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Q: log_message is not working under application folder in codeigniter I have a Codeigniter application, in which I am logging the error, debug and info messages.
In config.php, I have set the threshold value as 4. I could see the log file in application/log folder.
Now I tried to add a custom log from a method from a controller. I used
log_message("error", "this is my custom error");

But this is not logging in the log file.
What I tried so far

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*Changed the log file location

*Changed the log file permission

*Changed the level with 'debug', 'info'.

*Applied the changes in server files to see if it works in another server.

Nothing writing the log.
In the existing log file, I can see the log messages from core files. I cannot write anything from the application folder.

A: For debugging update config.php as follows
$config['log_threshold'] = 4;
$config['log_path'] = '';
$config['log_file_extension'] = '';
$config['log_file_permissions'] = 0775;

In command line go to your 'application' folder using cd command
Try these commands

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*sudo chgrp -R www-data logs/

*sudo chmod -R 775 logs/
Check log using controller.

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*Ensure your CI application/logs file has write permission by the web user.

*Here are the relevant snippets from your application/config/config.php file:
$config['log_threshold'] = 4;
$config['log_path'] = '';

*Restart your web server (e.g. "/etc/init.d/apache2 stop/start" for many versions of Linux.
...

*if you're absolutely certain your log_message() is getting called, and you still don't see any entries in "application/logs", then consider changing log_path to a different path (e.g. /tmp, if only for troubleshooting purposes).

