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AMCU comes out swinging at Sibanye's takeover of Lonmin
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Joseph Mathunjwa, president, AMCU
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) has attacked the proposed takeover of Lonmin by Sibanye-Stillwater threatening the kind of action in conjunction with local communities which Sibanye CEO Neal Froneman has flagged as a key threat to the deal.
AMCU is the recognized majority union at Lonmin. In a statement AMCU president Joseph Mathunjwa highlighted the fact that over the next three years 12,600 workers will be retrenched from Lonmin out of its total current workforce of 32,500.
Mathunjwa commented, "this will come on top of the 1,100 jobs that are currently being shed at Lonmin. With an unemployment rate of 27.7% this constitutes a nightmare for the workers of this country.
"As AMCU we shall treat this matter with the great urgency it deserves. We are going to consult our members and consider all options available to us including mass action backed up by all conceivable legal avenues to defend our members.
" In doing so, we are prepared to join forces with communities around Lonmin to ensure that the interests of mineworkers' mine-affected communities are defended. We want to warn the new owners and current shareholders that we will fight and not sit quietly as our members' future is destroyed."
In his presentation, given at the JSE on Thursday, Froneman effectively warned local communities and the Department of Mineral Resources to back off from putting pressure on Lonmin. He highlighted a condition precedent in the takeover offer that there must be; "no cancellation of any prospecting or mining right held by Lonmin, pursuant to Section 47 of the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act having a material adverse effect."
Mathunjwa said that all the gains made by AMCU at Lonmin "since the massacre" at Marikana were now under threat and launched an all-out attack on the deal on ideological grounds.
He commented, "We know the new owners of Lonmin …………..will intensify the exploitation of workers at the expense of their welfare, health and safety. They will attempt to cut costs and this will mean job losses, casualisation and extreme forms of intimidation in an effort to extract greater profits.
"We have seen that the crisis in the mining sector is being used as an occasion to buy out the vulnerable at the expense of expanding production through new investment. They will use their power in the economy resulting from their monopoly position to push their capitalist interests as if they represent the interests of society.
"So, for example, they will use their power in the economy to push for lower corporate taxes, weaker labour laws, weaker health and environmental regulations."
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Steve Shepherd December 15, 2017 at 11:32 am
It is quite understandable that AMCU reacts this way – it's the unions job to defend its members jobs in the most robust way it can. But mines are wasting assets and when the orebody has been mined that's it, the orebody does not grow back again as if by magic. Ben Magara made it quite clear that the 12,000 jobs would go whoever owns/operates the assets.
If this deal does not consummate, it is quite probable in my assessment, that Lonmin will fail. Were this to occur the remaining c20,000 would be placed in serious jeopardy. Lonmin would then fall prey to administrative management whereby the assets are auctioned off to the highest bidder with no consideration for the workers or the local community.
Certainly Sibanye, should it succeed in its offer, is getting the Lonmin assets for next to nothing (the replacement value is likely an order of magnitude higher than the offer price), but it will protect the majority of jobs, the interests of the local community, Lonmin's shareholders and other stakeholders more than the other likely outcome. It will also allow Sibanye to take control of an operating concern, of course, rather than a disorderly alternative brought about by the liquidators.
It is therefore, in my view, in the best interests of all that this deal succeeds. THE GOOD OF THE MANY SHOULD OUTWEIGH THE GOOD OF THE FEW.
S.A KHUMALO December 15, 2017 at 5:18 pm
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Idiots! SGL deal is better than Lonmin closing and ALL the workers loosing jobs. Will you ever learn that unless companies make money they can't stay in business. You can't sustain a company just to keep jobs. Whoever funds it should rather give the money to charity. When the market improves Neal will be the first mining entrepreneur to invest further and provide more jobs.
Comment: what about construction works ? they going to loose the job ?
Capitalist! Didn't AMCU see it coming?
vivo December 17, 2017 at 10:05 am
Anonymous give worker what's due to them and sibanye will give their offer service money nd all that what happen during lonhro is bout to happen workers losing third money nd told to get it from lonhro by new company pay workers first nd they can leave
TDM December 18, 2017 at 2:51 pm
this is good news for all Lonmin employees and surrounding communities. thank you Sibanye
Sir December 29, 2017 at 11:50 am
Can they give workers their money and then give sibanye still water those shares please lonmin
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A few weeks ago it was Portugal Day, which lead me to ask the question – when you think about the food and drink of Portugal, what comes to mind?
For me it's port, piri-piri and bacalhau. At the time it seemed easier to write about fortified wine than salted fish or tiny fiery chilli peppers (though it's not to say I won't try in future!)
Probably if you're an alcohol drinker, at some point you've had port. You may have even liked it. I know I do. I like it so much that there are large parts of last Christmas that I can't remember very well…
With this in mind, I jumped on the opportunity to interview Adrian Bridge, of Taylor's – who is a port expert if ever you'll find one.
Stuff covered includes wine's historical significance, what makes port not just another kind of fortified wine, how it's made and what all the different types are.
Want to bombard your friends with helpful/useless trivia when you next get to drinking a nice glass of ruby? COURSE YOU DO. Read on..
After a successful stint in the military and then a subsequent career in investment banking, Adrian moved to Portugal in 1994 to become the final boss of port – the MD at Taylor's, Croft and Fonseca…
J: In a nutshell, what's the difference between port and conventional wine, and how is port made? What does the fortification process entail?
A: Port is a fortified wine. It is made like table wine using red or white grapes. During fermentation, a proportion of grape spirit, or brandy is added to the fermenting must to stop fermentation. This retains some of the natural sweetness in the grape, resulting in a wine that is sweet, rich, round and smooth on the palate.
Why does it have to come from the Douro valley? And what makes it different say from English fortified wines? (I think they call those 'cream?')
In 1756 the Port wine vineyards in the Douro Valley (Northern Portugal) became the first vineyard area in the world to be demarcated for the production of Port. The area has a unique climate, soil, grape varieties and wine making traditions. The Douro Valley has mountain viticulture with soils that can't be replicated anywhere else in the world. The word "Port" is fiercely protected (like "Champagne") as a wine coming from the Douro Valley. Although some countries still use the name in their description, the name is legally restricted within Europe.
The Douro Valley – the perfect (and only) place to make Port…
What kind of grapes go into making port?
Over 15 different indigenous grape varieties can be used. They include varieties like Touriga Nacional, Touriga Francesa and Tinta Barroca.
You see some pretty old port. I assume it ages really well? Do all varieties age well?
Port can age for decades but decisions about its longevity are taken in the vineyard and in the first 2 years after the harvest. It is then bottle aged for Vintage Ports or wood aged like Tawny or Late Bottled Vintage. A classic Vintage Port can age in bottle for 5 or more decades. At Taylor's we've just released 1964 Single Harvest Port which has been aged in wood for 5 decades.
What's the deal with 'crusted' and unfiltered port?
"Crusted" and "unfiltered" Ports have been bottled without filtration and may throw a crust or sediment in the bottle. They will improve further in bottle age but may require decanting prior to service.
It's clearly quite popular around here (being one of the first drinks I remember people drinking when I was very young) – do the Portuguese enjoy it too?
Yes the Portuguese enjoy Port and are particularly fond of Aged Tawny served chilled or port, ice and tonic instead of G & T. There's also a growing trend in the south of Portugal for Pink Port in the summer which again should be served ice cold, on the rocks, or as the base ingredient for a number of cocktails.
Speaking of that, why is it so popular here? I remember hearing it goes back to our old alliance with the Portuguese, and those bottles of 'sack' you here referred to in Shakespeare, etc, were an early form of port?
In 1667 Colbert, the first minister of Louis XIV, embarked on a series of measures to restrict the import of English goods into France. This provoked Charles II of England to increase the duty on French wines, later forbidding their import altogether. The English wine trade had to seek alternative sources of supply and looked to Portugal for their robust, full bodied wines from the steep and rocky hillsides of the upper Douro Valley, behind the Marão mountains where Port is made today.
The Anglo Portuguese Alliance, which was renewed as 'The Treaty Of Windsor' on 9 May 1386 is the oldest, still active, diplomatic alliance in the world…
In 1703 the signing of the Methuen Treaty between England and Portugal gave further encouragement to the Port shippers, establishing that Portuguese wines imported into England should pay one third less duty than those from France. English and Scottish merchants were not alone in trading in Port wine. Dutch and German families were also involved in the business. However, the overwhelming importance of the English market meant that the British merchants predominated.
Asides from it's wonderful sweetness, what else does port bring to the tastebuds that make it special? What's a good 'entry level' port for a new consumer?
Purity of fruit, a luscious palate and extraordinary depth of flavour. It is also very versatile with a wide range of food flavours including difficult foods like dark chocolate. Once opened, it can be kept for about a month (Ruby / LBVs) or 6 weeks (Tawny Port). Vintage on the other hand should be treated like a red wine and consumed within 36 hours of opening.
An entry level Port would be Taylor's First Estate which has a wonderful concentrated palate crammed with blackcurrant, plums and liquorice. It has a luscious texture supported by firm tannins but restrained elegance. It goes beautifully with cheese and dark chocolate and is well priced at £12 a bottle.
Asides from pairing with cheese and crackers, what are some good uses for port, in your opinion? I saw a port cocktail the other day…
Aged Tawny Ports are the most versatile and delicious served chilled. 10 and 20 Year Old Tawnies can be served with fruit puddings, crème brulée, almond cake and ice cream. Alternatively try Green & Blacks 70% Dark with an LBV.
