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import { Point, matchesSelector } from 'oribella-framework';
import { Sortable, SortableItem, SORTABLE, SORTABLE_ITEM, SORTABLE_ATTR } from './sortable';

export type SortableItemElement = HTMLElement & { au: { [index: string]: { viewModel: SortableItem } } };
export type SortableElement = HTMLElement & { au: { [index: string]: { viewModel: Sortable } } };

// tslint:disable-next-line:no-empty-interface
export interface AxisFlag {
}
export const AxisFlag = {
  X: 'x' as 'x',
  Y: 'y' as 'y',
  XY: '' as ''
};

export enum LockedFlag {
  From = 1,
  To = 2,
  FromTo = 3
}

export enum MoveFlag {
  Invalid = 0,
  Valid = 1,
  ValidNewList = 2
}

export interface Move {
  flag: MoveFlag;
  fromItems: any[];
  fromItem: SortableItem | null;
  fromIndex: number;
  toItems: any[];
  toIndex: number;
}

export const DefaultInvalidMove = { flag: MoveFlag.Invalid, fromItems: [], fromItem: null, fromIndex: -1, toItems: [], toIndex: -1 };

export interface WindowDimension {
  innerWidth: number;
  innerHeight: number;
}

export interface Rect {
  left: number;
  top: number;
  right: number;
  bottom: number;
  width: number;
  height: number;
}

export interface PageScrollOffset {
  pageXOffset: number;
  pageYOffset: number;
}

export interface ScrollOffset {
  scrollLeft: number;
  scrollTop: number;
}

export interface ScrollRect {
  scrollLeft: number;
  scrollTop: number;
  scrollWidth: number;
  scrollHeight: number;
}

export interface ScrollDirection {
  x: number;
  y: number;
}

export interface ScrollDimension {
  scrollWidth: number;
  scrollHeight: number;
}

export interface ScrollFrames {
  x: number;
  y: number;
}

export interface ScrollData {
  scrollElement: Element;
  scrollDirection: ScrollDirection;
  scrollFrames: ScrollFrames;
  scrollSpeed: number;
}

export interface DragClone {
  parent: HTMLElement;
  viewModel: SortableItem | null;
  element: HTMLElement | null;
  offset: Point;
  position: Point;
  width: number;
  height: number;
  display: string | null;
};

export const utils = {
  hideDragClone(dragClone: DragClone) {
    const element = dragClone.element as HTMLElement;
    dragClone.display = element.style.display;
    element.style.display = 'none';
  },
  showDragClone(dragClone: DragClone) {
    const element = dragClone.element as HTMLElement;
    element.style.display = dragClone.display;
  },
  closest(node: Node | null, selector: string, rootNode: Node) {
    while (node && node !== rootNode && node !== document) {
      if (matchesSelector(node, selector)) {
        return node;
      }
      node = node.parentNode;
    }
    return null;
  },
  getViewModel(element: SortableItemElement): SortableItem {
    return element.au[SORTABLE_ITEM].viewModel;
  },
  move(dragClone: DragClone, toVM: SortableItem): Move {
    let changedToSortable = false;
    const fromVM = dragClone.viewModel;
    if (!fromVM) {
      return DefaultInvalidMove;
    }
    if (typeof toVM.lockedFlag === 'number' && (toVM.lockedFlag & LockedFlag.To) !== 0) {
      return DefaultInvalidMove;
    }
    const fromSortable = fromVM.parentSortable;
    if (!fromSortable) {
      return DefaultInvalidMove;
    }
    let toSortable = toVM.parentSortable;
    if (!toSortable) {
      return DefaultInvalidMove;
    }
    const fromItem = fromVM.item;
    const toItem = toVM.item;
    if (toVM.childSortable && fromSortable.sortableDepth !== toSortable.sortableDepth) {
      if (fromSortable.sortableDepth !== toVM.childSortable.sortableDepth) {
        return DefaultInvalidMove;
      }
      toSortable = toVM.childSortable;
      changedToSortable = true;
    }
    if (fromVM.parentSortable !== toSortable && (fromVM.typeFlag & toSortable.typeFlag) === 0) {
      return DefaultInvalidMove;
    }
    if (fromSortable.sortableDepth !== toSortable.sortableDepth) {
      return DefaultInvalidMove;
    }
    const fromItems = fromSortable.items;
    const fromIndex = fromItems.indexOf(fromItem);
    const toItems = toSortable.items;
    let toIndex = toItems.indexOf(toItem);
    if (toIndex === -1) {
      toIndex = 0;
    }
    const removedFromItem = fromItems.splice(fromIndex, 1)[0];
    toItems.splice(toIndex, 0, removedFromItem);
    if (changedToSortable) {
      fromVM.parentSortable = toSortable;
      return { flag: MoveFlag.ValidNewList, fromItems, fromItem, fromIndex, toItems, toIndex };
    }
    return { flag: MoveFlag.Valid, fromItems, fromItem, fromIndex, toItems, toIndex };
  },
  pointInside({ top, right, bottom, left }: Rect, { x, y }: Point) {
    return x >= left &&
      x <= right &&
      y >= top &&
      y <= bottom;
  },
  elementFromPoint({ x, y }: Point, selector: string, sortableElement: Element, dragClone: DragClone, axisFlag: AxisFlag) {
    if (axisFlag === AxisFlag.X) {
      y = dragClone.position.y + dragClone.height / 2;
    }
    if (axisFlag === AxisFlag.Y) {
      x = dragClone.position.x + dragClone.width / 2;
    }
    let element = document.elementFromPoint(x, y);
    if (!element) {
      return null;
    }
    element = utils.closest(element, selector, sortableElement) as Element;
    if (!element) {
      return null;
    }
    return element;
  },
  canThrottle(lastElementFromPointRect: Rect, { x, y }: Point, { pageXOffset, pageYOffset }: PageScrollOffset) {
    return lastElementFromPointRect &&
      utils.pointInside(lastElementFromPointRect, { x: x + pageXOffset, y: y + pageYOffset } as Point);
  },
  addDragClone(dragClone: DragClone, sortableElement: HTMLElement, scrollElement: Element, target: HTMLElement, client: Point, dragZIndex: number, dragClass: string, { pageXOffset, pageYOffset }: PageScrollOffset) {
    const targetRect = target.getBoundingClientRect();
    const offset = { left: 0, top: 0 };
    if (sortableElement.contains(scrollElement)) {
      while (sortableElement.offsetParent) {
        const offsetParentRect = sortableElement.offsetParent.getBoundingClientRect();
        offset.left += offsetParentRect.left;
        offset.top += offsetParentRect.top;
        sortableElement = sortableElement.offsetParent as HTMLElement;
      }
    }
    dragClone.width = targetRect.width;
    dragClone.height = targetRect.height;
    dragClone.viewModel = utils.getViewModel(target as SortableItemElement);
    dragClone.element = target.cloneNode(true) as HTMLElement;
    dragClone.element.style.position = 'absolute';
    dragClone.element.style.width = targetRect.width + 'px';
    dragClone.element.style.height = targetRect.height + 'px';
    dragClone.element.style.pointerEvents = 'none';
    dragClone.element.style.margin = 0 + '';
    dragClone.element.style.zIndex = dragZIndex + '';
    dragClone.element.classList.add(dragClass);
    dragClone.position.x = targetRect.left + pageXOffset - offset.left;
    dragClone.position.y = targetRect.top + pageYOffset - offset.top;
    dragClone.offset.x = dragClone.position.x - client.x - pageXOffset;
    dragClone.offset.y = dragClone.position.y - client.y - pageYOffset;
    dragClone.element.style.left = dragClone.position.x + 'px';
    dragClone.element.style.top = dragClone.position.y + 'px';
    dragClone.parent.appendChild(dragClone.element);
  },
  updateDragClone(dragClone: DragClone, currentClientPoint: Point, { pageXOffset, pageYOffset }: PageScrollOffset, axisFlag: string) {
    if (!dragClone.element) {
      return;
    }
    if (axisFlag === AxisFlag.X || axisFlag === AxisFlag.XY) {
      dragClone.position.x = currentClientPoint.x + dragClone.offset.x + pageXOffset;
    }
    if (axisFlag === AxisFlag.Y || axisFlag === AxisFlag.XY) {
      dragClone.position.y = currentClientPoint.y + dragClone.offset.y + pageYOffset;
    }