*However, even "/tmp" isn't a Sure Thing.  Look at my post on how Systemd redirects PHP/Apache to a "private temp":
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*Failing all else, the problem might be SELinux:
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Posted on December 15, 2013 by JackWLondon
Where has the year gone? It's December already and here we are rushing about looking for something to read. Well, here's another On the Nightstand for suggestions. I have read some superb books this year and, this last episode for 2014, I add my two watts for a few personal favorites.
How does On the Nightstand work? Easy. I put the books on the nightstand, read them, and then rate them by watts in my nightstand lamp. A 100 watt book is one that kept me up late. A 20 watt book was good for my sleep. Anything in between? My personal rating.
And, for something different, this installment, I have been blessed with first editions of some small press books this year, written by some very fine authors. I also continue to read big press work because of an attachment to a particular author (spelled 'G A R D A M', for example) or subject or recommendation.
So, at the end of the year, here is what was on my nightstand:
Small Press Favorites
Staff Monkeys, by Ltc. Peter Clark. Colonel Clark was a long-serving Army officer who left service in 1997 to become a stockbroker, only to find himself Hoovered back into the Army eight years later as a staff officer and assigned to various posts in the middle East, both hot spots and spots that are just, well, hot. Staff Monkeys is his humorous, cynical, and often dismaying journal of his ensuing deployments that ranged from Djibouti, where the local labor built bunkers tall enough just for themselves, five feet high, to Iraq, where he was assigned to a presidential palace but living in a shipping container, and to Afghanistan, where he was able to comparison shop for pink fuzzy handcuffs in a French-run post exchange. Clark has an engaging and agreeable writing style that will appeal to present and former military and families who know, remember, or suspect that deployments are, well, just like that. 80 watts and, if the second edition is better edited, its bulb will be brighter.
Sophie's War, by Janice Shefelman, illustrated by Tom Shefelman. Sophie is the teenage daughter of German immigrants in the Texas Hill Country during the American Civil War. Based on true events, her war commences when the German immigrants prefer to not secede from the Union and flee to avoid being drafted into the Confederate Army, a dilemma that begins with the formation of real-life Captain Duff's formation of the Committee of Vigilance, a group that ultimately murdered dozens of men from Comfort, Texas who had chosen to leave rather than fight for slavery. Sophie's War is a teen/ young adult novel but very well written and faithful to its historical sources. It gets a 100 watt night lamp for its audience and for a lot of grownup audiences as well.
The Texas Gun Club Trilogy, Commander Mark Bowlin. Three novels, and undoubtedly more in the works, focus on the World War II battles of two cousins from Texas who serve as infantry officers in the 36th Infantry Division in Italy. The Texas Gun Club lands them on the beaches at Paestum / Salerno in the teeth of a determined German defense. It is the best-written of the trilogy and recounts accurately the details of battles that meant the difference between the American army holding the beachhead or being kicked back to the Navy. Victory Road follows the two from Naples to San Pietro at the entrance to the Liri Valley and fleshes out a parallel story of German spies who are on a collision course with the cousins. For God and Country takes the cousins on a diversion to British lines in the Italian mountains before leading them into the disastrous attempt to cross the Rapido River. Bowlin has written wonderfully engaging novels of combat that occasionally divert into novels of Italian road trips and cooking with fortuitous helpings of a background cast of Italian and German characters who happen to speak English. For keeping me awake at night, they get the 100 watt award, (although I hope in the second editions the editor corrects some of the line editing errors that sneaked into the first editions). Well done.
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What a Carve Up!, by Jonathan Coe. A classic English who-killed-whom in the country mansion, this novel is told from the point of view of a failed novelist who was hired by one of the manse's heirs to write the family story and thereby out the killer. Coe writes brilliant narrative fiction in his descriptions of the family members as, looters, self-righteous authors, muckers-up of the food chain, and the like, all in a looping arc that continually replays a scene from a movie the novelist saw as a child that mirrors the murder. 80 watts.
Bilgewater, by Jane Gardam. I swear that Jane Gardam could write the instructions for using computer software and it would be the most entertaining reading of the year. Working, instead, with the daughter of a widower who is headmaster at a backwater private school for boys, Gardam creates a painful, funny, and nuanced portrait of a girl who comes of age without a single female friend and succeeds, although in the process she lives through what would otherwise be the making a blooper reel of every dance, date, and prospective tryst that comes her way. 100 watts, period.
An Iliad, Allessandro Baricco. This is the classic tale of the Trojan wars, of Agamemnon's betrayal of Achilles and of the death of Hector, of Helen of Troy's flight from her husband with her lover Paris who won her heart because of his foolish choice to select from among the gods who was the fairest of them all. Baricco has re-told the original Greek classic from the points of view of the combatants of love, jealousy, and eternal conflict. HDC.
And what is on my nightstand now? There are two new books but, since they're wrapped up in festive colored paper and ribbons, I don't know their titles. I do hope when the paper comes off that one is by Donna Tartt and one is by Rick Atkinson. But I have to wait until December 25 to find out.
Best wishes for the holidays or, to paraphrase Rick Steves, until next time, keep on reading.
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An Interview and then some with Elodie Parkes author of The Last Time
I have a special guest in the Maylee ehouse today. Elodie Parkes is here to tell us a little bit about herself and her latest release. She's brought the trailer and a giveaway. Plus, she's brought one of the character's with her. Please give her a warm welcome. Take it away, Elodie.
Thank you for inviting me to the blog for the release of The Last Time, my latest contemporary, erotic romance.
by Elodie Parkes
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Length: 44000 words
Publisher: Eternal Press
Genre: Erotic Romance
Just a little about me to let your readers know who I am.
I live in rural England, United Kingdom and I work in an antiques shop as well as writing. I have two dogs that keep me fit with their need for walks. Love the countryside and the coast.
I write romance, contemporary, and erotic with a twist of mystery, suspense, or the paranormal, now and then. I like to make the story unusual in some way, by a quirk in the tale.
I started writing when I was seventeen. Life intervened in my writing time and I stopped serious writing for some time. I started writing again seriously a couple of years ago, because I had so many stories in my head.
Actor Seth Carbery swears he will never fall in love again, that is until he meets private detective Bethany Snow.
Something strange is going on. Seth and other members of the movie cast and crew are receiving threatening letters, but no threat has ever been carried out… yet. Bethany Snow is sent on location by the Black Agency to investigate, and guard Seth Carbery against danger.
The case is not what it first seems and even when Bethany thinks it could be over, a new twist means she becomes a target.
Seth and Bethany find they can't keep their hands off each other.
Who is sending the letters and why? Does Seth have a secret admirer or stalker?
With steamy romance, graphic love scenes, and a quirky story of what people do for love this erotic romance is for adults only.
Thanks, Elodie. Now for some inside scoop, I'd like to welcome Bethany, the heroine from The Last Time.
Tell us about yourself and the book you star in.
The book is 'The Last Time' and it's probably the last time you'll read anything with me in it. It's a romance and set on a movie location. I get to have lots of yummy sex with someone who shall remain nameless, as that might be a spoiler. It's a fun book although a little thread of suspense and mystery run through it.
Why will we not read anything else with you starring in there Bethany, that sounds intriguing?
I can't say without giving away the end of the book, but let's just say it's a happy reason.
Most of us want to be different, so what is the one thing you wish the author had done differently with you?
I would have liked to give my point of view a little more often, in the love scenes, just because sex is different for a woman. I think that the author wanted to show the great relationship that the three central characters developed, me being one of them, but I didn't have much influence over that either.
If you could have added something to the story, and the author would have let you, what would that have been?
I would have liked more physical action perhaps, to show off my martial arts abilities.
What do you think of the author?
I think she tries to give everyone a fair chance in the limelight. She gives characters their dignity too. She tries to make the sex scenes about the love people feel for each other. She's okay. I guess she'll be reading this interview.
You get the chance to have the author change your name what will it be?
I actually like my name although that would have been a hoot if suddenly someone had shortened my name, and I'd been with Seth, another main character, because it would have been Seth and Beth.
Give up three of your deepest, darkest secrets.
You're kidding. Why would I do that? They're secrets. Okay I'll tell you a couple of things. I hate thong underwear, will not wear it, detest it, so when the author tried to get me in some I had a meltdown.
I'm a coffee addict…drink it almost nonstop, but then doesn't everybody? All the authors I know do, well except my author, she drinks tea.
What else? I don't really have secrets you know…they're not healthy. I sort of spill my guts about sex and men in the book so there's not much to say here.
What do you love best about yourself?
My hair if it's a physical thing, and if not, then my compassionate nature.
What do you like least?
The author gave me smaller breasts than I would have liked. No really, I don't mind that. (laughing) I suppose I quite like myself the way she's written me.
How do you feel about the book you're in?
It's fun, sexy. It's supposed to show a little of what people do for love and when they think they are losing love, or are in love and it's the most important thing to them. We can be vulnerable and stupid, but if it's right then it's the best thing ever.
Can you share one of your favorite parts of the book without giving too much away and tell us why you chose it?
Okay it's probably not what you expect given the amount of sex in the book, but here you go,
Seth was still sleeping. He looked gorgeous and Bethany stood in the doorway watching him for a moment or two. Suddenly his cell phone, which was on his bedside unit, began chirping. Like a flock of birds, the chirping filled the bedroom, and Seth sat up and looked around as if startled.
Bethany watched him suddenly realize it was his cell phone, reach for it, and shut off the alarm call.
He looked at her and smiled.
"Bethany you made me sleep properly for the first time in months."
I chose it because that's so cool to have helped someone like that. Have you ever been unable to sleep? It's horrible.
How do you see your future? Without giving anything away.
Like I said in the beginning, you'll not see any more of me. The other characters…well that could be a different story. Mine ends with this book.
Let's say they make a movie about this book. Who do you want to play you, and why?
I truly hope there's no movie of this book because I have no idea who I'd want to play me, and they more than likely would want Seth to play himself since he's an actor. I think that would be horrible, watching him on the big screen getting naked with someone else.
Anything else you would like to tell us?
It's been fun being here and not having the author, editor, cover artist, proof reader, beta readers watching everything I do. Thank you for inviting me and try not to let the author read this.
Enter the rafflecopter draw to win $25 US, or £25 GB Amazon gift card and an ebook basket, of all five of Elodie's erotic romance books released to date.
Millie Reinvented, Two of them,The Horoscope Writer, A Celtic Tapestry in which Elodie has a short, The Picnic, and The Last Time.
Find Elodie online:
http://elodieparkes.blogspot.com <~~ where you can read lots of snippets from my erotic romance novels, meet other authors and read snippets from their books.
http://www.facebook.com/ElodieParkes
http://www.goodreads.com/elodieparkes
https://twitter.com/ElodieParkes
http://www.manicreaders.com/ElodieParkes/
http://www.theromancereviews.com/EllieP
Find Elodie's books:
http://www.amazon.com/Millie-Reinvented-ebook/dp/B008H5IF7U
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Millie-Reinvented-ebook/dp/B008H5IF7U
http://www.amazon.com/Two-of-Them-ebook/dp/B008RBJXOI
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Two-of-Them-ebook/dp/B008RBJXOI
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Horoscope-Writer-ebook/dp/B0094JIIVQ
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0094JIIVQ
http://www.amazon.com/A-Celtic-Tapestry-ebook/dp/B00BXPHSA6
http://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Celtic-Tapestry-ebook/dp/B00BXPHSA6
http://www.amazon.ca/A-Celtic-Tapestry-ebook/dp/B00BXPHSA6
http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/A-Celtic-Tapestry/book-BJ_406GiXEebWjWdV6dWag/page1.html
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4 thoughts on "An Interview and then some with Elodie Parkes author of The Last Time"
elodie on May 22, 2013 at 5:54 pm said:
Hi SJ, Thank you so much for having Bethany and me over to visit you on this lovely blog 🙂
You're very welcome. It was nice to have you both here.
Eternal Press on May 22, 2013 at 6:11 pm said:
http://www.eternalpress.biz/book.php?isbn=9781615729494 This is where to find ebook editions of The Last Time.
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'Haathi Mere Saathi' an official remake of Rajesh khanna's 1971 classic drama 'Haathi Mere Saathi'.The film is releasing in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi languages. A new story inspired by true events and definitely will be a tribute to the classic. Movie is directed by Prabhu Solomon and produced by produced by Eros International's Trinity Pictures. Among Hindi movies Rana Daggubati was seen in 'Dum Maaro Dum', 'Baby' , 'Department' and 'The Gaazi Attack'. After 'Bahubali 2' audience are eagerly waiting for the film.
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Table 1 Conserved blocks detected in benchmark datasets
Number of blocks
Two-step
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hoxb2 8 5 0
pax6 13 11 0
scl 1 0 0
Total 22 16 0
Number of blocks two-step: number of conserved blocks identified using the two-step procedure. For more details on the blocks see Tables 2 (hoxb2), 3 (pax6) and 4 (scl). Number of blocks UCSC: the number of blocks detected by the two-step procedure that were recovered in the USCS genome browser (aligned between mammals and Fugu) [51]. Number of blocks UCR: the number of blocks detected by the two-step procedure that correspond to an ultra-conserved region [20].


