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Time to think big and bold, after the referendum, on welfare reform
Graeme Brown
Graeme is the Director of Shelter Scotland. Prior to this he was Director of Communications, Policy and Campaigns for Shelter UK. Before joining Shelter, Graeme was an independent consultant at the Home Office, the Rough Sleepers Unit at the Department of the Environment, the Social Exclusion Unit in the Cabinet Office and a number of NGOs (non-governmental organisations).
The Herald, 21 October 2014
The future settlement for devolution after the referendum needs to include decisive action on welfare and social justice, argues Graeme Brown
Even watching from a strictly neutral professional standpoint I was as captivated as anyone else by the sheer energy and enthusiasm of the recent referendum campaigns.
This wasn't, however, just flag-waving and street stalls. There were some real hefty issues being discussed. This was no sterile constitutional debate, but a real contest about a vision for the future of our country that truly mobilised the general public.
Encouragingly, one of the most significant discussions was around social justice and the future of welfare provision for the most disadvantaged people in Scotland. In my view the Expert Working Group on Welfare, established in 2013 by the Scottish Government and chaired by one of my predecessors here at Shelter Scotland, Martyn Evans, did a real service to that discussion by introducing the theme of dignity in welfare. Too much of the argument about welfare is about who can be seen to be toughest on so called "benefit cheats" and "scroungers" and too little about a system which actually acts as a safety net when people fall and a springboard to a more dignified future – and in so doing restores public confidence in its purpose.
It's an aspect of public policy debate which is also disfigured by its narrowness. The bedroom tax is one of the most crass and unfair policies that I have witnessed in thirty years of engaging in social policy – and it should be scrapped at the earliest opportunity – but it really is just one part of a much bigger picture. While we are talking about £20 million here or £50 million there, we are losing sight of the larger issue of the £1.7 billion which is spent on Housing Benefit here in Scotland every year.
That £1.7 billion is massively more than the any other aspect of public housing expenditure in Scotland, yet it remains entirely in the hands of Whitehall, impervious to how it might support our distinctive ambitions on a more secure and stable private rented sector or a social housing landscape which offers long-term prospects for tenants.
To be fair, some of the political parties have focussed on the Housing Benefit anomaly and argued for it to be devolved. But let's be clear: this is not simply about severing Housing Benefit off from the rest of welfare and then delivering the same clunky, bureaucratic system, with the money simply totted up in Edinburgh rather than Whitehall. If we are talking about devolution we are talking about re-engineering the system of housing allowances and with that must come wholesale reform of other housing subsidies and the tax treatment of renting – another reserved area. In this way, the £1.7 billion Housing Benefit sum becomes part of a bigger pot which allows us to rethink how we "do" the funding of housing in a more fundamental and comprehensive way than at any time since Beveridge and his fellow policy architects were hammering out the foundations of the welfare state in the 1940s.
That means looking at tax, borrowing and wider equalities issues as much as Housing Benefit and at other welfare support such as Job Seekers Allowance and Employment Support Allowance as well as the unresolved tensions around the roll-out of Universal Credit.
That is not a swift task, nor is it one which can easily be crammed into the dauntingly short timescales which the Smith Commission has been given. Inevitably, a great deal more painstaking work will be needed over a longer period and the critical challenge of transitioning to an entirely new system needs confronted.
The independence referendum was a unique opportunity to think big. This post-referendum period may be a time to think bigger and perhaps even bolder.
Scottish Empty Homes Conference 2014
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Q: Clip a PCB against a 3 mm plastic protection Is there a way to clip the PCB against the 3mm plastic protection surface? The image is below.
I need that it stays in the position shown in the image, with the connectors side sticking out.
That PCB is just for the example, it will be a new PCB so I can change its form or placement to solder some kind of clip to the PCB that would just clip into the 3mm plastic protection.

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You can get these in various sizes to suit different heights and different holes: -

They have double sided tape on the bottom so they just fix in place and you should be good to go. Here's a different type: -

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Q: how to set the size of bitmap in drawable resource? I've got the following drawable resource:
<layer-list>
    <item><shape>
            <gradient android:angle="225" android:endColor="#080517" android:startColor="#241c4d" />

            <stroke android:width="2.5dp" android:color="#FFFFFF" />

            <corners android:radius="5dp" />
        </shape></item>
        <item>
            <bitmap android:gravity="right|center_vertical" android:src="@drawable/tri_arrow_down_blue64" />
        </item>
</layer-list>

the problem is: I can not specify the exact size of the bitmap (in dp). as a result - the bitmap affects the height of a control with background set to that drawable.
I can workaround the problem by putting the control inside the FrameLayout, an extracting the bitmap portion of the drawable into an ImageView placed into the same FrameLayout. This solves the problem because ImageView can define the exact width and height of the bitmap (through layout_width and layout_height). But  drawable does not have such (or similar) attributes. I wonder why this is so? and is there a more elegant way of specifying the size of a bitmap drawable right inside the drawable XML - instead of implementing that ugly workaround with FrameLayout?
thanks

A: I had a similar issue, and from my research there isn't a way to actually set the size of the item or bitmap in a layer list (which seems ridiculous).
I solved my problem simply by shrinking the size of the png image I was using for my bitmap drawable.


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Exclusive: South Africa's trade ties with BRICS vital- Davies
File Photo: Rob Davies, Minister of trade and industry of South Africa [Xinhua]
South African Trade and Trade and Industry Rob Davies told The BRICS Post in an exclusive interview on Thursday that South Africa's trade ties with the BRICS members were vital, especially given the uncertainty about trade ties with the United Kingdom after the Brexit vote and an ongoing trade dispute with neighbour Zimbabwe, which unilaterally imposed restrictions on South African exports to Zimbabwe.
"Our trade ties with our BRICS partners are vital to our economy's health as they are our largest trading partners. That is why I look forward to engaging with the other BRICS trade ministers later this year in India, as well as at the G20 Summit in China," Davies said.
Responding to a question about Brexit, the South African Trade Minister said Pretoria expects to replicate its successful EU trade deal with the UK following its shock vote to leave the European Union.
"I have corresponded with the British ambassador and met with the British trade minister recently at the G20 meeting in Shanghai. We aim to have as good a trade agreement as we have currently with the European Union and maybe some easing of phytosanitary restrictions on our agricultural exports," he added.
In 2015, South Africa sent 23% of its manufactured exports and 36% of its agricultural exports to the European Union including the UK.
The UK was the eighth largest trading partner of South Africa. On 10 June, the EU signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with South Africa that includes better trading terms mainly in agriculture and fisheries, such as for wine, sugar, fisheries products, flowers and canned fruits.
Meanwhile, Davies also responded to anxiety about the growing impact of China's economic slowdown on South Africa's economy.
China is South Africa's largest trading partner.
Davies expressed concern about the Chinese slowdown, but said that that the South African government had strong ties with Beijing.
In particular, he pointed out that the South African Minister for International Relations Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has just returned from a visit to China, where she co-chaired the Co-ordinators' Meeting of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). The meeting assessed progress of common commitments made at the Johannesburg Summit of the FOCAC held in December.
Davies also spoke about the government's plans to increase the country's productive capacity and its drive to help many South Africans who were excluded from the mainstream economy under years of apartheid rule.
"We have a vigorous industrialisation policy in place that aims to promote black industrialists. We have allocated half a billion rand to six projects and they include a state-of-art syringe factory at the Coega Industrial Development Zone, while I recently opened a new tomato paste factory in Limpopo, so it not just talk, but action on the ground that is providing jobs and a boost to exports," Davies said.
The rand has gained recently from strong export growth as the record R18.4 billion foreign trade surplus in May was succeeded by a R12.5 billion surplus in June.
On the subject of Special Economic Zones (SEZ), Davies highlighted the experience of China as valuable lessons for South Africa.
"The SEZ legislation has been passed in South Africa and the SEZ at Saldanha has been proclaimed. Dube Trade Port and Harrismith are on track and we are looking at two SEZs in the platinum belt so that we can turn the platinum into jewellery, autocatalysts and fuel cells. Chinese investment such as the FAW truck plant at Coega and the manganese sinter plant in the Northern Cape shows how cooperation between BRICS countries are mutually beneficial," he said.
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Davies said he would raise the issue of industrialising Africa at the BRICS and G20 summits later this year. The 54 member-nations of the African Union can further industrialise and move up the value chain with the help from the BRICS and G20 partners, he asserted.
"If you take the simple example of coffee, Africa earns $6 billion a year from the coffee beans it grows, yet it is the roasters and blenders outside the continent who capture $94 billion of the value addition to those beans. That is unsustainable and if we want to promote sustainable inclusive growth, then more value addition has to place in Africa. That applies not only to coffee beans, but a whole variety of raw materials. The BRICS countries can help Africa to industrialise and lift millions out of poverty," Davies said.
"We can no longer rely on the commodity super cycle to lift prices and so support export values. African countries need to add value to the raw materials before they are exported and to do this we need to industrialise further and integrate so that we create a single market of one billion people," he concluded.
Helmo Preuss in Pretoria, South Africa, for The BRICS Post
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import (
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	ab "github.com/hyperledger/fabric/protos/orderer"
)

