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Arise, My Soul, Arise - SATB
This Charles Wesley text, set to CHODAN, is a tender, yet emphatic statement of faith and commitment. Scored for SATB chorus with piano and optional violin (part printed in the SATB octavo) this anthem is suitable for Lent, communion or general worship...
Nothing But the Blood of Jesus
A beautiful, thoughtful arrangement of a hymn textually rich in theological truth. The SATB choral parts develop in increasing complexity, including a warm a cappella section, combining seamlessly with the gentle piano accompaniment and violin...
The Image of God
A compelling affirmation of our worth in the eyes of our Creator, giving voice to those with special needs and those who love actively and selflessly. The evocative piano accompaniment creates a thoughtful foundation for the haunting melody and combines...
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
A setting of the well-known hymn to the English/Irish folk tune O WALY WALY . The intermittent tenor drum line and haunting violin (parts included in the octavo) obbligato lend a solemn memorial air to the setting. Let your congregation be a part of...
Written in 1923, Great Is Thy Faithfulness, by William Runyon and Thomas Chisholm, has become one of the most-sung and loved hymns in churches around the world. In this new arrangement, Craig Courtney approaches the hymn in the style of...
Blessed Is the Lord (Benedictus)
Dan Forrest masterfully sets this R.C. Sproul text which continually builds in intensity, creating a strong, worshipful setting for Advent or general use. The refrain is suitable as a congregational response. Can be performed with keyboard only,...
The Sun Never Says - digital download
As recorded by VOCES8 on their 2019 album, Enchanted Isle, this soaring setting of Hafiz-inspired poetry by Daniel Ladinsky speaks of the matchless beauty of unconditional love. For a cappella choir with optional solo cello.(This is an a cappella...
Where Shepherds Lately Knelt - SATB
SATB with flute or violin Companion products (digital downloads): Where Shepherds Lately Knelt - flute or violin part - digital download Companion products (printed copies): Where Shepherds Lately Knelt - flute or violin part Also available in other...
Let the Stable Still Astonish - digital download
Through Leslie Leyland Fields' words of great depth and meaning, we sing of our awe when we gaze upon the Infant Child. We not only witness the physical stable in Bethlehem, but also the stable of our hearts. Dan Forrest's setting goes from...
Arise, My Soul, Arise - SATB - digital download
Winner of the 2007 John Ness Beck Foundation award featuring an oboe obbligato. SATB - oboe or C instrument part included in the octavo - Full score and parts for orchestra (BP1784A) available. Also available for SSA voicing in SSA Howard...
Let the Stable Still Astonish
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When I Survey the Wondrous Cross - digital download
It Is Not Death to Die
Dan Wells
Piano and cello combine to provide a rich, comforting accompaniment to this confident statement of victory over death and assurance of life everlasting. The anthem scored for SATB choir, is suitable for any service of memorial. It is accessible for...
God Gives the Song
A tender celebration of the gift and the Giver of music. This contemplative setting offers comfort and encouragement. Voiced for SATB Choir, piano and cello, it acknowledges the power of music with gratitude to the One who uses it to bring light out of...
The First Noel - Huish
Andrew Huish
A sweet, delicate telling of the "Noel" story in a beautiful new arrangement for SATB choir, accompanied by piano and violin. The original W. Sandy's Christmas Carols melody is incorporated into the violin interludes and in the final...
Shalom (SATB)
Not Ashamed - SATB - digital download
Isaac Watts' words of faith are given new life in this powerful setting by Dan Forrest. His use of dynamic changes, textures, meter changes and harmonic progressions create a growing sense of assurance that carries us to the final notes. Suitable...
Not Ashamed - SATB


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Riyad Mansour (Palestine) on the situation in the Middle East - Security Council Media Stakeout (15 November 2019).
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If you are looking for a credit to help you during those emergencies when you have no cash, you ought to be careful when choosing the right one to apply for. It is imperative that you check out the offers provided by the credit card to make sure that you are making a wise and a well informed decision. These days, there are various options when to come to credit cards. The following are the top things to look at before making the final decision.
As you look for the right credit card to use, ensure that they offer a low interest rate on every purchase you make. A higher interest rate means a great deal of costs when you don't ay offer your credit card.
The next thing you will want to look at when looking for the ideal credit card if there are hidden charges. This is the reason why you need to be sure of all their financial charges. Almost in every credit card, you will find different financial expenses involved. Another essential thing you will want to look a apart from the fees is the grace period. You need this free period to pay your balances to avoid the financial charges. Some credit cards have longer period while others do not include any. Ensure that you check the terms and conditions of the card.
In the process of searching for the ultimate credit card for you, you also need to check the reward programs available. Depending on what you buy using the card, most of them will provide you with rewards. For some services, you will be given cash back or even a chance to go for free vacations. Cash back incentives would be the most idea if you will be using the credit card on a frequent basis.
If your main reason for applying for a credit card is to be able to handle emergency situations, you may want to look for one that offers cash advance. With this option, you can easily get cash from the ATM if need be. Although the interest rate might be high, such a card can come in handy during emergency situations.
The best credit card should have an online payment option. If you are always running a busy schedule, you do not want to be worried of not paying you bills on time. Following this, the most convenient option is to look for a credit card that allows online payments. This alternative is much convenient and will help you pay your fees on time. Today, there is a wide range of credit cards to choose from and this is why you will need these hints to select the right one.
Cash back credit cards happen to be one of the hottest things today. Many people understand the concept behind cash back credit cards today. It is not hard to understand how the cash back principle works. The logic that forms the basis for the cash back credit cards is simple. Money is offered back by companies when you use their card to purchase goods and services.
The customer has much to benefit him form this arrangement. This card can be handy for you to make purchases. Read on t know how to go about all these.
As you look for the best cash back credit card, identify the one that gives you the most money back. Search for the highest percentage since the cash back is in terms of percentages. Although many cards give a 1% inventive, there is more to save when you use the card more frequently. Actually, there are some cards that will offer higher percentages when you make certain purchases like food and gas.
Still, you will want to avoid using these cash back cards for every outlay. The cash back credit cards are best when used for the utility bills. These are bills that you pay every end of month like gas and other utilities.
The best way to go about the use is to wait until the invoice is ready and then deposit funds into your bank. The cash back card can then be used to make payment. On arrival of the card account, it will be best to ensure that you use the savings that you have made to pay the entire credit card. When you do this, it will be easy for you to get cash back and also you will not pay any interest.
As you choose to settle for a cash back credit card, it is useful to think of the fees. It is not wise to ignore the fact that there are fees to be paid when it comes to cash back credit cards. The APR for the various card companies will vary from as low as 8.99% to as high as 18.99%, although the average is 14.99%. Therefore, go for the card that meets all your needs and has a lower rate of interest.
However, there are other determinants of the fees rates as well and these cannot be ignored. For some their, credit rating and their credit score will determine how much they are charged. Your credit card company is also a great determinant. There are also other fees for consideration. Look at the fees required for balance transfer as well. Put all these things into consideration before making a decision.


