text:
Q: using the partial view in view page I am using the normal view page. I have an AJAX form. When I click on the submit button on this form, i must be able to get the partial view updated. However I have tried with this option and found that the page request is needing a lot of time to render and I am sure that I messed up with this process more.
Here is the code that I have used,

*

*Inside the controller,
public ActionResult Index()
{
    Users allUsers = new Users();
    if (Request.IsAjaxRequest())
    return View("Index", allUsers.GetAllUsers());
   else
    return View(allUsers.GetAllUsers());
}

partial view [index.ascx]
    <%@ Control Language="C#"    Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl<IEnumerable<Model.Users>>" %>

             firstname

             userid

             dob

          address

  <% foreach (var item in Model)
      { %>

         <%: Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", new { /* id=item.PrimaryKey */ }) %>
         |
         <%: Html.ActionLink("Details", "Details", new { /* id=item.PrimaryKey */ })%>
         |
         <%: Html.ActionLink("Delete", "Delete", new { /* id=item.PrimaryKey */ })%>

         <%: item.firstname %>

         <%: item.userid %>

        <%: String.Format("{0:g}", item.dob) %>

        <%: item.address %>

          <% } %>

    <%: Html.ActionLink("Create New", "Create") %>

index.aspx page,
        <asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent" runat="server">
        <% using (Ajax.BeginForm("Index", new AjaxOptions
       {
           UpdateTargetId = "results"
       }))
           { %>
        <input id="Submit1" type="submit" value="submit" />
        <% } %>

            <% Html.RenderPartial("Index", ViewData.Model); %>

            Index

                    firstname

                    userid

                    dob

                    address

            <% foreach (var item in Model)
               { %>

                    <%: Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", new { /* id=item.PrimaryKey */ }) %>
                    |
                    <%: Html.ActionLink("Details", "Details", new { /* id=item.PrimaryKey */ })%>
                    |
                    <%: Html.ActionLink("Delete", "Delete", new { /* id=item.PrimaryKey */ })%>

                    <%: item.firstname %>

                    <%: item.userid %>

                    <%: String.Format("{0:g}", item.dob) %>

                    <%: item.address %>

            <% } %>

            <%: Html.ActionLink("Create New", "Create") %>

    </asp:Content>

A: Please try
return PartialView("index",allUsers.GetAllUsers())

in case of ajax request. i suspect that controller is sending the Viewpage when u call
return View("index", allUsers.GetAllUsers());

which in turns render the partial page hence creating some kind of mess during the process. conversely, u can try renaming your partial page to index1 and
return View("index1", allUsers.GetAllUsers());

A: It was a nice challenge that I had solved the problem by myself. I had put the ajax links inside the usercontrol and then put the results div in the index page inside which the data was rendered using the same partialview control.
Then in the controller's action method, i called the return partialview(viewname and model data).
That's the trick.. got things completed. Anyways thanks for your assistance so far.


text:
You mag
Mail Shop
Join the inn-crowd: Converting a pub is no easy task, but it can pay off for those with clear heads...
By Dominic Prince
Updated: 13:01 EDT, 8 July 2011
The British pub has iconic status. Trouble is that so many of them are struggling either to stay afloat or avoid being converted into chi-chi restaurants with a few rooms on the upper floors.
In 2010 alone, more than 1,300 boozers called last orders. What this means is that pubs are coming on to the market in record numbers, offering buyers a chance to turn them into homes, offices or flats.
Several years ago, a friend of mine bought a wonderful little pub called the Bugle Horn in the North Dorset village of Tarrant Gunville. Remote, on a quiet country lane and in a picturesque village, it had fallen into disrepair and was no longer viable as a village watering hole.
Cheers: Former pub Cricketers House in Hampshire is now on the market
My friend managed to get the planning restrictions lifted and, after a labour of love and serious expenditure, turned the building into a wonderful family home that he later sold at a good profit.
Buy a British bolthole! How park homes make a perfect UK base for Britons living abroad
Generally, because most pubs come with hefty planning restrictions — meaning they can only be used as pubs, bars or perhaps shops and cafes — you have to be pretty careful. If the local authority won't give you a change of use, you might find yourself pulling pints instead.
Steven Cooper, a former silversmith, bought the Fant Arms, in Maidstone, Kent, last year and has turned it into two three-bedroom cottages. Mr Cooper paid £200,000 to Admiral Taverns as part of its disposal of pubs that no longer had any community benefit or could not trade profitably. The former pub had been on the market for more than two years.
Transformation: Former pub and grade II listed property Cricketers House has been converted into a four bedroomed home
Mr Cooper decided to turn the former boozer into two cottages. So pleased was Cooper with his development that he has bought another pub in Maidstone, again from Admiral Taverns. Mr Cooper hasn't yet got planning permission for the Anchor & Hope, though he has an application in with Maidstone Council to demolish the existing premises and construct a new-build on the site. For this to be granted, the council needs information about trading and wants to see evidence that every effort has been made to keep it open as a pub.
Permission to change the use has been a nightmare, but it's a calculated risk
Maidstone was originally a hop-picking area, so there are plenty of pubs. Mr Cooper adds: 'Permission to change the use has been a nightmare, but it's a calculated risk. If it doesn't happen, I'll put the building into an auction.'
Until the outcome is known, Mr Cooper is still paying business rates on the premises — about three times what they'd be if it was classed as a residential dwelling. He bought both pubs through agents, Christie & Co. Neil Morgan from Christie advises caution: 'Anyone thinking of buying a pub for conversion is to do their homework on its status.'
Increasingly, it may prove difficult for pubs to be de-licensed, as more will be regarded as ' community assets'. Mr Morgan adds: 'Talk to the planning office, ensure the pub is not in a conservation or protected area and if there are restrictions on use.'
If you are considering a pub-to- residential conversion you could petition local residents to gather evidence in favour of closure. Simpler perhaps to buy one already modified, like grade II listed Cricketers House ( pictured) near Stratfield Saye in Hampshire, priced £650,000 (Hamptons International). The 1860 property was made into a four bedroomed home last year by the former landlords.
Christie & Co pub sales: 020 7227 0700, christie.com. Hamptons International, 01252 360590, hamptons.co.uk
TOP PROPERTY DEALS
Online estate agent
Fixed fees from £839
Kit out your home
Fee-free advice
Affordable designs
DON'T MISS: PROPERTY
The Grand Discount! Ultra-modern Grand Designs property with its own beach sees price cut by almost £1million - as owners sell for less than it cost to complete
Would you move house to support your children's careers? This couple did, swapping a luxury five-bed house for a one-bed flat on the ski slopes - and now their three children are heading to the Olympics
Is this the future for tenants? Build-to-Rent flats that include utility bills in the monthly cost and no deposit are available in Wembley Park but a studio is £1,450 a month
Buyer beware! Eight questions every first-time buyer must ask before they buy a flat - from what they can borrow, to leasehold and ground rent traps
Step back into the 1960s! Bland bungalow that's a secret timewarp to the Swinging Sixties with retro furniture and avocado bathroom hits market for £310,000
'We swapped our £400,000 Lincolnshire home for a 15-bed French chateau' Couple quit their jobs and move across the Channel to transform a run-down stately home into a B&B
Are you Keeping Up Appearances? Unique chance to be Hyacinth Bucket's 'neighbour' as house featured in the popular sitcom is listed for £495,000
'It looked like a 1980s porn set!' The house and swimming pool featured in C4 television show 'Love It or List It', with Phil Spencer describing it as being ' like Hugh Hefner's Surrey retreat'.
Inside the £1m Norwich penthouse that YouTube built Pixiwoo's Sam Chapman gives a tour of her £1million penthouse to her two million subscribers
Not such a folly! Grand Designs couple who spent £400k buying and renovating a 'mini-castle' put it on the market for £850k - just nine months after moving in
Both these homes cost £850,000, but which would you prefer? One is a castle in the Wiltshire village of West Ashton and the other is a flat in the West London borough of Hounslow
A real celebrity hideout Luxury £3M home for sale on the private Cotswolds estate where Kay Burley successfully hid on Celebrity Hunted
Reduce, reuse and recycle! How Escape to the Chateau stars Dick and Angel indulge their love of vintage items, including a recycled copper bath
It's a real showstopper! Two water towers in Essex have been converted into a £1.6m home that includes two original theatre signs from the West End
Fancy living at one of Europe's smartest addresses? Luxury homes for sale at Portugal's Quinta do Lago where Holly Willoughby and Dragon's Den Peter Jones hang out
How to give your home the Instagram factor An Airbnb expert's 10 interior design tricks to make your property stand out
Childhood memories that led to a Grand Design How Steph and Alex Wilson built a countryside home for £370k, with a little help from a lifelong friend
Fancy living the life of an Apprentice candidate? Former contestant Harrison Jones is selling his £350k flat in West London
Will this be London's next iconic building to live in? Canary Wharf continues to be transformed by a tower designed by the architects behind the Tate Modern and Bird's Nest
Revealed: Britain's top 10 most expensive streets (outside of London) Surrey street popular with Premier League stars has the priciest property with homes costing £6million
How much does a two-bedroom home cost? Take our tricky quiz to see if you can guess the price of 10 properties across Britain
Ever spotted the unusual row of period townhouses beside the A4 when entering West London? We reveal their stunning interiors as one becomes available to buy for £2m
Sutton or Sandbanks? Old family home in South London is replaced with multi-million pound designer house similar to those found in the Dorset millionaire's playground
The ultimate treehouse! West Midlands home built from timber grown in the backyard cost £275k to build and is now for sale for £795k

