I started this year end post several days ago, and now is time to finish it.
Tonight (Friday 28 December) at dinner I thought I would start a post giving you a post-operative update. Yes, I am taking my convalescence from foot surgery very seriously and consider this my first ever stay-cation, albeit without my usual hard running while on a trip away from home.
Surgery on 18 Dec, Gary brought me home. Wednesday I was pretty active, and Thursday slept most of the day. Friday I had my first post-op doctor's visit after which Gary left at 3PM, and I have been on my own ever since. And, I have been remarkably fine and have had no pain or problems for which I thank Him (and Cathy) with daily prayer. BP brought over some lasagna on Friday night which was a great two meals, and L&D left some homemade soup Sunday afternoon, which I enjoyed that evening and the next. I had laid in a good supply of groceries, but on Wednesday after Christmas TS picked up a few fresh items that I needed to fill out a 10-14 day supply (I make a few dishes that last me 3-4 days). CN has (as she does when I am gone) been taking care of Cricket in the shop because I do not even want to take chances on the three steps in the mud-room before hustling through the garage to the shop – I would probably cry if I saw Black Beauty and Blue Belle unused anyway. My days have alternated between heavy duty rest and some minimal activity in my informal front sitting room – activity involving reading, writing and laptop keyboarding.
As my days progressed after Christmas I worked on two articles for THE WALPOLE CLARION, worked on Town Treasury stuff, and read two small books. The key to healing is rest, icing the foot, and an electronic bone stimulator – following this regimen has been my main job. I have minimized my movement around the first floor only, and have the kitchen set up for cooking ease. Netflix is a nice relaxing time filler, and I am now working through the TV series WINGS, which has great characters and wonderful writing.
You have heard me say that I wake up with thoughts that provoke me to action, and on the 28th I said, "Ray, time for an Apple laptop for travel, and time to begin thinking about 2013 trips – read about Scotland!" I actually listen to myself. Some research on the Apple website, phone call with David for recommendations, and my 13 inch MacBook Air (I forgot about a check I was getting at the end of the year) is now due to be delivered 4 January. My Dell laptop is big, weighs over 8 pounds (most evident when on crutches) whereas my new Apple laptop is small, thin, and is 2.96 pounds. I then delved into Rick Steves book on Scotland, and have become extremely excited to spend several days in Edinburgh and then drive up to the Highlands and Loch Ness, Inverness, Fort William, Pitlochry, etc. Also on the search radar screen are historic train trips. Betty suggested the Scottish Whiskey Train, and I began studying a great trip on the Royal Scotsman, but at $6,800 for four nights I may wish to buy many more experiences instead (but who knows?). But that has lead to additional train research, and Amtrak has a reasonable 10 day Grand Canyon Journey. Not that many nights on a train however, so I may just have to head back to Via Rail in Canada. Main thing – 2013 travel thinking is underway. And, yes, I did buy a second voucher for 2 nights at the Red Lion Inn. An old friend always said, "Ray, you can go broke buying a bargain; but, you will never go broke making a profit." The price is a real bargain for lodging, meals and Norman Rockwell Museum tickets – much less than I would have to pay at the single tariff, but this deal is for two.
Rounding out my recent thoughts include some home improvements including installing hot water on-demand and upgrading the kitchen with new countertops and cabinet hardware. And, I still have a full plate of projects that can be accomplished while sitting at a laptop – even my new one.
Your goal is to figure out what's missing and incorporate it into your everyday life.
And, finally (through the front screen door) there is snow on the common on this overcast New Years Eve.
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Happy New Year to you, too, my friend.
It's 6.30pm on a very rainy night of Monday 31st December 2012.
A very happy and healthy (footwise) imminent New Yea of 2013.
Our very best and sincere wishes.
We will be in touch further with a few of the photographs from the excellent and very enjoyable table guests on the New England/Canada trip September of this year.
Kevin and Sheila P. – your Cornish Cousins.
Ps. Pleased to have read of your trip to Ironbridge – quite a place isn't it?
And, keep us in the loop!
we need to compare notes about scotland. chas and i are seriously looking at a trip there. boy – air fares are expensive but we're told rental cars are relatively cheap once we get there. i think you are wise to take it easy for a full recovery. happy new year!
I love "Wings". The episodes with Carlton, the annoying old man, are some of my favorite!
Glad you are recovering well. I haven't been to Scotland for years, but I really loved it the 3 times I went. (I used to have family there) and highly recommend it!
And the happiest of New Years to you, as well, Ray!


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Statement on the January 2022 return to school
"In the midst of this most recent wave in the pandemic, we want to express our ongoing confidence in our public health system, and our appreciation for the incredible work of our healthcare workers and leaders. In order to support the common good, as a society we must continue to do what is necessary to fight this threat, including vaccination and a commitment to masking.
As we have expressed throughout the pandemic, providing the conditions for students to safely attend school in-person must be a top priority. To that end, we are recommending the following:
Priority should be given to students and all school staff to receive all of the vaccine doses for which they are eligible.
Consideration should be given to providing students and all school staff access to PCR testing in order to maintain confidence in school safety, and to minimize disruptions resulting from quarantining.
The additional PPE, including N95 masks, must be made available to school staff as soon as possible, and further clarity must be provided around which types of masks provide sufficient safety in the current environment.
We would also like to once again express our support for adding COVID-19 to the list of designated diseases in Ontario Regulation 261/13 Designated Diseases under the Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA).
We encourage all of our member school boards to continue to work very closely with their local public health units to ensure we are doing all we can to keep our schools as safe as possible under the circumstances.
Finally, we want to thank all of the dedicated education workers and leaders across our province for continuing to rise to the incredible challenges of this pandemic as they work to do the absolute best for our students."
Cathy Abraham, OPSBA President