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Drums proved to be right choice for Vixen's Petrucci
Vixen overcomes breakups, death of founder Kuhnemund to reunite and rock
Drums proved to be right choice for Vixen's Petrucci Vixen overcomes breakups, death of founder Kuhnemund to reunite and rock Check out this story on thenorthwestern.com: http://oshko.sh/1IYwHpo
Steve Clark, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Published 3:02 p.m. CT July 14, 2015 | Updated 4:33 p.m. CT July 15, 2015
Rock USA preview: Vixen overcomes breakups, death of founder Kuhnemund to reunite and rock
Roxy Petrucci got her start in music on the clarinet but long ago became the drummer for the rock band Vixen, which will be playing at Rock USA on Wednesday.(Photo: Photo courtesy of Vixen)
Music has been what Roxy Petrucci has dreamed about from a young age.
So when the Michigan native picked up her first instrument, she felt like she had found her guide to life's journey. And it had nothing to do with playing rock 'n' roll.
"(Music) was what I wanted to do since I picked up the clarinet. I picked up the clarinet and fell in love with classical music," Petrucci said in a recent phone interview.
But then, she found something else.
"Then, I picked up the drums, fell in love with rock 'n' roll and never looked back," Petrucci said.
Petrucci was the drummer of the wildly popular band Vixen in the 1980s and early 1990s and will take the Rock USA stage with the band in a star-studded opening day lineup for the four-day event at Ford Festival Park.
Vixen will take the stage at 4 p.m., following Wayland, while the rest of the night's docket includes Warrant, Queensryche and headliner Alice Cooper.
"It's the '80s all over again," said Petrucci, who lived in Germantown from 2002-04. "If I wasn't playing I would come and hang around anyway. I can't wait to do it."
Petrucci's transition from clarinet to drums was boosted by her sister, Maxine, who already played guitar and wanted to form an all-female rock band. So, it was a choice between drums or the bass guitar.
And for Petrucci, there was no choice — but not necessarily because of either instrument.
"I had a crush on a guy in school who played drums, that helped," she said. "Once I started playing, my dad bought me this little kit and we set it up in the basement. … Once I started to take lessons and I learned my first drum beat, forget it. It was over. I was downstairs just beating the crap out of my drums."
The Petrucci sisters played in the all-female band Madame X, but it was Roxy who joined singer Janet Gardner and guitarist Jan Kuehnemund to form Vixen in 1986. Share Pedersen on bass rounded out the lineup in 1987.
During that time, the band had plenty of commercial success with hits like "Edge of a Broken Heart" and "Cryin" as well as earning the respect in the male-dominated musical genre.
"Back in those days, it was still was a novelty to be a woman in rock. In that genre, for some reason it was still difficult for men to take women seriously," Petrucci said. "We squashed that when they came to see us live. We were serious about what we were doing."
Backing the albums Vixen and Rev It Up, the band toured alongside some of the heavyweights of the day, including Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne and KISS.
"All we had to do was watch. We watched and learned," Petrucci said. "They didn't have to give us any advice. We just learned from them. It was great."
In 1991, the band went through its first breakup, and although different versions of the band appeared at different times over the years, it would be awhile until the signature lineup was all back in the fold.
One of the contributing factors to the band getting back together came from the VH1 show "Bands Reunited" which featured Vixen in an episode in 2004. For the show the band was brought together and rehearsed for a live performance.
"They didn't even have to ask me. I had been trying to get Vixen back together since we broke up. I never wanted the band to break up," Petrucci said. "It was a little awkward at some moments but it was good to see the girls and good to get some things off our chest. We just reconnected."
And although the band didn't burst out of the show and right back on tour, the seeds for a reunion had been planted.
"After that, we all kept in touch, kept a dialogue going. It was all good," Petrucci said. "We even talked about doing a reunion tour back then, but the timing just wasn't right."
It took until 2013 to find the right time for the band to reunite, but there was still one more hurdle to clear.
Just days before the band was to announce its reunion tour, Kuehnemund was diagnosed with cancer. She passed away in October 2013, leaving the remaining members to decide whether to press on or not.
"Vixen was her baby, was her band. Had she not passed away, she would be in the band. We would be touring with her," Petrucci said. "We sat and we talked about it and we thought we can't let this die. Not something we worked so hard for and Jan worked her life for. We said let's go out and let's do and if the fans accept it great, if not we won't do it.
"Luckily, they have accepted us with open arms."
The fans aren't just holdovers from the 1980s either.
During the past few years of playing festivals like Rock USA and touring in general, Petrucci said their audiences have including a wide-range of ages as parents who followed the band have started bringing their kids out.
"Our groupies are a little older, a little bigger and a little more gray and now they bring their kids," Petrucci said. "Now, it's like fresh and new again. In fact, it's more fun now. We appreciate it more, we're all in a different head space where we appreciate each other more. We are getting along great. There's just this positive energy. We are just soaking it up and enjoying the ride.
"We're happy we got this second opportunity and we only wish Jan was alive to share it with us."
Steve Clark: sclark@gannett.com or follow on Twitter at @sckreno27
ROCK USA LINEUP
Gates open at 2:30 p.m.
•3 p.m. Wayland
•4 p.m. Vixen
•6 p.m. Warrant
•8:30 p.m. Queensryche
•11 p.m. Alice Cooper
•3 p.m. Road Trip
•4 p.m. Dokken
•6 p.m. Whitesnake
•8:30 p.m. Lynyrd Skynyrd
•11 p.m. Judas Priest
Gates open at 2 p.m.
•2:30 p.m. Wysteria
•4 p.m. Pop Evil
•6 p.m. Papa Roach
•8:30 p.m. Breaking Benjamin
•11 p.m. Avenged Sevenfold
•2:30 p.m. dellacoma
•4 p.m. Jackyl
•6 p.m. Tesla
•8:30 p.m. Styx
•11 p.m. Def Leppard
Tickets are available online at www.rockusaoshkosh.com or at the gate, 4125 Washburn St., Oshkosh. Single day tickets are $79.
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Magpies' smiling assassin shining in AFLW
Being called the smiling assassin sits well with Collingwood tagger Brittany Bonnici.
While the helmeted onballer has the utmost respect for AFLW stars such as Emma Kearney, she badly wants to beat them.
Bonnici was outstanding in the loss to North Melbourne on Saturday and is proving a ray of light in the Magpies' winless season.
She restricted Kearney, the reigning AFLW best and fairest winner, to 15 possessions while racking up 21 herself and laying 10 tackles.
Taggers often do not have the best reputation, but the cheerful Magpie midfielder is proving a revelation in the role.
Asked what she thinks of the smiling assassin tag, Bonnici said "I'd like to be, yeah."
"There's no shying away from how good a footballer Kearney is and that's part of the exciting role that I have.
"I really like to take on board a challenge.
"When the footy's there, it's me v Kearney and she's taking me to the ball.
"I don't want to be beaten and it's as simple as that."
Bonnici had not been a tagger until last season, when in successive weeks she ran with Melbourne star Daisy Pearce and Kearney, then at the Western Bulldogs.
When Bonnici was asked how long she had to prepare for Saturday's role on Kearney, coach Wayne Siekman interrupted and joked: "12 months ago".
"She's such a strong-minded individual," Siekman said.
Bonnici had mixed emotions after the loss, well aware that she had played well on Kearney.
"I'm not going to deny the fact that I'm pretty proud of my efforts (against North)," she said.
Before the AFLW started, Bonnici had to take time off from football because of concussion problems and that is why she now wears a helmet.
"Back then, nobody really managed it - we didn't have the resources like we have now," she said.
"In that time (her time off) AFLW was announced and ... my mindset just straight away flipped.
"I knew what I wanted to get ...and if that meant wearing a helmet, then so be it.
"It's a bit of a trademark, but it's also a good opportunity for me to get to take a stand on concussion and make sure people are taking it seriously, which I think the AFL are."


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Eltham è un quartiere di "south London", situato nel borough di Greenwich.
Si trova a  da Charing Cross. L'area è identificata nel London Plan come uno dei 35 centri principali della Greater London.
Al censimento del 2001 contava  abitanti.
Eltham si è sviluppata lungo la via dei pellegrini (Pilgrims Way), che collega Londra a Maidstone, capoluogo del Kent. La sua importanza strategica gli valse la costruzione dell'Eltham Palace, un palazzo che è la più importante mèta turistica. Esso e i suoi giardini sono aperti al pubblico; è amministrato dalla "English Heritage".
Ad Eltham sono numerosi gli spazi verdi:
 Eltham Park e i suoi boschi
 Avery Hill Park e i suoi giardini d'inverno
 Fairy Hill Park
 Southwood Park

Storia
Per un millennio Eltham fu una parrocchia del Kent nella diocesi di Rochester. Parte della centena di Blackheath, fu solo con la costituzione del Metropolitan Board of Works che venne coinvolta nelle vicende della capitale, e in questo quadro fu inclusa in un distretto facente capo a Plumstead. Con la riforma amministrativa del 1900 della Contea di Londra, creata undici anni prima, Eltham fu aggregata al borgo metropolitano di Woolwich, che a sua volta nel 1965 trovò la sua attuale collocazione nel borgo londinese di Greenwich.

