Mothering Sunday observed 21 days before Easter.
Mothering Sunday, sometimes known as Mother's Day, is held on the fourth Sunday of Lent. It is exactly three weeks before Easter Sunday and usually falls in the second half of March or early April.
Wondering where we find all of these Days, or if they're even real? or if you have any information about Mothering Sunday, or maybe you want to create your own! If we've missed something useful, or if you still have questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day also known as Registered Dietitian Day. Observed the second Wednesday of March.
Absolutely Incredible Kid Day has always been observed annually on the third Thursday of March.
Companies That Care Day has always been observed annually on the third Thursday of March.


Our mystery seed this week is a true mystery.
I found this in a "gutter" along a road in Sierra Vista, Arizona. There were no trees or shrubs around that could have produced it. It was probably carried there during a recent rain storm.
As you can see, it is pretty large as seeds go.
If you shake it, you can hear a large seed inside the thin shell-like coating. You can see the seed tip peeking out of the bottom on the right.
Hint: I think the discoloration at the other end, the left side of the photograph, helps indicate what it might be.
Please leave a comment if you recognize this mystery seed.
I will reveal what I *think* it is next Tuesday. Edit: The answer is now posted.
looks like a skinny acorn to me, though I've never heard them rattle. Out west you have all kinds of oaks we don't here, but it reminds me of a white oak of some kind.
I also think it's from an oak. Long and skinny acorns in tx are live oaks.


Death of Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta by Alexandre Cabanel. Oil on canvas, 1870.
Many people, not all of them outside Italy, think that the Divine Comedy is a rather misshapen story. And indeed, if it were just a story, it would be back to front: the narrator has an exciting time in Hell, but Purgatory, when it is not about art, is about theology, and Heaven is about nothing else. What kind of story has all the action in the first third, and then settles back to stage a discussion of obscure spiritual matters? But the Divine Comedy isn't just a story, it's a poem: one of the biggest, most varied, and most accomplished poems in all the world. Appreciated on the level of its verse, the thing never stops getting steadily more beautiful as it goes on. T. S. Eliot said that the last cantos of Heaven were as great as poetry can ever get. The translator's task is to compose something to suggest that such a judgment might be right.
Dante is not only tunneling in the depths of meaning, he is working much closer to the surface texture: working within it. Even in the most solemn passage there might occur a touch of delight in sound that comes close to being wordplay. Still with Paolo and Francesca: in the way the word "diletto," after the line turning, modulates into "Di Lancelotto," the shift from "-letto" to "–lotto" is a modulation across the vowel spectrum, and Dante has a thousand tricks like that to keep things moving. The rhymes that clinch the terzina are a very supplementary music compared to the music going on within the terzina's span.
The linked rhymes of the terza rima were a gesture toward form, marking the pulse of the onward surge of the great story, which was driven by its poetry; and would be infinitely less great without its poetry, just as Wagner's Ring cycle would be infinitely less great without its music. But Dante's formal requirements for himself went down to the very basics of the handling of language. It was all very precise, and yet it all added up. Though it was assembled from minutely wrought effects, the episode really did have rhythmic sweep. My wife, clearly touched by my sudden impersonation of a proper student, said all the rest of the poem was like that too, including the supposedly colorless theological bits. Every moment danced, and the dance was always moving forward.


Libra is a lightweight notebook cooler for use on the go. Specially designed air intakes and side recesses for easy handling allow the cooler to sit on your desk or lap were ever you are and effectively cool your notebook PC. This keeps the noise level of internal PC fans to a minimum providing a quieter working environment. The cooling performance will be enhanced when using the notebook on full load (i.e. gaming). Akasa LIBRA is available in anodized satin black or brushed aluminium.


So here it is my first Christmas card of 2016 and what a cute stamp set to use Merry Mice. its so adorable!
I used a base of Cherry Cobbler which has to be my favourite colour to use at Christmas and paired it with a matt of Crumb Cake which I embossed with the Woodgrain embossing folder. The mouse image was stamped onto watercolour paper and then coloured in using inks and the aqua painter. I then used the Layering Ovals Framelits to cut the image out and matt onto a Cherry Cobbler scalloped oval.
The greetings banner was created using the Birthday Banners stamp set and the Bunch of Banners Framelits, I think the greeting from the Merry Mice set fits in perfectly.
I finished off the card with some White Perfect Accents which I just love for adding a little something to finish off a card.
Author dibbystampsPosted on September 27, 2016 September 24, 2016 Categories Christmas Cards, Simple CardsTags Cherry Cobbler, Christmas, Crumb Cake, Merry Mice, Stampin' Up!, White Perfect Accents, Woodgrain Embossing FolderLeave a comment on Merry Christmouse!


Channel Seven has taken exception to media reports that its Olympics app and coverage hasn't lived up to expectations, taking aim at an article published on B&T today covering users' concerns. Read the article in full here.
The story has been covered by a number of media outlet and says users of the app have complained it doesn't work and when it does it's plagued with faults. Those who paid the $20 premium have also complained they've been unable to access the full flotilla of Olympic events they were promised.
According to Seven, the app had 2.8 million streams yesterday (Sunday) and 4.1 million since it launched.
In a statement to B&T, a Seven spokesperson said: "Millions of Australians are watching our coverage across all the screens of Seven. 2.8 million streams yesterday alone has shattered our previous record of 843,000 during the Australian Open and the 488,000 launch at last Year's Melbourne Cup.
"Unfortunately some have experienced problems streaming within the 'Olympics On 7' app yesterday. It is an international problem created by unprecedented demand across the globe.
"Our streaming partners – Olympic Broadcasting Services in Rio and Akamai – have assured us they are doing everything they can to avoid a repeat of any problems caused by the unparalleled audiences coming into digital platforms today," he said.


As usual, there's a lot on our girl Merit's plate. We have a vampire serial killer on the loose at the same time Cadogan House prepares for the dissolution of its relationship with the Greenwich Presidium. Ethan's ex-girlfriend and Master vampire, Lacey, is in town, stirring up trouble between Merit and Ethan. Oh, and it's time for Merit decide whether or not to commit to the Red Guard.
I LOVE the direction that Merit and Ethan's romance takes… They're becoming a solid couple, able to handle issues, even big ones, without freaking out and breaking up. I like for my UF books to have a strong female protagonist and a male partner who believes in her and backs her up, no matter what and this is finally what we're getting from this series.
This is the first of these books in a long time that I enjoyed from beginning to end. I feel like the series has finally settled down and found its groove. There was a much better balance in this book between romance and mystery, suspense and humor. Merit and Ethan just keep getting stronger as a couple. There's enough conflict between them to keep it interesting but not so much that it overwhelms the book and turns it into a vampire romance novel. (Not that I don't enjoy those too!) Can't wait for the next one!


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Q: How to make a plot of survival probability (titanic dataset) I need to plot the survival probability of women and men according to their age.
My dataframe
plt.figure(figsize=(20, 8))

sns.histplot(data=train_df, x="Age", hue="Sex", kde=True, multiple="dodge")
plt.title('Count ')

What I've done looks like this

But I want to see something like this (the y-axis is for of survival probability of each bin)

How can I do this?

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Not sure why she blocked his truck in but she's gonna preach first.
I don't know what exactly she's preaching but it sounds pretty disorganized.
I couldn't watch the whole thing so if there's a twist ending, do tell.


