THE BMW Southbank dealership on Melbourne's city fringe could make way for Australia's tallest tower, after Malaysian developer Beulah International unveiled the six architectural designs under consideration for its $2 billion overhaul of the 6,061 sqm site.
A majority of the designs shortlisted following a six-month competition soar close to 360 metres, well beyond the 312.4-metre height of the top floor of the adjacent Australia 108, currently under construction, and the 322.5-metre high tip of the Q1 on the Gold Coast.
Doubts remain over Crown's obligation to its $1.75 billion One Queensbridge tower, to be developed with Schiavello Group, also in Southbank. It is planned to be 323 metres high and comprise 388 hotel rooms and 708 residential apartments, but key planning checkpoints are yet to be reached nearly 18 months after conditional approval was granted by the state government.
Malaysian-backed developer Beulah paid the German car manufacturer $101,088,888 for the triple-fronted property at 58 Southbank Boulevard late last year, with 2,000 sqm of the site to be kept for a new BMW dealership.
It sold with a development scheme designed by Fender Katsalidis, comprising two towers with more than 800 apartments, 600 hotel rooms and 10,000 sqm of retail space.
"Beulah's vision for the site is to create a state-of-the-art, integrated mixed-use environment that would include retail, hotel, residential, commercial, cultural and public spaces," Beulah International executive director, Adelene Teh said.
MAD Architects and Elenberg Fraser's proposed "mountain village" would reach 360 metres, and comprise 43 residential floors and 24 floors of hotel, with the design punctuated by "The Cloud", positioned at 317 metres and offering 360-degree views of Melbourne, with LED lighting changing colour as day turns into night.
Incumbents Fender Katsalidis joined with Bjarke Ingels Group to submit dual-tower "The Lanescraper", reaching 359.6 metres and comprising a number of interlocked blocks stacked on top of each other.
"Green Spine" by UNStudio and Cox Architecure comprises two towers that appear to shed their glass frontage for a green interior as they rise. The residential tower would reach 356.20 metres high and feature the publicly accessible Future Botanic Garden at its crown, while the hotel and office building would touch 252.20 metres.
Both "The Lanescraper" and "Green Spine" would include BMW "experience centres".
Coop Himmelb(l)au and Architectus put forward "The Beulah Propeller City", deemed a "vertical city" made up of four main functional parts; public podium, office, hotel and apartment tower. Reaching 335 metres, it would feature 18 floors of mixed use retail and public space; 16 floors of office; 15 floors of hotel; and 46 residential floors with a minimum ceiling height of 2.7 meters.
Paths and recreation space in "Stack", by MVRDV and Woods Bagot, would enable activities typically impossible in a high-rise structure, including taking the dog for a walk, or going for a jog. It would include a suspended "forest track" open stair, as well as The Tropical Garden on top of the hotel component, and a pool at the centre of the building with an underwater city window. The name is based around the concept of stacked neighbourhoods connected from the bottom to the top, and the tower would reach 359 metres.
OMA and Conrad Gargett's design focuses on the base of the building, looking to reference Melbourne arcade and markets, and more broadly looks to create a 24/7 mixed-use vertical city with commercial office and hotel spaces above, and the residential component positioned through the top of the tower to capitalise on views and daylight.
The decision makers for the winning design include Victorian government architect jury chair Jill Garner, architectural photographer John Gollings, Professor Thomas Kvan, former pro vice-chancellor at the University of Melbourne and director of Australian Urban Research Information Network; Cameron Bruhn, the editorial director of architecture media; and Adelene Teh and Jiaheng Chan from Beulah International.


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Lancet report continues the China, COVID coverup
Now that the COVID-19 pandemic is finally over — we have President Joe Biden's word on this — the Lancet Commission set up more than two years ago to investigate it has finally issued a report.
It's a huge disappointment as it dances around the key question of origins: "More than 2 years into the pandemic, the search for the origin of SARS-CoV-2 remains incomplete and inconclusive."
Its weak-sauce conclusion — maybe it came from a lab, maybe it came from nature — has given an opening to a China-led disinformation campaign that claims against all evidence the virus was actually created in a US lab.
Indeed, the report itself has greatly aided this interpretation by somehow managing to blame America: "Independent researchers have not yet investigated the US laboratories engaged in the laboratory manipulation of SARS-CoV-like viruses, nor have they investigated the details of the laboratory research that had been underway in Wuhan." It adds that the US National Institutes of Health "has resisted disclosing details of the research on SARS-CoV-related viruses that it had been supporting, providing extensively redacted information only as required by Freedom of Information Act lawsuits."
This is worse than moral equivalence. The report, from a leading medical journal, condemns the United States for not allowing investigations of its labs and engaging in a coverup. Then it trails off into vagueness when discussing China and cannot even bring itself to mention the Wuhan Institute of Virology by name.
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A number of newspapers, including the United Kingdom's Express, have actually run with these Chinese talking points. Whether this is out of conviction or just for clicks and giggles is hard to say.
Now, I'm not surprised the commission pretends not to know that the China virus likely came from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. After all, two commission members, Chen Wang and Lan Xue, are from the People's Republic of China and would have been under orders to make strenuous objections to including any statements critical of China. If the report had deviated from the Communist Party line — that the virus either came from a bat or a US bioweapons lab — they would have been held personally responsible.
They should never have been on the commission in the first place; they're not independent actors. Should Nazi camp doctors have been invited to Nuremberg to sit in judgment of Dr. Josef Mengele?
But why would the commission allow them to insert propaganda into the report?
Perhaps because it was headed by Jeffrey Sachs, a well-known China apologist. Richard Ebright, a Rutgers University chemistry and chemical biology professor who's long advocated a truly independent inquiry into COVID's origins, dismisses this effort as "a cartoonish caricature of a commission." He points out Sachs has co-authored other puff pieces on China, including one entitled "The Xinjiang Genocide Allegations Are Unjustified."
Jeffrey Sachs speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in 2019.
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How else could ludicrous claims like China only had "ten new cases per day by late April, 2020" find its way into the report? Or its celebration of Beijing's brutal "zero-COVID" policy, which arguably kills more people through starvation and suicide than it saves from COVID?
It may have been partly in deference to Sachs and his Chinese colleagues — or out of a misguided desire to protect the latter — that the other members went along with their demands. After all, the really important thing is international scientific harmony.
This excuse to stifle the origins debate has been around since the pandemic's very beginning, thanks to former National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins. Further discussion of the Wuhan lab, warned Collins in early 2020, would allow "the voices of conspiracy to quickly dominate, doing great potential harm to science and to international harmony."
At that time, we didn't yet know the NIH was funding gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab. In attempting to shut down debate, Collins may have had other worries on his mind.
Hidden under such high-minded concerns were more practical considerations. Collins and Anthony Fauci knew that further scrutiny of the Wuhan lab would lead back to them. That's why NIH is still redacting emails and gain-of-function research grants.
Anthony Fauci announced that he would be stepping down in December.
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So — for all the conspiracy theorists and CCP propagandists out there — the United States did not create the coronavirus, allow it out of the lab and spread it around the world. That is almost certainly on China.
But by naïvely funding the Wuhan lab and training the scientists who ran it, US bureaucrats with too much money and no moral compass did enable it.
The coverup that followed COVID's release was worse than the crime. Lives were lost as they spent critical weeks trying to cover their backsides.
And with the Lancet Commission report, the coverup continues.
Steven W. Mosher is president of the Population Research Institute and author of "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Pandemics."
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We had a FUN FUN weekend with our nieces and nephew!
Hubs drew Ariel on the chalkboard table.
Love those simple moments together as a family. They make the BEST memories.
And Hubs attention to detail on that ariel is SUPER impressive!
What a cute pool...and cuter kids!
What a fun weekend you had with the children. I love the chalkboard table. And hubs did a great job with his drawing. I'm impressed!!! Adorable children! Love & blessings from NC!