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Steven L. Foster
The Battle of Gettysburg: Hallowed Ground That Shaped the Civil War
No fewer than ten separate roads lead into the small Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg; though in the summer of 1863, all roads seemed to lead there. What was once a thriving hamlet devoted to agriculture trading would be transformed into the locus of the Civil War effort, and the true turning point of the war. A battle that the Confederacy had to win, and the Union had to simply not lose, over a span of three days the two armies fought relentlessly in the blazing summer heat. Over 50,000 soldiers from both sides would fall either dead or wounded from the intense fighting that gripped the idyllic Pennsylvania hills and farmland, and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia would be forced back south to reevaluate its strategy for victory.
General Robert E. Lee was riding a wave of momentum through the late spring of 1863 in the Eastern Theater. In the wake of his victories over Hooker's Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg, Lee was prepared to take a huge strategic gamble by shifting his focus north. By doing so, he would hopefully pull the Union forces out of Virginia while at the same time threatening Washington and breaking the Union will. Further, Lee knew to overcome the dire situation in besieged Vicksburg he would have to divide the north, weaken their army and their resolve, and capitalize on the rising peace movement that was taking hold. Lee had repeatedly tasted victory despite at times overwhelming odds and, much like the Athenians of old, he was "grasping for more."
After Chancellorsville, Lee determined that "remaining quietly on the defensive" was the worst course of action he could take, and began to set the conditions for his advance north. The Army of Northern Virginia started its movement north through the Shenandoah Valley on the western edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains, using the terrain to mask their movement from Union cavalry scouts. On June 9, 1863, Union troops under the command of Alfred Pleasonton and John Buford intercepted J.E.B. Stuart's famed cavalry forces along the Rappahannock River at Brandy Station. While Pleasonton was supposed to "disperse and destroy" Stuart's cavalry, he came nowhere close to this result, and failed to even produce any actionable idea of Lee's plan to invade Pennsylvania. Conversely, Buford's Union cavalry placed enough of a beating on Stuart's troops that it slowed their momentum for a time, but it was just enough to rile Stuart's ego and leave him ready to prove his mettle yet again.
Through the final days of June, Lee's army moved north, foraging the Pennsylvania countryside in search of the Army of the Potomac.
After Brandy Station, Lee's army continued to march north, with Richard S. Ewell's Second Corps leading the movement followed by James Longstreet, with A.P. Hill remaining at Fredericksburg for the time being. As the Union sensed the South's plans, General-in-Chief Henry Halleck made his own preparations. President Lincoln dispatched "Fighting Joe" Hooker's Army of the Potomac to begin sending forces to intercept the pending Confederate invasion, with Lincoln demanding that Hooker keep his army in a position to protect Washington. At the same time, Stuart was screening the Confederate movement along the mountain range, a decision that ultimately led to a lack of Rebel cavalry in place on the first day of the battle. Through the final days of June, Lee's army moved north, foraging the Pennsylvania countryside in search of the Army of the Potomac. On July 1, 1863, they would find them.
Just three days before the two armies would clash in Gettysburg however, the Army of the Potomac would undergo a change of leadership. On June 28, Hooker submitted his resignation to President Lincoln, which was accepted. Had he not resigned, there is little doubt he would have been relieved, as his recalcitrance over the numerical disparity between the sides was wearing on Lincoln's patience. Furthermore, Lincoln certainly knew that he had to have the right man leading the Army of the Potomac for this engagement, as Lee's resolve to end the war in Union territory was steeled. The general swore to "throw an overwhelming force at their [the Union] advance, crush it, follow up the success, drive one corps back on another, and by successive repulses and surprises create a panic and virtually destroy the enemy. [Then] the war will be over and we shall achieve the recognition of our independence." Fortunately for Lincoln, he found the commander he needed in Major General George Gordon Meade. The short-tempered Meade had made his name as a division commander, and was an astute tactician, leading from the front. Dubbed a "goddamned old goggle-eyed snapping turtle" by one of his men, he nonetheless commanded the respect of his soldiers and fellow generals alike. Meade however, would not be in Pennsylvania on the day the first shots were fired.
July 1st, 1863 — The Fight For the Ridge Lines
The manner in which fighting in Gettysburg began has found itself shrouded in folklore and historical legend. Major General Henry Heth's division of A.P. Hill's corps was marching southward toward Gettysburg, but what they were heading there for is debatable among historians. Many contend that Heth's soldiers were in search of supplies, namely shoes, when they encountered the first lines of Buford's scouts for the opening skirmish. What Heth encountered were the advance troops of Brigadier General John Buford's cavalry division, who had arrived to Gettysburg a day earlier and scouted the terrain along which they would carry the fight to the Confederates. Soon after, the first shots of the Battle of Gettysburg were fired, and three days of hell would follow. As Buford's cavalrymen engaged the Rebel advance on the morning of July 1st, Major General John Reynolds's First Corps was closing in on Gettysburg. Upon hearing that the cavalry was fully engaged, Reynolds "went to the town on a fast gallop…"
"Forward men, forward for God's sake and drive those fellows out of those woods!"
As the fight along McPherson Ridge escalated, Heth continued to send more power to support his forces. Buford had taken an observation post in the cupola of the nearby Lutheran Theological Seminary, situated on the aptly named Seminary Ridge, to monitor the battle as it intensified. Buford watched as his skirmishers were reinforced by two of Reynolds' brigades, one of which was the famed Iron Brigade, known as one of the fiercest fighting outfits in the Union army. Reynolds was at the lead of this charge, shouting, "Forward men, forward for God's sake and drive those fellows out of those woods!" He pressed his men into position along the edge of McPherson Ridge, and as he turned to face the remaining men moving along the ridge, he was felled by a Confederate bullet which struck him in the head. The highest ranking casualty of the battle would fall in the first hour of fighting.
Reynolds' division would now be commanded by Abner Doubleday, the general often referred to as the inventor of baseball, though this is yet another myth from Gettysburg lore. Doubleday's priority was to secure the flank of the Iron Brigade along Seminary Ridge, and prevent the collapse of the line along this piece of ground. Unfortunately, on the other end of the Union line the Confederates were finding much more success. By the afternoon of the 1st, Heth was preparing for a second attack along McPherson's Ridge. Around the same time, Ewell was moving troops into position to the north to support Jubal Early's division that was heavily engaged against elements of the Union Eleventh Corps. Known as the "Dutch Corps," the Eleventh was caught off-guard by Early's flank attack, and collapsed under the weight of the Confederate assault. This was an opportunity to exploit a shift in momentum, but instead became what many regard as the key lapse in judgment of the battle.
Lee's guidance to Ewell was to attack Cemetery Ridge "if practicable," and according to Ewell's assessment, it was not. The usually pugnacious, one-legged general chose not to press the attack on the Union positions before nightfall, giving the Army of the Potomac a chance to recover and receive reinforcements overnight.
July 2nd, 1863 — Little Round Top
Chamberlain's Charge by Mort Kunstler
On July 2nd, Robert E. Lee felt the best option would be to focus his attack on the leftmost portion of the Union line, and consulted his trusted adviser James Longstreet for ideas of how to do so. Longstreet was not particularly impressed with any of the prospects available, and made these feelings abundantly clear to Lee. Unfortunately, Lee was not in any mood to deal with obstinate subordinates. Given J.E.B. Stuart's absence and the fact that Heth became engaged in a fight Lee wasn't particularly looking for, Lee had to look for ways to capitalize on the situation and maintain momentum. To do this, however, Lee had to get ahead of reinforcements enroute from the rest of the Army of the Potomac, and he was forced to accomplish this without the eyes and ears of Stuart's cavalry. Lee directed Longstreet to take his divisions to the Union left, and prepare to assault the Union lines.
Longstreet, worn down by the march and the course of events of the day, was increasingly frustrated with the way things were unfolding.
What followed Lee's directions to Longstreet provides yet another layer of complexity and drama to the story of Gettysburg. Many students of Civil War history argue that "Old Pete" shares a significant portion of the blame for the result of the battle. Whether it was the lack of cavalry scouts to reconnoiter an attack point, or the lack of zeal for Lee's plan, not only did he petition to wait for additional divisions to arrive to begin movement, Longstreet also took a significant detour to his assault position. This decision delayed the attack by several hours after the original plan.
Ultimately, Longstreet's troopers did not arrive to their objective until around 3:00 pm, after many of the Confederates had marched for nearly nine hours after stepping off in the early hours of the morning of July 2nd. Longstreet, worn down by the march and the course of events of the day, was increasingly frustrated with the way things were unfolding. At the same time, Meade was having problems of his own. Meade's line had become disjointed when Dan Sickles' Third Corps moved into a position well forward of where Meade had instructed them to take. When Sickles asked Meade if he were to move back into position, Meade told him "You cannot hold this position, but the enemy will not let you get away without a fight…" And they did not.
Longstreet's assault began at around 4:00 pm on July 2nd. With regiments from Alabama, Texas, and Arkansas, as well as brigades from A.P. Hill's corps assaulted Seminary Ridge, the Peach Orchard, Rose farm, the Wheatfield, and Devil's Den. In the midst of this fighting was when Sickles received the infamous wound that would take his leg off, only to be hauled off the battlefield with a cigar in his mouth. The intense fighting of the next several hours would litter the battlefield with the dead and wounded. Some historians note that in the Wheatfield alone, there were so many bodies one could walk across the field without touching the ground. Near Devil's Den, there were nearly 8,000 dead after just the first three hours. Gettysburg was becoming a true Hell on earth, but the Confederates were determined to overtake the Union's far left flank position near the summit of Little Round Top.
"Paddy, give me a regiment!"
Meade sent his chief of engineers, Brigadier General G.K. Warren to Little Round Top to survey the situation, and what Warren saw was the Confederate line moving toward their position. Looking for reinforcements, Warren called to 140th New York's Colonel Patrick O'Rourke, "Paddy, give me a regiment!"O'Rourke scurried to grab as many men as he could, while further support was dispatched to support the flank. Many of the reinforcements that would arrive would come from Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's 20th Maine, who were ordered to hold the position "at all costs," as their location on Little Round Top comprised the extreme left flank of the Union line. Were William Oates's Confederates to defeat the 20th Maine, the Union defense would surely collapse.
While Chamberlain's men were moving into position, Paddy O'Rourke was rallying his men on the opposite side of the hill when he was mortally wounded by a shot to the neck. Enraged by the fall of their commander, the 140th delivered a hail of gunfire to repel the Confederate assault along the east. To the west, Chamberlain was preparing to do all he could to hold defend the hill, telling his men: "Stand firm ye boys from Maine. For not once in a century are men permitted to bear such responsibilities for freedom and justice. For God and humanity are as now placed upon you." With men and ammunition exhausted alike, Chamberlain gave the command to "fix bayonets." His regiment's charge into the Confederate line drove back the assaulters, and when the remainder of Strong Vincent's brigade arrived, Little Round Top was saved. Chamberlain would of course receive the Medal of Honor for his gallant defense of this pivotal high ground.
July 3rd, 1863 — Pickett's Charge
Picketts charge from a position on the Confederate line looking toward the Union lines, Zieglers grove on the left, clump of trees on right by Edwin Forbes
"Turn your eyes which way you will, the whole Heavens were filled with shot and shell, fire and smoke."
The third and final day of the Battle of Gettysburg would be no less dramatic than the previous two. Dawn broke that day with a Union artillery barrage on the Confederate position at Culp's Hill, which had been reinforced overnight by Ewell's corps. Named for a local farmer whose great-grandson would fight and die for the Confederates' futile effort to take this piece of land, Culp's Hill would be the focus of the fighting for the first few hours of July 3rd. By later that morning, however, Culp's Hill would fall silent, only to be replaced soon after by a deafening exchange of artillery between the two sides. For nearly two hours, over 250 cannons from both Union and Confederate artillery exchanged fire. One Union Sergeant described the scene: "Turn your eyes which way you will, the whole Heavens were filled with shot and shell, fire and smoke."
At the same time, a series of fierce cavalry attacks were beginning. J.E.B. Stuart was finally in Gettysburg behind Ewell's Corps preparing to attack the Union rear, while Union cavaliers under the command of George Armstrong Custer attacked and counterattacked on what is now known as the aptly named Cavalry Field. Custer would begin a fine record of Cavalry leadership through the last two years of the Civil War this day at Gettysburg, a legacy that is forever overshadowed by his disastrous defeat at Little Bighorn.
"General, shall I advance?"
July 3rd marked yet another disagreement between Lee and Longstreet concerning the plan of attack. Longstreet proposed another flanking movement to the Union left, but Lee was having none of it. Facing the direction of the Union line held by John Gibbon's division Lee said, "The enemy is there, and I am going to take them where they are." With that proclamation, the stage was set for one of the most infamous infantry charges known throughout military history.
Gibbon's troops were situated near a copse of trees at a location called "The Angle" and, despite Longstreet's protests, this position would serve as the central point against Lee would direct all his force on the afternoon of the 3rd. Assembling nearly 12,000 men under the command of Major General George Pickett, the Confederates moved into position in a swale across the fields from The Angle. By the time Longstreet was ready to commit to the assault, his artillery was low on ammunition, and unable to further soften the union defenses. Pickett awaited his orders: "General, shall I advance?" Longstreet could not bring himself to utter the answer, though he knew it was a must for the infantry to advance. Moving back to his men, Pickett called out "Up you men and to your posts! Don't forget today that you are from old Virginia!" The 12–13,000 men would cross nearly three-quarters of a mile of open field, to include Emmitsburg Road, while directing this frontal assault on an elevated Union position. If it sounds like a desperate suicide mission, it's because it was.
Marching in "common time" in the face of shell and canister, Pickett's men held their formation until the leftward oblique movement to direct their force against the front of Gibbon's line. At the same time, to Pickett's left the forces of Brigadier General J. Johnston Pettigrew were stalling. Emmitsburg Road slowed their advance, and Pettigrew's leaders were felled one after the other by the Union defense. Pettigrew, shot off his horse and forced to command from the ground, found few leaders available to keep the fight going beyond the road. Because as many North Carolinians under Pettigrew took part in this assault as Pickett's Virginians, many argue that Pettigrew's name should be added to the famed moniker of the assault, though these opinions generally fall along the lines of the home state of the historian.
In the face of Pickett's oblique turning movement, Gibbon maintained cool and steady leadership at the mount, regulating the pace of his men's fire and holding the line. As Pickett's men closed, their formations began to break, and though they scraped together a semblance of a final charge, the Union line repelled their attack. As Pickett limped back to his commanders, Lee directed him to place his division in a position to stop a counterattack. "General Lee," Pickett said with dejection, "I have no division now." Surely he did not.
Over 7,000 casualties were sustained between the two sides during this assault alone. Meade delayed his counterattack for several days, though they pursued the Army of Northern Virginia as it made its retreat south.
To say the Battle of Gettysburg turned the tide of the Civil War does little to give tribute to the thousands who fell on that hallowed ground. Through the Slaughter Pen and Devil's Den, these soldiers fought tirelessly in the July heat, and the Confederate invasion of the north was repulsed. Coupled with Grant's Fourth of July victory in Vicksburg, the Union grabbed the momentum finally.Though the war would carry on for another twenty-one months, Gettysburg provided the opportunity for the Army of the Potomac to seize the initiative in the war and finally redeem its glory. For the Army of Northern Virginia, it served as the starting point of a series of campaigns during which the Union would chase Lee southward, to his final surrender at Appamatox.
Gettysburg National Cemetery (National Park Service)
Steven L. Foster is an Army Strategist currently assigned to United States Transportation Command and a Featured Writer on The Bridge. The views expressed in this article do not reflect the policy or position of any official organization.
Header Image: Thure de Thulstrup's Battle of Gettysburg, showing Pickett's Charge. (Public Domain)
Luvaas, Jay, and Harold W. Nelson. The U.S. Army War College Guide to the Battle of Gettysburg. South Mountain Press, 1987.
McPherson, James M. Hallowed Ground: A Walk at Gettysburg. New York: Random House Audio, 2003.
Sears, Stephen W. Gettysburg. Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
Tagged: Gettysburg
Newer PostThe Cockroach Approach: Bombing Our Own Failed Narrative
Older PostMicro-Blog and Lead