// Iterator is useful for a chain Reader to stream blocks as they are created
type Iterator interface {
	// Next blocks until there is a new block available, or returns an error if the next block is no longer retrievable
	Next() (*cb.Block, cb.Status)
	// ReadyChan supplies a channel which will block until Next will not block
	ReadyChan() <-chan struct{}
}

// Reader allows the caller to inspect the raw ledger
type Reader interface {
	// Iterator retrieves an Iterator, as specified by an cb.SeekInfo message, returning an iterator, and it's starting block number
	Iterator(startType ab.SeekInfo_StartType, specified uint64) (Iterator, uint64)
	// Height returns the highest block number in the chain, plus one
	Height() uint64
}

// Writer allows the caller to modify the raw ledger
type Writer interface {
	// Append a new block to the ledger
	Append(blockContents []*cb.Envelope, proof []byte) *cb.Block
}

// ReadWriter encapsulated both the reading and writing functions of the rawledger
type ReadWriter interface {
	Reader
	Writer
}

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The article discusses rising emigration to Brazil. Economic opportunities there are attracting immigrants from Asia and South America, as well as Brazilian expatriates from countries such as the U.S. Brazil continues to have stern restrictions on immigration, though, and immigration reform has proven controversial.
A reprint of the article "As the Chance for Comprehensive Reform Fades, DREAMers Face a Tough Choice" by Jason Margolis, which appeared from source of the PRI Public Radio International organization.
The article offers the author's insights about the political aspects of immigration.
The article offers information on immigration reform session that was attended by 800 people was held in North County, California on April 22, 2013.
The article reports on the claim of the U.S. House Republicans that they are not feeling pressure to tackle comprehensive immigration reform.
The article offers news briefs related to immigration in the U.S. including the passage of the House of Representative (H.R.) 1417, the huge amount of money spent in immigration enforcement, and the flaws of the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement (SAFE) Act.
The article discusses the comprehensive immigration reform as a new way to re-legislate very old policies.
The article offers information on the pending approval for immigration bill to be passed by the Senate.


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Q: std::exp of float negative infinity returns negative infinity for x64 builds in Visual C++ 2013 Using std::exp to calculate e^-infinity returns -infinity when using the float representation of infinity and building an x64 binary using Visual C++ 2013. I would expect it to return 0, which is what happens with Win32 builds, or the version of std::exp that takes a double.
The following code, built as x64, demonstrates the issue.
#include <limits>
#include <iostream>

int main(const int argc, const char** argv) {
    std::cout << "exp of float -infinity: " << std::exp(-std::numeric_limits<float>::infinity()) << std::endl;
    std::cout << "exp of double -infinity: " << std::exp(-std::numeric_limits<double>::infinity()) << std::endl;
}

Command line options for compile (taken from Visual Studio):
/GS /Wall /Gy /Zc:wchar_t /Zi /Gm- /Od /sdl /Fd"x64\Release\vc120.pdb" /fp:precise /D "_MBCS" /errorReport:prompt /WX /Zc:forScope /Gd /Oi /MD /Fa"x64\Release\" /EHsc /nologo /Fo"x64\Release\" /Fp"x64\Release\NumericLimitsTest.pch"

Output of above:
exp of float -infinity: -1.#INF
exp of double -infinity: 0

Why does this happen?

A: I would normally say that was a bug of some description, since C++11 defers to C99 for cmath functionality and C99 clearly states in F.9.3.1 that exp(−∞) returns +0. However, keep in mind that's in an annex of the standard which states:

An implementation that defines __STDC_IEC_559__ shall conform to the specifications in this annex.

That macro doesn't appear to be defined in either 32- or 64-bit mode in MSVC so it's probably not a bug and you may be out of luck. Nor does changing the floating point mode between /fp:strict and /fp:precise make things any better.
In all cases, the result seems to differ between 32-bit and 64-bit target and, based on the standard which only states that exp will compute the base-e exponential of x with seemingly no requirement on how, it seems to be okay.

If you're after a quick fix, using the pow function seems to generate the correct results:
#define DBL_E 2.71828182845904523536
#define FLT_E 2.71828182845904523536f
std::cout
    << "exp of float -infinity: "
    << std::pow(FLT_E, -std::numeric_limits<float>::infinity())
    << std::endl;
std::cout
    << "exp of double -infinity: "
    << std::pow(DBL_E,-std::numeric_limits<double>::infinity())
    << std::endl;

This generates zero for both lines regardless of whether you have 64-bit/32-bit, debug/release or fp:precise/fp:strict but, whether that's guaranteed, I couldn't say.