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GIN TASTING at THE WARWICK
How much do you know about gin? I'm sure if you like to drink it then you know which your favourite brand is, but if you're like me, then not much more than that! I went to a gin tasting a couple of weeks ago at The Warwick in Soho, who've just had a refurb and have added a sparkly new Gin Emporium. I learnt so much about how to taste it, what to look for, and which gins they pair with different garnishes - a fascinating evening that I want to share with you.
Gin came to the UK from Holland in the 17th century and immediately became the drink of choice for many due to the fact that there was no tax on it, unlike other spirits. It has grown in popularity since then and has had a recent revival, with lots of small producers popping up due to the relative ease of making it. I'm going to talk you through the botanicals used to create the flavours of the 8 gins we tried, as the lovely team at The Warwick did for us at the tasting.
We started with Portobello Road, which as you might've guessed, is made on Portobello Road, where you can go and make your own gin as well. It's made using botanicals including lemon, orange, nutmeg and liquorice, but if you go to the distillery you can make yours with whichever selection of botanicals you fancy. At the Warwick it's served as a gin and tonic with Fever Tree tonic (as all their G&Ts are) and with a ruby grapefruit garnish to bring out the citrus botanical flavours.
Second on the list was Berkeley Square gin - my favourite of the night. One of the oldest gin companies that we tried, this was made with basil, kaffir lime leaves, lavender, sage and a bouquet garni, all of which gave it a fresh herbal flavour. Garnished with basil leaves, it tasted really herbaceous in my G&T.
When tasting gin, we were given it straight but added water to expand the flavours. We also had a sip of water between each tasting to clear our palettes of the previous gin.
The third gin we tasted was Whitley Neill gin - a spirit inspired by Africa but made here in England. It's distilled with baobab (a fruit from the tree of life that's recently become popular as a superfood and is often found in healthy smoothies and juices), as well as cape gooseberry and physalis. It has a citrusy taste and is garnished with a twist of orange peel - the twisting releases the oils in the peel.
The majority of gin is around 40-42% ABV, but we tried a few gins that were stronger than that including the next one, Elephant Gin. This comes with my favourite gin story - each of the bottles is individually named after an elephant (ours was called Duke) and the company donates 15% of their profits to 2 different African elephant foundations - I love this, and as my mum loves elephants I though it was the loveliest background to the drink. They use 14 botanicals to create this 45% ABV gin, including dry mountain pine, ginger, baobab, apple and pimento. Elephant Gin is made in Germany and was one of the few non-UK gins we sampled, and is garnished with a slice of apple.
Fifth on the list was Sipsmith gin - brewed very locally to where I live, and by my distant cousin's husband, it was definitely one I was keen to learn more about. Again, they do distillery tours so you can go and see where it's all made for yourself. Using spicy juniper, lemon, coriander seed, ground almond, orange and more, Sipsmiths is the first gin made in copper distilleries in London for over 200 years. It's a dry but very drinkable gin, garnished at The Warwick with lemon and a vanilla pod. All the garnishes at The Warwick are used to pick out key flavours, but also enhance the flavours as when you sip (or glug) your G&T the garnish is by your nose, adding an extra sensory experience to the drink.
Next was another high ABV gin, this time it was Boodles, with an ABV of 45%. One of the newest gins we tried it's made with nutmeg, sage and rosemary amongst other botanicals, but does not use any citrus, which is quite unusual for gin. It has a woody taste and is garnished with a sprig of rosemary.
Just 2 more to go, our penultimate gin was Williams Chase. I'd heard of the brand as my brother had introduced me to their delicious marmalade and rhubarb flavoured vodkas, which their creator had made with potatoes he farmed and couldn't get a good enough deal for from supermarkets anymore. The gin is made with grains rather than potatoes and uses botanicals of hops, elderflower and bramley apples to create a really fresh fruity flavour. This is also served with an apple slice garnish and was the strongest gin we tasted at 48%, though funnily enough, it didn't taste that strong.
The last gin we tried was Hendrick's gin. This is made using cucumber as the main botanical, but also uses Bulgarian rose, chamomile and caraway, and is made by the same family who make Grants whisky in Scotland. It is a small batch gin (as many that we tried were) meaning only 450 litres are made at a time, and is garnished with cucumber at The Warwick. I don't know what it is about cucumber in drinks and cocktails but I really love it and think it refreshes a drink very well.
So there you have it - 8 gins, all with such a variety of taste, flavours and complexity. You can try them all at The Warwick's Gin Emporium, though maybe not all in one night! When Winston Churchill said "the gin and tonic has saved more Englishmen's lives and minds than all doctors in the empire" I don't think he was referring to 8 in a night!
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I used to frequent The Warwick loads as I worked around the corner, when did they have a refurb? I'll have to go and check it out. I actually ended up there on one of my first dates with The Gentleman!
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Ah cute!!! :) I think it's been refurbed in the last couple of months, was great when we went there. I used to go as well after work when I worked in Soho, many bleary nights there!!
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Nestled between the Waianae and the Koolau Ranges, Central Oahu is the true center of the island. It is composed of various residential communities and the world's largest pineapple fields. If you'd like to mingle with the local community, it's no problem in Central Oahu.
Along the southern shore is Pearl Harbor. The Arizona Memorial is a can't miss attraction for anyone with an interest in history. There are a number of tours within the base. Check at the visitor's center.
Easily accessed by the H-2 are the communities of Pearl City, Mililani, and Wahiawa. Within each, one can find a unique slice of contemporary Hawaiian life. For fans of 1960's style, retro architecture, Pearl City is a true find. When you get there, be sure to check out Aloha Stadium, home of the University of Hawaii Rainbows, and site of the annual NFL Pro Bowl. Then there's Pearlridge Center, a vast shopping mall where virtually anything can be found. If your feet get tired, get on board one of the shuttle buses, which can take you to your car, or you can go to another phase of Pearlridge.
Further up the road is Mililani. It has grown from a small town into a sprawling bedroom community. For those with a big appetite, it would be wise to stop off in Mililani, and check out the local eateries. You can dine or snack on a wide variety of "local grinds", which is a term for some of the tastiest food around.
Just before the H-2 bends to the left, take the off-ramp to Wahiawa. Here, you can find a down-home, local, Hawaiian-style former plantation town. Aficionados of tropical flora shouldn't miss the Wahiawa Botanical Garden, a 27 acre oasis, filled with exotic plants from around the world. Admission is free.
West of Wahiawa is Schofield Barracks, made famous by the movie, "From Here To Eternity", which starred Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr.
From the Schofield Barracks, take the Kamehameha Highway up to the Dole Pineapple Pavilion. The rich, red dirt known as oxisol is found here, and out of this earth springs the noble pineapple. Its large bluish, sword-like leaves contrast beautifully with the terrain. There's plenty to see and do here. There's a visitor's area devoted to pineapple growing and eating, with a "varieties of pineapple" garden, a restaurant, and a huge gift shop. You can take a tour of the pineapple fields on a tram.
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William Maurice Palmer Born on May 23, 1961 to Rosetta Palmer in Huntington, WV., was called home on Wednesday, April, 28, 2021. Maurice graduated from Huntington High School in 1978 and attended Marshall University. Maurice was employed by Marriott Hotels and Sodexo Food Services until he retired. Maurice had a love of cooking, especially for family and friends. He was a member of the 16th Street Baptist Church where he accepted Jesus Christ as his personal savior. He served on the Usher Board and the Men's Ministry. He is preceded in death by his natural mother, Rosetta Palmer and a brother, Vincent Cheeks. He leaves to mourn his death, his mother in life, Georgia Cheeks, Huntington WV., five sisters, Tina Palmer, South Point, Oh., Clara Tillet, Bernice Cheeks, Virginia Cheeks all of Huntington, WV. and Janice Cheeks of Charleston, WV., one brother, Albert Tillet of Huntington, WV. He also leaves to mourn a special Aunt, Sadie Page of South Point, Oh. and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and friends. Maurice had many best friends, however there was one special friend, Tina Dickerson, that he talked with daily. Maurice will be truly missed by all who loved him, a number that would be hard to count. He was a very sociable person who loved to entertain people. If he told you he loved you, he meant it. Maurice will be truly missed, but never forgotten. A Memorial Service will be conducted 12:00 PM, Saturday, May 8, 2021 at 16th St. Missionary Baptist Church, Huntington, WV with Rev. Dr. James H. Redd Jr. officiating. Ferrell-Chambers Funeral Home, Huntington, WV is honored to assist the Palmer family. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at Ferrell-ChambersFuneralHome.com
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Avalon er en hellig ø i den keltiske mytologi, også omtalt i Arthur-legenden, der beskrives i sagnkredsen om Kong Arthur. Den kaldes også "æblernes ø", "den lykkelige ø" og "glasøen Avalon".