автор Frederic P. издательство Книга по Требованию Архитектура. Градостроительство.
Аннотация: The festival includes international and local music, handcrafts, dancing, cuisine, children' s activities, outdoor adventures, drum circles, a zipline, canoeing, etc. Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) is a non-profit organization established to build community and enrich lives through the arts, locally and globally, through festivals, events, mentoring, and educational programs. Occurring twice a year since 1995, Lake Eden Arts Festival, based in Black Mountain, North Carolina has established a reputation as being one of the best festivals in the southeast. High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Washington Post recognized it in 2001 as, "The best cultural Mix and Match Festival in the nation".
Integrating the Visual Arts. What are the Consequences?
An Integral Approach Expressive Arts-Based Learning for Leadership Development.


Minimalist leather pencil case is a great way of keeping your stationery and pens. Stylish design, beautiful color and great size for convenient use. Can be used as a pen and pencil case, or even as a mini make-up bag.
Envelope pencil case made from high quality black leather. Handstitched with waxed thread that is strong and durable. Pencil case is closed on the solid brass button stud.
Amazing. Very happy with my leather pencil case.


The Queer Comics Database is not affiliated with any publishers or review sites. It was created by Aydin Kwan and Le Button as a Capstone project for the University of Washington's iSchool program, with support from Geeks OUT.
Le Button is a Seattle-based queer geek and library person. He loves Batwoman, O Human Star, DC Comics Bombshells, and Teen Dog.


I had a good night teaching, despite my increasingly sore throat and the stress of being around the surprisingly ill Kim. I tried to write an entry about something that's been bothering me lately upon returning, but wasn't up to the task of doing it right. So I've abandoned the effort for now in order to herald the arrival in our house of Grandma and Opa, otherwise known as the Bertsches. Kim took some pictures of Skylar bouncing on our bed -- temporarily Grandma and Opa's bed -- while I was out.
The framed hearts on the left are all Skylar's creations, as are the decorating concepts used on her grandparents; the bedspread is Kim's handiwork.


