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package io.inkstand.scribble.rules.ldap;

import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import org.apache.commons.io.Charsets;
import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
import org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.entry.Entry;
import org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.schema.SchemaManager;
import org.apache.directory.server.core.api.CacheService;
import org.apache.directory.server.core.api.CoreSession;
import org.apache.directory.server.core.api.DirectoryService;
import org.apache.directory.server.core.api.DnFactory;
import org.apache.directory.server.core.api.InstanceLayout;
import org.apache.directory.server.core.api.partition.Partition;
import org.apache.directory.server.core.factory.DefaultDirectoryServiceFactory;
import org.apache.directory.server.core.factory.DirectoryServiceFactory;
import org.apache.directory.server.core.partition.impl.avl.AvlPartition;
import org.apache.directory.server.protocol.shared.store.LdifFileLoader;
import org.apache.directory.server.xdbm.impl.avl.AvlIndex;
import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
import org.slf4j.Logger;

import io.inkstand.scribble.rules.ExternalResource;
import io.inkstand.scribble.rules.RuleSetup;

/**
 * Test Rule that provides a directory service. If you need an LDAP directory server, you have to embed this rule in the
 * {@link io.inkstand.scribble.rules.ldap.DirectoryServer} rule.
 *
 * @author Gerald Muecke, gerald@inkstand.io
 */
public class Directory extends ExternalResource<TemporaryFolder> {

    private static final Logger LOG = getLogger(Directory.class);

    /**
     * Map of partitions that should be created on directory initialization.
     */
    private transient final Map<String, String> partitions;

    /**
     * The directory services provided and managed by this rule.
     */
    private transient DirectoryService directoryService;

    /**
     * Access Control Enabled flag.
     */
    private transient boolean acEnabled;

    /**
     * Anonymous Access Allowed.
     */
    private transient boolean anonymousAllowed = true;

    /**
     * The working directory for the directory service.
     */
    private transient File workDir;

    /**
     * URL of the ldif file that should be imported on initialization of the directory.
     */
    private transient URL initialLdif;

    public Directory(final TemporaryFolder folder) {

        super(folder);
        this.partitions = new HashMap<>();
    }

    @Override
    protected void beforeClass() throws Throwable {

        before();
    }

    @Override
    protected void afterClass() {

        after();
    }

    @Override
    protected void before() throws Throwable {

        setupService();
        startService();
    }

    @Override
    protected void after() {

        try {
            tearDownService();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new AssertionError("Error tearing down the directoy", e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Shuts down the directory service.
     *
     * @throws Exception
     *         if the shutdown fails for any reason
     */
    protected void tearDownService() throws Exception { // NOSONAR

        this.getDirectoryService().shutdown();

    }

    /**
     * The Apache DS Directory Service instance wrapped by this rule.
     *
     * @return the {@link org.apache.directory.server.core.api.DirectoryService} instance of this rule
     */
    public DirectoryService getDirectoryService() {

        if (this.directoryService == null) {
            this.directoryService = this.createDirectoryService();
        }

        return this.directoryService;
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new DirectoryService instance for the test rule. Initialization of the service is done in the
     * apply Statement phase by invoking the setupService method.
     */
    private DirectoryService createDirectoryService() {

        final DirectoryServiceFactory factory = new DefaultDirectoryServiceFactory();
        try {
            factory.init("scribble");
            return factory.getDirectoryService();
        } catch (Exception e) { //NOSONAR

            throw new AssertionError("Unable to create directory service", e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Applies the configuration to the service such as AccessControl and AnonymousAccess. Both are enabled as
     * configured. Further, the method initializes the cache service. The method does not start the service.
     *
     * @throws Exception
     *         if starting the directory service failed for any reason
     */
    protected void setupService() throws Exception { // NOSONAR

        final DirectoryService service = this.getDirectoryService();
        service.getChangeLog().setEnabled(false);

        this.workDir = getOuterRule().newFolder("dsworkdir");

        service.setInstanceLayout(new InstanceLayout(this.workDir));
        final CacheService cacheService = new CacheService();
        cacheService.initialize(service.getInstanceLayout());
        service.setCacheService(cacheService);

        service.setAccessControlEnabled(this.acEnabled);
        service.setAllowAnonymousAccess(this.anonymousAllowed);

        this.createPartitions();
        this.importInitialLdif();
    }

    /**
     * Starts the service.
     *
     * @throws Exception
     *         if the service could not be started for any reason
     */
    protected void startService() throws Exception { //NOSONAR

        this.getDirectoryService().startup();
    }

    /**
     * Initializes the directory with content from the initial ldif file. Note that a partition has to be created for
     * the root of the ldif file.
     *
     * @throws IOException
     *         if the resource pointing to the ldif file to be imported can not be accessed
     */
    private void importInitialLdif() throws IOException {

        if (this.initialLdif != null) {
            try (InputStream ldifStream = this.initialLdif.openStream()) {
                this.importLdif(ldifStream);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Creates all paritions that are added on rule setup.
     *
     */
    private void createPartitions() {

        for (Map.Entry<String, String> partitionEntry : this.partitions.entrySet()) {
            try {
                this.addPartitionInternal(partitionEntry.getKey(), partitionEntry.getValue());
            } catch (Exception e) { //NOSONAR
                throw new AssertionError("Could not create partitions " + this.partitions, e);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Creates an AVL implementation based in-memory partition. A partition is required to add entries or import LIDF
     * data. Once the partition was added, the context entry has to be created. If you're using the ldif import, the use
     * of this method and the ldif file may look like
     *

     *
     *      directory.addPartition("scribble", "dc=scribble&quot);
     *      ...
     *      // LDIF File
     *      dn: dc=scribble
     *      objectClass: top
     *      objectClass: dcObject
     *      objectClass: organization
     *      o: inkstand.io
     *
     *

     * The method may be invoked after the service is started, i.e. in the setUp method of a test.
     *
     * @param partitionId
     *         the id of the partition
     * @param suffix
     *         the suffix dn of all partition entries
     *
     * @throws Exception
     *         if the partition could not be created
     */
    protected void addPartitionInternal(final String partitionId, final String suffix) throws Exception { //NOSONAR

        final DirectoryService service = this.getDirectoryService();

        final CacheService cacheService = service.getCacheService();
        final SchemaManager schemaManager = service.getSchemaManager();
        final DnFactory dnFactory = service.getDnFactory();

        final URI partitionPath = new File(service.getInstanceLayout().getPartitionsDirectory(), partitionId).toURI();
        final AvlPartition partition = new AvlPartition(schemaManager, dnFactory);
        partition.setId(partitionId);
        partition.setSuffixDn(dnFactory.create(suffix));
        partition.setCacheService(cacheService);
        partition.setCacheSize(1000);
        partition.setSyncOnWrite(true);
        partition.setPartitionPath(partitionPath);
        partition.addIndex(new AvlIndex<Entry>("objectClass", false));
        partition.initialize();
        LOG.info("Created partition {} in {}", partitionId, partitionPath);
        service.addPartition(partition);
    }

    /**
     * Adds a partition to the rule. Partitions can only be added before the rule is applied and the service is started
     * up. So this method is intended to be invoked by a builder but may be used by a test as well. The test have to
     * create the partition instance itself allowing to use different partition implementations.
     *
     * @param partition
     *         the partition to be added to the service
     *
     * @throws Exception
     *         if adding the partition failed for any reason
     */
    protected void addPartitionInternal(Partition partition) throws Exception { //NOSONAR

        this.getDirectoryService().addPartition(partition);
    }

    /**
     * Specifies the location of an ldif file that is imported on initialization of the rule.
     *
     * @param ldif
     *         the url to the ldif file
     */
    @RuleSetup
    public void setInitialContentLdif(URL ldif) {

        this.initialLdif = ldif;
    }

    /**
     * Imports directory content that is defined in LDIF format and provided as input stream. The method writes the
     * stream content into a temporary file.
     *
     * @param ldifData
     *         the ldif data to import as a stream
     *
     * @throws IOException
     *         if the temporary file can not be created
     */
    public void importLdif(InputStream ldifData) throws IOException {

        final File ldifFile = getOuterRule().newFile("scribble_import.ldif");
        try (final Writer writer = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(ldifFile), Charsets.UTF_8)) {

            IOUtils.copy(ldifData, writer);
        }
        final String pathToLdifFile = ldifFile.getAbsolutePath();
        final CoreSession session = this.getDirectoryService().getAdminSession();
        final LdifFileLoader loader = new LdifFileLoader(session, pathToLdifFile);
        loader.execute();

