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package com.sun.xml.ws.addressing;

import com.sun.istack.NotNull;
import com.sun.xml.ws.addressing.model.InvalidAddressingHeaderException;
import com.sun.xml.ws.addressing.model.MissingAddressingHeaderException;
import com.sun.xml.ws.api.SOAPVersion;
import com.sun.xml.ws.api.WSBinding;
import com.sun.xml.ws.api.addressing.AddressingVersion;
import com.sun.xml.ws.api.message.AddressingUtils;
import com.sun.xml.ws.api.message.Header;
import com.sun.xml.ws.api.message.Message;
import com.sun.xml.ws.api.message.Messages;
import com.sun.xml.ws.api.message.Packet;
import com.sun.xml.ws.api.model.wsdl.WSDLBoundOperation;
import com.sun.xml.ws.api.model.wsdl.WSDLPort;
import com.sun.xml.ws.api.pipe.NextAction;
import com.sun.xml.ws.api.pipe.Tube;
import com.sun.xml.ws.api.pipe.TubeCloner;
import com.sun.xml.ws.api.pipe.helper.AbstractFilterTubeImpl;
import com.sun.xml.ws.developer.MemberSubmissionAddressingFeature;
import com.sun.xml.ws.message.FaultDetailHeader;
import com.sun.xml.ws.resources.AddressingMessages;

import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
import jakarta.xml.soap.SOAPFault;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
import jakarta.xml.ws.WebServiceException;
import jakarta.xml.ws.soap.AddressingFeature;
import jakarta.xml.ws.soap.SOAPBinding;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import java.util.logging.Level;

/**
 * WS-Addressing processing code shared between client and server.
 *
 *

 * This tube is used only when WS-Addressing is enabled.
 *
 * @author Rama Pulavarthi
 * @author Arun Gupta
 */
abstract class WsaTube extends AbstractFilterTubeImpl {
    /**
     * Port that we are processing.
     */
    protected final @NotNull WSDLPort wsdlPort;
    protected final WSBinding binding;
    final WsaTubeHelper helper;
    protected final @NotNull AddressingVersion addressingVersion;
    protected final SOAPVersion soapVersion;

    /**
     * True if the addressing headers are mandatory.
     */
    private final boolean addressingRequired;

    public WsaTube(WSDLPort wsdlPort, WSBinding binding, Tube next) {
        super(next);
        this.wsdlPort = wsdlPort;
        this.binding = binding;
        addKnownHeadersToBinding(binding);
        addressingVersion = binding.getAddressingVersion();
        soapVersion = binding.getSOAPVersion();
        helper = getTubeHelper();
        addressingRequired = AddressingVersion.isRequired(binding);
    }

    public WsaTube(WsaTube that, TubeCloner cloner) {
        super(that, cloner);
        this.wsdlPort = that.wsdlPort;
        this.binding = that.binding;
        this.helper = that.helper;
        addressingVersion = that.addressingVersion;
        soapVersion = that.soapVersion;
        addressingRequired = that.addressingRequired;
    }

    private void addKnownHeadersToBinding(WSBinding binding) {
        for (AddressingVersion addrVersion: AddressingVersion.values()) {
          binding.addKnownHeader(addrVersion.actionTag);
          binding.addKnownHeader(addrVersion.faultDetailTag);
          binding.addKnownHeader(addrVersion.faultToTag);
          binding.addKnownHeader(addrVersion.fromTag);
          binding.addKnownHeader(addrVersion.messageIDTag);
          binding.addKnownHeader(addrVersion.relatesToTag);
          binding.addKnownHeader(addrVersion.replyToTag);
          binding.addKnownHeader(addrVersion.toTag);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public @NotNull NextAction processException(Throwable t) {
        return super.processException(t);
    }

    protected WsaTubeHelper getTubeHelper() {
        if(binding.isFeatureEnabled(AddressingFeature.class)) {
            return new WsaTubeHelperImpl(wsdlPort, null, binding);
        } else if(binding.isFeatureEnabled(MemberSubmissionAddressingFeature.class)) {
            //seiModel is null as it is not needed.
            return new com.sun.xml.ws.addressing.v200408.WsaTubeHelperImpl(wsdlPort, null, binding);
        } else {
            // Addressing is not enabled, WsaTube should not be included in the pipeline
            throw new WebServiceException(AddressingMessages.ADDRESSING_NOT_ENABLED(this.getClass().getSimpleName()));
        }
    }

    /**
     * Validates the inbound message. If an error is found, create
     * a fault message and returns that. Otherwise
     * it will pass through the parameter 'packet' object to the return value.
     */
    protected Packet validateInboundHeaders(Packet packet) {
        SOAPFault soapFault;
        FaultDetailHeader s11FaultDetailHeader;

        try {
            checkMessageAddressingProperties(packet);
            return packet;
        } catch (InvalidAddressingHeaderException e) {
            LOGGER.log(Level.WARNING,
                    addressingVersion.getInvalidMapText()+", Problem header:" + e.getProblemHeader()+ ", Reason: "+ e.getSubsubcode(),e);
            soapFault = helper.createInvalidAddressingHeaderFault(e, addressingVersion);
            s11FaultDetailHeader = new FaultDetailHeader(addressingVersion, addressingVersion.problemHeaderQNameTag.getLocalPart(), e.getProblemHeader());
        } catch (MissingAddressingHeaderException e) {
            LOGGER.log(Level.WARNING,addressingVersion.getMapRequiredText()+", Problem header:"+ e.getMissingHeaderQName(),e);
            soapFault = helper.newMapRequiredFault(e);
            s11FaultDetailHeader = new FaultDetailHeader(addressingVersion, addressingVersion.problemHeaderQNameTag.getLocalPart(), e.getMissingHeaderQName());
        }

        if (soapFault != null) {
            // WS-A fault processing for one-way methods
            if ((wsdlPort !=null)  && packet.getMessage().isOneWay(wsdlPort)) {
                return packet.createServerResponse(null, wsdlPort, null, binding);
            }

            Message m = Messages.create(soapFault);
            if (soapVersion == SOAPVersion.SOAP_11) {
                m.getHeaders().add(s11FaultDetailHeader);
            }

            return packet.createServerResponse(m, wsdlPort, null,  binding);
        }

        return packet;
    }

    /**
     * This method checks all the WS-Addressing headers are valid and as per the spec definded rules.
     * Mainly it checks the cardinality of the WSA headers and checks that mandatory headers exist.
     * It also checks if the SOAPAction is equal to wsa:Action value when non-empty.
     *
     * Override this method if you need to additional checking of headers other than just existence of the headers.
     * For ex: On server-side, check Anonymous and Non-Anonymous semantics in addition to checking cardinality.
     *
     * Override checkMandatoryHeaders(Packet p) to have different validation rules for different versions
     *
     */
    protected void checkMessageAddressingProperties(Packet packet) {
        checkCardinality(packet);
    }

    final boolean isAddressingEngagedOrRequired(Packet packet, WSBinding binding) {
        if (AddressingVersion.isRequired(binding))
            return true;

        if (packet == null)
            return false;

        if (packet.getMessage() == null)
            return false;

        if (packet.getMessage().getHeaders() != null)
            return false;

        String action = AddressingUtils.getAction(
                packet.getMessage().getHeaders(),
                addressingVersion, soapVersion);
        if (action == null)
            return true;

        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Checks the cardinality of WS-Addressing headers on an inbound {@link Packet}. This method
     * checks for the cardinality if WS-Addressing is engaged (detected by the presence of wsa:Action
     * header) or wsdl:required=true.
     *
     * @param packet The inbound packet.
     * @throws WebServiceException if:
     *

     *
there is an error reading ReplyTo or FaultTo

     *
WS-Addressing is required and {@link Message} within packet is null

     *
WS-Addressing is required and no headers are found in the {@link Message}

     *
an uknown WS-Addressing header is present

     *

     */
    protected void checkCardinality(Packet packet) {
        Message message = packet.getMessage();
        if (message == null) {
            if (addressingRequired)
                throw new WebServiceException(AddressingMessages.NULL_MESSAGE());
            else
                return;
        }

        Iterator hIter = message.getHeaders().getHeaders(addressingVersion.nsUri, true);

        if (!hIter.hasNext()) {
            // no WS-A headers are found
            if (addressingRequired)
                // if WS-A is required, then throw an exception looking for wsa:Action header
                throw new MissingAddressingHeaderException(addressingVersion.actionTag,packet);
            else
                // else no need to process
                return;
        }

        boolean foundFrom = false;
        boolean foundTo = false;
        boolean foundReplyTo = false;
        boolean foundFaultTo = false;
        boolean foundAction = false;
        boolean foundMessageId = false;
        boolean foundRelatesTo = false;
        QName duplicateHeader = null;

        while (hIter.hasNext()) {
            Header h = hIter.next();