In a showbiz career that's spanned almost twenty years, Chris Parson's venture into the world of voiceover acting began with the encouragement of an old college friend - plus a fateful (and innocuous-looking) Craigslist posting mentioning "voice talent".
Some 13 years after those humble beginnings, Mr. Parson has excelled as one of the most diverse and skilled voice actors in the business. He started with bit parts on "Family Guy" and "Cleveland Show", before starring as the titular character on Comedy Central's short-lived, time capsule animated series, "Lil Bush: Resident of The United States". Chris also provided creature voice effects for films like "The Spiderwick Chronicles", "The Unborn", and "Cirque Du Freak".
The USC film graduate was subsequently cast in 7 different roles for the Oscar-winning (and landmark) animated film "Rango", the first feature-length animated film for Industrial Light and Magic. The same year, Mr. Parson began voicing promos for Universal Television subsidiary The Syfy Channel, after its initial rebranding. Subsequent to Syfy, Chris has voiced promos for History Channel, TNT, and CMT. He has also voiced commercials for Jack In The Box and Kenmore.
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Q: Sklearn Linear Regression with Cross Validate Returns NA Accuracy Scores I am running a very simple initial Linear Regression model with basic inputs. I have a small dataset and have removed all nulls. I use cross validate and pass the scoring methods in order to be able to retrieve the scores to judge under/overfitting.
However, I get a Null Accuracy: does anyone know why this would happen?
X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(X,y, random_state=42)

#Linear Regression

lr = linear_model.LinearRegression(fit_intercept=True)

scores_lr = cross_validate(lr, X_train, y_train, return_train_score = True, scoring = ('r2', 'neg_mean_squared_error'), cv=10)

print 'Training Accuracy: ', np.sqrt(-scores_lr['train_r2'].mean())
print 'Training RMSE: ', np.sqrt(-scores_lr['train_neg_mean_squared_error'].mean())
print 'Validation Accuracy: ', np.sqrt(-scores_lr['test_r2'].mean())
print 'Validation RMSE: ', np.sqrt(-scores_lr['test_neg_mean_squared_error'].mean())

Training Accuracy:  nan
Training RMSE:  1.0170113520623867
Validation Accuracy:  nan
Validation RMSE:  1.0230034705533613

A: You seem to be taking the sqrt of a negative number, resulting in an nan. What measure are you trying to compute? Accuracy is usually used in classification problems. It is defined as the proportion of the correctly predicted classes out of the total number of observations. Since you are using a linear regression model and also compute the Root Mean Squared Error your area of application seems to be regression (working with continous values). The R2 measure which you try to take the sqrt of is the fraction of variance which your current model is able to explain (speaking in general terms). It should need no further processing.