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TERMINATOR Star Arnold Schwarzenegger Teases Bearded Look For Sequel
With the TERMINATOR sequel heavy into production, fans are starting to get their first look of characters old and new. Returning to the fold is Arnold Schwarzenegger, rocking facial hair for the role.
Rod Joseph | 8/9/2018
Filed Under: "Terminator" Source: Twitter
After the flop that was Terminator Genisys, fans were wondering what was next for the franchise. More importantly, they were wondering if there was even going to be a next time. Thankfully, with rights reverted back to Terminator godfather James Cameron, everyone working on the film has alluded to the sixth one being a winner.
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Ganesh Benzoplast Limited Allotted Additional Land for 25 years at JNPT
Ganesh Benzoplast Limited (GBL) informs that it has signed the lease deed in respect of the allotment of a plot of Landon lease for 25 years, at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT). The land, admeasuring 4.5 hectares (45,090 square meters), has been leased out to GBL from
2022 to 2047. GBL intends to build storage tanks at the site for the handling and storage of liquid cargo – edible oil, acetone, acetic acid, ammonia, propane etc.
Commenting on this development, Mr. Rishi Pilani (Chairman & Managing Director-GBL) said: "I am extremely delighted to announce this development. Allotment of land at a major port is the most value additive for the Company and its shareholders. It enables the Company to grow its business and provide more services to the ever-increasing client base. We are proud that GBL is considered amongst the largest provider of storage facilities for bulk liquids and chemicals in India, and this new allocation is just one of the many stems of our expansion.
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We intend to construct a mix of tanks for the handling and storage of edible oil, acetone, acetic acid, ammonia, propane etc. Building storage tanks of this nature is our domain strength, and we are thus confident of early and smooth erection of tanks. Our intention is to commission this project in phases in a 2-year time frame. Furthermore, we envisage a total investment in the range of Rs. 3bn to Rs.4bndepending on the mix of chemical and commodity storage facilities that we eventually plan to commission. We have a lean balance sheet and we are a net cash company, which enables us to remain very flexible over the choice of funding plan for this project. Our options range from own equity to debt to customer advances or a prudent mix of all three, a call on which will be taken shortly. As the data of our prior projects have shown, we remain confident of recovering this investment over a 3-4 year period.
With the addition of the new tanks, at the newly allotted site at JNPT, we estimate our storage capacities could incrementally double, giving us further lead in respect of the material edge that we already have over competition and thus allow us, hence forth to capitalise on the tailwinds in cargo movements at the ports.
We are delighted that the land allotted is adjacent to our existing facility. This implies that some expense heads will naturally be shared with the existing facility. This will make the new project seem more like a brownfield expansion rather than a greenfield expansion, implying higher EBIDTA margins for GBL as a whole. Since a large part of our revenues and profits are contributed by our existing JNPT facilities, its only implied that once the capacity comes on stream these numbers are likely to see a huge boost. We won't be way off even if we assume doubling our revenues and profits in the near future."
About Ganesh Benzoplast:
Ganesh Benzoplast Limited is the leading independent Liquid Storage Tank (LST) provider, specialized in the storage and handling of liquid chemicals and oil products and has storage terminals at JNPT (Mumbai), Cochin and Goa. GBL also has a small presence in the business of manufacturing of specialty chemicals, food preservatives and oil additives.
Certain statements in this document may be forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties like regulatory changes, local political or economic developments and many other factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the relevant forward-looking statements. Ganesh Benzoplast Ltd. will not be in any way responsible for any action taken based on such statements and undertakes no obligation to publicly update these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
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The Christian theologian and the father of a killed Muslim-American solider uplifted their respective communities' concerns during well-received speeches last night in Philadelphia.
L to R: Rev. Dr. William Barber, Ghazala and Khizr Khan during the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 28, 2016.
Two men from different religious traditions channeled their convictions into inspiring remarks during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Philadelphia last night (July 28).
When we love the Jewish child and the Palestinian child, the Muslim and the Christian and the Hindu and the Buddhist and those who have no faith but they love this nation, we are reviving the heart of our democracy.
Now, my friends, they tell me that when the heart is in danger, somebody has to call an emergency code, and somebody with a good heart will bring a defibrillator to work on the bad heart. Because it's possible to shock a bad heart and revive the pulse. In this season, when some want to harden and stop the heart of our democracy, we are being called like our foremothers and -fathers to be the moral defibrillators of our time. We must shock this nation with the power of love. We must shock this nation with the power of mercy. We must shock this nation and fight for justice for all. We can't give up on the heart of our democracy. Not now, not ever.
If it was up to Donald Trump, [Humayun] never would have been in America. Donald Trump consistently smears the character of Muslims. He disrespects other minorities, women, judges, even his own party leadership. He vows to build walls and ban us from this country. Donald Trump, you're asking Americans to trust you with their future. Let me ask you: have you even read the United States Constitution? I will gladly lend you my copy.
Khan, at that point, pulled out a copy of the Constitution and held it up to thunderous applause from the crowd.
While Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party are often criticized for pandering to communities of color, both Barber and Khan's speeches (which also included explicit endorsements of Clinton's candidacy) rebuked the racist speech employed by Trump throughout his campaign.