            // check if the Header is in current role
            if (!isInCurrentRole(h, binding)) {
                continue;
            }

            String local = h.getLocalPart();
            if (local.equals(addressingVersion.fromTag.getLocalPart())) {
                if (foundFrom) {
                    duplicateHeader = addressingVersion.fromTag;
                    break;
                }
                foundFrom = true;
            } else if (local.equals(addressingVersion.toTag.getLocalPart())) {
                if (foundTo) {
                    duplicateHeader = addressingVersion.toTag;
                    break;
                }
                foundTo = true;
            } else if (local.equals(addressingVersion.replyToTag.getLocalPart())) {
                if (foundReplyTo) {
                    duplicateHeader = addressingVersion.replyToTag;
                    break;
                }
                foundReplyTo = true;
                try { // verify that the header is in a good shape
                    h.readAsEPR(addressingVersion);
                } catch (XMLStreamException e) {
                    throw new WebServiceException(AddressingMessages.REPLY_TO_CANNOT_PARSE(), e);
                }
            } else if (local.equals(addressingVersion.faultToTag.getLocalPart())) {
                if (foundFaultTo) {
                    duplicateHeader = addressingVersion.faultToTag;
                    break;
                }
                foundFaultTo = true;
                try { // verify that the header is in a good shape
                    h.readAsEPR(addressingVersion);
                } catch (XMLStreamException e) {
                    throw new WebServiceException(AddressingMessages.FAULT_TO_CANNOT_PARSE(), e);
                }
            } else if (local.equals(addressingVersion.actionTag.getLocalPart())) {
                if (foundAction) {
                    duplicateHeader = addressingVersion.actionTag;
                    break;
                }
                foundAction = true;
            } else if (local.equals(addressingVersion.messageIDTag.getLocalPart())) {
                if (foundMessageId) {
                    duplicateHeader = addressingVersion.messageIDTag;
                    break;
                }
                foundMessageId = true;
            } else if (local.equals(addressingVersion.relatesToTag.getLocalPart())) {
                foundRelatesTo = true;
            } else if (local.equals(addressingVersion.faultDetailTag.getLocalPart())) {
                // TODO: should anything be done here ?
                // TODO: fault detail element - only for SOAP 1.1
            } else {
                System.err.println(AddressingMessages.UNKNOWN_WSA_HEADER());
            }
        }

        // check for invalid cardinality first before checking for mandatory headers
        if (duplicateHeader != null) {
            throw new InvalidAddressingHeaderException(duplicateHeader, addressingVersion.invalidCardinalityTag);
        }

        // WS-A is engaged if wsa:Action header is found
        boolean engaged = foundAction;

        // check for mandatory set of headers only if:
        // 1. WS-A is engaged or
        // 2. wsdl:required=true
        // Both wsa:Action and wsa:To MUST be present on request (for oneway MEP) and
        // response messages (for oneway and request/response MEP only)
        if (engaged || addressingRequired) {
            // Check for mandatory headers always (even for Protocol messages).
            // If it breaks any interop scenarios, Remove the comments.
            /*
            WSDLBoundOperation wbo = getWSDLBoundOperation(packet);
            // no need to check for for non-application messages
            if (wbo == null)
                return;
            */
            checkMandatoryHeaders(packet, foundAction, foundTo, foundReplyTo,
                    foundFaultTo, foundMessageId, foundRelatesTo);
        }
    }

    final boolean isInCurrentRole(Header header, WSBinding binding) {
        // TODO: binding will be null for protocol messages
        // TODO: returning true assumes that protocol messages are
        // TODO: always in current role, this may not to be fixed.
        if (binding == null)
            return true;
        return ((SOAPBinding)binding).getRoles().contains(header.getRole(soapVersion));

    }

    protected final WSDLBoundOperation getWSDLBoundOperation(Packet packet) {
        //we can find Req/Response or Oneway only with WSDLModel
        if(wsdlPort == null)
            return null;
        QName opName = packet.getWSDLOperation();
        if(opName != null)
            return wsdlPort.getBinding().get(opName);
        return null;
    }

    protected void validateSOAPAction(Packet packet) {
        String gotA = AddressingUtils.getAction(
                packet.getMessage().getHeaders(),
                addressingVersion, soapVersion);
        if (gotA == null)
            throw new WebServiceException(AddressingMessages.VALIDATION_SERVER_NULL_ACTION());
        if(packet.soapAction != null && !packet.soapAction.equals("\"\"") && !packet.soapAction.equals("\""+gotA+"\"")) {
            throw new InvalidAddressingHeaderException(addressingVersion.actionTag, addressingVersion.actionMismatchTag);
        }
    }

    protected abstract void validateAction(Packet packet);

    /**
     * This should be called only when Addressing is engaged.
     *
     * Checks only for presence of wsa:Action and validates that wsa:Action
     * equals SOAPAction header when non-empty
     * Should be overridden if other wsa headers need to be checked based on version.
     *
     */
    protected void checkMandatoryHeaders(
        Packet packet, boolean foundAction, boolean foundTo, boolean foundReplyTo,
            boolean foundFaultTo, boolean foundMessageId, boolean foundRelatesTo) {
        // if no wsa:Action header is found
        if (!foundAction)
            throw new MissingAddressingHeaderException(addressingVersion.actionTag,packet);
        validateSOAPAction(packet);
    }
    private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(WsaTube.class.getName());
}

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Die Finnish International 2012 fanden vom 29. März bis zum 1. April 2012 in Vantaa statt. Es war die 15. Austragung dieser internationalen Meisterschaften von Finnland im Badminton.

Medaillengewinner

Weblinks
 tournamentsoftware.com

2012
Badminton 2012
BE Circuit 2011/12
Badmintonwettbewerb in Vantaa

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SEEKING…I used to think that prayer was asking the Lord for something that He desired to give me and I would receive it. As I continue growing in my understanding I can see that sometimes asking needs another level...sometimes I need to put some legs with the words. Jesus said ask me and then He said SEEK me. Once you have you vocalized your petition, you can start to initialize it by moving in the direction of the answer. In Christ there is a 100% guarantee. Jesus said that those that would SEEK him would FIND him. There's no frustration, no disappointment.
It reminds me of my kids when they were little. They loved to play hide and seek and my two boys were a bit older than my daughter Jordan so they would have a little edge. When Jordan played she would always go hide, and wait only for a short time and then she would say, "I'm over here!" She wanted to be found! I believe that is how the Lord is. Jesus wants to be FOUND in your life!
The Bible says to "seek first" the kingdom of God and His righteousness and ALL the other things will come. Seek the Lord while he is in the vicinity…in the neighborhood. Call upon him while he is near. Seeking actually means to beat a path to and from…its desperately going after that which you need. So maybe you have been asking and asking but nothing is moving in your life. Consider this: things will start moving when you do!


Called GJ. Direction perfectly. There was no drawdown from market open. For whatever reason my low price I calculated never got hit.
I think tonight I will only trade on the direction of the signal.
Since GJ is so expensive I didnt lose much. Tonight I will win. Hopefully in EU if I forsee lots of movement otherwise I will look into other pairs.
I have a nice CAD/JPY long signal tonight!
I did a lot of work to my spreadsheet today and evolved my strategy. I should have shorted CADJPY last night. Not longed it. Fortunately the market was kind to me because i still am in my long postion and i have a CJ long tonight and am currently not down much. I will hold this trade until tomorrow!
Hi how's your trade doing??
I lost several trades and pulled my money out. I lost because i didnt trade following my own rules. Technically I am down 40 from the 190 I put in.
I dont deserve to trade live this week. Im going to reprove myself to myself then i will deposit money next week. Back to demo.
I am short EU tonight.
It's good to be green! Ill hold until i get the new signal.
Im still short EU. Got another short tonight so I added to my position.
Should have put a stop at break even. Lost on both trades. Im not sure why I got another short unstead of a long. But i will look into it when i get home.
Im short EU tonight. Definitely did not get in at the best price but I'll be alright.
Tomorrow when I get the chance I would love to post a pic of my spreadsheet. I have had some issues that I can not explain with excel that has cost me money/lose several trades lately.
Was wrong. I beleive the timing i pulled the data was too late.
I got stopped out on my last trade. I havent been following a solid set of rules. The last week i havent gotten a signal. So no trade. Tonight, no signal so no trade.
Im trading a new pattern on my demo. A similar but opposite pattern occured on 2/19 in GU so i am going to take the trade based off that. I still havent gotten a golden signal to trade all week. EU hardly moved so I am happy in that regard that the no trades where no movement days.
Move stop to breakeven! This is going to be a nice day!
My stop was hit at breakeven while I was sleeping! No loss no gain this week.
Still have not gotten a trade yet. Look at EU on the daily… Such small candles. Im glad I haven't gotten a signal yet! At this point I expect only 6-9 signals a month. Hopefully tonight we get one!
I'm looking at an EU and GU long tonight. These are not my standard pattern.
Either way I'm already green and I just placed them. After 50 pips I will move my stop to break even.
I called GU correct but because of my position size, I lost money. GU was the stronger signal and I knew that from the get go, I just liked the cheapness of EU.
Anyhow i just got in at an excellent time for a GJ long!!
This trade looks very similar to last nights GU trade!
@Leg0nd Not sure what you mean. If you called the correct direction how does position size create a negative effect?
As you can see in his EUR/USD he took out a 4000 unit position vs GBP/USD he took out only a 790 unit position. Basically his GBP position is a little less than 1/4 of his EUR position.