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Tag: purely financial damage
Kwok v UBS. Cockerill J helpfully on Lugano, economic loss and branch jurisdiction.
Update 25 02 2022 thank you Matthew Hoyle for letting me know that Justice Cockerill today granted UBS permission to appeal against her judgment.
In Kwok & Ors v UBS AG (London Branch) [2022] EWHC 245 (Comm) Cockerill J holds on forum damni (Article 5(3) for purely economic loss, and branch jurisdiction (Article 5(5) for the English courts under the Lugano Convention. Defendant is Switserland based and the proceedings clearly were initiated prior to Brexit.
On A5(3) locus damni, all parties and the judge agree that CJEU authority is not easy to disentangle and does not unequivocally point into one direction: see eg [84] 'the authorities are not entirely pellucid on what they do say.'
The bank, defending, argues ia that a rule of thumb under (limited) English authority is that in a case of negligent misstatement the damage will occur where the misstatement is received and relied upon. Cockerill J distinguishes the authority from current case and also points out [82] that all cases concerned predate the CJEU authority particularly in Lober and Vereniging van Effectenbezitters, and that 'the tide of authority is against the proposition that loss is suffered wherever a claimant ultimately feels it' [85]. Having summarised the lines of interpretation following from CJEU authority, she concludes [113]
Once the focus is on actual manifestation (of damage, GAVC) the most natural analysis is to view the damage as occurring where and when the Acquired Shares were liquidated.
here, London, where the shares claimants had invested in were held and where the funds they had invested were depleted; the loss crystallises, manifests, becomes certain and irreversible with the sale of shares and that loss of claimants' Monetary Contribution which had merged into the shares [115].
The account, where the damage was first "registered" or "recorded" was in London with the defendant itself (as in CJEU Kronhofer) [117]. The Universal Music-instructed 'special circumstances' cross-check also points to London: [118]
London was the place at which it had been agreed by all parties that the Acquired Shares would be held, and all of the contractual documents UBS entered into (albeit for a transaction at one remove from the Claimants) were to be in English and governed by English law. It was therefore entirely predictable and foreseeable from November 2014 that the parties might sue or be sued in London in relation to the Investment and dealings with the Acquired Shares.
Branch jurisdiction under Article 5(5) is dealt with obiter [120] ff. Cockerill J holds [138] that was is needed inter alia per CJEU flyLAL is 'sufficient nexus', sufficiently significant connection does not require involvement in the tortious acts [140]. This is supported, Cockerill J holds [148] by the fact that UBS London's thoughts and actions will be relevant to the trial. There will be a need to investigate UBS London's conduct and intentions both (i) at the time of the representations and advice given by UBS and (ii) late events and the loss resulting therefrom.
A good judgment to assist with the economic loss jigsaw.
Geert,
Tort jurisdiction (purely economic loss) and branch jurisdiction, A5(3) and (5) #Lugano Convention, both upheld
Kwok & Ors v UBS AG (London Branch) [2022] EWHC 245 (Comm) https://t.co/ev68gReQzx
Vereniging van Effectenbezitters. Prospectus liability, purely financial damage and collective actions. The CJEU reigns in jurisdiction using statutory reporting obligations, at odds with its approach in Volkswagen.
Update 21 May 2021 for additional analysis see Mathias Lehmann here.
As I suggested when I reviewed the Advocate-General's Opinion in C‑709/19 Vereniging van Effectenbezitters, the CJEU was likely to be much more succinct, which has proven true with the judgment this morning (no English version available as yet).
The CJEU ignored of course the AG's calls fundamentally to reconsider the locus damni introduction in Bier. Yet it re-emphasised its willingness to reign in the repercussions of Bier, insisting places of jurisdiction under Article 7(2) Brussels Ia need to correspond to those with a certain link to the case. Its core reference throughout is its judgment in Lober, itself an odd case for the court did not assign territorial jurisdiction (an issue also sub judice in Volvo Trucks). Clearly Universal Music features heavily, too.
The Court's instruction in Universal Music, that the mere presence of a bank account in which damages materialise, does not suffice to establish jurisdiction, is expanded in Vereniging van Effectenbezitters with the use of statutory reporting requirements: [35] For listed companies (clearly, an entry for distinguishing: how about those unlisted?), only the courts of the Member States in which they are under a statutory reporting duty with a view to its listing, are reasonably foreseeable to it, as places in which a market in its financial instruments may emerge.
The Court also adds [36] that the collective action nature of the suit is of no relevance. The referring court had asked whether in such suits the domicile of the aggrieved could be dropped as being relevant, however the CJEU insisted that domicile has no stand-alone relevance in purely financial damage at all, even in non-collective action.
To the degree that the existence of such statutory obligations is not exhaustively harmonised across the EU (on that subject, I am no expert), this opens op possibilities of course for Member States to assist its consumers with forum shopping, by expanding reporting requirements. (Albeit such extra requirements may themselves by vulnerable under free movement of establishment and /or services; but now my mind is racing ahead).
The Court's limiting approach here is in stark contrast with the much wider consequences of its findings on jurisdiction viz material consumer products in Volkswagen.
EU Private International Law, 3rd ed. 2021, para 2.459
Jurisdiction for prospectus liability: Sanchez-Bordona AG in Vereniging van effectenbezitters attempts another go at Bier; leaves questions hanging on collective action.
When I flagged the Dutch SC reference to the CJEU in C‑709/19 Vereniging van Effectenbezitters, asking for clarification of the Universal Music case-law on purely economic damage, I signalled the specificities of this case: the case concerns a class action, not that of an individual shareholder; no prospectus was specifically addressed at Dutch investors, who instead feel they received incomplete and misleading information that was made public through press releases, websites and public statements by directors; finally the Dutch Supreme Court questions the CJEU on an e-Date accessibility type jurisdictional basis.
BP plc, defendant, is domiciled in the UK.
Sanchez-Bordona AG Opined last Thursday (apologies I did not make the Twitter-promised Friday review). He kicks off his Opinion with calling into question the very premise of the Universal Music case-law: at 24
the fact that the applicant's account is located in that Member State is a relevant consideration in any non-contractual action for damage suffered by investments as a result of defective information, even when supplemented by other factors. While noting that the Court of Justice has inclined towards that view, in my opinion it is an open question.
That is a bold proposition not borne out by either CJEU or national case-law. Arguably better formulated is the position at 28 that the interest of the location of the bank account 'should not be overstated'.
At 32 ff the AG repeats his call (joining a list of AG's) to abandon the Bier Handlungsort Erfolgort distinction which he also expressed in his Opinion in Volkswagen. He emphasises again that in cases like these, the procedural decision on jurisdiction requires the judge too intensive an engagement with the substance of the case, consequently (at 36) 'the very nature of the criterion may well create uncertainty among legal practitioners and encourage procedural delaying tactics, as well as divergent interpretations in Member States and further requests to the Court of Justice for preliminary rulings.'