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Boston Centre
The first settlement was made in the center of the township and this hamlet was called Boston Centre for many years. Here Talcutt Patchin operated his tannery for about ten years, and then he decided to try a fresh start in life. He took his wife and three children to Olean, where he built a flatboat and floated to New Orleans, going from there to that part of Mexico which later became Texas. In 1850 the citizens of Boston Centre petitioned for a post office but were told to select another name to avoid confusion with Boston and North Boston. They selected Patchin as the name of their post office in honor of their former neighbor who was gone but not forgotten.
A Universalist Church Society was formed here in 1835, and before 1850 they had built the building now the Town Hall. This building stood practically unused for over fifty years but was kept up by the Universalist Women's Sewing Society until taken over by the Community Church.
John Anthony bought a farm here some time in the 1830's where, with his wife and ten children, he carried on a successful farming operation. He was supervisor two years, justice of the peace sixteen years, and town clerk eight years. He and others set out extensive apple orchards in the valley. It is revealing to read an account book kept by him, between 1835 and 1845, of wages and prices of those days. For one day's work in the shop together with
Drawing a log for a trough
For two days' chopping
For one and a half days' harrowing
4 quarts milk
1 lb. 10 oz. butter at .15 per lb.
½ bu. Oats
4 doz. Eggs at .09 per doz.
Other farmers were raising sheep, and a woolen mill was busy just north of the Edgar Rockwood farm, 1.1 miles south of Patchin. Several saw mills and grist mills operated at various times along Eighteen Mile Creek but it is difficult to find any trace of them now.
In the years before the Civil War, many Germans were coming to this country and several families came to Boston. Martin Keller had a tavern, a store, a blacksmith shop and a tailor shop in a little community of Germans on the Feddick Road near the Keller Road, but no trace of this community remains.
There are no records of the men who went from Boston to serve in the Civil War, but there are at least twenty veterans buried in the cemeteries. How many fell in battle or died in prisons or hospitals we do not know, but the men of Boston answered the call to arms.
The Bell Factory
There used to be a bell factory in Boston Village, operated by the Yaw family. It was the largest bell factory in the United States, making five hundred cow and sheep bells a day beside staples and hasps. We do not know when it started nor when it closed, but an atlas of 1866 shows the factory just below the Catholic Cemetery across the creek from Boston. Another atlas of 1880 shows that it had been moved east of the main road a little north of Boston Cross Road. There are a few of the old bells in the valley but the business died when the farmers finished clearing and fencing their pastures.
Distinguished Citizens
Ambrose Yaw had a daughter, Ellen Beach Yaw, born in 1868, in the house east of Naber's store on the Boston Cross Road, who was to become perhaps the widest known Bostonian. She developed a splendid voice and, after study in Europe. She traveled all over the United States and Europe doing concert singing. She sang soprano and could hit a higher note than any other singer atthe time. She died in California where she had lived for several years.
In the mid nineteenth century the brothers, Orrin and Jesse Lockroad were prominent citizens. They lived in the house earlier occupied by Talcutt Patchin, now the Simmeth place, near Omphalius Road on Route 219. Orrin was supervisor several years and later sheriff of the county. Jesse was a magistrate and justice of the sessions. Two other brothers were prominent in the county. Dr. T. T. Lockwood was an eminent physician and at one time mayor of Buffalo. The Hon. Daniel H. Lockwood served as district attorney and member of congress.
Van Rensselaer Cary, grandson of Deacon Richard Cary, was a successful farmer, civic minded citizen, and early president of the Erie County Agricultural Society.
As hemlock trees were plentiful here and the bark was used to tan hides into leather, tanneries were built all over the country. There was a tannery, previous to 1870, on the creek bank in Boston Village and there were two others in Boston Centre. After the hemlock trees were cut off and chemical tanning developed, all these tanneries went out of business.
Early Library
The Boston Centre Library Association was formed in Patchin in 1889. This library was housed in the home of Thomas Cole, back of a blacksmith shop, on the northwest corner of Patchin Road and Route 219. Later it was in the home of Dr. Blanchard. After seven years the library was closed and the books were divided among the members.
The Road to Springville
The road from Hamburg to Springville probably follows the old Indian trail as far as that extended, and beyond that point the early settlers blazed a trail following the route of least resistance. By 1812, a road was open to Springville, but from the bridge south of Boston Village, it followed the route of Trevett Road. It was not until 1840 or 1841 that the present route of the State Road was opened. As the road was the only means of contact with the larger settlements, it was a community project to maintain and improve it. Road taxes were worked out instead of being paid in cash. It was a narrow dirt road until about 1850, when a private company took it over and built a plank road for the use of which toll was collected. A toll house stood just north of Howard Cary's house, south of Liebler Road. Sawed timbers, three of four inches thick, were laid across the road forming a paved surface which, when new, seemed a great improvement over the mud and dust of the old highway. But the planks soon warped and curled up and broke in weak spots so that the road deteriorated rapidly. In ten or twelve years the company gave up trying to keep the road in repair and its upkeep reverted to the town. Probably much of it was buried under gravel. A few years ago the remains of this road was uncovered, in a ditch, several feet below the present highway. For many years the road was dusty in summer, muddy in spring and fall, and snow covered in winter. In sufficed for the horse drawn vehicles as residents of the town seldom traveled farther away than Buffalo. Finally in 1909, the State took over this road and a paved road was built. This and the advent of the automobile began to change the whole picture of the countryside.
Growth of a village
Before the days of paved roads and automobiles, the people of the town depended upon local stores and shops to supply their needs. Stores, taverns, and post offices had to be within easy driving distance of the farm, and this accounts for the three hamlets Boston, Patchin, and North Boston, each with its post office.
About 1890, there were in the village of Boston, the following places of business; one general store, a grocery store with the post office, four shoe shops, four blacksmith shops, two hotels, a wagon shop, a hardware and tin shop, a saw mill, a grist mill, a jewelry store, a harness shop, a meat market and a telegraph office. There was a doctor, a lawyer, carpenters and masons, all dependent on the patronage of those living in and around the village. A horse drawn stage ran from Hamburg to Springville daily. Several cheese factories operated outside the village within easy hauling distance of the farms, where milk was proving to be the best paying product.
The 1880, a pipeline had been laid from Pennsylvania to Buffalo to bring crude oil to the refinery.This line passes through Boston and is still in use, with a daily capacity of 5,000 barrels. Several wells were drilled n the town in the hope of striking oil but none were successful. It was several years later that gas producing wells were drilled, although there were several springs in Boston which gave off gas.
The Horse Thief
About 1890, there was excitement caused by the stealing of several horses. A vigilantes committee was formed, officers elected, and the members were sworn in as deputy sheriffs. When, in the fall, a valuable bay mare was stolen from Charles Churchill, who lived on Route 219, 1.3 miles south of Patchin, the vigilantes when into action. They determined who the thief was, but it was some time in mid winter before he was apprehended as he drove through Colden. As it was late in the day, the officer took his clothes away from him and locked him in a second story room at the hotel, intending to take him to jail in Buffalo in the morning. Some time in the night, the thief threw the bedclothes from the window, dropped into a snow bank, hitched up the horse and escaped.
He was traced through Holland to South Wales, where the trail was lost. The next day his home was located, near East Aurora, and the stolen bedclothes were found under the barn. After watching the house two nights he was almost caught when he drove in with groceries for his family. He escaped by running away, but a thaw had set in and he lost his boots in a muddy field. The next morning the searchers found a farm where he had told the farmer that he had lost his boots while hunting a lost cow, and had been given an old pair of boots. A day later, he was located but again ran away before he could be caught. Although a reward of $50 was offered he was not apprehended.
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In an alarming new record, daily coronavirus cases surpass 10,500 in L.A. County
With a new stay-at-home order set to go into effect across much of California late Sunday, hard-hit Los Angeles County reached another alarming milestone in the coronavirus surge, surpassing 10,000 new daily cases.
The county reported 10,528 new cases Sunday and 23 additional deaths. Hospitalizations also reached a new high, with 2,988 patients.
L.A. County has seen an unprecedented increase in coronavirus cases in recent weeks, filling hospitals. Sunday's numbers underscore concerns that the region has not yet hit its peak.
"I am positive that we haven't seen the full increases in our case numbers associated with the Thanksgiving holiday, just based on the timeline," L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Sunday. She added that it can take two weeks after someone is infected for them to come down with symptoms and even longer for them to suffer serious effects that require hospitalization.
That means that the county's high number of hospitalizations is associated with cases rates two to three weeks back, when officials were still reporting about 5,000 cases a day. Since then, new cases have roughly doubled.
"I wouldn't be surprised if we start seeing daily hospitalizations approaching 4,000 in a couple of weeks," Ferrer said.
In turn, she said, it will take a few more weeks for the effects of the new stay-at-home order to become clear, and in the meantime, the numbers will keep going up.
"We're going to see three weeks of devastation before we'll be able to assess the impact," she said.
The regional stay-at-home order is the latest attempt to tamp down a rise in coronavirus cases and related hospitalizations that officials fear could overwhelm the local healthcare system.
Statewide, average daily coronavirus cases have jumped sixfold since early October, hospitalizations have quadrupled since late October, and average daily deaths have nearly tripled in just the last month.