Øen regeres af Afallach, underverdnens gud, og hans ni døtre, hvoraf Modron er den ældste. Modron er den keltiske moder-gudinde. Både Afallach og Avalon er afledt af ordet for æble.

Der kendes også æblehaver fra den græske mytologi, hvor ni muser lever i Hesperidernes have, samt i den nordiske mytologi, hvor Idun vogter ungdommens æbler.

Det siges, at Kong Arthur blev transporteret til Avalon efter sine dødelige legemsskader, påført ham af hans uægte søn og ærkefjende Mordred. Legenden fortæller, at han her blev helbredt, og fik lov til at hvile og bo her for aldrig mere at vende tilbage. Men det siges også, at han en dag vil vende tilbage til os mennesker.

Hans grav skulle efter sigende i virkeligheden ligge ved Glastonbury Abbey (Glastonbury Kloster), og man har endda billeder af det. Nogle mennesker mente nemlig engang, at Glastonbury var selveste Avalon. Arthurs lig blev lagt til hvile i et gravkammer, men dette gravsted blev senere i 1184 ødelagt af en voldsom brand. En rekonstruktion begyndte med det samme, og i 1191 fandt man Kong Arthur og hans Dronning Guineveres grav. Arthurs lig blev begravet i jorden i stedet, og et kors blev rejst, hvorpå der stod: "Hic jacet sepultus inclitus rex Arthurus in insula Avalonia"

("Her ligger den berømte Kong Arthur begravet på øen Avalon").

På et andet skilt står der:

"Site of King Arthur's grave. In the year 1191 the bodies of King Arthur and his queen were said to have been found on the south side of the Lady Chapel. On 19th April 1278 their remains were removed in the presence of King Edward I and Queen Eleanor to a black marble tomb on this site. This tomb survived until the dissolution of the abby in 1539."
("Stedet for Kong Arthurs grav. Det siges, at ligene af Kong Arthur og hans dronning blev fundet i året 1191 på sydsiden af fruekapellet. Den 19. april 1278 blev deres jordiske rester fjernet under overværelse af Kong Edward I og Dronning Eleanor og ført til en sort marmorgrav på dette sted. Denne grav overlevede indtil opløsningen af klosteret i 1539").

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The Citadel Bulldogs vs Mercer Bears 1/6/2021 Picks Predictions Previews
The Citadel Bulldogs will square off with the Mercer Bears at Hawkins Arena in Macon, Georgia on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, at 12:00 PM, EST.
The Bulldogs continued their dominance in the Southern Conference after stomping over the Presbyterian Blue Hose in their recent match. The team was merciless with 52 points over Presbyterian's 39 in the 1st half of the game. They continued their momentum by adding 42 more in the 2nd half of the game, while the Blue Hose managed to outscore them by 43 in the same span. With a 12-point advantage over Blue Hose, the Citadel Bulldogs keep their perfect winning streak. The Bulldogs shot well in the game with 56.7% from the floor on 34-60 shooting while hitting 50.0% of their shots from 3s on 11-22 attempts. They only missed 7 of their free throws for 68.2% on 15-22 shooting. Citadel had a total of 30 team rebounds and 12 turnovers. The Citadel Bulldogs are 4th in the Southern Conference at 0-0 with an overall record of 7 wins and 0 losses.
Rayshon Harrison led the team to victory with his 20 points, along with 8 rebounds, 1 dime, and 1 steal. Owen McCormack added 19 points and 12 rebounds, while the other starters combined for a total of 20 points. A Le Gregam entered the game and dropped an additional 13 points with 3 rebounds, and 1 dime. The Bulldogs are 7-0 SU in their last 7 games and 4-2 ATS in their last 6 games against Mercer.
The Citadel Bulldogs vs Mercer Bears Predictions 1/6/2021
The Mercer Bears are on a 2-game skid after losing to the Furman Paladins in their recent game. The Bears started on the wrong foot as they allowed the Paladins to outscore them at 44-34 for the 1st half of the game. They tried to take the favor by grabbing an additional 46 in the 2nd half while allowing Furman only 39 points. However, the squad's efforts were not enough to claim the victory at 83-80. The squad shot for 55.6% from the floor on 30-54 attempts while making 38.9% of their shots from beyond the arc on 7-18 shooting. They were 13-20 from the line for 65.0% and outrebounded the Paladins at 36-24. The Mercer Bears are 9th in the Southern Conference at 0-2 with an overall record of 7 wins and 3 losses.
Ross Cummings starred in the game with a score of 22 points, 4 boards, and 3 dimes, while Maciej Bender complemented his play with 14 points, 8 rebounds, 2 dimes, and 2 steals. Felipe Haase followed him to get 11 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists, while the other starters combined for 14 points. James Glisson III came off the bench for 13 points, along with 6 boards. Mercer is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games and 11-4 SU in their last 15 games.
The Citadel Bulldogs VS Mercer Bears. The NCAAB pick for the game is The Citadel Bulldogs +12.5. Their flawless record is enough proof to consider them a better team against the Mercer Bears. They are faring better in successfully hitting their shots and are consistent on the scoreboard. The squad has improved in the defensive department, while the Mercer Bears are struggling in both offensive and defensive ends. The Bears will win this match but will fall short in the spread predicted at 83-79.
NCAAB Starting Time: 12:00 PM, EST
Location: Hawkins Arena in Macon, Georgia
NCAAB Odds: The Citadel Bulldogs +12.5
Free College Basketball Pick: The Citadel Bulldogs +12.5