At 37 (and with reference to national case-law) follows a repeat of the call to 'ruling out the place where the investment account is located'. However the AG himself then acknowledges that call is likely to fall on deaf CJEU ears (at 39):
having regard to the wording of the questions referred, I shall answer them in accordance with their own premisses, that is to say, in the light of the existing case-law of the Court of Justice
hence he continues the Opinion taking Universal Music and its descendants into account:
at 46: 'the fact that the financial damage took place in an investment account located in the Netherlands cannot be accepted as a 'sufficient connecting factor for the international jurisdiction' of the courts of that State.' – I agree.
Again with reference to his Opinion in Volkswagen, and using the initial justification of the CJEU in Bier to put forward locus damni, the AG at 49-50 reiterates that
the 'specific circumstances' relevant to attributing jurisdiction are those which demonstrate the proximity between the action and the jurisdiction, and the foreseeability of that jurisdiction, .. Those circumstances must include: factors that facilitate the sound administration of justice and the smooth operation of proceedings; and factors that may have helped the parties to determine where they should institute proceedings or where they might be sued as a result of their actions.
He then rejects, for reasons succinctly explained in the Opinion, as being relevant: BP's settlement with other shareholders; the status as consumer of some of the shareholders; BP's information about its shares.
He concludes on this point at 60 ff that there simply is not a locus damni that meets with A7(2) Brussels Ia's conditions. He refers as he did in Volkswagen pro inspiratio to the CJEU's similar holding viz A7(1) forum contractus in C-56/00 Besix: that we are dealing with an obligation which 'is not capable of being identified with a specific place or linked to a court which would be particularly suited to hear and determine the dispute relating to that obligation'.
Finally the AG deals with the question whether the nature of the action brought by VEB (the fact that it is a collective action) and the fact that it is purely an action for a declaratory judgment, should have an impact. The referring court fears that extending the CJEU rule of CDC, that the transfer of claims by each original creditor to the applicant does not affect the determination of the court having jurisdiction under Article 7(2), would make collective action ineffective.
The AG points out first of all that following ia Folien Fischer, the courts of the Member State in which either the causal event took place or the harm occurred or may occur may lawfully accept jurisdiction by virtue of A7(2) in actions in which specific damages have not (yet) been sought.
He then suggests at 79 that he sees 'no difficulty in applying [A7(2)] to declaratory actions such as that brought by VEB, in advance of subsequent actions for damages which may be brought only by the individual injured parties, whose identity and residence are unknown at the time of the (first) action.' Here I do not quite follow. The questions asked by VEB are not merely provisional in an A35 sense (indeed that Article is not discussed). VEB are asking the court to hold
that the courts in the Netherlands have international jurisdiction to hear the claims for compensation brought by the BP shareholders; that the rechtbank Amsterdam (District Court, Amsterdam) has territorial jurisdiction to hear those claims; that BP acted unlawfully towards its shareholders inasmuch as it made incorrect, incomplete and misleading statements about: (i) its safety and maintenance programmes prior to the oil spill on 20 April 2010; or (ii) the extent of the oil spill; or (iii) the role and responsibility of BP in regard to the oil spill; that, had it not been for the unlawful conduct on the part of BP, the purchase or sale of BP shares by the BP shareholders would have been effected at a more favourable market price, or not at all; that there is a conditio sine qua non link between BP's unlawful conduct and the loss suffered by the BP shareholders due to the fall in the share price in the period between 16 January 2007 and 25 June 2010.
Surely these kinds of questions can only be entertained by court that has A7(2) jurisdiction which, the AG had just opined, is highly unlikely (although the referring court will have the last word on that). That he sees 'no difficulty in applying [A7(2)] to declaratory actions such as that brought by VEB' either then contradicts what he just advised (unlikely) or reinforces it cynically (as in 'no difficulty in applying it, meaning there is no such jurisdiction') – also perhaps unlikely. Am I missing something?
Finally at 95 the AG (not further discussing Qs 3 and 4) concurs with Bobek AG in Schrems: on the issue of assignment, it is not up to the CJEU to write the law.
Most relevant.
EU Private International Law, 3rd ed. 2021, para 2.459.
Among flurry of #CJEU documents on this Super Thursday is SÁNCHEZ-BORDONA AG's Opinion in Vereniging van Effectenbezitters: location, for jurisdictional purposes, of purely financial damage, application of the Universal Music criteriahttps://t.co/xUwiMNYZFA
I shall review 2mrw.
— Geert Van Calster (@GAVClaw) December 17, 2020
Universal Music: The CJEU distinguishes Kolassa but just won't give up on Bier.
Uppdate 4 October 2017 for the eventual Dutch judgment (Hoge Raad) see here. Thank you Michiel Poesen for flagging. UM had not invoked other factual elements linking the case to The Netherlands, than the payment of the settlement from a Dutch bank account.
As I had feared /as was to be expected, the CJEU did not follow Szpunar AG's lead in formally letting go of Case 21/76 Bier's Erfolgort /Handlungsort distinction, even if it did accept the AG's rejection in the case at issue, of the mere presence of a bank account triggering jurisdiction for tort under (now) Article 7(2) Brussels I Recast.
Kolassa upheld jurisdiction in favour of the courts for the place of domicile of the applicant by virtue of where the damage occurred, if that damage materialises directly in the applicant's bank account held with a bank established within the area of jurisdiction of those courts. In Universal Music the CJEU distinguished Kolassa: for in the latter case there where 'circumstances contributing to attributing jurisdiction to those courts.' In general, the Court held in Universal Music, 'purely financial damage which occurs directly in the applicant's bank account cannot, in itself, be qualified as a 'relevant connecting factor'' (at 38) . ' It is only where the other circumstances specific to the case also contribute to attributing jurisdiction to the courts for the place where a purely financial damage occurred, that such damage could, justifiably, entitle the applicant to bring the proceedings before the courts for that place.' (at 39).
The Court at 38 flags a rather interesting and relevant argument for dismissing pure presence of a bank account as a determining connecting factor (a student of mine, Tony Claes, had made the same argument earlier this ac. year): a company such as Universal Music may have had the choice of several bank accounts from which to pay the settlement amount, so that the place where that account is situated does not necessarily constitute a reliable connecting factor. What the Court is essentially saying is that in such circumstance the applicant can manipulate jurisdiction and hence shop for a forum: which is not part of the jurisdictional rule for tort.
Crucially of course we are left having to ponder what exactly 'other circumstances' than location of bank account may imply.
(Handbook of) European private international law, second ed. 2016, Chapter 2, Headings 2.2.11.2, 2.2.11.2.7