    }

    /**
     * Enables access control on the directory service. Default is false.
     *
     * @param acEnabled
     *         flag to indicate, if access control should be enabled
     */
    @RuleSetup
    public void setAcEnabled(final boolean acEnabled) {

        this.acEnabled = acEnabled;
    }

    /**
     * Enables anonymous access on the directory service. Default is true.
     *
     * @param anonymousAccess
     *         true to enable anoynmous access (default) and false to disable anonymous
     *         access
     */
    @RuleSetup
    public void setAnonymousAccess(final boolean anonymousAccess) {

        this.anonymousAllowed = anonymousAccess;
    }

    /**
     * Adds a partition to the rule. The actual parititon is created when the rule is applied.
     *
     * @param partitionId
     *         the id of the partition
     * @param suffix
     *         the suffix of the partition
     */
    @RuleSetup
    public void addPartition(String partitionId, String suffix) {

        this.partitions.put(partitionId, suffix);
    }

}


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KERNEL_LOADER_LOC	equ S2_CODE_LOC
;KERNEL_LOC			equ 0x100000
MAX_XRES			equ DESIRED_XRES
MAX_YRES			equ DESIRED_YRES
%include "../newboot/oldconfig.asm"

VESA_CLOSEST_MATCH		equ closestMatch
VESA_CLOSEST_XRES		equ closestXres
VESA_CLOSEST_YRES		equ closestYres
VESA_CLOSEST_BPP		equ 32
VESA_CLOSEST_BUFFERLOC	equ closestBufferLoc

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Current Issue PDF
Tribal Government & News
Klamath Tribal member Cholena Wright named newest Hatfield Fellow
09.12.2019 Angela Sears Spirit Mountain Community Fund, Federal government, People
Incoming Hatfield Fellow C.C. Wright talks about what she hopes to accomplish during a meeting with Tribal Council on Tuesday, Sept. 10. Wright, 25, will be working with Congressman Peter DeFazio, who represents Oregon's Fourth Congressional District. (Photo by Timothy J. Gonzalez/Smoke Signals)
Past Hatfield Fellows
1998: Pete Wakeland (Grand Ronde)
1999: Direlle Calica (Warm Springs)
2000: Alyssa Macy (Warm Springs)
2001: Bodie Shaw (Warm Springs)
2002: Kevin Simmons (Grand Ronde)
2003: Bryan Mercier (Grand Ronde)
2004: Joseph Hostler (Grand Ronde)
2006: Dennis Worden (Coeur d'Alene)
2007: Rebecca Knight (Grand Ronde)
2008: Francene Ambrose (Grand Ronde)
2009: Stacia Martin (Grand Ronde)
2010: Shana Radford (Nez Perce)
2011-12: Darrel L. Lawrence (Grand Ronde)
2013-14: Rudy Soto (Sho-Ban)
2014-15: Mary Bodine (Warm Springs)
2015-16: Maria Givens (Coeur d'Alene)
2016-17: Robert Ahern (Warm Springs)
2017-18: Karlen Yallup (Warm Springs)
2018-19: Traven Joseph (Koyokan Athabascan/Gros-Ventre)
Angela Sears
Community Fund program coordinator
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and Spirit Mountain Community Fund have selected Cholena Wright, 25, as the new Hatfield Fellow.
Wright is from Chiloquin in southern Oregon and is a member of the Klamath Tribes.
She is a graduate of the University of Oregon, where she earned a bachelor of arts degree in political science with a minor in Native studies. She has a passion for education, Indigenous studies and building Tribal nations.
Wright is active in Indian Country with past work as the Native American Recruitment Coordinator and Native American Student Union Director at the University of Oregon, as well as serving on the board of the Oregon Indian Education Association.
Wright also interned in U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio's district office in Eugene as the veterans' affairs staff assistant in 2015-16.
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde established the Mark O. Hatfield Fellowship in 1998 as a "living tribute" to honor his accomplishments, both as Oregon governor and U.S. senator.
Every year, Spirit Mountain Community Fund sponsors a Native American to serve as the Hatfield Fellow, who interns in a congressional office for an eight-month term. Placement of the Fellow traditionally rotates through the Oregon congressional delegation to enhance mutual understanding between leadership in Washington, D.C., and Indian Country.
Wright will begin her fellowship in November with a month-long orientation at the American Political Science Association in Washington, D.C.
This is DeFazio's second Hatfield Fellow.
"Congratulations to Cholena Wright," he said. "We're excited to welcome CC back to the team. (She) is a proven leader as demonstrated through her work in her community, as a student at the University of Oregon and most recently coordinator of Native American Recruitment. She was an asset to my veterans' affairs casework team during her time in my Eugene office several years ago, and I'm glad she's coming back to learn more about the legislative process in our D.C. office.
"Her passion for public service, law and public policy will serve her well in this fellowship and will benefit the Fourth Congressional District as she works with us to respond to the needs of my constituents. … Spirit Mountain Community Fund's Hatfield Fellowship is a distinguished program that has brought mutual benefit for years to fellows, Pacific Northwest Tribes and Oregonians."
Wright said she looks forward to being a part of DeFazio's team again to gain a deeper understanding of the government-to-government relationship between Tribal, state and federal governments, and to learn the practical experience needed to navigate Tribal politics and policies.
"I am excited by the prospect of working in a bipartisan environment and experiencing the challenges of working with those with whom I may disagree," Wright said. "This experience will make me a more resilient leader. Adversity and struggle are some of the most effective teachers. I would love the opportunity to embrace political differences and advocate on behalf of the interests of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and Indian Country in general."
Wright's plans include potentially earning a joint doctorate degree in Indigenous studies with a research emphasis on Indigenous governance and Klamath feminism, and American Indian law. She said she would like to work as a professor or policy analyst, with hopes to someday move back to her Tribal community and serve the Klamath people directly.
For more information, visit www.thecommunityfund.com.
Grand Ronde visit
On Tuesday, Sept. 10, Wright and 2018-19 fellow Traven Joseph, 24, visited Grand Ronde, where they spent time with Community Fund staff, ate lunch at Spirit Mountain Casino and met with Tribal Council for an afternoon briefing.
Joseph spent his internship working in U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici's office.
"Looking back over my experience, I have to say everything was incredible," he said. "Bonamici and her staff were positive and helpful, and provided the opportunity to help me be successful."
Wright said it will be interesting to see what the Capitol is like during an election year.
"I'm excited to learn by doing and really hit the ground running," she said. "I'm especially excited to work for my home district."
Wright is the 20th Hatfield Fellow since the program began in 1998.
"I believe these are life-changing opportunities," Tribal Council Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy said. "We're very pleased to be able to offer this."
Contains information gathered by Smoke Signals staff writer Danielle Frost.
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Il militarismo è una serie di atteggiamenti politico-ideologici che
mirano all'asservimento della vita politica, delle funzioni e dei rapporti socio-culturali ad un potere militare.
Il militarismo, dunque, si può considerare come un atteggiamento nazionalistico che ritiene la guerra il mezzo più indispensabile per conseguire dei fini politici. Per raggiungere questo scopo, il militarismo non si limita a trattare le forze armate come dei qualsiasi apparati statali, ma, storicamente, tende a farle diventare i principali strumenti politici.

Descrizione

Oltre che in ambito politico, in altri casi il militarismo assume l'aspetto dell'annullamento della personalità di un individuo a vantaggio dell'esercito, del reparto o del corpo militare di appartenenza. Per questo motivo, spesso (seppure impropriamente), con il termine militarismo ci si riferisce a questi atteggiamenti di esaltazione delle forze armate ed alle loro conseguenze sulla vita delle persone, più che all'ideologia politica stessa. Storicamente, poiché gli eserciti sono necessariamente strutturati in forme fortemente gerarchiche, il militarismo tende ad accompagnarsi ad una visione della società basata sul prìncipio di autorità e per questo contro al cambiamento ed all'innovazione, e ciò è presente tanto nelle società socialiste quanto nelle società di tipo conservatrici/democratiche.

Il militarismo consiste, quindi, in un posizionamento preferenziale delle considerazioni militari nella politica di una nazione o di altre entità politiche, del trattamento preferenziale delle persone coinvolte ufficialmente (o indirettamente) con i militari in servizio e con gli approvvigionamenti delle forze armate, quando non nella diretta o indiretta gestione del potere politico da parte di queste ultime. Tale politica, quando viene adottata, causa una militarizzazione della società, relativa ad altre società contemporanee, in quanto la società militarizzata esercita la sua influenza e il suo potere sulle altre. Queste influenze sono più chiaramente visibili nella storia di stati e nazioni che si impegnarono nell'imperialismo, come avvenne per l'Impero giapponese, l'Impero britannico, la Germania nazista, l'Italia fascista, la RSFS Russa nell'Unione Sovietica e il successivo governo di Stalin, l'Iraq durante il governo di Saddam Hussein e gli Stati Uniti durante il periodo del destino manifesto e della riforma dell'esercito.

Ideologicamente il militarismo tende a rappresentare la guerra come emozionante, sacra, virile, gloriosa, eroica e purificatrice, consiste in un insieme di suprematismo politico, lealismo, estremismo di destra, emergentismo e protezionismo e comprende il principio della "pace attraverso la forza" inteso come l'unico metodo corretto volto ad assicurare gli interessi di una società ed espresso come qualcosa che sta al di sopra di tutto il resto, comprese sulle tradizionali relazioni diplomatiche. Il militarismo viene talvolta contrastato dai concetti di superpotenza, soft power e hard power.