Chris Jackson/Getty Images(LONDON) -- The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be trading their modest two bedroom London apartment for some more opulent digs, but only after an extreme home makeover.
The new apartment, which hasn't been lived in since Princess Margaret died in 2002, has no hot water, asbestos in the walls, and decades old electrics. It's estimated that $1.6 million in renovations will need to be done before it becomes liveable.
But the royals are willing to wait.
Prince William knows the four story, 20 room apartment well — it's where he was raised by Prince Charles and Princess Diana.
So are the new digs a sign the couple plans to start a family?
Earlier this week, Kate sparked pregnancy rumors after she declined to eat peanut paste while on a humanitarian visit to a United Nations aid depot in Copenhagen. The palace has not commented on the issue.
Whenever the time comes, the royal couple can rest assured they will have just the place to raise a future king or queen.
Hemera Technologies/Thinkstock(LONDON) -- The tiny frame of an 8-year-old boy, young but ready to fight, enters from one side of the room. From the other, his 9-year-old opponent gets a last-minute fighting tactics talk. Both walk past the jeering crowd, a 250-strong throng of spectators, shouting taunts, encouraging them to fight in what has been described as a popular and an up-and-coming sport -- cagefighting for children.
The two boys have been filmed attacking one another in the confines of a cage in front of spectators who have paid almost $40 to watch. One of the boys breaks down and cries. Ever since that video went viral, so too did the widespread shock and outrage.
British Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has described it as "barbaric," saying "we have to recognize that sport has a very, very important role but I think with this particular sport, I think some people will ask some questions."
It's a brutal and macabre site and has caused a huge uproar in Britain country, but because the club where the fighting takes place has a license to stage such events, it's perfectly legal. But police say they will look into issues surrounding the safety of the children.
Steve Nightingale who trains the young boys at the Reps Gym in Preston, Lancashire, 190 miles north of London, told ABC News that ''there is no striking … it is a mixture of martial arts and wrestling known as mixed martial arts, MMA."
Nightingale said that he was ''shocked'' by the criticism and said that it all comes from people who were not there and are ignorant of the sport.
Nick Hartley, the father of one of the boys who took part in the controversial caged bout, insisted it had been safe. "He loves the sport. It's not one bit dangerous, it's a controlled sport … until he gets a bit older and he starts doing physical contact, kicking and punching, then maybe, but at his age it's wrestling, like grappling."
The British Medical Association has condemned the event, saying it is "particularly disturbing." The BMA made the point that the children were not wearing protective head gear or other protective padding.
"Boxing and cage fighting are sometimes defended on the grounds that children learn to work through their aggression with discipline and control. The BMA believes there are many other sports, such as athletics, swimming, judo and football, which require discipline but do not pose the same threat of brain injury," the BMA said in a statement.
The organization which ensures child protection awareness, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) has joined the chorus of condemnation of the fights.
"We would strongly discourage parents from letting their children take part in this kind of fighting. It's quite disturbing that some of those involved in the bouts were as young as 8, an age when they are still developing, physically and mentally,"said Chris Cloke, head of the NSPCC.


Graduated licensing could be adopted, and in fact it exists today in terms of student advisers at universities.
I just wanted to follow up on Ms. Kwan's question. We've talked about a graduated licensing process in this committee at various times. In your response to her question, you talked about how currently university students have an advisory system. Can you elaborate on what you meant in response to her question?
Was that started in 2014?
It was December 2, 2014.
If there were a complaint, what group at the department is responsible for reviewing the ICCRC's report and for ensuring that the public is protected?
I'm going to move on to another question.
We have heard about "lowercase illegality", when it comes to consultants; it is often not dealt with by the CBSA. We know that ICCRC is not legally mandated to go after non-registered consultants.
What measures do you suggest to tackle this grey area, and are you in favour of establishing a blacklist for people who have constantly been involved in fraud?
Currently, the department, IRCC, has worked with overseas missions and overseas governments, for example—we just had conversations in the Latin American region—trying to push out an understanding of any pockets of activities by ghost consultants that we or others have picked up, or that clients have informed us about, quite frankly. We found that engaging the foreign governments is actually one of the better ways to try to get them to understand and help us in addressing the ghost consultants. As you no doubt have heard, and we talked about last time, it's that extraterritorial behaviour that is the hardest thing for us to get at. It would be the hardest for any organization to get at.
The question of blacklist again goes back to our very first question, where we talked about a model and what it is you want the model to do. Is it an AMPs and ban regime; is it some type of public display of anyone who has been subject to an AMPs and ban, as we do in other programs across the government? Would that be appropriate? That would be part of an analysis of some of the better ways.
The key, as always, which your question really gets to, is how to make prospective clients and current clients aware. The best way, as we talked about, was through the social media and the public notifications, some of which we already do right now and some of which we heighten during fraud awareness week.
We talked about education, but what measures would you suggest, in addition to the current ones, to educate all of the potential applicants and refugee claimants about their rights and about the regulations and requirements for consultants?
What additional measures could be taken? I think there's a host of additional measures. It's not one single measure that will make the best impact. It's going to be a very broad and holistic approach. That's why we keep talking about whether the anti-fraud awareness campaigns going on could be better. Yes, they can. We're trying to find ways, and we are finding ways, to make those better.
Our program changes. Every time we change a program, every time we change a kit, a guide, or a form, we have to get better at it. What we are getting better at is educating people about what that means, including the very consultants who fill out those forms. Again, improving the complaints and discipline process sends a pretty strong message. I think it does enhance public trust when swift action is taken on individuals.
We also are trying to find better ways to encourage clients. For those people who we find out have been negatively impacted—and this is in the domestic as well as the overseas context—we are trying to find better ways of reaching out to them and making sure that they know they have avenues of redress they can take and that they will not be punished, because that is a concern of a lot of the clients.
Also, it's sharing the gaps and the awareness of trends. There are certain pockets of the world where we see different behaviours with the problems of ghost consultants, and, quite frankly, even how applicants are understanding our forms, our kits, and our guides, so we try to respond to those trends.


Gary Slutkin is another prevention kid with a great program on the block. Despite Newsweek's yellow journalism alleging conflicts between David Kennedy's and Gary Slutkin's different anti-violence programs (and their eviscerating response), they both have the same goal and similar successes. You say tomato, I say tomahto.
Recall Kennedy uses the justice system, targets high risk populations, collects cases on offenders, and uses the threat of sanctions to intervene.
Slutkin takes the public health approach. He blocks violent outbreaks by targeting high risk offenders and uses community "interrupters". Interrupters are savvy street workers who convince family and friends to help offenders see violence is in no one's best interest.
A new award winning film is out called The Interrupters. It describes a year in the life of violence in Chicago. It's a fascinating documentary about Slutkin's program.
I hope the film - and the program - does well.
Still…getting the right program is only half the battle. Staying on point is the other.
Kennedy's CeaseFire anti-violence program cut Boston homicides in half in the 1990s - the Boston Miracle. Now he says they moved away from CeaseFire and crime is on the rise. Streetworker unionization, role change and budget cuts decimated a once proud program.
Oakland too lost the plot. Courts issued gang injunctions without CeaseFire coordination. Then "funds from the city to CeaseFire were interrupted when the number of Oakland police dropped below levels required by the ballot measure."
When will officials learn to keep political fingers off things that actually work in the hood? When will we, the neighborhood dwelling public, wise-up and slap their fingers for it?


Several live views of the sea, the promenade as well as the beach of Copacabana, the most beautiful beach in the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
Every day many people play sports and enjoy the beach of Copacabana as well as the promenade. They run, walk or cycle on the Copacabana promenade or surf on the sea (surf webcam).


