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A well-written essay incorporates elements of writing in such a way that a reader can experience the writer's intended meaning, understand the writer's premise, and accept or reject the writer's point of view. Effective writing . . .
is focused on the topic and does not contain extraneous or loosely related information;
has an organizational pattern that enables the reader to follow the flow of ideas because it contains a beginning, middle, and end
uses transitional devices;
contains supporting ideas that are developed through the use of details, examples, and conventions of language appropriate to the discipline area which the writer is addressing;
follows the conventions of standard written English (i.e., punctuation, grammar, capitalization, and spelling) and has variation in sentence structure;
cites all source material according to discipline conventions.
How does a student achieve effective writing?
No essay is "reader-ready" after the first draft. Instead, a writer concerned with effective writing engages in a serious process-approach. This recursive process includes planning, writing, revising, and editing.
What will an instructor be looking for in a student's Gordon Rule writing?
In addition to a clear demonstration of accuracy and logic with respect to the paper's subject matter, a student will be expected to demonstrate proficiency in structuring an essay and conveying his or her thoughts in a technically and grammatically correct manner. Students should revise the essay until it meets the standards outlined below.
In planning and structuring an essay, a student will be expected to Select a subject which lends itself to development.
Determine the purpose and the audience for writing.
Limit the subject to a topic that can be developed within the requirements of time, purpose, and audience.
Formulate a thesis or statement of main idea.
Develop the thesis or main idea statement by . . .
providing adequate support which reflects the ability to distinguish between generalized and specific evidence.
arranging the ideas and supporting details in a logical pattern appropriate to the purpose and the focus.
writing unified prose in which all supporting material is relevant to the thesis or main idea statement.
writing coherent prose and providing effective transitional devices which clearly reflect the organizational pattern and the relationships of the parts.
citing all support from external sources according to discipline conventions.
In editing and proofreading an essay, a student will be expected to
Demonstrate effective word choice by . . .
using words which convey the denotative and connotative meanings required by context.
avoiding inappropriate use of slang, jargon, cliches, and pretentious expressions.
avoiding wordiness.
Employ conventional sentence structure by . . .
placing modifiers correctly.
coordinating and subordinating sentence elements according to their relative importance.
using parallel expressions for parallel ideas.
avoiding fragments, comma splices, and fused sentences.
Employ effective sentence structure by . . .
using a variety of sentence patterns.
avoiding overuse of passive construction.
Observe the conventions of standard American English grammar and usage by . . .
using standard verb forms.
maintaining agreement between subject and verb, pronoun and antecedent.
using proper case forms.
maintaining a consistent point of view.
using adjectives and adverbs correctly.
avoiding inappropriate shifts in verb tenses.
making logical comparisons.
using standard practice for spelling, punctuation, and capitalization.
assuring clarity, consistency, and conformity to the conventions of standard American English.
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Mesg #848 "46. A Child is Born by Lennart Nilsson"
Photography / Anatomy, 160 pages.
This particular version is the "Completely Revised Edition," but I don't know how up-to-date it is. The subtitle on the bottom of the cover says: "Dramatic Photographs of Life Before Birth." (There are also some photographs of the actual birth and right after the birth.) The book offers a light version of the biology behind the conception, growth and birth of a baby and also goes into things like prenatal care, delivery and recovery for the mother.
Still, though the text was interesting--not too full of jargon and not too dumbed down--the pictures are the best part. They document the growth of the baby from conception through to the end in chronological order, showing close-ups of different parts in various stages (ears, eyes, hands and feet, and so on). It's amazing how we grow from tiny cells.


I haven't done one of these posts in a long time even though they are the most popular posts (see on the left) here. So here we go: Ryan Reynolds should make PEPLUM films just by looking at this photo. Roman or Greek stories, he'd fit in perfectly. Coincidentally, the Canadian actor is set to star in a remake of HIGHLANDER films. Hmm...considering that I hated those films in the 80s I hope this reboot will be improved upon. He just needs to make sure that his Frat Boyish swagger is left behind permanently when starring in any Sword & Sandal films.


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Certifiable: Live in Buenos Aires is a live album and concert video by the Police. It was recorded in December 2007 during the band's reunion tour and was released in November 2008. The album was released in the US exclusively through Best Buy. The album has a number of releases including a four disc version containing two CDs and two DVDs. The two CDs contain the live album from River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The first DVD contains the 109-minute wide-screen concert presented in Dolby Surround and Stereo. The concert film was directed and produced by Jim Gable and Ann Kim, of Graying & Balding, Inc. The second DVD contains the 50-minute bonus feature, "Better Than Therapy," directed by Stewart Copeland's son Jordan Copeland, detailing The Police's reunion with behind-the-scenes interviews from the band and road crew, plus two photo galleries of The Police on tour: one shot by guitarist and photographer Andy Summers, and one by photographer Danny Clinch. The DVDs were also released on Blu-ray format. A triple vinyl format was also released that contained a digital download of the concert.

Track listing US (UK deluxe) format
All tracks written by Sting, except for "Reggatta de Blanc" by Stewart Copeland/Andy Summers/Sting.

CD 1
"Message in a Bottle"
"Synchronicity II"
"Walking on the Moon"
"Voices Inside My Head" / "When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around"
"Don't Stand So Close to Me"
"Driven to Tears"
"Hole in My Life"
"Truth Hits Everybody"
"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"
"Wrapped Around Your Finger"

CD 2
"De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da"
"Invisible Sun"
"Walking in Your Footsteps"
"Can't Stand Losing You" / "Reggatta de Blanc"
"Roxanne"
"King of Pain"
"So Lonely"
"Every Breath You Take"
"Next to You"

DVD 1
Live from Buenos Aires (same track listing as both CDs)

DVD 2
Better Than Therapy – 50 min. documentary
Two photo galleries, one by Andy Summers and one by Danny Clinch

Blu-ray edition

Blu-ray Disc
Same as both DVDs

CDs
Same as above

UK (International) standard format

DVD
Live from Buenos Aires (same as deluxe edition)

CD
"Message in a Bottle"
"Synchronicity II"
"Walking on the Moon"
"Don't Stand So Close To Me"
"Driven to Tears"
"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"
"De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da"
"Walking in Your Footsteps"
"Can't Stand Losing You"/"Reggatta de Blanc"
"Roxanne"
"King of Pain"
"So Lonely"
"Every Breath You Take"
"Next to You"

Personnel
The Police
Sting – bass guitar, lead vocals
Andy Summers – guitars, guitars synthesizers, keyboards, backing vocals
Stewart Copeland – drums, percussion, xylophone, backing vocals

Charts

Certifications

References

The Police live albums
2008 video albums
Live video albums
2008 live albums
A&M Records live albums
A&M Records video albums
Universal Records live albums
Universal Records video albums
Live new wave albums
Live albums recorded in Buenos Aires
Concert films