    dragClone.element.style.left = dragClone.position.x + 'px';
    dragClone.element.style.top = dragClone.position.y + 'px';
  },
  removeDragClone(dragClone: DragClone) {
    if (!dragClone.element) {
      return;
    }
    dragClone.parent.removeChild(dragClone.element);
    dragClone.element = null;
    dragClone.viewModel = null;
  },
  ensureScroll(scroll: string | Element, sortableElement: Element): { scrollElement: Element, scrollListener: Element | Document } {
    let scrollElement = sortableElement;
    let scrollListener: Element | Document = sortableElement;
    if (typeof scroll === 'string') {
      if (scroll === 'document') {
        scrollElement = document.scrollingElement || document.documentElement || document.body;
        scrollListener = document;
      } else {
        scrollElement = utils.closest(sortableElement, scroll, window.document) as Element;
        scrollListener = scrollElement;
      }
    }
    return { scrollElement, scrollListener };
  },
  getBoundaryRect({ left, top, right, bottom }: Rect, { innerWidth, innerHeight }: WindowDimension): Rect {
    return {
      left: Math.max(0, left),
      top: Math.max(0, top),
      right: Math.min(innerWidth, right),
      bottom: Math.min(innerHeight, bottom),
      get width() {
        return this.right - this.left;
      },
      get height() {
        return this.bottom - this.top;
      }
    };
  },
  getScrollDirection(axisFlag: string, scrollSensitivity: number, { x, y }: Point, { left, top, right, bottom }: Rect): ScrollDirection {
    const direction: ScrollDirection = { x: 0, y: 0 };
    if (x >= right - scrollSensitivity) {
      direction.x = 1;
    } else if (x <= left + scrollSensitivity) {
      direction.x = -1;
    }
    if (y >= bottom - scrollSensitivity) {
      direction.y = 1;
    } else if (y <= top + scrollSensitivity) {
      direction.y = -1;
    }
    if (axisFlag === AxisFlag.X) {
      direction.y = 0;
    }
    if (axisFlag === AxisFlag.Y) {
      direction.x = 0;
    }
    return direction;
  },
  getScrollMaxPos(sortableElement: Element, sortableRect: Rect, scrollElement: Element, { scrollLeft, scrollTop, scrollWidth, scrollHeight }: ScrollRect, scrollRect: Rect, { innerWidth, innerHeight }: WindowDimension): Point {
    if (sortableElement.contains(scrollElement)) {
      return new Point(scrollWidth - scrollRect.width, scrollHeight - scrollRect.height);
    } else {
      return new Point(sortableRect.right + scrollLeft - innerWidth, sortableRect.bottom + scrollTop - innerHeight);
    }
  },
  getScrollFrames(direction: ScrollDirection, maxPos: Point, { scrollLeft, scrollTop }: ScrollOffset, scrollSpeed: number): ScrollFrames {
    let x = Math.max(0, Math.ceil(Math.abs(maxPos.x - scrollLeft) / scrollSpeed));
    let y = Math.max(0, Math.ceil(Math.abs(maxPos.y - scrollTop) / scrollSpeed));
    if (direction.x === 1 && scrollLeft >= maxPos.x ||
      direction.x === -1 && scrollLeft === 0) {
      x = 0;
    }
    if (direction.y === 1 && scrollTop >= maxPos.y ||
      direction.y === -1 && scrollTop === 0) {
      y = 0;
    }
    return new Point(x, y);
  },
  getSortableDepth(sortable: Sortable) {
    let depth = 0;
    while (sortable.parentSortable) {
      ++depth;
      sortable = sortable.parentSortable;
    }
    return depth;
  },
  getRootSortable(sortable: Sortable) {
    while (sortable.parentSortable) {
      sortable = sortable.parentSortable;
    }
    return sortable;
  },
  getChildSortables(rootSortable: Sortable) {
    const elements = rootSortable.element.querySelectorAll(`${SORTABLE_ATTR}`);
    return Array.from(elements).map((e) => (e as SortableElement).au[SORTABLE].viewModel);
  }
};


✓ This app is a virtual gallery with complete collection of over 100 HD artworks (drawings & paintings) by John William Waterhouse.
★ the largest collection of John William Waterhouse's work on the App Store, browse through the collection of HD artworks without internet/wifi/3G connection.
✰ John William Waterhouse was an English painter known for working in the Pre-Raphaelite style. He worked several decades after the breakup of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, which had seen its heyday in the mid-nineteenth century, leading him to have gained the moniker of "the modern Pre-Raphaelite". Borrowing stylistic influences not only from the earlier Pre-Raphaelites but also from his contemporaries, the Impressionists, his artworks were known for their depictions of women from both ancient Greek mythology and Arthurian legend.


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A Hard Day's Night (1964) — Produced by
Beatles Good!: The 50 Anniversary of "A Hard Day's Night"
by Godfrey Cheshire | June 25, 2014 |
An appreciation of "A Hard Day's Night" as its 50th anniversary approaches.
Opening Shots: 'A Hard Day's Night'
by Jim Emerson | August 9, 2006 |
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From Sam Goldsmith:
If there is any opening shot that truly shows the power of cinema, it comes from my favorite film, Richard Lester's "A Hard Day's Night." After crediting Miramax and Walter Shenson, the film makes a hard edit to John, George, and Ringo cheerfully running from hordes (not a group, hordes) of overzealous fans at Marylebone Station in London. Accompanied by one of the greatest opening chords in rock and roll history, you know that something fun is about to begin.
View image: Down goes George.
Also, notice the fact that George falls down, Ringo tumbles after him, and John turns and laughs. If it were any other film, the makers would probably have them do the shot again, but the spontaneity of that moment and how they react to it is real and joyous. When they finally approach the screen by the end of the shot, the magic of the film starts to weave a spell of euphoria, and we can do nothing else but enjoy the ride.
View image: John cracks up.
From Jerry Matthews, The Salt Shaker, Salt Lake City, UT:
The picture cuts in from black as, on the soundtrack, George Harrison's jangling 12-string strikes a kinetic opening chord. The four members of The Beatles run towards the camera on the left side of the frame, while the stampede of fans who want to touch them fills all of the narrow street. The cars parked on the street obstruct much of the crowd, suggesting the film's energetic, impromptu feel.
Anatomy of a snub
by Roger Ebert | February 26, 1995 |
The committee found five better pictures, is the glib explanation.

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Republican incumbent Gov. Kay Ivey's campaign criticized her Democratic challenger, Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox, twice on Thursday for accepting contributions from PACs backed by liberal donor George Soros, but Ivey has accepted $100,000 from the same set of PACs over the course of her campaign for governor.
Yellowhammer News, a Birmingham-based conservative media outlet, reported early Thursday morning that Soros gave $200,000 to a group of Tuscaloosa PACs chaired by Mike Echols, a longtime donor in Tuscaloosa and state politics.
Those contributions were reported Wednesday evening in mandatory financial disclosures with the Secretary of State's Office.
That set of chain PACs — Cash PAC, CMG PAC II, ET PAC, Leadership PAC, Pride PAC II and T-Town PAC II — have contributed more than $600,000 to Maddox's campaign through the primary and general election season.
Ivey's campaign publicized Yellowhammer's story quickly after its release this morning and criticized Maddox for accepting donations from the PACs.
A request for comment about Ivey accepting donations from the PACs has not yet been returned.
The same set of chain PACs have long been involved in Alabama political contributions on both sides of the aisle.
The PACs have donated not only to Democrats but Republican candidates like former Gov. Robert Bentley during his campaigns, former Republican Alabama Attorney General Troy King during his primary run against Republican Attorney General Steve Marshall, Republican Secretary of State John Merrill and Ivey herself.
As recently as Oct. 2, Ivey accepted a $5,000 contribution from T-Town PAC II. During the same reporting period, Maddox received a $2,000 contribution from that PAC.
Both gubernatorial candidates have accepted contributions from all six PACs to which Soros gave money. In total, Ivey accepted $103,000 from those PACs over the primary and general election season.
Ivey's campaign again criticized Maddox as a "lying liberal" after Maddox held a press conference Thursday, during which he called on Ivey to answer questions about former ALEA Secretary Spencer Collier's allegations that she abused her power and had a state trooper reassigned to cover up the seriousness of a 2015 hospitalization in Colorado, when she was attending a conference as lieutenant governor.
APR was the first to report the hospitalization and Collier's allegations.
Maddox has accepted far more money from the PACs, amounting to $622,400 so far in the campaign.
Maddox has not yet reported any contributions since Oct. 15, when Soros' donations were recorded in the PAC filings. The next set of weekly filings are due on Monday.