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Q: how to call c# dll from vbscript Hi I am creating a c# dll with below code

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace imageexport
{
    [ComVisible(true)]
    public class ExportImage
    {
        [ComVisible(true)]
        public void exportPNG(String pDirectory,String svgFileName,String outputFileName) {
            String arguments= pDirectory+"res\\include\\highcharts-convert.js -infile "+pDirectory+"res\\graphs\\"+svgFileName+" -outfile "+pDirectory+"res\\graphs\\"+outputFileName +" -scale 2.5 -width 1088";
            /*using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter("c:\\debug.txt", true))
            {
                writer.WriteLine("pDirectory=" +pDirectory);
                writer.WriteLine("arguments="+arguments);
            }*/
            Process p = new Process();
            p.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
            p.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = false;
            p.StartInfo.FileName = pDirectory+"res\\bin\\phantomjs.exe";
            p.StartInfo.Arguments = arguments;
            p.Start();
            p.WaitForExit();
        }
    }
}

For creating dll I do configuration as below in VS2005

Application
     Assembly Name -> imageexport
      Default Namespace - > imageexport
     outputtype => Classlibrary
     startup object ->(Not Set)
   Assembly Information :
         a) Assembly Version ->1 0 0 0
         b)File Version ->1 0 0 0
         c) Make Assembly Com visible ->checked
 Build
  Configuration -> Active (Debug)
  Platform ->Active (Any CPU)
  General :
    a)conditional Compilation Symbols -> blank
     b) Define Debug Constant ->checked
    c) Define Trace Constant -> checked
    d) platform Target -> Any CPU
    e) allow unsafe code -> not checked
    f) optimize code -> not checked
    g) warning lavel -> 4
    h) Supperess warning -> blank
    i) Treat Warnign errors -> None

Now after this I register the imageexport.dll with regasm of .net 2.0
Now when I look registry then under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT I found imageexport.ExportImage.
Now in vbscript below code is use to create object and call the function

Dim obj
Set obj = CreateObject("imageexport.ExportImage")
obj.exportPNG rvPAWZDirectoryPath&"\","SVGData_"&Session("export_time")&".svg","Export_" & export_time & ".png"

But this give exception named 'UnknownException' at the line createObject in VBSCript. Please tell me where is the problem

A: I think you should register your Dll as:
 C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319>regasm yourDllPath /codebase

Now you can create object of your Dll.


How do you know if you need to call a tow truck?
You will need to call a tow truck if damage from the accident makes driving impossible. This will likely be obvious because your car simply won't start, for example.
However, always take a moment to be sure your vehicle is roadworthy before you try to drive it. Never attempt to drive if you suspect that it may be unsafe to do so. It's better to err on the side of caution even if your car appears drivable.
Don't risk damaging your vehicle further, especially if the wheels are bent or obstructed by damaged parts. When in doubt, call a tow truck.
How do you choose a towing company?
Your insurance company can usually recommend a reputable towing company. ICBC, for instance, recommends asking the tow truck business if they are an ICBC supplier. If so, they are guaranteed to meet minimum requirements for licensing, insurance and storage facilities.
Alternatively, if the police are at the scene of the accident, they can suggest an ICBC approved towing company in the area.
What happens to your vehicle when it is towed away?
Firstly, the towing company will tow your car to a storage facility. Once your car has been securely stored, you should contact your insurance provider to report the accident.
An estimator will then examine your vehicle and give you an estimate for the necessary repairs. Finally, your vehicle will be transported to the body shop of your choice to be repaired.


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Coronavirus cases spike at Louisville nursing home. And more increases are expected
Bailey Loosemore
Louisville Courier Journal
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —More than 60 residents and employees of a Clifton nursing home have tested positive for the coronavirus amid a statewide effort to test every individual who lives and works in a long-term care facility.
Nazareth Home Clifton, 2120 Payne St., had previously reported just one case of the quick-spreading virus, which has sickened more than 1,600 people from Kentucky's nursing homes over the last three months.
But after everyone in the 101-bed facility was tested last week, the home reported that 39 residents and 26 staff members had been diagnosed with the illness, many of whom were asymptomatic.
All of the sick residents have since been transferred to four local hospitals — Baptist East, Norton Brownsboro, Norton Audubon and University of Louisville Jewish Hospital, a spokesperson said.
One resident from Nazareth Home Clifton has died.
Background:Everything you need to know about coronavirus outbreaks in Kentucky nursing homes
List:More than 100 Kentucky nursing homes have reported coronavirus cases
Health officials say such a spike in cases is to be expected as homes begin to test all patients and employees, regardless of symptoms.
That's why a long-term care task force, led by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, has created a program to support facilities that begin to experience outbreaks.
As of Friday, the task force has helped test approximately 3,800 residents and 4,500 employees from 51 facilities, a state spokesperson said.
The entire testing process is expected to take about 10 weeks.
"We have a comprehensive program where we work with facilities to help them with how they use (personal protective equipment), how they manage their staff and how they manage their patients to try to keep everybody safe and reduce the risk of spread of infection," Kentucky health commissioner Dr. Steven Stack said during a recent press briefing.
"We are working very methodically to get to all the nursing homes and support that community and the residents who live there who are the most vulnerable among us."
Related:Some Kentucky senior homes don't have to report coronavirus cases. Here's why
Diane Curtis, director of communications for Nazareth Home Ministries, which operates two nursing homes in Louisville, said the nonprofit requested facilitywide testing after several residents began to show symptoms of the coronavirus last week.
The home received its test results Friday, and it worked through the weekend to isolate sick residents from healthy ones until they could be transferred to a hospital, Curtis said.
Nearly 30 volunteer nurses and emergency medical technicians assisted Nazareth Home with the moves, Curtis said. The state's task force will continue to provide staff support while sick employees isolate at home.
"This is a case where everything was followed from the onset," Curtis said about the home's overall response to the coronavirus pandemic. "... Our hearts go out to family members who haven't seen their loved ones since early March. Our hearts go out to our staff, who are dedicated and working around the clock."
Nazareth Home initially opened as an aging facility for religious sisters and priests and continues to serve many of them, though it has since opened its doors to people of all backgrounds.
Nazareth Home's second location, at 2000 Newburg Road, will receive facilitywide testing on June 1.
Curtis said the nonprofit will continue to update family members on its cases and the steps it's taking to keep residents safe.
Reach reporter Bailey Loosemore at bloosemore@courier-journal.com, 502-582-4646 or on Twitter @bloosemore. Support strong local journalism by subscribing today: courier-journal.com/baileyl.

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The Dr. Irvin M. Kamenir Endowed Scholarship for the College of Nursing was created in 2006. Dr. Kamenir graduated in 1988 from The University of Akron's College of Business Administration, receiving an MBA. He also received degrees from Kent State University, The Ohio State University, and Columbia University. Dr. Kamenir practiced dentistry in the Akron area for most of his career, specializing in orthodontics. With this scholarship, Dr. Kamenir wishes to honor those in the nursing profession for their kind and caring spirit.
Recipients must be enrolled full time at The University of Akron's College of Nursing. Preference will be given to students from disadvantaged backgrounds with demonstrated financial need. Decisions will be made by the College of Nursing's Scholarship Committee in conjunction with Student Financial Aid.