Questa qualità può essere identificata in termini economici con diversi metodi; compreso quello in cui le nazioni militarizzate spendono budget grandi o sostanzialmente più alti della media per mantenere dei grossi apparati militari o per espandere tali forze.

Negli ordinamenti contemporanei, un componente centrale di qualsiasi costituzione sono le regole concernenti il modo in cui le regole e il comando militare (legge marziale, poteri esecutivi) possono essere estesi alla società civile (nell'ambito degli stati di emergenza) e come tali poteri possono essere restituiti al governo ordinario.

Posizioni militariste storiche e moderne
Oggi si tende a considerare il militarismo in diretta opposizione con il pacifismo e l'antimilitarismo e le posizioni militariste di diversi stati sono aspramente criticate da un'area ideologicamente definita che non disdegna l'uso della violenza per affermare le proprie idee.

Militarismo nazionalistico ed imperiale

Militarismo tedesco

Militarismo giapponese

Contemporaneo al militarismo tedesco del XX secolo, quello giapponese si annunciò con una serie di eventi che avrebbero portato i militari ad assumere un ruolo di primo piano nel Paese. Queste furono le premesse dell'invasione della Cina del 1931 che avrebbe portato il Giappone a controllare metà del territorio cinese per ben 11 anni e quindi all'attacco di Pearl Harbor con la conseguente estensione della Seconda guerra mondiale anche al teatro dell'Oceano Pacifico.

Militarismo statunitense
A cavallo tra il XIX ed il XX secolo i leader politici e militari riformarono lo Stato Statunitense fino a stabilire un governo centrale molto più forte di quanto non lo fosse stato prima allo scopo di:
 consentire alla nazione di perseguire una politica imperialista sullo scacchiere del Pacifico e dei Caraibi.
 favorire l'economia industriale grazie agli investimenti in armamenti.

Questa riforma fu il risultato di un conflitto tra i repubblicani neo-Hamiltoniani e i sostenitori di Jefferson/Jackson circa la corretta amministrazione dello Stato e la direzione della propria politica estera, tra i propositori della professionalità basata su organizzazioni di gestione degli affari e quelli di un pieno controllo locale da parte delle figure disponibili, compresi i dilettanti.

Dopo la fine della guerra di secessione americana, l'esercito nazionale collassò. Vennero effettuate riforme ispirate a diversi stati europei, tra cui l'Impero britannico, l'Impero tedesco e la Svizzera, in modo che: rispondesse al controllo del governo centrale, fosse pronto per futuri conflitti, sviluppasse strutture di comando e supporto raffinate. Ciò portò allo sviluppo di un esercito professionale.

L'allargamento dell'esercito statunitense per la Guerra Ispano-Americana venne considerato essenziale per l'occupazione e il controllo dei nuovi territori acquisiti grazie alla sconfitta della Spagna (Guam, Filippine, Porto Rico). Il precedente limite legislativo di 24.000 uomini venne portato a 60.000 regolari con la legge sull'esercito del 3 febbraio 1901, con possibilità di espansione a 80.000 regolari per decreto presidenziale in tempi di emergenza nazionale.

Militarismo nella narrativa di fantascienza
 Fanteria dello spazio - Robert A. Heinlein
 Guerra eterna (Forever War) - Joe Haldeman

Note

Voci correlate
 Controllo civile dei militari

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

  Statistiche sulle spese militari.

Strategia militare
Teorie politiche

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Hanover Water/Sewer customers that have not yet received their water/sewer bill in the month of February should call the utilities office at Hanover Town Hall.
Town officials stated that many have reported not getting bills in the mail like they normally have by this time of the month.
The utilities office will give customers their month's balance if they call.
The due date for customer's monthly balance is Friday, February 15.


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On February 23, 2010, KieranTimberlake was selected from four finalists as the architecture firm to design the new U.S. embassy in London. In his remarks at the announcement, OBO Acting Director Adam Namm commented on the embassy's potential to be a "net exporter of energy" owing to the various processes in place to capture energy produced by building systems.
He also mentioned that the London competition was one of only four juried design competitions in history to build new U.S. embassies. More information can be found at the official embassy website.
Statement by Acting Director of the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations, Adam E. Namm
It is a pleasure to be here in London to offer my congratulations to Stephen Kieran, James Timberlake and the entire KieranTimberlake team. I also want to offer congratulations from my boss, Under Secretary of State for Management Patrick Kennedy, who accepted the Jury's recommendation and selected KieranTimberlake as the winner of the design competition for the new United States Embassy in London.
The Department of State has used a juried design competition for a new Embassy building only four times: once in Beijing, once in Berlin, and now, for the second time, in London.
The challenge for the architectural firms in this competition was not an easy one. Each firm endeavored to design an Embassy that would combine necessary security with openness, functionality and sustainability.
The KieranTimberlake Team met that challenge superbly.
Starting with 37 architectural submissions, my Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations narrowed the number to a shortlist of nine firms.
A distinguished jury of American and British citizens, leaders in the fields of architecture, academia and diplomacy, refined the list to four firms for the final phase of the competition.
The four finalists worked for almost a year. They visited London to evaluate the site and, at the end of the process, came to Washington to make presentations to the Jury.
The KieranTimberlake Team's concept holds great potential to be an iconic Embassy building. Significantly, the design concept boldly incorporates sustainability features, especially important as the US Government, as other countries and businesses, seeks to go green. I am especially pleased that the KieranTimberlake Team has conceived an Embassy with the goal of achieving BREEAM Outstanding and LEED Platinum certifications; one that is forecast to be a net exporter of energy when it opens.
The anticipated groundbreaking for our new London Embassy is in 2013, with move-in planned for 2017. Our project will be a stimulus to the London economy, create local jobs and will further the revitalisation of Nine Elms.
Until we break ground at Nine Elms Lane, the design process will continue. During this process, we will consult with Wandsworth and the Mayor's Office, the GLA, CABE, English Heritage, and the residents in the neighborhood we plan to call home to our new Embassy. I want to thank our British partners for their past and future support of our efforts.
Ambassador, I join you in expressing my excitement for this project and, James, let me congratulate you and the KieranTimberlake Team again for a well-deserved selection.
Yale Achieves First LEED Platinum in Connecticut
April 22, 2010 Newer
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An Open Letter to Nick Paumgarten, Author of "The Message of Measles"
Alison Fujito
Mr. Paumgarten, it's long past time to address the misinformation in articles like yours, The Message of Measles, which paints such an intensely biased, extremist picture of those who delay or even refuse vaccines, that by my definition, it does not qualify as journalism.
In the first place, please stop calling us "anti-vaxxers." WE VACCINATED OUR CHILDREN. Our sons and daughters had medically-documented, serious adverse reactions to vaccines. Not redness, swelling, or a little fever, but autoimmune reactions, neurological reactions like seizure, encephalopathy, or loss of consciousness, and a host of others with long-term sequelae. Yet our children's injuries are dismissed and ignored, while we are inexplicably —and unethically— told we must continue to vaccinate to protect others.
Why wouldn't we protest?
This isn't about your conspiracy theories of "the anti-vaccination movement," Andrew Wakefield, social media phenomena, "die-heard refuseniks," and this most certainly is not about "immunological amnesia."
This is about what happened to our children, and why. We haven't forgotten what happened to our own children, Mr. Paumgarten. We never will. Some of us will regret that we vaccinated until the day we die.
Some of us are not even opposed to vaccines, only to compulsory vaccination. Others have, understandably, lost trust in the entire medical system. We are, however, united in our opposition to fraudulent product licensure, fraudulent product marketing, and corruption of government entities meant to oversee industry, but staffed by it instead.
People seem to have no trouble understanding the fraud and corruption that led to the opioid debacle. And the Vioxx debacle. And the DES, thalidomide, and countless other debacles caused by pharmaceutical dishonesty. There is clear evidence of fraud and corruption involving many vaccines. Why is that so hard to accept?
Note that Merck has been in federal court since 2010 on fraud charges brought by their own virologists, who disclosed that they were actually forced to falsify efficacy data for the MMR vaccine.
This is especially significant because Merck, like other vaccine manufacturers, is already exempt from the gold standard requirement of randomized, double-blind, inert-placebo-controlled safety trials on vaccines because they are classified as "biologics" rather than "drugs." Yet, astoundingly, in the US, they cannot be sued for adverse reactions, not even if they are proven negligent.
Inadequate safety testing for a mandated medical intervention, yet full protection from liability — this is a recipe for disaster.
As if that weren't bad enough, we also lack an adequate reporting system for post-vaccine adverse events.
The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) was intended to pick up signals of unanticipated adverse reactions. It was put in place in 1989 along with the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, because children were suffering vaccine-induced seizures, and their parents were suing the vaccine manufacturers, who had never fully disclosed the risks.
Parent representatives and legislators agreed that the new reporting system would contain a Table of Injuries that would, under specific circumstances, automatically qualify for compensation, so that families could obtain necessary long-term medical care for their vaccine-injured children. This included seizures within a specified time frame following certain vaccines, already noted in package inserts as reported adverse reactions.
Under the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, physicians were and still are required to report post-vaccination events listed on the Table of Injuries.
But in February of 1995, seizures were quietly removed from the Table of Injuries by Donna Shalala.
So, today, most doctors don't bother to report post-vaccine seizures to VAERS, because they're not required to.
In fact, a 2010 CDC-funded study by Harvard Pilgrim found that less than 1% of the post-vaccination adverse events recorded by doctors in their own medical records were ever reported to VAERS.
This means that the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System fails to pick up signals of unanticipated seizure reactions, because the vast majority are not being reported.
It also means we have no idea how many serious adverse events follow vaccination, nor how many of those are genuine reactions. They're not reported; they don't get investigated. Even those that are reported are not adequately investigated. Also, there are no studies under way to uncover shared susceptibilities to adverse vaccine reaction.
We can't even find out how many seizure reactions WERE reported. VAERS staff, rather than the reporting doctors, assign one of at least 28 different reporting codes to seizure/encephalopathy/similar neurological events, which are then listed in alphabetical order together with ALL other event reports.
Even so, I was able to find over 7,500 reports of such reactions reported as associated with MMR vaccines.
Is that 1% of what really happened? More? Less?
If it's 10% of what really happened, we'd be looking at 75,000 such reactions.
If it's 1%, we're looking at 750,000.
Seizures. Epilepsy. Convulsions. Encephalopathy. Encephalitis.
Brain damage.
It's completely unethical to use the "disdainful" (as you termed it, Mr. Paumgarten) pejorative, "anti-vaxxers" to manipulate the conversation, or even to describe the friends and families of children who suffered vaccine adverse reactions.
"But vaccines work," you weakly cry. Or do they?
The primary and secondary failure rates for the MMR vaccine are high enough to destroy any hope for the 95% "herd immunity" threshold we're told is necessary, even with 100% vaccination compliance.
Most people either have forgotten or are too young to know that the MMR vaccine was licensed under the promise that one shot would confer lifetime immunity. You know, I know, we all know that this is simply not true. A 2012 Mayo Clinic study shows that 2-10% vaccinated individuals don't make any antibodies to measles, even after 2 shots. This is called "primary vaccine failure." A 2012 study from the Helsinki Department of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control shows that up to 18% whose vaccines initially worked have low-to-zero antibodies within FIVE years of being "fully" vaccinated. That's textbook secondary vaccine failure. Similar numbers for both primary and secondary failures had already been documented for MMR vaccines in 1985.
Let's take a look at the CDC data on MMR vaccine uptake: before 1985, we never had more than 66.8% vaccine coverage. Coverage was never higher than 89% until 1996. Yet the vaccine was thought to be a success — because the vast majority of the herd had already had the measles, and was immune for life, unlike those who were vaccinated.
This data is shocking, considering that health officials and news media have been ingenuously blaming supposedly rising exemption rates for outbreaks, while failing to disclose that vaccination rates were actually steadily rising the entire time. Also steadily rising: the number chosen as the "herd immunity" threshold. In 1963, the original estimate for the vaccinated number needed to eliminate measles was 56%, but that was changed to 70%, 75%, 80%, 83%, 85%, and now we're at 95%, still without "herd immunity.
Health officials and news media have also failed to disclose vaccine failure issues. If they are unaware, that is seriously troubling. If they are aware but remained silent, that is even worse.
So, with Merck's MMR, we have a product that was licensed under potentially fraudulent circumstances, that was never required to be adequately tested for safety, with a failing government reporting system for adverse events, thousands of reports from parents that their children had devastating adverse reactions — AND the vaccine has failed all along to perform as advertised. The MMR vaccine has never been shown to confer the lifetime immunity required for herd immunity — and we've never had the 95% vaccine uptake rate that we're told is also required.
And you, Mr. Paumgarten, wrote an entire article focusing on blaming the people who say, "no, thank you" to what is, after all, an invasive medical procedure. You chose to blame people who have every reason to lose trust in a dishonest, unethical industry, but you demand that they, and everyone else, trust it, anyway.
You are, essentially, asking people to believe in your religion.
You disparage and blame people who have exercised their LEGAL right to both criticize and decline a severely flawed, invasive, sometimes harmful medical intervention. And your argument: a limp, half-truth of a whine, "but vaccines work,"and "we don't need to relitigate the case for vaccines."
You're wrong, Mr. Paumgarten. We absolutely do need to relitigate the case for vaccines, because they don't work well enough, and more importantly, they don't work safely enough.
Don't you dare tell parents whose just-vaccinated children lost speech, brain function, and even their lives, that "vaccines work." They didn't work correctly for our children.
You have no right to sacrifice our children, nor anyone else's.
Don't you dare pretend that immunocompromised children matter more than children at risk for vaccine adverse reactions, or that ANY children matter more than others.
You don't have that right. Nobody does.
If you want children to be protected, then start advocating to repair the serious flaws and corruptive influences in our government and its vaccine program, and stop gaslighting its victims.