Last week, L.A. County also saw the largest-ever increase in healthcare worker infections, with over 1,700 new cases, and a doubling of outbreak investigations, which had already doubled from the week before that, Ferrer said. Many of those outbreaks are at workplaces, she said.
"Part of the horror of the terrible place we're in right now is the cascading ramifications," she said.
The rising numbers show there's now widespread community transmission, "which means basically that the virus is everywhere, and therefore we're applying these stay-at-home orders because of the fact that every place is now at higher risk of transmission," said Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, medical epidemiologist and infectious disease expert.
"I think we have moved from characterizing this as a surge, in my mind, to being basically a viral tsunami in terms of its size," said Kim-Farley, who previously served as a senior official with the L.A. County Department of Public Health.
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the new stay-at-home order earlier in the week, saying officials had carved up the state into five regions for the purposes of measuring hospital intensive care capacity. A region is required to implement the order after its ICU capacity drops below 15%, a line that Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley had already crossed when the mandate officially took effect Saturday.
The percentages fell further Sunday, from 12.5% to 10.3% for Southern California and from 8.6% to 6.6% for the San Joaquin Valley.
The regions will implement the order at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, and it will remain in place for at least three weeks.
In addition, five counties in the Bay Area have decided to implement the stay-at-home order before reaching the threshold, as early as Sunday night.
For many business owners, the new rules couldn't have come at a worse time.
Hilary Goldner, co-owner of Sweet 1017 Hairdressing in Seal Beach, heard the news about the order through text messages from her staff. After a busy Saturday, she was getting ready to close her salon for three weeks.
"It's devastating," she said. "We had had the two closures already, and this one comes at the busiest time of the year. Everyone is trying to move forward with their lives, and we play a role in that. It's unfortunate and disappointing."
The rules differ slightly from California's first-in-the-nation stay-at-home order, which was considered a success at flattening the infection curve in early May and credited with helping prevent the massive death tolls seen in places such as New York and New Jersey.
Nonessential retail stores can remain open, albeit at a reduced capacity, along with parks, beaches and other outdoor areas.
"I think the reality was that the essential-nonessential framework really disadvantaged many of the smaller retailers," Ferrer said of the decision to permit all stores to remain open. Officials decided instead to focus on cutting down crowding by having retailers severely limit capacity, put in place metered entrances and ban eating and drinking inside, she said.
L.A. County had already put in place many of the restrictions before the order was announced, requiring restaurants to cease in-person dining; playgrounds, cardrooms and movie theaters to close; and people to stop gathering with non-household members.
But the county will modify its local orders to reflect additional modifications required by the state, which include closing hair salons, barbershops, personal care services, museums, zoos, aquariums and family entertainment centers; limiting all retail to 20% maximum occupancy; and restricting hotels and lodging to critical infrastructure support, officials said.
Ferrer, whose home has been targeted by protesters rallying against the closures, said she understands that people are being asked to make painful sacrifices.
She said she hopes that government officials pass another stimulus package so people don't have to choose between feeding themselves or paying rent and becoming ill or exposing others.
"I feel like we live in the richest country in the world and yet … we can't actually afford somehow to make sure that when we ask people to stay home for three weeks, they have a safety net that actually makes it possible," she said. "Instead, we have people fighting public health as if we're the enemy when the virus is our common enemy."
The order will be felt more dramatically in counties including Orange and Ventura, where more businesses had been permitted to remain open.
Rick Hayes, a retired high school English teacher, was enjoying his daily ritual of coffee and a newspaper outside at the Hangout Restaurant & Beach Bar near Main Street in Seal Beach on Sunday morning.
Asked about the looming lockdown that will put his routine on hold for at least three weeks, Hayes said, "I think it's unfortunate but probably necessary."
The 76-year-old, whose mask was pulled down under his chin so he could sip from his mug, appeared to be in the minority wearing a face covering on the popular beachside strip of restaurants in Orange County.
"We got to get this thing under control," he said. "Covering up seems to help." He will continue ordering takeout as often as he can during the coming lockdown to try to help local businesses survive, Hayes said.
There was noticeably less support for the restrictions just up the street at Hennessey's Grill.
"I would really like to see statistics on mental-health-related deaths as a result of this," said Bob Berk, a retired aerospace engineer, who was having mimosas with his wife and another couple at an outdoor table. "Yes, this is a vicious virus, but you have people who are not just losing their livelihoods but their lives to suicide and stress.
"It's tragic," Berk added, "but let the people who are at risk stay home. Don't quarantine the healthy."
Leslie Berk, who said she worked for 30 years in dental offices, compared the worry over the coronavirus with the fear that accompanied the arrival of AIDS decades ago. "I seriously considered changing my career, but we didn't shut the country down."
HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is transmitted through intimate contact with blood and semen. Most people get it from unprotected sex or sharing needles. The coronavirus is transmitted through respiratory droplets in the air and on surfaces — you can get it from simply speaking with or touching someone.
"I believe, because of social media, we're hyper-focusing on this virus," Leslie Berk said. "Sure it's bad, but to shut the country down is not OK."
In addition to some people's skepticism of science and a pervasive sense of fatigue, there are other challenges that could undermine the effectiveness of the new rules.
The cooler weather has sent more people inside. The holiday season raises the temptation to travel and has people longing to be around others.
There's also the question of whether people will follow the rules if they don't face consequences.
As has been the case since the start of the pandemic, many California sheriffs have said they won't enforce the stay-at-home order.
Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes said Saturday that deputies would not be dispatched to calls involving face coverings, gatherings or stay-at-home rules, calling compliance "a matter of personal responsibility and not a matter of law enforcement."
Orange County tallied a record number of new coronavirus cases in a single day Sunday: 2,025, surpassing the record-setting 1,966 cases the county reported Saturday. That's the fourth time in the last two weeks Orange County has notched a single-day record.
The county also hit its fourth consecutive daily record for COVID-19 hospitalizations with 848 people hospitalized, according to data released Sunday; that's more than five times worse than mid-October, when about 160 were hospitalized.
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco called the new stay-at-home order "flat-out ridiculous" and criticized the state for threatening to cut funding to counties that didn't comply with the state's COVID-19 guidelines for reopening. (Riverside County in October ended up modifying a plan to set its own reopening agenda after learning the move could jeopardize tens of millions in state funding.)
"While the governor's office and the state has threatened action against violators, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department will not be blackmailed, bullied or used as muscle against Riverside County residents in the enforcement of the governor's orders," Bianco said Friday in a videotaped statement.
He singled out Newsom, calling him hypocritical for his handling of the pandemic and alluding to the governor's much-criticized outing to French Laundry, a pricey Napa Valley restaurant.
"It appears part of the new goal is to shift attention away from his and others' personal behavior with a do-as-I say-not-as-I-do attitude by turning public opinion against California sheriffs," Bianco said. "He is expecting us to arrest anyone violating these orders, cite them and take their money, close their businesses, make them stay in their homes and take away their civil liberties, or he will punish all of us."
Riverside County hit its seventh consecutive daily record for COVID-19 hospitalizations with 687 hospitalized, according to data released Saturday; that's more than five times worse than early October, when about 135 were hospitalized.
Bars and restaurants were packed during Sunday's lunch rush on Main Street in Huntington Beach, where drinkers and diners spent one last afternoon at the outdoor restaurants that line the pedestrian thoroughfare.
"The people who own these restaurants have to live, so I have really mixed emotions," said Leo Sanchez, 47, who was having lunch with a friend at Surf City Ale House. After nearly a year of on again, off again, restrictions, Sanchez sounded resigned and a bit fatalistic.
"The more I see this play out, I feel like maybe all of this was inevitable," Sanchez said. "Maybe [the virus] has to run through the population and we have to live with the consequences. I'm not happy about that because I have had close friends already who passed away from this situation."
Standing in the center of the street with a friend, a cigarette and no mask, Saul Emard, 48, said, "Freedom is freedom. If God's gonna take me, he's gonna take me. That's how I feel."
Emard said he is a general contractor whose work includes jobs at area hospitals, so he's busier than ever. But the coming stay-at-home order will be economically devastating to friends and family, he said.
"There's definitely going to be a lot of people out of work," said Emard's friend, Michael Pittman. "And with no stimulus, no extension of unemployment benefits, panic starts to set in."
Times staff writer Sean Greene contributed to this report.
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Q: How to calculate mouse position relative to drawing area when it hovers over element being drawn Imagine simple ms paint application written in react and you are trying to implement rectangle drawing.
It's something I currently have but if I drag my mouse over rectangle I am currently drawing it starts to flicker because it fires event with position relative to rectangle and not drawing area (in my case div) depending over which element (drawing area/rectangle) my mouse is currently over.
I have extracted the problem into this simple app https://codesandbox.io/s/6yxx4y9lz3
I feel like I could solve the problem with hacky calculations but I would appreciate some elegant solution/advice as this functionality is going to be base stone of bigger application.