Victoria, British Columbia - Dec. 12, 2002 - Dangerous underwater rescue operations around the world have become much safer for dive units using a unique underwater communication system developed, and unveiled today in Victoria, by Divelink International Technologies Inc.
The Victoria-based hi-tech company's systems are favored by rescue divers because theirs is the only system that allows divers to communicate without being connected by wires and without having to operate awkward hand-held units. The latest technology developed by Divelink is a special adaptor that enables further communication using a cell phone. Not only can divers now talk to other divers and someone on the surface, but also they can speak to a person anywhere in the world.
"Our system is a natural fit for emergency response professionals as they need to communicate with a variety of sources during a rescue operation," says Pete Devine, Vice President of Divelink. "We're proud of our technology and we're also proud that it helps to save lives."
The Divelink system is the only multi-channel underwater communication system and has a range of up to 2000 metres. The system gives divers voice contact with the surface and with each other through a hands-free microphone attached to the dive mask. The system works on a patented voice recognition chip, allowing dive teams to work more cooperatively.
Divelink's products have quickly become fundamental dive tools in the field of search and rescue, scientific data gathering, movie production, underwater photography, salvaging, weapon retrieval and diver instruction. It is a vast improvement on the old system which consisted of line pulls on a rope stretching from the diver to the surface.
The company's client list includes the US Navy Seals, Japanese Coast Guard, Malaysia Fire Brigade Search and Recovery Unit, Disney World, the Seattle Aquarium, National Geographic Magazine and over 40 search and rescue dive units in North America alone. Their latest client is Florida State University where Divelink equipment will be used for an underwater crime scene course.
The full-face single channel mask retails for approximately $900 US; a full-face multi-channel unit for $1500 US; a single channel surface communications unit for $900 US and a cell phone surface unit for $1250 US.
Car that can both drive and dive underwater. New concept car model "sQuba" has been developed by the Swiss Company Rinspeed, becoming the world's first environment friendly diving car. This funny convertible car provoked much irony as for its usefulness. The car is very different from military amphibious vehicles that are very heavy and therefore slow-moving while on the surface.
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More than 5.1 million votes have been cast, but Duval's Election Day matters
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Tacachale
By Andrew Pantazi
Posted Nov 5, 2018 at 8:27 PM
Updated Nov 5, 2018 at 8:34 PM
If early voting turnout is any indication, then Duval County looks likely to be one of the state's most important counties in deciding critical elections Tuesday night.
More than 5.1 million votes across Florida have already been cast in what promises to be a transformative election.
Tuesday's ballot is crowded with issues of enormous impact: a hotly contested governor's race between candidates espousing polar-opposite messages, a Senate race between two known political entities, races for the state House and state Senate, three cabinet positions and we haven't even gotten into the 13 proposed amendments to the state Constitution.
Duval County's turnout so far indicates voters are paying attention. Already, Duval voters have set a record for the highest turnout in a midterm with 37 percent of voters casting a ballot before election day. In 2014, only 23 percent of voters turned out before Election Day.
Voters can cast ballots Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
https://www.jacksonville.com/news/20181105/more-than-51-million-votes-have-been-cast-but-duvals-election-day-matters
Do you believe that when the blue jay or another bird sings and the body is trembling, that is a signal that people are coming or something important is about to happen?
Re: More than 5.1 million votes have been cast, but Duval's Election Day matters
This is a reminder - get out and vote, y'all!
Quote from: Tacachale on November 06, 2018, 10:48:19 AM
What a joke. Everybody knows Taco Bell is Tex-Mex.
"If you're going to play it out of tune, then play it out of tune properly."
That is hilarious .
I expected to wake up in Venezuela this morning. So much for that.
We went out last night to get away from the coverage and celebrate the end of the election garbage and I don't think we were alone. The restaurant was packed! It was like a Friday night.
And thank goodness for early voting. We voted yesterday and it was empty.
Quote from: sanmarcomatt on November 07, 2018, 07:20:29 AM
You didn't go to Taco Bell, by chance, did you?
Quote from: Adam White on November 07, 2018, 07:22:59 AM
Uh, that would be a no. I think Jeffrey would vote Republican before we would eat there.
Fair enough. But with Boston Market gone, I guess that just leaves Dunkin Donuts.
I can appreciate where you are going with the thought process but when it comes to dinner, we are snobs. We have made so much money in the stock market (on the backs of the common folk of course), we pretty much have to be. It's a burden but it is what it is.
That's why I assumed Boston Market.
Being a socialist must be even worse than I thought.
It must be hard to be a dinner snob in Jacksonville.
ProjectMaximus
Tis true!! The closest Boston Market to San Marco is in Gainesville, FL.
https://www.bostonmarket.com/locations/
https://firewalkingjourney.com
Jax used to have a Southside Boston Market like decades ago.


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So what is the career path for a group of people who are experienced with camping out in urban areas with minimal energy systems and many mouths to feed? Of course, i am talking about the Occupy Walls Street group which exploded onto the political scene last year and has been in a homeless limbo for the much of 2012. Well, those urban survivors can Occupy the relief effort for Hurricane Sandy right in their back yard.
Besides feeding the thousands of people without power or services, they are also providing bike powered cell phone rechargers, so people can call their families to tell them they are okay.
For example, where is FEMA and the Red Cross?
This leaderless popular movement has been seeking its direction since it was evicted last fall. There have been many excellent initiatives but this represents a place Occupy can take DIY birth right and apply it both widely and popularly.
Steal the money: More importantly than replacing the relief efforts of the oft legitimately maligned FEMA, what this does is push the case for independent citizen initiatives like Occupy to replace the administration heavy Red Cross. And Red Cross is big business at $4.1 billion dollars year. And Occupy can have a larger donations front door than the Red Cross, in that it is already experienced in distributing things. It also can distribute relief very directly as in this story. Here is the story about how Occupy Sandy is coordinating online donations like a gift registry.
There is a funologist angle here as well. When we look at these big DIY festivals, like the Rainbow Gathering (or to a much lessor extent Burning Man) we see the same leaderless "get things done" style which pervades Occupy. Problems pour in "these people need food", "these people need cell phone charging", "these people need dry clothes" and small groups take them on. They don't always succeed, but they are more nibble, more accessible and most importantly more joinable than the FEMA or Red Cross efforts.
What i mean by joinable, is there is nothing which prevents you from eating a meal at an Occupy Sandy kitchen and then staying to clean up and cook the next meal. There is no distinction between the people who are serving and the people who are being served. This is not true for the classical relief agencies. There are badges and permissions and uniforms and bosses and protocols. You can not migrate from being someone who is relieved to someone who is a relief worker. Yet, there is a fantastic desirability to this capacity to join the relief efforts. It makes you feel like you are part of the solution and you arrive with tremendous empathy for the people you are serving. It also serves to break down class barriers, which the conventional relief agencies simply enforce.
The work of Occupy Wall Street is by no means complete and we need to be pressing more on the case for economic fairness and jailing corrupt banksters. And what will help Occupy grow as a movement is to see the many niches where it can replace government and bloated hierarchical non-profits and provide direct services.
Well after this post was written, criticisms of the response by the Red Cross, which raised $150 million for Sandy, were coming in strong.


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There is a compelling scene in A Spark of Light that made this book for me. An abortion doctor sits down with a protestor to talk. It is such a simple act, an invitation to have discourse over a topic on which they adamantly disagree. But so few people today are willing to sit down, talk, and listen to the other side. At the end of the exchange, the protestor said to the abortion doctor that it was really hard to hate him after that talk. The abortion doctor replied, "That's the point." Of course I'm not doing the scene justice in my re-telling of it, so just go read the book.
A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult is about the circumstances that led to a group of people being at a women's health clinic when a man begins shooting and killing the people who own, operate, and visit the clinic. Jodi is a master at piecing together the story through a jumbled timeline, like a jigsaw we get individual pieces of the story and slowly we piece it together. It isn't until the end that we can see the whole picture. Jodi often broke away from the "live shooter" scene to tell the background stories of the individuals who found themselves held hostage. It is really incredible how she was able to piece this story together and how the individual pieces all slid into place just perfectly at the end.
This book almost makes me want to sit down with those who disagree with me on abortion (primarily extended family and high-school friends) and chat about our different opinions. But I only want to talk to them after they've read this book. I think this is a great starting point for these difficult conversations.