text:
August 30, 2016 by eerieh2o
Stone Lab: The Science and Beauty of Lake Erie
DALE BOWMAN 08/28/2016, 07:36am
Stone Laboratory is both a place of serious research and a place of beauty on Gibraltar Island on Lake Erie, which includes Perry's Lookout.
Credit: Dale Bowman
PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio–You gotta have a Lab for your HAB.
Good thing Lake Erie has Stone Laboratory, oldest freshwater biological field station in the United States (1929).
Cooke Castle.
What first caught my attention about Stone Lab had nothing to do with science. While fishing for smallmouth bass about 15 years ago off South Bass Island, I was drawn to a small island (Gibraltar) with a barely visible mansion (Jay Cooke Mansion). Small islands pull at me.
But Stone Lab is more than scenic, though it is, including a natural arch, "Eye of the Needle,'' and Perry's Lookout from the Battle of Lake Erie. As a campus for Ohio State University and site for Ohio Sea Grant studies, Stone Lab has been central to much Great Lakes research.
That research assumed more than scholarly importance when Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) rocketed into international news with toxins shutting off drinking water to 400,000 in the Toledo area in 2014.
I jumped at the chance for a two-day conference there, focused on HAB, earlier this month.
As toxic algae bloom spreads, will Michigan add Lake Erie to impaired list?
At motor yacht cruises through green water in Lake Erie on Sept. 29, 2015. New data indicates that harmful algal bloom-fueling phosphorus in the River Raisin, a Lake Erie tributary, has been reduced by nearly 50 percent in the past seven years, a drop that state officials are attributing to conservation farming practices.
By Garret Ellison | gellison@mlive.com
LANSING, MI — As this summer's harmful algae bloom in Lake Erie grows in toxicity, Michigan environmental regulators are still reviewing whether to add the state's portion of the lake to a list of impaired waters that was supposed to be in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's hands this spring.
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality said it's in "discussions with both internal and external partners" about the designation for Western Lake Erie, which has inevitably turned green again thanks to rampant algae growth.
Environmental groups are pushing for the "impaired" designation, which would trigger more stringent pollution controls under the federal Clean Water Act.
The biennial report was due April 1.
"The Clean Water Act provides powerful tools to protect our drinking water, public health and economy," said Joel Brammeier, CEO of the Chicago-based nonprofit Alliance for the Great Lakes." It's time to use them.
Farmers encouraged to adopt different strategies for managing nutrient runoff
By Louis Pin, Postmedia Network
Friday, August 19, 2016 11:26:44 EDT AM
The Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority is monitoring the Thames River, with heavy rainfall expected this week. Environment Canada issued a special weather statement predicting between 25 and 50 mm of rain overnight Tuesday and Wednesday. (Trevor Terfloth, The Daily News)
Algae blooms are nothing new in southern Ontario.
Last summer a number of harmful blooms resulted in beach closures and brought to the forefront an alarming trend, as phosphorous runoff turned portions of Lakes St. Clair and Erie into a toxic blue and green mess.
The Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority, along with a number of organizations under the Thames River Clear Water Revival umbrella group, are trying to reduce blooms by 40 per cent.
According to Colin Little, Agricultural Program Coordinator with the LTVCA, the blooms are dangerous at their current level but beneficial in moderation.
"Forty per cent is where they figure they can reduce blooms so it's not a risk to our water source," Little said. "Essentially they're part of the natural process, algae growth … but at the level they're releasing right now, there's an element they're releasing [that is] toxic – not good for us."
There are a number of causes for algae blooms, including nutrient runoff from farmland. Phosphorous is an ingredient in fertilizer which can drain into major waterways like the Thames River. It's a problem the Clear Water Revival group wants to address without disrupting farming operations.
Creeping into lakes
Blue-green algae can release toxins dangerous to people, pets
By Christopher Stephens and Scott L. Miley CNHI News Service
Scott L. Miley | The Herald BulletinMatt and Kiri Kiefer watch as their son Lucas Kiefer, 4, runs from the water at Brookville Lake in southeastern Indiana. Although the state has posted an advsiory about blue-green algae in the water, the Kiefers, along with daughter Violet, 14 months, planned to rinse off after their swim.
BROOKVILLE — Matt Kiefer was wary about taking his family to swim at the scenic Brookville Lake beach at Mounds State Recreation Area where state officials have detected high levels of blue-green algae.
So before he drove his wife, Kiri, along with son Lucas, 4, and daughter Violet, 14 months, for a Sunday morning dip, he looked online for information.
"I read up on it and how a lot of lakes are affected by the algae through over-fertilization and runoff, but I haven't seen any effects of it," he said.
On that sunny day at Brookville Lake, a yellow sign advised swimmers to avoid drinking the lake water and to shower after swimming.
Brookville is just one of several Hoosier lakes where blue-green algae blooms have caused concern for naturalists and nature lovers.
Can Ontario farmers find a way to tame Lake Erie's algae bloom?
by John Michael McGrath
Officials estimate the Lake Erie algae bloom will be smaller in 2016. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)
Southwestern Ontario farmers are taking the first steps to discover how phosphorus that fuel Lake Erie's annual algae bloom could be reduced to levels that don't cover the lake in slime. It's a small step, but one that could pave the way for larger reductions in Canada—and possibly show how to shrink the much larger volume of phosphorus runoff from farms on the American side of the border, particularly around the Maumee River in Michigan.
In a report released this month, U.S. government officials and state academics estimate the harmful algae bloom in the western basin of Lake Erie will be smaller in 2016 than in previous years. That's welcome news after the summer of 2014 saw a bloom large enough that it threatened the water supply for Toledo, Ohio.
East Toledo braces for water work
$24.7M sewage-overflow project at International Park to last 2 years
East Toledoans are being prepped by the Hicks-Hudson administration for a $24.7 million project that will begin next month and disrupt life at International Park for the next two years.
The project is part of the Toledo Waterways Initiative, a $521 million package of projects to substantially reduce the city's use of treatment-plant bypasses to handle sewage overflows during heavy rain. The city agreed to build the projects to settle a federal environmental lawsuit.
Reducing harmful algal blooms, red tides, and dead zones throughout Louisiana, America, and the World
In 2016, Charles Marsala, Louisiana Senate candidate, hosted Earth Fest in Jefferson Parish, La. After learning about the 6,000-square-mile "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico along Louisiana's coast, he felt it was time for action. The State has been studying the Gulf Dead Zone since 1983 with a great staff of scientists, but little legislation or political activity has transpired to reduce the size of the Dead Zone.
Two years ago, Marsala, former Mayor of Atherton, Calif., designed a wildlife television show based on the 1970s classic Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. He added discussion of endangered species and waterway issues. The show, Awesome Wildlife Effort, airs on public broadcasting, and individual segments are listed on his YouTube channel, AWE News. An episode focused on harmful algal blooms, or HABs, was nominated for a regional Emmy award.
Growing up near Like Pontchartrain, Marsala remembers warnings at the lake, prohibiting swimming in the 1970s. Since then, the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation has restored the lake, but little has been done to reduce the Dead Zone or the HAB in the Gulf. Both phenomenons occur not only along the Gulf Coast but in more than 500 areas worldwide.


text:
Khloe Kardashian opens up about her struggles with breastfeeding and reveals she's using formula for baby True
The KUWTK star is over her initial days of motherly bliss and is now starting to face the struggles which come with the art of motherhood
Published on : 07:36 PST, Jun 8, 2018
Tags :Khloe Kardashian
Khloe Kardashian is over her initial days of motherly bliss, and now the 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' star is starting to face the struggles which come with the art of motherhood. In her recent blog post, Khloe opened up about her struggles related to breastfeeding her daughter True.
For long now, fans have been speculating whether the reality star has been breastfeeding her daughter or using baby formula to feed the little one. But now, the Kardashian has revealed that she's actually using a combination of both, all thanks to some unexpected hiccups.
"Because I don't produce enough milk, I also have to give a bottle with every feeding," Khloé explained on her app. "With the formula I use, I have to give True the bottle within 30 minutes of making it, so it's amazing to have this machine make it for me. It's super easy to use—and fast, so when I'm exhausted and can't even keep my eyes open in the middle of the night, it's a total lifesaver."
Apart from the usual product promotions, Khloe put forward an important statement with her post, which clearly entails that even newborn babies can be fed using baby formula and it doesn't have to be considered a curse.
Mommy's Little Love
"Concerns about milk supply and whether the baby is growing enough has consistently emerged among the most common reasons mothers introduce supplemental bottles of infant formula or stop breastfeeding altogether," says lactation consultant Diana Cassar-Uhl.
The new mother is also facing issues when it comes to working out and getting her body in a perfect shape, and she took to Snapchat in order to document her struggles with respect to balancing times for feeding her daughter and keeping her fitness workouts in check.
"It's also a struggle trying to fit in working out between feedings," she said. "No two days are the same. True is so great, but still, I can't predict if she's gonna sleep for the full two hours or if she's hungry."
Khloe also shared that this is a big time for the mother and daughter, especially since its quite a poignant moment in her daughter's life. "Baby True is a month old today, so it's a big day for the both of us. I'm going to be documenting me trying to get this body back, my mind, everything strong," says the 'Revenge Body' host.
Khloe Kardashian is over her initial days of motherly bliss, and now the 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' star is starting to face the struggles which come with the art of motherhood. (Twitter)
However, Khloe isn't the only mother who has opened up about breastfeeding and possible struggles that almost all breastfeeding mothers go through.
Previously, when Chrissy Teigen was nursing her daughter Luna, she too shared an interesting tidbit about what it was like for her.
"View from above. I really should have nursed out of both boobs (when I nursed)," she wrote in a Snapchat photo which clearly showed one of her breasts looking larger than the other.


text:
Press Box Insider 11-30-2015
Josh Davis
Podcast, Radio, Sports Betting
Conor McGregor (Dave Mandel/Sherdog)
Dana White reveals guesstimated purse split between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor
Nedu Obi
News, Sports Betting, UFC
One of the most talked about sporting spectacles (Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor in a boxing match) could be on the horizon, and that's according to Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White, who recently gauged the projected pay outs for unretired boxing great Mayweather Jr. and current UFC lightweight champion McGregor.
"I think we get the McGregor side in the next couple of days. And then I go lock myself in a room for a couple days with Team Mayweather and see what we can come out with," White said on his most recent appearance on The Herd with Colin Cowherd (via MMA Fighting).
"It depends on how much the fight sells. And if the fight sells as well as I think it can, Floyd makes a little north of $100 (million) and Conor makes $75 (million)," White said.
"He (Mayweather) feels like he's the A-side and he should get more of it. We haven't really gotten into that negotiation yet. I wanted to get McGregor locked in first, because McGregor is under contract with me. And at the end of the day, does this fight make a ton of sense for me? It really doesn't."
"But Conor wants this thing really bad and I've said it many times, the kid's stepped up and saved some big fights for me, man, so I'm in. I'll figure it out."
Mayweather Jr., 40, hung 'em up in 2015 following a unanimous decision victory over Andre Berto, thus bringing his professional boxing ledger to 49-0. However, in March of this year, the Grand Rapids native elected to unretire and lace 'em up for one last outing, and one particular person; "The Notorious."
Presently, McGregor's Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) career is on a crest of a wave – first ever dual champion in UFC history, having held the featherweight title (now stripped) whilst annexing the 155-pound strap from Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205.
Furthermore, the Irishman is the WME-IMG's most coveted cash cow; raking in millions upon millions of dollars for the company and bettors alike, with fans flocking to sites like fun88 to place a wager.
It appears the 28-year-old McGregor who has yet to defend a title in the UFC, isn't in a hurry to defend his lightweight crown any time soon, especially if his eagerly awaited boxing match-up with five-divisional world champion Mayweather Jr. comes to fruition.
Conor McGregorDana WhiteFloyd Mayweather Jr.MMAUFC
How to Bet on the Champion: MMA Betting Arena
How to be an Expert MMA Gambler – A Guide
Nedu graduated from London Metropolitan University and has a Bachelor's Degree in Creative Writing and Media Studies. He is a fervent freelance writer/blogger and a wordsmith provocateur. His hobbies/interests are centred on MMA, Boxing, Football, Current Events and the Arts. He's also a keen roller skater and marshals for the LFNS (London Friday Night Skate). "Political language -- and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists -- is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind". - George Orwell
Conor McGregor Comments Ahead of Upcoming BMF Title Fight