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Ask yourself this question. Will my business succeed without regular interaction with my customers and employees? I think most business people recognise that they will not be successful if they eliminate or restrict communication with their customers and employees.
Well that was a mouthful … in simpler terms social media allows people and business to communicate and interact within a public forum. Customers and employees are expecting companies today to listen, engage and respond and that is what Social Media does best.
The ever-present fear from many businesses is that if we implement a Social Media platform for our business, people or employees will say something bad about the company, our services or products. The truth is they are saying it regardless and what a Social Media strategy accomplishes is to allow you to monitor your reputation and deliver your message. The other side of that coin is people are going to say good things about your company, services and products. Social Media interacts with every touch-point within your business from sales to customer service to human resources.
Another aspect of Social Media or what is now often called Social Business is the corporate blog which allows for you to become recognised as an expert in your field. People read what you write and you give them the opportunity to ask questions and you answer … well it doesn't get much better than that for positive reinforcement of your business. Another benefit of the corporate blog is that it adds regular pages of fresh content to your website and I cannot think of a single search engine that does not like that to take place. People read your blog, "like" your blog on Facebook, share your post or Tweet your post and all that creates links and traffic to your website. So aside from interacting with your customers and employees you are also building traffic to your website!
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Crown Melbourne Casino Workers Protest Weekend Wages
Crown Melbourne Casino Workers Protest Weekend Wages
Crown Melbourne casino workers are demanding higher pay plus a bonus that is additional instantly weekend shifts.
Crown Melbourne casino workers held a demonstration that is public evening outside the Melbourne Convention Centre in protest of overnight weekend wages paying equivalent rate as weekday night shifts.
The United Voice Casino Union happens to be negotiating with the casino for higher pay for employees who work 7 pm to 7 am on Friday and Saturday. The union is seeking a $3 AUD ($2.31 USD) per hour surcharge for the graveyard shifts.
In addition, the union is also after having a five % raise for many workers at all hours. Crown offered a 2.75 percent increase but the proposal was rejected.
Crown Melbourne compromises two city blocks and it is the casino complex that is largest in the Southern Hemisphere. With roughly 5,500 workers, the resort is Victoria's largest solitary boss.
United Voice said of its protest, 'We have told the casino that we have been severe. Now you have to show them. While they think we're already compensated enough, we know they don't make record profits without us.'
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For now, the union is going for a more approach that is civilized to walking off the task in strike. Some 200 protestors turned out along the promenade on Friday evening.
The group circled the casino chanting for greater wages and holding signs displaying their demands.
All-encompassing raise is one wish of the union, it seems more gung-ho on the weekend surcharge while the five percent.
'Most Crown Melbourne staff work at least 40 or more weekends per and say this means they routinely miss out on birthdays, weddings and children's milestones,' the union declared in a statement year.
'The impact this has could be heart-breaking. Many feel they've lost touch with important people in their everyday lives, because they certainly weren't there for weddings, birthdays and funerals,' union official Jess Walsh stated.
A union survey found that 70 percent of participants claim to own missed a wedding due to function, and 75 percent say they missed Christmas celebrations on multiple occasions.
Crown Defends Rates
The fee of residing in Melbourne is not cheap, as the city is among the richest in the entire country. But Crown says its workforce is not underpaid.
'Crown employees continue to receive higher pay and conditions than the tourism and hospitality industry,' a Crown spokesperson recently told The Sydney Morning Herald. 'Since 2013, Crown Melbourne has added a lot more than 1,000 new jobs and provided staff that is existing valuable training and career development opportunities.'
A table that is first-year dealer brings in nearly $40,000 a year, and that figure balloons to $50,000 after five years. Beverage and food workers make on average around $37,000 during the Crown Melbourne resort.
Monthly rent for the furnished apartment that is 900-square-foot Melbourne averages $2,100 not including utilities. That means for all casino workers, more than 50 percent of their income that is annual is towards rent should they prefer to live downtown.
Crown Melbourne pulled in $662 million in profits year that is last a 30 % increase when compared with 2014.
It's unclear exactly what the union plans to do next should Crown maintain its 2.75 percent raise increase offer with no weekend that is overnight.
Nebraska Casino Vote Threatened by Rejected Petition Signatures
Former State Senator Scott Lautenbaugh of Omaha states he's mystified by the high rejection rate of signatures on his group's pro-casino petition. (Image: Kristin Streff/Lincoln Journal Star)
Nebraska's push for casino legalization is imperiled. Last month an action that is pro-casino calling itself Keep the Money in Nebraska delivered 310,000 signatures meant for its cause to the state legislature.
That cause is to force a public referendum this November in the legalization of casino gaming in the Cornhusker State. In very early July, the team delivered its petitions to Nebraska's uniquely non-partisan legislature in Lincoln in a convoy of hired trucks, perhaps to emphasize visually its overwhelming level of support.
The group needed the signatures of ten percent associated with the state's registered voters to take the presssing issue to ballot, or about 113,900 people, a figure they had apparently batted from the ballpark. Like they haven't except it looks.
Four Away From Ten Signatures Rejected
Based on a report by the Omaha World Herald this week, a percentage that is unusually high of are now being declared void by county election workers that are checking through to their legitimacy. In Douglas County, for instance, almost four out of ten signatures proved become invalid, whilst in Lancaster County it was one in three.
No body's casting aspersions on Keep the Money in Nebraska, but it appears that some of their signatories felt therefore strongly about the issue that they attempted to sign the petition on multiple occasions. Or they forgot that they were not actually registered to vote. Gamblers, eh?
The rejection that is high in two for the state's biggest counties means the pro-gambling drive is thrown into question. The signature-thresholds are split between three petitions: 130,000 autographs are needed for an amendment that is constitutional legalize casino gambling, and 90,000 for each of two other petitions related to casino regulation and taxation.
This makes the initial margin of approval much smaller than at first and perhaps obliterated now, though it is maybe not known whether rejection prices will show to be as high in other counties while they are in Douglas and Lancaster.
Vote in Doubt
Keep the Money in Nebraska is formed by stakeholders in the state's embattled race industry, primarily the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, which has the Atokad Park racetrack in South Sioux City. Due to the fact title implies the group has had pretty much enough of seeing hard-earned Nebraskan dollars movement east to the gambling enterprises of Iowa.
The state's race tracks have seen a slide that is steady revenues since Iowa legalized casino gambling in 1989. Keep the Money in Nebraska believes that $400 million is dripping into Iowa each and that legalizing gaming at Nebraska racetracks could bring between $60 million and $120 million per year into state coffers year.
Former State Senator Scott Lautenbaugh of Omaha, a spokesman for the group, said he was mystified during the high rejection rate of signatures.
'We just want to determine exactly how this could perhaps happen,' he stated.
UK Gambling Commission Scrutinizes Esports and Skin Gambling
Indications are that the UKGC may specifically be preparing to regulate esports gambling with digital currencies and types of gambling that utilize in-game items. (Image: (Helena Kristiansson / ESL)
A new UK Gambling Commission discussion paper handling the blurred lines between esports, social gaming and gambling was published this week. In the paper, the regulator outlines some of its issues about the new gambling landscape that has emerged on the last couple of years, formed by new technology and new forms of gaming. The paper hopes to provoke discussion, presumably as a method of informing future policy.
On top of the agenda is whether gambling with virtual currencies, like bitcoin, and items that are in-game like skins, constitute gambling and whether they consequently require a gambling permit. The UKGC is quite clear on bitcoin; the other day it updated a clause in its License Conditions and Codes of Practice to incorporate the employment of electronic currencies as a valid method of transactions for its licensees.
In the optical eyes of the UKGC, then, bitcoin gambling is like any other kind of gambling. But the move also raised speculation that the regulator ended up being getting ready to regulate esports gambling especially, where digital currencies are a lot more probably be used. the discussion paper would appear to confirm that are at the very least thinking about it.
'Like virtually any market, we expect operators providing markets on eSports to manage the risks including the risk that is significant children and young adults may attempt to bet on such events given the growing appeal of eSports with those who find themselves too young to gamble,' claimed Gambling Commission General Counsel Neil McArthur in a presser accompanying the paper.
'We are worried about digital currencies and 'in-game' items, which may be used to gamble,' he added. 'Our company is also concerned that not everybody knows that players do not need https://myfreepokies.com/pelican-pete/ to stake or risk anything before offering facilities for video gaming will need to be licensed. Any operator wishing to offer facilities for gambling, including gambling using virtual currencies, to consumers in Great Britain, must hold an operating license.
'Any operator who is providing unlicensed gambling must stop or face the effects.'
Skin Gambling Concerns
Of particular concern to your commission was the emergence of gambling sites where in-game things can be traded or used as electronic casino chips for gambling, such as for example 'skins,' designer tools available in the gaming Counter-Strike: worldwide Offensive.
The games makers recently moved to shut the skins down betting industry, which Bloomberg has estimated handled $2.3 billion-worth of skins this past year, after it faced accusations of facilitating illegal underage gambling.
Those interested in the discussion have till September 30 to respond through the commission's website at gamblingcommission.gov.uk.
British Tennis Player May Have Been Poisoned by Gambling Syndicate … with Rat Urine
Gabriella Taylor's sudden illness, which forced her to withdraw from the Wimbledon Girls Singles quarter finals last month, is being treated as highly suspicious. (Image: Adam Davy/PA)
A Uk tennis player who fell sick within the lead-up to her quarter final match at the Wimbledon Girls' Singles Tennis Championships last month was intentionally poisoned. Gabriella Taylor, 18, who is ranked 381 within the world, was struck straight down by a mystical and ultimately life-threatening illness just 45 minutes into her match contrary to the USA's Kayla Day.
Taylor spent four days in intensive care, before doctors diagnosed a strain that is rare of, a disease most commonly transmitted through rat urine. The bacteria is really uncommon in the UK, in fact, that authorities are treating it as highly dubious and have launched an investigation that is criminal.
One theory they're investigating is the fact that Taylor was poisoned by a gambling syndicate in a deliberate attempt to sabotage the match; another is that the culprit is a rival player or coach.
Bags Left Unattended
'Merton authorities are investigating an allegation of poisoning with intent to endanger life or cause grievous bodily harm,' said a Scotland Yard spokesman said. 'The allegation ended up being received by officers on August 5 using the incident alleged to took place at an address in Wimbledon between July 1 and 10.
'The target was taken ill on 6 july. It is unknown where or whenever the poison was ingested. The target, a 18-year-old girl, received hospital treatment and it is nevertheless recovering. There has been no arrests and enquiries continue.'
Taylor's mother, Milena Taylor, told UK newspaper the Telegraph this week that her daughters' bags with her drinks were often left unattended in the players' lounge and could have proved prey that is easy a saboteur. But since the bacteria posseses an incubation period of up to a couple of weeks, it's impossible to know whenever the supposed poisoner struck.
The Wimbledon Poisoner
' What happened to Gabriella has opened our eyes to a world we would not know existed,' said her mother. 'In yesteryear we have now been really naïve, but from now on we shall be extra careful making sure we know exactly what she eats and drinks whenever she is in the tour.'
Gambling syndicates have been known to sabotage sports in the past, perhaps especially in 1997 when a betting that is asian cut the power to the floodlights at two high profile English Premier League soccer games.
Tennis has received its fair share of match-fixing scandals too; in January, it had been stated that papers passed to the BBC and Buzzfeed News by anonymous whistleblowers alleged that 16 top-level players, who remain unnamed, are strongly suspected
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Everyone who watched the Tony Awards wants to know everything about Jeanne Cadieu, especially how old the young French model is.Jenny Cadio turned heads on the Tony Awards red carpet in her long red dress. Fans also noticed that she walked the carpet without her boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal.Gyllenhaal wore a pale pink suit with a white shirt to the event on the evening of September 27, 2021. Here's everything to know about Jeanne Cadieu – from her age to her career and relationships.
Jeanne Cadieu is a 25-year-old French model and university student.
This model is 5 feet 10 inches tall and was born on February 8, 1996 in Paris. Cardio has a sister, Marion. Her father, Alain, is an engineer, while her mother, Julie, is a businesswoman.
The model is from France but lives in the US as she is a student at the Ivy League Columbia University in New York City.The social media influencer has over 23.9K followers on Instagram and often captions her posts in French.
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Jake Gyllenhaal with brother-in-law Peter Sarsgaard, sister Maggie Gyllenhaal and girlfriend Jane Cadeau in "The Lost Daughter"Jake Gyllenhaal and Jeanne Cadieu's relationship was confirmed by Us Weekly in 2018 when they were spotted traveling in London and Greece.
Jake Gyllenhaal is 40 years old, while Jeanne Cadieu is 25 years old, which means an age difference of 15 years.Cadio was signed to IMG Models by W Magazine in 2019. She has also signed up with New York modeling agency Elite Model Management.
Jake Gyllenhaal and his girlfriend relationship
Despite being together for almost three years, the couple is still not Instagram official and prefers to keep their romance private.At the Tony Awards, the couple was seen looking cozy. Gyllenhaal was nominated for 'Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role' for his work in the drama Sea Wall/A Life. However, Andrew Burnap won the award.
The nominee has previously spoken to British Vogue about his love life, admitting that he's been "lighthearted" over the past few years"I've turned to my family, I've turned to my friends and I've turned to love. I'm a little less interested in work, I would say, and more interested in this. Gyllenhaal added that he would "definitely" want to be a father one day.
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Medical marijuana dispensary The Clinic buys day-care center that delayed Highland opening
William Breathes
William Breathes | September 7, 2011 | 1:42pm
The owners of a Highland day-care center, who objected in June to The Clinic, a medical marijuana center, moving into the neighborhood, sold their business and building to the MMC earlier this month, allowing the pot shop to finally open their doors last Saturday after a two-month delay.
The Clinic was just days away from opening their new location on West 32nd in June when owners of All In A Day's Play went on 9News to complain that the MMC was just 800 feet from their doors -- 200 feet shy of the 1,000 feet mandated by state law. That oversight caused the dispensary delay their opening indefinitely until something could be figured out.
At the time, the MMC's owners were being hush-hush about what had happened. But we've since caught up with general manager Ryan Cook, who gives us his take on the strange sequence of events. Cook explains that the problem began when The Clinic and All In A Day's Play submitted their applications to the city around the same time. Cook says the day-care center wasn't open at the time the Clinic purchased their building, nor when he was going through the initial licensing phase.
Due to a runaround with the Denver Department of Excise and Licensing over modifying the building, Cook says the center's opening was pushed back until late June. During that time, the sign for the day care went up and city inspectors got a tip that the MMC would be 200 feet shy of the 1,000 feet limit.
In their interview on 9News, the day-care owners said the MMC would be a detriment to the neighborhood and pointed to safety concerns for not only the children they watched, but all children in the area . "I think it could hurt the general neighborhood," one said. "Parents looking to move in might think twice if just down the street is a dispensary."
Never mind the numerous liquor stores, restaurants and bars along the strip. It was this one dispensary that the day-care center's owners couldn't stomach.
"At that point, there wasn't much we could do," Cook says. "We really hoped at the time that we could have an open dialog with the day care." When he was finally able to meet with them, in August, they were respectful, "but clearly not changing their minds." The meeting ended with the day-care owners saying they would think things over and get back to The Clinic owners.
A week later, Cook got a call from a broker wanting to know if The Clinic was interested in purchasing both the daycare and the building down the street. The deal was reasonable enough and would make it possible to finally open their long-delayed MMC. So he accepted the deal. Cook won't go into specifics about the price tag, saying only that the cost was close to market value, but probably more than the business was worth. Zillow.com estimates the building's value at $116,700 for a space estimated in one listing at 420 square feet.
Colette Hansen and Ashley Trumbull, former owners of the day-care center, didn't return calls or e-mails, but they did leave a rather vague message on the All In A Day's Play website last week. The note mentions the sale of the building and business, but nothing about the fact that it went to the owners of the very MMC they were fighting against:
"It is with great sadness that we are informing you of the center's closure. It has been an amazing and wonderful almost two years but, unfortunately there have been some significant personal changes in both our lives which have lead to this decision.
In light of these changes we contacted a personal friend and realtor to find out about what our options for selling the building are, as most of you know we purchased our building space as we planned to be a part of this great community for years to come. As it turns out there is great demand for space in the Highland's neighborhood and a contract was negotiated quickly. Things have been progressing rather quickly and the buyer is anxious to acquire our space.
The closing of our center comes with heavy hearts but, in light of our personal changes we need to evaluate what is best for our families and unfortunately closing the center is part of that. We have enjoyed every minute of our adventure in running our center and will miss all the children and families we have come to know so well."
In short: the MMC wasn't good for their families or any family in that neighborhood a few months ago -- but once they figured out they could sell their business and building for a profit, those objections flew out the window.
Cook says that despite the 9News article painting the neighborhood as anti-MMC, he's had nothing but support from nearby neighbors and business owners since opening the doors on Saturday. "The real feedback I'm getting is that people are pumped," he allows. "They have no problem with us being here."
Here's the original 9News report:
Click to check out William Breathes's review of The Clinic's Colfax location.