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Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty to fraud
Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has pleaded not guilty to stealing billions of dollars of customer money in his first court appearance since he was released on a record $250m pretrial bail.
Bankman-Fried, 30, entered his plea before US district judge Lewis Kaplan at a court in Manhattan, after spending the Christmas period under house arrest at his parents' home in California.
After the collapse of his star-studded £21bn crypto empire in November, Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas, where his now-defunct company was based.
The former billionaire has been charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with fraud and violating campaign finance laws.
If convicted, he could be jailed for up to 115 years.
He is also being sued over what prosecutors say is "one of the biggest financial frauds in American history".
It is alleged that he used FTX customer deposits to support his Alameda Research hedge fund, buy real estate and make millions of dollars in political contributions.
Between FTX filing for bankruptcy and his arrest, Bankman-Fried made several media appearances in which he admitted mistakes in his running of the crypto exchange, but denied he was criminally liable.
The rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried
FTX shows crypto 'too dangerous' not to regulate
Bankman-Fried's plea comes after two of his closest associates pleaded guilty last month.
Caroline Ellison, who was Alameda's chief executive, admitted seven criminal charges last month, while FTX's former chief technology officer Gary Wang admitted four.
Both also agreed to cooperate with prosecutors and settled civil cases with the SEC.
FTX's new chief executive, John Ray, has said the company was run by "grossly inexperienced" people.
Met Office responds to 'snow bomb' forecast predictions
Claire Foy says love for Imelda Staunton enticed her back to The Crown
The actress appeared on The Graham Norton Show.
Man dies after being crushed by hydraulic urinal
Footage from the scene at Trafalgar Square, central London, as a man has died after being crushed by a hydraulic urinal in London's West End.
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Car cruising ban could be extended to spectators and organisers
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Pope clarifies recent remarks on 'sin' and decriminalizing homosexuality
Pope Francis has clarified his recent comments about homosexuality and sin, saying he was merely referring to official Catholic moral teaching that teaches that any sexual act outside of marriage is a sin. And in a note Friday, Francis recalled that even black-and-white teaching is subject to circumstances that might eliminate the sin altogether.Francis first made the comments in an interview Jan. 24 with The Associated Press, in which he declared that laws criminalizing homosexuality were "unju
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Debunking claims that Poland's army will create 'special' LGBT units
Russian social media channels and media are sharing a doctored video that alleges Poland will form army units of "non-traditional orientation". We disprove these claims in this edition of Truth or Fake. Read more on FRANCE 24 English
Visiting Russia's worst war crime
In a square in the centre of Mariupol, fabric-covered scaffolding hides what remains of what was once the city's architectural centrepiece.
Academy launches probe after indie film's surprise Oscars nod
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Friday it was launching a review of Oscars campaigning, days after a small indie film surprised industry-watchers with a shock nomination to Hollywood's most prestigious awards.On Friday, the Academy said it would be examining its processes, although it did not mention the film by name.
Idaho murders – news: Bryan Kohberger's attorney's ties to family of second student victim revealed
Kohberger is accused of the fatal stabbings of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin in Moscow, Idaho, on 13 November
Estate agents celebrates winning top customer service award
AN estate agents with branches across the Bradford district is celebrating after winning an award.
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In late January, the EU Commissioner for Climate Action Miguel Arias Cañete delivered a speech as part of a Post-COP24 High Level Debate, in which he drew attention to the bloc's 2030 climate and energy goals, and the EU's role in the global fight against climate change.
"Cementing the EU's global climate leadership," Cañete said, would be dependent on the Council and Parliament playing their role in ensuring that the EU's 2030 green objectives are met.
Such long-term targets include making at least 40% cuts in greenhouse gas emission, establishing at least a 27% share for renewable energy, and making a 27% improvement in energy efficiency.
These 2030 objectives are complemented by a more recent pledge, the 2050 long-term strategy, in which the EU presented its vision for a "competitive and climate-neutral economy my 2050," and one that is in line with Paris Agreement targets to keep the global temperature increase to below 2 degrees.
"With this level of ambition, we can help drive innovation, and the EU can continue to show leadership to the rest of the world in the fight against global warming," Cañete said.
Finding innovative solutions to the challenges brought up in the fight against climate change can vitalise EU industry and offer the bloc a competitive advantage in the fight against global issues.
A recent initiative in Lithuania is an example of this in practice, after the Commission approved state aid provisions to support the production of electricity from renewable energy sources in line with EU environmental objectives, ensuring the competitiveness of energy-intensive users and industries.
Developing innovative solutions to societal issues is a perspective recently rallied for by the EU tech industry trade association, Orgalim, who represent 44 associations across 23 different countries across the bloc.
In their recently published strategy paper, Vision 2030, they call for EU technology companies to remain "at the forefront of the development and delivery of clean technologies and systems," as a means to meet wider environmental goals.
Commission President Juncker is on the same level. During his keynote speech as part of the Industry Days conference on Tuesday (5 February), he highlighted the importance of industry innovation pursuing climate goals.
"The future of Europe's industry will depend on its ability to adapt by investing in new technologies and embracing the digital and ecological transitions. This is why when it comes to industry we have put our money where our mouth is," he said.
Standards in sustainability will also come by way of the change in the culture of the EU's methods of production.
The Commission's bid to transform the EU's productive landscape into more of a circular economy model is a clear example of the ways in which the bloc's industries will have to conceive of creative ways in which to meet new challenges.
The notion of a Circular Economy is that materials in a product's life cycle are maintained for a long as possible, reducing waste. When an item comes to the end of its life cycle, various elements of the products are used again to create further value.
Circularity, if one is to follow the UN's sustainable development goals, is about "doing more and better with less," a concept that will encourage industry firms across the continent to develop clever, innovative applications with new forms of technologies.
One recent example of Europe's transition towards a circular economy is the establishment of the Circular Plastics Alliance, announced by the Commission in December. The Alliance comprises key industry stakeholders and regulators and attempts to explore methods by which the materials can be recycled more efficiently, across the full plastics value chain.
The project is regarded as a significant element in pursuance of the targets set out in the 2018 European Strategy for Plastics, which aims to make recycling profitable, put an end to sea littering, drive investment, and develop international standards worldwide by becoming a global leader in the fight against plastic pollution.
Policymakers in Brussels see the need to support industry in pursuance of environmental goals. Horizon 2020 has provided funding across research and development, while 5.5 billion euros in cohesion funds have been put aside to improve waste management across Europe.
In terms of policy support, in addition to the Circular Plastics Alliance, there is the Bioeconomy Strategy, which aims to explore alternatives to fossil resources, and the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU), a public-private partnership supporting the EU's bio-based industrial sector.
One such success story of the BBI JU is the FRESH initiatives, which aims to tackle the issue of non-biodegradable food packaging by developing GMO-free material that is fully biodegradable.
The coordinator of the project, Steve Davey, of Huhtamaki Molded Fiber Technology in the Netherlands, revealed the innovative methods by which industry had put to practice in producing the packaging.
"At the base of the FRESH innovation is a natural cellulose-based material derived from wood mixed with a plant-derived polyester," he told the Commission's Horizon 2020 magazine.
Moreover, Davey understands that such innovative answers to the tough social and environmental questions of our day will not, of course, be concentrated solely to the food packaging industry.
On the contrary, the FRESH project was a means of trialling the technology to analyse its impact more widely across European industrial sectors.
Green Week opens today with a focus on greener cities: how can we make our cities more sustainable and liveable, asks Anna Lisa Boni.
Consumer products are of course only one area in which the industry can evolve to face pressing societal issues. Another area is in the building and housing sector, responsible for around 40% of energy consumption and 36% of CO2 emissions in the EU.
A report published by the European Environment Agency on Tuesday (4 February) warned that the "health of Europe's most vulnerable citizens remains disproportionately affected" by a range of hazards including pollution and extreme temperatures.
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One method by which the technology sector is meeting the challenges set out by the legislation is to embark on ambitious investment commitments designed to support the burgeoning smart housing market.
Smart homes comprise integrated platforms where interoperable devices operate intuitively and automatically, with the essential aim of reducing high energy expenditures in the market. Connected software within the home is able to respond to the needs of consumers based on real-time interactions that lead to learning lifestyle patterns.
The onset of smart housing, accelerated by a financial instrument approved by the European Investment Bank in 2018, the Smart Finance for Smart Building Initiative, poses exciting opportunities. The funds pledged by the EIB are estimated to support up to 220,000 new jobs as well as help to establish a renovation market for small businesses worth up to €120 billion.
One of the greatest advantages to EU industry in the rolling out of smart housing, are the new opportunities to work alongside consumers in providing solutions to market demand. With a considerably expanded data pool, business can now use Internet of Things (IoT) devices in the smart home to offer tailored solutions to consumers.
With the financial support offered up by EU institutions, sustainable and connected buildings can offer solutions both to environmental goals, while at the same time, driving demand across technological industries to meet growing consumer trends in an increasingly socially responsible world.
Cañete's reference to the EU's "global climate leadership" earlier this year will come by way of innovative industry solutions to global societal problems.