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William Henry West (February 9, 1824 – March 14, 1911) was a Republican Party politician in the U.S. state of Ohio who served as Ohio Attorney General from 1866 to 1868, and a member of the Ohio Supreme Court from February 1872 to 1873. His failing eyesight and powerful oration led to the title Blind Man Eloquent.

Biography

William H. West was born in Millsborough, Washington County, Pennsylvania. He was born on the anniversary of William Henry Harrison's birthday, and was named in his honor. In 1830, his parents settled on a farm in Knox County, Ohio, near Mount Vernon. In 1840 he entered the Martinsburg, Ohio Academy. He taught and studied until entering Jefferson College in Pennsylvania in 1844. He graduated second in his class of 58 in 1846.

West taught school in Kentucky until 1848, when he accepted a tutorship at Jefferson College, and then a year later an adjunct professorship at Hampden–Sydney College. In 1850 he became a law student of William Lawrence at Bellefontaine, Ohio. After admission to the bar, West was law partner of Lawrence from July 1851 to February, 1854. In 1852, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Logan County, Ohio, where he lived at Bellefontaine the rest of his life. He was an important force in the formation of the Republican Party in Ohio, and a prominent speaker at the Anti-Nebraska Party convention in Columbus in 1854. He was elected to represent his county in the Ohio House of Representatives for the 53rd General Assembly, 1858–1859, declined nomination in 1859, and was elected to the 55th General Assembly, 1862–1863. West was a delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln.

West was elected to the Ohio Senate for the 56th General Assembly, 1864–1865. He was elected Ohio Attorney General in 1865 and then re-elected in 1867. In 1869, he was appointed United States Consul to Rio de Janeiro by President Grant, and confirmed by the Senate, but declined. In 1871, West was elected a judge on the Ohio Supreme Court, but resigned after about a year due to failing eyesight. In 1873, he was elected a delegate to the State Constitutional Convention.

In 1877, West was nominated by his party for governor. A railroad strike was in progress at the time of the convention, and West spoke to an assembled crowd. He took the side of labor. This helped contribute to his defeat that autumn.

West presented James G. Blaine for nomination for president at the 1884 Republican National Convention, with the understanding that he would be appointed attorney general if Blaine should be president. Blaine lost. West continued to argue cases at the Logan County Courthouse until his 80th birthday in 1904, with only the steep steps and lack of an elevator leading to his retirement.

West was married twice. His first marriage was to Elizabeth Williams in Lima on June 19, 1851. They had four sons, and Elizabeth died in 1871. In 1872, West married Clara Riddle Gorton. She died in 1901. He died at his home in Bellefontaine on March 14, 1911. West was interred at Bellefontaine City Cemetery, where his wives had been buried.

See also
List of justices of the Ohio Supreme Court

Notes

References

Ohio Attorneys General
People from Knox County, Ohio
People from Bellefontaine, Ohio
People from Washington County, Pennsylvania
Justices of the Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio lawyers
1911 deaths
1824 births
Republican Party Ohio state senators
Republican Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio Constitutional Convention (1873)
Washington & Jefferson College alumni
County district attorneys in Ohio
19th-century American judges
19th-century American lawyers

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Memphis is a city and the county seat of Hall County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,290.
Memphis, Texas, the county seat of Hall County, is at the junction of U.S. Highway 287, State Highway 256, and Farm Road 1547, in the northeastern part of the county. It started in 1889, when J. C. Montgomery purchased land for a townsite north of Salisbury on the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway. This land had been previously owned by W. H. Robertson, who had a dugout near Parker Creek. Montgomery and Robertson, with Rev. J. W. Brice and T. J. Woods, Jr., of Dallas, formed a townsite company and presented a plat early in January 1890. P. M. Kelly opened a law office. A rooming house (later the Memphis Hotel), a general store, a drugstore, and several residences were soon erected. For a time, the new town was without a name. Several suggestions were submitted to federal postal authorities, but with negative results. Finally, as the story goes, Reverend Brice, while in Austin, happened to see a letter addressed by accident to Memphis, Texas, rather than Tennessee, with the notation "no such town in Texas". The name was submitted and accepted, and a post office was established on September 12, 1890, with Robertson as postmaster.
In the meantime, Hall County was being organized. Memphis was engaged in a heated county seat battle with neighboring Salisbury and Lakeview. Memphis won the election with a total of 84 votes. County officers were elected in June, and a school district was subsequently formed. Since Memphis was without a depot and trains did not stop there, certain citizens sought to remedy that situation by smearing the tracks with lye soap. A subsequent agreement was struck between town promoters and railroad officials. In 1891, a depot was built, and businesses were moved on wheels from Salisbury to the new county seat, where a courthouse of homemade bricks was constructed in 1892.
Memphis thus enjoyed a boom period. Two saloons, a bank, numerous stores, blacksmith shops, and livery stables attested to its role as a shipping and trading center for area ranchers and farmers. The Missionary Baptist Church was organized in Memphis; its minister Rev. J. L. Pyle began Baptist congregations throughout the county. Telephone service was first installed in 1901. In June 1906, the town was incorporated with a mayor-council form of city government. The Memphis Cotton Oil Mill was established in 1907. Memphis had at one time or another several newspapers, including the Hall County Record (1889–93), the Hall County Herald (1890–1928), the Memphis Journal (1892–94), the Memphis Times (1896), the Memphis Leader (1897–99), the Hall County News (1897–1903), and the Memphis News (1928–29). The only newspaper extant in 1986, the Memphis Democrat, was launched in 1908 and went through a succession of owners. By the 1920s, Memphis had a new brick-and-stone courthouse, modern utilities, a cotton compress, three hotels, brick school buildings, and a Carnegie Library. In 1922, the city's Morning Side addition was founded east of the tracks as a residential area for blacks who labored in the cotton fields and mills. In 1935, E. M. Ewen and his wife formed the Hall County Old Settlers' Reunion (later the Hall County Picnic Association). Four years later, they staged a rodeo as part of the annual two-day celebration.
The county was named after Warren D.C. Hall, who served as Secretary of War while Texas was a republic. He was a lawyer from North Carolina before coming to Texas.
In September 2013, a federal suit was filed by Laura Dutton, alleging that the cities of Estelline and Memphis, former Officer Jayson Fry and Memphis Police Chief Chris Jolly violated her Fourth Amendment rights against illegal search and seizure when she was arrested November 28, 2012, in Estelline on a felony money-laundering charge, seizing more than $29,000 from her pickup and keeping $1,400 of her cash. The city of Estelline maintained no written records of past searches or seizures, yet traffic fines and forfeitures made up more than 89% of its gross revenues in fiscal year 2012. The cities and the officers denied her claims, but in July 2014, the city of Estelline and Hall County authorities settled with Dutton for $77,500.
Memphis is located at 34°43′36″N 100°32′30″W / 34.72667°N 100.54167°W / 34.72667; -100.54167 (34.726716, -100.541560). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.7 km2), all land.
The Köppen climate classification subtype for Memphis, Texas, is BSk, semiarid climate, on climate maps.
As of the census of 2000, 2,479 people, 1,024 households, and 660 families resided in the city. The population density was 1,105.2 people per square mile (427.3/km²). The 1,245 housing units averaged 555.1/sq mi (214.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 71.40% White, 9.08% African American, 0.56% Native American, 0.04% Asian, 17.63% from other races, and 1.29% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 26.02% of the population.
Of the 1,024 households, 28.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.6% were married couples living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.5% were not families. About 33.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 21.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.03.
In the city, the population was distributed as 27.1% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 22.1% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 21.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $23,102, and for a family was $27,367. Males had a median income of $24,620 versus $18,816 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,856. About 18.5% of families and 23.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 38.2% of those under age 18 and 15.4% of those age 65 or over.
William McClellan "Mac" Thornberry is the U.S. Representative from the Texas Panhandle. He has served since 1995, when the House seated its first Republican majority in 40 years.
Thornberry represents Texas's 13th congressional district, a Republican stronghold which stretches between the Oklahoma and New Mexico borders. It winds across the Panhandle into the South Plains, then runs east across the Red River Valley. Covering over 40,000 square miles (100,000 km2), it is the second-largest district geographically in Texas and one of the largest (excluding at-large districts in Wyoming, Montana, and Alaska) in the country. It is larger in area than 13 states. The principal cities in the district are Amarillo and Wichita Falls.
Republican Drew Springer, Jr., a businessman from Muenster in Cooke County, has since January 2013 represented Memphis in the Texas House of Representatives.
Memphis is served by the Memphis Independent School District.
Clarendon College - Childress Center is located about 29 miles southeast in Childress, Texas. Clarendon College (Texas) is a community college located around 28 miles northeast in Clarendon, the seat of Donley County in the Texas Panhandle. The college operates branch campuses in Pampa and Childress.
As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of Clarendon College is Armstrong, Briscoe, Childress, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hall, and Wheeler Counties.
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Memphis is home to the Annual Traditional Bowhunters 3D target competition and Annual Country Club Memorial Day Tournament. The 3D competition is a group of targets set up along the plainsman archery club course. Bowhunters compete against each other scoring points for accuracy. This competition is held on the first weekend in May. The Country Club holds an annual golf tournament on Memorial Day.
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Q: LiveMutableData and copies update to same value? I have a MutableLiveData variable in my AppRepository which is updated and contains my data. This I have no issues with. I also have the following observable to trigger a UI update with the data it holds in my onCreateView function:
viewModel.projectWithContent.observe(viewLifecycleOwner, {
    pwc = it
    counterList = it.counterList
})