Mum's the Word here at Moorlands Nursing Home in Lightwater, when we celebrated Mothering Sunday with our residents, their families, friends and loved ones.
We know well that for a lot of our residents this is a very important family day for them. One of the greatest gifts a mother can give is her love and at Moorlands we felt that it was only fitting that our residents friends and family can celebrate their love and thankfulness for their lives together.
So with this in mind, we invited our residents and their guests to come and enjoy a special Mother's Day lunch with us.
In the usual manner of Moorlands, we set to decorating the dining room and filled the room with balloons and brightly coloured decorations.
Our Chef and catering team prepared a delicious meal for us all to enjoy as well as lots of tasty home made cakes for our visitors who were unable to join us for lunch.
One of our residents, Dolly, who prefers to stay quietly in her room, was spoilt nonetheless and was delighted with the butterfly cakes that were on offer as part of the day's celebration.
We were delighted when we had a full house during the day with lots of visitors. At Moorlands, we are a big family and we love to welcome our residents' guests into our home and share special occasions such as Mother's Day with them.
If you would like to find out more about our events and life at Moorlands Nursing Home or to arrange a visit, please contact us on 0808 223 5526 or email moorlands@CaringHomes.org.


text:
Q: Show type string on a Django webpage instead of bytes? I am trying to get the contents of an XML file stored in an S3 bucket to show as text in the browser. However, it just displays as numbers (bytes) rather than a legible string.
My code (views.py):
def file_content(request):
    file_buffer = io.BytesIO()
    s3_client = boto3.client("s3", "eu-west-1")
    s3_client.download_fileobj("mybucket", "myfolder/example.xml", file_buffer)
    file_content = file_buffer.getvalue()
    return HttpResponse(file_content)

What I've tried
I've tried changing this line:
file_content = file_buffer.getvalue()

To:
file_content = file_buffer.getvalue().decode("utf-8")

Or:
file_content = str(file_buffer.getvalue())

But it is still displaying as numbers/ bytes in the browser. The file content displays correctly as a string when using print() or if I check type(file_content) in the console but this is not happening in the browser.
I'm not sure whats going wrong, if somebody could point me in the right direction it would be much appreciated. Thank you.

A: Doh, I fixed this by adding a content_type to the HttpResponse so my function now looks like this:
def file_content(request):
    file_buffer = io.BytesIO()
    s3_client = boto3.client("s3", "eu-west-1")
    s3_client.download_fileobj("mybucket", "myfolder/example.xml", file_buffer)
    file_content = file_buffer.getvalue().decode('UTF-8')
    response = HttpResponse(content_type="text/plain")
    response.write(file_content)
    return response

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Part 1: Finding the realizations.
Because only I can do that for myself.
We convince ourselves we are better than others when we fear we are not enough, or not okay.
Uncomfortable situations are opportunities for self-reflection and growth.
In today's episode, I'll walk you through the process of how (and why) to communicate about the things that you avoid – to give you the best chance of finally resolving those things and moving on.
Filed Under: Advice & Confessions, Featured Content Tagged With: avoidance, communication, Neil Sattin, Relationship Alive!
We do a lot of things unconsciously that sabotage our lives. Time to change.
The pain is, in fact, a symptom of growth.
You know those things in your relationship that you don't talk about? Over time, they will drain the energy, passion, and vitality from your connection.
The key to dealing with divorce is to recognize when you've stumbled and catch yourself before it can happen again.
The key to dealing with divorce is to recognize when you've stumbled and catch yourself before it can happen again.
Hiding, coping, and how each can affect our relationships.


box stand new design box wall mount set top box stand mount digital bracket mount router shelf with black glass.
agate wall art uttermost agate stone silver wall art s 6.
record player tv stand flat panel stand with integrated mount page bedroom stand record player back panel stand.
septic infiltrator infiltrator septic system installation home bar ideas with.
water boxes mineral water packing boxes.
cozy comforter sets primitive bedding sets make your bedroom warm and cozy.
porcelain cleaner black diamond marble tile floor cleaner great for ceramic porcelain granite natural stone vinyl linoleum no rinse concentrate 1 gallon.
pack and play mattress walmart image of the baby company cotton value jersey knit fitted pack n play.
black pvc fittings schedule fittings.


Three Clare graduates are commencing a prestigious three-year programme in ESB this week.
They form part of a cohort of 70 graduates from Irish third level institutions, spanning fields of engineering, IT, HR, marketing, trading and finance.
ESB's tailored Graduate Development Programme sees these graduates develop both professionally and personally. It forms part of an ambitious drive by the company to recruit high-calibre talent from third level institutions.
This year's graduates will be placed across five business units – ESB International, ESB Networks, Generation and Wholesale Markets, Business Services Centre and Electric Ireland. The graduates studied in a cross section of universities and Institutes of Technology from the island of Ireland and beyond.
Pat Naughton, ESB Executive Director, Group People and Sustainability, welcomed the Clare graduates on their induction week in Croke Park. He commented: "These graduates join us at an exciting time. As ESB celebrates 90 years, the energy sector is undergoing a major transition which will require fresh and innovate thinking. ESB is leading Ireland's transition to a low carbon society, putting in place solutions today that will leave a positive legacy for generations to come. Our 70 new colleagues will play an important part in building this brighter, more sustainable future, as the company seeks to remain at the forefront of energy innovation.
"ESB offers diverse career path for all those interested in meeting these challenges of the coming decades.
To join ESB's 2018 Graduate Development Programme please see our website www.esb.ie/careers/graduatedevelopmentprogramme for more information.
Applications are open from 25 September until 24 October 2017.


S5W Directory is a free business directory website to submit your business link. Join in S5W Directory and submit your business link in it,to experience a better success. S5W Directory allows you to find out a right place for your business and website in the contemporary global online media.
S5W Directory Business Directory is launched even with free business listing. Search Engine Optimized design and huge range of listing categories like Surfing directory helps your business site reaching to millions' doors. Your gateway to the global online market is now easier than ever through S5W Directory. Your response to build the largest global business directory is always expected by us. To merge with webs with High Page Rank of the current business world,you need to be selective.
Most advanced business listing with optimized result is ensured in S5W Directory. Do not hesitate to enjoy a mountaining Online Directory for your business with excellence and eminence. Do not miss this great chance to link with the online Business Directory. This can help expanding your business immensely in a constructive way. So, Please, stop thinking and do submit your business link as soon as possible.


text:
The Temple Is a Beacon of Righteousness
"As we rededicate this beautiful structure, in a real sense we also rededicate our lives," said President Thomas S. Monson, at the rededication of the Atlanta Georgia Temple. "We pledge anew our determination to follow that Man of sorrows, the stranger of Galilee—even Jesus Christ, the Redeemer—and to walk in His footsteps."
Twenty-eight years earlier, President Monson attended the first dedication of the Atlanta Temple with President Ezra Taft Benson and President Gordon B. Hinckley. At the rededication, he said he had "tender memories of that visit" and expressed gratitude that he could return to rededicate the renovated temple. In the two dedicatory sessions, he shared stories and remarks on the temple, reminding those present that "we have the privilege of being guests in this, the Lord's holy house, and bringing to pass His purposes."
The rededication took place on May 1, 2011.
Build His Kingdom
"May this temple be a beacon of righteousness in our lives," President Monson said. "Let it be a beacon reminding us that we indeed will honor God, that we will keep His commandments, that we will revere and respect His Holy House, and that we will build up His kingdom here upon the earth."
The responsibility to build God's kingdom, he noted, extends beyond mortality. "I appreciate the fact that we have an inherent responsibility to those who have gone beyond the veil, and this temple and the other temples on the earth today are where that work will take place. It is our privilege to be part of this glorious plan, to attend to this important work."
Appreciate Temple Blessings
President Monson shared the story of a man who gave all of his life's savings in order to take his wife and children to the temple. "No sacrifice was too great," he said. "Such an appreciation for the temple endowment and the sealing ordinances will bring members of our families closer together."
Though we carry the burdens, problems, and daily cares of life when we enter the temple, President Monson promised that we will "leave with a new focus, a refreshed spirit, and a comforted soul, with the peace promised by the Savior filling our hearts." In order to receive these blessings, he said, we must make time to attend the temple. "In our busy lives, where we have time for so many activities, I would hope that we would have time for Christ."
Be True to His Trust
"I pray . . . that we will be true to the trust which is vested in us," he said. "May [the Lord] bless all of us, that we may have the spirit of temple worship, that we may be obedient to His commandments, that we may follow carefully in the steps of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ."
Concluding with his testimony, President Monson said, "I bear witness to you . . . that the work is true," and "that God lives, that Jesus is the Christ, and that we are a part of His eternal plan and privileged to be in His holy house today."
The text of the dedicatory prayer will be published when it becomes available.


text:
August 4, 2021 October 25, 2021 admin
Buzzle is a bunch of writers, financial thinkers, technologists, entrepreneurs, strategists, and general cryptocurrency lovers. Unveiled in July, 2004 with each the late Diana's family and the royal family together with Queen Elizabeth II current, the $6.5 million memorial to the late Princess of Wales is designed by American architect Karen Gustafson. The State Residences and the Royal Ceremonial Gown Assortment, including dresses worn by Queen Elizabeth II and Diana, are open to the public.
Once you're out and about, search for a Bank of America ATM close to me" to search out our drive-through ATMs. Traffic on most of twelfth Avenue runs from west to east. Unauthorized Coinbase or Coinbase Professional access can still value you funds in your account. In the event you're on the go, a drive-via ATM makes it straightforward to handle lots of your banking needs from the consolation of your vehicle.
Whereas 208th Avenue exists as a small driveway and car parking zone situated simply south of the 207th Street Yard , Manhattan has no streets numbered 209th or 210th. The crypto buying and selling platform Coinbase permits traders to trade crypto in 40 states. Within the concert film Liza with a Z (1972), Liza Minnelli performs the quantity "Ring The Bells" about a woman who meets her dream man whereas touring in Europe even supposing, initially unbeknownst to them, they'd been living next door to one another at 5 Riverside Drive.
This Jacobean constructing, enlarged by William and Mary in 1702, became the residence of Queen Anne, King George I and King George II. Queen Victoria was born right here and remained in residence till she was 18. Elements of the palace stay a private residence for members of immediately's Royal Household. A monument to Samuel J. Tilden , the twenty fifth New York governor and Democratic presidential candidate in 1876, stands at the foot of 112th Avenue alongside Riverside Drive.
On a regular basis Banking With the Bank of America Cellular App, managing your money has never been simpler or more secure. Within the film You've got Obtained Mail (1998), Joe Fox lives at 152 Riverside Drive utilizing the screen identify NY152. Discover our Mobile Banking app for safe banking from almost wherever. When you're all in favour of blockchain expertise, cryptocurrencies, economics, monetary policy, or any of the myriad topics which might be associated to those, please take the time to ship us an software to contribute to Buzzle.
Tagsmaintenance
Chevron Company (CVX)
Common And Reasonably priced Scholar Lodging To Transfer


Press Start to pause game play, then hold Z and press B(2), A, Y, B.
Press Start to pause game play, then hold Z and press X, A(3), B.
Press Start to pause game play, then hold Z and press A, X(2), Y, A.
Press Start to pause game play, then hold Z and press Y(2), B, A(2).