Sarah Chatham is a William Woods University junior, a studio art major…and a cancer survivor. Chatham returned to school this fall after a bout with non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. She has since shared her experience with her peers by telling her story through her recent art exhibits and an open talk to the campus.
Chatham is from Chatham, Ill., and came to WWU to major in studio art and minor in business. She fell ill last semester, right before spring break, and went home to her own doctor to be tested. That is when the cancer was discovered, although luckily, since it was caught early, it was contained in her chest.
Chatham was understandably upset and scared when she first heard the news, but she only let herself be afraid for a moment.
"I told myself I needed to deal with it and face it head on. I said to myself, 'I'll be fine, I can beat it,'" Chatham explained.
Chatham may have had to fight her battle alone, but she was not without cheerleaders.
"I was surprised at all the support," Chatham said.
She received e-mails, packages, presents and phone calls from her peers at school, her sisters in Alpha Chi Omega sorority, as well as the faculty and staff. Her classes sent cards, and William Woods worked hard to make sure she was able to get her schoolwork completed on time. She ended the semester with a 3.8 average.
"I was amazed how many people cared about me," said Chatham.
In addition to the tremendous support she received from her family and friends, Chatham believes it was her positive attitude and her art that helped her to heal so quickly.
"Looking back on it, I feel very proud of myself that I handled it like I did," said Chatham.
Staying upbeat throughout the whole ordeal, she returned to what she knew and loved—her art. She created a series of self-portraits documenting the different stages of her treatment.
The photo exhibit now hangs in St. John's Mercy Hospital at the David Pratt Cancer Center in St. Louis, as well as the first floor of the Gladys Woods Kemper Center for the Arts on the WWU campus. She has gotten a lot of encouraging feedback on both.
"I started the picture series because I was in a very cold, sterile environment (hospitals, doctors' offices, treatment and operating rooms) and I needed to express myself in a different way, a creative way," said Chatham.
Chatham also shared her story with others by talking to more than 120 WWU students about her experience.
"I was so excited that so many people came. I'm glad I can be very open about it and that I have the opportunity to share my experience, because everyone has to go through a similar situation at some point, whether it's with a family member, friend, or even themselves," she explained.
Chatham says that she has realized a lot about herself through the whole ordeal.
"I've learned that the little things in life don't matter. You need to appreciate things more. People take health for granted," Chatham said.
Her last scan was clear and her oncologist is optimistic that it will remain that way.
interested in pursuing that career as well. Mostly importantly, perhaps, she wants to get more involved with the American Cancer Society.
"There is a mentor project that they do with survivors and people going through cancer currently that I would really like to get involved with. I want to take every opportunity I have to talk about my experience," Chatham said.
CUTLINE: Sarah Chatham in one of the self-portraits she made to document the different stages of her treatment.