Croft Pink was the first rose Port to be introduced into the market pioneered by Croft Port in 2008. It can be served on its own well chilled, on the rocks or as a punch or a base ingredient in cocktails.
What's the number on the official guarantee label mean?
This is issued by the IVDP (Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto) as a guarantee of quality. All Ports must be approved by this generic organisation before it can be called "Port". Each seal has an individual number on it so that any faults can be traced back to its origins.
The seal of authenticity. Look for this when you next buy a bottle of port. If the wine is bad, you can use the number to report it…
Could you explain the difference between ruby and tawny port. Tawny port is a slightly different colour and is quite often older, right?
Ruby and Tawny Ports are both wood aged Ports. Both are blended wines. The difference is the ageing process. Ruby is aged in large wooden vats and bottled around 3 years old. Tawny Ports spend at least 6-7 years in small wooden barrels.
At Taylor's, we have the most extensive selection of cask aged Ports (or Tawny) of any other shipper. These Ports can spend decades in wood before being bottled. Over time, the Port loses its colour during maturation. The older the Port, the lighter the colour.
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The department of Justice announced in monday morning that David Hutchinson was found dead with several injuries. The medical examiners found lots of evidence in a dump which they discovered the body, between them there were a pair of glasses, a large razor and a bag, all the objects were covered with blood.
The Police of Grimsborough sent agent Jones and corporal Turner to investigate the crime zone.
When they arrived they found Nathan Pandit with a large magnifying glass investigating the dump and every object the forensics discovered. He obtained some important clues that later on he took to his laboratory. After he finished his work, Turner and Jones continue exploring. Each of them collected crucial information. They found nails, fingerprints and hair. When they took the evidence to Mr. Pandit in his laboratory, the DNA belonged to Hugh Patterson of 43 years old.
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Two For Joy – World Premiere
Two for Joy starring Daniel Mays, Billie Piper, and Samantha Morton premiered last evening at the 72nd Annual Edinburgh Film Fest. We are already hearing great things from the premiere screening!
Two For Joy –
Vi has been forced to grow up fast; mother-daughter roles are reversed, Vi is Aisha's carer as well as trying to control her rascal younger brother Troy, who with no father figure and a struggling mother, is a law unto himself – something must give, the situation must change.
TWO FOR JOY has been conceived and developed over the last six years through a series of short films and photo projects by Tom Beard. It'll be a bold, unique and distinct departure from your classical social-realist film, while un-voyeuristically exploring and bringing into the public eye the consequence of some serious, British, topical themes that are often short-changed by the government, and under-represented on our screens.
Daniel Mays stars as Lias.
Photos from the red carpet:
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A wider release of the film is expected but look for it on the 2018 film fest circuit.
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Two For Joy – Edinburgh Film Fest Premiere
It was announced today that Two For Joy directed by Tom Beard and starring Daniel Mays, Billie Piper, Sam Morton, and others will have its UK premiere at the Edinburgh Film Fest on 23 & 24 June as part of the Best of British Strand.
A powerful coming-of-age drama about a sister and younger brother who must care for their troubled mother (a moving performance by Samantha Morton) as their relationship reaches critical mass. The debut feature of writer-director Tom Beard (director of music videos for FKA twigs and Florence and the Machine), Two for Joy looks at Britain through the eyes of a family in crisis and deals with issues of mental illness, marginalised communities and national identity. Also stars Billie Piper, Daniel Mays, and Bella Ramsey (Game of Thrones).
Tickets are currently on sale to members and then to the general public on Friday 25 May at 10AM.
Swimming with Men also premieres at the Edinburgh Film Fest on Sunday 1 July.
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Updated 11 June– Daniel Mays is scheduled to appear at the Two for Joy and Swimming with Men events.
It was announced today that Swimming with Men will have its UK premiere at the Edinburgh Film Fest where it will be a part of the closing night gala films on Sunday 1 July.
Sooo exciting… @edfilmfest takes the plunge with Swimming With Men as closing film …#SwimmingWithMen with
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A bittersweet British comedy packed with delightful performances, Swimming with Men – hailed 'The Full Monty in speedos' – is a winning comedy drama, with Rob Brydon excellent as a middle-aged man who stumbles across a rather unusual way to try and deal with the issues in his marriage.
Brydon plays Eric, an accountant whose life seems to be in order until in a moment of middle-aged madness he starts to think his wife, Heather (Jane Horrocks), is having an affair and he moves out of their home. He finds solace of sorts at the local swimming pool, where he ends up joining a team of similarly challenged men who form a male synchronized swimming team. Against all odds, they end up training for the world championships in Milan, with Eric hoping his wife will be impressed by his new skills.
Can their coach, Susan (Charlotte Riley), whip them into shape? Will they master the flower, the pyramid and the spinning circle in time? More importantly, can Eric win Heather back with the help of his newfound confidence? A smart and funny comedy, Swimming with Men features lovely performances from Jim Carter, Rupert Graves, Daniel Mays, Adeel Akhtar and Thomas Turgoose as would-be synchronised swimmers, all of whom are using the sport to deal with their own issues.
See the first images from the film at Eye for Film
Swimming With Men has its wider UK release on 6 July 2018.
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2017 Oscars Shows Small Step Towards Inclusivity
Anna Kaplan, Author|March 1, 2017
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"And the award for Best Picture goes to…" Warren Beatty said with some hesitation at the end of the 2017 Academy Awards Ceremony on Sunday. He glanced at the card, seemingly for dramatic effect, before he handed it to co-presenter Faye Dunaway. Dunaway announced, "La La Land!" and the packed audience at the Dolby Theatre went wild.
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The cast and crew of "La La Land" went on stage to accept the award, before their excitement came to a screeching halt. Jordan Horowitz, a producer of "La La Land," grabbed the microphone and said, "Well, we lost, so…" after delivering the majority of the film's acceptance speech.
In classic Steve Harvey fashion, there was a serious mix-up, and "Moonlight" had actually won the award for Best Picture.
"Moonlight" and "La La Land" were both top contenders for the biggest award of the night, and for varying reasons. "Moonlight" followed the coming of age of a gay black man in Miami, and "La La Land" featured a new twist on a classic Los Angeles love story.
Before the awards, first year Mark Bautista was unsure of who would win Best Picture.
"La La Land is a good movie," he said. "It's a cute musical about people meeting each other at the right time, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're going be together forever. I thought that message of there not always being a happy ending was good, but it might be a bit overrated. Moonlight is a bit more raw and people might not be emotionally prepared to experience those more emotionally raw moments."
In addition to this year's tight competition, the 2017 Academy Awards also brought back the memory of #OscarsSoWhite. The Academy's troubled history with nominating and awarding diverse films has gone on for decades prior, but the online hashtag surfaced in response to the 2015 Academy Awards nominations.
Not only did the Academy fail to nominate any actors or actresses of color for Best Actor and Best Actress in 2015, but it also happened for the second time in a row in 2016, leading to the hashtag resurfacing on the internet in protest.
The 2017 awards showed more promise than years prior in nominating and awarding diverse films, directors, actors and actresses. Mahershala Ali won the award for Best Supporting Actor in "Moonlight," and Viola Davis won Best Supporting Actress in "Fences." Casey Affleck and Emma Stone won Best Actor and Actress for their roles in "Manchester by the Sea" and "La La Land," respectively.
Some worry that the scandal on Sunday has pit "La La Land" against "Moonlight," symbolizing white Hollywood in opposition to minorities who are trying to break into the industry. However odd "Moonlight"'s victory was for Best Picture, its legacy will shine beyond the largest flub in Oscars history.
Second-year film studies and women and gender studies major Hannah Lang said that she thought it was groundbreaking that a film with a small $5 million focusing on the life of a poor, black, gay man, with an all black cast, won Best Picture.
"The kerfuffle over who won ultimately damaged the full impact of '"Moonlight' winning," Lang said. "The Hollywood Elite recognized an important film that focuses on the often overlooked beauty within marginalized lives and stories. Hopefully, this is the long-awaited start to Hollywood putting its money where its mouth is and fully realizing what it means to be inclusive."
However, students like Zodie Waxman are hesitant to believe that the awards changed due to anything over than the constant backlash over the past two years.
Waxman, Equipment Manager of Seattle U Filmmakers Club, said that she doesn't take too much stock in the Oscars anymore because she believes that there's nothing new or innovative happening in the films that are honored.
"The way it happened felt like such a classic thing, like they can't even give [Moonlight] the award gracefully, "Waxman said. "I'd like to be hopeful and think yeah, Moonlight winning is a step in the right direction or maybe it's just them covering up the past few years."
"Hollywood loves films about Hollywood," Waxman said with a sigh, summing up "La La Land's" almost record-breaking 14 Oscar nominations this year.
"Moonlight" emerged with three wins throughout the night, showing a slight glimmer of promise from the Academy, and their efforts to remove the stigma around their awards.
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Society members welcomed the public to bring items they retrieved from Sandy or new items. Mr. Smith brought a box of photos and a Trolley notebook that he presented to president Dana Weiner. Bobby and Mary Holtz donated an original 1855 map of Keyport that needs some restoration. Ken Krohe and George Massey donated a metal sign once placed upon the bumper of the Keyport High School student driver car. Tom Gallo donated over 200 pieces of letterhead and stationary from Keyport Businesses and departments, photographs and a broad range of railroad schedules showing service from Keyport to north and south Jersey and NYC. Later that day, new Board member Brian Hall gave us an oil painting from Eloise Schanck he found in the Passport clean up. Thank you to the Keyport First Aid for the use of their beautiful rental hall. All in all, a great start to rebuilding our collection.