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Taking climate change seriously in federal project assessments
More than 25 years after Canada made its first international commitments to address climate change, the federal government is finally in the process of requiring serious attention to it as part of the assessment of major projects. A new report outlines the implications, and proposes approaches for including a set of climate tests in new undertakings.
Environment students shine at GRADflix
On Thursday January 10, the University of Waterloo's Office of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA) hosted the final showcase for the GRADflix initiative. The Faculty of Environment represented five of the fifteen finalists, the largest number of any faculty on campus.
Living with your parents in Toronto? You're lucky not lazy, says GEM prof Nancy Worth
Geography and Environmental Management researcher Nancy Worth spoke with the Toronto Star housing costs and why more and more young people are choosing to live at home to save for the future.
"I see living with parents as a form of privilege," says University of Waterloo assistant professor Nancy Worth, who studied the issue in a 2017 report called GenY at Home.


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Q: How can i register my app in Microsoft Azure? I want to connect my Microsoft Azure bot to CRM Bitrix24. I am stuck on the point, where do i need to change the password of the App. To do this in "Settings" of this App i need to click "Manage" but when i am clicking it - i get "Not found" error.
I have tried to create new bots, wait for ~10 hours because support told me that Azure security system can be up to 8 hours. Have tried to register bot with a help of https://apps.dev.microsoft.com/#/application/{app id} link. Nothing is working for now.

A: You can't change a password, however you can create and delete passwords.
To do so, first navigate in Azure to 'App registrations'. You can click on the 'All Services' button and search/access the page from there.

Click into 'App registrations', select your bot, and then select 'Certificates & secrets' in the menu.

From here you can click under the 'New client secret' button located under 'Client secrets'. Be sure to record the newly generated password as it will only be visible once.
Side note: The 'Manage' button in the bot settings appears to be working. Not sure if it was fixed since you posted your issue. If you are still unable to access, try logging out and clearing your browser history/cache.
Hope of help!

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Tennessee erased an 18-point second-half deficit only to see its season end one win shy of the second Elite Eight in program history.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – With less than a second left in his Tennessee career, Admiral Schofield soared for a one-handed dunk Thursday.
Then he bent over, untucked his jersey and walked under the hoop where the ball was still bouncing. The senior forward made his way toward the handshake line, his career and Tennessee's season over.
But he just couldn't do it. He walked away from the line with his hands over his head and cried.
Schofield's feelings in his devastating moments summed up the night in Louisville for Tennessee. The Vols didn't do enough – in the first half and then in overtime – and waited until too late to get rolling. Somehow and someway, it still was almost enough.
The Vols erased an 18-point second-half deficit only to have one of the best seasons in program history crumble to its end in a 99-94 overtime loss to Purdue.
Schofield had 21 points in his final game at Tennessee (31-6), which he almost saved with 20 points after halftime. Williams also had 21, including a putback dunk with 8.8 seconds left in regulation — an almost-winning bucket that would have sent the Vols to their second Elite Eight in program history and set a program record for single-season wins.
Lamonte Turner, who had 15 points and willed Tennessee back into the game on offense and defense, fouled Purdue's Carsen Edwards with 1.7 seconds to play in regulation. Edwards made two free throws to send the game to overtime, where the Boilermakers dominated the Vols.
Tennessee was lifeless for the first 25 minutes Saturday, missing free throws and allowing Purdue (26-9) to control the game.
Rick Barnes turned to his best lineup — Schofield, Turner, Williams, Jordan Bone and Jordan Bowden — at a desperate second-half point. The group sparked Tennessee and whittled the Purdue lead to nine.
UT scored 14 straight in less than four minutes to tie it 65-65. Turner scored on a baseline drive to pull UT within two, then stared at the Purdue fans after a Kyle Alexander block before making a game-tying 3-pointer.
Schofield, who had only one first-half point, got rolling. He scored seven straight points, shaking his head and mouthing "they can't guard me" before shooting free throws.
Schofield and Purdue's Ryan Cline, who had 27 points with seven 3-pointers, got into a shootout. Cline made four 3-pointers in the final 5:04, three of which tied the game and one to give Purdue a 78-76 lead with 2:45 to play.
Williams put Tennessee ahead when he dunked a missed Turner layup with less than 10 seconds to play. The junior forward blocked Edwards with 2.5 seconds to play. But Turner clipped Edwards' leg on a 3-pointer, drawing a foul. He missed the first, but made the next two.
Purdue scored seven of the first nine points in overtime, burying Tennessee and ending its season and with it the careers of Alexander, Schofield, Lucas Campbell and Brad Woodson.
Alexander and Schofield were the final players to go through the handshake line. Schofield stopped before leaving the floor for the final time in a Tennessee uniform. He hunched over and yelled.
"We fell short of our goal," Turner said.