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Soul Ring is an upgrade Item listed in the Common section of the Home Shop and is an inexpensive item that gives a set amount of mana for a set amount of HP.
Consumes the user's HP to temporarily gain mana. The bonus mana will disappear if not used.
regeneration items such as Healing Salve or Bottle.
If you have full mana your total mana is temporarily extended.
It works well in the early game for heroes with high mana cost spells and high natural durability but have a small mana pool for their spells. Soul Ring is built from Ring of Regen and Sage's Mask, both of which can be bought from either the Home Shop or the Side Shop, and its recipe from the Home Shop.
This item synergizes well with Tranquil Boots because of the excellent HP regeneration abilities of both the Tranquil Boots and the Soul Ring to recover from the HP loss from Soul Ring's Sacrifice ability. This is used to spam long range spells such as Spirit Lance, Powershot, or Wild Axes frequently, but most notably does not improve a hero's durability at close range.
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The aim of Marine Ecosystem Assessment of the Southern Ocean (MEASO) is to engage the broader scientific community to develop a consensus report on status and trends in Southern Ocean habitats, species and foodwebs. This is not to replace the specific needs and activities of individual bodies. Instead, it is intended to provide a consensus compilation, estimation and synthesis using available materials (published papers, datasets). This is similar to activities for other regions of the globe, e.g. the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (https://www.amap.no/arctic-climate-impact-assessment-acia), which is used by the Arctic Council, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the like. The MEASO can then be used as a common foundation across all the end-user bodies.
MEASO is built on three pillars of activities by the scientific community - Observations, Ecology (theory, responses), and Methods (statistics, modelling). Rather than establishing another research program, the aim is to develop a network of existing research groups in order to enable a MEASO to be undertaken. These groups are associated with regional regulatory bodies, global oceanic research, regional research, Earth System research, as well as from international partnerships of research agencies.
The following flow chart shows a network of existing international bodies that would be valuable to contribute to the three components of MEASO. The text following the figure provides the meaning of the acronyms in the diagram as well as URLs for their web sites.
The higher parent funding bodies are on the left and are colour coded. The next column of beneficiary organisations are bordered by a box with a colour relating to the colour of the parent body. The third column of beneficiaries are coloured according to the colour of the text in the second column. The rows in the third column are meant to align in a logical way to their parent in the second column. Acronyms and explanations where needed are provided in the text that follows.
This column indicates the overarching funding/supporting bodies of the scientific research. The colours used for each overarching body are used to colour the boxes surrounding the institutions in Column 2, indicating which overarching body is supporting which institution.
ATS: Antarctic Treaty System, including researchers involved with the Antarctic Treaty and its Protocol on Environmental Protection (https://www.ats.aq/index_e.htm), the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Seals (CCAS, https://www.ats.aq/e/ats_related.htm), the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (Convention on CAMLR, https://www.ccamlr.org/). The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is considered part of the ATS as well as the International Science Council (https://scar.org/).
IPs: International Partnerships, including the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (https://www.isimip.org/).
This column shows the institutions involving a broad spectrum of scientists. Each institution usually has smaller specialist groups. Solid lines indicate the institutions governing the specialist groups. Dashed lines indicate an affiliation or supporting role.
This column shows relevant specialist groups, some of which can contribute directly (solid arrows) or indirectly (dotted lines or arrows) to different parts of the MEASO.
This column links the network to the three pillars of MEASO. The MEASO is then made available to the different end-users of a MEASO.
In the case of the Antarctic Treaty System, MEASO becomes part of the reporting from the SCAR-ACCE.
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2014 Tycho Interview
Posted by ISO50 02/05/14
With Tycho's Awake, out March 18th via Ghostly, the Sacramento-based audiovisual project helmed by Scott Hansen has reached a certain maturity, growing into a three-piece band and achieving, on the new record, an even more refined sense of clarity. Awake takes the evocative, pop-ambient synth work that made 2011′s Dive feel so oddly spiritual (and drew countless comparisons to Boards of Canada) and refocuses it into a cleaner, sharper post-rock context; it feels like an album that should be broadcast at night over the Grand Canyon. I spoke to Hansen about growing out of "the Instagram approach" to music producing, making headphone music work live and why he considers this "the first true Tycho record."
The Fader: Where am I talking to you now?
Tycho: We're in the studio, working on the live show. I'm working with the engineer who helped mix the record to translate the recorded stuff live. Last album, we struck the balance between having the live show sound more like the record, but over time, we decided we wanted a more ability to go off the beaten path, and we're trying to skew the balance back to the performance end of things. It's kind of headphone music at the end of the day, especially the older stuff, so we're always trying to punch it up.
The Fader: You've called this "the first true Tycho record." Why do you feel that way, even though you've been at it for a little while?
Tycho: I look at it from a career perspective, like what I was doing in my life when I made those other albums. My life revolved mostly around freelance graphic design work, and I wasn't truly focused on music in the way that I am now. And back then, I hadn't met musicians that I really resonated with in a songwriting context. Meeting Zac, meeting Rory and meeting Count, the engineer—forming relationships with them where we were comfortable enough to start creating together is what facilitated making this record the way I wanted. It was always my dream for Tycho to get to that point, it just took me 10 years to get there. This is what I wanted Tycho to be all along.
The Fader: So it's a proper band now.
Tycho: Now I kind of look at at is: I'm in a band, and I play keyboards and guitar and bass, and I also produce that band. You put on two different hats. Working with Zac in particular, we came up with basic ideas and then spent time in different places for a couple weeks at a time working through them, developing songs. Then I went back and produced them out, and we spent a few weeks at the end flashing and burning and doing the hard decisions I wasn't objective enough to make in the past. From songwriting to arrangement, we worked really closely. Rory, the drummer—I always hear these drum patterns and swells in the music, but I've never had the ability or energy to achieve that with electronic programming. He was able to just sit down, hear the music and go.
Read the rest via The Fader
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Thanks for sharing this! It's crazy to me to hear you say anything less than positive about Dive, as I (and so many others) regard it so highly. It really is a great album, that has held up impeccably.
I've gone to both your Dive shows at the Crofoot (and I'll see you there again!) and for me seeing Tycho live just took those tracks to a new level. Getting the progressions I knew, reinforced with huge a live bass sound and Rory's handiwork was just magic. I would buy the hell out of a Dive Live album/video.
That said, I've been listening to the new tracks and can't wait to hear the rest of the album and see you guys do it live. I'm really digging the new flavor, without taking anything away from the classic Dive.
Gloria Long says:
Nice interview, thanks for sharing with us :)


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Danielle joined JHA as an Associate in July 2018. Her practice focuses on international arbitration and commercial litigation. She has acted in complex international arbitrations heard before various arbitral institutions, including the ICSID, LCIA, and ICC. She has also acted in matters before the General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union, and appeared as junior counsel in high profile litigation before the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of New Zealand.
Danielle acts for clients from diverse jurisdictions, and her cases often involve novel legal issues. She has experience acting in cases covering a wide variety of legal issues involving international law, contractual and commercial law, human rights, insolvency, and insurance.
Danielle is also involved with pro bono animal welfare legal work and lecturing university law courses. She is a member of the UK Centre for Animal Law.
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Legal Professional Privilege and the Modern-day Corporation: Where are Things At?
The SFO v ENRC case raises questions about the scope of litigation privilege and legal advice privilege as it relates to the modern-day corporation. This article looks at the Court of Appeal decision in that case and its impact on subsequent cases.