Samsung has begun mass production of the world's largest capacity Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) solid state drive (SSD) – the PM1643. With 64-layer, 3-bit 512-gigabit (Gb) chips, the 30.72 terabyte (TB) drive delivers twice the capacity and performance of the previous 15.36TB high-capacity lineup introduced in March 2016.
The larger drive was made possible by combining 32 of the new 1TB NAND flash packages, each comprised of 16 stacked layers of 512Gb V-NAND chips. These super-dense 1TB packages allow for approximately 5,700 5-gigabyte (GB), full HD movie files to be stored within a mere 2.5-inch storage device.
In addition to the doubled capacity, performance levels have risen significantly and are nearly twice that of Samsung's previous generation high-capacity SAS SSD. Based on a 12Gb/s SAS interface, the new PM1643 drive features random read and write speeds of up to 400,000 IOPS and 50,000 IOPS, and sequential read and write speeds of up to 2,100MB/s and 1,700 MB/s, respectively. These represent approximately four times the random read performance and three times the sequential read performance of a typical 2.5-inch SATA SSD.
Samsung started manufacturing initial quantities of the 30.72TB SSDs in January and will expand the lineup later this year with 15.36TB, 7.68TB, 3.84TB, 1.92TB, 960GB and 800GB versions.
Enough storage to download all of Pornhub's videos brah! If Macs came with this bad boy, they'd be payed for a lifetime... with options to inherit them payments to sons or great sons TF.
If only Apple would offer something like this in their hardware.


Rich and Megan Roush and their kids.
As I told you last summer, I felt like I needed to step into the leadership gap of the Munger youth ministry for the fall semester to keep the fires burning until we could hire a permanent leader. So, how did it go? As with most important things in life, it was not easy, but it was good. I made this commitment in the midst of the biggest fall we've ever had at Munger, but the extra responsibilities and time away from my family wasn't the hardest part. The hardest part was that I knew that if I were evaluating my job performance as Munger youth minister, I'd give myself a D-. I knew that I wasn't really able to actually be the youth minister our community needs. I knew I didn't have enough hours or energy to lead this vital ministry well. I knew that some parents were frustrated. But, I also knew that there was no alternative, and we were doing our best, considering the obvious limitations. And, despite all of that, the whole experience was a blessing for me personally. We had a selfless and faithful group of volunteers step up, I was able to get to know some of our students and their families, and I learned a lot about what the future could look like for youth ministry in our community.
But, while all that was going on, we were working hard to find a permanent youth minister. Though I'm sure some of our parents were thinking, "Why is this taking so long?" the truth is it is not easy to find great people.
But–of course–our new guy didn't come through any of those efforts!
Meet Rich Roush, the New Munger Youth Minister!
Rich Roush is the new Munger youth minister! God has answered our prayers with someone great. Not pretty good, not well-we-really-need-to-hire-a-warm-body-at-this-point-so-I-guess-he-will-do, but someone who we genuinely think is the best possible person we could have found.
Rich is married to Megan, and they have 3 kids aged 3 and under. (I know!) Rich himself came to faith in Christ as a senior in high school through a church youth ministry, and feels a particular responsibility toward and affection for middle school and high school students.
I have kids that will one day be in our youth ministry, and the more I talked with Rich, the more excited I got for my children to benefit from Rich's leadership. Rich has been at both of his previous churches for 7 years each, so he has a record of building a ministry over time. And over time what the Lord has been able to do through Rich's leadership at his previous churches is impressive.
I was raised in Waco, Texas, which was already pretty cool before it became the shiplap capital of the world. Just saying.
I did my undergraduate studies at Baylor University (BA in Business Administration) and my graduate studies at George W. Truett Theological Seminary (Masters of Divinity in Theology).
My wife Megan and our three kids: Olivia, Griffin, and Shepherd.
A good friend of mine, Ashley Dalton, recruited me. It started a few years before I joined the staff. Every time we crossed paths she would rave about Munger and would say she could see Megan and me there someday. So yeah, now you know who to blame.
Its commitment to raising up the next generation of Jesus followers. The best is yet to come.
Rich's first Sunday with us will be February 10. This spring, we're going to keep our regular Wednesday evening schedule (7:00-8:30 PM) for middle and high school students, and 11 AM Sunday schedule for 6th Grade Confirmation; this will allow Rich to join in and get to know the students, families, and volunteers. Other stuff will be added as we go. Stay tuned and sign up here for the Munger youth ministry newsletter.
Do You Already Receive the Munger Youth Newsletter?
If not, be sure to sign up here.
Summer Dates–We're Going to Big Stuf Camp!!
Rich and Megan want to move up to Dallas ASAP, but they own a house in Waco that they need to sell. (Rich has been working at Baylor University for the past year.) Please pray that their move and housing situation goes as easily and quickly as possible.
But Wait, There's More New Hires to Come!
The Munger Youth Ministry has HUGE potential, so we have set aside the funding necessary to allow Rich to hire at least one more full-time youth ministry staff member. Good people are hard to find, but I certainly hope we'll be able to make at least one more great hire this year. Pray for that!
The opportunity we have at Munger to reach middle school and high school students is HUGE.
Can you imagine what it could mean for the students in our community when we have the ministry built to reach them, teach them, and unleash them in the name of Christ?


text:
Eddy Wata é um cantor nigeriano de Dance Music. É filho de mãe nigeriana e pai jamaicano.

Começou muito cedo tocando teclado e bateria, e compunha suas músicas de acordo com as influências de suas etnia. Com 18 anos de idade, decidiu morar na Jamaica por 4 anos, onde conheceu vários artistas que despertaram seu amor pelo Reggae.

Voltou a Nigéria com a fixa ideia de criar um novo grupo de Reggae para continuar sua carreira. Após muitas aparições na mídia com seu grupo, Eddy fez uma turnê pela Europa, onde conheceu seus novos produtores, Longoni e Groffs.

Após um dos shows, seus produtores resolveram o levar à Itália, a capital mundial da Dance Music. Lá, conheceu muitos DJs e produtores, que o fizeram tomar a decisão (em 2003) de alterar o seu estilo de produção musical para a Dance Music.

Foi então lançada a música "Jam". Com um ritmo fixo e agradável, Eddy mostrou todo o seu potencial musical para o mundo inteiro. A música alcançou boas posições nos Tops do mundo todo, e o single teve milhares de vendas.

Com o sucesso de "Jam", Eddy tornou-se muito famoso, e seu single lançado no ano seguinte facilmente chegou ao sucesso: "La Bomba". Novamente com um ritmo fixo e vocal de qualidade, a música esteve em boas posições nas paradas mundiais.

Cantores da Nigéria
Nigerianos de ascendência jamaicana
Música de dança

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Hemp Inc. applauds President Biden's plan to Pardon people convicted of Simple Marijuana Possession
Posted October 14, 2022 on Globe News Wire
LAS VEGAS - On October 6, 2022, President Biden announced that he will pardon all prior federal offenses of simple possession of marijuana and will call on federal regulators to review how the drug is classified.
The pardons will affect approximately 6,500 people convicted of federal offenses for simple possession from 1992 through 2021, as well as thousands of people in Washington D.C., according to senior administration officials. President Biden is also calling on governors to take similar actions.
"Sending people to prison for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives and incarcerated people for conduct that many states no longer prohibit," Mr. Biden said. "Criminal records for marijuana possession have also imposed needless barriers to employment, housing and educational opportunities."
The president wants to end what he calls a failed approach to marijuana that disproportionately affects people of color with simple possession convictions, officials said.
Among additional steps, the president will also direct the attorney general to issue certificates of pardons that individuals can show to law enforcement and employers, two administration officials said.
Mr. Biden also plans to direct the Department of Health and Human Services and attorney general to review the status of marijuana as a schedule 1 controlled substance, a category that also includes heroin and LSD, the officials said.
Mr. Biden said marijuana's status is higher than the classification of methamphetamine and fentanyl, which have driven the U.S. overdose epidemic.
More than half of U.S. states have legalized cannabis for some purpose, and legalization enjoys support from two out of three Americans surveyed in a 2021 Gallup poll.
The president is taking the steps after some lawmakers in both parties expressed support for decriminalizing marijuana possession, but opposition from other lawmakers derailed the prospects for legislation.
Due to the political sensitivities, the Biden administration had been sidestepping taking a stand on decriminalizing marijuana possession.
Yet Mr. Biden, while campaigning for president, had championed loosening of marijuana laws and said he would decriminalize marijuana, which would prevent people from being incarcerated for possession, and expunge criminal records.
Under the plans, the attorney general will develop an administrative process for issuing the certificates of pardon to eligible individuals under the plan.
About Hemp, Inc.
With more than 10 years of experience in growing and processing hemp in North America, Hemp, Inc. has an established network of industry professionals in every segment of the industrial hemp industry. Hemp, Inc. has the largest industrial multipurpose hemp processing facility in North America, an 85,000-square foot facility in Spring Hope, N.C.
Its mission of providing green solutions that help make the world a better place continues to flourish as the company advances an ever-growing portfolio of revenue and value-generating synergistic businesses. Hemp may be the salvation in retooling America for greener, more sustainable domestic manufacturing.
The Company will continue to keep its shareholders up to date on all pertinent material events, product releases, production plans, and inventory availability. Those interested in distributing on a large-scale basis should email [email protected] or call 877-436-7564 for more information. The entire product line includes tinctures, gummies, capsules, and edibles in a variety of sizes, potencies, flavors, and formulas with a future focus on healthy foods for healthy living.
This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements and information, as defined within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is subject to the Safe Harbor created by those sections.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires issuers to provide "adequate current information". Financials for Hemp, Inc. are listed on the OTC Exchange.