It is pivotal to the project's conception that it is a process led investigation. The Three Hares Constellation Archive's birth came from the pilgrimage I took across Dartmoor in Devon to find existing examples of The Three Hares as they appeared as roof bosses in churches. In particular, one of the oldest known example of the Three Hares symbol on Dartmoor belonged to St Michael's church in Spreyton, where the artist's family name originates, which is believed to be dated at 1481. There are seventeen known churches to have the Three Hares roof boss, and on this pilgrimage I managed to reach eleven. As I visited each location, I collected a fragment of the church in small labelled glass vials. Indiscernible from an ordinary stone, I seek to embed these worthless objects with a far more significant meaning: each vial contains a fragment which physically connects the artist to the latest stages of the Three Hares symbol's – and thus the genetic condition's – migration.
My hope is that my research will lead me to create art works that gather evidences from across the Silk Road itself, thus physically joining the genealogical, religious, and geographical inception of the symbol to the perception I hold in the 21st Century.
Glass Vial containing fragment of church.
Photograph of church roof boss, St Michael's Church, Spreyton, Devon.
3mm Plywood, 80 x 80cm, artwork directly printed onto material.


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The Division 42 dues increase does not affect you. Essentially, you are paid up for life! But we hope you'll consider making a modest, dues-like contribution to the Division, so that we can continue to provide programs and services to colleagues at various career levels. Today's marketplace is far more challenging than when you were starting out.
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Jean Kienlen (21 October 1897 – 19 August 1954) was a French racing cyclist. He first rode in the 1921 Tour de France, where he finished in 31st place. He rode again in 1922, 1923 and 1929.

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Attorney Pleads Guilty to Lying to Mueller Investigators
February 20, 2018 February 20, 2018 BRANDI BUCHMAN
(CN) — An attorney who found himself in the crosshairs of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election pleaded guilty Tuesday to lying to federal authorities about his contacts with a former Trump campaign associate.
Alex Van Der Zwaan, who was fired last year by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, a prominent New York law firm, admitted to lying to Mueller's investigators about his interaction with Rick Gates.
Gates is a former aide on President Donald Trump's campaign and a longtime associate of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
The charge against Van Der Zwaan does not involve election meddling or the Trump campaign's operations. It stems from the special counsel's investigation into a covert Washington lobbying campaign Manafort and Gates are accused of directing on behalf of pro-Russian Ukrainian interests.
Manafort and Gates have pleaded not guilty to related charges.
According to the two-page indictment, Van Der Zwaan made "false fictitious and fraudulent statements in a matter within the jurisdiction of the executive branch of the Government of the United States" and allegedly lied to agents at the FBI.
Specifically, it notes Van Der Zwaan may have deleted emails connected to his most recent communications with Rick Gates, a former Trump campaign aide who was indicted last year on charges of conspiracy to launder money and acting as an unregistered foreign agent.
Van Der Zwaan worked for a legal firm hired by the Ukraine's Ministry of Justice, preparing a formal report on the trial of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
Shortly after Van Der Zwaan's indictment was announced Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, issued a statement in which it confirmed fired him last year and that it has been cooperating with authorities.
Manafort and Gates currently face charges of money laundering and making false statements to federal agents. Both men have pleaded not guilty.
Gates joined Trump's campaign in June 2016 after then-candidate Trump hired Manafort to chair his presidential campaign. During the Republican National Convention, Gates also oversaw campaign operations alongside Manafort, serving as Manafort's top aide.
Manafort was fired in August 2016, after reports circulated suggesting possible improper payments he received from a Kremlin-backed political party aligned with Manafort's former client and Ukranian president Viktor Yanukovych.
Yanukovych served from 2010 to 2014.
Despite Manafort's departure, Gates remained on the campaign, serving as assistant to Trump's inaugural committee and liaison to the Republican National Committee.
Tuesday's indictment of Van Der Zwaan is the 14th indictment announced by Mueller's team in just the past four days. On Friday, the Mueller's investigators indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities for violating a series of laws in order to intrude on the 2016 election.
That 37-page indictment claimed individuals began conspiring as early as 2014 to interfere in the election, using false identities online in order to disperse contentious political material and other propaganda on social media.
The Russian individuals indicted also failed to register as foreign agents. They obtained visas through false statements, held political rallies using fake American identities and "solicited and compensated real U.S. persons to promote or disparage candidates," the complaint said.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson opted not to move forward with sentencing Tuesday. Instead, Van Der Zwaan's sentencing hearing will be held April 3.
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When I started this blog, I was bewitched by the idea that every writer has to have an "author platform", and that therein (thereon? Must be "on" if it's a platform) lies the only path to selling books. 'And don't ever mention politics on your author page,' I was warned.
I'm sure an author blog is a great idea if you're one of the writers who's good at blogging about themselves, and their books, and their astounding successes. I'm not. That probably explains why I spend hours a day (literally) communicating on Facebook (about politics, 99% of the time) and only post here every few months.
So to hell with "author platforms". This one hasn't seen a train go through in years, so no point in waiting for one.
I aim to post about anything and everything from now on, and have set myself a target of AT LEAST one post a week.
When I have a new book out, I'll mention it once (because I am a writer, after all), but apart from that it'll be random anecdotes, memories, stuff about cats & dogs & gardens – oh, and probably a bit of politics after all, because as well as being a writer I'm a political animal. A very political animal. And the antics of most of the creatures we pay to represent us (ha!) in Parliament makes me angry most days. Very, very angry.
In fact, just about the only thing that makes me angrier at the moment is having succumbed to buying a couple of the current crop of magazines that are trying to cash in on fashionable ideas of 'Mindfulness'. I'm very annoyed at myself, because they are (in my view) mind-numbing, faux-positive-thinking, EXPENSIVE crap. Very fertile territory for my friend Frank who does an excellent line in repurposing particularly naff quotes from Rumi that appear on Facebook.
Later this week, I mean to post about the low-lifes who pinched stuff from my mother's house after she died.
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Love it! I am trying to reduce political ranting (FB) but – you know – if we kept that to ourselves, and pretended 'en blog' that we had no political side, what would be the point? People might think my books were free of opinion and thought – which they are not! Yep, platform is, well, for the ones who enjoy self-pro and do it well, 'am still learning'!!