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Audio Story: The Persistent Rain Cloud
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The boy was soaking wet. He was standing in a puddle of water. His clothes hung heavy on his body. Suddenly, a sharp razor-like slither of white light blazed above his head and a gravelly rumbling echoed in his ears. Then came another downpour. He pulled his jacket tightly around his body and sneezed noisily.
"Haha! This is fun!" chuckled Nimbus, his fluffy bluish grey body laden with icy cold water. He puffed up his cheeks, inhaled deeply and blew hard! Again, the boy below was showered with rain!
"Oh, it's great being a rain cloud!" cried Nimbus. He clapped his hands and did a little dance. Thunder echoed through the skies and lightning flashed all around as he rumbled and tumbled, the rain gushing out of him like a giant waterfall!
"Hey, c'mon let's play hide and seek!" called Nimbus to the other clouds. But the other clouds turned their backs on Nimbus and started floating away, whispering among themselves.
"Such spoilsports! Well, I guess I've just got to find someone else to rain on then!" said Nimbus as he smiled a naughty smile and scanned the earth for someone to drench.
"This has got to stop!" said a wise old cloud shaking his head.
"Nimbus is going out of control! He just can't keep picking on innocent people and soaking them with rain!" said another baby-blue cloud, her eyes filled with worry.
"He is giving us clouds a bad name!" growled a big burly cloud.
"But how do we make him stop?" squeaked a wispy little cloud as she floated around in circles.
Suddenly, a brilliant golden yellow light filled the sky.
"Hello there, Mr. Sun!" said the clouds in chorus.
"I overheard you'll talking about Nimbus. Would you like me to help?" asked the sun his eyes blazing.
"Oh yes, Mr. Sun! Please do something! Nimbus refuses to act according to the seasons!" said the clouds.
"He loves being a rain cloud too much! He doesn't want to be anything else, I'm afraid!" said the wise old cloud.
"Let me see what I can do," said the sun, as he soared higher into the sky, his cloak of sunbeams rippling around him.
The next day, Nimbus was as usual unleashing his rain on anyone he saw. Just then the sun came along and stopped right in front of Nimbus.
"Oh my! Oh my! How thirsty I am!" panted the sun, "How I wish I could have some rain to quench my thirst!"
Nimbus stood upright, his eyes lighting up at what he just heard!
"I can give you some rain, Mr. Sun! I've got lots of it!" said Nimbus patting his belly.
"Oh thank you Nimbus! How kind you are!" said the sun leaning in close for a drink of water.
Nimbus showered the sun with rain. But as soon as the drops reached the sun, they evaporated and disappeared into thin air.
"I shall need some water, Nimbus! I'm still so thirsty!" said the sun.
So Nimbus showered the sun again, this time spurting out more rain that before.
But still the sun's thirst was not satisfied. Nimbus continued to rain on the sun. But his thirst just could not be quenched!
"I'm tired, Mr. Sun! And I'm sunning out of rain too!" gasped Nimbus.
"Oh, but I'm still very much thirsty! Please can you spare me some more rain!" pleaded the sun.
Nimbus exhausted the last drops of rain he had inside him. He tried and tried, but not a droplet of rain came out.
His body started feeling lighter and he started to take on a light blue hue.
"Oh, Oh, what's happening to me!" cried Nimbus in fear, "I'm turning a sickly blue!"
"You're looking like a normal cloud again, Nimbus!" said the sun kindly.
"But I'm a rain cloud!" moaned Nimbus, trying hard not to float away.
"Well, you can't be a rain cloud all the time. There is a time for everything. There is time to be all dark and gloomy like a rain cloud and there is time to be bright and happy like a normal cloud," explained the sun.
Nimbus wanted to cry, but there was no water left in him even for that!
"Now go on, Nimbus! Go play with the other clouds. They've all been so worried about you!" said the sun, "and remember I shall be keeping an eye on you!"
So Nimbus floated away and joined the other clouds who were overjoyed to have their old friend back!
Now, whenever Nimbus thinks of being naughty again, a very thirsty sun promptly turns up, in search of a drink of water!