Dive A Must - Discovery Package Tour 4 "Six days to discover the Visayas"
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Passage on the Mactan bridge, connecting Mactan island to the city of Cebu.
19:30 Dinner at the Chinese restaurant "TALK on the TOWN".
6:30 Breakfast served in your room or at the hotel bar.
7:30 Departure with air-con bus, for the southern part of Cebu island.
8:45 Stop at CARCAR, for a short break of around thirty minutes.
Quick snacks at a local place.
9:15 Departure from CARCAR by a mountain road crossing all the island from East to West, to reach Barili.
10:30 The resort is located right on the beach.
12:15 Lunch at one of the numerous restaurants of the village.
14:30 Departure with air-con bus for SAMPAGUITA Beach.
Travel of around thirty minutes along passing in the middle of small villages.
A very enjoyable and relaxing experience for ever ! May be the start of your new hobby !
16:45 Back to your hotel.
19:15 Dinner at the hotel.
Free evening - Opportunity to go to one of the "discos" of the place.
8:15 Breakfast at the terrace of the restaurant of the hotel, facing the sea.
9:00 Departure with mini-bus for the visit of the "KAWASAN Falls".
Trip along the Western side of Cebu Island.
10:15 Short easy walk into the jungle, along the river during thirty minutes before to reach the falls.
The "KAWASAN falls" are makde of three-storey falls. The last one jump from more than thirty meters in a kind of natural swimming pool digged into the rocks.
10:45 Arrival at the falls.
15:00 You will leave the falls.
17:50 Sunset after a two-hour ride along the shore.
18:15 45 minutes ride in your aircon bus, on a mountain road.
19:00 Arrival at Paradise Valley. The "kitchest" Hotel in the world.
20:15 Dinner at the restaurant of the mountain's Hotel.
9:30 Breakfast in front of one of the swimming pools.
Visit of this extraordinary hotel located in the mountain, surrounded by tens of falls. Bath into one of the five swimming pools of the resort.
14:30 Departure for Cebu City and Mactan Island.
17:15 Arrival at Mactan, then boarding at Delta Philippine Dream, the floating hotel.
Floating Hotel - formerly a Casino - Entertainment Resort, owned by Allan Glick, Emperor of the gambling in Las Vegas.
Check in - Installation in the cabins.
18:00 Guided visit of the ship.
19:00 Evening Dinner, and may be Dinner-Show.
There are, sometimes, very good shows in this exceptional place.
Morning - Breakfast on board of Delta Philippine Dream.
Transfers to the CEBU-MACTAN International Airport, except if you decide to stay longer.


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Tibetan Wars through Sikkim, Bhutan and Nepal
Col. M. N. Gulati (Author)
Stretching from Kashmir to Western China, Tibet was a forbidden land, shrouded in a viel of mystery and enigma. However towards the close of the 18th century, British colonial power started penetrating the Himalayas so as to reach China from the Indian side. The Great Himalayan wall was not as important for the security of the British Indian Empire as were the Himalayan Kingdoms of Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and Tibet. Starting from the Geo-Political situation and early history of Tibet, the book gives a brief account of the geography and history of the other Himalayan Kingdoms - Sikkim, Bhutan and Nepal and the various wars fought in these regions during 18th and 19th centuries. It then gives a detailed account of the British interest in Central Asia highlighting overall British policy-objectives which were directed towards ensuring that Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Burma and of course Tibet remain in the British sphere of influence. The British (Indian) - Tibetan War of 1904 forms major part of the book. The 'Peace Mission' of 1903 ultimately turned out to be a powerful Military Expedition of 1904 for which necessary planning was already in place. The Sappers and Sikh Pioneers constituted the majority of the force. Mounted Infantry using local ponies was improvised to undertake reconnaissance in depth as well as for pursuit. The force had to foot-slog a distance of 400 miles from Siliguri to Lhasa over one of the most difficult rugged terrains in the world, zigzagging over mountain ranges negotiating numerous 14,000 to 18,000 feet passes en route, fighting nature all the time and men some of the time. Above all, the Commanding General invented the wheel for the Tibetans to fight his battle of logistics. It was a meticulously planned and magnificently executed military operation. Indeed, it was a war of logistics, against terrain and the elements. It was the last campaign of the British Empire, in which 8th Gurkha Rifles earned great laurels, as did the Sikh Pioneers, later of Sikh Light Infantry fame.
Col. M. N. Gulati
Colonel M. N. Gulati had his early education in Rawalpindi. After passing his Matriculation from Punjab University Lahore, had a short stint in Government College, Bangalore. The end of first Indo-Pak War saw him in the Indian Military Academy (lMA), Dehradun from where he was commissioned in Bengal Sappers of Corps of Engineers.
Buddhism on the Silk Route
Memories of Lost and Hidden Lands: The Life Story of Garje Khamtrul Rinpoche
Direct Instructions from Shakyamuni Buddha: A Gelongs Training in Brief
Nagarjuna's Letter
Title	Tibetan Wars through Sikkim, Bhutan and Nepal
Author	Col. M. N. Gulati
Publisher	Manas Publications
isbn	817049155X
length	406p., Tables; Maps; Notes; References; Bibliography; Index; 26cm.
Subjects History > Religion & Spirituality > Buddhism
#Tibet #Nepal #Bhutan


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Q: How to include a file, but not execute everything? I'm currently working on making a few amendments to a website.
The way the website currently works is that the page calls for a require once for the  config.inc.php page.  The config page also has the SQL call for the what is required to show from the database.  While this works fine, I need to create a new page that shows the same table, but the SQL has changed to show different data.
The trouble I'm having is that the config.inc.php page has the SQL data on it that pulls in what is wanted.  I want to show a different result on a different page, but the website requires the config.inc.php to show everything. I changed the SQL query to test if what I wanted to show will work and it works a charm, but how do I get this to show without having to mess around with the original SQL command.
Here's the original code;
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$db_username = $config['components']['db']['username'];
$db_password = $config['components']['db']['password'];

$db_link = mysql_connect('nosey', $db_username, $db_password) or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db('nosey', $db_link);

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    $jsonRow = mysql_fetch_object($jsonResult);

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    include 'filename.php';

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    exit;
  }
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$region = '1';
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  $region .= ' AND ' . sprintf('county LIKE "%%%s%%"', mysql_real_escape_string(str_replace('-', ' ',$_GET['region']), $db_link ));
}

$selectSqlString = 'SELECT * FROM vacancies WHERE '.$region.' ORDER BY created DESC';
$result = mysql_query($selectSqlString, $db_link) or die(mysql_error());