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Q: Unable to parse a date string of format "dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss" into JODA LocalDateTime I am not able to parse a date string of format "dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss" into JODA LocalDateTime.
I am getting below exception:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid format: "01/01/2017 00:30:00" is malformed at "/01/2017 00:30:00"
Please help me to fix this error.
See below my code:
public void calculateTOUValues(Date startDate, Date eDate, ArrayList<Double> csvDataPerChannel) {

    DateTimeFormatter format1 = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss");

    SimpleDateFormat format01 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
    String startDateString = format01.format(startDate) + " 00:30:00"; //concatenate 00:30:00
    String endDateString = format01.format(eDate) + " 00:00:00"; //concatenate 00:00:00

    LocalDateTime strDate = LocalDateTime.parse(startDateString); //exception encountered at this line of code
    LocalDateTime endDate = LocalDateTime.parse(endDateString);
}

I am getting below exception on running this code:

Output: { SEVERE: null java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid
  format: "01/01/2017 00:30:00" is malformed at "/01/2017 00:30:00"     at
  org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormatter.parseLocalDateTime(DateTimeFormatter.java:854)
    at org.joda.time.LocalDateTime.parse(LocalDateTime.java:168)    at
  org.joda.time.LocalDateTime.parse(LocalDateTime.java:157)     at
  module1.TOUCalculatorCore.calculateTOUValues(TOUCalculatorCore.java:135)
    at
  module1.LaunchTOUCalcTool.submitButtonActionPerformed(LaunchTOUCalcTool.java:807)
    at module1.LaunchTOUCalcTool.access$900(LaunchTOUCalcTool.java:32)
    at
  module1.LaunchTOUCalcTool$10.actionPerformed(LaunchTOUCalcTool.java:418)
    at
  javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2022)
    at
  javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2348)
    at
  javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:402)
    at
  javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:259)
    at
  javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(BasicButtonListener.java:252)
    at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6533)    at
  javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3324)    at
  java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6298)  at
  java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2236)  at
  java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4889)     at
  java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2294)     at
  java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4711)     at
  java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4888)
    at
  java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4525)
    at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4466)
    at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2280)    at
  java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2746)   at
  java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4711)     at
  java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:758)    at
  java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(EventQueue.java:97)    at
  java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:709)    at
  java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:703)    at
  java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)    at
  java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:80)
    at
  java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:90)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:731)   at
  java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:729)    at
  java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)    at
  java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:80)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:728)   at
  java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:201)
    at
  java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116)
    at
  java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:105)
    at
  java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
    at
  java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82) }

A: Fixed the problem specifying the format. The below code worked, :)
    LocalDateTime strDate = LocalDateTime.parse(startDateString,
 DateTimeFormat.forPattern("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss"));
    LocalDateTime endDate = LocalDateTime.parse(endDateString,
 DateTimeFormat.forPattern("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss"));

Thanks @thomas Klager


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So, you decided to paint your thumb green this year and it didn't go as well as expected? Don't fret, there are plenty of master gardeners and farmers that lose plants too. Backyard gardening is not always the easiest thing to do and takes some practice. This winter, learn as much as you can so that come spring, you can get back at it and this time next year, you could be yielding quite the harvest!
Follow along in today's post as we discuss some common problems that affect vegetable gardens and what you can do to prevent or fix them. For the answers to all of your garden or crop questions, visit the most experienced farm supply store in Conroe — Conroe Feeders!
That's right, plants are as temperamental as we are when it comes to temperature-related comfort. While your vegetable plants may have grown, you may have noticed that some of them never set fruit or dropped blossoms. This is usually due to uncomfortable — too high or too low — temperatures. Before you plant next year, do some research on what temperatures the vegetables you intend to plant do best in and try to plan your planting season around them, beginning with planting the seeds indoors and transplanting at the appropriate time in spring.
Another common problem with gardens, in general, is a nutrient imbalance. Whether it is from the well-meaning gardener being too aggressive with fertilizer and plant food or from drought conditions, a nutrient imbalance can cause misshapen vegetables or plants that bare no fruit. To avoid this, you can have your soil tested and feed your garden only what is lacking.
At Conroe Feeders, we offer complimentary soil testing. Once you know what is in your soil, we can recommend the right product to produce the best garden. And, if prepackaged fertilizers and plant foot don't have the right things for your soil, we can mix the right blend for you.
Pests such as insects and rodents are attracted to vegetables as much as you are! Not only are these pests devastating to gardens, but can cause illness if they go unnoticed and the crops are ingested. Common pests that infest vegetable gardens include aphids, stinkbugs, maggots, thrips, flies, and nematodes. Additionally, rodents and small animals including mice, squirrels, and rabbits may help themselves to a vegetable feast at your expense. To help combat infestation, you can use a variety of techniques including using wire mesh around your garden, laying bait traps for rodents, and use of pesticides. Safety considerations for each of these products will vary, but it is important to consider the risk to you as the gardener and whoever will eat your vegetables.
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The best treatment for all garden disease is prevention! Many of the funguses are present in the soil before the garden is planted. Viral and bacterial infections are commonly spread through insect feeding wounds on the plant. The best course of disease prevention is soil testing and pest control.
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Which parts of his body did Peter ask Jesus to wash, after being told that unless Jesus washed his feet he would have no part with him?
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Mary, mother of Jesus, did not remain a virgin for the rest of her life?
Which son of David violated his sister Tamar?
Now Jesus loved ____, and her sister, and Lazarus.
What was the name of Moses' sister?
Which of the following was a sister of Lazarus?
What lie was told about Naboth that led to him being stoned and Ahab taking possession of his vineyard?
What did the mighty angel throw into the sea that represented the throwing down of Babylon?


This UK university league table reveals the 98 best UK universities and colleges, according to the trusted Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2019 .
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Of the 98 top universities in the UK, about 20 are in London, including well-known institutions such as Imperial College London and UCL, and more recently established universities such as the University of Westminster and the University of Greenwich .
I notice under your heading above "Choosing a UK University," you have a link to Universities in Ireland. This is misleading, as none of those listed are in the UK. You also have a link to Universities in Europe. Maybe a better title for this whole section would be Choosing a University or "Choosing a University in Europe" which (at least pre-Brexit) includes all of the above.
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Comerica Bank Purchases 60,245 Shares of Frontdoor, Inc. (NASDAQ:FTDR)
Posted by MarketBeat News on Jan 23rd, 2023
Comerica Bank boosted its position in shares of Frontdoor, Inc. (NASDAQ:FTDR – Get Rating) by 611.1% during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 70,104 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 60,245 shares during the quarter. Comerica Bank's holdings in Frontdoor were worth $1,426,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.
Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. FMR LLC boosted its holdings in Frontdoor by 1,712.2% during the second quarter. FMR LLC now owns 11,529,323 shares of the company's stock valued at $277,626,000 after purchasing an additional 10,893,103 shares in the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. boosted its holdings in Frontdoor by 7.1% during the first quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 3,755,323 shares of the company's stock valued at $112,096,000 after purchasing an additional 249,371 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in Frontdoor by 110.0% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 2,943,484 shares of the company's stock valued at $70,879,000 after purchasing an additional 1,541,616 shares in the last quarter. Millennium Management LLC boosted its holdings in Frontdoor by 366.2% during the second quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 2,242,239 shares of the company's stock valued at $53,993,000 after purchasing an additional 1,761,297 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Frontdoor by 1.6% during the first quarter. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,404,420 shares of the company's stock valued at $41,922,000 after purchasing an additional 22,541 shares in the last quarter.
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Shares of FTDR opened at $24.90 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $2.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.64, a PEG ratio of 0.84 and a beta of 0.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 12.68, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.88. Frontdoor, Inc. has a one year low of $19.06 and a one year high of $37.22. The business's 50 day simple moving average is $22.42 and its 200-day simple moving average is $23.14.
Frontdoor (NASDAQ:FTDR – Get Rating) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, November 3rd. The company reported $0.56 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.09. The business had revenue of $484.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $475.31 million. Frontdoor had a return on equity of 1,165.71% and a net margin of 4.21%. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Frontdoor, Inc. will post 1 EPS for the current fiscal year.
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Jalali bezeichnet:
 Jalali (Indien), eine Stadt in Indien

Jalali oder Dschalali (auch Dschalāli) ist der Familienname folgender Personen:

 Abolfazl Jalali (* 1998), iranischer Fußballspieler
 Babak Jalali (* 1978), iranischer Drehbuchautor und Filmregisseur
 Bahman Jalali (1944–2010), iranischer Fotograf und Hochschullehrer für Fotografie
 Bahram Jalali, US-amerikanischer Physiker
 Bijan Jalali (1927–2000), iranischer Staatsbeamter und persischer Dichter, Neffe von Sadegh Hedayat
 Eidin Jalali (* 1992), iranischer Filmschauspieler


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Web Content Filtering Company Bloxx expands North American Distribution Channel
Bloxx Inc., the Web filter specialist, today announced that it has appointed Interwork Technologies Inc., a value add distributor with over 12 years expertise distributing Data Security technologies, as an Authorized Bloxx Distributor. Under the terms of the agreement Interwork Technologies will market and distribute Bloxx's third-generation Internet filtering appliances to security resellers in Canada and the USA through the channel. The appointment will dramatically enhance Bloxx's presence and extends the availability of the company's products and services in North America.
"We have spent a considerable amount of time and effort evaluating many of the leading Web filtering solutions and have concluded that Bloxx provides one of the most technically advanced solutions in the data security market today," said Ken Lewis, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Interwork Technologies.
"Bloxx's third-generation Tru-View Web filtering technology combined with their no cost-per-user appliance pricing model delivers best in class performance at a price which will be a very attractive proposition for resellers and end users across the US and Canadian channels. This is a great opportunity for resellers to add a leading Web security solution to their security product portfolio which will generate higher GM from a vendor who is 100% committed to the channel" added Lewis.
"We are delighted to have concluded this agreement with one of the leading data security distributors in North America," said Eamonn Doyle, President at Bloxx. "We look forward to working closely with the team at Interwork to quickly establish and grow a strong reseller network in North America."
"Bloxx has had a phenomenal sales year, despite the economic crisis, with 40% sales growth in the last year and the highest sales month ever recorded in March. Interwork Technologies has recognised this success and the major benefits of partnering with the fastest growing Web filtering company," concludes Doyle.
Bloxx is a provider of third-generation Web filtering solutions that uses Tru-View Technology; a method of Web content filtering that uses analytical intelligence to take content identification up to the next level. Based on each organization's usage rules and policy, its appliance-based Tru-View Technology solution performs real-time contextual analysis of each requested Web page and classifies access requests into pre-defined categories. The solution then makes a rules-based decision on whether to grant or deny access to the requested Web page, thus enabling organizations to proactively manage users' access to Web content.
About Bloxx Tru-View Technology
Bloxx Tru-View Technology uses internationally patent pending technology to analyse and categorise Web pages quicker and more accurately than other Web filters which use manual URL classification and keyword scoring alone.
Using advanced intelligence identification and analysis techniques, Tru-View Technology provides instant classification of Web content as soon as it is accessed, even if the content has not been seen by anyone before.
An estimated 1.5 million users already benefit from enhanced security and performance with low administration and no cost per user charges. Additional protection is provided via anti-virus, anti-spyware and anti-phishing functionality.
About Interwork
Founded in 1991, Interwork Technologies Inc. www.interwork.com is a specialty distributor of security, VoIP and IT management solutions. With offices located in New York, Colorado, Toronto & Ottawa Ontario, Canada, Interwork supports a partner network of over 4,000 security resellers and solution providers across North America.


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Black Hawk Up, Snow Dogs Everywhere
John Hamann's Weekend Wrap-Up
Like the Phoenix, the Black Hawks have risen again. The Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend soared in terms of box office, delivering two films that did extremely well, considering their respective budgets and box office goals. Black Hawk Down and Snow Dogs both surprised industry analysts by delivering fantastic results this weekend. In addition, some Oscar bound also-rans continued to build on the excellent word of mouth that has been growing since Christmas.
Black Hawk Down, the Ridley Scott war movie about Americans shot down in Somalia, was the number one movie this weekend. BHD grossed $29 million this weekend, an amazing tally for the slow box office month of January. Increasing its venue count from 16 to 3,101, BHD had a fantastic screen average of $9,352. Coming off some fabulous totals in limited release, awareness was the key for BHD this weekend. Simply put, the war flick had a fantastic TV ad. The use of The Space Between by Dave Mathews combined with the military action probably added $10 million to the opening. The extended media again played a huge role in the opening of this film. CNN loved the comparison between current events and Ridley Scott's film, and the uncertain picture in this year's Oscar race garnered BHD some significant media attention as well. Screen counts were huge and awareness was even bigger. It's almost a surprise that this film didn't open above $40 million.
Ridley Scott is cooking with gas. After having a tough time of it in the early 90s with movies like White Squall and 1492: The Conquest of Paradise, Scott has reversed his fortunes in the last five years. In 1997, he directed GI Jane with Demi Moore and hasn't looked back since. Black Hawk Down gives Ridley Scott three successive $30 million dollar openers: Gladiator, Hannibal and now BHD. Check out the chart below for more information.
When looking at the record book, Black Hawk Down would be the number one January opener if we didn't count the Star Wars Special Edition. The George Lucas re-release had an opening weekend gross of $35.91 million in January of 1999. The war film may have had a chance, but the NFL Football playoffs also shifted into high gear this weekend, becoming a player in the box office game. NFL Playoffs tend to remove the male filmgoer from the equation - the 8:00PM Saturday game on the East Coast definitely came into play this weekend. But to counteract this, MLK weekend is a day off school for the kids, and a state holiday for most American workers, so the effect is subdued due to stronger Sunday night showings. BHD had an estimate of $10.12 million for Friday night, so its internal multiplier (Friday night's gross divided by its total weekend gross) was 2.86 which means NFL Football had a measurable impact on the weekend's box office, if the Friday estimate proves correct.
Sony/Columbia needed Black Hawk Down, in fact they were probably desperate for BHD. The last film from the studio was Ali, which unfortunately did not live up to expectations. While Ali has grossed almost $50 million, the negative cost for the film was $95 million, a figure Columbia will have to wait a very long time to see returned through video and PPV sales. Their last big hit was way back in July with America's Sweethearts, a film that cost $48 million, and grossed a little over $90 million. Like Ali, BHD had a budget of $95 million, but in this case, Sony is locked onto a winner, and should have a return on investment in less than four weeks.
Implausibly, Snow Dogs was the number two film this week. The Walt Disney Pictures release somehow managed to gross an amazing $17.5 million this week from 2,302 screens, for a remarkable screen average of $7,602. Snow Dogs is a throw back for Disney, which brings to mind the times of The Shaggy D.A. How did this movie gross more than $5 million? I really don't know, but I can say there was positive response to the ad on TV, from grownups and kids alike. The above the title name of Cuba Gooding, Jr. must have also helped somewhat, as Cuba has quietly done some decent grossing films over the last two years like Pearl Harbor, Men of Honor and Rat Race. Also, word of mouth screenings were well-attended last week. The studio said they played 960 sneaks last weekend, which were well received. In fact, 85% of those screenings were sold out according to Disney.
Cinemascores were great for Snow Dogs, showing that this isn't a quick one-off for Disney, and that they weren't dumping it by releasing it in January. Cinemascores were actually better for Snow Dogs than for the critically acclaimed Black Hawk Down and The Shipping News. Kids loved it, giving the film an A from that key demo. The astonishing thing is that older audiences liked it almost as much as their kid counterparts, as both B+'s and A-'s were given from the older sets.
In terms of MLK weekend itself (which last year was a week earlier), Black Hawk Down is the true champ. The previous topper was 2001's Save the Last Dance, which grossed $23.44 million. In fact, the [previous] top three MLK weekend openers were aimed at the youth set. Number two is Varsity Blues, which grossed $15.92 million, and third is Next Friday starring Ice Cube, which grossed $14.44 million over MLK weekend in 2000.
In third was the still powerful Lord of the Rings. LOTR grossed another $13.03 million this weekend from 3,266 venues. The venue count was down by 115 screens in the blockbuster's fifth weekend, but it still managed to hold well, dropping only 19% from last week. The total box for Peter Jackson's epic now stands at $245.97 million. In comparison, after 33 days of release, Titanic's haul stood at $245.07 million. The difference between the two films is that Titanic grossed a massive $36 million in its fifth outing, which was also MLK weekend.
In the fourth spot was A Beautiful Mind, the drama from Ron Howard and Universal Films. A Beautiful Mind, up for many Golden Globes at tonight's ceremony, grossed $11 million this weekend, down 28%. As the Golden Globe awards become more prevalent in the regular viewer's award schedule, the more of an effect it has on the winner's box office. Mind has stuck its head above the murky Oscar waters, and it has a chance at cleaning up through awards season. Look for its box office fortunes to grow as well. With a total now at $73.9 million, $100 million feels like a lock - the main question is how far past that mark it can go.
Dropping to fifth this weekend was Orange County, which grossed $9 million from 2,317 screens. OC was down a hurtful 50% when comparing its opening Friday gross to this weekend's Friday, but the Martin Luther King weekend helped this release to hold at least a bit of its opening weekend audience. With the Sunday number propping up the overall slightly, OC dropped 40% and raised its total to $26.93 million, on its way to $40 million.
Landing in sixth this weekend was the Christmas blockbuster, Ocean's Eleven. Steven Sodeberg's crime caper grossed $5.71 million in its seventh weekend, bringing its total to an astounding $170.57 million. Ocean's Eleven dropped 26% compared to last week.
Seventh went to Buena Vista's The Royal Tenenbaums. TRT held well, but not phenomenally, dropping 33% this weekend, grossing $4.3 million over the three day period, bringing its total to $36.3 million. TRT added 92 venues this week, giving it a screen average of $4,313. Unless something odd happens during awards season, look for Tenenbaums to gross about $50 million.
Eighth spot this week was reserved for Kate and Leopold, the time travel romance flick starring Meg Ryan and Hugh Jackman. After a good hold last week, K&L dropped 28% this week, giving it a weekend total of $3.4 million. The Miramax release has grossed $42 million since being released Christmas Day.
Holding at ninth again this weekend, Robert Altman's Gosford Park added 140 screens this weekend to keep its position on the chart, during a busy weekend. The Oscar caliber release from USA Films grossed $3.31 million from 658 screens, giving it a venue average of $5,030.
Tenth spot went to Cameron Crowe's Vanilla Sky. The Tom Cruise starrer grossed $3.1 million in its sixth weekend, bringing its total to $93.16 million.
Jimmy Neutron managed eleventh spot, bringing the kids out to the tune of $3 million dollars. After five weeks, the Paramount release has grossed $72.83 million. Twelfth went to Harry Potter, which grossed $2.51 million, bringing its amazing total $308.71 million, just shy of eighth spot on the all time box office chart. Harry Potter will pass Return of the Jedi this week. The George Lucas flicked has grossed $309 million since its release in 1983.
Comparing weekends is tricky this week. Martin Luther King, Jr. Weekend actually fell a weekend earlier last year. During the three-day portion of that holiday weekend, the top 12 grossed a whopping $124.96 million. This year the top 12 grossed $104.85 million, a drop of 16%.
Next weekend, the movie market is assaulted with four new releases, as well as the possible expansion of The Shipping News and I Am Sam. The four new films include buzz film The Mothman Prophecies, A Walk to Remember with Mandy Moore, The Count of Monte Cristo with Guy Pearce and the odd looking Kung Pow!: Enter the Fist.
Top 10 for Weekend of January 18-20, 2002
Number of Sites
Change in Sites from Last
Estimated Gross ($)
Cumulative Gross ($)
1 Black Hawk Down 3,101 3,085 29.00 30.80
2 Snow Dogs 2,302 New 17.50 17.050
3 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 3,266 -115 13.02 245.97
4 A Beautiful Mind 2,225 +3 11.00 73.90
5 Orange County 2,317 No change 9.00 26.93
6 Ocean's 11 2,670 No change 5.71 73.90
7 The Royal Tenenbaums 997 +92 4.30 36.30
8 Kate & Leopold 2,381 -86 3.40 42.00
9 Gosford Park 658 +140 3.31 11.20
10 Vanilla Sky 2,355 -415 3.10 93.16