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Foundation has been accountable
I think the VCCF has been very accountable about these mistakes.
Foundation has been accountable I think the VCCF has been very accountable about these mistakes. Check out this story on vcstar.com: http://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/readers/2017/04/10/foundation-has-been-accountable/100311144/
Ventura Published 6:07 p.m. PT April 10, 2017
The headquarters building for the Ventura County Community Foundation lies in Camarillo.(Photo: Star file photo)
Re: your editorial April 2, "Foundation needs to be accountable":
The Star is calling for the Ventura County Community Foundation to be "accountable" for some past poor choices, namely using the wrong funds to pay for a new office building, and keeping some fund money in money market accounts, thereby not earning enough return on this money.
I think the VCCF has been very accountable about these mistakes. The board consists of dedicated community volunteers. They may be experts in their own fields, but they do not run foundations for a living. So they hired an expert who gave them (in hindsight) bad advice, which they followed and have not shirked responsibility for.
As soon as the errors were discovered by the new CEO, the attorney general was notified. The VCCF has been fully accountable, cooperative and forthcoming with the attorney general. The situation has been resolved.
It is important to remember that no donor fund money was lost. It is all still there. I think the new CEO's leadership in handling this situation demonstrates that the VCCF is worthy of the trust of its donors. With her at the helm, I think everything will be done properly going forward.
The Star says we "need to hear from (the board) about what happened and what has changed." Well, we know what happened. There are no unreported facts. As to what has changed, theVCCF hired a great new CEO, Vanessa Bechtel.
She knew enough to quickly spot the problems, contact the AG and successfully work out solutions, so I am confident she knows how to properly lead the VCCF into the future.
Alison Carlson, Ventura
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How do young lads join CCFC? Are there trials, or do you have to be scouted?
theres scouting at the other clubs and theres also an open trial day. i went once, didnt make it.
theres also an open trial day.
What age does a lad have to be for the open trial day?
you're put into you're own age group and they look at you in contrast to people your own age. i think the lower limit is like 14 or something, i dont think city do the schoolboy leagues.
Last Q: What time of the year do they hold the trials, please.
End of July as far as I know.
they politly told me to fcuk off!
Got called back for a second trial but lost out to a certain current Under 21 striker!
imagine if you'd gotten through. the echo would just be the colm photo gallery.
the echo would just be the colm photo gallery.
Some people would have you believe that it already is!!
It's an incredible rise to stardom, at 17 you're more likely to get a call from Michael Jackson than Sven Goran Eriksson.
Under 16's and 17's I think. That's the way it was about 4 or 5 years ago anyway.
I just turned 45. Can I attend a trial to become a first choice Donie Forder??
if youre rich enough, then maybe you could buy a place on the city player list, like a team in england do now and then.......?
I believe $h€l£ did this for a friendly against Leicester? IMO, it looks really cheap and unprofessional of the club, for the sake of a grand or so.
the example i was using was an english team last season, who a supporter bought a name on the player register, but took no actuall part in any of the matches.
he got the oppertunity to have his name down in the teams page in the programe!
Spot on there, Jofyisgod. Reminds me of that sap in F1 a couple of years ago who was only allowed to drive cos his fan base in Japan was nuts about him and bought sh1tloads of F1 merchandise.
31 May- MSL Players Joining??


List of motels, apartments, villas, hotels and luxury resorts in Monaco. Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco (French: Principauté de Monaco) - is a sovereign city-state, country, and microstate on the French Riviera in Western Europe.
Hotel in Moneghetti with restaurant, bar/lounge.A buffet breakfast is served every morning in the lounge or on the terrace. From Monday to Friday, the hotel's restaurant is open for lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy Italian cuisine and unique Mediterranean delights prepared by Chef Pinot.
Cozy hotel in La Colle with outdoor pool, restaurant.The chef, who is the owner of the hotel Alain Llorca, prepares for guests the exquisite modern cuisine in the hotel restaurant, awarded with one Michelin star.From windows of numbers the picturesque view of the valley, cypress and olive trees opens.
Romantic hotel in Fontvieille with outdoor pool, restaurant.All soundproofed rooms at the hotel have air conditioning and a flat-screen TV with satellite channels. Each room has a private bathroom with free toiletries and a hairdryer. All rooms have a coffee machine. The suites at the Columbus are luxuriously decorated. Each has a separate living area.
Luxury hotel in Monaco-Ville with spa, restaurant. Port Palace is a 4-star boutique hotel in Monaco overlooking Port Hercule. This property is located in the centre of Monaco's legendary Grand Prix circuit and the Monaco Yacht Show. Guests can relax at the on-site spa with its hammam.
There is a private bathroom with a shower and towels. From the windows of apartments overlooking the sea.Make yourself at home in one of the guestrooms, featuring kitchenettes with refrigerators and ovens. Rooms have private balconies or patios. Wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary, and flat-screen televisions with cable programming provide entertainment.
Beachfront comfortable hotel in Monte Carlo with restaurant, pool bar.The air-conditioned rooms at Le Méridien Beach Plaza are equipped with a flat-screen cable TV. Each room has a private bathroom.
Monte Carlo beachfront hotel with spa, casino.Hermitage's rooms are individually decorated and furnished with antiques. Air conditioning, minibar and flat-screen TV are available. It overlooks the city, the garden or the sea. A DVD player and video games are available on request.


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Narendra Modi is sworn in
Pomp and circumstance
A new sort of Delhi durbar
by A.R. | DELHI
JUST when you thought India was getting over oddly ceremonial tastes left over from Imperial days, it goes and finds some more. On May 26th came the news that production has ended of the Ambassador: a curvy, elegant but desperately inefficient car that looks as if a child in a British nursery has drawn it. Made and hardly improved since the 1950s, it was based on a mid-20th century British vehicle, the Morris Oxford. Far better cars have long existed, yet only now is India finally moving on.
Yet the same day witnessed a new post-colonial performance, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, the red sandstone palace of 340 rooms in Delhi which is home to India's president, Pranab Mukherjee. Designed almost a century ago by British architect Edwin Lutyens for the Viceroy who ruled India in those days, now it gets relatively little use. So it became the venue on May 26th for the swearing-in of India's new prime minister, Narendra Modi, and his slimmed down government.
There was much to enjoy, especially once the blazing summer sun dropped out of sight. Clouds of starlings swooped in the pale evening sky. Presidential bodyguards in knee-high black riding boots and holding pikes stared fiercely from flights of stairs. Bagpipers played and twirled; trumpeters on a balcony announced the arrival of Mr Mukherjee who stepped gingerly down a red carpet, flanked by tall men in white uniforms. It all had the air of a film set—both Mr Modi (who took part in amateur dramatics as a school boy) and Mr Mukherjee appear to like a show. The subsequent, solemn, repetition of oaths by each successive incoming minister and junior minister—they pledged not to betray confidences, to respect sovereignty of India and more—did begin to pall by the second hour. It might have been more striking if, say, Mr Modi had chosen to use the occasion (as American presidents do) to tell his countrymen what he plans to do as prime minister. Instead he is saving that for another day.
There was fun to be had in studying the crowd. A few of the more raucous among the 3,000 or so who crammed the forecourt of the palace took to chanting "Modi, Modi, Modi", perhaps forgetting that the election is over. The sharpest elbows came from the diplomatic seats, where ambassadors barged each other to grab what they believed were prime spots in view of the dignitaries. A clutch of friendly visitors from Gujarat in the audience kindly explained during one lull that Mr Modi's administration would prove both far stronger ("a hundred times") than the previous one, of Manmohan Singh, and would cast into shadow that of the only other BJP prime minister in India's history, Atal Bihari Vajpayee. One man spelt out how useful it had been to have advice on political decision-making from astrologers.
Previously Indian prime ministers have been sworn-in with smaller affairs, indoors, and without the full pomp and circumstance on show. But Mr Modi, to his credit, has already delivered two welcome new efforts that coincided with this ceremony. The first was to issue a list of ministers much smaller than in previous years. In all there are 45 ministers and junior ministers in government; by contrast, at one point in 2011 the outgoing government included 76 ministers who were together manning some 98 ministry-level positions. In this slimmer arrangement a few big names have been left out: most notable was L.K. Advani, who put on a brave face as he sat on the front row and watched his younger rivals from the BJP get sworn in. Amit Shah, Mr Modi's old ally from Gujarat who masterminded his whopping success in Uttar Pradesh, looked terrifically pleased as he shook many hands, but he too will get a role outside of cabinet. It appears that the heavy lifting of government will be done by Mr Modi and two fellow BJP leaders, Arun Jaitley and Rajnath Singh: Mr Singh will be the minister of home affairs and Mr Jaitley will take both the finance and defence ministries. Sushma Swaraj, another senior leader in the party but not a close ally of Mr Modi's, gets the ministry of external affairs. A clutch of younger BJP figures, such as Smriti Irani, who made a decent effort of confronting Rahul Gandhi, Congress's scion, in his constituency in the campaign, are rewarded with government jobs too.
The second welcome initiative was to invite leaders from all the neighbouring countries. (It already feels strange that this was not long ago made a habit). Bangladesh aside, they all sent their heads of government. Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapaksa flashed his most friendly Cheshire Cat smile at all and sundry. Afghanistan's well-dressed president Hamid Karzai managed to look regal, even as he bowed in greeting to Congress's boss, Sonia Gandhi. But all diplomatic eyes were really on Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan's civilian prime minister, who showed up despite reported reservations of the army back home. He sat next to India's former prime minister, Mr Singh, and seemed (from this correspondent's vantage point six rows directly behind them) to engage in a friendly conversation. Once the ceremonies were over, as the assorted leaders gathered for a photo, Mr Sharif made a strikingly brisk walk to Mr Modi, the new prime minister, to shake his hand firmly on the stage. A moment for history perhaps, ahead of their direct chat on the morning of May 27th.
Thus the ceremony proved entirely successful (aside from what appeared to be a medical emergency that befell one VIP member of the crowd). Unseasonal thunder storms that had lashed Delhi the day before did not strike again. The assorted Congress and BJP politicians managed to mingle without obvious rancour—Jairam Ramesh, a former minister, made a point of jovially shaking lots of hands. And Mr Modi made a decent start in reaching out to India's neighbours, even if things are only symbolic so far. Ceremonies may look old fashioned, offering far more form than substance. But they occasionally have their uses.
(Picture credits: AFP and Wikimedia Commons)
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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