When I tap either to increase or decrease the counter count and then try to push the update to my Room database, it skips it. I have the following check currently:
if(counterList != null) {
    try {
        for(counter: Counter in counterList!!) {
            if(counter.counter_count != pwc?.counterList!![
                pwc?.counterList!!.indexOf(counter)
            ].counter_count) {
                Log.i(LOG_TAG, "Hello")
            } else {
                Log.i(LOG_TAG, "Goodbye")
            }
        }
    } catch(e: IndexOutOfBoundsException) {
        e.printStackTrace()
    }
}

It'll always go to Goodbye.
Now. If I put the following just below try
Log.i(LOG_TAG, "PWC: ${pwc?.counterList!![0].counter_count}, " +
                        "CPWC: ${counterList!![0].counter_count}," +
                        "VMPWC: ${viewModel.projectWithContent.value?.counterList!![0].counter_count}")

It provides the following output:
PWC: 70, CPWC: 70,VMPWC: 70
Is this a side effect of what I'm doing or?
Thanks

A: Like @Tenfour04 says, your condition is actually checking they don't match, so "Goodbye" is the output when they do match.
If you don't mind (this is a little long), I just want to recommend some stuff because I feel like you're making life hard for yourself with all the null-checking that's going on - the logic of the code was really hard to read, and I'm guessing that's why you didn't notice the flipped logic too!
First: the ? null safety stuff (and !! which is the opposite of safe, never use it unless you know you have good reason) is there because you have nullable variable types. Normally the IDE would smart cast them to non-null once you've done a null check (like on your first line) - but because they're vars, they can be changed at any time.
That means that a variable that wasn't null before could be now, so you're forced to null-check every single time you access it. But even if the types weren't nullable, because they're vars, they can still change, and the thing you were looking at a moment ago is something different now.
The simple solution is to just make a new variable:
val counters = counterList
if (counters != null) {
    ...
}

// or if you want to use one of kotlin's scope functions
counterList?.let { counters ->
    ...
}

Because that new one is a val, it's not going to change what it's pointing at! Once it's null-checked, it's always going to be non-null, so you don't need to use ? anymore.

You have a couple of variables to make - you want to make sure pwc isn't null, and also their counterLists. A quick way to do that is with pwc?.counterList - if pwc is null, it will return null. Otherwise it will move to the next step, and return counterList, which may be null. (Using !! is saying that it definitely never will be null, in which case it shouldn't be nullable at all!)
And you don't actually care about pwc anyway - you're just comparing its counterList to the other, so why don't we pare it back to just those?
val counters = counterList
val pwcCounters = pwc?.counterList
if (counters != null && pwcCounters != null) {
    try {
        for(counter: Counter in counters) {
            if(counter.counter_count != pwcCounters[
                pwcCounters.indexOf(counter)
            ].counter_count) {
                Log.i(LOG_TAG, "Hello")
            } else {
                Log.i(LOG_TAG, "Goodbye")
            }
        }
    } catch(e: IndexOutOfBoundsException) {
        e.printStackTrace()
    }
}

There's more we could do here, but just by cleaning up those nulls and using the specific variables we want to work with, does that feel easier to read? And more importantly, easier to understand what's happening and what could happen?
Might be worth throwing it in a function too, stops the call site getting cluttered with these temp variables:
fun doThing(counters: List<Counter>?, pwcCounters: List<Counter>?) {
    if (counters == null || pwcCounters == null) return
    // do the stuff
}

// when you want to do the thing:
doThing(counterList, pwc?.counterList)

So all your null checking is out of the way, your "temp variables" are the fixed parameters passed to the function, it's all nice and neat.

I know this is a long post for such a short bit of code, but it's a good habit to get into - if you're writing code where you're working with nullable vars and you're wrestling with the null safety system, or you keep repeating yourself to access a particular variable nested inside another object, you can make things a lot easier for yourself! You can imagine how wild this could all get for more complex code.
Also if you care, this is how I'd personally write it, if it helps!
fun doThing(counters: List<Counter>?, pwcCounters: List<Counter>?) {
    if (counters == null || pwcCounters == null) return
    // for (counter in Counters) is fine too I just like this version
    counters.forEach { counter ->
        // find returns the first item that matches the condition, or null if nothing matches,
        // so no need to handle any exceptions, just handle the potential null!
        // (this is a really common Kotlin pattern, lots of functions have a "returns null on failure" version)
        val pwcCounter = pwcCounters.find { it == counter }
        // remember pwcCounter can be null, so we have to use ? to access its count safely.
        // If it evaluates to null, the match just fails
        if (counter.count == pwcCounter?.count) Log.i(LOG_TAG, "Hello")
        else Log.i(LOG_TAG, "Goodbye")
    }
}

I also renamed counter_count to just count since it's a property on a Counter anyway. I feel like counter.count is easier to read than counter.counter_count, y'know? It's the little things