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In the city of T. on the squalid and dirty Rasteriaev street there are many poor people: small officials, petty bourgeois, craftsmen. Among them – a young pistol master Prokhor Porfirych. He is "of the noble": the illegitimate son of a master, a police official. But the origin did not make Prohor's life easier. Glafira, the mother of Prokhor, was "relegated" to the cook as a cook, and the boy was sent to a drunkard master, where he had to endure both hunger and beating. Then Prokhor tried to conduct business together with his friend, but after a drunken quarrel broke off relations with him and began to work alone.
them for drunkenness and ignorance (and these drawbacks are really peculiar to them: the absence of any interests in life and hopeless poverty push a man into a tavern). Porfirych himself is restrained and prudent. He does not hurry to bring money to the healer. Prokhor Porfirych dreams of becoming rich, using the general "madness" and "re-sabbath" (from the word "kaby") for their own purposes.
among them Yegor Matveyich Bogobortsev and State General Kalachov. Bogogortsev is indifferent to everything, except the breeding of chickens. And everything, including Porfirych, is considered by General Kalachov as a man uninvitedly ferocious, whereas this is just a misunderstanding. The general tries to bring to life at least some kind of order and meaning, which causes his family's horror and rejection. He wants, for example, to cut down the cotswold, which destroys the surrounding garden trees – his wife thinks that her husband wants her to kill her favorite tree.
Another "remarkable personality" of Rasteriaevoy Street is the military clerk Khripushin, who is known in the city as a "medic". Actually, he gives himself out for a "doctor" in order to visit many houses, everywhere to pass through a glass and conduct conversations. At home, Khripushin can not sit: a pugnacious schismatrix-wife expels him. He often visits Tomilinsky Lane and visits the family of the Pretorpians. Spouses Artamon Ilich and Avdotya Karpovna. The preterpeevs economically conduct their business, they are saving their dowries. They lived a soul in the soul, until the wife decided to give the eldest daughter of the Olympics to the boarding school. "Educated" girl began to strive for a secular life, three younger sisters imitate her in this. Parents indulged their daughters until their farming fell into decay. However, not only do they have to endure poverty: young Prerupeevs became the object of slander and ridicule for all around them. With grief, the father of the family begins to drink, falls ill and soon dies.
The inhabitants of Rasteriaevoy Street are cautious about books. They consider it instructive to consider the fate of an orphan named Alifan. He, learning with great zeal ABC, read the book "The Journey of Captain Cook." The book made a great impression on him. Alifan peddles small things (and the scattered and dreamy guy can not trade) and tells everyone about Captain Cook. These stories make him a common joke. He's crazy.
But all the same, not all education rasterayevtsy despise. So, they have great respect for Pelageya Petrovna Balkanova, or Balkanikh, who is very well versed in church matters. Balkanikha is a venerable and harsh woman. My husband feared her unusually. In the city there is a rumor that he died with fear, when his wife found him secretly eating jam. For a widowed Balkaniku beggar petty bourgeois Drykin, got rich in some kind of dark business. Discovering in the Balkaniye an extraordinary mind, Drykin got scared and married a young Nenile. After the wedding, Drykin immediately "pacified" the obstinate spouse.
She became completely submissive, but quietly began to hate her husband. When Drykin became blind, Nenila felt freedom. She does not deal with the economy, she spends money on attire and raises her husband. Balkanikha goes to visit Drykin's spouses and quarrel them even more.
One of the residents of Balkanikha is a cabman Nikita. The hostess constantly instructs him on the true path. Nikita every time sincerely promises to improve and not to drink any more, but nothing good comes out of these good intentions.
Pelageya Petrovna's adopted son Kuzka is growing up. He is "fed and put to sleep," nothing interests his bored soul. At seventeen, Kuzka is unreasonable, like a child. One day Kuzka and Prokhor Porfirych go on a pilgrimage to a neighboring village in the 3rd. There, Kuzka drinks a quarter of the beer on the dispute and dies of unaccustomed to alcohol. And Prokhor Porfirych finds himself a bride on a pilgrimage – Raisa Karpovna. She is the custodian of Captain Burtsev; the captain leaves and promises to give a half thousand (in addition to the crown) to the one who marries Raisa Karpovna. Learning about this, Prokhor Porfirych decides to marry. He is very pleased with the bargain. The bride is happy and grateful to her fiance.


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Okay. So I didn't check Bulbanews (or Veekun's front page) for one lousy week and ended up missing the Pokéball Vivillon distribution that I've been waiting for them to announce for months.
So, does anyone have one they'd be willing to trade me (preferably an English one)? It doesn't even have to be for keeps. I have access to a second 3DS and game card, so I could duplicate it and give it back.
If anyone can help, please let me know. This is the first North American distribution I've missed since getting back into Pokémon with Pokémon Platinum. I really don't want my streak to be broken.
Also, I have plenty to offer in exchange. All the legendaries, as well as Shiny Misdreavus, Staravia, and Stunfisk. I'll even offer my Xerneas or maybe a Mega Stone. Just make me an offer.
I'd gladly trade mine away for a copy of your shiny misdreavus. When are you online?
I'll get online in a few minutes. My trainer name should appear as Leo. I'm wearing all green.
I've changed my profile message to "Ailuros" so you can confirm it's me.
Hey, Spriteless. Some random passerby just traded me a Pokéball Vivillon, but wanted a Kyogre, so I'm pretty sure it wasn't you. However, Because you answered my post, I'll still give you a Shiny Misdreavus. You just don't have to give me a Pokéball Vivillon anymore.
I'll take anything, even a Bidoof. But, if you have another variety of Vivillon you could spare, that would be cool. Maybe even an Aurora one?
Hey, Spriteless. If you still want to trade I'll be on in the morning around 9 AM CDT or so. If that's not good (because of work or something) send me a reply to let me know. If you'd rather not trade, thanks for at least replying to my post.
Wow. Sorry about missing that.
That's okay. Like I said, if you still want the Shiny Misdreavus, I'd love to trade it to you for at least offering to help me out. Just give me any old 'mon. Another Vivillon besides Fancy, Pokéball, Modern, or High Plains will do.
I'm getting ready for work right now, but I'll be back home at about 6 pm. So, that's about five hours from whenever this post's timecode is, because it's almost 1 pm here. Anytime after then will work for me.
Does anyone have more pokeball vivillon? My girlfriend and I missed it as well. I would give an arm and a leg for it!


Many animals use camouflage. The lizard (top) and hare (middle) camouflage to avoid being noticed by predators. The wolf (bottom) camouflages to avoid being seen by its prey.
This activity shows how organisms with a useful trait, in this case camouflage, blending in with one's environment, are selected (survive) over organisms that do not have the trait or have less of it.
Use the paper punch to punch out 100 holes each from black, white and classified ads paper. Lay a different sheet of classified ads flat on a table or floor, and spread the black, white and classified ad circles randomly over the newspaper on the table or floor.
You are the bird and the circles are moths on a tree. Pick up circles, one at a time, for thirty seconds. After thirty seconds, sort and count the circles that you picked up. Make a bar graph of how many of each color you picked up and "killed". Put the circles back and do it two more times.
Alternative: If you find yourself going for only one kind "moth" on purpose (maybe to mess up the experiment), lay down only black ones and pick up for ten seconds, then classified for ten seconds, then white for ten seconds.
Which color got picked up the most? The least? Why is it sometimes useful for an organism to blend in with its environment?


"There are two large sofas in the living room."
Translation:En la salono estas du grandaj sofoj.
Is there any need for the sentences to be swapped around?
No it is a matter of style and/or emphasis. Did your answer not get accepted?
It is fine now, thanks for the reply.
My gosh, it didn't accept "kanapo".
Wait why doesn't "sofoj" take the accusative?
Some verbs, like esti, don't take accusative. It is to indicate the direct object of the action, 'esti' (to be) does not get action it indicate a state of being.
I am not sure if 'esti' is the only verb that don't have accusative.
(Sorry, I can't reply in app) The -n is added when measuring, not when counting.
This sentence structure makes me rethink how ive ever used there as a subject. Dankon esperanto.