class Test {

  {
    Map<String, ? extends Set<Integer>> myMap = null;

    myMap.entrySet().parallelStream()
      .map(it -> {
        final ArrayList<Integer> myList = newArrayList(it.getValue());
        return myList.size();
      })
      .forEach(System.out::println);
  }

  public static <E> ArrayList<E> newArrayList(Iterable<? extends E> elements) { return null; }
}

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import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.security.*;
import java.util.*;

public class Client
{
	/**
	 * The Multicast Socket that is used for the Information Control.
	 */
    private MulticastSocket mSocket;

    /**
     * The Muticast socket group address.
     */
    private String groupAddress;

    /**
     * The port that will be used to connect to the Multicast group.
     */
    private int port;

    /**
     * The DatagramPacket that will be used to transfer byts within the network.
     */
    private DatagramPacket packet;

    /**
     * The files' data that is to be located inside the "Downloads" folder.
     */
    private ArrayList<FileData> filesData;

    /**
     * The files' data that has been found via a Search within the Network.
     */
    private ArrayList<FileData> foundFiles;

    /**
     * The files' data that is active downloading right now.
     */
    private ArrayList<FileData> currentDownloads;

    /**
     * The Search ID used for a certain search in the network.
     */
    private long searchID;

    /**
     * The path to the "Downloads" folder.
     */
    private String filePath;

    /**
     * A global variable used to help the user picking one of the files within its search.
     */
    private int fileIndex;

    /**
     * A Boolean Array with the information whether the file has been received in its totality or not.
     */
    private ArrayList<Boolean> chunkIndexes;

    /**
     * The key that has been pressed on the keyboard.
     */
    private char keyPressed;

    /**
     * Client constructor.
     * @param group The group's address in a String.
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public Client(String group) throws Exception
    {
    	setGroupAddress(group);
    	setPort(8967);
    	filePath = "C:/SDISDownloads/";
    	filesData = new ArrayList<FileData>();
    	foundFiles = new ArrayList<FileData>();
    	currentDownloads = new ArrayList<FileData>();
    	chunkIndexes = new ArrayList<Boolean>();
    	byte[] message = new byte[256];
        packet = new DatagramPacket(message, message.length);
    	getFiles(filePath);
    	groupAddress = "224.0.2.10";
    	searchID = 0;
    	fileIndex = 1;
    	connectToMulticastPort();
    }

    /**
     * Default Constructor of Client.
     */
    public Client() { }

    /**
     * Connects to the Multicast Port that has been specified.
     * @throws UnknownHostException
     * @throws IOException
     */
	public void connectToMulticastPort() throws UnknownHostException, IOException
	{
		try {
			setMulticastSocket(new MulticastSocket(getPort()));
		} catch (IOException e) {
			System.err.println("Can't connect to Multicast Port " + getPort() + "...");
		}
		 mSocket.joinGroup(InetAddress.getByName(groupAddress));
	}

	//Send and Receive Messages

    /**
     * Sends a message to the multicast group.
     * @param message The message to be sent.
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public void sendMessage(String message) throws IOException
    {
        DatagramPacket toSend = new DatagramPacket(message.getBytes(), message.getBytes().length, InetAddress.getByName(groupAddress), port);
        mSocket.setTimeToLive(1);
        mSocket.send(toSend);
    }

    /**
     * Waits for a message pending in the multicast group.
     * @throws Exception
     */
	public void getMessage() throws Exception
	{
		mSocket.receive(packet);
		String recieved = "";
		if(packet.getData().length != 0) recieved = new String(packet.getData(), 0, packet.getLength());

		String[] messageChunks = recieved.split(" ");
		int nChunks = messageChunks.length;
		if(messageChunks[0].equals("SEARCH"))
		{
			String sID = messageChunks[1];
			String id  = sID.substring(2);
			if(Long.parseLong(id) != searchID)
			{
				getFiles(filePath);
				ArrayList<Integer> fileList = searchInArrayList(formSearchTerm(nChunks-2, messageChunks, 2));
				if(fileList.size() != 0)
				{
					foundCommand(fileList, sID);
				}
			}
		}
		else if(messageChunks[0].equals("FOUND"))
		{
			String sID = messageChunks[1];
			String id  = sID.substring(2);
			if(Long.parseLong(id) == searchID)
			{
				if(!fileHasBeenFound(messageChunks[2]))
				{
					String filename = formSearchTerm(nChunks-4, messageChunks, 4);
					long byteSize = (long) Math.ceil((double)Integer.parseInt(messageChunks[3]));
					System.out.println(fileIndex + " - " + filename + " / " + Math.ceil(byteSize/1024.0) + "KB");
					FileData fd = new FileData();
					fd.setName(filename);
					fd.setCheckSum(messageChunks[2]);
					fd.setnPeers(1);
					fd.setSize(byteSize);
					foundFiles.add(fd);
					fileIndex++;
				}
				else
				{
					foundFiles.get(fileIndex-2).augmentPeers();
				}
			}
		}
		else if(messageChunks[0].equals("GET"))
		{
			String[] chunksToSendString = null;
			ArrayList<Long> chunksToSend = new ArrayList<Long>();

			int exist = fileExists(messageChunks[1]);

			if(exist == -1)
			{
				return;
			}

			//Format "1,2,3,4,5,6"
			if(messageChunks[2].matches("(?i).*,.*"))
			{
				 chunksToSendString = messageChunks[2].split(",");

				for(int i = 0; i < chunksToSendString.length; i++)
				{
					//Format "1-6" inside commas
					if(chunksToSendString[i].matches("(?i).*-.*"))
					{
						String[] rangedChunks = chunksToSendString[i].split("-");
						int start = Integer.parseInt(rangedChunks[0]);
						int end = Integer.parseInt(rangedChunks[1]);

						for(int j = start; j <= end; j++) chunksToSend.add((long)j);
					}
					else chunksToSend.add(Long.parseLong(chunksToSendString[i]));
				}
			}
			//Format "1-6"
			else if (messageChunks[2].matches("(?i).*-.*"))
			{
				chunksToSendString = messageChunks[2].split("-");
				int start = Integer.parseInt(chunksToSendString[0]);
				int end = Integer.parseInt(chunksToSendString[1]);

				for(int i = start; i <= end; i++) chunksToSend.add((long)i);
			}
			else if(messageChunks[2].matches("[0-9]*"))
			{
				chunksToSend.add(Long.parseLong(messageChunks[2]));
			}