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Strong demand for Australian-made products in China has led to the launch of a new 'Oz-Town' store in Shanghai during this month's 'Australia Week in China'.
The store showcases a range of goods certified by the Australian Made Campaign. It is the first of a chain of stores that are planned to be rolled out in the country, although specific locations and dates were not immediately available.
My Business can confirm that among the products being retailed in the Oz-Town store are skincare products by VITAMAN and Juddarnje, chocolate dips by Wicked Dips, Zoom coffee, Revivol's natural hangover cure and complementary medicines produced by Australian by Nature.
"The launch of the 'Oz-Town' stores will offer new market opportunities for producers of genuine Aussie products and produce, while providing local consumers with a 'one-stop shop' for authentic Australian goods," said Ben Lazzaro, the deputy chief executive of Australian Made Campaign.
The second Australia Week in China was held across multiple Chinese cities between 11 and 15 April, and was one of Australia's largest business delegations to China.
It focuses on driving trade, investment, education and tourism opportunities for Australian businesses in China.
Among the sectors participating in this year's event were agribusiness, health and aged care, urban sustainability, water management, premium food and beverage, tourism and financial services.


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HELIOTROPINE; METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL METHYLPROPANAL; p-MENTHAN-7-OL 1-(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-2,3,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthyl)ethan-1-one, 2-(4-tert-Butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde, 2,4-dimethylcyclohex-3-ene-1-carbaldehyde, 3-Methyl-4-(2,6,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-yl)-3-buten-2-one, 3-p -cumenyl-2-methylpropionaldehyde, Amyl cinnamal, Benzyl salicylate, Cinnamal, Hexyl cinnam-aldehyde, Isoeugenol. cis-4-tert-butylcyclohexyl acetato; HELIOTROPINE; METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL METHYLPROPANAL; p-MENTHAN-7-OL 1-(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-2,3,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthyl)ethan-1-one, 2-(4-tert-Butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde, 2,4-dimethylcyclohex-3-ene-1-carbaldehyde, 3-Methyl-4-(2,6,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-yl)-3-buten-2-one, 3-p -cumenyl-2-methylpropionaldehyde, Amyl cinnamal, Benzyl salicylate, Cinnamal, Hexyl cinnam-aldehyde, Isoeugenol. cis-4-tert-butylcyclohexyl acetato; HELIOTROPINE; METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL METHYLPROPANAL; p-MENTHAN-7-OL 1-(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-2,3,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthyl)ethan-1-one, 2-(4-tert-Butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde, 2,4-dimethylcyclohex-3-ene-1-carbaldehyde, 3-Methyl-4-(2,6,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-yl)-3-buten-2-one, 3-p -cumenyl-2-methylpropionaldehyde, Amyl cinnamal, Benzyl salicylate, Cinnamal, Hexyl cinnam-aldehyde, Isoeugenol. cis-4-tert-butylcyclohexyl acetato; HELIOTROPINE; METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL METHYLPROPANAL; p-MENTHAN-7-OL 1-(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-2,3,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthyl)ethan-1-one, 2-(4-tert-Butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde, 2,4-dimethylcyclohex-3-ene-1-carbaldehyde, 3-Methyl-4-(2,6,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-yl)-3-buten-2-one, 3-p -cumenyl-2-methylpropionaldehyde, Amyl cinnamal, Benzyl salicylate, Cinnamal, Hexyl cinnam-aldehyde, Isoeugenol. cis-4-tert-butylcyclohexyl acetato; HELIOTROPINE; METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL METHYLPROPANAL; p-MENTHAN-7-OL 1-(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-2,3,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthyl)ethan-1-one, 2-(4-tert-Butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde, 2,4-dimethylcyclohex-3-ene-1-carbaldehyde, 3-Methyl-4-(2,6,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-yl)-3-buten-2-one, 3-p -cumenyl-2-methylpropionaldehyde, Amyl cinnamal, Benzyl salicylate, Cinnamal, Hexyl cinnam-aldehyde, Isoeugenol. cis-4-tert-butylcyclohexyl acetato; HELIOTROPINE; METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL METHYLPROPANAL; p-MENTHAN-7-OL 1-(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-2,3,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthyl)ethan-1-one, 2-(4-tert-Butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde, 2,4-dimethylcyclohex-3-ene-1-carbaldehyde, 3-Methyl-4-(2,6,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-yl)-3-buten-2-one, 3-p -cumenyl-2-methylpropionaldehyde, Amyl cinnamal, Benzyl salicylate, Cinnamal, Hexyl cinnam-aldehyde, Isoeugenol. cis-4-tert-butylcyclohexyl acetato; HELIOTROPINE; METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL METHYLPROPANAL; p-MENTHAN-7-OL 1-(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-2,3,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthyl)ethan-1-one, 2-(4-tert-Butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde, 2,4-dimethylcyclohex-3-ene-1-carbaldehyde, 3-Methyl-4-(2,6,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-yl)-3-buten-2-one, 3-p -cumenyl-2-methylpropionaldehyde, Amyl cinnamal, Benzyl salicylate, Cinnamal, Hexyl cinnam-aldehyde, Isoeugenol. cis-4-tert-butylcyclohexyl acetato; HELIOTROPINE; METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL METHYLPROPANAL; p-MENTHAN-7-OL 1-(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-2,3,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthyl)ethan-1-one, 2-(4-tert-Butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde, 2,4-dimethylcyclohex-3-ene-1-carbaldehyde, 3-Methyl-4-(2,6,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-yl)-3-buten-2-one, 3-p -cumenyl-2-methylpropionaldehyde, Amyl cinnamal, Benzyl salicylate, Cinnamal, Hexyl cinnam-aldehyde, Isoeugenol. cis-4-tert-butylcyclohexyl acetato; HELIOTROPINE; METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL METHYLPROPANAL; p-MENTHAN-7-OL 1-(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-2,3,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthyl)ethan-1-one, 2-(4-tert-Butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde, 2,4-dimethylcyclohex-3-ene-1-carbaldehyde, 3-Methyl-4-(2,6,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-yl)-3-buten-2-one, 3-p -cumenyl-2-methylpropionaldehyde, Amyl cinnamal, Benzyl salicylate, Cinnamal, Hexyl cinnam-aldehyde, Isoeugenol. cis-4-tert-butylcyclohexyl acetato; HELIOTROPINE; METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL METHYLPROPANAL; p-MENTHAN-7-OL 1-(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-2,3,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthyl)ethan-1-one, 2-(4-tert-Butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde, 2,4-dimethylcyclohex-3-ene-1-carbaldehyde, 3-Methyl-4-(2,6,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-yl)-3-buten-2-one, 3-p -cumenyl-2-methylpropionaldehyde, Amyl cinnamal, Benzyl salicylate, Cinnamal, Hexyl cinnam-aldehyde, Isoeugenol. cis-4-tert-butylcyclohexyl acetato; HELIOTROPINE; METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL METHYLPROPANAL; p-MENTHAN-7-OL 1-(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-2,3,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthyl)ethan-1-one, 2-(4-tert-Butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde, 2,4-dimethylcyclohex-3-ene-1-carbaldehyde, 3-Methyl-4-(2,6,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-yl)-3-buten-2-one, 3-p -cumenyl-2-methylpropionaldehyde, Amyl cinnamal, Benzyl salicylate, Cinnamal, Hexyl cinnam-aldehyde, Isoeugenol. cis-4-tert-butylcyclohexyl acetato; HELIOTROPINE; METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL METHYLPROPANAL; p-MENTHAN-7-OL 1-(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-2,3,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthyl)ethan-1-one, 2-(4-tert-Butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde, 2,4-dimethylcyclohex-3-ene-1-carbaldehyde, 3-Methyl-4-(2,6,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-yl)-3-buten-2-one, 3-p -cumenyl-2-methylpropionaldehyde, Amyl cinnamal, Benzyl salicylate, Cinnamal, Hexyl cinnam-aldehyde, Isoeugenol. cis-4-tert-butylcyclohexyl acetato; HELIOTROPINE; METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL METHYLPROPANAL; p-MENTHAN-7-OL 1-(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-2,3,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthyl)ethan-1-one, 2-(4-tert-Butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde, 2,4-dimethylcyclohex-3-ene-1-carbaldehyde, 3-Methyl-4-(2,6,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-yl)-3-buten-2-one, 3-p -cumenyl-2-methylpropionaldehyde, Amyl cinnamal, Benzyl salicylate, Cinnamal, Hexyl cinnam-aldehyde, Isoeugenol. cis-4-tert-butylcyclohexyl acetato; HELIOTROPINE; METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL METHYLPROPANAL; p-MENTHAN-7-OL 1-(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-2,3,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthyl)ethan-1-one, 2-(4-tert-Butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde, 2,4-dimethylcyclohex-3-ene-1-carbaldehyde, 3-Methyl-4-(2,6,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-yl)-3-buten-2-one, 3-p -cumenyl-2-methylpropionaldehyde, Amyl cinnamal, Benzyl salicylate, Cinnamal, Hexyl cinnam-aldehyde, Isoeugenol. cis-4-tert-butylcyclohexyl acetato; HELIOTROPINE; METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL METHYLPROPANAL; p-MENTHAN-7-OL
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Schools waiting for one-time funding fix
Dan Hammock
Thu May 16th, 2019 10:00am