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Faith, God & Family: Getting To Know All About You
TOPICS:contact theoryhopejusticelgbtq faithlgbtq spiritualitynew year
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Faith Columnist–
Sometimes I wake in the morning with a song in my head. There's usually a reason for it. On one December morning last month, I concluded the song was sent to ease my mind. It had something to do with the advances made by the LGBTQ community while offering hope for the New Year.
The December song that banged around in my skull, "Getting to Know You," is from "The King and I" by Oscar Hammerstein and Richard Rodgers. "Getting to know you, Getting to know all about you, Getting to like you, Getting to hope you like me …" If you're only familiar with works like "Rent," "Wicked," "Evita," "Hamilton," or "Kinky Boots," you've missed out on one of the all-time great Broadway musicals. And, it probably means I'm getting old.
The Broadway song in my head was probably because of the stories appearing about straight persons or families with gay acquaintances in the workplace or living in the neighborhood. Contact can change hearts and minds.
"Contact theory" is the basis of a recent sociological study documenting the more straight folks interacts with someone who is LGBTQ, the less likely they oppose expanding civil and human rights. In some cases, they'll be advocates for it.
Gwen Aviles, writing for NBC News, highlighted the study, "In 2006, about 45 percent of people with a gay or lesbian acquaintance supported same-sex marriage." Only four years later the percentage exceeded 60 percent. "Of the respondents who did not have a gay or lesbian acquaintance, only 22 percent approved of same-sex marriage in 2008 and 2010."
The Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), yep the Rev. Pat Robertson source for all things anti-LGBTQ, posted an interview with Christian singer, Lauren Daigle. She said, on the Ellen Show and reposted by CBN, "I have too many people that I love that they are homosexual. I don't know, I actually had a conversation with someone last night about it. I can't say one way or the other. I'm not God."
Although the article did go on to cite scripture taken out of context, the fact CBN gave coverage to her non-judgmental views is a big deal. It's an important first step.
Sometimes Christian organizations harboring unjust and prejudicial views are forced to terminate talented staff for being LGBTQ. It's cutting off your nose to spite your face. In other cases, church members are struggling with children who are trying to accept themselves in a hostile religious environment. These groups are, to borrow a Southern phrase, "having their come to Jesus moment."
Not long ago a neighborhood in suburban Chicago came together to support a lesbian family. A stolen LGBTQ flag from the porch became a moment of cohesion for the straight and LGBTQ communities. After it occurred, several families in the straight community put up rainbow flags on their properties. It made a statement. "We love, respect, and will protect our LGBTQ neighbors." It's an example of the "contact theory" in action.
Despite the anxiety I experienced in the last year, due in part to the current White House occupant, the song "Getting to know you" pricked my conscience. The LGBTQ community has so much to be thankful for. Keep anxiety in check and think long-term.
In 2019, remember that court victories or passage of LGBTQ friendly laws are important but limited. You and your family, and the examples you set remain the best way to safeguard and advance civil and human rights. No matter your job title, employment status, paycheck size, or place in the LGBTQ or larger community, you possess the ability to change hearts and minds. That's the greatest weapon against injustice.
*Paul is a personal chaplain, seminary trained priest, and lawyer in greater Albany, NY. He's also the author of "Lost Sense of Self & the Ethics Crisis."
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Orinda Lashomb | January 12, 2019 at 7:27 am |
I love this story by Paul P. Joseph! It truly makes a lot of sense.


Is it time for the great migration?
So many people have given up their US citizenships this year in search of a better financial-based life. Although I did not give up my precious citizenship, I too migrated to another country in search of financial and professional reprieve. I moved to China a little over a year ago and although Although I signed another 3-year contract back in March, my husband and I are planning to migrate back to the States…with a significant enhancement in my life of course. My honey Jaison, my little man Ethan and a new baby!
OK, I wrote most of the above passage before the wedding. Now, we are full-fledged into application mode. Found out I could send the application straight to Guangzhou, which may help shorten our process. So the journey continues. Now real worries though, if it takes some time, we will just put that time to use in saving and planning what exactly we want to do when we get to the states.
I have a bun in the oven!!!!! Yay!! I know it seems so soon after the wedding to so many people, but life happens. Jaison and I wanted this part of our life to happen sooner rather than later! I am no spring chicken you know!!! Anyway, we are 4 months (16 weeks) along as of November 27th! It hasn't been without its ups and downs, but I recently started really loving the idea of being pregnant again…this time with a willing and happy partner in tow and a big brother-to-be who pretends he is going to torture the baby if it's a girl but share his toys and life lessons if it's a boy!
Well on the exact day I turned 5 weeks, I got hit with morning sickness. It came so violently, that I literally ripped the sink off! Thank God my son was standing next to me (as he and his dad are super over protective of me since I got preggers). He called out to his dad and together they held my hair back and rubbed my back until my 5 long minutes of sickness had subsided. Through the next month and a half, this would be the ritual. The fatigue hit around the same time. I could barely stand up after having 9 hours of sound sleep. This one is a strange one. Through those times, even though I had the boys there to help, I could only long for my little sister Nehemie (check out her single on Amazon and iTunes: Nehemie and the Billy Rich Project).
(SIDE NOTE): You see, when I was expecting my number 1, Ethan, she would lie next to me on my bed and during the hundred times I had to try to get up to go to the bathroom, if I couldn't make it there, she would carry me. She was literally my strength in those times. The memories of how she took care of me will have to do. I plan, Lord willing to be there for her the best I can when she is experiencing that part of her life.
During my first pregnancy, I was so scared, I didn't pay attention to the process. This time around, I am reading more and matching what I am reading with what I am experiencing. There is still a lot that I am learning about being pregnant. A week and a half ago, I experienced 3 days of piercing sinus pressure headaches. It got so bad that my husband panicked and took me to the hospital. When we got there, many tests were run, blood was taken and so on. I had also been experiencing periodic cramping on the lower right side of my belly. When we mentioned this to the doctors, they became very alarmed. At some point they told my husband they thought I had developed appendicitis and that they would have to terminate the pregnancy to operate. Through all of this he remained calm on the surface. It wasn't until the 5th and most senior doctor examined me that he put the fears to rest. He then prescribed me 1 week sick leave from work to rest.
While on sick leave, both my husband and I read up a lot on pregnancy symptoms. I learned that the congestion will most likely last until two weeks after i give birth, periodic cramping do occur, but if they are not frequent there should be no worries. I also learned about a lot of other icky, disturbing symptoms…some of which I am experiencing now. But my mind has been at ease. Most importantly, I am learning how to love being pregnant, being pampered by a husband who loves me and a son who adores me. I am learning that I am a strong woman who is willing to endure just about anything to have a healthy baby!
Yes, it's been a while since I last posted. I am happy to say it's not because I abandoned the beautiful, joy of writing, but because I was preparing to get married and didn't have much time for anything else. I don't have many followers, but I do have some great friends on Facebook who have already seen my engagement and wedding pictures. But I will try to share some of them on this blog.
Well, first let me give you the run down on my journey to the altar. Like everything else in China, for an expat, it was a PROCESS! Since my husband was not born in the province where I live, we had to travel to his province to get our marriage license. We only had 2 days to accomplish all of this before I had to return to take a flight to America to go pick up my son Ethan and bring him back to China with me.
So our journey began fairly well. We were travelling to the countryside of Anhui province. The train ride was uneventful, until we got to his hometown. We planned on hiring a car to take us through the mountains to get to his mother's house…oh did I mention I was also meeting the parent for the first time???!!! Talk about scary! Well, we got to the train station and lo and behold! I am the only black person there! Mouths have dropped, tongues are rolling and people are tripping over themselves to try to take my picture. My husband gets very testy about that since all they will do is post them on the social network of weibo or their personal QQ accounts to make God only knows what kinds of comments! He tells them no and suddenly no cars want our business at the regular price…they want 3 times as much. Mind you it's almost dark and we are in the boonies of the mountains. So we decide to start walking and hope we can find a car going our way.
The mosquitos are out in full force! They seem to love this dark chocolate. I am sweating profusely, hearing scurrying and what seems to be dogs howling. I am scared, but my honey is gripping my hand for support. After what seems like ages, a car comes careening down the dirt road. We quickly flag him down and he agrees to take us the hour and a half through the mountains. He was a blessing in disguise. Once we get to the front steps of my future mother-in-law's home, I asked my husband Jaison to pay him at least 100RMB ( the equiv of about $20), but the man only wanted 10RMB!!! I was dumbfounded, but grateful.
NaiNai's house seems large, but it reminded me of a house in Haiti. The outhouse was super scary with giant spiders all over the wall….oh and to get there, you have to go through the bushes in the back of the house. Needless to say, I did not pee nor $#!* for the 2 days I was there! Drastic I know, but you would do the same if you saw the sizes of those spiders!
After all we went through, you would think it was smooth sailing from there, but NO! We woke up the next morning, met the curious neighbors who watched my husband grow up into a handsome young man. We watched the curtains move back and forth while we waited yet again for another ride into the big city of Hefei…this time with Nainai and my brother-in-law's 2 youngest girls, ages 6 and 3. I instantly fell in love with my new family and thank God they felt the same way.
I carried those little ones around like they were my own. We had a language barrier, but they started calling me mama. My heart was warmed. When we finally got to Hefei, we arrived at the justice of the peace just in time for them to close and go to lunch…for 2 hours!! Uggh! We were going to miss our train and we did. Finally, we have our marriage license, which in China means we are officially married. We run to the train station and yes, missed it. We bought seats on a bus. The bus driver takes off, only to stop a couple of blocks later to pick up new unauthorized passengers. He was making money on the side. This is a 6-8 hour drive, with at least 10-12 people sitting on the floor in the middle of the bus. The bus was so full it couldn't drive at normal speed.
Then the air conditioner suddenly broke. We started to suffocate. The mosquitos were on the attack. A few people including my husband called the police to report the driver. Two police cars showed up on either side of the bus, but did not stop him. They basically followed us until he was out of the city. The children started to whimper and looked like they were going to pass out. This went on for another 2-3 hours before suddenly the bus limped into a rest stop where it decided to die indefinitely! Now we were in a dilemma. It was too hot to stay in the bus, but too dangerous to venture outside as the mosquitos had tripled their attack.
My new babies were covered in welts. The rest stop restaurant was closed by now since it was really late. We bought up as much water as we could. Poor Nainai is not of a young age. She is silently enduring, while quietly watching how I dealt with the children and the situation. I am thankful that I had experience as a mother and seemed to pass her test. Many hours later, the people again called the police to report the driver. Finally the police did come and cited him. His company got a fine and he got a personal fine for putting so many people on the bus. He also had to refund everyone their money.
Our saving grace came a few hours later while the police was still monitoring the situation, a car came through with only the driver. Since we were the only ones with little children, and the driver was heading to our final destination 3 hours away, the police asked him to take us. The other passengers were angry, but Praise the Lord, it worked out in our favor. So that was my journey to becoming Mrs. Jai Jun Wang. I will never forget it. And I loved every minute of my adventure. Something to tell the grandbabies!