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The age-old argument of cable quality has raged between audiophiles for ages. Regardless of whether it is desktop or portable, some enthusiasts argue the quality of the cables is as just as important as the quality of the components in the set-up. Others chose not to indulge and purchase budget cables with the claim that premium cables make no difference to the sound quality whatsoever.
In this article, it is not my intent to address the difference between the two opposing camps but to offer an overview of cable wires jargons and provide insights necessary for your cable buying decisions.
Earphone cable is the wire used to facilitate electrical connections between earphones and sources. As with other electrical cables, the earphone cable is characterised by three key electrical properties: Resistance, Capacitance, and Inductance. Cable ideally needs to be of low resistance, to minimise power loss during transmission.
The resistance of the wire is affected by two key aspects: wire length and the cross-sectional area. The longer the length of the wire is, the more resistance it will have, and therefore the trick is to minimize the wire length required to facilitate different needs.
The cross-sectional area of the wire refers to the thickness of the wire, often referred to as the gauge of the wire. The thicker the wire, the lower the gauge, the lesser the resistance.
Copper is the most widely used material for cable wires due to its low cost and low resistance (1.72 μΩ/cm). The key disadvantage of copper is that when exposed to air, it oxidises and creates copper oxide (yes, the green stuff) which acts as a barrier affecting conductivity.
Silver offers a lower resistance than copper (1.59 μΩ/cm) and is the best conductor, however, the high cost of silver renders silver's conductivity superiority almost irrelevant, as it offers a scant 8% more conductivity.
Gold has a resistance that's 1.5 times of silver (2.44 μΩ/cm), however as it does not oxidise, gold is often used for open termination especially in circuit terminations.
Earlier, we looked at the different materials based on their natural conductivity. Using copper which is the most widely used, let's take a look at how casting process and its resulting grains' relationship with distortion.
High Purity Copper has about 1500 grains in each foot (5000/m) which means the signal must cross the junctions between these grains 1500 times in order to travel through one foot of cable. These grain boundaries cause the same type of distortion as current crossing from strand to strand.
The first grade above normal high purity copper is called Oxygen-Free High-Conductivity (OFHC) copper. OFHC is cast and drawn in a way that minimizes the oxygen content in the copper: approximately 40 PPM (parts per million) for OFHC compared to 235 PPM for normal copper. This drastically reduces the formation of copper oxides within the copper, this copper is not Oxygen-Free, and the correct term used should be Oxygen-Reduced. Coupled with longer gains (about 400 per foot), thus substantially reducing the distortion caused by the grain boundaries.
The next grade is Linear-Crystal Oxygen-Free (LC-OF) copper, also known as Mono-Crystal copper. These copper are cast and drawn in a process that results in only about 70 elongated grains per foot.
Patented "UP-OCC" (Ultra Pure Copper by Ohno Continuous Casting Process) by Professor Atsumi Ohno of Chiba Institute of Technology of Japan in 1986, the Ohno Continuous Casting (OCC) is a unique process for casting metals with using a single crystal structure resulting in copper with grains of over 700 feet in length. The unique characteristics of the single crystal copper is that of unidirectional, free of impurity, flexible fatigue-resistance, low electric resistance with no crystal boundaries. This makes it an ideal material for audio application where distortion should be kept to the minimum.
In recent years, the "xN" reference have appeared in advertorials, where the "xN" refers the number of "Nines" of purity of the metal in question: Copper that is 0.9999 pure or 99.99% pure is depicted as "4N" pure.
The nomenclature of xN has no meanings on its own, all else being equal, higher purity is a straightforward benefit. However, grain structure has demonstrated that it can make more difference than an additional "9" or two. UP-OCC where purity can reach 99.9999% (6N) or higher, is probably the best material in a single crystal structure which one can get for audio application.


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QB, kicker lift Eagles to win over Sac City and into postseason
Gage Ferguson threw for four touchdowns and ran for one, and Kyle Sentkowski kicked four field goals and five PATs in College of the Siskiyous' 47-13 win over Sacramento City Saturday in Weed.
With their sixth win of the season, the Eagles are guaranteed to play in a postseason bowl game, and their 6-2 overall record with two games to play puts them in position to make the state playoffs, coach Charlie Roche said.
Sacramento City was 6-1 coming into the game and ranked higher than the Eagles in all the polls, but not anymore.
Ferguson threw two touchdown passes to Quinton Dixon (31 yards and 47 yards) and one each to Drew Kannely-Robles (32 yards) and Chance Nelson (28 yards). Ferguson scored the game's final touchdown on a five-yard run.
Sentkowski made PAT kicks after all five Eagles' touchdowns and was perfect on four field goal attempts from 44, 42, 33 and 30 yards.
For the game, Ferguson completed 21 of 29 pass attempts for 395 yards with no interceptions, and he was the team's second-leading rusher with 9 carries for 31 yards.
Nelson caught 5 passes for 112 yards, Dixon caught 2 for 78, Jordan Castro caught 5 for 75, Scott Hulsey caught 3 for 45, and Ryan Blythe caught 3 for 22.
Kannely-Robles had 52 yards rushing on 18 carries and 2 pass catches for 52 yards.
Tremayne Tolbert, the Eagles' top wide receiver, left the game early with an injury. He caught 1 pass for 11 yards.
Defensive back Rashaan Broomfield of Weed led the defense with 7 solo tackles and 8 total tackles. He had a quarterback sack and two tackles for losses.
Alfred Deloach-King and Makhal Gaston had pass interceptions, and Daniel Hardy had a fumble recovery.
Josh Berry, Deloach-King, Dominque Copeland, and Emmanuel Mann all had 6 total tackles each, and Hardy had 5.
Mann was credited with 3.5 tackles for losses, and the Eagles as a team had 11.
Coach Roche said the Eagles shortened their practices and made them more competitive after losing two games in row, including their conference opener at American River (3-0, 7-1).
The team responded with big home wins over Butte (2-1, 5-3) and Sacramento City (1-2, 6-2) on back-to-back Saturdays.
Siskiyous is scheduled to play at Sierra in Rocklin (1-2, 4-4) Saturday, Nov. 4, before finishing the regular season at home Nov. 11 against Feather River (0-3, 1-7).
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Q: Location of Roots in Quadratic Equation We learnt about the location of roots of quadratic equation in class today. I have a problem in one case specifically, the one where both the roots are required in the interval $(k_1,k_2)$ where $k_1,k_2$ are real constant numbers. So the conditions given to us were,

*

*$\Delta$ greater than or equal to $0$ (fairly obvious)

*$af(k_1)>0$ where $f(k_1)$is the value of the function at $k_1$ and $a$ is the leading coefficient

*$af(k_2)>0$  (both of these are again understandable)

*then comes $k_1<-b/2a<k_2$ i.e. the abscissa of the vertex of the parabola lies in the interval required.
My question or rather statement is that the 4th condition is not necessary, as 2nd and 3rd conditions already make it clear that the vertex is going to lie between the endpoints of the interval.
But the interesting part is that this condition is necessary. Can't seem to find the proof rather than straight-up statements. Help me..... and sorry for the formatting..

A: You're missing an essential point: conditions $2$ and $3$ mean that $k_1$ and $k_2$ are outside the interval of the roots. However, they might be on the same side of this interval. Therefore, supposing conditions $2$ and $3$ is not enough, we must add the  condition that $k_1, k_2$ are not on the same side, which is equivalent to their arithmetic mean being in the interval $(k_1,k_2)$.