JoAnne McCoy has researched the Bayfield Friendship Quilt, which is now on display at the Pine River Valley Heritage Museum in downtown Bayfield.
Members of the Pine River Valley Heritage Society meet at the Bayfield Lions Club in March. Society members have purchased a display case to showcase the Bayfield Friendship Quilt, foreground.
Members of the Frank Ludwig family embroidered their name on a silk tie to add to the Bayfield Friendship Quilt in 1950.
The Bayfield Friendship Quilt, believed to be from 1950, is on display at the Pine River Valley Heritage Museum.
A 68-year-old quilt that was made in Bayfield in 1950 has returned home.
Members of the Pine River Valley Heritage Society are thrilled that an old tie quilt they believe was made here in 1950 is back in Bayfield.
The quilt will be the newest piece on display at the seasonal opening of the heritage society museum, which will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
This winter, the museum received some photos of the quilt from Tina Davis, a quilter and collector. She had bought the piece on Ebay.
The quilt is large, with squares a little over 10 inches wide, and is made from men's silk ties with an x in the middle of each square.
She remembers the quilt's creation. Like other members of the group, she has no idea how it ended up being put up for sale, but they're grateful Davis did the research to find out where it was from and return it.
The museum is on the corner of Mill and Pearl streets in downtown Bayfield. Other displays in the museum include a hands-on one-room schoolhouse, a sheep camp exhibit, and displays from local memorabilia from World War I and World War II.
More information about the museum is at www.pineriverheritage.org.


Heat treating Dura-Bar can be useful for extending the range of properties in the as-cast condition. Also, carburizing is not necessary with Dura-Bar which can result in substantial time and cost savings.
Click here to download a .pdf version of the Heat Treating Guide or for more information on heat treating Dura-Bar, please contact your Dura-Bar Metal Services Account Manager today (888-387-2227).


text:
Products Bridal Jewelry Engagement Rings Diamond Engagement Ring
By Gabriel New York
SKU: ER6703W44JJ
14k White Gold Round Straight diamond Engagement Ring
Our story begins with two dynamic and talented brothers, Jack and Dominick, who saw an unfeeling jewelry industry that needed new vision. They understood why unique, quality jewelry is important to people in the first place: to celebrate the special occasions, to commemorate the momentous accomplishments, to honor the deepest relationships, and to capture the unspeakable beauty of life and those who matter most.
As young apprentices to their father, master jeweler Elias Gabriel, they learned the exacting art and science of combining precious metals and stones to make a creation greater than either element alone. Committed to making their vision come true, the Gabriel brothers followed in their father's footsteps and formed Gabriel & Co. in 1989. With their carefully selected and talented team, they devoted themselves to the production of the finest quality jewelry and unparalleled service.
Today, Gabriel & Co. has earned the reputation as being passionate, dependable, and artistic designers, creators and manufacturers. Our extensive line of timeless pieces encompasses classic and fashion-forward design, ultimately bringing together impeccable artistry with enduring technology, perfect for every unforgettable moment.
View More Products by Gabriel New York


text:
Sky high arrogance
Many people have blamed both sides in the dispute between BSkyB and Virgin Media, but over the last week or two it appears that Sky have launched a vendetta against their competitor.
First, to fill in the background: the two companies couldn't agree on the price that Virgin pays Sky to show Sky's "basic channels" (Sky One, Sky Three, Sky Sports News and Sky Travel). This resulted in the channels being withdrawn from Virgin's cable TV service when the previous agreement expired at the end of February.
Now, Virgin Media customers who had signed up so that they could watch Sky One will understandably be angry. But to the outside observer, it's surely Sky who are to blame for the situation. I know Virgin are not offering a reduction in price as a result, but they have said that customers wishing to leave won't be held to any minimum contractual period, which seems fair enough.
It's hard to know exactly what happened during the price negotiations. However, Virgin claim that Sky was asking for double the amount they had received previously. One other point that isn't highlighted so much in reports is that, as part of the deal, Sky were insisting that customers on Virgin's cheapest "Medium" TV package should no longer be able to receive their channels anyway. So any Virgin customers on that package would have lost out whether Virgin had agreed to the deal or not, simply because Sky didn't want them to receive the channels.
Having forced Virgin to give up the Sky channels, BSkyB have launched a campaign of negative advertising and publicity. For example:
Adverts on Classic FM telling Virgin Media customers they can no longer watch Sky One, and telling them that if they switch to Sky satellite TV, they will be able to catch up on Twenty Four , Lost and The Simpsons in a special "catch up" weekend.
Newspaper adverts comparing TV, phone and internet prices from the two companies. While the price given for Sky is a special bundled package, they quote the total prices for individual services from Virgin, making it seem more expensive
This week, Virgin Media announced their new 20Mb/s broadband service, a product that has been in the pipeline for some time, and which had nothing to do with the Sky dispute. They described the new product in a press release. While they do say they their competitors can't match the service, there is no mention of Sky (or any other competitor), and anyone who understands broadband will realise that Virgin's technology is superior as they have a purpose-built fibre-optic network, rather than squeezing broadband down copper phonelines using ADSL. But Sky responded straight away, issuing a statement accusing Virgin of pushing up prices in the broadband market, and making dubious claims about their own service. Anyone who doubted which side is most "behaving like children" should take note that one company's press release promoted its own product, while the other criticised the rival's.
As if all that wasn't bad enough, it seems Sky News even launched a subtle smear campaign against the Virgin name. I'll add the caveat that I don't see Sky News myself, but a poster on the BBC website claimed that in the aftermath of the Cumbria train crash, Sky's report was heavily biased towards blaming Virgin Trains for the accident, at a time when the rest of the media were concentrating on a faulty track as the likely cause.
It was time someone stood up to Rupert Murdoch. He controls both one of the main broadcast platforms (satellite TV), the channels, and even many of the programs such as Twenty Four and The Simpsons (which are distributed by 20th Century Fox). His competitors are also his customers, and as has been seen, he can use his position to name his own price for his channels (which have the programs and movies people want to watch because he owns those too) safe in the knowledge that if they refuse to pay up, he can remove channels then poach the customers by urging them to switch to his platform. If Virgin hadn't stood up to Sky, next time around, the price could double again. I'm not even going to touch on Murdoch's control over other parts of the media such as the newspapers.
Fortunately, not everything is quite going Sky's way. As a result of pulling channels from Virgin, they have lost 10% of the audience for their basic channels, so advertisers have indicated they will ask for refunds. In a separate development, Sky had announced it plans to withdraw its channels from Freeview, the UK's free-to-air digital terrestrial platform, and to broadcast pay-TV channels instead. This has angered the other Freeview shareholders such as the BBC and ITV, who have asked the regulator Ofcom to strip Sky of its share in Freeview. Sky is also under investigation by the Office of Fair Trading after it bought a 17.9% stake in ITV, in a move widely seen as intended to block Virgin from buying ITV. Let's hope the tide will start to turn against Sky, but it's going take a long time and many more battles before healthier competition can be introduced into the British TV market.
Posted in Media on Sunday, 18 March 2007 at 19:09
3 responses to "Sky high arrogance"
brian	 26 March 2007 at 8:43 am
"I know Virgin are not offering a reduction in price as a result, "
Actually they have increased prices without adding anything to the packages! Nobody noticed this.
I do have a criticism of Sky, though : I can't watch some cricket world cup matches on sky sports as they are shown via the red button, which does not work on cable. I can't help thinking this is a ruse to get people to leave cable.
Rich	 3 April 2007 at 12:38 pm
The reason the prices did not decrease with Virgin Media due to the loss of the sky channels is simple – these were free channels which were on the free TV service called Size M.
No customer paid for these channels so when they came off, they still got the same channels they actually paid for, hence, no price reduction.
Another fact that I think few people are aware of, is how Sky bought the carriage rights to Virgin Media channels such as Living and Bravo for 80% LESS than they had previously paid for them! They then went to Virgin Media with the bare-faced cheek to want to charge over twice the previous price for their own channels!!!
I hope that sky are forced into paying a fair price for the Virgin Media channels if Ofcom find that Sky have abused their market power (which is obviously the case) to get these for less than they are worth, and that they are forced to drop their price for their channels so that Virgin Media can get these back to their customers.
I suspect that Virgin Media will not want to get these back though – the impact to Virgin Media has been smaller than expected with fewer customers leaving to go to sky than anticipated. The money saved is being invested in improving the on-demand services, so I'll be interested to see what happens!
Whitespaces	 17 June 2007 at 12:18 pm
I've had virgin media for 2 months now and was weighing up which service to go for for a while when I decided to go initally for Sky. However having completed their online forms I was horrified to notice the "£26 a month" had suddenly gone up by the "hidden" costs of set up (I wanted sky plus) which went to over £200! AND I had to fork out an extra 15 quid a month for sky plus. Sky are a money grabbing, greedy company and even though they are in a much easier position to reduce their prices to compete with Virgin they haven't done.
I now get broadband, phone, XL tv and v+ box for £35 a month, the setup was £25 WHiCH WAS TAKEN OFF THE FIRST BILL anyway, so basically it was free. This is SO SO SO SO Much cheaper than greedy Sky. Why should you pay £15 or £10 a month for Sky+ WHEN YOU'VE ALREADY SHELLED at least £100 for it in the first place. Sky are using evil greedy sneaky tactics to win customers. I don't trust them. I hope Virgin win the battle. Need to get more channels on catch up though!
April Fools in a global medium


After being delayed from its previously planned January 11th release date, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Asia has dated PlayStation 4 and PS Vita for launch in China on March 20.
The games that will be out as launch titles listed below for the PS Vita system, and they also are releasing the PS4 there as well.
Worry not, Chinese fans more will be on the way, as a number of Chinese and Asian studios are known to be working with PlayStation 4 and PS Vita.
Hana has been a fan of video games since the early days when the SNES was first released and has been a gamer ever since. She currently owns a 3DS and a PS Vita and plays them constantly. Besides gaming she likes music, anime and manga, and movies.
This seems pretty awesome. Could give the Vita some more room to grow. And who knows maybe some great game from the Chinese devs might be brought over her.
Yeah that's what I'm counting on! Then again the gaming press can be pretty xenophobic towards Japanese games at times, so it should be interesting how Chinese developers and games are treated over here. Seeing as how there should be similarities and differences in taste between Japanese and Chinese gamers, it should be interesting how there games are received over here.
Even though Vita wasn't officially released in mainland China, shops were selling it normally without any problem. Those who wanted to buy it already could, either imported from HK or other regions.
It's like with Xbox One, even though it wasn't released in majority of EU countries until much later… those who wanted to buy it already bought those imported by shops.
So I wouldn't really expect anything groundbreaking.
I hope that I'm wrong… because Vita could use some sales boost… but ow well.