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Younger shoppers expect improved customer service during promotional periods
December 13, 2018 Stephen Ball
Contact Center Industries, Customer Experience, English/UK, Innovations/Technology, Self-Service, Workforce Optimization
It's no secret that the retail sector has suffered a sustained period of difficulty in recent times, with the highstreet losing some well-known and well-loved brands in 2018 and further brands dramatically downsizing. Alongside this has been uncertainty from consumers and these factors coupled together have caused an increase in popularity in promotional events such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The Chinese 'singles' day' is another promotional event increasingly making its way over to western retailers.
But while it's important that retailers take part in these promotional events to remain competitive, it's even more crucial that they focus on providing a great customer experience as well as great deals during these periods.
We recently conducted research which found that almost half of consumers (49 per cent) expect to see at least some improvement in customer service during a busy promotional shopping period, with this figure rising to 69 per cent for those aged 16-24, and 61 per cent for those aged 25-34.
The survey, which polled 2,000 consumers from across the UK, found that just over two in ten consumers (22 per cent) believe that customer service should improve slightly during promotional events, with over a quarter (27 per cent) expecting a significant improvement. While 42 per cent of respondents expect there to be no change in the quality of the service they receive, this drops to just 21 per cent for those aged between 16 and 24, and 29 per cent for shoppers aged between 25 and 34.
This shows how important it is for retailers to avoid complacency from a customer service perspective, even during a period where consumers are prepared to spend money. The success of promotional events shows how strong an appetite UK consumers have for a bargain deal, so a surge in shopper numbers is to be expected.
However, a sharp influx in shop visitors or website traffic shouldn't be an excuse to start slacking when it comes to providing a positive customer experience. After all, there will be winners and losers during these promotional times, so being able to differentiate by raising the bar from a customer service perspective can be instrumental in making sure a retailer ends up in the 'winners' category.
Given that the millennial generation is likely to make up a large proportion of those taking advantage of these promotions both in-store and online, it's also vital that retailers pay close attention to their expectations. They have high standards when it comes to customer service, so being able to demonstrate a passion for satisfying their needs will pay dividends.
Making a success of promotional periods is about empowering staff to do their jobs as effectively as possible, whether they are working on the shop floor or as an agent in a telephone-based or online contact centre. At the same time, having self-service options in place also enables shoppers to have their queries answered rapidly. Technology is a great enabler here, so making the most of the workforce optimisation and customer engagement software that retailers have at the back end of the business is key.
It's also crucial that any successes or failures are analysed and evaluated in detail. As an example, retailers should now have data on the performance of Black Friday and Cyber Monday which they can assess in order to take steps to enhance their customer service capabilities and increase technology adoption well ahead of next year's events. With younger shoppers likely to become even more discerning in future, this should be a priority for any retailer worth its salt.
To discover more about improving customer service, especially during peak periods in the retail sector, visit here.
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Steve Joined Aspect in December 2015 with responsibility for the Europe & Africa region.
Steve has held leadership roles in Computacenter, EMC, Orange, and most recently as RVP for Hitachi Data Systems, where he was responsible for leading HDS regional restructure and Transformation, succeeding in driving growth and market share.
Steve is passionate about delivering world class Customer Service, Technology and hiring and developing great people. He believes how you engage with your customer defines the success of any business, with the client demanding ease of interaction, when they want it and how they want it.
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The Hon. Shaoquett Moselmane condemning racist attacks on Muslim Community and particularly Muslim Women
The Hon. SHAOQUETT MOSELMANE [10.21 p.m.]: I speak on an issue that has been giving me and many in the wider Australian community, as well as the entire Australian Islamic community, considerable distress—that is, the baseless and cowardly attacks on the Australian Muslim community, particularly Muslim women, in the past few weeks. These attacks show the ugly side of some in our wider community. In a few instances it also shows the beautiful side of the Australian community at its best. I am pleased that in a number of circumstances bystanders have come to the aid of victims and stood up for the values of decency that most Australians share.
At this juncture I express my gratitude to the many decent journalists in our national and regional news media outlets, including the Newcastle Herald and The Young Witness, for their objective, community-minded reporting. I take this opportunity to congratulate Young's general manager, Peter Vlatko, and Mayor Walker, who expressed solidarity with the Muslim community in Young, saying, "We are proud of our multicultural heritage." I am also thankful to our New South Wales Opposition leader, John Robertson, and our Federal Opposition leader, Bill Shorten, for their forthright condemnation of such un-Australian behaviour.
It has been reported that there have been at least 30 attacks on Muslims, mainly against women wearing the hijab, in the three weeks since the police anti-terror raids. There is no justification for these attacks. They are uncalled for, unacceptable and un-Australian. Some examples of these attacks in New South Wales as reported in the Sydney Morning Herald include: a woman was threatened with having her hijab torn from her head and set alight; a cup of coffee was thrown through the car window of a woman driving while wearing a hijab; a mother in Western Sydney was spat on and had the pram carrying her baby kicked; a woman in a hijab was physically attacked in Western Sydney and her car subsequently vandalised, with profanities spray painted on it; and a heavily pregnant woman was verbally abused and intimidated in Sydney.
Members may also recall an incident in the Hunter where a Muslim woman was verbally assaulted and another decent Australian who intervened was also assaulted. In addition, there have been threats and attacks on Muslim property and places of worship in New South Wales, including Lakemba Mosque and Auburn Gallipoli Mosque being directly threatened in letters sent by the Australian Defence League—an organisation known for its hateful attitude towards Muslim Australians. Two cars belonging to a Muslim family in Wentworthville had the words "Muslim dog" spray painted on them. Direct threats against the Grand Mufti of Australia were issued by anonymous members of the Australian Defence League via a letter saying, "Muslims … Australia will fight you 'terror for terror', 'blood for blood', 'bomb for bomb'." Minto Mosque was threatened via a letter from an anonymous source.
Communities are already worried that the political statements made by Federal parliamentarians fuel such attacks by sending the wrong message that it is okay to be a bigot. Furthermore, it is a shame that Australian citizens have to write to our Prime Minister to ask him to do his job and speak out against bigotry. Almir Colan, an executive member of the Islamic Council of Victoria, told the Guardian Australia:
We want the Prime Minister … to concentrate on responsible, productive language. If Tony Abbott used strong words, if he said that an attack on Muslims is an attack on all of us that would isolate the bigot and reassure Muslims.
We now have a community of people who are fearful and scared to go about their normal business and be part of the wider community. I have heard that many Muslim women are scared to be out in public for fear of attack. My own sister, who wears a scarf, is an example in point. Yesterday she recalled an incident that happened some time ago where a truck driver told her to remove the towel from her head. She said the trauma of that incident has returned recently and she now fears walking alone at night. I call on the police, this Parliament, and the broader Australian community to unite and send a strong message that cowardly, racist attacks will not be tolerated and must always be condemned. This is not who we are. It is not what our country stands for.
The Hon. Shaoquett Moselmane MLC.
Level 11, Room 1116.
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Macquarie St, Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
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City of Pullman Proposition No. 1, for a new City Hall, ended Election Day with a nearly 400-vote lead for approval.
The initial vote count saw more than 1,100 votes approve the bond. The rejected side received just under 750 votes.
There are still at least a thousand votes left to be counted, meaning this race and most others are too close to call. The next ballot count is scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
The bond would allocate funds for the city to purchase and renovate the Encounter Ministries property for use as a new city hall and recreational center. The bond also finances land for an additional fire station and a city event center at Lawson Gardens.
"The next step would be working with our bond counsel to actually do the sale of the bonds so we could get the income in place to move forward with the other projects," Lincoln said.
The other bond residents voted on, Proposition No. 2, also referred to as the "Parks and Paths" bond, which would give money for the renovation and creation of city parks and paths. This bond ended the day with 1,300 votes in favor and 540 against.
Pullman voters also had to decide on three City Council and two school board positions.
As of Tuesday night, incumbent Al Sorenson leads Eric Fejeran with 674 votes to 430 votes for Ward 1 and Brandon Chapman leads incumbent Jeff Hawbaker with 218 votes to 154 votes in Ward 3.
For the Ward 2 council position, there are only four votes between Garren Shannon and Dan Records. Records has the edge in votes between the candidates.
Challenger Nathan Roberts is beating incumbent Karl Johanson with 989 votes to 880 votes for Pullman School Board District 4 director. The other school board race, for District 5 director, also sees the challenger leading the incumbent, with Amanda Tanner leading Dean Kinzer with 1,056 votes to 857 votes.
For complete results for Whitman County, visit the Washington Elections website.
Clarification: This article has been updated to reflect that the reported results are as of Tuesday night, not Monday night.