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Kenny Rogers' Athens-area Estate to be Auctioned
Beaver Dam Farms, the 973-acre estate formerly owned by country singer Kenny Rogers is heading to auction on July 9, according to an article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Although Rogers has been most successful with country audiences, he has charted more than 120 hit singles across various music genres, topped the country and pop album charts for more than 200 individual weeks in the United States alone and has sold more than 120 million records worldwide, certifying his position as one of the best-selling musicians of all time.
The property, which is currently owned by the Weston Adams family, is not far from Athens. The estate is centered around a 12,000-square-foot mansion, but it includes three private spring-fed lakes, five guest houses and a clubhouse and a lake clubhouse, according to the AJC article.
There's also an equestrian arena on the property that includes 44 stalls, two swimming pools, two clay tennis courts and an 18-hole golf course.
"In my 33 years in the real estate business I have had the pleasure of touring many beautiful properties, but Beaver Dam Farms took my breath away," Todd Good, CEO of Accelerated Marketing Group told the AJC. Accelerated Marketing Group is the company marketing the auction.
The estate's owners live on the other side of the country, a statement from Accelerated Marketing Group read. "They felt their inability to utilize the country estate on a more routine basis was depleting from the beauty of the property and it was just time to let it go."
The property is being sold fully furnished and the owners said they will sell the property to the highest bidder "at or above $3.5 million." The replacement cost of the property is estimated at more than $30 million, the statement said.
Interested and qualified buyers can schedule an appointment to tour the grounds beginning June 4. Call 800-791-0913 or email Accelerate Marketing Group at Tgood@amgre.com.


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Ewa Rydell (born 26 February 1942) is a Swedish former artistic gymnast who won two medals at the 1963 European Championships. She competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and finished in the 11th and 8th place with the Swedish team, respectively. Her father Sven Rydell won a bronze medal in football at the 1924 Olympics.

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1942 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Gothenburg
Gymnasts at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Gymnasts at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Olympic gymnasts of Sweden
Swedish female artistic gymnasts
European champions in gymnastics
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VDL Bus & Coach is de busdivisie van de VDL Groep. De belangrijkste activiteiten bestaan uit de ontwikkeling, productie, verkoop en onderhoud van mini-, midi- en grote bussen en chassis modules. Het bedrijf heeft fabrieken in Nederland en België. Er wordt geëxporteerd naar meer dan dertig landen. Daarnaast is het bedrijf actief in de handel van gebruikte bussen.

Geschiedenis
De basis van wat nu VDL Bus & Coach is wordt in 1993 gelegd, als vrachtwagen- en autobussenfabrikant DAF wordt meegesleept in het faillissement van moederbedrijf United Bus. De vrachtwagenpoot (DAF Trucks) maakt een doorstart in afgeslankte vorm. Het bedrijf Van der Leegte, dat in die tijd al bestond uit diverse metaal- en apparatenbouwbedrijven, neemt de chassisproductie van bussen over (DAF Bus International). Negentien procent van de aandelen komt weer in handen van DAF Trucks. VDL heeft een goede band met DAF, want op zijn beurt is het weer een toeleverancier van de Eindhovense vrachtwagenfabrikant.

VDL bleef de naam DAF Bus International nog jaren gebruiken. Het bedrijf fabriceert zowel chassis voor openbaarvervoerbussen als voor touringcars. Motoren kwamen toen alleen van de leveranciers DAF en Cummins. Het assortiment motoren in het segment openbaar vervoer heeft VDL in 2012 uitgebreid met het merk Fiat Powertrain Technologies (FPT).

In de zomer van 1996 nam DAF Bus International Smit uit het Friese Joure over. Dit was het begin van de carrosseriebouw binnen de VDL Groep. Eind september 1998 wordt de VDL Groep uitgebreid met zes bedrijven door de aankoop van de Berkhof Jonckheere Groep. Deze maatschappij bestond uit:
 Het oorspronkelijke bedrijf Berkhof (touringcarfabriek) in Valkenswaard.
 De in 1989 overgenomen autobusfabriek van Hainje (Berkhof Heerenveen)
 De tevens in 1989 overgenomen metaalbewerker Postma in Heerenveen
 De in 1991 overgenomen busjesbouwer Denolf & Depla uit het Vlaamse Beveren (Roeselare).
 De in 1992 overgenomen Venlose busjesbouwer Kusters
 De in 1994 overgenomen Belgische autobusfabriek Jonckheere uit Beveren bij Roeselare.

De overname van de Berkhof Jonckheere Groep betekende voor Smit Joure al snel het einde. Het bedrijf draaide al langer verlies en in december 1998 ging het bedrijf bankroet. De productie van touringcars in de fabriek stopte definitief in 1999 en zou aanvankelijk worden overgeheveld naar de fabriek Berkhof Heerenveen en gedeeltelijk naar die van Postma. Vanwege ruimtegebrek door een grote hoeveelheid orders werd er uiteindelijk gekozen voor de fabriek in Valkenswaard. Hiermee verdween de touringcarfabrikant na 82 jaar uit Friesland.

Berkhof had zoveel bestellingen op het programma staan dat het bedrijf lang de fabriek van Smit Joure gebruikte om onderdelen voor stads- en streekbussen te maken, voor onder meer de MAN Scout. Nadat Berkhof in mei 2001 uit de fabriek was vertrokken ontstond dezelfde maand nog het carrosserie- en wagenbouwbedrijf FCB (Friesland Coach Builders). Dit bedrijf is opgericht door een aantal oud-medewerkers van Smit. In de beginperiode bestonden de werkzaamheden voornamelijk uit het repareren en onderhouden van Smit-bussen, maar tegenwoordig voert het bedrijf reparatie- en restauratiewerkzaamheden uit aan verschillende stads- en streekbussen en touringcars. In eerste instantie was het de bedoeling om ook nieuwe bussen te gaan bouwen, dit is echter vanwege een beperkt budget nooit van de grond gekomen.