A: The actual problem is that the blue box you are drawing eats up the mouse events.
You can just add pointer-events:none to it so that it is ignored. (pointerEvents when used from inside React)
style={{
    width: item.w,
    height: item.h,
    top: item.y,
    left: item.x,
    border: "solid blue",
    position: "absolute",
    pointerEvents:"none"
}}

Updated demo at https://codesandbox.io/s/l7ll3wy5pl

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If a tenant wants to leave their premises before the vacation date specified in their lease agreement, they can assign (i.e. transfer) or sub-let the shopfront.
By assigning or sub-letting the lease to a third party, tenants can leave the property without breaking the terms of their lease or paying two sets of rent. Assignment and subletting appear similar as they both rely on a third party taking over premises. But there are some key differences between the two.
We set these out below to help tenants decide which is better suited to their needs.
When is a Sub-let Used Instead of an Assignment?
An assignment, on the other hand, is when a tenant transfers their lease to someone else. The tenant is then no longer responsible under the original lease from the assignment date. Tenants more commonly assign the property when selling the business and sublease when the business has additional space they want to lease out. Importantly, a tenant requires the consent of the landlord to assign or sublet the property.
Should I Sub-let or Assign My Lease?
The answer depends on the circumstances of the parties' transaction. For instance, a tenant may choose to sub-let if they are simply looking to rent out additional space to recoup costs or increase profit margins but want to remain as a tenant.
If, however, a tenant wants to end the lease early and vacate their business' premises entirely, an assignment is likely a preferable option. An assignment transfers the obligations under the original lease to the new tenant (the assignee), placing them in the shoes of the old tenant. Both parties usually enter into a transfer of lease and deed of consent to assign the lease with the landlord and each other.
Sub-letting also creates a new series of obligations for head-tenants who act, essentially, as landlords. The head-tenant will require the sub-tenant to indemnify the tenant and landlord for their use of the property. Parties will effect this by entering into a formal sub-let with the landlord's consent.
Assigning a lease and sub-letting are two options for tenants wanting to leave the premises before their lease ends.
Sub-letting involves a tenant leasing out all or part of their premises to a third party. Under a sub-letting agreement, the rights and obligations created under the initial lease remain in force.
An assignment involves transferring the lease from one party to another. After the assignment date, a tenant's rights and obligations no longer exist. Tenants looking to vacate their premises entirely should, where possible, assign their lease as it gives rise to fewer liabilities and duties.
If you have any questions or need assistance with your lease arrangement, get in touch with our specialist commercial leasing lawyers on 1300 544 755.


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Q: Word VBA - How to edit the text in cells in tables in Header I dont do much word work, but I need to amend the address in the headers of a batch of letters. The address is held in tables in the headers. I also need to retain the formatting.
Below is the code I have ended up with - am I getting close?
Dim doc As Word.Document
Dim hf As Word.HeaderFooter
Dim lr As ListRow
Dim updated As Boolean
Dim tableCount As Integer
Dim t As Integer
Dim c As Cell

Set doc = wd.Documents.Open(Filename:=fi.Path, ReadOnly:=False)

    For Each hf In doc.Sections(1).Headers()

    tableCount = hf.Range.Tables.Count
    For t = 1 To tableCount
        For Each c In hf.Range.Tables(t).Range.Cells
            If InStr(1, c.Range.Text, AddLOneOld) > 0 Then
                updated = True
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            End If
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This is the nearest I have got it to go as far as running, but all it does now is produce the error
"Microsoft Excel is waiting for another application to complete an OLE action"
Thanks


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Sharp celebrates its 110 years of transforming lives
Sharp Corporation celebrates its 110th year anniversary.
In its celebration, Sharp has introduced a new management system to realize transformation to give emphasis on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and raise its social value and revitalize its brand for sustainable growth.
Its introduction of ESG shows the companies' vision of providing better health, sustainable environment, and innovative solutions for the people while providing a conducive environment to grow.
On Sept. 15, Sharp Corporation (hereinafter "Sharp") commemorates its 110th anniversary.
It started when Founder Tokuji Hayakawa established a metalworking shop in Tokyo on this day 110 years ago in 1912.
Later he invented the "Ever Ready Sharp Pencil," a twist-type mechanical pencil that would later become the origin of the corporate brand.
Sharp is a worldwide developer of innovative products and core technologies that play a key role in shaping the future of electronics. Sharp sets its business vision as "Changing the World with 8K+5G and AIoT".
8K technology creates images that reveal a world beyond our everyday reality and gives birth to thrilling new discoveries, while 5G is the next generation of mobile data transmission.
With its significant advances in data transmission, speed, and capacity, it delivers ultra-low latency and multi-terminal connectivity.
Also, 5G expands communication potential to facilitate all-round connectivity between users and all manner of devices.
On the other hand, AIoT is Sharp's unique synthesis of AI (Artificial Intelligence) and IoT (Internet of Things), a tactile and intuitive approach created through the application of cloud connectivity and AI to a full suite of familiar everyday appliances, transforming devices from useful tools to active partners in addressing the needs of individual households and society as a whole.
To achieve its vision, Sharp uses its three core brand businesses, Smart Life, 8K Ecosystem, and ICT, along with two device businesses, Display Devices and Electronic Devices that support them, in an integrated fashion in pursuit of "One Sharp" business.
Based on Sharp's business creed of "Sincerity and Creativity," and founder Tokuji Hayakawa's ideal to "Make products that other companies want to imitate," Sharp has continued to introduce unique products and solutions including world-firsts and Japan-firsts to contribute to the development of society.
As a result, Sharp has reached many milestones over its history of 110 years with its products and solutions.
Introduction of AQUOS LCD TVs from 2001 and shipping of 500 million units by end of September 2020
Develops photovoltaic power generation (Solar power) since 1959
Introduced Plasmacluster air purifying technology on October 2000 which incorporates also to their other products and already achieved 100 million units shipped worldwide by October 2021
Developed the world's first all-transistor calculator in 1964
Developed mobile phones since 1994 and delivering many featured products such as the industry-first camera-equipped mobile phone in 2000
Developed convection microwave ovens since 1961 and introducing Japan's first mass production model in 1962
Introduction of its first multi-copier in 1972
Most recently, produced face masks from February 2020 and reaching total 300 million shipment by November 2021
Such activities over all these years have been recognized by various worldwide institutes, including IEEE(The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), the world's largest academic society for electrical, electronics, information, and telecommunications engineering, recognizing three individual developments by Sharp as IEEE Milestones including "Pioneering Work on Electronic Calculators", "Commercialization and Industrialization of Solar Cells", and "Sharp 14-inch Thin-Film-Transistor Liquid-Crystal Display (TFT-LCD) for TV".
Commercialization and Industrialization of Solar Cells
Pioneering Work on Electronic Calculators
Sharp 14-inch Thin-Film-Transistor Liquid-Crystal Display (TFT-LCD) for TV
110th anniversary logo