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Your name is one of the first things you receive, and often it has been considered very carefully in the nine months your parents were waiting for you to arrive… Often longer.
It is no mean feat, with 1 in 5 of the parents asked in one British study expressing regret at the name they chose.
I picked my eldest daughters name when I was 14; Harriet was the protagonists best friend in Jane Austen's novel 'Emma' and I knew I would one day call my daughter that. As soon as the scan revealed our first child would be a girl she was already named, and spoken about like she was already there. It creates an amazing bond to know what someone is already going to be called when they arrive into your home and life.
The only slight hiccup came from a 'family friend' who suggested it was too nice a name for us; that a child living in an ex-council flat should be called 'something more suitable' and that she would be bullied as it was a 'posh' name.
While we clearly ignored this sage advice and Harri has happily managed with her given name, there is truth in the suggestion that certain names carry connotations.
Studies carried out in the 1950's showed that children given 'unusual names' often did less well academically. The studies also suggested that names had an influence on your career, who you had relationships with and how you were perceived by peers.
It was thought that this was because people tend to lean more towards familiar names; towards people we believe are 'like us' – particularly if they share our names, or initials.
More recent studies suggest that 'deviant spellings' of common names can have an impact on a child's reading and writing development – it must be quite dishearting to be constantly questioned over the spelling of your own name because your parents chose to spell it 'Kayce' rather than 'Casey' .
Also discovered was a demonstrable link between what children are called and behaviour. Boys that had been given names, that while traditionally male, were now considered more feminine, such as Ashley or Courtney, were more likely to display poor behaviour in educational settings. This was more prevalent in high schools, where there were more children and the boy was more likely to confront a girl with the same name as him.
More often now, the bias created by names has social or racial undertones. Some names have become synonymous with certain groups and an opinion is often formed from just hearing what someone is called ; Presumptions are made of the ethnicity and social standing of a person based on their name.
In one study, C.Vs were sent to companies that listed identical qualifications and experience. The only difference was the name of the applicant; one had a name that was considered traditionally 'white', while the other name could be considered more traditionally 'black'. It was found that in many cases the 'white' candidate was favoured. Some employers now remove names from applications to prevent this kind of bias – although if a persons address, or school history is visible to an employer, maybe that could have a similarly discriminatory effect. However more recent studies displayed similar biases, with one Nigerian graduate stating she had considered changing her name to increase her employment opportunities.
When I had my second daughter, Hannah, we were not able to find out her gender before she was born, her legs were crossed! So we had Robert and Isabella picked out, to cover our bases.
Obviously we used neither of those as Harri picked the name when she arrived at hospital and asked 'is that my baby, Hannah?'. Apparently yes! (Although I was able to sneak Belle in as a middle name) Not that I minded, it is a fairly sensible, timeless name. Totally normal, even has a nice meaning. The problem with classic, sensible names is that so many of us opt for them!
As was probably noticeable when you were at school, some names are very popular. Some are trends, some are evergreen classics. Either way be prepared to be turning you head every five minutes when you hear 'your' name bring called constantly. I had this problem myself.
You may be thinking that Polly is not a particularly common name and you would be right. I, in fact, have a confession. Polly is not my real name.
I was bestowed with a 'classic' name, I was one of six at college, so took to using my Guiding name, and I have introduced myself as Polly ever since.
Classic names are popular because they are nice – but popular means there are hundreds of us!
It would seem you can be neither too unique or predicable when naming Children!
I have a few more children – don't judge! We didn't have a T. V!
When we knew we were having boy, once again we had a name ready. Tobias. I had managed to convince my husband that while I wanted to honour the family tradition of calling the first boy Robert, when you type Robert Thompson into Google (and I would seriously recommend you do this) you are met with the face of a convicted child killer, and I didn't particularly want that for young Bertie.
Toby, or Tiggs as he is called, is rarely given his full name, but I like that he has the option. Robert obviously had to be used as a second name, and as we thought we were finished having children we stuck a 'John' in for good measure to tick a few of my family boxes.
This was in 2003 – a year after Spiderman starring Toby Maguire came out. I don't think I consciously named Tiggs after an actor, but everyone assumed I did. That is why my final surprise child had a name change. My intention had been to call him Theodore Ethan James – and then shorten it to Teddie or Theo. Then the footballer Theo Walcott took off – and suddenly everyone around me was calling their son Theo (if they weren't calling them Jack, Harry or Thomas), so he ended up with just the two names. To be honest it makes receiving mail easier, if everyone has the same initials it gets a bit complicated!
Sometimes you may name a child with the greatest of care, and then something happens and suddenly that name makes life a nightmare.
Imagine the surprise the poor owner of the Teresa May twitter handle, who happens to not be the current Prime minister, on being tagged into messages from Donald Trump or various people complaining about the state of the country!
Sometimes you need to say the name out loud a few times, consider the ways it will be shortened and whether the initials spell out unfortunate acronyms!
So if you are ever in a position where you have to name a child, be very careful. As mentioned before, trendy spellings do your child no favour, it is a nightmare having to constantly spell it out, and you can never get stuff with your name on! (not a problem I had as a child!) Yet if you pick a name that is too popular you run the risk of losing your child in a crowd of Jess's and Oliver's. What is a parent to do?
Do you have names picked out for future children? Are you still happy with the names you chose?
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Disaster legislation will mean more trips to strapped FSA offices
Forrest Laws | Feb 14, 2003
The primary feature of Sen. Cochran's "Agricultural Assistance Act" – a supplemental payment equal to 42 percent of the 2002 farm bill's direct payment to farmers in declared disaster counties – was dumped in the eleventh-hour negotiations on the disaster funding amendment.
Instead, the conference committee voted to fall back on the old 35 percent loss provision of earlier disaster bills, a provision that will force thousands of farmers to come into county FSA offices and submit crop production records to determine if they qualify for one drop of assistance.
(The measure includes one-time funding of $70 million to help USDA handle the increased disaster workload in county FSA offices already strapped with trying to complete signup for the new farm bill.)
Although southern farmers are upset about the final version of the legislation, few will blame Cochran or his staff for the failure of the disaster measure to produce any meaningful assistance for the region.
It wasn't for any lack of effort on their part. From the time the Senate passed the Cochran amendment on Jan. 22 until the House-Senate conference committee reported out its bill late on Feb. 12, the Senate ag committee staff offered one proposal after another to try to pass the measure and get assistance to farmers.
Those efforts ran into opposition from House leaders convinced the Senate amendment's provisions weren't "targeted enough" and Bush administration officials who didn't want to have to take any more flack from big city newspapers and TV networks about "payments to wealthy farmers."
In the end, the administration only grudgingly signed off on disaster assistance after House Speaker Dennis Hastert and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist took the money from the new Conservation Security Program in the 2002 farm bill.
As was the case when Congress passed similar ad hoc disaster bills in 1998, 1999 and 2000, Sen. Cochran's supplemental payment proposal would have required only a few computer keystrokes at USDA's accounting center in Kansas City. Checks would have automatically gone out to producers in declared disaster counties.
No doubt many farmers in areas who were not suffering from droughts or floods received the supplemental payments in '98, '99 and '00. But that was the price for winning support from congressmen in those areas.
This time, those same representatives figured they could get more money for their regions if they balked at Sen. Cochran's proposal and insisted on the 35 percent loss qualification for disaster benefits because of the drought conditions in the upper Midwest. Meanwhile, southern farmers who suffered more quality losses than quantity because of monsoon-like harvest conditions will have to do without.
Maybe Sen. Cochran should have insisted that Midwesterners return the '98, '99 and '00 supplemental payments they didn't deserve to offset the cost of this year's disaster funding.
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Money Heist: 5 Unpopular Opinions From Reddit Users
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Ariane Cruz December 11, 2021, 8:15 am
After Netflix's Money Heist gained accelerating popularity around the world, many fans are sharing their opinions about the series. With a very fascinating plot and a bunch of complex characters, it certainly gave the audience one hell of an enjoyable show.
The Reddit space has become users' main dumpsite of opinions regarding all things of that sort. People discuss controversies and plot holes and everything about various shows. Since Money Heist is trending nowadays, it became the talk of the site. Below are some Reddit users' unpopular opinions about the show.
Berlin's Character Is Overrated
He is one of the most beloved characters in the show. No matter how ruthless his orders are, fans cannot deny that Berlin carried the heist. His wits, charm, and humor certainly captured everyone's hearts. It is no wonder they couldn't let him go in the final season even though his character is already deceased.
However, a Reddit user said that Berlin is "highly overrated" as compared to the Professor, Tokyo, and Nairobi. The user said they are far more likable.
Arturo Roman Was Necessary For The Show
Roman was the most annoying yet interesting character in the series. Everyone seems to hate him and it only proves how good Enrique Arce's portrayal is. He tried to sabotage the gang's plan many times and even made the people believe that he is a hero.
Reddit user NT-Deimos says that "the series would have less plot" if Arturo was not there. A lot of other people agreed on this. In fact, he made the show so enjoyable to watch until he was shot by Stockholm and got kicked out of the house.
Lisbon Shouldn't Have Switched Sides
It's absolutely a weird situation when a respected police inspector would give up her career to be involved in a crime. She was a worthy opponent of the Professor but she changed her mind and joined his band of thieves.
One Redditor commented that her joining the team was "the most unnecessary thing" and that it did not create any "positive meaningful contribution" to the heist.
Rio Should Have Died Instead Of Tokyo
Let's admit it—Rio is not the smartest kid in the block. He constantly messes up, and his emotional state is a wreck. Sure, he's good with technology, but in a heist, common sense and intuition are the best weapons. His jeopardizing their safety was the most reckless thing he's done.
That is why this Redditor and a couple of other people believe he should have been taken down instead of Tokyo. She is far more useful and significant than Rio. They said that he should not have survived when he was tortured by Alicia Sierra.
Better Watch The Show In Spanish
The show was originally in Spanish but because of its growing fan base, they added English dubs and subtitles. While people outside of Spain would opt for the English version, the original Spanish dub is way much better.
ItsRoastTime from Reddit says "the show got so much better" after switching to Spanish mode. Indeed, it sounds more natural and you can truly feel the intensity of actions.
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This weekend it is the start of Forth Valley Open Studios, its well worth a taking a look at if you are in the Forth Valley area. For one week local artists and crafts people open their studio doors to the public. I will be exhibiting at The Back Lane Studio in Stirling and at Resonate Arts House in Alloa. For a sneak preview of the Resonate exhibition click on the image below. FVOS runs from 9th June untill 17th June.
During Forth Valley Open Studios I will be holding a wire wrapped jewellery class at the very special price of £5 (all tools and materials are supplied) It is on Wed 13th June, 6pm at Resonate Arts House. To book a place phone Resonate on 01259 928014 or email info@resonate.uk.net Resonate also has a brand new Facebook page please click here to visit the Resonate Arts House Facebook Page and press the "like" button, and keep up to date with the various arts and craft classes and exhibitions and anything else that's going on at Resonate.
I also have a very interesting workshop planned at Resonate on July 7th - here is a taster of what we'll be making! More info and photos will be posted on here soon. If you click on the image it will take you to my facebook photo album of classes and workshops at Resonate.


