É um dos herdeiros da transportadora Dalçoquio (em disputa judicial), e também já foi presidente do Sindicato das Empresas de Veículos de Cargas de Itajaí (Seveículos). Tornou-se notório por sua militância bolsonarista e regionalista. É apontado como um lider das manifestações golpistas em Santa Catarina.

Disputa judicial da transportadora Dalçoquio

Emílio é um dos herdeiros da transportadora Dalçoquio e trava junto com sua família um disputa judicial com os sócios. A transportadora é conhecida por prestar serviços à BR Distribuidora, uma subsidiaria da Petrobras que cuida da distribuição de combustíveis. A transportadora havia sido vendida pela família, em 2015, pelo valor de 20 milhões de reais. Inicialmente, a venda tinha sido para Milton Rodrigues Júnior, entretanto, dois meses depois, a direção da empresa declarou que na verdade havia sido vendida para Laércio Tomé. Milton protestou contra a declaração, afirmando que a negociação com Laércio não havia terminado.

No ano seguinte a venda, 2016, a empresa entrou em regime de recuperação judicial. O pai de Emílio, Augusto Dalçoquio Neto, fundador da empresa, havia sido nomeado pela justiça como administrador único da empresa como parte do processo de negociação conduzido na justiça, que busca reverter a venda da empresa.
A transportadora foi investigada pela Polícia Federal, em 2018, pela prática de locaute, considerado crime, que ocorre quando os patrões impedem o retorno das atividades como forma de influênciar negociações e o contexto de greve. O caso aconteceu durante a greve de caminhoneiros de 2018. A empresa havia emitido inclusive notas de apoio a greve.

Instituto Lux
Emílio fundou, em 2019, o Instituto Lux, que se declara uma associação suprapartidária e sem fins lucrativos, "cujos associados e quem nela é aceito defendem ideias conservadoras pautada no bem estar do indivíduo, Família e da Pátria" O instituto se tornou notório nas redes sociais após a publicação de um vídeo em que Emílio aparece montado em um cavalo, e vestido com trajes que lembram as imagens da Ordem dos Templários, convocando a partipação nas manifestações pró-bolsonaro de 2020. O vídeo se tornou um meme na época, e o cavaleiro foi apelidade então de 'Templário de Taubaté' na internet.

O instituto se define pela propaganda ideológica conservadora, publicando vídeos em que, por exemplo, se demoniza a figura do pedagogo Paulo Freire. Já chegou a receber apoio em vídeo do ex-ministro da educação Abraham Weintraub. Entre os membros da entidade, figura Wander Pugliesi, conhecido militante neo-nazista, dono da 'piscina nazista' flagrada pelo helicóptero da Polícia Civil de Santa Catarina, em 2014.

Atuação nas manifestações golpistas

No contexto das manifestações golpistas após as eleições gerais de 2022, que deram vitória à Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Emílio é apontado pela mídia e por relatórios da Polícia Rodoviária Federal como uma lideranças dos bloqueios e dos atos organizados no estado de Santa Catarina, participando também das redes nacionais de mobilização. Dalçoquio é identificado em diversos vídeos fazendo discursos de incentivo às movimentações golpistas, como também é dono de diversos veículos utilizados nos bloqueios.