Sharp has created a 110th anniversary logo as a commemoration and a sign of gratitude toward the support from our stakeholders over these 110 years. The gently changing colors express transformation to a green and blue colors represents the image of ESG business.
Business Transformation to Re-emphasize ESG
On this 110th anniversary year, Sharp has introduced a new management system to realize transformation to re-emphasize on ESG and raise its social value and revitalize its brand for sustainable growth.
Management emphasizing on ESG will be carried out under four major policies: 1) Further strengthen healthcare related business, 2) Contribution to carbon neutral, 3) Management based on HITO (people), and 4) True global company.
(1) Further strengthen healthcare related business
Sharp will introduce products, services, and solutions centering preventive care, such as by strengthening sensing functions installed in its home appliances, TVs and mobile devices, developing unique healthcare related sensors, and creating new healthcare related devices, along with carrying out partnership and M&A(Mergers & Acquisition) aggressively.
This way, a system will be formed that measures people's health related data naturally in various scenes and provide a solution optimum for each individual.
Eventually, Sharp aims to realize people to lead a self-directing healthy living.
(2) Contribution to carbon neutral
Sharp will contribute to carbon neutral by reducing its GHG(Greenhouse Gas) emission and expanding renewable energy in society.
Under its long-term environmental vision "Sharp Eco Vision 2050", Sharp declares to realize net zero emission of GHG emission through itsactivities.
As a mid-term target, Sharp aims to reduce 60% GHG emission by 2035.
To realize this target, Sharp will further expand its energy solution business by developing business in aerospace and automotive appliances, expand PPA(Power Purchase Agreement) business, and accelerate research of latest technology solar cells such as perovskite for practical use.
By such means, by 2030, Sharp expects to contribute in reduction of GHG emission equal to approximately 12 times emission of its in-house activity, and contribute to carbon neutrality of society.
(3) Management based on HITO (people)
Personnel system will be further innovated based on four perspectives: Hybrid personnel with multiple professions, Innovation-cultivating environment, Talent-based optimum personnel stationing, and Opportunity for growth provided to excellent members. The initials spell out HITO, meaning "people" in Japanese.
Specifically, performance-based personnel system to support young talents, attractive work treatment system to gather professional personnel, fulfilled structure to support growth of personnel, and rejuvenating and speed-up of decision process will be executed to cultivate and young and spirited corporate culture.
(4) True Global Company
Sharp aims to expand global business by strengthening sales strategy in each region and promote management innovation.
While already being recognized as a strong electronics brand in Japan, it seeks to further develop its brand worldwide to contribute to society with its featured products, solutions, services and technology.
Specifically, development of global personnel and acceleration of partnership and M&A with global companies will be promoted, while introducing new products with latest technology simultaneously worldwide, and strengthening local-adapting products and services to raise the brand on a global scale.
Truly, many lives have been enlightened by the trusted presence of Sharp through the years.
Sharp will continue to stay as your stable and assuring companion wherein our products are designed to meet daily needs and desires of its consumers providing a breath of satisfaction with its advanced technology, revolutionary designs, and overall solution.
Sharp will continue to transform the lives of the people as it serves as your friend through the years.
Just like how friendship serves as a lifetime commitment, Sharp intends to keep it that way for years to come.
In celebration of Sharp Corporation's 110th anniversary, Sharp Philippines will conduct various activities and promotions to express its gratitude towards its customers for their support to the company over the years.
These includes CSR(Corporate Social Responsibility) Activities in Public schools, B2B(Business to Business) exhibit this coming Sept. 22-24 at SMX Convention Center, Manila, and Special promotion and giveaways on all of their Koten events for the month of September and October as well as other exhibits where 110th Sharp merchandise will be given away.
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What a Great Band! The Center Stage Band played for my 50th birthday. The manager was very professional the weeks leading up to the event. They were prompt the day of the event and had everything set up on time. They played many songs that were on my list. I enjoyed the interaction they had with me and my guests during their performance. They kept me and my guests engaged and dancing!! I received many compliments from my guests about how great the band was. I would definitely hire them again for another event and I would definitely recommend them to others. I consider this band to be dependable and professional. Thank you Center Stage Band for making my 50th birthday special!
The Center Stage Band played for my 50th birthday. The manager was very professional the weeks leading up to the event. They were prompt the day of the event and had everything set up on time. They played many songs that were on my list. I enjoyed the interaction they had with me and my guests during their performance. They kept me and my guests engaged and dancing!! I received many compliments from my guests about how great the band was. I would definitely hire them again for another event and I would definitely recommend them to others. I consider this band to be dependable and professional. Thank you Center Stage Band for making my 50th birthday special!
I just wanted to let you know that we have received rave reviews about your performance last week! We have heard an outpouring of positive reviews from guests of the event and even our staff and volunteers. I just wanted to thank you for being a part of the series and such a pleasure to work with throughout the planning process. We hope you will come back next year to be a part of the Flowers After 5 Concert Series again since everyone had such a fantastic time! We hope you have a wonderful summer and hope to see you at the Garden again soon.
Frog Level gig Saturday 10/29/2016. We had a blast, your band made the event as far as entertainment. Great band, you guys make it look like your having fun and that carriers over to the crowd. We thanked you before we left. Wanted to take the time to thank you all once again. Will look at your schedule. We hope to see you all once again in the near future.
Great band and show!! Very accommodating to special requests, involves the crowd, and plays a great variety!! Excellent to work with and very professional! You will be very pleased with this band and so will your audience!! This band ROCKS and will definitely pack your dance floor!!
Words cannot express how much the Senior Citizens of Caroline enjoyed the Center Stage Band. Your music took this event to a whole new level. We have some great pictures of the band and your interaction with the audience. You are on several web sites and Facebook under "Tell me Something Good Caroline County" Seriously, this years event was a "Virtual Time Machine"; a dip into the fountain of youth for the Seniors attending. The energy was coming off the room in waves......Great Job!!!
had the pleasure of listening to u guys at the Frog Level Fall Festival today - totally outstanding- really enjoyed talking to all of also- wish i would have gotten a pic with all of u. looking forward to seeing and hearing you soon-OMG -does that make me a groupie.
We booked Center Stage Band a month out for our wedding reception and boy did we really luck out with finding them! They were professional and friendly to all our guests and not one person could resist not dancing when they started playing. We had the most fun because of their music and they accomodated our special requests for the night. We highly highly recommend this band for any event!
I hired the band to play an outdoor event on 6/13/2015. Temperatures were in the high 90's but that didn't slow this band down. They did not miss a beat. They are super professional and they have a great song selection. If you want a good show from a band that throws down, Center Stage is the band for you!