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FUW explores innovation at Royal Welsh
by glenn.alcock · 27th July 2018
AMERICAN entrepreneur Steve Jobs, Co-founder of Apple, once said that 'innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower'. Recognising the importance of innovation in the agricultural industry, the Farmers' Union of Wales is hosting a special seminar at the Royal Welsh Show.
The innovation seminar, which is held on Tuesday, July 23, at 2pm at the FUW Pavilion, will focus on how farmers can embrace innovation in many different ways, and stay ahead of their competitors as Brexit looms.
Those attending the seminar can look forward to hearing from Geraint Hughes, of Madryn Foods, who leads on Business and Innovation in the Farming Connect's Agri-Academy scheme, whose forum include Welsh farmers looking at technologies such as Genomics, Smart farming, Virtual reality, Social Media and Vertical farming.
He also operates as a broker for the European Innovation Partnership programme that aims to bridge academia and industry by conducting field trials of cutting edge technologies in a commercial environment.
Previously, Mr Hughes conducted agriculture research at Bangor University and was awarded a Nuffield Scholarship to study "Crops for functional foods" in 2006.
"I look forward to sharing knowledge I have gained from travels seeing innovation at work, which has now become reality, such as retail vending, the "farmacy" concept in supermarkets such as Planet Organics where shoppers buy with their health being the main consideration, pasture fed meat, robotics, genomics and more," said Geraint Hughes.
Also joining the panel of speakers is Karina Marsden who is a post-doctoral researcher in the Ecosystems and Environment group at the Environment Centre Wales, Bangor University.
She has researched soil nitrogen cycling in livestock production systems, with a particular focus on emissions of the greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide, from agricultural soils. Karina works alongside Professor Dave Chadwick who specialises in sustainable land use systems and Professor Davey Jones who specialises in soil and environmental science.
Bangor University researchers have been investigating novel methods of utilising nitrification inhibitors to reduce diffuse nitrogen pollution from agriculture, including nitrate leaching and emissions of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide.
Novel strategies include targeting the use of these inhibitors to critical pollution source areas and quantifying how effective they are in terms of cost of application and alleviation of nitrogen pollution. Compounds of biological, rather than chemical origin are also being investigated. There is potential to adopt these technologies, possibly under the support of agri-environment schemes, but research is key to determine how effective they are and how their use can be optimised before wider adoption can take place.
Another novel technology being studied is the use of real-time in-situ sensors which can detect soil nitrate. The major aim is to better improve nitrogen use efficiency, to match the supply of nitrogen fertilisers to the demand of the crops.
The research will assess how these sensors perform in comparison to existing technologies,such as crop canopy sensors measuring greenness. The technology has been advancing with improvements to sensor robustness and design.
Research is continuing into how this technology could be adopted on farms e.g. how many sensors would be required across a given area and how to link the soil nitrate concentration data to crop growth and nitrogen demand.
FUW Policy officer Bernard Griffiths said: "The FUW has collaborated with other industry Welsh stakeholders for the past 18 months to tackle diffuse and point source pollution from agriculture sources and innovation was identified as one of the 5 key prongs to bring about improvement.
"We therefore welcome innovative research that will develop alternative strategies to keep Welsh farmers working on the land and we look forward hearing more about this from Karina at the seminar."
Updating attendees on the latest developments on a range of sensors to help farmers remotely monitor livestock in extensive systems, is Shiv Kodam of Hoofprints Technologies – who have carried out a year-long trial in collaboration with Scottish Rural Colleges at their remote hill farm in Crianlarich, Scotland.
The company has also developed gate sensors to monitor the opening and closing of gates on farms. The gate sensors could play an important role in notifying the farmer if a farm gate has been opened by someone other than the farmer.
"Currently, Hoofprints Technologies are working on several farms across the UK on a range of different systems for different uses. For example, cows and sheep are collared which log and transmit the location of the animal every few minutes. This can then be displayed on a dashboard in real time.
"Other technology developed will accurately and automatically "mother-up" ewes and lambs within 48 hours with up to 99% accuracy of the ewe and lamb relationship. This also works with ewes with multiple lambs. The technique can be used on suckler cows to identify cross suckling traits.
"The technology allows the accurate identification of the behaviours of remote livestock so that farmers could be notified if their animals behave differently from the norm, or if the animal displays signs of illness, characterised by lack of movement or motion. I'm looking forward to provide further updates on this at the FUW's seminar and look forward to seeing many of you there," said Shiv Kodam.
FUW Policy Officer Bernard Griffiths said: "We are very excited about this seminar, which will explore a variety of innovations made, that can help the sector progress in future. The seminar is free to attend and open to all – I hope many of you can join us in exploring further aspects of innovation in agric sector."
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Between the World & Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The author presents a history of racial discrimination in the United States and a narrative of his own personal experiences of contemporary race relations, offering possible resolutions for the future.
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
The unassuming young heroine of Rebecca finds her life changed overnight when she meets Maxim de Winter, a handsome and wealthy widower whose proposal of marriage takes her by surprise. De Winter whisks her off to Manderley, his estate on the Cornish coast–but there things take a chilling turn.
The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel
This is the remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years, making this dream a reality; not out of anger at the world, but simply because he preferred to live on his own.
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Set in an early New England colony, the novel shows the terrible impact a single, passionate act has on the lives of three members of the community: the defiant Hester Prynne; the fiery, tortured Reverend Dimmesdale; and the obsessed, vengeful Chillingworth.
Smart, warm, uplifting, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is the story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes that the only way to survive is to open your heart.
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. An Oprah's book club selection.
The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kiernan
At the height of World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, consumed more electricity than New York City, yet did not appear on any map. Thousands of civilians, many of them young women from small towns, were recruited to this secret city. What were they actually doing there? Very few knew.
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, and the ferocious pull of motherhood – and the danger of believing that following the rules can avert disaster.
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
Olive Ann Burns has given us a timeless, funny novel – about a romance that rocks an entire town, about a boy's passage through the momentous \ year when childhood melts into adolescence, and about just how people lived and died in a small Southern town at the turn of the century.
The End of Your Life Book Group by Will Schwalbe
An inspiring story of a son and his mother who start a book club that brings them together as her life comes to a close. Over the next two years they discuss an eclectic array of books and a shared passion for reading.
Ramp Hollow by Steven Stoll
Ramp Hollow recasts the story of Appalachia as a complex struggle between mountaineers and profit-seeking forces from outside the region. Drawing powerful connections between Appalachia and other agrarian societies around the world,
Rez Life by David Treuer
Treuer illuminates misunderstood issues like sovereignty, treaty rights, and natural-resource conservation. Through the eyes of students, teachers, government administrators, lawyers, and tribal court judges, he shows how casinos, tribal government, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs have transformed the landscape of Native American life.
Traces the author's experiences as a child born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, describing her participation in her family's paranoid stockpiling activities and her resolve to educate herself well enough to earn an acceptance into a prestigious university and the world beyond.
O Pioneers by Willa Cather
O Pioneers! tells the story of the Bergsons, a family of Swedish-Americans immigrants in Nebraska at the turn of the 20th century. Alexandra Bergson inherits the family farmland when her father dies, and she devotes her life to making the farm a viable enterprise at a time when many other immigrant families are giving up and leaving the prairie.
Kya Clark is a young woman who has grown up in near isolation in the wild marshlands outside Barkley Cove, North Carolina. When Kya is suspected of murder in 1969, at the age of 23, we learn her fascinating backstory. A deeply atmospheric portrayal of a place and time.
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
The story of Lily Bart, a well-born but impoverished woman belonging to high society in Gilded Age New York around the turn of the last century. As Lily turns 30, she has some choices to make about how to maintain her social standing and expensive tastes. How does a high-spirited lady both rebel against and conform to the harsh dictates of society?
My Antonia by Willa Cather
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Join us for a lively book discussion of "The Professor and the Madman" by Simon Winchester.
"The Professor and the Madman" is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary—and literary history.
The making of the OED was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, was stunned to discover that one man, Dr. W. C. Minor, had submitted more than ten thousand. But their surprise would pale in comparison to what they were about to discover when the committee insisted on honoring him. For Dr. Minor, an American Civil War veteran, was also an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane.
Masterfully researched and eloquently written, "The Professor and the Madman" "is the linguistic detective story of the decade." (William Safire, New York Times Magazine) (Description from Amazon.com)
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Join us for "Goosebumps 2" at Movies in the Square in downtown Glade Spring. Two young friends find a magic book that brings
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We'll have movies, photos and shark trivia. Join in the fun and take a selfie with the shark.
Festival Book Sale Main Library 205 Oak Hill Street, Abingdon, Virginia
25jul5:00 pm8:00 pmFestival Book Sale5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Main Library
It's time for our biggest book sale of the year - The Highlands Festival Book Sale. We offer our very best books, magazines
It's time for our biggest book sale of the year – The Highlands Festival Book Sale.
We offer our very best books, magazines and audiovisual materials for bargain prices. Prices range from 50 cents to $2 for more selections.
We also have a large section of local/regional and vintage books.
Our volunteers replenish the supply frequently. As books go out and there's room on the tables, new books are brought in. So visit us often.
Bring your own reusable book bag to help us be more eco-friendly.
Thousands of books offered in a variety of genres, such as
Classics,
Local/Regional
War and Military and
Visa MasterCard and Discover cards accepted.
All proceeds support the programs and services of the library system.
July 25: 5-8 p.m. (Friends Only Preview Event) Refreshments. Scanning devices/apps are not allowed at the preview sale
July 26: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
July 28: 1-5 p.m.
Aug. 1: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Aug. 4: 1-5 p.m. (Bag sale day)
Family Board Games Mendota Branch Library 2562 Mendota Road, Mendota, VA 24270
25jul6:00 pm7:00 pmFamily Board Games6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Mendota Branch Library
Come to the Mendota branch library to participate in our Family Board Game night. Bring your family and friends and have some fun.
Come to the Mendota branch library to participate in our Family Board Game night.
Bring your family and friends and have some fun. Play our games or bring your own.
26jul10:00 am5:00 pmFestival Book Sale10:00 am - 5:00 pm Main Library
Wonder Glade Spring Library 305 North Glade Street, Glade Spring, VA
26jul9:00 pm10:30 pmWonder9:00 pm - 10:30 pm Glade Spring Library
Join us for "Wonder" at Movies in the Square in downtown Glade Spring. Based on the New York Times bestseller, this movie tells
Join us for "Wonder" at Movies in the Square in downtown Glade Spring.
Based on the New York Times bestseller, this movie tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
205 Oak Hill Street
Abingdon, VA 24210
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The end of buy-to-let as we know it?
Property Wire Ryan Bembridge
Paul Howells, chief executive, Accumulate Capital
It's hard to understate the impact of the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) holiday on the UK's property market. The reform was announced at a time when the property market was reeling from the sudden drop in transactions as a result of the COVID-19 lockdown measures. Following the introduction of the tax break, buyers and sellers flocked to the market, leading to an 18-year-high in the rate of house price growth and a consequent surge in house prices.
Prospective buyers across England and Northern Ireland, keen to take advantage of the comparative discounts on offer, have returned to the market in droves. This policy's success in incentivising property investment lies not only in the potential savings for homebuyers of up to £15,000, but also in the fact that all buyers can take advantage; be them established landlords or first-time-buyers.
However, for established landlords there are signs that buy-to-let (BTL) investments have begun to lose their lustre. As the drawbacks and difficulties associated with being a landlord have grown over the years, some have started to question whether the negatives now outweigh the potential benefits.
Accumulate Capital has long been aware of this trend, commissioning a survey back in February to measure landlord sentiment towards the BTL market. Among the 750 landlords we spoke to, almost two thirds (63%) felt actively dissuaded from considering new BTL investments due to the new regulation being implemented during the 2020/2021 financial year.
These changes, including amendments to Section 21 and reforms to mortgage interest rate relief, are part of the ongoing efforts by successive UK governments to reform the private rental sector. Multiple administrations have attempted to ease the burden on renters in the UK but, without a unified strategy, one cannot but help but feel that this has resulted in piecemeal regulation squarely targeting British landlords.
Obviously, responsible regulation is vitally important to protecting the interests of both buyers and sellers in any given market. Nonetheless, a lack of an overarching vision has resulted in undue pressure being placed onto landlords.
COVID-19 has made matters more complex. Given this, it is important to identify just how the coronavirus pandemic has affected the BLT market, and whether the sentiment uncovered at the beginning of the year by Accumulate Capital still remains amongst landlords.
BTL's 'New Normal'
The working-from-home revolution, a consequence of social distancing measures, has massively altered the BTL market's trajectory. London, previously renowned worldwide as a respected BTL locale due to the high rental income and capital growth on offer, is now seeing an exodus of newly homebound professionals as they seek larger properties outside the city.
Recent Rightmove figures demonstrate this trend. What's more, LonRes recently revealed that the overall number of new lets in London has been down 25% every month this since June when compared to 2019. In a bid to attract new tenants, London landlords have been forced to lower their rental prices by up to 20%. All this does not bode well for the UK's BTL market at large. Despite government efforts to economically shield homeowners, the National Residential Landlords Association reports that 66% of British private landlords expect to be negatively affected by the pandemic.
These are confronting findings. They show the economic impact COVID-19 has had on landlords and could symbolise the beginning of a long-term trend if the UK remains in some of form of lockdown for the foreseeable future.
The questions beckon: is it still worth entering into the BTL market? Are the SDLT holiday deals on offer worth the hassle of second-homeownership, or are there other ways to invest in the UK's residential real estate market?
A market in decline?
When weighing up COVID-19's effect on rental demand, the regulatory measures governing the BTL sector and the SDLT holiday; I feel that the positives simply do not outweigh the negatives. Though the SDLT holiday lowers the cost of entry, there have been no signs of the UK government planning to introduce new policies to tackle the issues landlords now face in the short term.
With all this in mind, I consider it likely that those seeking to invest into property will be eager to consider other options. Afterall, while the BTL market might present significant challenges, I do not think it has tainted the attractiveness of real estate an asset class. After all, house prices are rising as a consequence of significant market demand and there is no sign of this demand easing anytime soon.
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the UK, Accumulate Capital's aforementioned survey revealed that 21% of British landlords were already considering alternative avenues of property investment, like property development finance. I anticipate that demand for these alternative investment vehicles will no doubt increase for those looking to invest capital into bricks and mortar.
The BTL market is by no means dead. However, COVID-19 has created new challenges that may be the final nail in the coffin for landlords already disgruntled by the waves of rules and regulations they have had to face. All in all, the property sector is in for a few eventful months.
www.propertywire.com/