Grays Harbor school districts are in line to receive more than $3.3 million in one-time funds from the passage of "hold harmless" legislation passed this session to help school districts that suffered funding losses or saw only minimal gains from the state's current school funding model.
The one-time influx of funds will help 10 local districts. It's a short-term fix and state Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, said during a stop at The Daily World offices Tuesday he has a plan to fund schools more equitably in the future.
"Hold harmless" funds
The exact numbers are still up in the air as the precise funding model is figured out, but according to the Washington State PTA, the money for local schools breaks down like this:
Aberdeen, $961,805
Hoquiam, $429,760
Montesano, $138,228
Elma, $909,653
McCleary, $125,238
Ocosta, $99,270
Quinault, $112,414
Willapa Valley, $44,874
The "hold harmless" proposal was drafted by the Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA) in 2018 to give temporary relief to the school districts that suffered actual funding losses under the funding model created by the Legislature after a State Supreme Court decision that forced the state to fully fund K-12 education.
Of the 10 districts most adversely impacted by the current funding model, Grays Harbor County had five.
Hoquiam Superintendent Mike Villarreal said the numbers are not set in stone; Gov. Jay Inslee had yet to sign the connected legislation – House Bill 2163 – into law as of Wednesday.
"We're not getting a hard number yet," said Villarreal. There are some questions remaining about the funding model, what the money can be used for, and why some districts, like Cosmopolis, will see extra funding over the next two years while others only for one year.
According to the State PTA, two schools in the region 15 that will receive funds this year and next: Cosmopolis is poised to get $423,504 in the coming school year, another $383,740 the following year; and Satsop shows $97,027 in the coming year, $38,455 the next.
Villarreal said he's hopeful more solid numbers will be made available and some of the questions related to hold harmless funds will be answered later this month or early in June.
Villarreal will be working with his school board and other interested parties to determine the best use of the one-time funds. He wants to have a solid plan to make sure the district gets the most bang for its buck; as he said, it's a one-time payment, and needs to be spent wisely.
"We need to find the best use for the district," he said.
According to WASA, the "hold harmless" proposal was drafted in 2018 to address school districts that lost funding or didn't get any significant funding gains under the McCleary legislation. There was a provision in that legislation specifically stating districts shall not lose funding under the legislation.
According to WASA, 93 districts were negatively impacted by McCleary legislation, another 22 saw "negligible" funding increases.
WASA's proposal was for a little more than $100 million; on the last day of session, April 28, the Legislature approved $58.4 million in their 2019-21 budget.
Local legislators, including Walsh, supported the hold harmless legislation. In fact, it got wide bipartisan support in the end, passing the House of Representatives 93-3 and the Senate 41-7.
Districts like Hoquiam and Aberdeen have already forecast staff layoffs in reaction to large budget shortfalls due in part to teachers raises earlier this year and the current state school funding model. Districts deciding whether to bring back some of the teachers will have to consider that as of now, this is funding for a single year.
Walsh's school funding fix
The hold harmless legislation gives local school districts a one-time shot in the arm, but the best way to benefit rural schools in the long run is to get rid of the current "prototypical school" funding model set in state statute and replace it with one that gives local districts more power over how money from the state is used, said Walsh.
"A big part of the problem is the distribution of funds," said Walsh. "That is part of (the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction's) prototypical funding model."
The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction allots resources based on a theoretical school. Depending on factors, including school size, the formula determines a school needs a certain number of counselors, teachers etc. Walsh would fix an amount per student, no matter the size of the school or district and essentially divide education funding up evenly, everybody gets the same amount per student.
"I wanted to blow up (the prototypical model) completely and go to a per student budget model; each school gets X amount of dollars per student," said Walsh. "This would give each superintendent greater latitude in how the funding is spent."
The prototypical model uses a formula with class size assumptions based on grade and subject. Where the formula is particularly hard on smaller schools is evident in the case of the number of counselors a school is allocated, based on the formula, said Walsh.
"The model is very specific in ways that don't work for every school," he said. "X number of students get Y number of counselors." The formula may indicate a smaller school is allocated, say, .6 counselors. In the rounding, some small schools end up with none.
Walsh said there has been some push-back against the per-student funding model, from teachers unions and others, partially based on concerns about giving superintendents that amount of latitude in deciding where state funding is spent in their districts. He said unions would prefer to have district funding that specifies a certain amount be spent strictly on staffing, something the current model does.
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False alarm: Bomb threat at Proviso East unfounded
Students and staff return to school
by Jean Lotus October 20, 2014
Proviso East High School. File
Students and staff returned to class around 1:45 p.m. at Proviso East High School after a bomb threat caused an evacuation of the building this morning, the district reported.
The threat "proved to be unfounded following an investigation," a statement from the district said.
"The threat was called into the Maywood Police Department. The Maywood Fire Department ordered alarms pulled and the building evacuated. Maintenance and security staff at Proviso East assisted the Cook County bomb squad through the building to clear it before staff and students were allowed to reenter the building at about 1:45 p.m. All students, faculty, and staff are safe," said a statement from District Spokesman Rob Daniels.
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Fielden Institute for Lifelong Learning Announces New Season of Programs
September 6, 2019 Robert Lane
The Fielden Institute for Lifelong Learning at Indian River State College (IRSC) is now accepting registration and membership for its 2019–2020 season. Fielden Institute courses, offered across all five IRSC campuses and at select community sites, are designed for men and women age 50 and better who are interested in exploring shared topics of interest in a college atmosphere. There are no pre-requisites, no long semesters, no grades, no tests—learning occurs simply for the joy of learning.
Fielden Lifelong Learning members participate in "An Afternoon Exploring Italian Cuisine with the Culinary Institute at IRSC" where members were invited to explore "back-of-the-house" operations at the IRSC Culinary Institute to learn about preparation techniques, food history, and more. The session was part of last year's season offerings. The Fielden Lifelong Learning Institute has announced dates for open houses this October to learn about the upcoming 2019–2020 season.
This season's catalog features more than 80 different sessions. Topics such as art, computers and technology, photography, finance, writing, gardening, health, creativity, local history and more are delivered by seasoned peer leaders in a variety settings, including as hands-on activities, discussion groups and lectures, field trips, book and film groups, and lectures. Courses are non-credit and do not apply to any IRSC degree program. The catalog and online registration is now available at www.irscfoundation.org.
Also this year, the Fielden Institute for Lifelong Learning presents the 14th season of its Distinguished Lecture Series on Current Issues. The series brings nationally recognized experts and seasoned educators to the podium on current events on subjects in foreign policy, education, technology, health and the economy. Registration for the five-part lecture series is $150 per person for nonmembers; $100 per person for members and peer leaders. Lecture details and registration is also available online.
The public is invited to attend free open houses at IRSC campuses in Indian River, Martin, St. Lucie and Okeechobee counties to learn more about 2019–2020 program offerings, meet members and peer leaders, register for courses, and enjoy conversation, coffee and light refreshments.
Each open house runs from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. Formal presentations begin at 10 a.m.
Wednesday, October 16, in the Schreiber Conference Center at the IRSC Pruitt Campus located at 500 N.W. California Blvd. in Port St. Lucie
Thursday, October 17, in the Brown Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the IRSC Main Campus located at 3209 Virginia Avenue in Fort Pierce
Friday, October 18, in the Richardson Center Auditorium at the IRSC Mueller Campus located at 6155 College Lane in Vero Beach
Tuesday, October 22, in the Williamson Conference Center Auditorium at the IRSC Dixon Hendry Campus located at 2229 N.W. Ninth Avenue in Okeechobee
Thursday, October 24, in the Wolf High-Technology Center Auditorium at the IRSC Chastain Campus located at 2400 S.E. Salerno Road in Stuart
To RSVP for one of the upcoming open houses or for more information about The Fielden Institute for Lifelong Learning at IRSC call 772-462-7880 or visit www.irscfoundation.org.