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Q: WiX Burn bootstrapper cancel dialog localization I have successfuly created a localized installer and bootstrapper setup using WiX. There is just one problem with the bootstrapper localization. Everything is fine except the values of button captions in a dialog that appears when the installation is being canceled (exit confirmation yes/no). There are no string elements in the bootstrapper theme wxl files that would allow to change these values. In the MSI installer this was possible by setting "WixUIYes", "WixUINo" values.
I have tried to add the following elements to my localized theme file, but without success.
<String Id="WixUIYes" Overridable="yes">some_value1</String>
<String Id="WixUINo" Overridable="yes">some_value2</String>

Is there a way to change the caption values of mentioned buttons? Their values are currently in the system language.
This is my WXS file:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='windows-1250'?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"
     xmlns:bal="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/BalExtension">

    <Bundle Name="Test" Version="1.0.0.0" UpgradeCode="MY-GUID">
        <WixVariable Id="WixStdbaThemeXml"
                     Value="Resources\HyperlinkTheme.xml" />
        <WixVariable Id="WixStdbaThemeWxl"
                     Value="Resources\LocalizedHyperlinkTheme.wxl" />

        <BootstrapperApplicationRef Id="WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.HyperlinkLicense" >
            <bal:WixStandardBootstrapperApplication LicenseUrl="" SuppressOptionsUI="yes" />
        </BootstrapperApplicationRef>
        <Chain>
            <ExePackage Id="VCRedistExe"
                        Cache="no"
                        Compressed="no"
                        Vital="yes"
                        SourceFile="vcredist_x86.exe" />
            <MsiPackage Id="MyAppMsi"
                        Cache="no"
                        Compressed="yes"
                        Vital="yes"
                        SourceFile="MyApp.msi"
                        DisplayInternalUI="yes" />
        </Chain>
    </Bundle>
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Dean Crocker: J B Potts homestead, Paucaunla, I.T.
You won't find it on maps today, but Paucaunla was a real place located between present-day Colbert and Achille, Oklahoma.
Somewhere out there was the old Potts family home. It's gone now.


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Authors: Tidwell Deborah L., Wymore Lisa, Garza Anel, Estrada Maricruz, Smith Howard L.
In this article, the authors describe the use of self-study as a frame for professional learning that grew out of a professional development program for teachers examining their practice in a dual-language K-4 school in Iowa. The authors argue that the use of self-study as the frame for their professional learning experience was seen as a powerful and positive experience overall, impacting both their own practice and the dual language program at large. The authors also argue that during the process of self-study, many of the teachers became supportive collegial friends, colleagues who appeared genuinely interested in working together to improve practice. By working as collegial friends, by engaging in critical discussions of genuine issues and teacher-chosen interests in improving practice, the dual language program as a whole benefited.


On an unseasonably warm and sunny October Sunday in Saskatoon, seven recent brides and seven Professional Photographers of Canada members staged a non-traditional wedding photo shoot. The goal was to create some fantastic and unusual images and raise money for the Children's Hospital Foundation.
Click the PDF below to read the full article, courtesy of The Star Phoenix newspaper.


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Olympic curlers honored with medals 82 years late
Days before the Turin Olympics curling competition gets underway, the British team that won at the inaugural Winter Games more than 80 years ago has finally been recognized as gold medalists.
The IOC announced that the curling competition in the 1924 event in Chamonix, France, was an official event and not a demonstration sport as had been widely believed.
The issue was raised by a Scottish newspaper, the Herald, based on records found at the Royal Caledonian Curling Club.
The team of Scotsmen father and son Willie and Laurence Jackson, Robin Welsh and Tom Murray won the gold by defeating Sweden 38-7 and France 46-4 in outdoor matches over 18 ends, compared with 10 in the modern Olympics.
Curling was a demonstration sport in another five Olympics before it became a full event in 1998. However the IOC has declared that all sports in the first Olympics were full sports.
The decision makes the curling team the first ever British Winter Olympics gold medalists, and Britain's first curling medalists by 78 years the women's team won gold in Salt Lake City in 2002.
"We have always been aware that our sport had a great history and we knew there had been curling in 1924," said Roy Sinclair, the Scottish president of the World Curling Federation.
"I only know the whereabouts of one of the medals. It was kept for many years by Welsh's sun, who died two weeks ago. Now it has passed to his grandson."
The Turin Olympics open Friday and curling competition starts Monday, reports AP.
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The opening of the new Zagreb airport terminal has inspired me to write about some of the most successful architectural projects of last decade or so in Croatia. Each project was very large with varying levels of difficulty. Most of them were adjusted during construction as challenges arose, but each project has received good feedback from both the community and professionals.
Vukovar, an old city that was situated on the banks of the Danube before the atrocities of war hit it in early 1990s, was a significant river harbour and a well-known site of the Neolithic Vučedol culture. This early copper-age culture was spread out over parts of the Pannonian plain and the Western Balkans, which in Croatia is situated in the regions of Slavonija and Srijem.
Since this Vučedol archaeological site is of great importance on both a national and a regional scale, the Croatian Government decided to support a demanding project to build this exquisite building, which incorporates the archaeological site and museum.
The architecture is incorporated into the landscape, and wide terraces and ramps are built into the surrounding environment giving access to the museum. This successfully integrates the architecture with the green valley of Srijem and the Danube river nearby.
The archaeological site is accessible not only through the museum but also by means of the green roof, and thus when walking through the museum you pass a part of the site.
This hotel looks powerful. On the outside it reminds me of a modern ship, but on the inside you feel like you are in a modern museum. Its construction is minimalistic and modern – horizontal cubes with soft angles and terraces that look like stripes.
Among its green surroundings, the building looks very sophisticated. The Lone Hotel opened a few years ago and gained recognition not only as a successful architectural piece, but also as a well-equipped hotel.
It stands in a small bay where it is well incorporated into its natural surroundings. On the one side of it is the little peninsula, and on the other is the old town, making its offer very appealing. Apart from having the hotel for entertainment, you therefore also have access to both nature and nightlife.
The Sea Organs are situated in the western part of the Zadar peninsula.
They are 75 m long and have been completely built into the sidewalk. Underneath the simple stone steps are pipes that produce a sound each time a wave hits the shore. The unique sounds and their simple architecture has become the symbol of Zadar.
This is a great example of how to change an ordinary boardwalk into an interesting and calming attraction. The pleasant sea surroundings and a sunset that is, according to Alfred Hitchcock, the most wonderful in the world, adds more charm. When the weather is nice, the stairs (that resemble large stone beds) get pleasantly warm and people have been known to lay down here and soak up the sun.
From the get-go, I must say that this project was a very challenging one, due both to the parameters thereof and the space available.
The academy was built in Zagreb's historic square on a site where a previous building had stood forgotten for decades. Back in the day, it was supposed to be a modern building representative of the 1960s, but the project was changed so much during construction that the architect, Stanko Fabris, completely distanced himself from it out of dissatisfaction. After years of back-and-forth attempts to revalorise this unfortunate building, the City of Zagreb finally accepted the project proposal of the young architect Milan Šosterić and the University of Zagreb's Academy of Music finally got a home after years of waiting.
The original building was partly destroyed, but the new project nicely pays homage to it as the new building's height and volume more or less corresponds to the old. The front facade has kept with the idea of a glass grid, but Šosterić has added some young charm to the building, such as the big concert hall situated on the roof that is painted in a rainbow palette. Although this cheerful building seems a bit out-of-place in its surroundings, I find it very charming.
There came a time when Croatia needed to adapt itself to modern standards and let go of old and small communistic buildings.
The new terminal of Zagreb's Franjo Tuđman (the first president of Croatia from 1991-2000) Airport, is a small terminal located not far from the old one. It consists of two main parts – a square building with its characteristic wavy roof, and a curved tube that looks as if it has been "squeezed" to which the airplane ramps are connected. The basic materials are glass and steel.
I find the subtle contrast between the interior and exterior very appealing. Outside, shape is the overpowering element, but inside you find that the open construction becomes the attraction.
Realising the project was very complex. In spite of this, the final product has proven to be satisfactory to public and passengers alike, and the terminal has become the star of Croatia's capital!