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Death and Hard Cider
by Barbara Hambly
Musician, sleuth and free man of color Benjamin January gets mixed in politics, with murderous results.
"The historical backdrop is vivid, and the writing is exquisite. One of the best in a not-to-be-missed series" – Booklist Starred Review
September, 1840. A giant rally is being planned in New Orleans to stir up support for presidential candidate William Henry Harrison: the Indian-killing, hard-cider-drinking, wannabe "people's president". Trained surgeon turned piano-player Benjamin January has little use for politicians. But the run-up to the rally is packed with balls and dinner parties, and the meagre pay is sorely needed.
Soon, however, January has more to worry about than keeping his beloved family fed and safe. During an elegant reception thrown by New Orleans' local Whig notables, the son of a prominent politician gets into a fist-fight with a rival over beautiful young flirt Marie-Joyeuse Maginot – and, the day after the rally is over, Marie-Joyeuse turns up dead. The only black person amongst the initial suspects is arrested immediately: January's dear friend, Catherine Clisson.
With Catherine's life on the line, January is determined to uncover the truth and prove her innocence. But his adversaries are powerful politicians, and the clock is ticking . . .
"One of Hambly's best mysteries combines historical detail, intense local color, and ugly truths about slavery and politics"
"Outstanding . . . Hambly's masterful historical detail, scrupulous character portrayal, and psychological analysis of human frailties contribute handsomely to her storytelling"
Publishers Weekly Starred Review of House of the Patriarch
"Hambly lays bare the dark underbelly of American society in the mid-nineteenth century. A fine entry in an impressive series"
Booklist on House of the Patriarch
"A fascinating, sadly timely tale of the hero's struggles with his rage over the treatment of Black people"
Kirkus Reviews on House of the Patriarch
"A stark and occasionally brutal story, and Hambly tells it superbly, in prose that is vivid and empathetic. For fans of this fine series, this is a must-read"
Booklist Starred Review of Lady of Perdition
"A riveting exploration of a little-known period of Texas history intensified by gut-wrenching depictions of people's enduring inhumanity"
Kirkus Reviews on Lady of Perdition
"Deeply researched . . . Hambly's well-wrought denunciation of slavery and her skillful defense of women's rights resound from January's times to our own"
Publishers Weekly on Lady of Perdition
Barbara Hambly, though a native of Southern California, lived in New Orleans for many years while married to the late science fiction writer George Alec Effinger. Hambly holds a degree in medieval history from the University of California and has written novels in numerous genres.
Death and Hard Cider by Barbara Hambly is available in the following formats
Hardback 9780727850744 7th June 2022 150 X 220mm 256 $28.99
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The Benjamin January Mystery Series
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Lady of Perdition
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The Shirt on His Back
Ran Away
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Crimson Angel
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package main

import (
	"flag"
	"github.com/serdmanczyk/freyr/models"
	"log"
	"os"
	"path/filepath"
	"reflect"
	"text/template"
)