In 2003 nam VDL een van de laatste grote concurrenten in Nederland over, de touringcarfabrikant BOVA uit Valkenswaard. De busbedrijven worden datzelfde jaar uit strategisch oogpunt onder de naam VDL Bus Groep op de internationale markt gepositioneerd. Vanaf nu is het een van de grootste busproducenten van Europa en door het eerdere faillissement van Den Oudsten uit Woerden in 2001 nog de enige busproducent in Nederland. In België heeft het bedrijf nog steeds een grote concurrent onder de naam Van Hool.

Het huidige marktaandeel bedraagt bijna 8 procent, daarmee staat VDL op een 6e positie in de Europese bussenmarkt.

Merknaam
In 2005 wordt er als vervolg op de VDL Bus Groep voor alle busbedrijven een centrale organisatie opgericht onder de naam VDL Bus & Coach. Het is 2010 als alle verschillende merknamen (BOVA, Berkhof, Jonckheere, Kusters) worden vervangen door het merk VDL. De fabrieken ondergaan in 2011 allen een naamswijziging en de afzonderlijke websites worden uit de lucht gehaald. VDL wil hiermee de busactiviteiten nog beter profileren. Om dat extra kracht bij te zetten krijgt het bedrijf een apart logo (tot dan toe werd het logo van de moedermaatschappij gebruikt) en een slogan: "MOVE. TOGETHER.". MOVE staat voor mobiel zijn en in beweging blijven. De producten van VDL Bus & Coach zijn immers in beweging: er worden mensen vervoerd. Ook de organisatie staat niet stil, maar is constant in ontwikkeling. 'TOGETHER' refereert aan de slogan 'Kracht door samenwerking' van het moederbedrijf de VDL Groep.

Producten

Touringcars
De bouw van touringcars vindt in Nederland plaats bij VDL Bus Modules (voorheen Berkhof en VDL Berkhof Valkenswaard), bij VDL Bus Valkenswaard (voorheen BOVA en VDL Bova) en in Vlaams België bij VDL Bus Roeselare (voorheen VDL Jonckheere). De eerste touringcars binnen de VDL Groep werden tussen 1996 en 1999 gebouwd bij Smit Joure. Deze waren van de types Smit Orion en Smit Stratos, beide bussen stonden op een DAF Bus SB3000 chassis. Na de overname van het Valkenswaardse touringcarbedrijf Berkhof werd de Axial onder VDL geproduceerd. In 2003 kon ook de succesvolle bus Futura en de Magiq aan het assortiment worden toegevoegd na de overname van Bova. In 2007 werd ook nog de VDL Bova Lexio ontwikkeld.

Tegenwoordig produceert VDL Bus & Coach onderstaande voertuigen:
 Futura
 Jonckheere
 Synergy
 Citea
 Phileas
 MidCity
 MidEuro
 Taxi- en rolstoelvoertuigen
 Pacific
 Mistral
 Politiebussen

Openbaar vervoer
In het openbaar vervoer zijn diverse bussen de revue gepasseerd, waaronder

 2000NL
 Premier
 Ambassador
 Diplomat
 Duvedec
 Jonckheer
 Procity.

Alle bussen zijn ontwikkeld en gebouwd door Berkhof in Heerenveen op onderstellen van VDL Bus Chassis en voorgangers. De Berkhof 2000NL en Duvedec zijn overigens ook gebouwd op Volvo chassis. De productie van de Ambassador werd in 2005 uitgebreid naar VDL Berkhof Valkenswaard vanwege een grote order. Dan was er ook nog de Transit, een product van Jonckheere.

De huidige generatie grote openbaarvervoerbussen draagt de naam VDL Citea en wordt geproduceerd bij VDL Bus Modules, VDL Bus Heerenveen en VDL Bus Roeselare. Er is ook nog een 10,6 meter bus in productie onder de naam Ambassador ALE-106. Ook werkt het bedrijf mee aan de productie en ontwikkeling van de Phileas door haar aandeel van 70% in het Helmondse APTS.

Mini- en midibussen
Het bedrijf Kusters, tegenwoordig VDL Bus Venlo, is al sinds 1921 gespecialiseerd in klein materieel. Ooit begonnen met carrosserieën voor bussen ten behoeve van mijnwerkers, tegenwoordig bouwt men allerlei bestelbussen om voor verschillende doeleinden. Op het gebied van openbaar vervoer produceerde Kusters de Parade. De huidige bussen zijn de VDL MidCity en VDL MidEuro. Daarnaast levert VDL aangepaste bussen voor de politie en biedt het een legio aan oplossingen om bestaande taxi's rolstoelvriendelijk te maken.

Speciale projecten
VDL bouwt niet alleen een standaardaanbod, maar ook naar wens van de afnemer. Speciale projecten zijn bijvoorbeeld de VDL Pacific en VDL Jonckheere Schoolbus. De eerste is een robuust bustype die geschikt is voor passagierstransport in slecht toegankelijke gebieden waar zowel de toestand van de wegen als de klimaatcondities speciale verwachtingen stellen. VDL Bus & Coach produceert en levert deze bus in diverse uitvoeringen voor landen zoals Ghana, Burkina Faso en Ethiopië. De Jonckheere schoolbus werd gebouwd in Heerenveen voor Parijs en is een bus met een kop van de DAF LF vrachtwagen.

Chassis
DAF Bus International, het begin van VDL Bus & Coach, veranderde na een reorganisatie in september 2003 in VDL Bus International. Per 5 september 2010 is de huidige naam VDL Bus Chassis ingevoerd. Het bedrijf is verantwoordelijk voor de productie van onderstellen voor autobussen en touringcars. De helft van geproduceerde chassis wordt verkocht aan derden, de andere helft gaat naar de koetswerkbedrijven binnen de groep. Een groot afnemer is het Britse Arriva plc. In november 2008 bestelde dit bedrijf bijvoorbeeld meer dan 350 chassis van het type SB200 voor levering in 2008/2009. In 2011 werd er nog eens een order geplaatst voor 311 buschassis. Het koetswerk wordt er in Engeland opgebouwd door Wrightbus. Dit is de grootste order die Arriva ooit bij VDL Bus & Coach heeft geplaatst voor 'right hand drive' voertuigen. Op 27 januari 2012 maakte VDL Bus & Coach bekend dat het Britse Arriva plc een order voor 80 buschassis van het type SB200 heeft geplaatst.

Een overzicht van de chassis die worden/werden geproduceerd:
 SB200 (vervanger van het SB220 chassis. Wordt toegepast op de Ambassador 200 en VDL Citea LLE. Veel export naar buitenland)
 SB180 (verkort chassis, vervanger van het SB120 chassis)
 SB230 (toegepast op Transit en Citea 12 + 12,9 meter variant)
 SBR230 (twee assen + derde sleepas, toegepast op Transit en Citea 13,7 en 14,5 meter variant)
 SB4000+ (touringcar-chassis)
 SBR4000+ (touringcar twee assen + derde sleepas)
 TB2175 (voor de VDL Pacific)

 Chassismodules
 SB260 (toegepast op de Citea CLF-120)

Voormalige chassis
 SB120 (verkort chassis, toegepast op Ambassador 120) - vervangen door SB180 chassis
 SB220 (Berkhof 2000NL)
 SB225
 SB250 (Berkhof Premier en Berkhof Jonckheer)
 DB250 (geschikt voor dubbeldekkers)
 DB250+ (geschikt voor dubbeldekkers)
 SB2750 (geschikt voor touringcars)
 SB3000 (geschikt voor touringcars)
 SBR3000 (geschikt voor touringcars)
 SBR3015 (geschikt voor touringcars)
 SB4000 (touringcar, Berkhof Axial)

Onderhoud, reparatie en onderdelen
In Valkenswaard is een gespecialiseerde werkplaats voor onderhoud, reparatie en schadeherstel van alle merken touringcars en bussen onder de naam VDL Busland. Onderdelen van bussen zijn verkrijgbaar bij VDL Parts te Veldhoven.

Verkoop
VDL heeft een locatie voor verkoop, aftersales en onderdelen voor alle VDL Bus & Coach producten in de landen Nederland, België (ook voor Luxemburg), Duitsland, Frankrijk, Italië, Noorwegen, Polen, Servië, Tsjechië (ook voor Slowakije), Zuid-Afrika en Zwitserland.

In Servië heeft VDL bovendien eind 2010 de autobusfabriek Ikarbus in Belgrado overgenomen. De Servische overheid heeft een belang van 20% in dat bedrijf. In de fabriek werken 250 mensen en er zullen op jaarbasis 250 bussen worden geproduceerd. VDL kocht de fabriek omdat de in Nederland geproduceerde bussen te duur zijn voor de Oost-Europese markt.

VDL Bus en Coach opent in 2017 een eigen vestiging in Madrid, Spanje. De keuze voor het openen van een vestiging in Spanje is het logische vervolg op de door VDL gekozen strategie om met de divisie Bussen in het merendeel van de grote busmarkten van West-Europa direct aanwezig te zijn.

Gebruikte bussen van alle merken en typen worden ingekocht en verkocht bij VDL Bus Center (voorheen VDL Coach & Bus Center, VDL CBC) in Nederland, Duitsland en Frankrijk.

Externe link
 Officiële website

Nederlands bedrijf