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Q: Entity storing it's status as a FK to a status table. Can i update the FK once the status changes? I've designed a table 'A' in which it's current status is one property that is also one FK to a table 'B' that contains statuses. Somewhere along the application cycle the status of the entities presented in the table 'A' will change, and i'm wondering if i can just update the FK collumn with the new status, that obviously is also contained in table 'B'.
It seems pretty normal to me, but as i haven't found a single post/article/question in all my searching i'm not sure wether it is acceptable or completely wrong.

A: As table A has the foreign key to table B you can simply update the value on table A to a new value in table B.
For example, you have
table A: id, name, status_id (foreign key)
table B: id, status_name
in table B you have:
1, "started"
2, "stopped"
3, "suspended"

in table A you have:
1, "application_A", 1
2, "application_B", 1

If you want to stop application_A, simply update the value in column status_id to 2.
It's the other way round that's difficult: if for some (god forsaken) reason you would have to update the id from 2 to 4 in the table B for the row where status_name is "stopped" - only then you would have to dig out ON UPDATE CASCADE or similar measures.

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Q: Silverlight: Reference ResourceDictionaries in external DLL's I currently have a few different solutions for various different Silverlight front ends, one of which contains another Silverlight project dedicated to style resources. As you can imagine I want to break that out into its own solution and reference it from the GUI solutions. In WPF you would reference the common styles dll and use the pack syntax to load the xaml resource files, however in Silverlight that syntax is not supported and it cant find the xaml files which have been referenced in App.xaml as resource dictionaries. Has anyone managed to achieve this?

A: Jeremy Likness wrote a great article on using a theme project.  He also covers how to dynamically load themes.  We used this technique in a couple of our Silverlight projects with great success.
I believe you need to merge your style solution as a merged dictionary in the App.xaml.
<Application.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary>
    <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
        <ResourceDictionary Source="/MyApp.MyThemeProject;component/Theme.xaml"/>
    </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
</ResourceDictionary>
</Application.Resources>

Best Practices for Themes in Modular Silverlight Applications

A: I feel you should look into SL Themes instead. DLL is created per theme which you can easily use in multiple projects/modules. Here is the like to into video

A: Turns out there was a problem with one of the dictionaries, all sorted now though. Thanks for the input!


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IT'S OFFICIAL: Nigeria slides into worst recession in 33 years
by Mayowa Tijani	1 Comment
Nigeria has officially slid into its worst economic recession in over three decades, TheCable can report.
According to gross domestic product numbers released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Saturday, the nation recorded a contraction of 3.62 percent in the third quarter of 2020.
This is the second consecutive quarterly GDP decline since the recession of 2016. The cumulative GDP for the first nine months of 2020, therefore, stood at -2.48 percent.
The last time Nigeria recorded such cummulative GDP was in 1987, when GDP declined by 10.8 percent.
According to World Bank and NBS figures analysed by TheCable, this is also the second recession under President Muhamadu Buhari's democratic reign — and his fourth as head of state. The 1983 recession is, however, not directly attributed to him, seeing he took power on the last day of the year.
The 2016 economic recession was as a result of a massive decline in oil prices, and poor management of the currency crisis, experts said at the time.
The 2020 economic recession was predicted across the world as a fallout of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected some of the strongest nations of the world.
The collapse in oil prices coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to plunge the Nigerian economy into a severe economic recession, the worst since the 1980s, the World Bank had said.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, in its annual Goalkeepers report, said the last time these many countries were in a recession at once was in 1870.
NIGERIAN 'NEEDS TO REOPEN BORDERS'
Joachim Macebong, senior analyst at SBM Intelligence, argues that to get back to pre-2020 growth rate, Nigeria needs to reopen its borders and tweak its monetary policy posture.
"The gradual easing of restrictions has enabled some sectors to claw back some of the contractions from Q2, but many of them remain in deeply negative territory," he said.
"A lot needs to be done to get Nigeria back to even the very modest 2% growth of the period before the COVID restrictions.
"Land borders need to be reopened and the monetary policy posture of the Central Bank must change in order to facilitate any return to positive growth."
The World Bank estimates that Nigeria's economy would likely contract by 3.2% in 2020. The country is currently doing better than predicted.
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There will still be a third before 2023. As long as That thing remain the president. There will still be another recession.