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The Team Roster will be posted after the November Try-Out process is complete.
Tune-Up Opportunities for this specific age group will be posted prior to October 1st.
-The #1 goal for all Adversity-Wisconsin VBC teams is competition!
-Playing up an age level or two is a great way to challenge all our teams!
-Please keep the weeks prior to President's Day, Badger Region Championships & AAU free!
-The goal of playing tournaments 2 age groups up is to get 18 points or more against all teams!
-Thanks to all the players & their parents for these opportunities & for joining Adversity-Wisconsin VBC!!!
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eric_niebler added a comment to D48903: [VirtualFileSystem] InMemoryFileSystem::status: Return a Status with the requested name.
eric_niebler added a comment to D41820: [coroutines] Pass coro func args to promise ctor.
Is this behavior specified somewhere? Or are we simply adding an extension to Clang?
eric_niebler accepted D39768: [coroutines] Promote cleanup.dest.slot allocas to registers to avoid storing it in the coroutine frame.
eric_niebler added a comment to D37093: [coroutines] Promote cleanup.dest.slot-like allocas to registers to avoid storing them in the coroutine frame.
Why? It sounds like you're trying to optimize some aspect of the -O0 lowering.
I'd love to see this approved. It's a bad bug.
eric_niebler added inline comments to D37093: [coroutines] Promote cleanup.dest.slot-like allocas to registers to avoid storing them in the coroutine frame.
eric_niebler added a comment to D36946: [time-report] Add Template Instantiation Timer.
This appears to be only measuring the time spent instantiating class templates. What about other template entities, like functions?
eric_niebler added inline comments to D34996: Customize the SFINAE diagnostics for enable_if to provide the failed condition..
eric_niebler accepted D32263: Preprocessor: Suppress -Wnonportable-include-path for header maps.
eric_niebler added inline comments to D32263: Preprocessor: Suppress -Wnonportable-include-path for header maps.
eric_niebler added a comment to D7573: [libc++] Fix PR20084 - std::is_function<void() const> failed..
I just ran into this problem while trying to get range-v3 working on clang-3.6. This is_function implementation probably instantiates fewer templates than the version currently shipping with libc++. Disclaimer: I haven't tested it exhaustively yet.
eric_niebler accepted D30000: Fix for pr31836 - pp_nonportable_path on absolute paths: broken delimiters.
eric_niebler added a comment to D30000: Fix for pr31836 - pp_nonportable_path on absolute paths: broken delimiters.
My question was more about whether the code is correct for absolute paths on Windows, not about whether this particular test would pass or fail. Have you tested an incorrectly-cased absolute path on a Windows machine?
eric_niebler updated subscribers of D30000: Fix for pr31836 - pp_nonportable_path on absolute paths: broken delimiters.
eric_niebler added a comment to D24164: Remove debug info when hoisting instruction from then/else branch..
eric_niebler updated the diff for D19843: Use the name of the file on disk to issue a new diagnostic about non-portable #include and #import paths..
eric_niebler added a comment to D19843: Use the name of the file on disk to issue a new diagnostic about non-portable #include and #import paths..
Win2008 buildbot still unhappy. Sorry about this guys. I suppose it's the constexpr. We don't have a win2008 machine locally to test on. Is there a way for us to run this through your gauntlet without actually doing a commit?
s/std::size_t/size_t/ to keep the Win2008 buildbot happy.
FormatTests unittest passes for me with just my patch. Not sure which diff is causing that failure but it seems not to be mine.
eric_niebler reopened D19843: Use the name of the file on disk to issue a new diagnostic about non-portable #include and #import paths..
Looks like I need s/std::size_t/size_t/ to keep the win2008 buildbot happy. Also, Taewook and I are looking into the clang-format test failure, but my suspicion is that that one isn't ours.
Replace StringSet with StringSwitch, ASCII range ends at 0x7f not 0xff, miscellaneous formatting tweaks.
eric_niebler added inline comments to D19843: Use the name of the file on disk to issue a new diagnostic about non-portable #include and #import paths..
Before this goes in again, I want to double check that this doesn't affect compile time on darwin + frameworks.
eric_niebler reopened D19842: In openFileForRead, attempt to fetch the actual name of the file on disk -- including case -- so that clang can later warn about non-portable #include and #import directives..
Reopening this and the updated D19843.
Reopening. I would like some eyes on the updated patch before we merge. @rsmith Would you prefer this (and D19842) in new diffs?
eric_niebler updated the diff for D19842: In openFileForRead, attempt to fetch the actual name of the file on disk -- including case -- so that clang can later warn about non-portable #include and #import directives..
eric_niebler added inline comments to D19842: In openFileForRead, attempt to fetch the actual name of the file on disk -- including case -- so that clang can later warn about non-portable #include and #import directives..
Add unittest for openFileForRead; assorted stylistic tweaks.
Remove stale comment, tweak for diagnostic wording.
Add getPathFromOpenFD and unittest, as requested.
Add fixit tests, fix path separator fixit issue on Windows.
Please add some tests for the FixItHint replacement text. See test/FixIt for examples of how to do this.
eric_niebler added a comment to D19842: In openFileForRead, attempt to fetch the actual name of the file on disk -- including case -- so that clang can later warn about non-portable #include and #import directives..
What I'm suggesting here is that you abstract everything that guarantees returning the realpath (as in absolute, etc) into a separate function, lets call it canonical_path, even if that means that the only reliable option is calling the realpath function itself. Since on windows it's a different function, I see much value in having that abstracted out into a OS independent function.
Thanks for the feedback, @curdeius. What happens now? Do I just wait until somebody accepts the llvm diff and this one? How do I increase the likelihood that that happens?
Factor out TrySimplifyPath from Preprocessor::HandleIncludeDirective. Other review feedback.
Any more comments on this one? @majnemer? @bruno?
clang has been using realpath in the FileManager for a long time and it seems to be working fine, I'm not following why it isn't 100% correct. In the VFS, as far as the needs go, it has been used to detect symlink in the components and work as expected.
Can you split the functionality that gets the RealPath into a new function (something like llvm::sys::fs::canonical() or llvm::sys::fs::realpath()) and make openFileForRead calls it?
This is going to be useful for a bunch of other client in clang that are now obtaining realpath in a adhoc/slow ways.
See D19843 for the corresponding cfe changes that implements the new diagnostic.
eric_niebler retitled D19843: Use the name of the file on disk to issue a new diagnostic about non-portable #include and #import paths. from to Use the name of the file on disk to issue a new diagnostic about non-portable #include and #import paths..
eric_niebler retitled D19842: In openFileForRead, attempt to fetch the actual name of the file on disk -- including case -- so that clang can later warn about non-portable #include and #import directives. from to In openFileForRead, attempt to fetch the actual name of the file on disk -- including case -- so that clang can later warn about non-portable #include and #import directives..
eric_niebler added a comment to D7384: Proposed change to the constructor of std::pair.
You could wrap the templated default ctor in a feature-test macro. This is done many other places in the library.
Pretty sure defaulted template parameters are used elsewhere already, are they not? Would adding an argument with a default change is_trivial for pairs?
Yes and no. It also means getting the answer right for std::is_default_constructible<pair<int&,int&>>::value. Right now, it says "true", when it's more accurate to say "false".
The full fix is to go through *all* the constructors and assignment operators of pair and tuple and apply the same change. tuple already does this in many places, but it's inconsistent, and pair doesn't do it at all.