			DataThread dataThread = new DataThread(this, "DataThread", "Sending", groupAddress);
			byte[] sha256 = calculateSHAFromHash(messageChunks[1]);
			dataThread.setSha256(sha256);
			dataThread.setFile(filesData.get(exist).getFile());
			dataThread.setChunksToSend(chunksToSend);
			dataThread.start();
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Check if file with "checkSum" exists in this computer
	 * @param checkSum The checkSum itself.
	 * @return True if exists, False otherwise
	 */
	public int fileExists(String checkSum)
	{
		for(int i = 0; i < filesData.size(); i++)
		{
			if(filesData.get(i).getCheckSum().equals(checkSum))
			{
				return i;
			}
		}
		return -1;
	}

	/**
	 * Check if file with "hash" exists in the found files list.
	 * @param hash The hash itself.
	 * @return A boolean confirming such.
	 */
	public boolean fileHasBeenFound(String hash)
	{
		for(int i = 0; i < foundFiles.size(); i++)
		{
			if(foundFiles.get(i).getCheckSum().equals(hash))
			{
				return true;
			}
		}
		return false;
	}

	//Command Processing Area

	/**
	 * Constructs the "FOUND" command inside the Client.
	 * @param list ArrayList with the integer positions of the files in the "Downloads" folder.
	 * @param sID The search ID that has been used for the search.
	 */
    public void foundCommand(ArrayList<Integer> list, String sID)
    {
    	for(int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++)
    	{
    		String toSend = "FOUND " + sID + " " + filesData.get(list.get(i)).getCheckSum() + " "
    					    + filesData.get(list.get(i)).getSize() + " " + filesData.get(list.get(i)).getName();
    		try {
				sendMessage(toSend);
			}
    		catch (IOException e)
			{
				System.out.println("Cannot send FOUND message!");
			}
    	}
    }

    /**
     * Forms the search command that will be sent to the multicast port to make a search within the P2P network.
     * @param searchMethod
     * @return A String with the message formed.
     */
	public String formSearchMessage(String searchMethod)
	{
		Random r = new Random();
		searchID = r.nextInt(1000000000);
		String result = "SEARCH " + "id" + searchID;
		result += " " + searchMethod;
		return result;
	}

	/**
	 * Forms the string of the search input.
	 * @param size Number of "String-chunks" needed to form a Search Input.
	 * @param chunks The "String-Chunks".
	 * @param index Starting Index of the chunks in the string.
	 * @return The Search Input in a String.
	 */
	public String formSearchTerm(int size, String[] chunks, int index)
	{
		String result = "";

		while(size > 0)
		{
			result += chunks[index];
			index++;
			size--;
		}

		return result;
	}

	/**
	 * Searches the file in the available files in the directory.
	 * @param name The terms to Search in the folder.
	 */
	public void searchFile(String name)
	{
		String searchMessage = formSearchMessage(name);
		try {
			sendMessage(searchMessage);
		} catch (IOException e) {
			System.out.println("Cannot send your Search Method!");
		}
	}

	//Search Methods

	/**
	 * Searches for a specific term in the ArrayList that contains all the infos of the files.
	 * @param search Term to be searched.
	 * @return An ArrayList of Integers that contains all the indexes of the files in the original Array that have matched with any term of the Search Input.
	 */
	public ArrayList<Integer> searchInArrayList(String search)
	{
		ArrayList<Integer> result = new ArrayList<Integer>();
		for(int i = 0; i < filesData.size(); i++)
		{
			FileData fd = filesData.get(i);
			String fileName = fd.getName();
			if(checkFileName(fileName, search)) result.add(i);
		}

		return result;
	}

	/**
	 * Checks if any of the chunks specified on the previous String match with the filename chunks.
	 * @param name The name of the file.
	 * @param searchMethod The search term.
	 * @return A boolean saying if they matched or not.
	 */
	public boolean checkFileName(String name, String searchMethod)
	{
		String[] searchChunked = searchMethod.split(" ");
		name.toUpperCase();

		for(int i = 0; i < searchChunked.length; i++)
		{
			searchChunked[i].toUpperCase();
			if(name.matches("(?i).*" + searchChunked[i] + ".*"))
			{
				return true;
			}
		}

		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * Engages a search in the Client.
	 * @throws IOException
	 */
	public void doSearch() throws IOException
	{
		clearScreen();
		System.out.println("What do you wish to look for? ");
		Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
		searchFile(input.nextLine());
		clearScreen();
		System.out.println("Escolha um dos ficheiros (0 para cancelar)\n");
		int choice = -1;
		while(choice == -1) choice = chooseFile();

		if(choice == 0)
		{
			foundFiles.clear();
			fileIndex = 1;
			return;
		}

		searchID = 0;
		FileData chosenFile = foundFiles.get(choice-1);
		currentDownloads.add(chosenFile);
		long fileSize = getFileSizeFromHash(chosenFile.getCheckSum());
		formChunkList(fileSize);
		String path = new String();
		path = filePath + chosenFile.getName();

		long size = chosenFile.getSize();
		File f = new File(path);
		RandomAccessFile raf = new RandomAccessFile(f, "rw");
		raf.setLength(size);

		int nChunks = (int) Math.ceil(size/1024.0);

		//Call threads to receive all the data

		for(int i = 1; i <= chosenFile.getnPeers(); i++)
		{
			byte[] reqSha = calculateSHAFromHash(chosenFile.getCheckSum());
			DataThread dataThread = new DataThread(this, chosenFile.getCheckSum()+"-"+i, "Recieving", groupAddress);
			dataThread.setFileSize((int)size);
			dataThread.setFileToMake(raf);
			dataThread.setFoundFile(chosenFile);
			dataThread.setnChunks(nChunks);
			dataThread.setRequestedHash(reqSha);

			//downloads in background
			dataThread.start();
		}

		foundFiles.clear();
		fileIndex = 1;
		clearScreen();
	}

	/**
	 * Chooses a file from the given Search List.
	 * @return The choice itself.
	 */
	public int chooseFile()
	{
		Scanner number = new Scanner(System.in);
		String input = number.nextLine();
		if(isInteger(input))
			return Integer.parseInt(input);
		else
			return -1;
	}

	/**
	 * Forms the get messages that are sent in case the user wants a file.
	 * @param fs The file data of the file to be transfered.
	 * @param first The first chunk to be asked.
	 * @param last The last chunk to be asked.
	 * @return The stringified message.
	 */
	public String formGetMessage(FileData fs, long first, long last)
	{
		String ret = "GET " + fs.getCheckSum() + " " + first + "-" + last;
		return ret;
	}

	/**
	 * Goes to the files list and returns the size of the file in bytes.
	 * @param hash The hash code to pass as argument.
	 * @return The size or -1 if unsuccessful.
	 */
	public long getFileSizeFromHash(String hash)
	{
		for(int i = 0; i < foundFiles.size(); i++)
		{
			if(foundFiles.get(i).getCheckSum().equals(hash))
				return (long) Math.ceil((double)foundFiles.get(i).getSize()/1024.0);
		}

		return -1;
	}

	//File operations

	/**
	 * Gets all the information of the files inside the "Downloads" directory.
	 * @param _path The "Downloads" folder path.
	 * @throws Exception
	 */
	public void getFiles(String _path) throws Exception
	{
		filesData.clear();

		File f = new File(_path);

		if(!f.exists()) f.mkdir();

		File[] files = f.listFiles();

		if(files.length != 0)
		{
			for(int i = 0; i < files.length; i++)
			{
				if(!files[i].isDirectory())
				{
					//Atributos de um ficheiro
					String name = files[i].getName();
					byte[] sha256 = calculateSHA(files[i].getAbsolutePath(), "SHA-256");
					String sha = checkSumString(sha256);
					long size = (long) Math.ceil((double) files[i].length());