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Robin Roberts And Her Partner Of 18 Years, Amber Laign, Will Get Married In 2023
Robin Roberts and her longtime partner, Amber Laign, are finally preparing to tie the knot. On Monday, after 18 years together, the couple announced they are heading down the aisle this year.
On Good Morning America, the anchor told author and motivational speaker Gabrielle Bernstein, "I'm saying yes to marriage. We're getting married this year." She added that she was "hesitating" to share the thrilling news because she had not "said it out loud yet."
After Roberts revealed the huge secret, Bernstein suggested she "create a wedding vision board." The talk of wedding preparation slightly overwhelmed Roberts. She jokingly said, "I can't believe I said that," and began to fan herself.
The 62-year-old reporter said she and 48-year-old Laign "talked about" having a ceremony in the past. However, the couple put it off after Laign was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021.
During her ordeal with treatment, Roberts shared a hopeful update on behalf of Laign after she underwent surgery in February 2022.
"My sweet Amber wanted me to tell you something that she's been facing. At the end of last year, Amber was diagnosed with breast cancer," Roberts revealed in a Twitter video. "She had surgery last month and this morning will begin chemotherapy. Thankfully, the prognosis is good."
Due to "complications with the chemotherapy," Laign had to suspend her treatments. However, she returned to radiation therapy and completed it in July 2022.
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Jessalyn Gilsig is a Canadian actress known for her roles in the television series Boston Public, Nip/Tuck and as Will Schuester's ex-wife Terri Schuester in Glee. She has also appeared in several episodes of NYPD Blue, Prison Break, and Heroes as well as several other series.
Gilsig was born in Montreal, Quebec, the daughter of Claire, a writer and translator, and Toby Gilsig, an engineer. She began acting at age 12. She attended high school at Trafalgar School for Girls in downtown Montreal. She later studied at Harvard University's American Repertory Theater and attended McGill University from 1989 to 1993, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1993.
Gilsig first met Bobby Salomon when both were Montreal high school students. They briefly dated, with Gilsig commenting that Salomon was the "cool guy" and football team quarterback. After Salomon, now a film producer, moved to Hollywood in 2002, he and Gilsig renewed their friendship and began dating again. The pair wed on January 1, 2005. As Salomon is Jewish and Gilsig is Jewish on her father's side, the couple had a traditional Jewish wedding. Gilsig and Salomon have a daughter, Penelope, born on September 26, 2006. Gilsig filed for divorce from Salomon on September 8, 2010, citing irreconcilable differences. They had been separated since 2009.
She began her career as a voice actress. She has done voices in the films Mascarade and The Journey Home and the television series The Little Flying Bears, Young Robin Hood and Gulliver's Travels.
In 1995, she moved to New York City where she appeared in several off-Broadway plays. Although she had appeared in several Canadian productions in the late 1980s/early 1990s, her television career began during the late 1990s when she guest-starred in several television series, including Viper and Seven Days. However, it was her association with David E. Kelley that led to her starring role in Boston Public.
After guest-starring in two episodes of Kelley's The Practice, Gilsig was cast in two episodes of another Kelley program, the short-lived Snoops. Although the series was cancelled before Gilsig's episodes were broadcast, Kelley wrote the part of Lauren Davis in Boston Public specifically for her. The series premiered in September 2000 on FOX. Gilsig left the series after the end of the season in May 2002.
Following her departure from Boston Public, Gilsig joined the cast of Nip/Tuck in 2003 as Gina Russo, a role she continued until her character was killed off in 2008. In 2004, she appeared in five episodes of NYPD Blue, followed by four episodes of FOX's Prison Break in 2005. In early 2006, she guest-starred in an episode of Law & Order.
In addition to her extensive credits in television and theatre, Gilsig also has some experience with films. She had a small role in the 1998 film The Horse Whisperer and provided the speaking voice for Kayley in the animated film Quest for Camelot (Andrea Corr performed the character's songs), also released in 1998. In 2004, she appeared in Chicks with Sticks as well as See This Movie.
In 2007-2008, she had recurring roles in two television series. On NBC she played Shelley, the sister of Tami Taylor in Friday Night Lights as well as Claire Bennet's biological mother, Meredith Gordon, on Heroes. Gilsig played the main role of Terri Schuester on the Fox show Glee from 2009-2011. She appeared in one of the lead roles in the 2007 movie Flood.
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Erich Kopischke (* 20. Oktober 1956 in Elmshorn) war von 2009 bis 2012 Präsident des Gebiets Europa der Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der Letzten Tage.

Familie
Erich Kopischke wurde am 20. Oktober 1956 als Sohn von Kurt E. und Helga Kopischke in Elmshorn geboren. Seine Eltern stammen aus dem Osten Deutschlands und siedelten kurz vor der Geburt ihres Sohnes Erich nach Westdeutschland über. Erich Kopischke heiratete Christiane Glück 1978 im Tempel der Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der Letzten Tage im schweizerischen Zollikofen. Sie sind die Eltern von zwei Töchtern und fünf Söhnen. Die Familie wohnt in Usingen in Hessen.

Ausbildung und Beruf
Erich Kopischke hat eine abgeschlossene kaufmännische Ausbildung und war als selbständiger Versicherungsmakler tätig. Später war er zehn Jahre lang geschäftsführender Direktor der Nürnberger Versicherungsgruppe. Danach nahm er eine Anstellung beim Bildungswesen der Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der Letzten Tage an, wo er bis zum Gebietsdirektor für das Gebiet Europa Mitte aufstieg, ehe er als Missionspräsident in Berlin berufen wurde. Zum Zeitpunkt seiner Berufung als Mitglied des Ersten Kollegiums der Siebzig war er als Koordinator für die Bildungsprogramme der Kirche in Frankfurt zuständig.

Kirchliches Wirken
Erich Kopischke wurde am 31. März 2007 im Alter von 50 Jahren als Mitglied des Ersten Kollegiums der Siebzig der Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der Letzten Tage berufen. Zuvor war er Gebietssiebziger. Seit 2009 ist er Präsident des Gebiets Europa der Kirche. Als Gebietspräsident rief er die Mitglieder der Kirche bei einem internationalen Konferenzgottesdienst dazu auf, "ihren Mitmenschen Gutes zu tun". Bei seiner ersten Ansprache in einer Generalkonferenz betonte er die Bedeutung des Missionswerkes der Kirche. Bei zwei internationalen Kongressen aus Regierungsvertretern und Repräsentanten verschiedener Religionen im Jahr 2010 sprach er sich für die Achtung vor Andersgläubigen aus.
Als junger Mann absolvierte er eine Mission in Bayern. 2003 wurde er als Präsident der Mission in Berlin berufen, die das Gebiet der ehemaligen DDR einschließlich ganz Berlin umfasste. Vor dieser Berufung hatte er zahlreiche Ämter in der Kirche inne, darunter Pfahlpräsident, Distriktspräsident, Hoher Rat, Zweigpräsident und Ratgeber in zwei Bischofschaften.

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 Kurzbiografie auf der Website der Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der Letzten Tage
 Glaube der Familie wurzelt in der Opferbereitschaft der Vorfahren

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Südharz est une commune du Land de Saxe-Anhalt (Allemagne) située dans l'arrondissement de Mansfeld-Harz-du-Sud.

Elle regroupe , et est en superficie une des plus grandes municipalités d'Allemagne.

Le plus connu de ces  est Stolberg, grâce à ses maisons anciennes à colombages, ses églises, ses tours, et son imposant château.

Géographie
La commune est située dans le sud de la région montagneuse du Harz, ce qui lui a donné son nom.

Son centre se trouve à  à l'est du centre de Nordhausen, à  à l'ouest de celui de Halle-sur-Saale.