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The University of Nottingham (informally known as Nottingham University) is a public research university based in Nottingham, England, the United Kingdom.
Can muscle decline due to aging be suppressed or even stopped?
Muscle decline caused by ageing and certain diseases could be dramatically slowed by stopping a chain reaction that damages cells, new research shows. The study revealed the previously unknown steps by which dysfunction of mitochondria – the so-called "powerhouses" of cells – harms muscle health and leads to atrophy (wasting away). The research team, from the
A new approach using 2 old drugs show promise for specific types of stroke and dementia
Treatments that prevent recurrence of types of stroke and dementia caused by damage to small blood vessels in the brain have moved a step closer, following a small study. The drugs – called cilostazol and isosorbide mononitrate – are already used to treat other conditions, such as heart disease and angina. This is the first
Can artificial intelligence predict premature death?
Computers which are capable of teaching themselves to predict premature death could greatly improve preventative healthcare in the future, suggests a new study by experts at the University of Nottingham. The team of healthcare data scientists and doctors have developed and tested a system of computer-based 'machine learning' algorithms to predict the risk of early
A promising new treatment for acute myeloid leukaemia
Ingredient in pre-clinical treatment for retinal neovascular disease targets gene associated with acute myeloid leukaemia An active ingredient in eye drops that were being developed for the treatment of a form of eye disease has shown promise for treating an aggressive form of blood cancer. Scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, University of Cambridge, University
New cutting-edge composite material can cool itself down under extreme temperatures
A cutting-edge material, inspired by nature, that can regulate its own temperature and could equally be used to treat burns and help space capsules withstand atmospheric forces is under development at the University of Nottingham. The research paper, Temperature – dependent polymer absorber as a switchable state NIR reactor, is published in the journal Scientific Reportstoday (Friday
Seawater can replace freshwater to produce the sustainable fuel Bioethanol
Researchers have found that seawater can replace freshwater to produce the sustainable fuel Bioethanol, reducing the need to drain precious resources. The study – 'The establishment of a marine focused biorefinery for bioethanol production using seawater and a novel marine yeast strain' – has been published in Scientific Reports and was carried out by researchers
Pushing 3D printing to the molecular limit like never before
New University of Nottingham research proves that advanced materials containing molecules that switch states in response to environmental stimuli such as light can be fabricated using 3D printing. The study findings have the potential to vastly increase the functional capabilities of 3D-printed devices for industries such as electronics, healthcare and quantum computing. The research, led
Rapid 3D printing of fully functional electronic circuits
Researchers at the University of Nottingham have pioneered a breakthrough method to rapidly 3D print fully functional electronic circuits. The circuits, which contain electrically-conductive metallic inks and insulating polymeric inks, can now be produced in a single inkjet printing process where a UV light rapidly solidifies the inks. The breakthrough technique paves the way for
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Biomaterial-delivered chemotherapy leads to long-term survival in brain cancer - Science Daily
July 18, 2019 - Biomaterial-delivered chemotherapy leads to long-term survival in brain cancer Science DailyA combination of chemotherapy drugs during brain cancer surgery using a biodegradable paste, leads to long-term survival, researchers have discovered.
Nottingham research shows motorists struggle when taking back control from driverless cars - Nottinghamshire Live
July 15, 2019 - Nottingham research shows motorists struggle when taking back control from driverless cars Nottinghamshire LiveUsing a driverless car may make you a worse driver, new research suggests. A study was conducted at the University of Nottingham into cars capable of ...
Nottingham scientist awarded for inspiring new generation of young scientists through YouTube - Nottinghamshire Live
July 18, 2019 - Nottingham scientist awarded for inspiring new generation of young scientists through YouTube Nottinghamshire LiveFans often make epic journeys to visit Martyn in Nottingham.
Heart drug could increase survival rates for children with aggressive form of brain tumor - EurekAlert
July 16, 2019 - Heart drug could increase survival rates for children with aggressive form of brain tumor EurekAlertResearchers at the University of Nottingham have discovered that repurposing a heart drug could significantly increase the survival rate for children with ...
Commonly prescribed drugs could increase the risk of dementia, says a new study - EurekAlert
June 24, 2019 - Commonly prescribed drugs could increase the risk of dementia, says a new study EurekAlertThe study, carried out by experts from the University of Nottingham and funded by the NIHR School for Primary Care Research, found that there was nearly a ...
Research physio named AHP of the Year as physios triumph at allied health professional awards
'That led to me doing a PhD at the University of Nottingham's School of Medicine, where I've furthered my research into first contact physiotherapists. 'And I've just finished my PhD and I graduate ... […]
Nottingham scientist awarded for inspiring new generation of young scientists through YouTube
A spokesman for the University of Nottingham said the videos are inspiring a new generation ... earlier this year he also received the G.N Flerov Prize from the Joint Institute of Nuclear Research in ... […]
Nottingham research shows motorists struggle when taking back control from driverless cars
Using a driverless car may make you a worse driver, new research suggests. A study was conducted at the University of Nottingham into cars capable of self-driving on motorways and in traffic jams, ... […]
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University of Nottingham Presents at EMC Europe 2018, Aug-27-2018 through Aug-30-2018. Venue: Conference Center, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Presentation Date & Speakers: Aug-27-2018, ... […]
NMRC, University of Nottingham chooses the Quorum Q150 coater for its reliable and reproducible film thickness when coating samples with iridium
Dr Elisabeth (Beth) Steer is Specimen Preparation Technician at the Nanoscale and Microscale Research Centre, (NMRC), in the Faculty of Science at the University of Nottingham. The Centre is a ... […]
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There is an intense scramble for the earth's resources and ownership of nature. Big oil, big pharma, big food, big seed companies are joining hands to appropriate biodiversity and biomass — the living carbon, thereby extending the age of fossil fuels and dead carbon. Corporations view the 75 per cent biomass used by nature and
Seeds of injustice
Human and computer analyses together identify cancer with 99.5% accuracy Pathologists have been largely diagnosing disease the same way for the past 100 years, by manually reviewing images under a microscope. But new work suggests that computers can help doctors improve accuracy and significantly change the way cancer and other diseases are diagnosed. A research
Artificial Intelligence Achieves Near-Human Performance in Diagnosing Breast Cancer
New study shows how newly created cardiac muscle cells can be made to pump together A team of Rutgers scientists, including Leonard Y. Lee and Shaohua Li, have taken an important step toward the goal of making diseased hearts heal themselves – a new model that would reduce the need for bypass surgery, heart transplants
A milestone is passed on the way to stem cells helping a diseased heart to heal itself
UNSW's solar researchers have converted over 40% of the sunlight hitting a solar system into electricity, the highest efficiency ever reported. The world-beating efficiency was achieved in outdoor tests in Sydney, before being independently confirmed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) at their outdoor test facility in the United States. The work was funded
UNSW researchers set world record in solar energy efficiency
The system that's been developed can track users' actions over time to understand and predict their habits The Smart Composite Human-Computer Interfaces (Smarcos) project is developing a system that will allow the rising number of internet-connected devices to observe and predict consumers' actions in real time, so they can intelligently coordinate their efforts and bring
Smarcos project aims to make internet-connected devices smarter
Even as the power of our modern computers grows exponentially, biological systems — like our brains — remain the ultimate learning machines. By finding materials that act in ways similar to the mechanisms that biology uses to retain and process information, scientists hope to find clues to help us build smarter computers. Inspired by human
Bio-inspired computing can mimic forgetfulness to learn
The Nantz National Alzheimer Center at Houston Methodist Hospital is part of a landmark clinical trial that looks at removing a key protein from the brain to prevent memory loss at least a decade before symptoms are noticed in healthy older adults. The national trial is focused on an investigational treatment to reduce the impact
Preventing Memory Loss Before Symptoms
Low Orbit Server Stations The Pirate Bay has announced that it may soon take to the skies in its ongoing efforts to avoid the authorities. Various governments and legal teams across the globe have had the file-sharing website in their cross-hairs for several years now, which has prompted the site in the past to relocate
The Pirate Bay might move servers to the sky to avoid the authorities
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Over the past decade, a major trend in electronics has been the development of sensors, displays and smart devices which are seamlessly integrated onto the human body. Most of these wearable devices are singularly connected to a user's smart phone and transmit all data via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi signals. But as consumers wear increasing numbers
The advancement, made possible by tiny photonic implants, could lead to new treatments for cancer, mental disorders It seems like everything is going wireless these days. That now includes efforts to reprogram the human genome. A new University at Buffalo-led study describes how researchers wirelessly controlled FGFR1 — a gene that plays a key role
Recording the movements of people and animals (including birds and insects) has become very easy because of the development of small and inexpensive GPS devices and video cameras. However, it is still difficult to infer what triggers such movements (for example, external stimuli and/or their mental processes) from the behavioral records. In this study, Shuhei
Two-qudit gate on a photonic platform achieves massive entangled quantum state Quantum information processing promises to be much faster and more secure than what today's supercomputers can achieve, but doesn't exist yet because its building blocks, qubits, are notoriously unstable. Purdue University researchers are among the first to build a gate – what could be
Developing synthetic materials that are as dynamic as those found in nature, with reversibly changing properties and which could be used in manufacturing, recycling and other applications, is a strong focus for scientists. In a world-first, researchers from QUT, Belgium's Ghent University (UGent) and Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have pioneered a novel, dynamic,
Silica aerogel could warm the Martian surface similar to the way greenhouse gasses keep Earth warm People have long dreamed of re-shaping the Martian climate to make it livable for humans. Carl Sagan was the first outside of the realm of science fiction to propose terraforming. In a 1971 paper, Sagan suggested that vaporizing the
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UConn women's basketball schedule
UConn women's schedule
Nov. 14 -- vs. Northeastern (Gampel Pavilion), 2 p.m. (CPTV)
Nov. 17 -- vs. Texas at Road to the Championship at AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas, 9:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
Nov. 20 -- at Holy Cross at DCU Center, Worcester, Mass, 7 p.m. (CPTV)
Nov. 27 -- WBCA Classic vs. Hofstra (Gampel Pavilion), 7:30 p.m. (CPTV)
Nov. 28 -- WBCA Classic vs. Richmond (Gampel Pavilion), 7:30 p.m. (CPTV)
Nov. 29 -- WBCA Classic vs. Clemson (Gampel Pavilion), 4:30 p.m. (CPTV)
Dec. 3 -- vs. Vermont (Gampel Pavilion), 7:30 p.m. (CPTV)
Dec. 10 -- vs. Hartford (XL Center), 7 p.m. (CPTV)
Dec. 20 -- vs. Iona (Gampel Pavilion), 6 p.m. (CPTV)
Dec. 23 -- vs. Stanford (XL Center), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
2009-10 UConn women's basketball schedule
ESPNU fiasco needs to end now
UConn women reveal regular-season schedule
UConn women to meet Stanford, UNC, Oklahoma
By Rich Elliott, STAFF WRITER
Dec. 28 -- at Florida State, 7 p.m.
Jan. 2 -- at Seton Hall at Prudential Center, Newark, N.J., 2 p.m.
Jan. 4 -- vs. South Florida (XL Center), 7 p.m. (CPTV)
Jan. 7 -- vs. Cincinnati (Gampel Pavilion), 7:30 p.m. (CPTV)
Jan. 9 -- vs. North Carolina (Gampel Pavilion), 4 p.m. (CBS)
Jan. 13 -- at Marquette, 8 p.m.
Jan. 16 -- vs. Notre Dame (Gampel Pavilion), 9 p.m. (ESPN)
Jan. 18 -- at Duke, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
Jan. 23 -- at Villanova, 2 p.m. (CPTV)
Jan. 26 -- vs. Rutgers (XL Center), 7 p.m. (CBSCS)
Jan. 30 -- at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m.
Feb. 2 -- vs. West Virginia (XL Center), 7 p.m. (CPTV)
Feb. 7 -- at Louisville, noon (ESPN)
Feb. 10 -- at DePaul, 8 p.m. (CPTV)
Feb. 13 -- vs. St. John's (Gampel Pavilion), 5 p.m. (CPTV)
Feb. 15 -- at Oklahoma, 9 p.m. (ESPN2)
Feb. 20 -- vs. Providence (XL Center), 1 p.m. (CPTV)
Feb. 24 -- at Syracuse (Carrier Dome), 7 p.m.
Feb. 27 -- vs. Georgetown (XL Center), 1 p.m. (BETV)
March 1 -- at Notre Dame, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
March 5-9 -- Big East tournament at XL Center, TBA