					FileData fileData = new FileData(name, sha, size, files[i], sha256);

					filesData.add(fileData);
				}
			}
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Calculates the SHA256 for each file.
	 * @param filePath The path to the file.
	 * @return The byte array with all of the information with the SHA256.
	 * @throws Exception
	 */
	public byte[] calculateSHA(String filePath, String mode) throws Exception
	{

		MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance(mode);
		FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(filePath);
		byte[] dataBytes = new byte[1024];
		int nread = 0;
		while ((nread = fis.read(dataBytes)) != -1) {
			md.update(dataBytes, 0, nread);
		};

		byte[] mdbytes = md.digest();

		return mdbytes;
	}

	/**
	 * Converts the SHA from a String to a Byte Array.
	 * @param hash The String with the SHA.
	 * @return A Byte Array with the same information.
	 */
	public byte[] calculateSHAFromHash(String hash)
	{
		int length = hash.length();
		if (length % 2 == 1) {
			hash = "0" + hash;
			length++;
		}
		byte[] number = new byte[length / 2];

		int i;
		for (i = 0; i < hash.length(); i += 2) {
			int j = Integer.parseInt(hash.substring(i, i + 2), 16);
			number[i / 2] = (byte) (j & 0x000000ff);
		}
		return number;
	}

	/**
	 * Converts the SHA from a Byte Array to a String.
	 * @param buf The Byte Array in question.
	 * @return The String with the respective Information.
	 */
	public String checkSumString(byte[] buf)
	{
		StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();

		for (int i = 0; i < buf.length; i++) {
			sb.append(Integer.toString((buf[i] & 0xff) + 0x100, 16).substring(1));
		}

		return sb.toString();
	}

	//Tratamento de chunks

	/**
	 * Forms the Boolean Array according to the number of chunks to be sent/received.
	 * @param size The number of chunks.
	 */
	public void formChunkList(long size)
	{
		while(size != 0)
		{
			chunkIndexes.add(false);
			size--;
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Checks if the boolean array is filled with true values or not.
	 * @return The result in a boolean value.
	 */
	public boolean checkBooleanArray()
	{
		for(int i = 0; i < chunkIndexes.size(); i++)
		{
			if(!chunkIndexes.get(i)) return true;
		}

		return false;
	}

    //Getters and Setters

	/**
	 * Sets the MulticastSocket within this Client.
	 * @param _s The MulticastSocket to be set.
	 */
    public void setMulticastSocket(MulticastSocket _s)
    {
    	mSocket = _s;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the MulticastSocket within this Client.
     * @return The MulticastSocket.
     */
    public MulticastSocket getMulticastSocket()
    {
    	return mSocket;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the GroupAddress within this Client.
     * @param _group The Address itself, in a String Object.
     */
    public void setGroupAddress(String _group)
    {
    	groupAddress = _group;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the GroupAddress within this Client.
     * @return The GroupAddress in a String Object.
     */
    public String getGroupAddress()
    {
    	return groupAddress;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the Port for the connection.
     * @param _port The number of the port.
     */
    public void setPort(int _port)
    {
    	port = _port;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the port for the connection.
     * @return The number of the port.
     */
    public int getPort()
    {
    	return port;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the boolean array with all the information relatively to the file status.
     * @return The Boolean Array itself.
     */
	public ArrayList<Boolean> getBooleanArray()
	{
		return chunkIndexes;
	}

	/**
	 * Sets the Boolean Array.
	 * @param a The Boolean Array to be set.
	 */
	public void setBooleanArray(ArrayList<Boolean> a)
	{
		chunkIndexes = a;
	}

	//Check if it's an Integer

	/**
	 * Check if a certain string is an integer.
	 * @param input The string to verify.
	 * @return A boolean confirming such.
	 */
	public boolean isInteger( String input )
	{
	   try
	   {
	      Integer.parseInt(input);
	      return true;
	   }
	   catch(Exception e)
	   {
	      return false;
	   }
	}

	/**
	 * Clears the screen with a series of newlines.
	 */
	public void clearScreen()
	{
		System.out.println('\n');
		System.out.println('\n');
		System.out.println('\n');
		System.out.println('\n');
		System.out.println('\n');
		System.out.println('\n');
		System.out.println('\n');
		System.out.println('\n');
		System.out.println('\n');
		System.out.println('\n');
		System.out.println('\n');
	}

	//Downloads Progress

	/**
	 * Checks the download's progress, and gives an output regarding it.
	 */
	public void checkDownloadsProgress()
	{
		keyPressed = 0x0;
		clearScreen();
		if(currentDownloads.size() == 0)
		{
			System.out.println("Nothing is downloading right now!");
			waitForEnter();
			clearScreen();
			return;
		}
		System.out.println("Current Downloads:\n");
		Thread[] threads = new Thread[256];
		threads = getRunningThreads();
		int count = 0;
		for(int i = 0; i < currentDownloads.size(); i++)
		{
			int lastPos = checkForHashOnThreads(currentDownloads.get(i).getCheckSum(), threads);
			DataThread t = null;
			if(lastPos == -1) currentDownloads.remove(i);
			else t = (DataThread) threads[lastPos];
			if(t != null)
			{
				if(t.isAlive())
				{
					t.getProgress(currentDownloads.get(i).getName());
					count++;
				}
			}
		}
		if(count == 0)
		{
			System.out.println("Nothing is downloading right now!");
			waitForEnter();
			clearScreen();
			return;
		}
		waitForEnter();
		clearScreen();
	}

	/**
	 * Gets all the threads that are running in this current JVM.
	 * Idea taken from: http://tinyurl.com/threadstrategy
	 * @return An Array with all of the Thread Objects.
	 */
	public Thread[] getRunningThreads()
	{
		ThreadGroup rootGroup = Thread.currentThread( ).getThreadGroup( );
		ThreadGroup parentGroup;
		while ( ( parentGroup = rootGroup.getParent() ) != null ) {
		    rootGroup = parentGroup;
		}

		Thread[] threads = new Thread[ rootGroup.activeCount() ];
		while ( rootGroup.enumerate( threads, true ) == threads.length ) {
		    threads = new Thread[ threads.length * 2 ];
		}

		return threads;
	}

	/**
	 * Checks whether the hash value of a file is in any thread's name.
	 * @param hash The hash to be verified.
	 * @param ts The Thread Array to be verified.
	 * @return The last position of the running thread with the given name.
	 */
	public int checkForHashOnThreads(String hash, Thread[] ts)
	{
		int ret = -1;
		for(int i = 0; i < ts.length; i++)
		{
			if(ts[i] != null)
			{
				String threadName = ts[i].getName();
				if(threadName != null)
				{
					if(threadName.matches("(?i).*-.*"))
					{
						String[] chunkedName = threadName.split("-");
						if(chunkedName[0].equals(hash)) ret = i;
					}
				}
			}
		}

		return ret;
	}

	/**
	 * Checks the "Downloads" folder and outputs all data regarding its contents.
	 */
	public void checkDownloadsFolder()
	{
		keyPressed = 0x0;
		clearScreen();
		try {
			getFiles(filePath);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			System.out.println("Cannot read from Downloads Folder");
		}
		if(filesData.size() == 0)
		{
			System.out.println("You have no files in your downloads folder..\n");
			waitForEnter();
			return;
		}
		System.out.println("Files available in your Folder:\n");

		for(int i = 0; i < filesData.size(); i++)
		{
			printSingleFile(filesData.get(i));
			if(i != filesData.size()-1) Separator();
		}

		waitForEnter();
		clearScreen();
	}

	/**
	 * Prints information regarding a File.
	 * @param fd The file information to be printed.
	 */
	public void printSingleFile(FileData fd)
	{
		System.out.println("Name: " + fd.getName());
		System.out.println("SHA256 (Hash Value): " + fd.getCheckSum());
		System.out.println("File Size (kB): " + (int) Math.ceil(fd.getSize()/1024.0));
	}