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Aerojet Rocketdyne Gears Up for Next ULA Delta IV Heavy Mission
Press Release From: Aerojet Rocketdyne
Posted: Thursday, December 6, 2018
Following the successful launch of NASA's Parker Solar Probe aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket earlier this year, engine provider Aerojet Rocketdyne is gearing up for the next scheduled mission of the launch vehicle.
On Dec. 7, a Delta IV Heavy is slated to launch a classified national security payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Aerojet Rocketdyne supplies the main and upper-stage engines, as well as pressure tanks, for the mighty Delta IV.
The upcoming NRO mission marks the tenth operational launch of the Delta IV Heavy, and the 38th overall for the Delta IV family, which debuted in 2002. The nine previous missions flown in this launch vehicle configuration have all been successful.
"While the Delta IV's excellent track record might give the appearance that space launch is routine, the truth is that ensuring mission success requires diligence and vigilance on the part of everyone involved," said Eileen Drake, CEO and president of Aerojet Rocketdyne. "Our engines are the centerpiece of the Delta IV Heavy, the only launch vehicle that has successfully delivered the heaviest payloads to orbit for the Defense Department."
In its Heavy configuration, the Delta IV features three side-by-side common booster cores that comprise the first stage. Each booster is powered by an Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-68A engine. Capable of generating 702,000 pounds of thrust at sea level, the RS-68A is the world's most powerful hydrogen-fueled engine.
The rocket's second stage is powered by an Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10B-2 engine, which generates 24,750 pounds of thrust at altitude. The RL10 family of liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen-fueled engines has been in operation on various vehicles for more than five decades. Aerojet Rocketdyne also supplied the 12 MR-106 reaction control thrusters on the Delta Cryogenic Second Stage.
ARDÉ, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne, provides the pressure vessels on the first and second stages of the launch vehicle.
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Le Coteau ist eine französische Gemeinde mit  Einwohnern (Stand: ) im Département Loire in der Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Sie gehört zum Arrondissement Roanne und zum Kanton Le Coteau. Le Coteau ist Mitglied im Gemeindeverband Roannais Agglomération. Die Einwohner werden Costellois(es) genannt.

Geografie
Le Coteau liegt am Ostufer der Rhône im Zentralmassiv. Der Fluss Rhins bildet die östliche Gemeindegrenze.
Nachbargemeinden von Le Coteau sind Roanne im Norden und Nordwesten, Perreux im Nordosten, Saint-Vincent-de-Boisset im Osten und Südosten, Parigny im Süden sowie Commelle-Vernay im Westen und Südwesten.

Die Gemeinde war ab 1833 Endpunkt der Bahnstrecke Roanne–Andrézieux, die dritte Bahnstrecke Frankreichs. Diese Strecke wurde später zwischen Balbigny und Le Coteau umtrassiert und in die Bahnstrecke Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons–Lyon-Perrache integriert. Des Weiteren zweigen in Le Coteau seit 1866 die Bahnstrecke Le Coteau–Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or und seit 1882 die Bahnstrecke Le Coteau–Montchanin ab. Heute wird der Bahnhof von Zügen des TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes der Verbindung Roanne–Saint-Étienne-Châteaucreux bedient.

Geschichte
Die Gemeinde wurde 1845 aus einem Teil der Gemeinde Parigny herausgelöst.

Sehenswürdigkeiten

 Château de Rhins aus dem 17./18. Jahrhundert mit dem Park
 Rathaus mit dem Park
 Brücke aus dem 18. Jahrhundert über die Loire
 Kirche Saint-Marc aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Gemeindepartnerschaften
Partnerschaften bestehen mit den folgenden Gemeinden:
 Zwevegem, Ostflandern, Belgien, seit 1966
 Lorsch, Hessen, Deutschland, seit 1967
 Espalion, Département Aveyron, Frankreich, seit 1998
 Marchamalo, Provinz Guadalajara, Spanien, seit 2007

Persönlichkeiten
 Yves Nicolin (* 1963), Politiker
 Romain Poyet (* 1980), Fußballspieler

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Holly's Diner est une chaîne de restauration rapide française ayant pour thème les années 1950 et 1960 des États-Unis, ouvert depuis 2014.

Histoire

Le premier restaurant de la franchise à ouvert en 2014 dans la ville de Tours. Elle compte, en 2022, vingt restaurants ouvert, dont le premier drive dans la zone commerciale de Langueux, près de Saint-Brieuc.

Notes et références

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 Liste de chaînes de restaurants
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Entreprise fondée en 1940


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TV reports on the event are available below (in Italian):
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1st Workshop on "Novel hydrological concepts for the engineering practice", Bologna, September 29, 2021
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Berns Salonger (in Schweden oft in der Kurzform Berns) ist ein international bekanntes Unterhaltungsetablissement, Restaurant, Hotel und Nachtclub im Zentrum der schwedischen Hauptstadt Stockholm. Es gilt als eines der Wahrzeichen der Stadt und liegt direkt am Berzelii Park im Stadtbezirk Norrmalm.

Geschichte und Gegenwart
Im Auftrag des deutschstämmigen Stockholmer Konditors Heinrich Robert Berns wurde in den Jahren 1862 bis 1863 zunächst ein prunkvoller Salon mit Abendrestaurant erbaut. Architekten des im historistischen Stil errichteten Gebäudes waren Johan Fredrik Åbom, Magnus Isaeus und Gustaf Wickman. 1863 wurde es als Berns Salon eröffnet und diente dem zu Wohlstand gekommenen Stockholmer Bürgertum als gesellschaftlicher und kultureller Treffpunkt. In den ersten zwanzig Jahren seines Bestehens wurde den speisenden und trinkenden Gästen dem Zeitgeschmack entsprechende Salonmusik durch ein fest angestelltes Orchester geboten, das zeitweise sogar Symphonien zur Aufführung brachte. Vor allem die Stockholmer Jeunesse dorée, darunter der junge August Strindberg, hatte hier einen Treffpunkt gefunden. Strindberg setzte dem müßiggängerischen Treiben in Berns' Salon mit seinem satirischen Roman Das rote Zimmer 1879 ein wenig schmeichelhaftes literarisches Denkmal.

Bei einem Ausbau in den 1880er-Jahren wurde das Etablissement erweitert und innenarchitektonisch noch üppiger gestaltet, sowie anschließend in Berns Salonger (schwedischer Plural von Salon) umbenannt. In dieser Zeit wurden auch die heute noch vorhandenen Prunk-Lüster angebracht. Seit den 1890er-Jahren entwickelte sich die Unterhaltungsgaststätte zu einem Aufführungsort der in Mode gekommenen Revuen. 1928 wurde das neu gebaute Film-, Revue- und Musicaltheater Chinateatern als eigenständiger Bau in den Gebäudekomplex integriert.

Während der folgenden Jahrzehnte entwickelte sich das Berns zu einem der international führenden Etablissements dieser Art in Skandinavien, überstand mehrere wirtschaftliche Krisen und Besitzerwechsel und wurde zuletzt 1980 umfassend ausgebaut, renoviert und modernisiert. Gegenwärtig gehören zu den Berns Salonger ein Boutique-Hotel, Konferenz- und Festräumlichkeiten, die Restaurants Berns Asiatiska und Bistro Berns im Berzelii Park, mehrere Bars, ein Nachtclub sowie eine Konzertbühne. Außerdem besteht tagsüber Zugang zum Tagungsraum des Chinateatern.

Neben Konzertereignissen, wie Bob Dylans Auftaktveranstaltung zu seiner Tournee von 2009, finden hier gegenwärtig auch Mode-Events, Kunst- und Designausstellungen sowie geschäftliche Konferenzen statt. Der Gesamtkomplex umfasst 1200 Sitzplätze. Besitzer ist derzeit das Investment-Unternehmen London & Regional Properties Limited (L 6 R) mit Sitz in London.

1985 wurde das Gebäude als Byggnadsminne unter staatlichen Schutz gestellt.

Politik
Seit einigen Jahren ist Berns Salonger regelmäßig Schauplatz von politischen Demonstrationen und Blockaden der schwedischen syndikalistischen Basisgewerkschaft SAC. Sie vertritt die Interessen von Reinigungskräften meist aus Südamerika und der Mongolei, die in dem Hotel von Subunternehmen beschäftigt werden – aus Sicht der SAC zu menschenunwürdigen Bedingungen: Die sich meist illegal in Schweden aufhaltenden Beschäftigten müssten nach Darstellung der SAC zu Dumping-Löhnen in teilweise 22-Stunden-Schichten an 7 Tagen in der Woche arbeiten und ihre Nachtruhe auf Pappkartons in den Fluren des Gebäudes verbringen. Die Hotelleitung widersprach bislang den Vorwürfen und antwortete juristisch. Über den Konflikt und die Blockaden vor dem Berns wird in den schwedischen Medien ausführlich berichtet.