$vacancies = array();
while ($row = mysql_fetch_object($result)) {
  $vacancies[] = $row;
}

and here's what I would to show only on another page to show a different set of results.
    $config = require_once 'link to admin section';
    $db_username = $config['components']['db']['username'];
    $db_password = $config['components']['db']['password'];

    $db_link = mysql_connect('nosey', $db_username, $db_password) or die(mysql_error());
    mysql_select_db('nosey', $db_link);

    if ( $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'GET' ) {
      if ( isset($_GET['id']) && $_GET['id'] ) {
        $selectSqlJSONString = 'SELECT * FROM vacancies WHERE id = '.$_GET['id'].' ORDER BY created ASC LIMIT 1';
        $jsonResult = mysql_query($selectSqlJSONString, $db_link);
        $jsonRow = mysql_fetch_object($jsonResult);

        if ( !isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FANCYBOX']) )
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        include 'filename.php';

        if ( !isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FANCYBOX']) )
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        exit;
      }
    }
    $region = '1';
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      $region .= ' AND ' . sprintf('county LIKE "%%%s%%"', mysql_real_escape_string(str_replace('-', ' ',$_GET['region']), $db_link ));
    }

   $selectSqlString = 'SELECT * FROM vacancies WHERE featured = "1" ORDER BY created DESC';
    $result = mysql_query($selectSqlString, $db_link) or die(mysql_error());

    $vacancies = array();
    while ($row = mysql_fetch_object($result)) {
      $vacancies[] = $row;
    }

Notice how all I want to change is the SELECT * FROM vacancies WHERE featured = "1".
This is all I need! But I want to include this without having to alter the config.inc.php page!  (which is where this information is coming from) How do I do it?


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When was the first time you did that? We listened to music yesterday. Those textiles are of the same quality. It's just my luggage. I'm uneasy about it. Marcos thought it was going to hurt. There were so many people. Here's a test I want you to take. "Why are you wet?" "I fell in the water." It wasn't a burglary.
Don't play innocent. You have the right to consult an attorney before speaking to the police. I bought this camera yesterday. A killer's killer is still a killer! I don't want to risk breaking my leg. Our lives are determined by our environment. And that's how I met your mother. All I ever think about is being with Wolf. They don't even care. No one has the time to do things correctly.
Maria took two wine glasses out of the cabinet. You all don't speak English. Sekar must be very angry with Sonny. We are all looking forward to seeing you and your family. We were in the living room when we heard the gunshot. I'm trying to think of some ideas for this article I'm writing. Did you pack any food? I stopped drinking coffee. I don't have an empty cup. Mr. Hunt is the principal of our school.
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The mountains are reflected in the lake. I'm the richest man in these parts. America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. Insulin is in the medicine chest. There are no means of getting there. We're sick of your lies. The bishop took pity on the desperate immigrants. I heard Thad scream. Are you a Republican? I only want a bit more coffee.
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For The Military, A Possible Fall From Grace
By Alan Greenblatt
Published November 13, 2012 at 5:16 PM EST
Soldiers of the U.S. Army V Corps conduct a color casing ceremony to mark the departure of V Corps headquarters from Europe on May 10, 2012, at the U.S. Army base in Wiesbaden, Germany.
Although the story so far is of a personal failing, it's possible that the widening sex scandal surrounding retired Gen. David Petraeus will begin to affect the military's reputation as a whole.
"David Petraeus suddenly falling that far off that high a pedestal is feeding into the question: Have we been giving these guys too much of a pass?" says Barbara Bodine, who teaches public affairs at Princeton University.
There's been a decline in respect for other institutions — sometimes, although not always, due to sex scandals, as in the case of the Catholic Church, college football and numerous members of Congress and other politicians.
The military, by contrast, has been seen as highly competent through a long decade of war. The reputation of its leadership — distinct from the errors of some troops in the field — has been solid, insulated to a large extent from outside questioning and accountability.
The broadening scandal involving Petraeus, who left the Army last year to head the CIA, may lead to a recalibration of the terms in which the military is discussed, monitored and regulated by civilian authorities, although there's no guarantee of that.
"It damages the military's reputation to the degree that that reputation has been inflated in a whole number of areas to include their moral uprightness or their status as paragons of virtues," says Richard Kohn, a military historian at the University of North Carolina. "What's likely to happen is just a reminder to the American people that they're human beings, like others."
The Other 1 Percent
Members of the military have been operating in separate realms from civilian life. Most active-duty members of the military serve in and hail from the South. Even veterans are highly concentrated in a limited number of areas.
Thirty years ago, at least 10 percent of the population in 80 percent of all the counties in America had served in the military. By 2010, you could find a population with 10 percent veterans in just over one-fourth of all counties, according to Western Washington University sociologist Jay Teachman.
People who served in the military are now separate from — and held in higher esteem — than the general run of the population as a whole. Civilians are left feeling "guilty" about their lack of service, Bodine says — and aren't asking tough enough questions when it comes to things like military budgets.
"As the number of veterans in Congress has decreased, the adulation of the military has rapidly increased," says Bodine, a former State Department official who served as ambassador to Yemen.
Questioning Pentagon spending, whether during the Iraq War or the current debate over sequestration of the military budget, is seen as somehow not "supporting the troops."
"Since Vietnam, we have come to a very dangerous bargain," says Diane Mazur, author of A More Perfect Military. "You don't ask me to serve in the military, and in return I will not ask questions or be difficult or demand accountability."
Thousands Of Assaults
That lack of accountability, Mazur says, extends to sexual misconduct.
By all accounts thus far, Petraeus engaged in a consensual affair that took place after he left the military. But there have been numerous recent instances of military leaders relieved of command and charged with sexual crimes. In all, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta estimates there were nearly 19,000 cases of sexual violence within the military in 2011 alone.
Adultery itself is sometimes described as a crime under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, but that is inaccurate, says Mazur, who teaches law at the University of Florida. Typically, adultery is punishable only as part of a larger constellation of issues that undermine good order and discipline, she says.
"It's ironic that what seems like the entire federal government has been mustered to address Gen. Petraeus' affair, but we find it so difficult to focus in any effective way on the far more serious and long-standing problem of sexual assault," Mazur says.
'Arrogance Reinforced By Insularity'
The courts have contributed to this problem, Mazur argues, by leaving it largely to the military to police itself when it comes to sexual violence.
The military has its own courts, its own schools and its own culture — one that has received excessive deference from civilian authorities, says Lawrence Korb, a former assistant secretary of defense who is now at the Center for American Progress.
A recent book highlights the problem of incompetent generals not being taken to task for failed performance. "No institution — particularly one financed by the taxpayers — should be immune from thoughtful criticism," Aaron B. O'Connell, a historian at the U.S. Naval Academy, wrote recently in The New York Times.
Petraeus had been the most exalted military leader of his generation. Because of that fact — and because his affair was both salacious and threatens to implicate other officials — it's possible that its revelations could lead to a broader discussion of the military's proper role within society.
"We have a guilt complex about such a small percentage of the population fighting," Korb says. "This hopefully will put them back into their proper place. No institution is perfect, and we have to look at them realistically."
Bodine says that would be better, in the long run, for the military itself. It's dangerous for any institution to view itself as separate from — and superior to — the rest of society. For the military, a long period of lionization has bred an "arrogance reinforced by insularity," she says.
"I personally think that we were much healthier as a democracy when we really did have a citizens' army and they were more a part of everyday society, both for their good and ours," Bodine says.
Alan Greenblatt
Alan Greenblatt has been covering politics and government in Washington and around the country for 20 years. He came to NPR as a digital reporter in 2010, writing about a wide range of topics, including elections, housing economics, natural disasters and same-sex marriage.
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