Histoire
La commune de Südharz a été créée le  dans le cadre de la réforme territoriale de Saxe-Anhalt.

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Deliveroo advert banned over 'misleading' takeaway customers
The television ad, seen on March 19, showed various scenes of people eating food in unusual places
James RodgerAdvanced Content Writer
Deliveroo has been officially launched in Nuneaton (Image: Mikael Buck / Deliveroo)
An ad for food service Deliveroo has been banned for misleadingly implying it could deliver anywhere in the UK.
The television ad, seen on March 19, showed various scenes of people eating food, using the Deliveroo app and having food delivered to them in unusual locations or circumstances.
A voice-over stated: "Order what you want; where you want; when you want it," as someone was shown receiving a delivery in a field after apparently tunnelling under-ground to escape from prison.
An astronaut was also shown receiving a delivery in space.
On-screen text at the bottom of the page stated: "Some restrictions apply, obviously ... "
Some 22 complainants, who understood that Deliveroo did not deliver to their areas, challenged whether the ad was misleading.
Deliveroo acknowledged that there were locations which they did not currently cover but believed the text "Some restrictions apply, obviously" made this clear.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said consumers were likely to expect that Deliveroo's service applied throughout the UK without exception "given the absolute nature of the claim".
21 restaurants covered as Deliveroo launches in Nuneaton
The ASA said: "Given the expectation set up by the ad, we considered it was not sufficient to make consumers aware they would need to check for availability in their area.
"Because we considered the ad suggested delivery was unrestricted throughout the UK when that was not the case, we concluded that it was likely to mislead."
A Deliveroo spokesman said: "Deliveroo designed a playful advert to show that, through our service, people are able to order food to a wide range of places, whether home or work, for a range of occasions.
"We know some will be disappointed that their local area isn't currently served by Deliveroo, but we are expanding rapidly across the UK and will be coming to their town or city soon."


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Q: Why I am getting "column reference *** is ambiguous"? This query runs perfectly well on postgress and returns 2 columns that I am looking for:
SELECT  w.jobnr, w.ordernr
FROM
    (SELECT jobnr, ordernr FROM userdata.WIP_Data WHERE Year=2015 AND period=1) AS W
    LEFT OUTER JOIN
    (SELECT jobnr, ordernr FROM userdata.WIP_Data WHERE Year=2015 AND period=2) AS P
    ON W.Jobnr=P.Jobnr;

It returns:

But when I enclose this query in a function as under:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION userdata.test3()
 RETURNS TABLE(jobnr character varying, ordernr character varying)
 LANGUAGE plpgsql
AS $function$
BEGIN
    RETURN QUERY
    SELECT  w.jobnr, w.ordernr
    FROM
        (SELECT jobnr, ordernr FROM userdata.WIP_Data WHERE Year=2015 AND period=1) AS W

        LEFT OUTER JOIN
        (SELECT jobnr, ordernr FROM userdata.WIP_Data WHERE Year=2015 AND period=2) AS P
        ON W.Jobnr=P.Jobnr;
END;
$function$

and execute it by SELECT * from userdata.test3()
I am getting following error:
ErrorCode: -2147467259
Severity: ERROR, Code: 42702, Line: 1076, Position:
ErrorMessage: column reference "jobnr" is ambiguous
Detail: It could refer to either a PL/pgSQL variable or a table column.

Any idea what is wrong here and how can I resolve it? Thanks

A: May be a bug confusing the returning clausule
 RETURNS TABLE(jobnr character varying, ordernr character varying)

with a parameter declaration.
I know than jobnr is not a parameter (it is a column name of the returned recordset). But aperars to be that Postgres is confused about it.
Try it with others names in the RETURNS clausule
Is not a bug, it's a feature
@Andreas is right! But this is a nonsense feature.

A: For anyone who, like me, did not have the option to use table identifiers to distinguish columns from the ones in the RETURNS clause, switching the function's LANGUAGE from plpgsql to sql (and adapting the queries to that change) removed this ""feature"".
In my specific case, the conflict was with the express naming of columns on a RETURNING after an INSERT
I would like a solution that works while staying in plpgsql, but have not found it.

A: From the documentation,

36.4.9. SQL Functions Returning TABLE
There is another way to declare a function as returning a set, which
  is to use the syntax RETURNS TABLE(columns). This is equivalent to
  using one or more OUT parameters plus marking the function as
  returning SETOF record (or SETOF a single output parameter's type, as
  appropriate). This notation is specified in recent versions of the SQL
  standard, and thus may be more portable than using SETOF.

That means when you declare the function with RETURNS TABLE(jobnr character varying..., jobnr is an out parameter. Thus SELECT jobnr ... is ambiguous.
Try declaring the function with aliases for the tables in your select:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION userdata.test3()
 RETURNS TABLE(jobnr character varying, ordernr character varying)
 LANGUAGE plpgsql
AS $function$
BEGIN
    RETURN QUERY
    SELECT  w.jobnr, w.ordernr
    FROM
        (SELECT wip.jobnr, wip.ordernr FROM userdata.WIP_Data as wip WHERE Year=2015 AND period=1) AS W

        LEFT OUTER JOIN
        (SELECT wip.jobnr, wip.ordernr FROM userdata.WIP_Data as wip WHERE Year=2015 AND period=2) AS P
        ON W.Jobnr=P.Jobnr;
END;
$function$