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Giuseppe Alberigo Award 2019
Fscire and Emilia-Romagna Region, together with the European Academy of Religion, are glad to announce the second edition of the Alberigo Award.
Giuseppe Alberigo (1926-2007) was an historian of great magnitude who was able to combine exceptional, exemplary rigour in research and a unique timeliness in the intellectual and theological debate of his time, thereby offering a precious contribution to sowing the seeds of criticism in generations of scholars internationally.
In memory of his fervour and wealth of critical studies, the Region of Emilia-Romagna and the Fondazione per le scienze religiose Giovanni XXIII, to which Alberigo dedicated 54 years of his life, will confere a sum of € 30,000 (Senior Award, € 20,000; Junior Award € 10,000), which will reward scholars engaged in a field of religious science, whether historical, exegetical, theological or other, without any form of limitation concerning the type of study.
Candidacies must be presented by the authors themselves and/or third parties – scholars, centres, journals, editors, associations, academies or departments – provided that they be registered members of the European Academy of Religion (EuARe), by sending a paper or digital copy of their books published within the last three years, or works that have yet to be published, in any field of religious science. Every candidacy must be accompanied by a brief presentation of the particular aspects of the volume or paper, the curriculum vitae of its author(s) and the indication of the category of the Award applied for. Candidacies will be received by July 31st, 2019.
The three finalists in each category will be invited to present a lecture at the annual convention of the European Academy of Religion in 2020, when the President of the Emilia-Romagna Region or his delegate will confer the awards in a special ceremony.
Establishment of the network of European Centers on Religion and Politics
Over the past three decades, a significant number of centers for "religion and public life" have emerged in European universities. During the third congress of the European Academy of Religion on March 4 2019, the leaders of some of these centers launched the network of European Centers on Religion and Politics.
This new initiative has two major goals. The first one is to improve communication and to foster inter-disciplinary and comparative approaches on the topic of religion and politics across religious traditions political contexts and historical periods among academic institutions in Europe and beyond. The second one is be a platform to disseminate research findings and projects in order to create a fruitful interactions with media and policy-makers working at the interface of religion and politics.
Belief. An essay by Jocelyne Cesari
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We are pleased to share the link to one of the latest contributions: an essay on Belief, by Professor Jocelyne Cesari: https://tif.ssrc.org/2020/01/31/belief-cesari/.
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Paper submissions will be directly received and evaluated by the person responsible for the panel proposal.
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Giuseppe Alberigo (1927-2007) was a historian of great magnitude who combined exceptional and exemplary rigour in research and unique timeliness in the intellectual and theological debate of his time, thereby offering a precious contribution to sowing the seeds of criticism in generations of scholars internationally.
In memory of his fervour and wealth of critical studies, the Region of Emilia-Romagna and FSCIRE, to which Alberigo dedicated 54 years of his life, will confer a sum of € 11,000 (Senior Award, € 7,000; Junior Award € 4,000), which will reward scholars engaged in a field of religious science, whether historical, exegetical, theological or other, without any form of limitation concerning the type of study.
Candidacies will be received until March 4, 2021.
For more information about the eligibility and selection criteria, important dates for submission, and how to apply for the Award, please read the call.
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Starting from today, it is possible to submit panel and AMC proposals, according to the rules and deadlines published in the Call for Proposals. Papers will only be allowed to be proposed within the open call panels that will be published on the website; spare papers will not be accepted.
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Q: Python pretty XML printer with lxml After reading from an existing file with 'ugly' XML and doing some modifications, pretty printing doesn't work. I've tried etree.write(FILE_NAME, pretty_print=True).
I have the following XML:
<testsuites tests="14" failures="0" disabled="0" errors="0" time="0.306" name="AllTests">
    <testsuite name="AIR" tests="14" failures="0" disabled="0" errors="0" time="0.306">
....

And I use it like this:
tree = etree.parse('original.xml')
root = tree.getroot()

...
# modifications
...

with open(FILE_NAME, "w") as f:
    tree.write(f, pretty_print=True)

A: For me, this issue was not solved until I noticed this little tidbit here:
http://lxml.de/FAQ.html#why-doesn-t-the-pretty-print-option-reformat-my-xml-output
Short version:
Read in the file with this command:
>>> parser = etree.XMLParser(remove_blank_text=True)
>>> tree = etree.parse(filename, parser)

That will "reset" the already existing indentation, allowing the output to generate it's own indentation correctly.  Then pretty_print as normal:
>>> tree.write(<output_file_name>, pretty_print=True)

A: fp = file('out.txt', 'w')
print(e.tree.tostring(...), file=fp)
fp.close()

A: Here is an answer that is fixed to work with Python 3:
from lxml import etree
from sys import stdout
from io import BytesIO

parser = etree.XMLParser(remove_blank_text = True)
file_obj = BytesIO(text)
tree = etree.parse(file_obj, parser)
tree.write(stdout.buffer, pretty_print = True)

where text is the xml code as a sequence of bytes.

A: Well, according to the API docs, there is no method "write" in the lxml etree module. You've got a couple of options in regards to getting a pretty printed xml string into a file. You can use the tostring method like so:
f = open('doc.xml', 'w')
f.write(etree.tostring(root, pretty_print=True))
f.close()

Or, if your input source is less than perfect and/or you want more knobs and buttons to configure your out put you could use one of the python wrappers for the tidy lib.
http://utidylib.berlios.de/
import tidy
f.write(tidy.parseString(your_xml_str, **{'output_xml':1, 'indent':1, 'input_xml':1}))

http://countergram.com/open-source/pytidylib
from tidylib import tidy_document
document, errors = tidy_document(your_xml_str, options={'output_xml':1, 'indent':1, 'input_xml':1})
f.write(document)

A: I am not sure why other answers did not mention this. If you want to obtain the root of the xml there is a method called getroot(). I hope I answered your question (though a little late).
tree = et.parse(xmlFile)
root = tree.getroot()

A: Of course - pretty print of lxml.etree is possible.
In my case, the old trick with remove_blank_text=True and pretty_print=True was not working as I expected (was too delicate), so I decided to write it by myself.
Here is it - a modern, forcible, native pythonic way to correct lxml.etee.Element tree indentation.
This gives a nicely prettified XML string:
from typing import Optional

import lxml.etree

def indent_lxml(element: lxml.etree.Element, level: int = 0, is_last_child: bool = True) -> None:
    space = "    "
    indent_str = "\n" + level * space

    element.text = strip_or_null(element.text)
    if element.text:
        element.text = f"{indent_str}{space}{element.text}"

    num_children = len(element)
    if num_children:
        element.text = f"{element.text or ''}{indent_str}{space}"

        for index, child in enumerate(element.iterchildren()):
            is_last = index == num_children - 1
            indent_lxml(child, level + 1, is_last)

    elif element.text:
        element.text += indent_str

    tail_level = max(0, level - 1) if is_last_child else level
    tail_indent = "\n" + tail_level * space
    tail = strip_or_null(element.tail)
    element.tail = f"{indent_str}{tail}{tail_indent}" if tail else tail_indent

def strip_or_null(text: Optional[str]) -> Optional[str]:
    if text is not None:
        return text.strip() or None

It's decent fast, because it doesn't allocate any additional structures in memory and also traversing the tree - it visits each node only once, giving the best possible - O x N computational complexity.
It rearranges all the existing indentation "in place" in the tree (the DOM) by correcting contents of Element.text and Element.tail attributes (affects white-spaces only).
Naturally, it also can be used with HTML parsed by lxml.
In order to use it, do something like that:
root = lxml.etree.parse("path/to/the_file.xml").getroot()
# or
root = lxml.etree.fromstring("<xml><body><leaf1/><leaf2/></body></xml>")

indent_lxml(root)  # corrects indentation "in place"

result = lxml.etree.tostring(root, encoding="unicode")
print(result)

Which prints:
<xml>
    <body>
        <leaf1/>
        <leaf2/>
    </body>
</xml>