	/**
	 * A simple console Separator.
	 */
	private void Separator()
	{
		System.out.println("--------------------------");
	}

	/**
	 * Waits for the enter key to be presed.
	 */
	private void waitForEnter()
	{
		System.out.println("\nPress ONLY Enter to Continue...");
		pressKey();
		while(keyPressed != 13)
		{
			System.out.println("\nPress ONLY Enter to Continue...");
			pressKey();
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Checks for a key pressed in the console.
	 */
	private void pressKey()
	{
		try {
			keyPressed = (char) new InputStreamReader(System.in).read ();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			System.out.println("Cannot read from Keyboard");
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Changes the "Downloads" directory.
	 */
	public void changeFolder()
	{
		clearScreen();
		System.out.println("Choose a new Folder: ");
		Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
		String newPath = input.nextLine();
		boolean exists = checkDirectories(newPath);
		if(!exists)
		{
			System.out.println("Invalid Directory!\n");
			waitForEnter();
			changeFolder();
		}
		else
		{
			filePath = newPath+"/";
			System.out.println("Dirextory changed!\n");
			waitForEnter();
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Checks whether the directory exists.
	 * @param inputPath The path to be checked.
	 * @return A boolean confirming such.
	 */
	private boolean checkDirectories(String inputPath)
	{
		String[] names = inputPath.split("\\\\");
		for(int i = 0; i < names.length; i++)
		{
			File f = new File(names[i]);

			if(f.exists()) continue;
			else
			{
				if(i != names.length-1) return false;
				else f.mkdir();
			}
		}

		return true;
	}
}


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Jungle Bush Quail is a small bird which prefers mainly forest habitats. It belongs to the Phasianidae family and is found across the Indian subcontinent.
The male Jungle Bush Quail.
Both the above photos are from Masinagudi near Mudumalai National Park in Tamil Nadu. It was the first day morning of our two day wildlife trip at Masinagudi. The time was half past six. We were on a jeep and just after 1-2 kilometers from the starting point, we spotted this group of Jungle Bush Quails on the ground by the right side of the road. They were not bothered with our presence. There was no permission to get outside the safari vehicle. So I took the pictures from the jeep itself. Because the light was not bright and the birds were constantly moving, I had to use an ISO of 2000. But selective noise reduction helped to get rid of the excess noise.
Appearance: The plumage is barred. The male has black and white bars on chest and belly region. The chin and eye-stripes have chestnut color. There is a white supercilium. The female has light chestnut colored underparts with no bars.
Habitat and Distribution: Wide range of distribution across India. Prefers edges of forests. Feed on grass and insects.


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Tana Mongeau is an American Very talented, popular, and very beautiful amazing Musician and Model best known for starring in her own MTV reality series MTV No Filter: Tana Turns 21. She was born on June 24, 1998, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. As of 2022, she is 23 years old with 5 feet 6 inches tall in height.
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Tana Mongeau's income and earnings are all generated through her multiple professions as an actor, model, and, singer. In addition to that, she earns a significantly high amount from youtube revenues and paid promotions. She has also widened her income source by investing in the share market as well which has kept a balance in her wealth. As of 2022, her Net Worth is estimated to be around 2 million USD.
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Date of Birth (Birthday) June 24, 1998
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Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British, Engraved by Charles Turner, 1774–1857, British, after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British, Ships in a Breeze, 1808, Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink Engraver's Proof on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1977.14.8107
Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British, Ships in a Breeze, 1808
Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Engraved by Charles Turner, 1774–1857, British
after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Ships in a Breeze
The Egremont Sea-piece
Collective Title: Liber Studiorum
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink Engraver's Proof on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 12 inches (21.9 × 30.5 cm), Plate: 8 × 11 1/2 inches (20.3 × 29.2 cm), and Image: 7 1/8 × 10 1/4 inches (18.1 × 26 cm)
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "10. E.P. (f)"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "Cotswold Gallery, 1924, ex G.E.Blood"
Blind embossed: "G.E. Blood" (Lugt 265c)
Lettered above image: "M"; below image: "Drawn & Etchd by J.M.W.Turner Esqr. R.A.P.P. | Engraved by Chas. Turner | London, Published Feby. 20, 1808 by C. Turner No.50 Warren Street Fitzroy Square"
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Translations - Turner and Printmaking (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-09-29 - 1993-12-05)
Sam Smiles, The late works of J. M. W. Turner : the artist and his critics, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, London, p. 204, fig. 124, NJ18.t85 S655 2020 Oversize (YCBA)


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My Crazy 4: Happy Birthday Cain!!
The first time I saw your smiling face. You were cozy in my tummy.
I can remember the day you were born.
means not so easy childhood.
You have my attitude, and strong willed personality.
Wonder where you got your stubborness from??
You have grown up so fast.
I can't believe that today you are 5 years old.
I will never forget these times in your life.
You are a cute long haired boy.
He was seriously smiling in there, wasn't he?!? Oh my gosh - that is incredible!
Hope he has an awesome 5th birthday!
Babe, this is making me want to cry. I love you and you are an awesome MOMMY.
That sonogram pic. is the best.
that's an amazing sono pic!! such a pretty boy! happy birthday to cain...and happy birthday to you!!!
Happy Birthday to you, btw!
Happy Birthday to that cutie but, Happy Birthday to YOU too!!!