2006 war das Gebäude Ziel einer Protestaktion der schwedischen Robin-Wood-Gruppe gegen das Energieunternehmen Vattenfall, wobei die Fassade über dem Haupteingang mit einem beschrifteten Transparent verhüllt wurde ("Smutsig energi har ett namn: Vattenfall"). Im April 2009 kam es während einer Pressekonferenz im Berns zu einem Anschlag von zwei Umweltaktivisten, die den damaligen CEO von Vattenfall, Lars Göran Josefsson, mit Farbbomben bewarfen.

Trivia
Die Unterhaltungsschriftstellerin Alice Ekert-Rotholz lässt ihren Roman Mohn in den Bergen (1961) teilweise in Berns Salonger spielen.

Literatur
 Björn Ivarsson Lilieblad: Moulin Rouge på svenska. Varietéunderhållningens kulturhistoria i Stockholm 1875–1920. Linköpings universitet, Linköping 2009 (schwedisch).
 Lennart Jarnhammar: Berns. Stockholm 2003, ISBN 91-631-4230-9 (schwedisch).
 Pelle Snickars: Snusk på scen blev ett rent nöje. In: Svenska Dagbladet, 7. Juni 2009 (schwedisch, svd.se)
 Fredric Bedoire, Henrik O. Andersson: Stockholms byggnader. En bok om arkitektur och stadsbild i Stockholm. 3., überarbeitete Auflage. Bokförlag Prisma, Stockholm 1977, ISBN 91-518-1125-1 (schwedisch).

 Carl Magnus Rosell: Berns Salonger före 1989. En skrift. Förlag Skandia, Stockholm 1989 (schwedisch).

Weblinks

 Internetauftritt von Berns Salonger
 Eintrag im bebyggelseregistret des Riksantikvarieämbetet (schwedisch)

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Hotel in Stockholm
Restaurant
Nachtclub
Bauwerk des Historismus in Stockholm
Erbaut in den 1860er Jahren
Byggnadsminne in Stockholms län


Sunday evening at Shanghai Stadium was a nightmare for the Hangzhou Greentown fans. My ticket gave me a seat among the Hangzhou fans, so I could really feel and see their desperation during the defeat to Shanghai East Asia. The Japanese coach Okada seems to have changed his philosophy.
The Greentown Head Coach Okada must have been very disappointed after the defeat on Sunday. Not because of the defeat itself, but due to a terrible performance, attitude, style of football and lack of motivation from almost all 11 Hangzhou players.
I remember Okada from his period as Head Coach of Japan, where the national team played some powerful short passing football full of speed and tempo. When I watch Greentown now, I see a change in his philosophy and style compared to last season and the beginning of this season.
Hangzhou plays more direct with long passes from the back 4 aiming for the area behind the two opponent full backs. This is a very used style in Europe, when you play 4-4-2. The classic model is to have one striker moving down to receive the ball and the other striker going deep in the area behind the two full backs. Remember that a full back has to focus on the winger, so if the winger moves inside the pitch – the full back will automatically follow him and leave space behind to run into for one of the strikers.
But the two central defenders from Hangzhou – in this game - number 13 Cao Xuan and number 5 Shi Ke are not too good with the ball and can't play it well forward. Normally a coach would let a midfield player move down to pick up the ball and bring/pass it up, but I did not see a plan from Hangzhou. And the keeper – number 1 Gu Chao was even worse at his goal kicks. A talented keeper, but very bad with his feet and he got no help to get off the ball.
The game showed again and again a bunch of long and bad passes from Hangzhou, which was extremely easy to handle for the two East Asia central defenders, number 25 Addo and number 21 Cuadradro. These two guys are experienced and read the game well, so they really had an easy night. The two Greentown wingers, number 33 Wang Song and number 6 Gao Di showed nothing offensive and did not move inside the pitch as normal to gain majority for the team. Therefore Hangzhou could not play through the middle, where East Asia almost was playing 3:2.
In the attack number 20 Davy – the big striker – was often too alone and tried to dribble too much, when he had the ball under control. They really missed the creativity from number 9 Mazola, who was suspended for the game.
I must admit that I do not understand why Okada has changed his style from the 'passing and moving' football to this more direct and old fashion style. I don't think Greentown has the squad to play like this and even worse – all the young talented players in the Greentown squad – like number 21 Xie Pengfei – will not be able to perform well under this concept. Maybe a coaching decision of panic due to lack of points. No matter what Greentown should go back to the old style, play the ball up, create majority in the center of the pitch and keep the ball in possession instead of giving it away and trying to win the second balls.
The relegation zone is probably too far away for Greentown, so they are safe and let's hope they find their style and concept in the last 6 games and for next new season.
On Saturday, Beijing Guoan won 6-0 against Guangzhou Fully. The opponent from Guangzhou had an early red card, but it was still obvious how big the difference is from top 3 to top 5 in the CSL.
It was a famous '6-points-game'. If Eriksson's team won – they would only be two points behind Beijing and the 3.place with access to Asian Champions League next season. But the Peter Utaka signing from Dalian to Beijing is now starting to pay off. It was clear that Beijing had prepared themselves well for the game and knew the Fully defense, which is solid and strong, but very slow.
Again and again Utaka took the deep run, received the ball and got away from number 36. Eddy Bosnar and 6. Xu Bo. The deep passes – often from number 10. Zhang Xizhe, one of the best players right now on China, killed the Fully organization and they did not manage to change their way of defending. They should have put more pressure on number 10. Xizhe as he was the one distributing the balls for Utaka. This is a new way of understanding defensive tactic and was "invented" by José Mourinho some years ago in a game for Inter Milan against FC Barcelona in the Champions League.
Mourinho did not care about Lionel Messi – even though he was the big star and leading goal scorer for Barcelona. Mourinho only cared about who made the passes for Messi and his tactic was to stop these players instead of focusing only on Messi. And the tactic won – Inter Milan sent FC Barcelona out of the Champions League.
The Fully team was clearly overmatched and of course with only 10 men – they had no chance at all. Utaka and Zhang Xizhe kept punishing them all match, and 6-0 could even have been 8 or 9-0. Eriksson has done very well with Fully. Despite this game Fully is much more organized in their "Swedish" 4-4-2 with straight lines than before the famous coach came in, and Eriksson's move by changing Rafael Coelho from right winger to central striker has really paid off.
Fully are currently number 5 in the league, which is their maximum position in terms of quality in the squad. Eriksson has done well, but can't create magic, so if the team is aiming for a better position next season they must invest in more quality players.
They especially need a younger defensive player and they need to bring in more speed in the defense as well as Eriksson will need more creativity from his two wingers in a long season. Right now only Yakubu and Rafael are scoring the goals, so they need to find wingers, who can score goals and assist as well. Otherwise they get too easy to read and close down for an opponent.
Tianjin Teda keeps on impressing this summer with their win away against Jiangsu, and I will take a closer look at their team next week in the Derby against Beijing Gouan. In the button it still looks difficult for Wuhan and Changchun, but still 6-7 matches to go, so nothing is concluded yet.
The top of the table seems almost concluded as Evergrande will win the Championship, Shandong will be second and Beijing probably third. Three very strong teams, who are just an inch better than the rest of the teams in terms of quality in the squad, professional set up, and general investments and facilities.