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Bruce Schena and Cathy Ricke built a modern house, above, on the bones of a 1939 bungalow, using green materials. Photo by Dasja Dolan.
It all started with shredded pants.
Bruce Schena and Cathy Ricke didn't begin their home remodel intending to be the greenest house on the block. But as their plan progressed, they made decisions such as using recycled blue jeans for insulation.
Before they knew it they found themselves looking into every possible environmentally friendly option for their house and getting a high rating from Build It Green, a nonprofit that rates structures on a range of environmentally friendly parameters.
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The project resulted in the house being dismantled down to the studs.
From the ground up, there were a lot of decisions for the couple to make, including those bamboo floors. They had seen houses with bamboo floors where the wood showed dents and marks after just a couple years.
While bamboo is a sustainable wood, regrowing quickly, it wouldn't be very environmentally friendly if the floors had to be replaced many times more frequently than hardwood. So Schena collected all the bamboo samples he could find and used load-testing equipment he has access to at work to figure out which ones were the sturdiest. This and other decision-making processes were documented on his blog, Pope Street Modern, which developed a substantial following during the remodel.
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They decided to use radiant floor-heating, which got them a lot of "points" for their green rating because it uses so much less energy than the typical forced-air system. In an interesting twist, they decided against solar panels. Schena says the technology is expected to improve dramatically in the next few years, so they decided to wait for a better system than what's available now.
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I read this article and found it very interesting, thought it might be something for you. The article is called Q&A: Real Estate terms explained and is located at https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/qa-real-estate-terms-explained/.
Each week here at the Australian Writers' Centre, we dissect and discuss, contort and retort, ask and gasp at the English language and all its rules, regulations and ridiculousness. It's a celebration of language, masquerading as a passive-aggressive whinge about words and weirdness. This week we are mulling over Real Estate jargon as our Real Estate Copywriting course is open for inspection.
Q: Hi AWC, I thought we could discuss real estate terms today.
A: Is this because that new course on Real Estate Copywriting is now on sale?
Q: Oh what's that? A course you say? Please… tell me all about it!
A: This is shameless. I can't believe he's making us say this.
Q: Ahem, what's that? You can start ANY time online and it's great for writers wanting to explore new revenue opportunities? You don't say!
A: Uh huh. Yep, it's amazing. And on sale until Sunday.
Q: Oh and look, it's been created by the same copywriter who does these Q&As! Wow, that's amazing!
A: Well, it certainly explains a lot. So can we get started now?
Q: Yes please. Let's start with the term "real estate" – how did this come about?
A: Good question. The "real" part was originally from Latin "realis" and later French "reel" and it was used in law during the Middle Ages to distinguish actual, immovable things as "real" – as opposed to "personal" items.
A: "Estate" is around 800 years old, originally meaning rank or standing and not really relating to physical property at all until the 1600s. The first use of the complete term "real estate" was in the 1660s. And clearly it's stuck ever since.
Q: Indeed it has. Now this next one I've always thought was a strange word – "mortgage". Any ideas?
A: If you want to buy a home, it's likely you'll be needing one of these. And the "mort" part may give you a clue.
Q: Is it related to the animated show Rick and Morty?
Q: Not even the 'Pickle Rick' episode?
A: "Mort" is from Latin for "dead", like you'd find in a "mortuary" or "mortal", while "gage" is a pledge. So a mortgage is literally a "dead pledge" – a deal that either dies when you pay it back or go into debt.
A: Precisely. Funnily enough, the spelling was originally "morgage" but it was changed to add the silent T during a phase of Latin rejigging.
Q: Okay, next one. Why is the person selling a house called a "vendor"?
A: That's an easy one. It's from Latin vendere – "to sell". We have vending machines and street vendors. Curiously, it has a variant spelling "vender" which dictionaries acknowledge but almost no one uses!
Q: And yet the buyer isn't the vendee. Hmm. Okay, what about "auction"? Is it because "U" are part of the "action"?
A: Haha, cute. But no. It's our friend Latin again, with the original term "auctio" meaning "to increase". By the late 1500s, it was recognised as it is today – a public sale where each bidder bids higher than the previous one. Curiously, in America something is sold "at" auction, while in UK it is sold "by" auction.
Q: Latin is appearing a lot here. Did you know that my Uncle Rodney did night classes in Latin for a whole year to please his wife?
A: Wow. Was she a fan of languages?
Q: Okay, one last one – "chattels" as in things that come with the house.
A: This is old, from French "chatel" meaning property, goods, and even cattle! Again, Latin's "capitale" (meaning property) was the origin.
Q: I've often asked the agent if the cow came with the house.
Q: Okay, I think we've had a grand tour through some housing terms today.
A: What, no final shameless plug for the Real Estate Copywriting course?
Q: No, I'm sure that's plenty.
A: Not even a link to the course page?
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JLL issues the China12 report; Shanghai tops the list as a "Global Contender"
SHANGHAI, April 19, 2018 – JLL (NYSE:JLL) published the latest research report in its China Cities series—The China12: China's Cities Go Global.
Tammy Hu
Head of Marketing, China
In the report, JLL identifies the 12 mainland cities which best demonstrate innovative economic development and are set to be the most competitive in the future. The cities were chosen based on their record of innovation, their ability to nurture the next generation of businesses and the overall quality of life for their residents. The report draws on in-depth discussions detailing how these cities will expand their influence, and how they will drive developments in global real estate markets.
Eddie Ng, Managing Director of JLL East China commented, "As China enters a new era of innovation and internationalization, the process of measuring a city's success should focus on how the city embraces change and its ability to create long-term sustainable economic momentum. Shanghai, the city that has done the most to connect China with the rest of the world through its business transparency and active market innovation, is driving business growth and attracting diverse sets of talent and investors. Such characteristics, I believe, are key to making Shanghai a future Global Contender."
An innovation-based measure of a city's potential
The criteria for membership of the China12 group extend beyond traditional metrics to include "future-proofing" credentials such the ability to innovate, an accommodating business environment, and overall livability. As a result, each city's long-term potential is comprehensively evaluated. Twelve cities were selected from 287 city-candidates, which then were further categorized into three tiers: "Global Contenders", "Enterprisers" and "Powerhouses", based on their respective traits and competitive edges. Shanghai and Beijing stand out from the rest of the China12 when it comes to key "future-proofing" metrics, and, in fact, the two cities are projected to join the elite group of the world's most globally connected and powerful cities in the next 5 years.
A city's ability to "future-proof" itself provides an increasingly important lead indicator of commercial real estate market activity and performance. JLL predicts that as the China12 move up the value chain, there is potential for medium-term rental uplift in several China12 office markets. JLL anticipates that Shanghai will become a global pioneer in "new retail" concepts, as the retail property market moves into the next phase of development due to the popularization of e-commerce, and that the hotel markets in the China12 will gain from continued expansion of business and leisure travel and growing MICE activities in Shanghai, however, JLL research shows that hotel supply waves are passing and fierce competition will encourage some aging hotels to change to other functions. In turn, this will help ease the present pressure on supply faced by the hotel industry. For the China12, the need for higher levels of real estate transparency to match their roles as global innovation hubs will become even more pressing, and greater transparency will also stimulate investment markets. Looking forward, Shanghai will cement its position among the Global Top 10 real estate investment destinations.
JLL research has found that cities with higher future competitiveness tend to invest their land in industries at the top of the value chain such as quality commercial space, residential space and advanced manufacturing. In Shanghai, city planners are cutting land supply in low-efficiency industries for example warehousing. Although cities with strong future competitiveness still see high demand for warehousing, developers will find it increasingly difficult to find suitable land for this due to strict land-use policies. This may, however, also have a knock-on effect of stimulating the development of nearby cities, which, with their business ties to Shanghai, will propel the overall development of the Yangtze River Delta.
Shanghai listed at the top of the China12
Among the China12, Shanghai is listed at the top both in terms of traditional metrics and future-proofing credentials. In the measurement of future competitiveness, the city is a leader in livability, transparency, innovation and regional clustering.
Factors that make residents enjoy living in a city include nightlife and dining, cultural attractions and institutions, affordability, and air quality. Shanghai tops the China12 with excellent performance in overall criteria, including relatively transparent planning processes and commercial freedom. In addition, it stands out from its peers in terms of professionalism, standardization and internationalization in the real estate industry. The China12 innovation index, a factor in the overall selection of the China12, is calculated by considering the number of start-ups in a city, the number of patents, its R&D spending and its workplace innovation. Shanghai is one of the cities that dominate the innovation ecosystem in China, and also has one of the highest R&D spending. Many co-working brands have chosen Shanghai to launch their business, and Shanghai now has about 200,000 square meters of Grade A co-working office space.
Leading the development of the Yangtze River Delta
At the beginning of this year, the Shanghai government published its roadmap – The Master Plan of Shanghai City Planning (2017-2035) – which set the goal of building Shanghai into an "excellent international city" by 2035. It also specified that Shanghai will serve the development strategies of both the "Belt and Road Initiative" and the "Yangtze River Economic Belt". As Shanghai takes the lead in building a world-class city-cluster with global influence, it plans to further coordinate with and integrate into the development of the Yangtze River Delta region. Shanghai is the core city of the Yangtze River Delta, and has long played a leading role in regional development. Under its influence, three other cities from the Yangtze River Delta (Hangzhou, Nanjing and Suzhou) also made the China12 list. "Thanks to the rapid development of inter-city connectivity and the business ecosystem, these cities and Shanghai are forming a global-scale innovation-based city cluster along the Yangtze River economic corridor," said Joe Zhou, Head of Research, JLL China. "Shanghai is at the centre, while other cities are tapping their distinctive niche markets: Nanjing is an education and research center, Hangzhou is famous for its e-commerce and Suzhou is a leader in advanced manufacturing."
On track to become a world top 10 influential city in 5 years
As China continues to internationalize, Shanghai will benefit from national "Opening-up" policies and international capital flows. During the recent 2018 Boao Forum for Asia, China unveiled four new "Opening-up" policies, three of which (the expansion of free trade ports, the China International Import Expo, and the further opening-up of China's financial sectors) will be first launched in Shanghai. "These new policies will provide an unprecedented impetus for Shanghai to integrate further into the global economy, enhance international interactions and so allow it to give full scope to its global influence," said Jeremy Kelly, Director in Global Research, JLL. "We believe that as a Global Contender in the China12 cities, Shanghai, hand in with Beijing, is very likely to become one of the top 10 most globalized cities in the world by 2022."
For more information, please download 'China12: China's Cities Go Global' here.
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JLL (NYSE: JLL) is a leading professional services firm that specializes in real estate and investment management. Our vision is to reimagine the world of real estate, creating rewarding opportunities and amazing spaces where people can achieve their ambitions. In doing so, we will build a better tomorrow for our clients, our people and our communities. JLL is a Fortune 500 company with annual revenue of $16.3 billion, operations in over 80 countries and a global workforce of over 91,000 as of March 31, 2019. JLL is the brand name, and a registered trademark, of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated. For further information, visit www.jll.com.