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and I didn't try to limit the rule to a particular (tests/) directory.
indication that we don't need to worry about them just yet.
So, yes, this is fine with me.
etc., without having to add to their local cfg.mk files.
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Parliament in recess for three weeks
PARLIAMENT is adjourned today until September 19th to allow time for different Standing Committees to work on matters referred for them to work on before they are resubmitted for consideration by the House.
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Lord Lasike announced the adjournment in Parliament last Thursday, for the second time this month.
Pending matters include various tasks such as a public consultation to be conducted by the Law Standing Committee in Vava'u on the Royal Neiafu Township Ordinance 2010.
The same committee is also given the mandate by Parliament to review "Vava'u Grant Audit report",over concerns that the constituency fund was misused.
Deputy Prime Minister, Hon. Samiu Vaipulu suggested that it should be referred to the Law Committee to allow legal experts to review the report and at the same time, offer legal advice whether it's possibleto press for civil or criminal charges.
Meanwhile, the Foreign, Defence and Trade Committee is to also undergo a public consultation onthe Companies Act 2010, a task required since it was raised in Parliament the public and the business community was never consulted.


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Mutual funds are a category of financial products that are sold or rather pushed by commission-earning national distributors, financial advisors and banks. The assets under management of the Indian mutual fund industry at the time of writing was around Rs. 16 trillion comprising 700 debt funds and 500 equity funds. However, mutual fund penetration in India of 7% share of Assets under Management (AUM) of mutual funds to GDP, inspite of three decades of business in India, is abysmally low as compared to above 50% penetration in developed economies such as US, France, UK and Germany.
Mutual fund companies spend thousands of crores on expensive full page ads in leading newspapers, television commercials and investor education campaigns in an attempt to make consumers aware about mutual funds and why they should invest in them. However, most attempts to educate people include heavy doses of complicated financial jargons like rupee cost averaging, net asset value, market volatility, risk diversification, asset allocation, multi-asset strategy, power of compounding, equity fund, debt fund, hybrid fund, arbitrage fund, liquid fund, index fund, exchange traded fund...you get the drift, these are words that are alien for most people who are not connected to financial markets. Most of such awareness campaigns include tips like 'one must start investing early' whereas the target audience for such communication have already past the age of 'starting early'. Other tips include wishful thinking like be a disciplined investor, think long term, be systematic and execute goal-based plans. Such education is ineffective and money-draining because Indians don't behave like this nor do such efforts change people's behaviour.
Briefcase's research in the financial capital of India - Mumbai - amongst beginner investors who are likely to be married, probably have or having a child and are looking for avenues to invest their money, shows evidence that such an audience has a very vague understanding of mutual funds. One thing they know for certain is that 'mutual funds are subject to market risks, please read the offer documents carefully before investing'. As a result, people are apprehensive of mutual funds and it takes them anywhere close to 2-3 years to begin investing a small proportion of their money in mutual funds! Beginner investors do not even use the word 'invest' or 'investments'. Rather they tend to refer to investments as 'savings'. Leave alone the cognitive challenge of choosing a fund from over 1000 of them, beginner investors don't even get the concept of a mutual funds well enough.
At Briefcase we have developed a concept for Franklin Templeton, based on behavioural science, that repositions mutual funds in a way no other organization has looked at before. The attempt is to make the concept of mutual funds so easy to grasp and intuitive that even a housewife who is not into investing 'gets it'. Further, the concept applies cutting-edge behavioural science to make mutual funds highly persuasive. You could think of it as cracking the code to sell mutual funds to beginner investors.
Human behaviour is contagious. We all do as others do.
In a hotel experiment conducted by Robert Cialdini, Noah Goldstein and Griskevicius, different kinds of signs were placed in hotel bathrooms. One of the signs asked guests to help save the environment by re-using their towels. The second one informed them that the majority of guests at the hotel recycled their towels to help save the environment - achieved success rate of 26% more than the first sign. A third sign informed guests that majority of people who had previously stayed in their particular room recycled their towels to help save the environment - success rate of 33% more than the first sign.
A five-star review on Amazon leads to approximately twenty more books sold than one-star reviews. Behavioural science studies show people dress in the same styles as their friends, pick dishes preferred by other diners, choose restaurants which are more crowded, more likely to get fat if people around them become obese, are more likely to quit smoking if their friends quit, pay taxes if others are paying, vote if their spouse votes. So our concept informs investors how many people like them also invest.
Too much choice leads to indecision and lower sales.
Sheena Iyengar and Mark Lepper set up a display at a supermarket in which passersby could sample a variety of jams that were made by a single manufacturer. Either 6 or 24 flavors were featured at the display at any given time. Results - only 3% of those who approached the 24-choice display actually purchased any jam. In comparison 30% bought when the choice was between 6 flavors.
Behavioural scientists Sheena Iyengar, Huberman and Jiang analyzed retirement programs of 8,00,000 workers in the US and found that when only 2 funds were offered, the rate of participation was around 75%, but when the 59 funds were offered, the participation rate dropped to about 60%.
Likewise, our concept is simple and easy to understand, without any jargons, ensuring there's no cognitive overload for beginner investors.
In an experiment by behavioural scientists Bornstein, Leone and Galley, the faces of several individuals were flashed on a screen so quickly that later on, the subjects who were exposed to the faces in this manner couldn't recall having seen any of them before. Yet, the more frequently a person's face was flashed on the screen, the more these subjects came to like that person when they met in a subsequent interaction. These subjects were also more persuaded by the opinion statements of the individuals whose faces had appeared on the screen most frequently. That happened because greater familiarity led to greater liking led to greater social influence. One of the main principles of behavioural science is that to get people to change their behaviour, we need to make the unfamiliar, familiar. Therefore, to make people understand the concept of mutual funds, our concept draws heavily from what people are already familiar with.
Briefcase's concept of repositioning mutual funds for beginner investors is simple without complicated jargons; makes decision-making easy by not having complicated product details; relies on intuitiveness and ease of understanding because it's proven that humans are not good at financial planning; is brief because attention spans of people are limited; does not include pie-charts and tables because they are complicated and nobody understands them; restricts the use of numbers because most people are bad at math; does not include any cliches like 'start early' and 'every rupee counts' because they don't make any difference. On the other hand, it uses powerful principles of behavioural science to simplify the concept of mutual funds, making it more persuasive as an investment option, keeping mutual fund regulations in mind.
If you would like to apply Briefcase's simple and highly persuasive method of repositioning mutual funds, for beginner investors, based on behavioural science, please get in touch with us.


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Q: How can I create separate folders for Activity java classes and non-activity java classes in Android A beginner here :-)
I have many Java classes in my Java>>PackageName folder. Some of them are activities and some are just normal classes that I've made to keep my java methods.
How can I create folders to categorize my java classes, like below..
Activities folder--> mainActivity.java, userActivity.java
others--> adapter.java, connection.java
Thank You so much for your support..

A: Since you are just starting out, you may want to read into this beginner guide on Java packages
Packages will become very important for portability and control access in your programs.


Central ceiling light. Wall lights. Radiator. Power points. TV point. Understairs storage cupboard housing consumer unit, fuse board, water meter etc. and ample storage. Double window to front elevation. Ceiling spotlights. Good range of wall and base units with wooden effect worktops. Tiled splashback. 1½ bowl sink and drainer. Isolator switches. Built in electric oven and gas hob with extractor hood above. Washer/drier. Alcove with fridge/freezer and cupboard over. Dimmer switch. Light switch.
Low level WC. Wash hand basin, both in white with chrome fittings. Ceiling spotlights.
Double glazed window to front elevation. Ceiling spotlights. Extractor fan. White suite comprising low level WC. Pedestal wash hand basin, with storage unit below and worktop above. Bath with shower over, chrome and glass shower screen. Radiator.
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On Friday, APN conducted a special show on the BHU groping and lathicharge. The show was anchored by managing editor Vinay Rai and panellists included former judges, advocates, student leaders and political leaders.
The panellists debated the molestation of a girl student inside the BHU campus and the administration's lackadaisical attitude in handling the matter which gave rise to protests. All of them unanimously condemned the administration and the Vice-Chancellor, Girish Chandra Tripathi.
Why had they let police inside the campus and how could the head of an educational institution with such a proud history have such a regressive mindset when it came to the rights of women?
Senior Supreme Court advocate Anup George Chaudhary said that in cases of molestation which is a cognisable offence, FIRs must be registered immediately. His colleague Pradeep Rai said that the VC is unfit for the post he is holding as he does not have the requisite qualifications. He also called out Tripathi for saying that "the matter had been settled".
"Who is he to settle the matter? Judicial action must be taken in the matter. Why were the police allowed inside the campus? The students were protesting peacefully, only exercising their fundamental right. The VC must be sent to jail," he said.
Captain Dwivedi, an ex-IAS officer, recalled how they have seen even worse times than the present but never were those handled so badly. He termed the incident as a dark chapter in the history of BHU. He told the audience how years back a student had shot his professor and committed suicide himself the next day, but then too it was handled sensitively.
Senior journalist Ram Bahadur Rai said letting police inside the campus was a serious mistake. He was of the opinion that Tripathi would not be forgiven by the students. He recalled how years ago a VC was ousted for anti-student measures taken by him. He said Tripathi, too, would meet the same fate.
Representatives from the student fraternity were also present at the show.
Omprakash Narayan, a JNU student and member of NSUI, was all praise for the girls who agitated for their rights. Nikunj Makwana, member of ABVP, meanwhile, brought up the matter of throwing of petrol bombs inside the campus which he said was equally concerning. To this Sharbat Jahan Fatima of Congress said it was the BHU administration that was responsible for it as the incident showed a clear lack of security.
Jahan also criticised the prime minister for not meeting the protesting girls despite being in the city. "Such agitations have not happened for the first time. Earlier too, when were sitting in protest in JNU against Indira Gandhi, the former PM met them and talked to them. Modi, too, could have talked to these girls," she said.
Juhi Singh of the Samajwadi Party said that before fixing onus on anyone, it should be asked as to why the Vishakha guidelines were not applied by the university in this case and why BHU has no committee to deal with sexual harassment incidents. She also slammed the VC for his irresponsible statements amounting to victim-shaming.