Terrance Laird didn't get the best of starts in the finals of the 100 meters at the AAU Junior Olympics last summer. But the recent Coatesville graduate and Penn State recruit used his pure speed to dazzle the crowd and take home the title.
Laird clocked a 10.63 for the remarkable come-from-behind victory. AAU served as a catalyst for Laird, who had a terrific senior season that included indoor and outdoor state titles in the 200 meters. You can now watch that race above!


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/// <summary>
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/// </summary>
[Serializable]
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public class MessageHistory : IEntity
{
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Chic is an American band that was organized during 1976 by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards. Its commercially successful disco songs include "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" (1977), "Everybody Dance" (1977), "Le Freak" (1978), "I Want Your Love" (1978), "Good Times" (1979), and "My Forbidden Lover" (1979). The group regarded themselves as a rock band for the disco movement "that made good on hippie peace, love and freedom". In October 2014, Chic was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the tenth time.
Chic influenced the vocal and music style of the Italian-American disco band Change, which had a series of successes during the early 1980s. Interestingly the two acts also had a couple things in common; Chic alumnus Vandross was also Change's vocalist upon the latter's formation, and like Chic, were also signed to Atlantic through its distributed RFC label. In addition to refining a relatively minimalist disco sound, Chic helped to inspire other artists to create their own sound. For example, The Sugarhill Gang used "Good Times" as the basis for its success "Rapper's Delight", which helped initiate the hip hop recorded music format as we know today.
Chic was cited as an influence by many successful bands from Great Britain during the 1980s. John Taylor, the bassist from Duran Duran claims the bass part of their top 10 single "Rio" was influenced by Edwards' work with Chic. Even Johnny Marr of The Smiths has cited the group as a formative influence. Rodgers guitar work has been so emulated as to become commonplace, and Edwards' lyrical bass is also much-cited in music circles, as is Thompson's recorded drumwork. Queen got the inspiration for its single "Another One Bites the Dust" from Bernard Edwards' familiar bass guitar riff on "Good Times" after John Deacon met the band in The Power Station recording studio. (Source: "Everybody Dance: Chic and the Politics of Disco")
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The concept of ancestor worship, a central guiding principle in ancient Chamorro society, continues today in some general and some specific ways.
Ancestral worship is tied to the idea that when a person dies they do not leave the world, but remain in some spiritual form. Ancient Chamorros believed their dead relatives returned as manganiti or taotaomo'na, spirits which played a large role in either protecting the living and ensuring they lived safe and prosperous lives, or bringing doom, illness and bad luck to them. Therefore, even after a person passed away, a relationship of respect had to be maintained with their memory, their spirit, their legacy and so on.
The largest practices associated with this worship was the keeping of the skulls of their ancestor in the guma'saga' (home) and the treating of these skulls, which held the spirits of their ancestors, as respected members of the family, even to the extent that they would be spoken to in reverent tones and offered nenkanno' (food) and gimen (drink) at meals and gupot siha (parties).
Today, when families keep mementos, pictures and reminders of their lost relatives in their homes, they are practicing ancestor worship by venerating the lives and the spirits of their ancestors. When we hold closely the memory of a loved one that is gone, or even more specifically when in times of crisis we state that we wish that our loved one was here again, or that we wish that they could in some way guide us or help us, we are appealing to the ante (soul) of our relatives.
Another form of ancestor veneration is when we visit the grave sites of departed relatives and bring them some of their favorite foods or drink. Simple practices such as these reflect in small and subtle ways the practice of ancestor veneration of Ancient Chamorros.
The most concrete form in which ancestral worship continues today is through the celebration of All Soul's Day celebrated November 2nd, which involves the actual remembrance and reverence of the ancestor, now buried in a Catholic cemetery. Family members and friends prepare for the All Soul's Day days sometimes weeks in advance, cleaning graves and adorning them with flowers or momentos.
Another form of ancestral worship that carries on to the present is the veneration of Catholic Saints. The victories of the Catholic Church in colonizing Guam and Chamorros came not through force of arms, but also through a blending of Catholicism and Ancient Chamorro religion. Although Spanish missionaries did assert that the ancestral spirits of Chamorros were demons, devils, or did not exist, and destroyed many ancestral skulls to prove this point, this confrontational approach was not their most successful.
The interventions which did the most in terms of turning Chamorros or transforming their consciousness in order to accommodate the invading religion was not to claim that all spirits don't exist or that all spirits are taomaolek (without good), but simply that Catholic religion offered maolekña (better) and metgotña (stronger) spirits. And these better spirits manifested most prominently in the pantheon of Catholic saints and holy figures.
The technology and weaponry of the Spanish helped make this point. It seemed logical that because the Spanish had more advanced weapons, this might be the result of their ancestral spirits being stronger. Over time, Chamorros replaced their practices of worshiping and seeking aid from the spirits of their ancestors, and began to seek the guidance and protection of Catholic Saints. When Chamorros pray to these saints today for good fortune in business, protection from evil, or even in the finding of lost objects, they are still praying to spirits. And as they collect figures and images, artifacts of these saints, they are still using the system of practices and respect that their ancestors did centuries ago.
Driver, Marjorie. Fray Juan Pobre in the Marianas, 1602. MARC Miscellaneous Series 8. Mangilao, GU: University of Guam Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, 1993.
Freycinet, Louis Claude de. An Account of the Corvette L'Uranie's Sojourn at the Mariana Islands, 1819. Occasional Historical Paper Series 13. Translated by Glynn Barratt. Saipan, CNMI: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Division of Historic Preservation and University of Guam Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, 2003.
Russell, Scott. Tiempon I Manmofo'na: Ancient Chamorro Culture and History of the Northern Mariana Islands. Saipan: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Division of Historic Preservation, 1998.
Souder-Jaffery, Laura M. Torres. Daughters of the Island: Contemporary Chamorro Women Organizers on Guam. MARC Monograph Series No. 1. Lanham: University Press of America; Mangilao, GU: University of Guam Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, c.1992.
Thompson, Laura. Guam and its People: With a Village Journal by Jesus C. Barcinas. 3rd ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1947.