Travelling on a budget means reaching places in the cheapest way. So, instead of booking a tour to go there, we have woken up at 3am and taken a public bus (no aircon) from the South Terminal (direction Bato – Via Barili) for about 3.5 hours to get there.
Once there, the bus leaves you right at the entrance of the falls. You will need to walk for about 20 min to get inside. Entry fee is 45 PHP. There will be many Canyoneering companies asking if you want to join an adventure. We didn't do it unfortunately cos I was sick that day, but it looked very cool. Price is 1500 php (never pay more than that).
The reason why we have decided to leave that early in the morning was to avoid the crowd at the falls. Usually everyone goes to the canyoneering first and other people coming with tours will probably visit Oslob in the morning to swim with whale sharks (something that we decided not to do, feeling sorry for the poor animals surrounded by boats and hundreds of Asians unable to swim and trying to touch them) getting to Kawasan early in the afternoon. This allowed us to enjoy that little paradise almost by ourselves (only few other people were there at 7.30am).
Where we stayed: CityScape 2 (found through AirBnb): amazing location as it's at walking distance from the supermarket and most importantly form the most delicious vegan restaurants we have tried.
Live Life (Cebu City) is 100% vegan. Offers many options from entrees, to soups and mock meat mains. Just slightly more expensive than the others. Quality of food is super! Mushroom Wantons are a Must-try!
Lun Haw (literally across the road from Live Life) is 100% vegan. Also does take-away (life saver when I was sick). Their Ice Cream is definitely a must-try.
Healthy U (a bit farer, in Sambag area). Vegetarian with many vegan options. Super cheap and delicious. Many locals go there, mostly students. Staff is very friendly. Their budget meal is huge with a choice of 2 options + rice for only 49 php!!!


text:
Q: Android parsing of specific text to perform action on click First of all I have no clue how to describe what I ask for or if it is possible.
So my main question is if it is possible and how.
As example: In texts (emails/ memos/ whtsapp) you can click on parts of the text (like hyperlinks/ numbers/ email addresses) and it will call an application handling this.
Is it possible to add for example an recognition of dates?
I think of writing a text that contains "7:25" and with one click it sends you to your calendar or something.

A: Yes, it's possible.  But it's complicated.
There is a utility class called android.util.Linkify that will scan through text and match to things like: phone numbers, street addresses, email address and web URLs.  It then turns them into links and puts the whole text with the links into your TextView.  So for those types of links it's easy to use.
Unfortunately, there isn't built-in logic to scan for calendar dates or times.  You would have to add that logic yourself.  You have to come up with a regular expression that matches the dates or times or whatever you want to link, and give that to the Linkify utility using a MatchFilter.
Also, consider that you will not just be matching the date/time, but since you want to sent an event to a calendar, you would have to parse out the event title from the text along with the date/time.
This is kind of advanced stuff.  If you are just starting out with Android, you should look for an easier project where you can learn more of the basics before tackling something like this and getting yourself completely frustrated.


Mercy Care provides services to DDD members in the counties of Cochise, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz and Yuma.
DDD is a part of the Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES). It helps people with developmental disabilities achieve independence. It also provides support to family members and other caregivers. Mercy Care provides services to DDD members in the counties of Maricopa, Gila, Pinal, Pima, Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Santa Cruz, Yuma, and La Paz. The state's Division of Developmental Disabilities offers services to people who meet certain requirements.
You can learn more at the state's DDD page.


text:
10/recent/ticker-posts
_Opinion
_Press Release
HomeNews. UNODC.Human TraffickingUNODC Launches 2022 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons
UNODC Launches 2022 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons
Daily Ledger 1/24/2023 05:04:00 pm
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has launched its 2022 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons, showing a drop in cases of trafficking as a result of outbreak of COVID-19.
This s the sixth of its kind mandated by the United Nations General Assembly in its Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons, and covered 141 countries and providing an overview of patterns and flows of trafficking in persons at global, regional, and national levels, based on trafficking cases detected between 2017 and 2021.
According to a statement on Tuesday, the report draws upon the largest existing dataset on trafficking in persons, with information on the more than 450,000 victims and 300,000 (suspected) offenders detected worldwide between 2003 and 2021 while noting the role of organized crime groups as the engine behind long-distance trafficking.
For the first time, the number of victims detected globally decreased by 11%. This reduction is largely driven by low- and medium-low-income countries and due to lower institutional capacity to detect victims, fewer opportunities for traffickers to operate (taking into consideration the COVID-19 context), and some trafficking forms moving to more hidden locations less likely to be detected. Notwithstanding, some regions such as western & southern Europe, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Central & South-Eastern Europe, as well as North America, recorded an increase in detection.
The statement revealed that this global tendency was verified in Nigeria as well, with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) statistics shows 1076 cases of trafficking in persons recorded in 2018 against 1032 cases in 2020.
COVID-19, is sad to have had an important impact on trafficking flows. In Sub-Saharan Africa, border closures and travel restrictions led to a 36% drop in cross-border trafficking victims detected between 2019 and 2020, but however, detected domestic trafficking victims increased by 24% over the same period.
The statement also said the COVID-19 pandemic equally accelerated a global slowdown in convictions. A 27% reduction in convictions was recorded globally in 2020. Sub-Saharan Africa experienced a 6% drop in its conviction rate in 2020 compared to 2019.
"This observation is less pronounced in Nigeria. Although there was a decrease in the number of persons brought into formal contact with the police and/or criminal justice system for TIP-related affairs (823 persons in 2018 compared to 701 in 2019 and 733 in 2020) as well as in the numbers of persons prosecuted (113 in 2017 versus 87 in 2020), the number of persons convicted of trafficking in persons very slightly increased with 50 convictions in 2018 and 51 convictions in 2020. There was however a big drop in 2019 with only 25 convictions recorded in Nigeria for that year," according to the statement.
Although countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia are convicting fewer traffickers and detecting fewer victims compared to the rest of the world, those regions provide a significant and increasing share of the victims identified in countries of exploitation. In 2020, according to NAPTIP, the main countries from which Nigerian victims were repatriated included Benin, Lebanon, Oman, Mali, and Togo. Most victims detected in Sub-Saharan Africa are either citizen of the country of detection or citizens of other Sub-Saharan countries.
The statement said, the flows from Sub-Saharan Africa are far more varied and extensive. Victims from Sub-Saharan Africa are detected in the largest number of countries globally. Of the flows, most trafficked outside the region are detected in countries in North Africa, the Middle East, and in Europe.
The report noted that in 2020 the population of boys and men being trafficked for different purposes recorded a slightly significant increase to a total of 13 % and 23 % respectively as opposed to 3% and 13% in the previous years.
It revealed that the share of women as detected victims of all forms of trafficking continued to fall (a decline of 10 percent in one year) along with drastically fewer victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation, and for the first time, trafficking for labour is slightly more detected than trafficking for sexual exploitation globally; although in Nigeria, NAPTIP data shows that sexual exploitation remains the first form of exploitation with 460 cases against 279 cases recorded for forced labour.
According to the statement, relatedly, NAPTIP statistics show a reduction in the number of detected female victims throughout the years: 961 in 2018, 929 in 2019, and 868 in 2020. Even so, in Sub-Saharan Africa, girls and women together still make up the largest share of victims, accounting for 62% of the total and more children than adults (especially girls) continue to be detected as victims. Female victims are also three times more likely to suffer violent forms of trafficking. An increased proportion of victims of mixed forms of exploitation (for example both women and men forced to work as maids and for other purposes), was equally underlined in the report.
The statement said: "The report also assesses the impact of climate change as well as of conflict on trafficking in persons. A further interesting aspect of the report did highlight the especially strong link between trafficking in person and conflict. Forced displaced populations are more vulnerable to traffickers and most victims detected come from the zone in conflicts, mainly Sub-Sahara Africa and the Middle East, are the most exploited in these regions."
News. UNODC.Human Trafficking
Zenith Beta Life
10/recent/post-list
Daily Ledger is an independent online newspaper dedicated to presenting a balanced coverage of news and issues. We uphold justice, rule of law, freedom of expression, probity in public life and are not aligned to any political party, ethnic or religious, or other interests groups.


Stay at Springbank, a stylish self-catering holiday house on the west coast of Scotland with views across to Loch Etive.
Looking majestically over the picturesque village of Taynuilt, Springbank is a fine Victorian building which combines character and original features with elegant design. It is set in mature gardens and sits in the shadow of Ben Cruachan, one of the finest Munros in the southern Highlands. The house sleeps 8 people and welcomes children from 6 years of age and well-behaved pets.
Decorated simply yet tastefully, Springbank welcomes you to a home-from-home in the Scottish Highlands.