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HOUNDED by Kevin Hearne
Ballantine/Del Rey 2011 Ok. So. While it's true Crimespree doesn't make a habit out of reviewing books that have been out for three years, HOUNDED is a special case. Last month, Kevin Hearne came to St. Paul, MN, for an appearance at our local Barnes and Noble in support of his latest entry in the "Iron Druid Chronicles." Being familiar with Mr. Hearne by way of the twitters, which he's quite active on, Kate and I beat feet to the signing. I hadn't yet read any of his work, but he was certainly on my radar. The reading was fantastic. With a turnout nearing seventy people (!) choosing to spend their Friday night at a bookstore, Mr....
Kevin Hearne visits Minnesota
Tonight, Kevin Hearne made his first ever Minnesota appearance. Holding court in the meeting area of the Roseville Barnes & Noble store, Mr. Hearne kept the crowd (quick count put the eager fans at at least 70 or more!) enthralled during his reading and "Q and A" session. In town to promote SHATTERED, the latest volume of his long running IRON DRUID series, Mr. Hearne kept the tone light hearted and quick-witted. Quickly ditching the microphone because "it would only lead to me using my cheesy radio voice," Mr. Hearne read a passage in a very passable Irish brogue. When answering many questions from the audience, the answer was often,...


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Herman Ronald Frazier (Filadélfia, 29 de outubro de 1954) é um ex-velocista a campeão olímpico norte-americano.

Especializado nos 400 m rasos, participou do revezamento 4x400 m norte-americano que conquistou a medalha de ouro nos Jogos Pan-americanos de 1975 na Cidade do México e nos Jogos Olímpicos de Montreal 1976, ao lado de Frederick Newhouse, Maxwell Parks e Benjamin Brown. Nos mesmos Jogos também conquistou uma medalha de bronze nos 400 m individuais.

Encerrou a carreira sem poder participar de Moscou 1980, apesar de classificado, devido ao boicote dos Estados Unidos a estes Jogos. Posteriomente trabalhou como diretor de atletismo na Universidade do Havaí e da Universidade do Alabama e serviu em diversos cargos no Comitê Olímpico dos Estados Unidos.

Veja também
Lista dos campeões olímpicos de atletismo

Velocistas dos Estados Unidos
Campeões olímpicos dos Estados Unidos
Atletas nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1976
Naturais de Filadélfia (Pensilvânia)


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Q: Source culture for clipboard-copied Excel data I'm trying to paste copied Excel data in my software.
After inspecting clipboard content with ClipView, I need to read somewhere the culture of the source workbook, to determine which are the Decimal separator and the Thousand separator.
I find that the HTML Format part of the clipboard contains that informations in the style tag:
<style>
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    table
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    mso-displayed-thousand-separator:"\,";}
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</style>

Unfortunately, when you copy through Terminal Server / Citrix, this information is gone since the HTML Format part is stripped out by the RDP protocol, so I can't rely on it.
So, I'm trying to find out if the Biff5 / Biff8 / Biff 12 parts contains that information.
I searched the web for .net Biff readers but it doesn't seem that they expose what I need.
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There is a strong connection between chemigation, fertigation and irrigation, the goal being for each plant to receive a uniform quantity of water and additive. Uniformity of application is indeed the essential factor in successful fertigation and chemigation.
Uniformity depends on several factors such as the homogeneity of water application, adjustment and use of injection equipment, compatibility between additives and application conditions, especially where wind conditions are concerned.
Pivots and linear move systems are the best sprinkler application systems, given their high potential uniformity of water distribution over large areas. Small amounts can be applied, even during rainy periods or at night under windy conditions.
Chemigation is the application of an approved chemical (fertilizer, herbicide, insecticide, fungicide or nematicide) with the irrigation water applied by the center pivot. Pesticides and other chemical must be labelled to state whether the product is approved for application in this way. Using proper chemigation safety equipment and procedures also helps the grower by providing consistent, precise and continuous chemical injection, thus reducing the amounts (and costs) of chemical applied.
Uniformity of application. With a properly designed irrigation system, both water and chemicals can be applied uniformly, resulting in excellent distribution of the water-chemical mixture.
Precise application. Chemicals can be applied where they are needed and in the correct concentrations.
Economics. Chemigation is usually less expensive than other application methods, and often requires smaller amounts of chemicals.
Timeliness. Chemigation can be carried out when other methods of application might be prevented by wet soil, excessive wind, lack of equipment, and other factors.
Operator safety the operator is not in the field continuously during applications, so there is less human contact with chemical drift, and less exposure during frequent tank fillings and other tasks.
Skill and knowledge required. Chemicals must always be applied correctly and safely. Chemigation requires skill in calibration, knowledge of the irrigation and chemigation equipment, and an understanding of the chemical and irrigation scheduling concepts.
Additional equipment. Proper injection and safety devices are essential and the grower must be in compliance with these legal requirements.
Nutrients can be applied any time during the growing season according to the crop's needs. Nutrients can be applied uniformly over the field if the irrigation system distributes water unifromly.
Groundwater contamination is less likely with fertigation because less fertilizer is applied at any given time and the application can correspond to the peak crop requirements.
Fertilizer distribution is only as uniform as the irrigation water distribution. Use pressure gauges to ensure that the center pivot is properly pressured.
Lower cost fertilizer materials such as anhydrous ammonia often cannot be used.
Fertilizer placement cannot be localized, as in banding.
Many fertilizer solutions are corrosive. Chemigation injection pumps and fittings constructed of cast iron, aluminum, stainless and some forms of plastic are less subject to corrosion and failure.
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Hi! We're starting a sugar cane farming here in Zambia. We are looking for fertigation and chemigation systems to work with our centre Pivots.
The large volume of irrigation water can affect the effectiveness of diluted products that are applied, mainly insecticides, fungicides, etc. Which mechanism would most accurately control the application of these products?
When applying more concentrated products the Pivot can be used alone as the vehicle by installing a secondary pipe with spray nozzles. This system requires proper sizing of the nozzles, depending on their position on the Pivot and proper automated opening and closing of the spans, depending on the advancement of the Pivot towers.