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The Dutch Banking Sector Agreement on Human Rights: An Exercise in Regulation, Experimentation or Advocacy?
Benjamin Thompson
The role of banks in projects which result in adverse human rights impacts has been brought to the fore in recent years. However, there are serious obstacles to regulate the (often extraterritorial) financing activities of banks under national law. The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises attempt to respond to this 'governance gap', stipulating that all business enterprises have a responsibility to respect human rights. However, banks' compliance with such standards has been frustrated by a failure to understand how these standards apply to them.
In 2016, the Dutch Government collaborated with the Dutch banking sector and civil society to create the Dutch Banking Sector Agreement: a multistakeholder initiative initiated to improve adhering banks' performance with respect to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises. This article reviews how the actors involved drafted the Agreement in light of prevalent divergences in understandings over how human rights apply to banks' financing activities. It then looks to scholarship on transnational private regulation, experimentalism governance, and social constructivism in mapping three roles the Dutch Banking Sector Agreement could play: regulation, experimentation, and advocacy.
Keywords: business and human rights, Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, multistakeholder initiatives, OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, Thun Group, banks and human rights
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18352/ulr.440
How to Cite: Thompson, B., 2018. The Dutch Banking Sector Agreement on Human Rights: An Exercise in Regulation, Experimentation or Advocacy?. Utrecht Law Review, 14(2), pp.84–107. DOI: http://doi.org/10.18352/ulr.440
Thompson, B., 2018. The Dutch Banking Sector Agreement on Human Rights: An Exercise in Regulation, Experimentation or Advocacy?. Utrecht Law Review, 14(2), pp.84–107. DOI: http://doi.org/10.18352/ulr.440
Thompson B. The Dutch Banking Sector Agreement on Human Rights: An Exercise in Regulation, Experimentation or Advocacy?. Utrecht Law Review. 2018;14(2):84–107. DOI: http://doi.org/10.18352/ulr.440
Thompson, B. (2018). The Dutch Banking Sector Agreement on Human Rights: An Exercise in Regulation, Experimentation or Advocacy?. Utrecht Law Review, 14(2), 84–107. DOI: http://doi.org/10.18352/ulr.440
Thompson B, 'The Dutch Banking Sector Agreement on Human Rights: An Exercise in Regulation, Experimentation or Advocacy?' (2018) 14 Utrecht Law Review 84 DOI: http://doi.org/10.18352/ulr.440
Thompson, Benjamin. 2018. "The Dutch Banking Sector Agreement on Human Rights: An Exercise in Regulation, Experimentation or Advocacy?". Utrecht Law Review 14 (2): 84–107. DOI: http://doi.org/10.18352/ulr.440
Thompson, Benjamin. "The Dutch Banking Sector Agreement on Human Rights: An Exercise in Regulation, Experimentation or Advocacy?". Utrecht Law Review 14, no. 2 (2018): 84–107. DOI: http://doi.org/10.18352/ulr.440
Thompson, B.. "The Dutch Banking Sector Agreement on Human Rights: An Exercise in Regulation, Experimentation or Advocacy?". Utrecht Law Review, vol. 14, no. 2, 2018, pp. 84–107. DOI: http://doi.org/10.18352/ulr.440


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Q: Run process with realtime output to a Tkinter GUI I was trying to create a GUI in Tkinter python. I want to display the output of a tool to my Tkinter interface. The tool works great in command line but it is a continuous scanner. Somewhat like a continuous ping (I mean by ping command in Linux with no options).
Now the problem is since the output of ping is never complete, therefore I cannot print the output in Tkinter. It also makes my application go freeze. I also cannot stop the command after few seconds to display output.
Run process with realtime output in PHP
I found this above link helpful for php, but How can I convert this code in python:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/6144213/4931414
Here is some sample code that I want to display on tkinter frame
#!/usr....

import subprocess
x = subprocess.call(["ping", "127.0.0.1"])
print x

This works great on command line but I am not getting output on tkinter interface.

A: First of all, I must admit that I am not so familiar with the module subprocess and threading, but I have tried to create a simple console that accepts you to write a command, whose output will be shown in a Text widget.
The basic idea is to have a new running parallel thread that processes a command when you click the button Execute. We keep iterating through the lines of stdout and inserting them into the Text widget.
It seems to work for any command, but I am pretty sure that there are some problems and mistakes. If you guys more familiar with the modules I cited above see any serious problem with my code, or have any suggestions to improve it, I would definitely listen to you in order to improve this example.
Now, this is the code:
import tkinter as tk
from tkinter.scrolledtext import ScrolledText
import threading
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE

class Console(tk.Frame):

    """Simple console that can execute bash commands"""

    def __init__(self, master, *args, **kwargs):
        tk.Frame.__init__(self, master, *args, **kwargs)

        self.text_options = {"state": "disabled",
                             "bg": "black",
                             "fg": "#08c614",
                             "insertbackground": "#08c614",
                             "selectbackground": "#f01c1c"}

        self.text = ScrolledText(self, **self.text_options)

        # It seems not to work when Text is disabled...
        # self.text.bind("<<Modified>>", lambda: self.text.frame.see(tk.END))

        self.text.pack(expand=True, fill="both")

        # bash command, for example 'ping localhost' or 'pwd'
        # that will be executed when "Execute" is pressed
        self.command = ""
        self.popen = None     # will hold a reference to a Popen object
        self.running = False  # True if the process is running

        self.bottom = tk.Frame(self)

        self.prompt = tk.Label(self.bottom, text="Enter the command: ")
        self.prompt.pack(side="left", fill="x")
        self.entry = tk.Entry(self.bottom)
        self.entry.bind("<Return>", self.start_thread)
        self.entry.bind("<Command-a>", lambda e: self.entry.select_range(0, "end"))
        self.entry.bind("<Command-c>", self.clear)
        self.entry.focus()
        self.entry.pack(side="left", fill="x", expand=True)

        self.executer = tk.Button(self.bottom, text="Execute", command=self.start_thread)
        self.executer.pack(side="left", padx=5, pady=2)
        self.clearer = tk.Button(self.bottom, text="Clear", command=self.clear)
        self.clearer.pack(side="left", padx=5, pady=2)
        self.stopper = tk.Button(self.bottom, text="Stop", command=self.stop)
        self.stopper.pack(side="left", padx=5, pady=2)

        self.bottom.pack(side="bottom", fill="both")

    def clear_text(self):
        """Clears the Text widget"""
        self.text.config(state="normal")
        self.text.delete(1.0, "end-1c")
        self.text.config(state="disabled")

    def clear_entry(self):
        """Clears the Entry command widget"""
        self.entry.delete(0, "end")

    def clear(self, event=None):
        """Does not stop an eventual running process,
        but just clears the Text and Entry widgets."""
        self.clear_entry()
        self.clear_text()

    def show(self, message):
        """Inserts message into the Text wiget"""
        self.text.config(state="normal")
        self.text.insert("end", message)
        self.text.see("end")
        self.text.config(state="disabled")

    def start_thread(self, event=None):
        """Starts a new thread and calls process"""
        self.stop()
        self.running = True
        self.command = self.entry.get()
        # self.process is called by the Thread's run method
        threading.Thread(target=self.process).start()

    def process(self):
        """Runs in an infinite loop until self.running is False"""
        while self.running:
            self.execute()

    def stop(self):
        """Stops an eventual running process"""
        if self.popen:
            try:
                self.popen.kill()
            except ProcessLookupError:
                pass
        self.running = False

    def execute(self):
        """Keeps inserting line by line into self.text
        the output of the execution of self.command"""
        try:
            # self.popen is a Popen object
            self.popen = Popen(self.command.split(), stdout=PIPE, bufsize=1)
            lines_iterator = iter(self.popen.stdout.readline, b"")

            # poll() return None if the process has not terminated
            # otherwise poll() returns the process's exit code
            while self.popen.poll() is None:
                for line in lines_iterator:
                    self.show(line.decode("utf-8"))
            self.show("Process " + self.command  + " terminated.\n\n")

        except FileNotFoundError:
            self.show("Unknown command: " + self.command + "\n\n")
        except IndexError:
            self.show("No command entered\n\n")

        self.stop()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    root = tk.Tk()
    root.title("Console")
    Console(root).pack(expand=True, fill="both")
    root.mainloop()