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Eastward Yamal gas flows from Germany to Poland steady
Author of the article: MOSCOW — Gas flows from Germany to Poland via the Yamal-Europe pipeline, which usually sends Russian gas westwards into Europe, were steady over the weekend and on Monday morning, data from German network operator Gascade showed. The pipeline, which usually accounts for about a sixth of Russia's annual gas exports to…
MOSCOW — Gas flows from Germany to Poland via the Yamal-Europe pipeline, which usually sends Russian gas westwards into Europe, were steady over the weekend and on Monday morning, data from German network operator Gascade showed.
The pipeline, which usually accounts for about a sixth of Russia's annual gas exports to Europe and Turkey, has been operating in reverse mode since Dec. 21, putting upward pressure on European gas prices.
Eastbound flows were at 5.9 million kilowatt hours per hour (kWh/h) on Monday, broadly in line with volumes seen over the weekend, data from the Mallnow metering point on the German-Polish border showed. Flows are expected to remain around this level until the early hours of Tuesday.
European benchmark gas prices jumped to a record 184.95 euros per megawatt hours (MWh) on Dec. 21 when the Yamal system reversed flow.
High prices have discouraged purchases of spot volumes from Russia, with buyers instead tapping stored gas in Europe, where storage levels have fallen below their five-year average.
Capacity nominations for supply to Slovakia from Ukraine via the Velke Kapusany border point, another major route for Russian gas deliveries to Europe, stayed below this year's highest point on Monday.
Nominations were seen at 513,619 megawatt hours (MWh), only the fourth time the figure has been above 500,000 MWh in January. In the previous month, the nominations never dropped below 739,000 MWh. (Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin Additional reporting by Robert Muller in Prague Editing by Mark Potter)
Yellen says state, local aid strengthened U.S. cities' COVID-19 responses
Author of the article: WASHINGTON — The $350 billion in coronavirus relief aid for state and local governments has allowed U.S. cities to respond faster and stronger to an ever changing COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday. Yellen told a meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors that the response by…
Freeport settles six-year high copper charges for 2023 with Chinese smelters – source
Author of the article: Publishing date: Nov 24, 2022 • 18 hours ago • 2 minute read Join the conversation SINGAPORE — Miner Freeport-McMoRan has agreed treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) of $88 a tonne and 8.8 cents per pound for copper concentrate supply in 2023 with Chinese smelters, a source close with negotiations said on…
Tunisia signs $74 million loan with Arab Monetary Fund
Author of the article: TUNIS — Tunisia has signed a $74 million loan with the Arab Monetary Fund, a regional lender, to support public finance reforms, the central bank said on Friday, as the country suffers its worst financial crisis. The loan comes weeks after Tunisia reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund…
Saskatchewan Steelworkers Back Carla Beck
Author of the article: REGINA, Saskatchewan & SASKATOON, Saskatchewan — Today, the United Steelworkers union (USW) announced its support for MLA Carla Beck in her campaign to become the leader of the Saskatchewan New Democrats. "In and out of the legislature, Carla Beck has stood up for steel, working for people and labour unions across…


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Q: Folder of Scanned photos on my pc to iCloud shared Folder I scanned a ton of photos using fastfoto.
I then put them in a folder and wanted to move the folder to an iCloud shared album, but it did not work.
It has actually duplicated all my folders!


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Our mission is to improve everyone's eating habits and provide delicious & nutritious food made from the finest ingredients. We already provide reduced salt meals and to add to our commitment for 2018, we have created a series of recipes that will help reduce the amount of sugar on our menus whilst still serving delicious meals.


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News Release 13-Feb-2013
Resistance is futile
New findings could represent a breakthrough for applications of superconductivity
DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
A team of researchers from Russia, Spain, Belgium, the U.K. and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory announced findings last week that may represent a breakthrough in applications of superconductivity.
The team discovered a way to efficiently stabilize tiny magnetic vortices that interfere with superconductivity—a problem that has plagued scientists trying to engineer real-world applications for decades. The discovery could remove one of the most significant roadblocks to advances in superconductor technology.
Superconductors are extremely useful materials, given that modern society involves moving a lot of electricity around. Each time we do it, whether it be along the cord from the outlet to your lamp or in the millions of miles of power lines strung across the country, we lose a little bit of electricity. That effect is due to resistance in the wires we currently use to transport electricity. Even a pretty good conductor, like copper wire, loses some electricity due to resistance.
But in an ideal superconductor, no electricity is ever lost. If you set up a loop of perfect superconducting wire and added some current, it would circle that loop forever. Superconductors are the secret behind MRI machines, Maglev trains and improved cell phone reception.
The problem is that superconductors have to be cooled to do their thing. Even the "high-temperature" superconductors already discovered have to be chilled to -280° Fahrenheit. That creates a lot of engineering and logistical problems.
In the long run, scientists are hoping to develop superconducting materials that would operate closer to room temperature. That would be a major achievement—though it is generally still thought to be a long way off.
In the meantime, there remain key problems of superconductivity that need to be solved even in the low-temperature environment.
One such major problem is posed by magnetic fields. When magnetic fields reach a certain strength, they cause a superconductor to lose its superconductivity. But there is a type of superconductor—known as "Type II"—which is better at surviving in relatively high magnetic fields. In these superconductors, magnetic fields create tiny whirlpools or "vortices." Superconducting current continues to travel around these vortices to a point, but eventually, as the magnetic field strengthens, the vortices begin to move about and interfere with the material's superconductivity, introducing resistance.
"These vortices dissipate the energy when moving under applied currents and bury all hopes for a technological revolution—unless we find ways to efficiently pin them," said Argonne Distinguished Fellow Valerii Vinokur, who co-authored the study.
Scientists have spent a lot of time and effort over the past few decades trying to immobilize these vortices, but until now, the results have been mixed. They found ways to pin down the vortices, but these only worked in a restricted range of low temperatures and magnetic fields.
Vinokur and his colleagues, however, discovered a surprise. They began with very thin superconducting wires—just 50 nanometers in diameter. (A stack of 2,000 of these wires would equal the height of a sheet of paper.) These thin wires can accommodate only one row of vortices. When they applied a high magnetic field, the vortices crowded together in long clusters and stopped moving. Increasing the magnetic field restored the material's superconductivity, instead of destroying it.
Next, the team carved superconducting film into an array of holes so that only a few vortices could squeeze between the holes, where they stayed, unable to interfere with current.
The resistance of the superconductor dropped dramatically—at temperatures and magnetic fields where no one has been able to pin vortices before. "The results were quite striking," Vinokur said.
The team has only experimented with low-temperature superconductors so far, Vinokur said, "but there is no reason why the approach we used should be restricted to just low-temperature superconductors."
The paper, "Magnetic field-induced dissipation-free state in superconducting nanostructures," is published this week in Nature Communications. Vinokur and Tatyana Baturina, a visiting scientist at Argonne, authored the paper, along with researchers from the A.B. Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics in Russia, the Autonomous University of Madrid and the University of Zaragoza in Spain, the University of Bristol in the U.K. and the Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre in Belgium.
This work was supported by the DOE's Office of Science, the Spanish MICINN and MEC (Consolider Ingenio Molecular Nanoscience), the Comunidad de Madrid, the Aragon Regional Government, the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.
Argonne National Laboratory seeks solutions to pressing national problems in science and technology. The nation's first national laboratory, Argonne conducts leading-edge basic and applied scientific research in virtually every scientific discipline. Argonne researchers work closely with researchers from hundreds of companies, universities, and federal, state and municipal agencies to help them solve their specific problems, advance America's scientific leadership and prepare the nation for a better future. With employees from more than 60 nations, Argonne is managed by UChicago Argonne, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science.
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Valentine's Day 2014 Event Guide!
With The Updated Version 3.09.00 released February 6th, we received the third event in "SpongeBob Moves In" history! The First Event of 2014 celebrating Valentines' Day features an all-new unlockable part of Bikini Bottom known as the Goo Lagoon Dock where players can build their Very Own Glove World Amusement Park! Glove World is located nowhere close to Goo Lagoon in the show but still, at least there are new unlockables! Check Out All the Great Stuff that happened in "SpongeBob Moves In" in February and March 2014 below!
Build You Very Own Glove World!
The Main Attraction of this Event was the ability to build one's Very Own Glove World Amusement Park on the Brand-New Unlockable Goo Lagoon Dock (you need to use coins to unlock the space)! The question is, why wasn't Glove Universe released instead of Glove World? After all, Glove World was shut down and replace in the Season 8 episode "Glove World R.I.P"! Either ways, the ability to have your very own Theme Park in your town is one of the Best things to happen in the game so far! We've listed down step-by-step the instructions to complete the Valentines' Day Quest-Line in our NEW Valentines' Day 2014 Quest Guide! Visit It by clicking here! Also, we have an extra section all about the items you can obtain a few sections down. Get buildin' now!
Alongside the opportunity to build your Very-Own Glove World, we plenty of New Treats landing in Bikini Bottom this February! From Valentines' Chocolates, to Popcorn, you have to check it out in order to love it! Take a look at all the New and Exclusive Treats that were released in for this Special Event here!
The Ticket Booth! It's the Entrance to Your Glove World!
On the First Game Load you make after updating to 3.09.00, you should get a message just like the one pictured on the left above notifying you of your "Valentine's Gift" which can be found in your inventory. The gift you will receive is the "Glove World Ticket Booth" which you'll need to put into your town later in the Questline. Of course, it can be moved into your town whenever you want. This item is the First of 14 Awesome New Buildings you can obtain during this Special Event. Check Out all the other Great Items you can Move In to your town below.
What's In Your Valentine's Day Carnival? Unlock Individual Items!
As with every Special Event, we have some new stuff to "Move In" to Bikini Bottom! In this release, there are a total of 10 Limited-Time Only Carnival Rides that you can unlock in order using Hearts which can be obtained from feeding your citizens or collecting rent from the rides you've already Moved In.
Note that you could unlock the Rides using Jellyfish Jelly as stated above. The Jellyfish Jelly also unlocks a Treat Recipe every time just like when you purchase rides using Hearts.
All the rides can be Moved In to any part of Bikini Bottom, not just the Boardwalk. Check Out the Community Items that are available below!
Community Love! Unlock Community Items!
Another First-Timer in this Event is the ability to work together as a Community to collect Hearts and eventually Unlock Exclusive and FREE "Fabulous Rides" for your Very Own Glove World! Of course, these items are different from those that are under the Individual Category. By the end of February 7th, "SpongeBob Moves In" players all around the globe had past the Community Goal of 39,000,000 by almost 25 times more (1,001,104,962)! Thumbs Up for helping out! There were 3 riders in total to be unlocked with this feature.
Wouldn't it be great if Nickelodeon did such a feature for Every Event? We'll see.
Q: What is Going On for Valentines' Day?
A: The event allows players to collect and place in their towns new content generated by the participation and collaboration of the entire SpongeBob Moves In community.
The more Hearts players earn, the more content they will unlock for themselves and the rest of the player community.
Q: What is Glove World and How Do I Get to it?
A: Glove World, home to Glovey Glove, is a theme park located at the top of the Bikini Bottom map.
Q: What do I Use Hearts for?
A: Hearts may be used to unlock limited edition buildings and decorations.
Q: How do I earn more hearts?
A: Hearts may be earned by serving special Valentine's treats to hungry citizens.
Q: Can I Place Items on the Boardwalk?
A: Items can be placed on the boardwalk after you have cleared any necessary debris.
Q: I just won an item. Where'd it go?
A: Items are located in the inventory, represented by the small suitcase in the lower right corner.
Q: When will the Valentines' Day Event end?
A: The Valentine's event ends on February 28th. Make sure to unlock all the exclusive content beforehand!