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Vavuniya (Singalees: Vavuniyāva; Tamil: Vavuṉiyā) is een plaats in Sri Lanka en is de hoofdplaats van het district Vavuniya.
Vavuniya telde in 2001 bij de volkstelling 53.237 inwoners.

Plaats in Sri Lanka


David R. Smith, 65, of Leslie, Mo., formerly of Fombell, passed away Sunday, May 27, 2007, after a lengthy illness of cancer. He was born to the late LeRoy (Ted) and Frances Smith on July 29, 1941.
He is survived by his brother, Don, and four sisters, Eleanor, Birdie, Bertha and Linda. He also has four children, David, Angel, Amy and Sarah, and two grandchildren.
There will be no services. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.


Select this title Inside the tomb of Tutankhamun / Jacqeline Morley ; [artist], John James. [Book] Morley, Jacqueline 2005 Shelf Location: 932.
Morley, Jacqueline 2007 Shelf Location: 935.
Morley, Jacqueline 2005 Shelf Location: 796.0938.
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Canam Group, one of the largest fabricators of structural steel components in North America, transformed their project process in just a few years. By making its engineering teams an integral part of manufacturing and construction processes within its building service divisions and using interoperable software in Autodesk® AEC Collection for design and detailing and Autodesk® BIM 360®, Canam's engineers and detailers can now create more ambitious and optimized designs that reduce waste down the line and increase project certainty.
Introducing interoperable workflows for greater impact
Imagine if you and your entire project team of architects, engineers, fabricators and contractors could work together to optimize your design, avoid site issues and develop more sustainable buildings.
Then, imagine you could achieve this simply by bringing engineering design and fabrication detailing together into one unified model. It's something that Canam, North America's largest fabricator of structural steel components, no longer need to imagine. They've already made it a reality.
By introducing integrated BIM engineering workflows, Canam has transformed its entire project process in just a few years.
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The key to its success?
Making its engineering teams an integral part of manufacturing and construction processes within its building service divisions.
Using interoperable software in Autodesk® AEC Collection for design and detailing and Autodesk® BIM 360® Design for cloud-based collaboration, Canam's engineers and detailers can create more ambitious and optimized designs that reduce waste down the line and increase project certainty.
"We used to have 30 site issues a week, and up to 300 things to fix at the end of the project," says Dominick Paradis, Design Engineer, Canam. "Recently we had about 30 site issues on an entire project. That's a huge reduction in the amount of work we have to do to fix problems and it's a big advantage of using this software."
"We've seen a huge reduction in the amount of work we have to do to fix problems"
—Dominick Paradis, Design Engineer, Canam
Better coordination and clash detection
A typical Canam project can involve as many as 60 people drafting components across 8 different locations around the world, presenting significant challenges when it comes to coordination
But using integrated engineering workflows in Autodesk® Revit® and coordination tools in BIM 360 Design, engineers and detailers can deliver better coordinated, more constructible designs.
"Working on the same platform makes coordination very easy," explains Paradis. "It reduces the amount of work and makes it easier for everybody – it's so much better than 8 or 9 years ago when we had to check everything on paper."
It's this data visibility that's now enabling Canam to detect and resolve clashes immediately, reducing downstream rework and saving significant time across the company.
"The big difference is the amount of clashes and mistakes we're able to catch."
Faster problem-solving saves time and money
With everyone working from a single, live Revit model, engineers are able to coordinate their contributions to ensure that everything fits together accurately, and in doing so, avoid costly errors. "The big difference is the amount of clashes and mistakes that we're able to catch with this 3D software," explains Paradis. "It's a lot better for coordination between the different teams."
Canam's engineers are now only seeing a tiny fraction of the site issues they used to grapple with on a daily basis. It's saving them hours compared to previous projects, ramping up their project efficiency and freeing them up to focus on finding better engineering solutions.
Better equipped to win new business
Crucially, this new approach is drawing the attention of future clients. Their integrated workflows are helping Canam win more business, as customers increasingly want an as-built model at the end of the construction project. "More and more we're seeing customers that want 3D models of everything that happened in their buildings," says Paradis. "Now everything is included in the 3D model, so customers don't have to refer to a big pile of PDFs to find the information they need."
The freedom to optimize
On top of the day-to-day benefits like increased efficiency and smoother collaboration, this integrated approach is allowing the firm to move in an ambitious new direction.
Thanks to their confidence in this way of working, Canam is looking to aim higher and take more design risks on future projects. Gone are the days of having to play it safe in order to reduce project errors, and mistakes in fabrication and in the field are becoming a thing of the past.
Canam is committed to creating BIM models for all of its building products and is now engineering a number of its building products in Revit, including steel decking, Hambro joist and light gauge steel stud wall system. Having this level of detail in the Revit model gives the firm maximum flexibility in every project.
"We used to standardize a lot, make everything similar, trying to avoid mistakes. But with these 3D models we're no longer tied to trying to have everything symmetrical – we can make every single connection different," says Paradis. "We don't need to worry about having problems at the end of the project, because you can spot them and mitigate them in advance. This gives us the freedom to optimize everything."
For Canam, the flexibility and freedom to design optimized solutions which it can deliver efficiently is swiftly becoming a true differentiator in the market. It's no surprise the firm plans to continue pressing its advantage.
"This gives us the freedom to optimize everything."
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package org.drools.workbench.models.testscenarios.backend.populators;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;

import org.drools.core.base.TypeResolver;
import org.drools.workbench.models.testscenarios.shared.Field;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.drools.workbench.models.testscenarios.backend.Cheese;
import org.drools.workbench.models.testscenarios.shared.Fact;
import org.drools.workbench.models.testscenarios.shared.FactAssignmentField;
import org.mockito.Matchers;

public class FieldPopulatorFactoryTest {

    private FieldPopulatorFactory fieldPopulatorFactory;
    private TypeResolver typeResolver;
    private ClassLoader classLoader;