A: An improvement on @nbro's answer:
from tkinter.scrolledtext import ScrolledText
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
from threading import Thread, Lock
import tkinter as tk

class Console(ScrolledText):
    """
    Simple console that can execute commands
    """

    def __init__(self, master, **kwargs):
        # The default options:
        text_options = {"state": "disabled",
                        "bg": "black",
                        "fg": "#08c614",
                        "selectbackground": "orange"}
        # Take in to account the caller's specified options:
        text_options.update(kwargs)
        super().__init__(master, **text_options)

        self.proc = None # The process
        self.text_to_show = "" # The new text that we need to display on the screen
        self.text_to_show_lock = Lock() # A lock to make sure that it's thread safe

        self.show_text_loop()

    def clear(self) -> None:
        """
        Clears the Text widget
        """
        super().config(state="normal")
        super().delete("0.0", "end")
        super().config(state="disabled")

    def show_text_loop(self) -> None:
        """
        Inserts the new text into the `ScrolledText` wiget
        """
        new_text = ""
        # Get the new text that needs to be displayed
        with self.text_to_show_lock:
            new_text = self.text_to_show.replace("\r", "")
            self.text_to_show = ""

        if len(new_text) > 0:
            # Display the new text:
            super().config(state="normal")
            super().insert("end", new_text)
            super().see("end")
            super().config(state="disabled")

        # After 100ms call `show_text_loop` again
        super().after(100, self.show_text_loop)

    def run(self, command:str) -> None:
        """
        Runs the command specified
        """
        self.stop()
        thread = Thread(target=self._run, daemon=True, args=(command, ))
        thread.start()

    def _run(self, command:str) -> None:
        """
        Runs the command using subprocess and appends the output
        to `self.text_to_show`
        """
        self.proc = Popen(command, shell=True, stdout=PIPE)

        try:
            while self.proc.poll() is None:
                text = self.proc.stdout.read(1).decode()
                with self.text_to_show_lock:
                    self.text_to_show += text

            self.proc = None
        except AttributeError:
            # The process ended prematurely
            pass

    def stop(self, event:tk.Event=None) -> None:
        """
        Stops the process.
        """
        try:
            self.proc.kill()
            self.proc = None
        except AttributeError:
            # No process was running
            pass

    def destroy(self) -> None:
        # Stop the process if the text widget is to be destroyed:
        self.stop()
        super().destroy()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    def run_command_in_entry(event:tk.Event=None):
        console.run(entry.get())
        entry.delete("0", "end")
        return "break"

    root = tk.Tk()
    root.title("Console")

    console = Console(root)
    console.pack(expand=True, fill="both")

    entry = tk.Entry(root, bg="black", fg="white",
                     insertbackground="white")
    entry.insert("end", "ping 8.8.8.8 -n 4")
    entry.bind("<Return>", run_command_in_entry)
    entry.pack(fill="x")

    root.mainloop()

The only difference between our answers is that I removed all of the widgets that were in the class except the ScrolledText and I made sure that I used tkinter in a thread safe way. Parts of tkinter aren't thread safe and aren't meant to be called from different threads (can raise errors). In the worse case scenario tkinter can crash without giving an error or a traceback.

A: If you change your code to the following you will see that ping, and not the "print x" is what is displaying on the console
import subprocess
x = subprocess.call(["ping", "127.0.0.1"])
print "x is", x   ## or comment out this line

You would have to use pipes and flush stdout periodically to get what I think you want.  See popen at Doug Hellmann's Python Module of the Week http://pymotw.com/2/subprocess/index.html#module-subprocess


An already ecstatic crowd went berserk, as new-signing Ashley Young announced himself at Old Trafford, scoring his second and Manchester United's eighth of the night against bitter-rivals Arsenal. It was a moment that instantly endeared him to the United faithful. In the second half of the same season, in a completely contrasting game, the same crowd commended Antonio Valencia, as he scored one and created another, in a 2-1 victory for Manchester United. United completed a sweet, sweet double over Arsenal. Over the next few seasons, the two wingers would share, not just match-winning performances or crowd adulation, but also the strange trajectory their careers would take.
Young and Valencia, both traditional orthodox wingers, were signed by Manchester United in order to strengthen the flanks, as the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo had left a gaping hole. Both were probably among the last few players cut out of the fabric of a classical winger. Fast and strong, both of them could make powerful runs on the wings and send in delightful crosses, begging the front-line to accept the gift and score.
Young, also had a few tricks up his sleeve and was never shy of cutting in and curling a few long-rangers. In five seasons for Aston Villa, he was responsible for 96 goals, scoring some and creating others for his teammates, a truly remarkable achievement. Young continued his run of form for United – twisting, turning and harassing opposition full-backs, before sending in deadly crosses and finished his debut season by netting eight and creating 12 goals in all competitions.
Valencia, on the other hand, came in as a humble replacement for Cristiano Ronaldo, showed good promise in the 2009-10 season, but was hampered by injury in the 2010-11 season. Valencia welcomed the 2011-12 season and left his mark on the right-wing, scoring six and assisting 16 goals in all competitions. Known for his immense strength going forward, Valencia could bully any defender in his way, at times, simply by his pace. The lack of flair was compensated by aggression, power and an eye for key-passes.
The next two to three seasons spelled disaster for both of them as changing managers, tactics and players meant a lack of cohesion between the team. Louis van Gaal breathed some life back in the wingers as United moved to a 3-5-2 formation, with an onus on the wingers to help out in attack, while being responsible for defending their flank. Young had to undergo an ankle surgery and missed the better part of the 2015-16 season. Valencia faced a lot of criticism as he tried to adjust into a new defensive role. Having played all his life as an attacking winger, Valencia did not have the defensive instinct and would be caught off-position quite a few times.
When Jose Mourinho entered the fray, he reverted to a back-four and converted Valencia and Young to full-backs. Being a defensive maestro, however, he did what his predecessor couldn't do. He helped the two wide men adapt to the new role and develop into able full-backs.
Valencia, facing a new challenge, buckled in and learned his new trade. Owing to his discipline and desire to carve a place in the team, he managed to single-handedly safeguard the right-flank, an area that United have not been able to successfully fill in the past three to four seasons. He became Mourinho's first choice right-back, starting 31 games in the league, during the 2017-18 season.
In the same season, Young fought his way back into contention and managed to make 30 league appearances. He showed true grit and determination, coming out from his injury, and at 33 years, managed to earn a place in the World Cup squad for England at the 2018 World Cup. He played exceptionally well as a wing-back for England, silencing most of his critics for doubting him, starting five of the seven games for 'The Three Lions' ahead of other youngsters like Danny Rose and Fabian Delph.
The fact that United signed only one full-back in the transfer window (19-year old Diogo Dalot), signifies the confidence that Mourinho has in the two veteran players. Looking ahead into the 2018-19 Premier League season, life may well complete a full circle for the two winger-turned-full-backs as they get a chance to move into a more attacking role. Mourinho has experimented a back-three (or a back-five) formation, at times last season, and almost all the games in the pre-season tour, thus enabling them to be used as wing-backs.
Their lack of defensive instincts can be compensated by the fact that this formation provides extra cover at the back. However, playing as wing-backs does release them into a more adventurous role, where they are the most potent. A target man like Romelu Lukaku can benefit immensely from good crosses from Young and Valencia and that may well provide the extra goals that United searched for, in vain, last season. For that to happen, Young and Valencia would have to rekindle the fire, they once had in their prime, and proving that Age is just a Number.
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