Referências

Bolsonarismo

Empresários do Brasil

Empresários de Santa Catarina

Conservadorismo no Brasil

Extrema-direita no Brasil


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Many European countries are boosting gas imports from Russia despite the current geopolitical situation, he said. Austria raised gas imports by 44%, the Netherlands by 48%, Germany is also increasing the imports.
"We believe that Gazprom will supply even more than 200 billion cubic meters of gas to Europe this year, this will be a new record, a new achievement," he said.
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), Europe's additional demand for gas imports will amount to 77 billion cubic meters by 2025 and 130 billion cubic meters by 2035.
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Curriculum » Personal, Social and Health Education (PHSE)
Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) is central to our school's ethos, underpinning learning in the classroom, school and in the wider community. PSHE aims to help our children to understand how they are developing personally and socially, and tackles many of the moral, social and cultural issues that are part of growing up. We provide our children with opportunities for them to learn about rights and responsibilities and appreciate what it means to be a member of a diverse society. Our children are encouraged to develop their sense of self-worth by playing a positive role in contributing to school life and the wider community. As part of a whole-school approach, PSHE education develops the qualities and attributes pupils need to thrive as happy, healthy, independent and responsible members of society.
We use a whole school PSHE scheme called Jigsaw which aims to help children know and value who they really are and how they relate to other people in this ever-changing world.
There are six puzzles (half-term units of work):
Being Me in my World
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Changing Me
The six Jigsaw Puzzles are designed so the whole school studies the same learning themes at the same time - each year group at its own level. The Puzzles are sequential and developmental throughout each academic year.
We also use the Thrive Approach across the whole school to support the children as they learn to think about their emotions, choices and friendships so that they are able to develop into confident, skilful young people who enjoy learning and respect each other. We have highly skilled and experienced members of staff who have trained to become licensed Thrive Practitioners and use Thrive in response to an identified or emerging need for an individual or group.
Relationships and Sex Education (RSE)
We deliver our Relationships, Health and Sex Education aspect of the curriculum through The Jigsaw Scheme of Work and it is fully integrated into our schools PSHE policy. This subject is designed to equip our children with the knowledge to make informed decisions about their wellbeing, health and relationships as well as preparing them for a successful adult life.
Relationships Education puts in place the building blocks needed for positive and safe relationships, including with family, friends and online, learning how to treat each other with kindness, consideration and respect. Our children are taught what a relationship is, what friendship is, what family means and who can support them.
Health Education aims to give our children the information they need to make good decisions about their own health and wellbeing, to recognise issues in themselves and others, and to seek support as early as possible when issues arise.
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"We live in constant fear of losing him. Every day is a battle with uncertainty because we have no money to keep our child's treatment going. He needs a total of 4 cycles of chemotherapy to survive. Somehow I struggled and arranged money for two cycles, but cannot afford the rest. My son will die without treatment, and I can only watch helplessly."-Manju, father with tears in his eyes.
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"After just a few days, that place where he bruised started swelling up. We couldn't understand what was going on. He was crying uncontrollably – we knew something was really off because he is not a child who cries unnecessarily. My husband rushed him to the local doctor in our hometown of Kollegal immediately and we were not prepared for the news that was awaiting us"-Lakshmi, mother
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"We just left in the next train to Bengaluru, with blank minds and heavy hearts. We didn't even pack enough clothes because it was an emergency. All we cared about was our son's life"-Manju
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"I begged and fell at the feet of everybody I knew, even acquaintances. That is how I was able to get him treated till this point. Now I am left with nothing. My wife and I are starving, but that doesn't matter because Sivu is getting well. But if we stop treatment at any point, he can die."-Manju, with tears in his eyes.
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Antipsychotic drug for dementia can be replaced
A new study from Karolinska Institutet shows that it is possible to replace antipsychotic drugs for drugs with fewer side effects when treating neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia. The researchers suggest that these patients could be treated with so called cholinesterase inhibitors, commonly used to prevent memory loss, provided that they are not aggressive.
Nine out of ten patients with dementia also suffers from behavioral and neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSD), which includes difficulties to sleep, anxiety, apathy and agitation. These symptoms need to be treated, however most drugs currently used for NPSD have severe side effects. In a clinical, randomized study in patients with dementia (both Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia) researchers from the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society at Karolinska Institutet show that instead of treating the NPSD patients with antipsychotic drugs, it is often possible to get the same result by prescribing cholinesterase inhibitors, provided that the patients do not show any symptoms of agitation or irritation. In this way patients can be treated with less severe side effects from their medication.
In all, 100 adult patients with assumed dementia and NPSD participated in the study, which lasted for 12 weeks. The study is being published in the American Journal of Geriatric.
"NPSD affects all patients on the journey of dementia and requires medication. It is not only the patients who suffer but relatives too, increasing the risk of depression. These patients are also an economic burden to society, and are in many cases hospitalized unnecessarily and taken in to psychiatric custody by force", says first study author Yvonne Freund-Levi, PhD, senior consultant.
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