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'This is a crisis': Joe Ceci warns gaping oil differential could spur economic downturn
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Alberta's latest economic update boasted of strong growth in the first half of 2018-19 but warned of a future slump due to the brutal oil price differential pummeling energy producers.
"The oil price differential is a crisis for Alberta and a crisis for Canada," said Finance Minister Joe Ceci at a news conference Friday.
The second-quarter financials project a $1.3-billion reduction in the provincial deficit, totalling $7.5 billion for 2018-19.
"There are some things that Albertans can be optimistic about," Ceci said. "The gains made over the first six months of the fiscal year are enabling us to further cut this year's deficit projection."
The reduction, which was seen in the August financial update, was mainly attributed to resource revenue brought about by higher than expected oil prices and a low U.S.-Canada exchange rate.
Ceci said it means the province is on track to balance the budget in 2023-24.
But the volatile oil differential — forecast to average US$29.25 per barrel for the fiscal year — weighs on Alberta's economic outlook, he said. The price gap is up by US$6.90 compared to the March budget.
Alberta's real GDP growth forecasts for 2018 and 2019 were initially pegged at 2.7 per cent and 2.5 per cent respectively. Now those numbers have been revised to 2.5 per cent and two per cent.
The oil differential is also affecting corporate income tax revenue for 2018-19, resulting in $362 million less than the March budget projection, bringing that line item to $4.2 billion.
UCP slams fiscal update as unrealistic
UCP finance critic Drew Barnes, referencing a provincial debt load that will reach $52.8 billion this year, said Ceci is hiding from reality.
"The economics of the oil and gas industry have changed drastically because of the differential crisis," he said. "Albertans are very concerned."
Earlier this week, UCP Leader Jason Kenney called for 10 per cent mandatory production cuts to address the differential. He said it was an immediate solution necessary "to stop the bleeding."
Franco Terrazzano, Alberta director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, said the government's "fiscal mess" is the result of continued overspending.
"The fundamental issue with how the Alberta government is budgeting is that they are hoping for a boom to balance the books, rather than taking the more prudent approach and cutting spending," he told reporters.
Crude-by-rail proposal not yet on the books
Friday's update comes on the heels of Premier Rachel Notley's announcement that Alberta will buy trains to move more crude out of the province to curb the oil glut, starting in late 2019. The full complement of rail cars would ship out in 2020, carrying 120,000 barrels per day.
The Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission (APMC) is negotiating with rail manufacturers and suppliers, and financial details haven't been released.
The province asked Ottawa to fund crude-by-rail to relieve producers, but the federal government has yet to give a firm answer.
In recent weeks, WTI has been priced between US$65 and US$50, but Western Canadian Select has been valued at much less than the U.S. benchmark.
On Friday, the province increased its forecast of the average West Texas Intermediate oil price to US$64 per barrel from US$59 per barrel for the year.
The oil differential projection, pegged at US$29.25 per barrel, was averaged out over the year, taking into account prices before energy producers were hit hard in October. At its peak the differential reached about C$45 per barrel.
The latest projections assume the differential will average between US$30 to US$35 for the rest of the fiscal year.
The province estimates the oil differential is costing the Canadian economy $80 million per day, though estimates vary.
"We have an access to tidewater issue that can only be fixed with pipelines," Ceci said.
Other highlights in Friday's update included higher than expected revenue from Alberta's newest industry. Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis forecasted $833 million in net income for 2018-19 for liquor and cannabis sales, up from $794 million.
Earlier this month, the AGLC announced it wouldn't grant new cannabis retail licenses amid a national supply shortage that has left stores in need of stock.
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Azlan ImranJanuary 8, 2021
One of the most popular cars in Singapore, the Honda Vezel is a compact crossover you'll definitely come across on the road. But have you ever wondered why this Vezel is such a popular car here?
Let's find out!
Honda Vezel Review
Sporty Good Looks
Honestly, it can be a little difficult to call this a "special" car because there are just so many of these on the road. It can be classified as your typical car driven by private hire drivers and that's not something many drivers like to be associated with. But let's take a look at this objectively.
For a crossover, it's definitely one of the better-looking ones. The sloping roofline gives the Vezel a bit of a coupe feel, so it looks slightly sportier and not as boring as your average SUV. The door handles that's hidden away next to the window is super sleek because the windows converge together, and from afar, it looks like just 1 big piece. This is definitely a creative way to design a functional item like the door handles into the whole look of the Vezel.
At the front, it actually looks chunky, but because the hood is not too long, it still looks quite good. The short hood also makes driving the Vezel a breeze as you'll get an excellent view of any obstacles on the road ahead of you.
So, there are definitely a ton of plus points when it comes to the Honda Vezel's design. But how about the cabin?
A Spacious and Comfortable Cabin
The cabin is actually quite impressive. Starting with this steering wheel, it's very good for the price that you pay. You get media control switches right at your fingertips which isn't common in cars of this price range. But a point to note is that this depends on the particular model as there are a lot of variations available. The steering wheel itself is smaller than most other brands, which gives the Vezel a sportier feel while driving.
Now, moving on to the back, it's massive when you compare it to the rest of the car. This is a good thing because it actually translates into much more space in the rear for your passengers and for any of your items you need to lug around. So if you're an active individual, you won't find a problem fitting your sporting equipment like a foldable bike, golf bag or even some camping gear in here.
One thing to note in cars with a sloping roofline is that it tends to affect the headroom in the rear. But when you get in at the back, it's actually pretty comfortable with ample legroom and a good amount of headroom, which might be because the crossover sits higher so there's more space to play with. However, because of the sloping roofline, the windows are affected. They're actually quite a bit smaller, so gazing at the scenery while you're in the car might be difficult.
You'll also get leather seats which a super comfortable. Something everyone will definitely appreciate!
The Vezel is powered by a 1.5 litre, inline 4 DOHC i-VTEC. The engine delivers 129 brake horsepower and 155 Newton Metres of Torque which is ample for a car of this size. Accelerating and overtaking doesn't feel sluggish, to be honest, it's actually a decent drive!
The biggest selling point about the Honda Vezel is its fuel efficiency. You get about 15km per litre which is very impressive considering that it's an "SUV" and it isn't a hybrid. And when you compare the Vezel to other crossover SUVs, the Vezel's consumption outranks most of its competitors. Additionally, if you want even better fuel economy, you can always get the hybrid version of the Vezel which can clock 20km per litre. But of course, that means forking out more upfront cash as it's more expensive!
On the road, 1 thing you and your passengers will notice is the suspension. It can definitely be softer as you and your passengers will soon notice the small bumps on the road. On top of this, the sound insulation is also quite weird. It does filter out most of the noise from the outside, but the tire noise is quite noticeable.
If you're looking for a secondhand Honda Vezel that's in excellent condition, look no further! Check out these listings for this Honda Vezel SUV on CARRO today. Buy your next car with peace of mind with CARRO's assuring policies. From a comprehensive 150-point inspection, 30-day full access to CARRO's workshop for wear and tear issues related to your purchase and a 2-day return policy for 100% assurance on your purchase!
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For the Yu-Gi-Oh! Dungeon Dice Monsters set, see Dungeon Dice Monsters: Booster 6.
Booster 6 is a Japanese Booster Pack in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game that was released on December 1, 1999. This set was sold only in Carddass vending machines.
Of the 40 cards in Booster 6, all but 9—"Boulder Tortoise", "Dragon Statue", "Garvas", "Ill Witch", "Kairyu-Shin", "Mechaleon", "Neck Hunter", "Rock Spirit", and "Spirit of the Winds"—have since been printed in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game.


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MegaTechNews looks back at the best scifi films of 2011, you can read it over here.
The other day, I whipped up a post entitled The Other Best Video Games of 2011, and in that post I talked about what a great year it was for videogames. The same can be said for film, as 2011 brought us a plethora of cinematic treats. There were highly-anticipated titles that didn't disappoint, such as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, as well as quite a few surprises, like Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive, my absolute favorite film of the year.


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This Saturday December 18th in Dynasty Plaza, The Hero Skate Team will host a Skateboarding Demo to commemorate the Grand Opening of their new skate shop! Sponsored by Converse, we will be seeing all the Converse Pro riders throw down in competition for best skate lines. Also, guest appearances by DJ Urban Savant and MC Yuan Fei will be dropping the latest in Skateboarding Music! After the competition, there will also be an exclusive in-store signing by all the Pro riders! There will be tons of free give-aways from Hero Skate and Converse, so don't miss out!
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