    @Before
    public void setUp() throws Exception {
        Object factObject = mock(Object.class);
        typeResolver = mock(TypeResolver.class);
        classLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
        fieldPopulatorFactory = new FieldPopulatorFactory(factObject, typeResolver, classLoader);
    }

    @Test
    public void testFactAssignmentField() throws Exception {

        FactAssignmentField field = new FactAssignmentField();
        field.setFact(new Fact());

        when(
                typeResolver.resolveType(Matchers.<String>any())
        ).thenReturn(
                Cheese.class
        );

        FieldPopulator fieldPopulator = fieldPopulatorFactory.getFieldPopulator(field);

        assertNotNull(fieldPopulator);
    }

    @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
    public void testUnknownFieldType() throws Exception {
        fieldPopulatorFactory.getFieldPopulator(new WhoAmIField());
    }

    class WhoAmIField implements Field {

        @Override
        public String getName() {
            return "?";
        }
    }
}

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Q: Does the operating system matter when using Encode[]? I have a package I want to distribute.  I wrote the package in Version 9 under a Mac OS X operating system.  I want to Encode[] the package.
The end user will run the package on a full Mathematica Version 9 license running on a Windows OS.
As I don't have access to a Windows machine to test this I wondered if anyone knew whether Encode[] is operating system specific?
Will a package encoded on OS X run on Windows?

A: Encode is not system dependent, but files written by DumpSave[] can only be read on the same type of computer system on which they were written.

A: I think "by design" Encode is/was not system dependet (neither OS nor architecture), as M.R. has stated. But I remember there were some problems with earlier versions (the following is just from memory and probably not entirely correct, so if it matters and you are in doubt better make some checks):
Before version 8 there were some combinations of OS which would not work, like Encode on Windows and Get on e.g. OSX or Linux. I think that these problems were (silently) fixed in version 8. So if you and your end user will use version 8 or something newer he should be able to Get your Encoded code on any of the supported platforms.

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Alex Straiker, Apollo/Soyuz, Buzz Aldrin, Indiana University, John F. Kennedy, John Glenn, Kennedy Space Center, Marijuana, Mars Curiosity Science Laboratory, NASA, Neil Armstrong, Soma Coffee
GETTIN' HIGH IN THE FRIENDLY SKY
The first hero I ever had was John Glenn. He was the first American to orbit the Earth in a space capsule, Friendship 7.
John Glenn, Weightless In Orbit
Glenn was a member of the coolest gang on the planet, the original Project Mercury astronauts. Let's see, off the top of my head there were Glenn, Wally Schirra, Scott Carpenter, Alan Shepherd, Gus Grissom, Gordon Cooper, um, uh….
Okay, help me Wikipedia. Oh yeah, I forgot Deke Slayton. Poor guy — was diagnosed with a heart murmur and was grounded before he could go up in a Mercury capsule. Fortunately, he was given clearance to ride on the Apollo/Soyuz mission in 1975.
So, I got six of the seven. Pretty good for 50 years later.
Swear to god, I spent the years from September 12, 1962, when President Kennedy committed America to landing humans (oh, okay, men) on the moon by the end of the decade, to July 20, 1969 in a state of eager impatience.
The only things I looked forward to as much were getting my first drivers license and, aw gee, having my first sexual experience.
Turns out the drivers license thing was an anticlimax. The sex thing, you'll pardon the pun, was not.
But neither experience could match the night that Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin hopped out of the LEM onto the lunar surface. Honest. I remember that night — I do not remember my first sexual experience. Okay, call me a geek.
Buzz Aldrin On The Moon (Neil Armstrong In The Reflection)
I remember just staring at the moon that Sunday night. I knew I wouldn't be able to see anything out of the ordinary but, still, I stared.
Yes, I was a space geek. Always have been. In fact, The Loved One and I visited Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center a few years ago. I kid you not, I spent a full 20 minutes just gawking — with my mouth open — at the Saturn rocket hanging from the ceiling of the museum.
Saturday morning when The Loved One and I walked into Soma Coffee, our pal Alex Straiker, the mad scientist of the brain, was glued to his laptop screen, watching NASA's live stream of of the Mars Curiosity Science Laboratory liftoff.
"Only 22 minutes to go," Straiker said, appearing about as boyish as a graying, middle-aged man can.
"Aw, cool!" I said, just as boyish.
Nice to know there are at least three of us left in this world.
FROM OUTER SPACE TO INNER CRANIUM
Speaking of Alex Straiker, check out his microscopy images on our Gallery & Studio page.


World War I was an international conflict primarily involving European nations that was fought between 1914 and 1918. The United States did not enter the conflict until April 1917, but its entry was the decisive event of the war, enabling the Allies (Great Britain, France, Italy, and Russia) to defeat the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria). The leadership of President woodrow wilson led to both the conclusion of hostilities and the creation of the League of Nations, an international organization dedicated to resolving disputes without war.
The war began on July 28, 1914, when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. During the late nineteenth century, European nations had negotiated military alliances with each other that called for mutual protection. The Austria-Hungary declaration of war triggered these alliance commitments, leading to the widening of the war between the Allies and Central Powers.
During the next four years, the war was fought primarily on three fronts and on the Atlantic Ocean. The western front was in France, where Germany was opposed by France, Great Britain, and eventually the United States. The eastern front was in Russia, where Germany and Austria-Hungary opposed Russia. The southern front was in Serbia and involved Austria-Hungary and Serbia.
In August 1914 Germany invaded Belgium and then moved into France. German forces were unable to achieve a decisive victory, however, ever, and the war soon became a conflict of fixed battle lines. French, British, and German soldiers lived and fought in trenches, periodically making assaults on the enemy by entering the "no man's land" between the two sets of trenches. The use of machine guns, tanks, gas warfare, and artillery in these confined battlefields generated unprecedented human carnage on the western front.
Though Germany had more success on the eastern front, neither side had sufficient economic and military strength to achieve victory. In 1916 and early 1917, Wilson sought to bring about negotiations between the Allies and Central Powers that would lead, in his words, to "peace without victory." Wilson's efforts at first appeared promising, but German military successes convinced the Central Powers that they could win the war.
Germany's use of submarine warfare proved to be the key element in provoking the United States' entry into the war. In 1915 a German submarine had torpedoed without warning the British passenger steamship Lusitania off the southern coast of Ireland. Nearly 1,200 persons died, including 128 U.S. citizens. Popular feeling in the United States against Germany was intense, leading to calls for declaring war on Germany. Wilson, however, sought a diplomatic solution. Though Germany rebuked his call for assuming responsibility for the tragedy, it did not sink any more passenger liners without warning. Wilson abandoned his peacemaking efforts when Germany announced that unrestricted submarine warfare would begin on February 1, 1917. This meant that U.S. merchant ships were in peril, despite the fact that the United States was a neutral in the war. Wilson broke diplomatic relations with Germany on February 3 and asked Congress later that month for authority to arm merchant ships and take other protective measures. In mid-March German submarines sank three U.S. merchant ships, with heavy loss of life. Wilson called a special session of Congress for April 2 and asked for a declaration of war on Germany. Congress obliged, and on April 6, 1917, Wilson signed the declaration.
The United States immediately moved to raise a large military force by instituting a military draft. It took months, however, to raise, train, and dispatch troops to Europe. The first 85,000 members of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF), under the command of General John J. Pershing, arrived in France in June 1917. By the end of the war in November 1918, there were 2 million soldiers in the AEF.
Germany realized that U.S. war production and financial strength reduced Germany's chances of victory. In March 1918 Germany launched its last great offensive on the western front. U.S. troops saw their first extended action in the Battle of the Marne, halting the German advance on June 4. During the second Battle of the Marne, U.S. and French troops again stopped the German advance and successfully counterattacked. The Allies began pushing back the German army all along the western front, signaling the beginning of the end of German resistance.
Wilson renewed his peace efforts by proposing a framework for negotiations. On January 8, 1918, he delivered an address to Congress that named Fourteen Points to be used as the guide for a peace settlement. The fourteenth point called for a general association of nations that would guarantee political independence and territorial integrity for all countries. In October 1918 Germany asked Wilson to arrange a general Armistice based on the Fourteen Points and the immediate start of peace negotiations. Germany finally capitulated and signed an armistice on November 11, 1918.
The 1919 Treaty of Versailles ended World War I and imposed disarmament, reparations, and territorial changes on Germany. The treaty also established the League of Nations, an international organization dedicated to resolving world conflicts peacefully. Wilson, however, was unable to convince the U.S. Senate to ratify the treaty, because it was opposed to U.S. membership in the League of Nations.
World War I also saw the 1917 Bolshevik revolution in Russia. The specter of a worldwide Communist movement generated fears in the United States that socialists, anarchists, and Communists were undermining democratic institutions. During the war, socialist opponents of the war were convicted of Sedition and imprisoned. In 1920 the federal government rounded up 6,000 Aliens who it considered to be politically subversive. These "Palmer Raids," named after Attorney General A. mitchell palmer, violated basic civil liberties. Agents entered and searched homes without warrants, held persons without specific charges for long periods of time, and denied them legal counsel. Hundreds of aliens were deported.
Macmillan, Margaret Olwen. 2002. Paris 1919: Six Months that Changed the World. New York: Random House.
Murphy, Paul L. c1979. World War I and the Origin of Civil Liberties in the United States. New York: Norton.
Communism; "Fourteen Points" (Appendix, Primary Document); Socialism.
When asked why the collections project is restricted to European countries when the 1914-1918 conflict was a global event, Purday reports that funding from the European Union only goes to member states.
At the Sharp End: Canadians Fighting the Great War 1914-1918, by Tim Cook.
Comrades in Courage, The British Army in France and Flanders, 1914-1918 is a visceral immersion of the British Army's harrowing experience in France and Flanders during World War I (though a few Canadian, American, French, and German soldiers are spoken of).
A lot has gone into the making of David Raw 's Bradford Pals: A Comprehensive History Of The 16th-18th & 20th Service Batillions Of The Prince Of Wales Own West Yorkshire Regiment 1914-1918 (0850523508, L25.
Grahamstown /Shepardstown at war 1914-1918 is written by Alan Turner and published by the Adelong Alive Museum.
In the last 20 years there has been a wealth of 1914-1918 War unit reprints and new works for units that did not have a published history.
The First World War: The Eastern Front, 1914-1918 by Geoffrey Jukes.
The Great War of 1914-1918 significantly shaped the course of the 20th century, both at home and abroad.
PUBLIC RESPONSE TO THE DOMINION ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY, 1914-1918.
William Morris Hughes, the Prime Minister of Australia during the 1914-1918 war and was a member of the War Cabinet.
See, for examples, Gerald Feldman, Army, Industry, Labor in Germany 1914-1918 (Prince ton, 1966); Jurgen Kocka, Facing Total War: German Society, 1914-1918 (Cambridge, 1984); Anne Roerkohl, Hungerblockade und Heimatfront: Die kommunale Lebensmittelversorgung in Westfalen wahrend des ersten Weltkrieges (Stuttgart, 1987).