var (
	projectDir  = flag.String("projectDir", "./", "absolute or relative path to project directory")
	domainName  = flag.String("domainName", "localhost", "domain name for running website")
	oauthID     = flag.String("oauthId", "", "Google Oauth Id")
	oauthSecret = flag.String("oauthSecret", "", "Google Oauth Secret")
	demoUser    = flag.String("demouser", "noone@nothing.com", "Demo user account email")
	dbUser      = flag.String("dbuser", "fakeuser", "Postgres database username")
	dbPass      = flag.String("dbpass", "changeme", "Postgres database password")
	force       = flag.Bool("force", false, "Overrite settings files if they exist")
	clean       = flag.Bool("clean", false, "Delete existing .env files")
)

type templateConfig struct {
	ProjectDir  string
	DomainName  string
	OauthID     string
	OauthSecret string
	DemoUser    string
	DbUser      string
	DbPass      string
	Secret      string
}

type envFile struct {
	name     string
	template string
}

func main() {
	flag.Parse()

	secret, err := models.NewSecret()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	c := templateConfig{
		ProjectDir:  *projectDir,
		DomainName:  *domainName,
		OauthID:     *oauthID,
		OauthSecret: *oauthSecret,
		DemoUser:    *demoUser,
		DbUser:      *dbUser,
		DbPass:      *dbPass,
		Secret:      secret.Encode(),
	}

	if empty(&c) && !*clean {
		log.Fatal("Must define a value for all non-defaulted string flags; run 'freyrinit -h' for more info")
	}

	pdir, err := filepath.Abs(c.ProjectDir)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Error getting absolute directory of project path: %v", err)
		return
	}

	if filepath.Base(pdir) != "freyr" {
		log.Fatal("Project path doesn't appear to be freyr directory")
		return
	}

	for _, f := range []envFile{
		{".env", freyrEnv},
		{"postgres/demo_user.sql", demoUserSQL},
		{"postgres/.env", postgresEnv},
		{"cmd/surtr/.env", surtrEnv},
		{"nginx/conf/nginx.conf", nginxConf},
	} {
		path := filepath.Join(pdir, f.name)
		log.Println(path)

		if *clean {
			os.Remove(path)
			continue
		}

		if _, err := os.Lstat(path); err == nil && !*force {
			log.Fatalf("%s already exists, cancelling init\n", path)
		}

		writeTemplateFile(path, f.template, c)
	}
}

func writeTemplateFile(path, templ string, c templateConfig) {
	tmpl, err := template.New(path).Parse(templ)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	f, err := os.Create(path)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer f.Close()

	tmpl.Execute(f, c)
}

func empty(s interface{}) bool {
	val := reflect.ValueOf(s).Elem()

	for i := 0; i < val.NumField(); i++ {
		field := val.Field(i)
		zero := reflect.Zero(field.Type())
		if zero.String() == field.String() {
			return true
		}
	}

	return false
}


In this election year I am concerned about the San Dieguito High School District's board leadership. I believe that the district needs a strong board that has a shared strategic vision to maintain the district's high standards of educational excellence into the next decade and a balanced, fiscally conservative budgetary and administrative approach to ensure that all resources are used efficiently.
Currently the board, in a 3-2 split decision, approved a budget that may compromise the fiscal solvency of the district in future years. Additionally, they have not developed a proactive strategic plan that has received the proper input and buy-in from all important stakeholders, including taxpayers, parents, students, administrators, and teachers. This plan needs to be developed in an independent and collaborative manner, that is not beholden to any special interests of any one group such as the teacher's unions.
I am very concerned that the district leadership has been fiscally irresponsible by approving a new teachers' contract that allowed for a 5.5 percent retroactive pay increase with a 7.5 percent annual raise thereafter that includes such outlandish clauses as one that increases pay if any other local district in the area increases their pay with no tie to student performance. Budget projections show that the contract may result in future district deficits. This budget may even allow for increasing the average class size to 38 students. This budget is not only fiscally irresponsible, but risks the great student performance that San Dieguito schools are known for.
The district deserves a fiscally conservative and responsible budget with no deficit spending that will put the health, well-being and performance of our students as our number 1 priority.
The San Dieguto board majority must stop pandering to excessive and uncompetitive demands of its unions and start adopting the same conservative fiscal and administrative policies that our students' families, businesses and future employers must adhere to.
As a 10-year resident of Carmel Valley, I have never been more ashamed of my community. I was excited to put my Clinton/Kaine signs up in the community. After placing three signs around I headed over to the Torrey Hills Vons only to witness a man tossing one of the signs into the bushes. The other two were gone within four hours. To the gentleman who I witnessed tossing the sign into the bushes: I would be more than happy to have you place a sign of your own next to mine. I am also happy to have a sign for the Wave Church, candidates running for office or a Little League sign placed in our community. Let us all think long and hard about the type of community we wish to live in and represent and not let narrow-minded "bullies" show us the way.
In a letter on Sept. 1, Stu Schreiber stepped up and said what our family has been thinking all along. My hope is that there are more "quiet" Del mar citizens that feel the same. Shame on all the KAABOO complainers!
While I was ordering my family tickets to KAABOO, I emailed the customer service line and thanked them for providing income to our fairgrounds in a month of very low profit. Within an hour I had a response: "We are giddy with happiness when a Del Mar resident sends us a positive statement – THANK YOU!" This is embarrassing Del Mar!
I would rather see these fairground events than a giant multi-use development in its place. We have to do our part to support economic stability for this unique open space.


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Home/Products/The Scotts Company (UK) Ltd announces new company name
The Scotts Company (UK) Ltd announces new company name
Bold move as The Scotts Company (UK) Ltd changes name to Evergreen Garden Care UK Ltd
Following its sale to Exponent in 2017, The Scotts Company (UK) Ltd today launches its new company name – Evergreen Garden Care UK Ltd.
Evergreen Garden Care has been announced as the new Company name for the business created through the acquisition of the former international business of the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company. Acquired by Exponent Private Equity in September 2017, the intention is to signal the new ownership and resultant change of strategy by changing the identity of the Company.
Evergreen Garden Care is the leading garden care company outside North America, producing high quality garden care products, with a mission to help people easily to create and maintain their own green oasis amid the rush of modern life. With market-leading brands in every market in which we operate, we deliver a full range of garden care products to gardeners in the UK, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Poland, the Nordics, Australia and New Zealand.
The change has no impact on the branding of the Company?s market-leading brands ? such as Miracle-Gro, Roundup, and Weedol. The only thing changing is the Company name.
Karl Kahofer, CEO of Evergreen Garden Care UK Ltd, comments:
?We?re extremely excited to relaunch our Company as Evergreen Garden Care.? This is not intended to be just a cosmetic name change, but rather a signal of a new strategy and direction for our business.? The focus of the new Evergreen Garden Care will be entirely on developing the best-known brands and launching the most exciting and consumer-relevant innovations as we deliver growth ? literally ? for our consumers and retailers.?
Following this announcement, there will be no change to the registered company number, registered address, or VAT number.
Haskins Garden Centre in Roundstone donates gardening equipment to mental health ward
PATS Sandown is set for a memorable show
Fallen Fruits set to open giftware display at Van Hage


Put your feet in the sand and kick back in the Mississippi State Bulldogs Black Tranquility Beach Chair! This portable chair from Picnic Time has an inward-folding compact design, perfect for trips to +the beach. With its powder-coated steel frame, polyester seat and armrests, this high quality chair is more durable than your typical beach chair.
Maximum weight capacity: 225 lbs.