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Retraining The Brain After Losing The Ability To Smell
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In 2012, Chris Kelly caught a cold, which then moved into her sinuses. It was a run-of-the-mill nuisance, until she woke up one morning and realized her condition had become something far more serious.
"I opened my eyes, I went into the bathroom, I uncapped the toothpaste, and was immediately aware that I couldn't smell anything," says Kelly, who was born in Maine and now lives in the United Kingdom.
This wasn't a stuffy nose. This was like the on/off switch had been flipped.
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"I was bewildered at first. I found living without smell, in the beginning, it took me a while to understand what that meant," she says.
Anosmia, the medical term for losing the ability to smell, is often referred to as an invisible disability. Colds and other viruses are a common cause, but it can also be brought on by a brain injury, or from nasal polyps. Aging is another factor. Receptors or the nerve in the olfactory system, or a combination of both, simply stop working.
And as quickly as it's lost, some anosmics will spontaneously recover their ability to smell. But not Chris Kelly. She sought medical treatment, including the limited array of options available, such as steroids and antibiotics, all to no avail.
After six months of living with the condition, she felt her well-being sharply decline.
"The most poignant loss for me was the loss of the smell of my children. And you know, my children are grown now, but when I put my arms around them, I still could easily recognize their smell," she says.
It was like every facet of her life lost a dimension. Today, though, much of her ability to smell is restored.
Retraining the brain
Kelly, straight-backed and tall, has come to the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia to teach, and encourage, an audience of anosmics how to smell train, the tool she used to regain her sense. She's an evangelist for this low-tech anosmia treatment.
"It started out a chore, like flossing my teeth, and it has ended as a kind of altered awareness," she tells the crowd.
The smell training concept is simple: even if you can't smell anything, anosmics need to keep trying, and do so in a mindful way. Spend a few minutes in the morning, again in the evening, sniffing deeply. The repeated exposure and concentration may eventually yields results.
But don't expect overnight success. It can take months, even longer, of sustained effort.
"I'm not getting anything out of lavender, at all. Could you smell lavender?" Mary Beth James asks a fellow attendee. "Nope. Lavender is a 'no.' I'm not getting that one."
James lost her ability to smell after being hit by a car. She's here at the workshop because it's been four years, with very few gains made.
"I want to be able to smell the turkey on Thanksgiving, and the bread that I bake, and the Christmas tree. So, I'm giving it a shot," she says. "Why not?"
Scattered in front of James on a folding table are vials of essential oils, potent little jars of concentrated lavender, as well as rose, eucalyptus, lemon and clove.
There are no hard rules for what scents you should smell train with, but those are the oils recommended by Thomas Hummel, a German ear, nose and throat doctor, and a guru of modern smell training. He's published studies showing the method can work, especially for anosmics who start soon after the injury.
That hope has Kenneth Lee digging his nose deep into the rose, dreaming of just a whiff.
"You go to garden...I like gardening. But you don't smell any flowers, so..." his voice trailing off, resigned to being the saddest gardener in the world.
Since flavor and smell are so closely linked, Lee has also lost the pleasure of eating. For many anosmics, everything tastes rubbery and beige.
"You know, smell affects so much of what we experience, it is such a potent sense. It informs our sense of flavor, it really adds so much joy to life," says Edmund Pribitkin, a physician and professor of otolaryngology (commonly called 'ear, nose and throat') at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. "And to lose it is really difficult. Folks become depressed, folks have all kinds of problems."
Earlier in his career, Pribitkin says he was often frustrated when he ran out of treatment options for patients. Now, he sees smell training as a way to offer, at the very least, hope.
Exactly how smell training can refresh the sense of smell isn't totally understood, but as Chris Kelly works the room, she tells people to treat it like they would physical therapy after an injury or stroke.
"You just need to persevere, she says. "There's no more magic in it than that."
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Indian Army To Get Six Heron Drones From Israel On Lease For Deployment In Ladakh: Reports
by Swarajya Staff - Jun 4, 2021 11:24 AM +05:30 IST
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The Indian Army, which is locked in a standoff with China's People's Liberation Army in eastern Ladakh, could soon get six Heron Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) on lease from Israel.
The multi-role drones, which has a mission endurance of around 30 hours and a range of over 1,000 kilometer, will be deployed along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) to monitor Chinese activities in areas along the frontier.
The platform can perform various strategic missions, including intelligence gathering, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance. It is equipped with Satellite Communications for Beyond Line of Sight ranges.
Indian Army and the Indian Air Force already operate a large fleet of Heron drones, which are currently being upgraded with the latest systems, including new communication links. As the existing fleet of Heron drones lacks satellite communication links, two of these drones are launched with a time gap to ensure that surveillance data collected by the first one is relayed back to base through the second drone in case of long-range missions, a report says.
This is the first time the Indian Army will be leasing a platform. The development comes just months after the new Defence Acquisition Procedure was unveiled by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in September 2020.
The Indian Navy has already leased two non-weaponised General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9B Sea Guardian drones from the US. The drones, which landed in India at the peak of the standoff in Ladakh last year, are being operated by the Navy from the Arakkonam naval air station in Tamil Nadu for surveillance, reconnaissance and intelligence gathering in the Indian Ocean.
India may also acquire 30 Predator armed drones from the US through the US Foreign Military Sales route. Reports say the Indian Navy, which is the lead agency for this procurement, is likely to approach the Defence Ministry to get in-principle approval. The Indian Army, Navy and Air Force will get ten drones each.
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