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Cybercrime: Business Email Compromise and the Quincecare Duty of Care
Business email compromise is a form of cyber fraud whereby a hacker targets and obtains access to a business email account, imitates the business and emails fraudulent payment requests to the hacked company's bank.
Quincecare Duty of Care ('Quincecare')
In the 1992 case of Barclays Bank plc v Quincecare Ltd the English courts found that a bank owes an implied contractual and co-extensive tortious duty of care to act with reasonable care and skill when performing a customer's instructions, and not to act on those instructions where it believes the instructions will facilitate a fraud on the account holder.
The Quincecare duty has been developed and upheld: the UK Supreme Court upheld a claim for damages under the duty in the case of Singularis Holdings Ltd (in liquidation) v Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Ltd [2019] UKSC 50, and the English Court of Appeal held that in certain circumstances banks may be required to investigate the payment instruction.
We recently acted on a matter that involved the Quincecare duty. Our claimant client was a shipping logistics provider specialising in transporting raw materials for use in the steel making industry. The defendant opponent was our client's bank based in the DIFC.
It was not in dispute that the claimant was the victim of a cyber hack. Via a phishing email the hackers were able to access and take control of the claimant's systems, forge invoices and send fraudulent payment instructions to the bank, on which the bank acted and paid out monies to the fraudster.
It was the claimant's case that there were a number of red flags in the fraudulent instructions that put the bank on inquiry, and that the bank's failure to spot these and execute the fraud resulted in it breaching its Quincecare duty.
The bank argued that it was under no obligation to inquire as to the purpose of any transfer seemingly authorised by instruction nor to identity the transferee. It also sought to argue that that there was a difference between whether payment out was made from funds owed by a bank to its customer, or from funds which the bank had agreed to advance to its customer on overdraft.
The question before the DIFC court was, in the emerging domain of business email cyber fraud, who was to bear the loss, the customer or the bank? The answer was fact-specific.
What was decided?
The DIFC court noted the number of red flags in connection with the fraudulent instructions, not least that the fraud did not follow the established payment request procedure of the parties and that the purpose of the payments was outside of the claimant's normal business and mandate.
The DIFC court found that the bank had reasonable grounds for believing that the payment instructions were an attempt to misappropriate the customer's funds. It also found that the bank did owe a Quincecare duty of care to its customer/the claimant to refrain from paying out on fraudulent payment instructions where it had such reasonable grounds to believe it was an attempt to misappropriate the money.
It further found that the duty bites at the time of compliance with the instruction to the bank to pay out, and that the claimant was equally harmed whether it was its own money or the bank's money (i.e. an overdraft).
The court dismissed the bank's argument that the claimant was contributorily negligent for failing to ensure that his email systems were secure.
Why is this significant?
The DIFC court found overwhelmingly in favour of our claimant client and ordered that it did not have to repay to the bank the misappropriated funds, and that the bank pay damages in consequential losses and costs on the basis that the claimant was wholly successful.
Given the common law precedent of the DIFC courts, financial institutions in the DIFC should be aware of the judgment and the application of the Quincecare duty of care in this jurisdiction.
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Do Latinos Favor Bilingual Ed.?
Ron K. Unz claims the recall of Nativo Lopez from the Santa Ana, Calif., school board is evidence that bilingual education is not popular, "even among Latinos" ("Calif. School Board Member Recalled Over Prop. 227," Feb. 12, 2003). We know that Mr. Unz is not aware of the research in the field; apparently, he does not read newspapers either.
If he did, he would know that 95 percent of the 4,000 Latinos recently polled by the AOL Time Warner Foundation/People en Español said they supported bilingual education; that 92 percent of Latinos surveyed in Massachusetts by the Instituto Mauricio Gastón and the University of Massachusetts opposed his anti-bilingual initiative in that state, Question 2; that opposition among Latinos to Amendment 31, his anti-bilingual initiative in Colorado, reached 66 percent; and that opposition to Proposition 227, his anti-bilingual initiative in California, was 63 percent among Latinos.
For a person who wants to be treated as an intellectual ("a theoretical physicist by training"? What is that?), Mr. Unz would do well to make himself better informed in the area he chooses so frequently to debate.
The Manhattan Institute's recent report ("High-Stakes Tests Called Accurate Gauge of Performance," Feb. 19, 2003) contains two fundamental errors that call into question the conclusion of its authors.
First, the researchers break no new ground when they report that students scoring high on state accountability tests also score high on the Stanford Achievement Test-9th Edition and the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills. In both cases, the instruments used were standardized achievement tests, which are deliberately designed to engineer score spread among test-takers. If they didn't, scores might be bunched together, making comparisons among students and the norm group unsatisfactory. To avoid this pitfall, test-makers deliberately build into standardized tests items that are impervious to even the best instruction.
Second, the researchers fall into the teaching-to-the- test trap. There is nothing at all wrong about teaching to the broad body of skills and knowledge that the test items represent. Tests are supposed to support instruction. If they don't, then the tests are largely measuring what students bring to the classroom in the form of socioeconomic status and inherited ability.
Teachers cannot be held accountable for what takes place outside their classrooms, nor can they be responsible when the assessment targets are not made perfectly clear. What is wrong is teaching to the actual items on the test. When that happens, scores rise, but students are shortchanged. The Manhattan Institute's report doesn't make the crucial distinction between the two approaches.
The writer taught for 28 years in the Los Angeles Unified School District and now writes an education column for The San Francisco Examiner.
Teachers' Unions: What Is the Ideal?
Ideal collective bargaining between teachers' unions and public school administrators obviously should, as Julia E. Koppich and Charles Taylor Kerchner write, "result in contracts in which improving student achievement is central" ("Negotiating What Matters Most," Commentary, Feb. 12, 2003). However, it seems wishful thinking for them to propose that unions will work for the passage of new state laws that permit accomplishment of the governing mechanism this goal entails.
I refer, of course, to legislation that provides school managers with the authority for "placing teachers in schools and classrooms where they are most needed." To the contrary, there remain many signs that teachers' unions in the foreseeable future will stubbornly continue to demand that the above item must not be part of negotiations between teachers and school officials.
While I am not intimately familiar with Oklahoma's training program for teachers of reading, I did note in reading your short article ("Training of Okla. Reading Teachers in Doubt," Feb. 19, 2003) that the state has received high marks for the quality of this program.
Given the circumstances, Oklahoma should not be too ready to ditch its current training program. The federal program is not, in fact, scientifically based but, rather, ideologically and politically based.
In your article "Calif. Lawmakers Debate Adding Class-Size Leeway" (Feb. 12, 2003), there is considerable misunderstanding and some misinformation about the position of superintendents and administrators on the class-size-reduction program in California. Superintendents and administrators fully support the program, in spite of what some defenders of the status quo may say.
The flexibility that is being requested is absolutely essential to saving the program in many districts. The class-size-reduction program in California has never been fully funded, either in terms of salaries and operational expenses, or, most importantly, in terms of facilities. The program is not state-mandated, but instead entails a decision by local boards of education to provide it. In doing so, they must use monies from local district general funds (monies that come from other programs) to supplement the funds from the state. In addition, because class sizes were suddenly reduced from a typical pupil-teacher ratio of 30-to-1 to less than 20-to-1, districts had to find one-third more classrooms. There were not readily available funds to do this, so again, districts had to take from other sources.
I stated above that class sizes went from 30-to-1 to less than 20-to-1. This is at the heart of the current issue. Your article states that "if class size in one grade in one school goes over 20 ... the entire district will lose its state class-size-reduction funding for that grade." This is not accurate. If any class goes over 20, not the entire grade level, the district loses money. Because of this "hard cap," districts assign from 17 to 19 students per class, in order to have room for new students and not lose the funds or be forced to make combination classes in midyear.
California public schools expect to lose $2.2 billion from this year's adopted budgets and planned spending (there is only one-third of the year left to make up for two-thirds already spent), and another $1.5 billion next year.
School superintendents and administrators agree that smaller class sizes make for better teaching and learning environments, but so do other programs and services. There are many contributing factors to effective student learning, such as better-prepared and -trained teachers, better facilities, better materials and equipment, and better home and family support. Class size is just one of those factors, and in this era of budget cuts, every aspect of school district operations must contribute to fiscal solvency.
Allowing district administrators to have more flexibility in managing the class-size-reduction program by averaging 20 students per class with no class over 22 is reasonable and necessary.
I read your article on the W. Garfield Weston Foundation's teaming with the Fraser Institute to provide grants for private schools in Canada ("Foreign Exchange," Feb. 5, 2003).
Here's the problem. The Canadian province of Ontario used to have at least one of its school boards in the top- 10 rankings of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and other respected bodies. Parents could send their kids to public school with a fair expectation of cleanliness and excellence. No longer. Since 1995, a very conservative government followed policies prescribed by the Fraser Institute to cut billions of dollars of support to schools and confront the public school system with a barrage of reforms to keep protest at bay.
It worked. One of the big policies was to amalgamate manageable school boards into megaboards. Many of these urban boards are cash- strapped and feature poorly maintained, sometimes dirty schools. The province has had to take over the three largest urban boards.