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https://apnews.com/article/film-reviews-plays-david-fincher-movies-gary-oldman-4f8661efbc177a867427b398a3e70b43
Review: 'Mank' is a grand contribution to Hollywood history
By LINDSEY BAHRNovember 6, 2020 GMT
In this image released by Netflix, Gary Oldman portrays Herman Mankiewicz in a scene from "Mank." (Netflix via AP)
In one history of the movies, "Citizen Kane" screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz might look like a footnote. The former playwright had a hand in many famous pictures, including "The Wizard of Oz," but most went uncredited. He was the smartest guy in the room, a drunk and a gambler who was dead at 55. And his kid brother, Joe, who directed and wrote "All About Eve," would go on to be the better-known Mankiewicz.
But in another version of Hollywood history, the one David Fincher tells in the glorious new film " Mank," Herman Mankiewicz as portrayed by Gary Oldman was early Hollywood in all its greatness and tragedy. Working off a crackling screenplay by his late father Jack Fincher, David Fincher has made "Mank" into an incisive look at a complex man who was once William Randolph Hearst's favorite dinner companion but by 43 was a Hollywood has-been — washed up and laid up while writing what would become "Citizen Kane" in a bungalow in Victorville in 1940.
Even though it's filmed in black and white with a big band score (from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross) and made to look and sound like a film of the time, this isn't some dreamy, nostalgic writer-as-hero tale. It doesn't take a writer to know that there's nothing more deathly boring and uncinematic as the writing process. Nor is it a referendum on the old "who really deserves credit for 'Citizen Kane'" debate.
Instead, "Mank" is about the context around "Citizen Kane," the tarnished realities of Hollywood's Golden Age, the seductive power of filmed imagery and how a man who was once a friend not just to Hearst, but to Marion Davies, too, would decide to write about them against the advice of everyone in his life.
In order to do this, Fincher flashes back to 1934, when Mank is riding high in the studio system, getting invited to all the parties, helping his little brother Joe (Tom Pelphrey) get a foot in the door and hanging around Hearst (an intimidating but warm Charles Dance) and Davies (an outstanding Amanda Seyfried). But outside of the opulence of the movie business there is the Depression going on and worldwide unrest that will soon lead to another war. In one scene Louis B. Mayer (Arliss Howard) walks Mank and Joe through the studio lot while giving a lively speech about the "dream factory," only to end up on a big soundstage where he tells everyone from movie stars to grips that they'll have to take a 50% pay cut so the "family" can survive the Depression. The hypocrisy of it all is getting too much for Mank to handle with his usual sarcasm. He already believes he's slumming it in his mercenary procession and is unafraid to speak his mind to the suits around him, who tolerate him until they don't.
By 1940, Mank is a Hollywood exile who agrees to write a script for the 24-year-old radio wunderkind Orson Welles (Tom Burke). Bedridden from a car accident, he dictates dialogue and scribbles notes that his prim British assistant Rita (Lily Collins) puts through a typewriter.
There are more questions than answers when it comes to Mank, including why he seemed so intent on self-sabotage and why his wife Sarah (Tuppence Middleton) stayed around. Although pushing the limits of what a 43-year-old man looked like in 1940, Oldman is naturally terrific at playing the guy who refuses to suffer fools and is always ready with a comeback, but who takes it too far too often (the tragedy of the arrogant drunk).
The film is wry and observant about the movie business and all the things that haven't changed, as well as those that have. That it's a Netflix production is a deafening statement of its own. But it also has a beating heart thanks in large part to Seyfried's Davies, who beautifully reclaims the life and agency of a woman who history and "Citizen Kane" reduced to Hearst's showgirl mistress. Mank and Davies are kindred spirits and she is the moral compass of the ridiculous world they inhabit. When Mank is eviscerating everyone in a drunken rant, you're looking for her reaction.
It makes the question of why he ended up writing what he did ever more vexing toward the end. Was it a paycheck? A bout of moral conscience? An attempt to burn bridges? A combination of all? Or something else altogether?
"Mank" isn't interested in providing the answers, which is just as well. It's simply telling a story about a man behind so many of our movie memories and making a new one in the process. And it is, without a doubt one, of the year's very best.
"Mank," a Netflix release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "some language." Running time: 132 minutes. Four stars out of four.
MPAA Definition of R: Restricted. Under 17 requires an accompanying parent or adult guardian.
Follow AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ldbahr


A tiny patch of alpenglow persists for a few moments on a mountain in the Alaska Range. I can't describe how beautiful this was, and the photo doesn't even come close to doing it justice. With the temperature falling to -20° F and nearly 50mph winds, I retreated back to my tent rather quickly once the light was gone.


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Nominations Now Open for the Taite Music Prize
Music News - Nominations Now Open for the Taite Music Prize
13 January 2021 - 0 Comments
The Taite Music Prize highlights outstanding New Zealand albums released in the past year. The award is open to all genres of music and judged on artistic merit regardless of genre, sales, or record label.
IMNZ General Manager, Dylan Pellett says, "It's an honour to present the Taite Music Prize every year, and this one is no different - excepting the fact that everyone has had a challenging time over the last twelve months! With those far-reaching challenges as a backdrop, it is heartening to know that New Zealand artists have responded with such creativity and resilience. We salute all of our musicians with this event, and look forward to celebrating our amazing community."
The eponym for the awards is the late Dylan Taite, one of New Zealand's most respected TV music journalists. He became known for his Liverpudlian wry wit and his unabashed chutzpah-love of music. Dylan's unique style captured some rare interviews over the decades. Interviews with The Sex Pistols, Deep Purple, and the career-defining Bob Marley are still referenced today.
Dylan's son, John Taite comments, "What would Dylan Taite make of a year like 2020? He would have seen the whole world experience our "tyranny of distance" because of the pandemic. He'd be curious about how that would level the playing field for Kiwi music. He'd want to hear what we did with our head start – the first nation to soundtrack a "post-covid" world (thanks Jacinda!).
Most importantly of all, he'd be shouting from the rooftops about @Jawsh685's musical big bang from TikTok to the Billboard #1 - and trying to bend the rules so he won the Taite Prize! Because that teenage spark of creativity caused a chain reaction all over the world and changed the game for New Zealand music forever. As Dad would say, "Sen-sational!".
Any New Zealand album released during the calendar year of 2020 is eligible for nomination for the Taite Music Prize 2021. The winner receives a newly increased cash prize of $12,500, thanks to Founding Partner Recorded Music NZ and supporting partner NZ Music Commission.
A voting academy of all current members of IMNZ, musicians, and music industry personnel vote to produce the shortlisted finalist albums. An independent panel debates and scrutinises the shortlisted albums to decide the winner. That panel comprises musicians, journalists, and music industry professionals with a wide variety of different professional backgrounds and personal tastes.
The announcement of the winner will happen in Auckland at Auckland's Q Theatre on 20th April 2021.
The ceremony also includes the award presentation of the Independent Music NZ Classic Record. This award acknowledges one New Zealand record released over 20 years ago on an independent label. These records, whether a 12", a compilation, EP, or full-length album have become quintessential gold nuggets of our musical history.
The Auckland Live Best Independent Debut Award returns celebrating the freshest talent of Aotearoa. The winner receives a $2000 cash prize plus a performance or technical upskilling opportunity thanks to Auckland Live.
The newest award, the Independent Spirit Award, will be in its third year in 2021. Devised to recognise and celebrate a New Zealander - someone who is passionate about NZ music; who's ahead of the game in creativity, diversity, and imagination; and has dedicated themselves to helping other artists or music people to grow and find their own unique pathways. The annual recipient is determined by the Board of IMNZ.
For more detail on specific eligibility and nomination forms please visit: http://www.indies.co.nz.
Nominations close 5.00 pm on Monday, 8th February 2021.
The Taite Music Prize
Presented by: Independent Music New Zealand (IMNZ)
Founding Partner: Recorded Music NZ
Official Partners: NZ On Air / The Taite Family
Award Partners: Auckland Live
Event Partners: Q Theatre
Supporting Partners: Panhead Breweries / NZ Music Commission / APRA AMCOS / Media Arts Lawyers / Red Bull Studios Auckland / Commotion Ltd. / McCarthy Design
Media Partners: RNZ Music / 95bFM
Charity Partners: MusicHelps
Previous winners of The Taite Prize:
2010 - Lawrence Arabia - Chant Darling (Honorary Bedouin Records)
2011 - Ladi6 - The Liberation Of (What? Music)
2012 - Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Unknown Mortal Orchestra (Seeing Records)
2013 – SJD - Elastic Wasteland (Round Trip Mars)
2014 – Lorde - Pure Heroine (Universal Music NZ)
2015 – Jakob – Sines (Shoot The Freak)
2016 – Silicon - Personal Computer (Weird World/Domino Recordings)
2017 - Street Chant - Hauora (Arch Hill Recordings)
2018 - Aldous Harding - Party (Flying Nun Records / 4AD)
2019 - Avantdale Bowling Club - Avantdale Bowling Club (Years Gone By)
2020 – Troy Kingi – Holy Colony Burning Acres (Triple A Records)
Previous Winners of the Independent Music NZ Classic Record:
2013 – Gordons – Gordons (Flying Nun)
2014 – Various Artists – AK79 (Ripper Records)
2015 – Herbs – What's Be Happen? (Warrior Records)
2016 – Upper Hutt Posse – E Tu (Jayrem Records)
2017 - The Clean - Boodle Boodle Boodle (Flying Nun)
2018 - The Headless Chickens - Stunt Clown (Flying Nun)
2019 - Moana and the Moahunters - Tahi (Southside)
2020 – Shona Laing – South (Pagan Records)
Previous Winners of the Auckland Live Best Independent Debut:
2017 - Merk - Swordfish (self released)
2018 - The Miltones - The Miltones (Self-released)
2019 - Alien Weaponry - Tu (Self-released)
2020 – Repulsive Woman – Relief (Independent)
Independent Spirit Award
2019 - Bernie Griffin
2020 - Murray Cammick
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