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FCB Irvine currently has about 30 staffers. It has seen about 20 workers reassigned to FCB shop that opened in Los Angeles last summer. Rahul Roy serves as the managing director of both offices. Their roster of clients includes Irvine-based Taco Bell Corp.
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Tree sits make for high drama
Ken Butigan	November 8, 2012
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In market-driven societies, the philosopher Herbert Marcuse once said, protest is often treated like any other commodity that's consumed and disposed of. His advice? Make sure your action can't readily be devoured, digested and discredited. Instead, be sure that those you're trying to reach have to deal with what you're driving at.
Gandhi did this by taking a long, suspenseful walk to the sea. The civil rights movement made sure this happened with waves of sit-ins and freedom rides. The Occupy movement got this done by planting its flag in public space and not budging. And now, those resisting the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline are doing it by clambering into trees throughout a construction site in Texas.
These activists and Texas landowners are part of an ongoing movement to stop a pipeline that poses enormous immediate and long-term environmental risks — including ecological damage in Canada, potential spills in the U.S. agricultural heartland and the acceleration of climate change. Leading NASA climate scientist James Hansen describes the Keystone XL pipeline as "a fuse to the largest carbon bomb on the planet."
A campaign called Tar Sands Action put this message on the national radar last year when it organized two weeks of daily sit-ins outside the White House in which 1,253 people were arrested. Several months later, they organized 12,000 people to surround it. While all this helped slow the pipeline's momentum, it didn't stop construction entirely, which is why Texans have mounted what they're calling the Tar Sands Blockade.
Even as Superstorm Sandy was mainstreaming the reality of climate change last week, the blockaders were carrying on a 40-day tree-sit to dramatize and resist policies contributing to the potential multiplication of such a disaster in the future. A series of blog posts on the Tar Sands Blockade's website illuminate the resolve of not only the tree-sitters to stay put, but also the TransCanada pipeline officials and local law enforcement to remove them. For example, a police operation was conducted last week to remove tree-sitters Lauren and Pika (their last names don't appear on the blog) via a cherry picker from their 70-foot perch. Eventually they were removed and now face a battery of charges, including fourth degree (state) felony mischief.
This action has won strong support from a wide range of environmental groups, as well as Green Party presidential hopeful Jill Stein, who herself was arrested while resupplying the activists with food and Halloween treats last week. In a statement released by her campaign, Stein said, "I'm here to connect the dots between super storm Sandy and the record heat, drought, and fire we've seen this year and this Tar Sands pipeline, which will make all of these problems much worse."
This is far from the first such tree-sit campaign. A tree-sit was organized to challenge strip mining in 2011 and in 2012. This year the tactic was used to resist fracking and to protest a new biolab in Florida. Other "climbers" have included members of the Ruckus Society, students at the University of California Santa Cruz and the University of California Berkeley. But the most enduring example was Julia Butterfly Hill's two-year tree-sit in the late 1990s.
Fifteen years ago next month, Hill ascended a thousand-year-old redwood tree dubbed Luna in the Headwaters Forest of Northern California. From December 10, 1997, until December 23, 1999, Hill stayed put to prevent it and other trees in the area from being logged by Maxaam Corporation's Pacific Lumber Company. Hill's tree-sit, rooted in her acute vision of a wounded world longing for nonviolent healing, was reinforced by a vow: "When I climbed Luna, I gave my word to her, the forests, and all people that I would not allow my feet to touch the ground until I felt I had done everything I possibly could to protect her and the forests."
Having no clue what would come of her decision to live among Luna's branches, Hill integrated her maturing perception of and commitment to a holistic spirituality with an ongoing nonviolent action that directly interfered with logging but did so in a way that respected the sacredness of all.
"From where I sit, I can see everything that we are fighting for and everything we are fighting against, in one view," Hill discovered while aloft among Luna's limbs. "By not allowing my feet to touch the ground once during all this time, I've separated myself from the world down there."
These reflections came not from sitting in the safety and stability of her living room at home, but by living voluntarily adrift in the canopy of a redwood forest, willingly vulnerable and relentlessly persistent. "In the winter storms of 1997," she recalled, "there were some winds close to 90 mph. Major branches were ripped off Luna in the wind. Part of my fort collapsed, and I was thrown several feet. Sleet and hail were flying through the tarps, which had ripped. I know that Luna had to be holding onto me very hard that night."
In her book, The Legacy of Luna, Hill charts how this nonviolent spirit led her to reach out to John Campbell, the president of Pacific Lumber, and how they crafted a resolution. After many phone calls — Hill had a cell phone — Campbell traveled out to meet her. This led to eight months of negotiation. Hill charts how hostility gave way, in the face of her persistence, to openness, dialogue, and a settlement that spared Luna and established a buffer around her. Just before Christmas in 1999, Hill slowly rappelled down the side of the tree that had been her home for 738 days. (Here is a video account of this tree-sit and the larger struggle it was part of.)
Tree-sitters fuse the tactics of environmental nonviolent direct action (pioneered by Greenpeace and other organizations) with the methods of groups like Peace Brigades International and Witness for Peace, which offer "protective accompaniment" in war zones. They stand in the way, often slowing down the process of destruction and sometimes stopping it. Most of all, they can create the possibility that the rest of us might grapple with — and respond to — the problem and potential at hand.
Ken Butigan
Ken Butigan is director of Pace e Bene, a nonprofit organization fostering nonviolent change through education, community and action. He also teaches peace studies at DePaul University and Loyola University in Chicago.
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In market-driven societies, the philosopher Herbert Marcuse once said, protest is often treated like any other commodity that's consumed and disposed of. His advice? Make sure your action can't readily be devoured, digested and discredited. Instead, be sure that those you're trying to reach have to deal with what you're driving at.

Gandhi did this by taking a long, suspenseful walk to the sea. The civil rights movement made sure this happened with waves of sit-ins and freedom rides. The Occupy movement got this done by planting its flag in public space and not budging. And now, those resisting the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline are doing it by clambering into trees throughout a construction site in Texas.

These activists and Texas landowners are part of an ongoing movement to stop a pipeline that poses enormous immediate and long-term environmental risks — including ecological damage in Canada, potential spills in the U.S. agricultural heartland and the acceleration of climate change. Leading NASA climate scientist James Hansen describes the Keystone XL pipeline as "a fuse to the largest carbon bomb on the planet."

A campaign called Tar Sands Action put this message on the national radar last year when it organized two weeks of daily sit-ins outside the White House in which 1,253 people were arrested. Several months later, they organized 12,000 people to surround it. While all this helped slow the pipeline’s momentum, it didn’t stop construction entirely, which is why Texans have mounted what they’re calling the Tar Sands Blockade.

Even as Superstorm Sandy was mainstreaming the reality of climate change last week, the blockaders were carrying on a 40-day tree-sit to dramatize and resist policies contributing to the potential multiplication of such a disaster in the future. A series of blog posts on the Tar Sands Blockade’s website illuminate the resolve of not only the tree-sitters to stay put, but also the TransCanada pipeline officials and local law enforcement to remove them. For example, a police operation was conducted last week to remove tree-sitters Lauren and Pika (their last names don't appear on the blog) via a cherry picker from their 70-foot perch. Eventually they were removed and now face a battery of charges, including fourth degree (state) felony mischief.

This action has won strong support from a wide range of environmental groups, as well as Green Party presidential hopeful Jill Stein, who herself was arrested while resupplying the activists with food and Halloween treats last week. In a statement released by her campaign, Stein said, "I'm here to connect the dots between super storm Sandy and the record heat, drought, and fire we've seen this year and this Tar Sands pipeline, which will make all of these problems much worse."

This is far from the first such tree-sit campaign. A tree-sit was organized to challenge strip mining in 2011 and in 2012. This year the tactic was used to resist fracking and to protest a new biolab in Florida. Other "climbers" have included members of the Ruckus Society, students at the University of California Santa Cruz and the University of California Berkeley. But the most enduring example was Julia Butterfly Hill's two-year tree-sit in the late 1990s.

Fifteen years ago next month, Hill ascended a thousand-year-old redwood tree dubbed Luna in the Headwaters Forest of Northern California. From December 10, 1997, until December 23, 1999, Hill stayed put to prevent it and other trees in the area from being logged by Maxaam Corporation's Pacific Lumber Company. Hill's tree-sit, rooted in her acute vision of a wounded world longing for nonviolent healing, was reinforced by a vow: "When I climbed Luna, I gave my word to her, the forests, and all people that I would not allow my feet to touch the ground until I felt I had done everything I possibly could to protect her and the forests."

Having no clue what would come of her decision to live among Luna's branches, Hill integrated her maturing perception of and commitment to a holistic spirituality with an ongoing nonviolent action that directly interfered with logging but did so in a way that respected the sacredness of all.

"From where I sit, I can see everything that we are fighting for and everything we are fighting against, in one view,” Hill discovered while aloft among Luna's limbs. “By not allowing my feet to touch the ground once during all this time, I've separated myself from the world down there."

These reflections came not from sitting in the safety and stability of her living room at home, but by living voluntarily adrift in the canopy of a redwood forest, willingly vulnerable and relentlessly persistent. "In the winter storms of 1997,” she recalled, “there were some winds close to 90 mph. Major branches were ripped off Luna in the wind. Part of my fort collapsed, and I was thrown several feet. Sleet and hail were flying through the tarps, which had ripped. I know that Luna had to be holding onto me very hard that night."

In her book, The Legacy of Luna, Hill charts how this nonviolent spirit led her to reach out to John Campbell, the president of Pacific Lumber, and how they crafted a resolution. After many phone calls — Hill had a cell phone — Campbell traveled out to meet her. This led to eight months of negotiation. Hill charts how hostility gave way, in the face of her persistence, to openness, dialogue, and a settlement that spared Luna and established a buffer around her. Just before Christmas in 1999, Hill slowly rappelled down the side of the tree that had been her home for 738 days. (Here is a video account of this tree-sit and the larger struggle it was part of.)

Tree-sitters fuse the tactics of environmental nonviolent direct action (pioneered by Greenpeace and other organizations) with the methods of groups like Peace Brigades International and Witness for Peace, which offer "protective accompaniment" in war zones. They stand in the way, often slowing down the process of destruction and sometimes stopping it. Most of all, they can create the possibility that the rest of us might grapple with — and respond to — the problem and potential at hand.

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