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Q: how to add dates with keep their formats? I have a start_time which is already formatted as date type and have duration as number like 449. It means 449 seconds. So i need end_time. Of course i can obviously convert duration to date format and add duration on start_time using below simply queries
select to_char(to_date(USE_SEC,'sssss'),'hh24miss')
  from ABA_RM_INB_USAGE;

USE_SEC column is containing integer(number in oracle) like 1167
and above query is returning date formatted result like 001927 that is okay.
This is query that add duration on start_time
select to_char(USE_STRT_DTTM, 'hh24miss') + to_char(to_date(USE_SEC, 'sssss'), 'hh24miss') as duration
  from ABA_RM_INB_USAGE;

This is returning that result which is problem that convert to date format
95980.

It means 09:59:80 oops 80 seconds is absolutely wrong. Can i add dates with keep their formats. How can i ?

A: You can use +.  This is the traditional method:
select start_time + duration / 24*60*60

You can write this now as:
select start_time + duration * interval '1' second

A: Your first query is converting your number-of-second value to a string. In your second query you are converting the start time to another string. Both represent HHMISS. Then you add them together, effectively:
'094053' + '001927'

For the addition operator to work they are implicitly converted to numbers, so it becomes:
94053 + 1927

which gives you your (numeric) result of 95980.
As soon as you convert to strings you are losing the ability to treat them as dates and honour the mod-60 behaviour for minutes and seconds, which is my you appear to end up with 80 seconds - but they aren't really seconds at all, it's just a number. You also lose the mod-24 behaviour for hours, so if your start time is just before midnight and the duration pushes you over midnight, your result wouldn't reflect that either.
As @GordonLinoff suggested, keep your date as a date, and add the number of seconds as a number, or a number converted to an interval:
USE_STRT_DTTM + USE_SEC / (24*60*60)

or:
USE_STRT_DTTM + USE_SEC * interval '1' second

Demo:
-- CTE for sample data
with ABA_RM_INB_USAGE (USE_STRT_DTTM, USE_SEC) as (
  select to_date('09:40:53', 'HH24:MI:SS'), 1167 from dual
  union all
  select to_date('23:54:55', 'HH24:MI:SS'), 449 from dual
)
-- query showing working
select USE_STRT_DTTM,
       USE_SEC,
       to_char(to_date(USE_SEC, 'sssss'), 'hh24:mi:ss') as use_sec_hhmiss,
       USE_SEC * interval '1' second as use_sec_interval,
       USE_STRT_DTTM + USE_SEC / (24*60*60) as result1,
       USE_STRT_DTTM + USE_SEC * interval '1' second as result2
  from ABA_RM_INB_USAGE;

USE_STRT_DTTM       USE_SEC USE_SEC_HHMISS USE_SEC_INTERVAL    RESULT1             RESULT2
------------------- ------- -------------- ------------------- ------------------- -------------------
2019-08-01 09:40:53    1167 00:19:27       +00 00:19:27.000000 2019-08-01 10:00:20 2019-08-01 10:00:20
2019-08-01 23:54:55     449 00:07:29       +00 00:07:29.000000 2019-08-02 00:02:24 2019-08-02 00:02:24

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I have a start_time which is already formatted as date type

Your column is (I hope, and seems to be the case from your query) a date. Dates do not have intrinsic human-readable formats. When you query your table your client will format the date to something readable, using either its own preferences or your session's NLS_DATE_FORMAT.

Of course i can obviously convert duration to date format and add duration on start_time

You originally converted your duration to a date data type (via to_date()), at 00:19:27 on the first day of the current month (which is what if defaults to if not day, month or year components are supplied; my CTE above is doing the same).  You cannot add a date to another date. That even has its own error, "ORA-00975: date + date not allowed". So you then converted both your date values (start time and converted duration) to strings. You can't add strings together either, as that makes no sense; but if you try Oracle will implicitly try to convert both strings to numbers. In this case that implicit conversion works for both strings, but it usually won't; the superficially-similar '09:40:53' + '00:19:27' would get "ORA-01722: invalid number".

A: In Oracle DATE values do not have a format - you use the TO_CHAR function to format them when you need to output them.
In this case it looks like you need to use an interval. You have a field which contains a number of seconds that you want to convert to an interval - for this you can use the TO_DSINTERVAL function, although amusingly enough you have to convert the number to a string in order to use the function to convert it to an interval:
-- Version using TO_DSINTERVAL

WITH cteData AS (SELECT USE_STRT_DTTM + TO_DSINTERVAL('PT' || TO_CHAR(USE_SEC) || 'S') AS DT_TIME
                   FROM ABA_RM_INB_USAGE)
SELECT TO_CHAR(DT_TIME, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS') FORMATTED_DATE_TIME
  FROM cteData;

Docs for TO_DSINTERVAL here
dbfiddle demonstrating this in use here
EDIT
As @AlexPoole points out, the better function to use here is NUMTODSINTERVAL:
-- Version using NUMTODSINTERVAL

WITH cteData AS (SELECT USE_STRT_DTTM + NUMTODSINTERVAL(USE_SEC, 'SECOND') AS DT_TIME
                   FROM ABA_RM_INB_USAGE)
SELECT TO_CHAR(DT_TIME, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS') FORMATTED_DATE_TIME
  FROM cteData;

Docs for NUMTODSINTERVAL here
updated dbfiddle here


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