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Aspires offers families a place to learn and share experiences with others who are on a similar journey.
Aspires is a family-based network that seeks to support
The Aspires Housing Group of Calgary (Aspires)
autistic Albertans on their journey to live as independently as possible.
The Aspires Housing Group of Calgary is a family-based network with an aim to support autistic Albertans on their journey to live as independently as possible. Aspires previously planned social and informational gatherings a few times a year.
An exciting new collaboration between Autism Society of Alberta, Autism Edmonton, and The Sinneave Family Foundation will leverage the energy, expertise, and success of the Aspires Housing Group of Calgary to grow support for families and access to housing opportunities across Alberta.
The vision for the collaboration is to work together to better understand housing needs across the province, extend the reach of support to families, learn from each other to proactively facilitate new housing solutions, and establish a provincial approach to recruitment in order to capitalize on housing units as they become available.
Individuals and families from across the province are invited to join the Provincial Housing Support Network. By joining the network mailing list you will receive information about activities and resources in areas of Alberta that may be of interest to you.
To indicate your interest in joining the Provincial Housing Support Network mailing list, please send an email to info@autismedmonton.org. In the subject line type "Provincial Housing Support Network mailing list" and in the body of the email include your first and last name, email address, and the city or region of Alberta that you currently live and/or are interested in hearing about housing opportunities in.
More About the Collaboration
The Autism Society of Alberta, through its Provincial Family Resource Centres, will facilitate expanding a family support network based on the Aspires model to better serve the entire province, coordinated through the Family Resource Centres across the province.
Autism Edmonton will be adding a full time Housing Coordinator role with a mandate to advance opportunities with affordable housing providers in the Edmonton area.
The Sinneave Family Foundation will support the housing focused provincial network expansion and continue to facilitate housing opportunities in the Calgary area


We first got to know astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson when he hosted the Fox documentary series Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey. But his latest stunt is truly out-of-this-world brilliant.
"If it's raining out and there's a big puddle, what do you want to do with that puddle?" he asks.
"Jump in it," she replies.
Tyson quips: "Just tell your parents that they're experiments, and you want to become a scientist, and then they won't stop you from doing anything you want."
More women in science? Now that's a parenting philosophy we can get behind.


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District leader to retire March 2020
Fred Wood gave a speech on Opening Day Aug. 23 to talk about his retirement.
Charles Reed, Staff writer
This summer's announcement of Contra Costa Community College District Chancellor Fred E. Wood's retirement next spring brought positive reflections of his tenure as chancellor. Wood informed the district community in an email, July 17 that he would be retiring March 31, 2020.
After serving in higher education roles for 40 years, Wood decided it was time to retire.
"Due to personal obligations, and my belief that the district is ready for new leadership," said Wood, continuing, "the district is in a great place with a very strong financial position, stabilized enrollment, and our faculty and staff are doing a tremendous job of serving our students and community."
Wood is credited with many successes in his career. One achievement that stands out during his nearly three years as chancellor is bringing stability to the district during a time of enrollment challenges and significant changes in state funding for California Community Colleges.
Los Medanos College Bob Kratochvil had good things to say about Chancellor Wood's tenure.
"In addition to joining us at numerous LMC events, he has attended meetings of our three Senates to engage in dialogue with our campus community on topics of institutional importance," said Kratochvil. He continued by saying, "On many occasions, he has also highlighted the hard work and accomplishments of LMC's students, faculty, classified professionals, and managers. We wish him all the best in his retirement."
Governing Board President Vicki Gordon expressed that the district has been extremely fortunate to have Wood's leadership over the past few years.
"His honesty, integrity, thoughtful leadership, and passion for students were exactly what the district needed during this time," Gordon said. "We will miss his leadership and he will be a hard act to follow."
Gordon also gave a nod to Wood's work on the budget, securing benefits for Community College faculty specifically with retirement and healthcare for those members. Another accomplishment Gordon pointed out was that Wood's work with the budget made funds more easily accessed at a lower interest rate for projects like the new Brentwood Center groundbreaking.
Reflecting on his career, Wood said, "he is most proud of is the opportunity to join our governing board, faculty, staff, and community leaders in their work to support our students, that they deserve the recognition for the success of our district and our three excellent colleges."
The board has already launched the replacement process hiring a national search firm to find a new chancellor, and now Wood plans to "work in the shadows" as a consultant to answer questions from the applicants as well as from the trustees.
The board will be deciding soon who in the district will coordinate the hiring process, scheduled just before winter break.
Charles Reed, Campus Editor


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Q: WebRTC - How does Google Congestion Control Algorithm for WebRTC (RRTCC) control congestion? I'm a newbie with RRTCC and I really dont understand how RRTCC adjusts incoming media bitrate.
I tried to read Internet Draft of RRTCC but cannot figure it out: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-alvestrand-rmcat-congestion-03
It calculates the estimated bandwidth based on delay and loss, so what's next?
How it can directly control the sending rate to control congestion?

A: The RTP receiver doesn't directly control the sending rate. It just sends status information to the RTP sender, which is the only one capable of controlling its own sending rate.
draft-alvestrand-rmcat-congestion has been replaced by draft-ietf-rmcat-gcc so I recommend that you use the later one.
In section 2. System model it explains that the RTP receiver should also act as a RTCP sender, in order to send REMB messages to the RTP sender. These messages should be sent by the RTP receiver as soon as it detects any congestion, and then keep sending it at a rate of once per second even if no congestion is happening. Then the RTP sender uses the information in the received message to decide if the transmission bitrate can be raised or should be immediately lowered.

A: I am one of the authors of the draft. If you are interested in understanding the design criteria you can also take a look at this paper:
G. Carlucci, L. De Cicco, S. Holmer, and S. Mascolo
Analysis and Design of the Google Congestion Control for Web Real-time Communication (WebRTC)
Proc. ACM Mmsys 2016, Klagenfurt, Austria, May 2016
which is available for download at http://c3lab.poliba.it/images/6/65/Gcc-analysis.pdf.