Why the Weston Foundation, the charity arm of the Canadian grocery conglomerate Loblaws Companies Ltd. is contracting out to a foundation determined to minimize public education is unclear. But the program for private school grants, advertised weekly in grocery fliers around the province, is likely to undermine a once-great Ontario public school system.
I wanted to express my appreciation for the Commentary by Mike Schmoker ("Planning for Failure?" Feb. 12, 2003). Stronger emphasis on his philosophy—teachers' working together to improve instructional delivery by sharing successes and failures and striving for continuous improvement—would contribute to immediate increased achievement in education. This philosophy, echoing from the rafters, would help support and empower teachers to do what they truly wish to do—teach.
As it is, the various plans and plans to plan and summary of plans are leading to complete confusion and frustration and achieving nothing.
In her comments to early-childhood leaders who attended the regional academies sponsored by the U.S. departments of Education and Health and Human Services ("Early-Childhood Educator 'Academies' Spark Discussions," Jan. 22, 2003), Shannon Christian, the associate commissioner of the federal child-care bureau, noted that "most 3- and 4-year- olds in out-of-home care do not attend formal preschool programs. Instead, they are in child-care centers, in family child-care homes, or in the care of a family friend or relative."
I was more than a little appalled to read these quoted comments of a federal official in charge of child care. They reflect a serious lack of understanding for the many child-care centers with well-established preschool programs and the growing number of family child- care homes with such programs.
Yes, there are child-care programs in this country that are providing solely custodial care. However, due to federal and state quality initiatives, the number of accredited early-childhood programs in centers and family homes is on the rise. To lump these committed early- childhood professionals in the same category as relative care is a serious disservice to their hard work.
Dr. Patrick Ciccone's letter regarding medications for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ("Abuse Potential of ADHD Treatment," Letters, Jan. 22, 2003) calls for a point of clarification.
The American Academy of Pediatrics and other medical societies have long identified stimulant medications as the recommended standard of care because, up until now, they were the best options available for the treatment of ADHD's symptoms of inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity.
Thankfully, we are making great scientific strides in the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD. For example, we now have another therapeutic choice in the form of the first nonstimulant ADHD medication, called Strattera, which became available to physicians and their patients in January.
Logically, medical society guidelines that were written before the introduction of a nonstimulant medication cannot be taken as an endorsement of the superiority of stimulants over the nonstimulant.
Strattera is significant because it offers a new alternative. It is the first prescription drug approved for the treatment of ADHD symptoms in children, adolescents, and adults. And as a nonstimulant, it is more convenient for physicians, parents, and children. What is essential is that children on any medication be seen regularly by their physicians.
I read with interest, and with some dismay, the recent article "Adding It All Up" (On Assignment, Feb. 19, 2003). I'm a bit dismayed because of the continuation of this tired debate over math curricular reform. The arguments presented are the same we've heard for over a decade, and they shed no new light on the issue.
There are three key points to keep in mind when thinking about math curricular reform. First, it is unfair and incorrect to depict the "traditional" approach to math instruction as one in which "real-life problems" are withheld from students until after they've endured rote instruction. In fact, good "traditional" math teachers have always stressed conceptual understanding through the presentation of "real life" problems.
This contention can be supported in several ways (for example, a review of mathematics textbooks and curriculum guides over the past 100 years). Most notably, it is revealed in empirical data from the late 1980s and early 1990s (National Education Longitudinal Study: 1998) that high percentages of teachers and students report emphasizing and being exposed to conceptual learning and problem-solving activity in their math courses.
Second, the advocates of reform have failed to distinguish between "traditional" instruction and "poor teaching." The NELS: 98 data also indicate that in the early 1990s, between 20 percent and 30 percent of high school students sampled were taught by math teachers who could not identify the answer to a simple algebra problem or explain why the product of two negative numbers produced a positive result. Liping Ma's comparative study of 3rd grade teachers exposed similar problems of teacher quality.
This problem of teacher quality leads to a third key point related to the construction of experimental studies of curricular effectiveness. As suggested in your article, it is extremely difficult to control for the many factors that can threaten the validity of such experiments, such as teacher quality and motivation, students' entering and dropping out of curricular programs, and so forth. Advocates of reform will always be able to find some case where students in a particular program will outperform their nonprogram peers. But such special programs have not been shown to be either portable to other situations or robust against the problem of teacher quality.
To wrap it all up, it seems clear that students are more likely to learn more math when they are exposed to mathematically knowledgeable teachers and a balanced program combining conceptual understanding with skills practice and—yes—even rote learning.
Critics of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics standards ask for evidence that the new constructivist curricula and teaching methods are effective. They maintain that "research hasn't delivered nearly enough evidence to warrant schools' switching" to new approaches.
What they refuse to acknowledge is the overwhelming body of evidence collected over the past 40 years that mathematics instruction, as it has been practiced in the United States, is a failure. The Third International Mathematics and Science Study, or TIMSS, is merely the latest and most exhaustive of studies to demonstrate this.
Your article states that the TIMSS in 1996 found that 8th graders were "in the middle of the pack," and that 12th graders "fell below average." This understates the actual findings. According to "Highlights From the TIMSS," published by the National Center for Education Statistics, 8th grade U.S. students "scored below the international average in mathematics" (below all the other G7 countries), while 12th graders' performance "was among the lowest in both science and mathematics, including ... our most advanced students." Every other international comparison since the launch of Sputnik had similar findings.
These terrible results cannot be blamed on the "New Math" of the 1960s or the "fuzzy math" of the 1990s. Mathematics teaching in most American schools hasn't changed since the Second World War.
So how can anyone advocate business as usual? Pay attention to the backgrounds of those who oppose reform. Cited in your article, Michael McKeowen, a co-founder of Mathematically Correct, is a professor of medical science, while Bastiaan J. Braams is a professor of mathematics. Other critics active with Mathematically Correct have similar positions: David Klein, professor of mathematics; Wayne Bishop, professor of mathematics and computer science; David Joyce, professor of mathematics and computer science; David Gelernter, professor of computer science. And so on.
These are among the very top 1 percent of our population in math proficiency. They spend most of their professional lives working with college students in the top 5 percent of our population—the tiny minority for whom skills-based instruction was effective. They are thus well insulated from the vast majority of American students who experience mathematics as a collection of arbitrary rules, who see math as irrelevant to their lives, who learn to hate math and vow to stay as far away from it as they can. Invisible to Mr. McKeowen and Mr. Braams are the large numbers of students who fail algebra and whose failure in algebra practically dooms them to fail high school.
I have degrees in engineering and computer science, but I have also taught math full time in the Chicago public schools. I now have the privilege of working with other teachers who dedicate their daily lives to helping their students make sense of mathematics. I find it offensive that these university math professors think they have anything to tell us about what works and what doesn't work with kids.
Can we say it again, please? Traditional American mathematics instruction is a proven failure! Against that background, the existing evidence of success of the Interactive Mathematics Program and other standards-based curricula is a powerful reason to change.
Last year, our school district was faced with the unpleasant reality of again making deep cuts in the budget after our mill-levy election failed ("Parents Buy In to Paying for the Basics," Feb. 12, 2003). Teachers and support-staff members were fired, programs were dropped, and decisions were made not to replace worn and outdated textbooks or to keep up routine building maintenance. A majority of our extracurricular programs were cut, including our entire middle school sports program, our state championship tennis team, and others. We were faced, in short, with a situation that has become increasingly more common nationwide.
In our case, a group of parents and community members stepped up and created several avenues to raise money, including a middle school booster club. Our local country club also formed a foundation to bring in much-needed funds. Granted, the school programs that have the best chance of being funded by such work are those for which donors have an affinity, and this may leave some of the less popular or less visible programs behind. Because this is a relatively new situation for us, we are trying to work closely with district administrators and the school board to make choices as equitable as we can.
We would prefer not to have to spend all this time and energy on such a task, but all of us feel deeply that our children's educational opportunities are of prime importance. Also, because we are in a small, rural community, the possibilities for organized sports and other competitive venues are extremely limited.
If the traditional methods of funding education were adequate, parents such as myself would be happy to step back. Until that happens, we don't see what our options are. We are not willing to let our children receive substandard educations and have reduced or nonexistent extracurricular programs without doing what we can. If the critics have other alternatives, we would like to hear them.
Efforts to close the so-called "achievement gap" require policymakers and others to think carefully about public school funding in general and fund- raising/development efforts in individual schools and districts in particular. These issues are complex.
If we were truly committed to providing an equitable, high-quality education to all of America's children, property-tax money would be funneled into a single pot to be distributed equitably to all children in the state, in terms of per-pupil funding. But since this approach is so unpopular (and why that is so needs to be addressed in depth elsewhere), we must fully examine other fund- raising efforts that, in effect, widen, rather than close, funding inequities.
Parental fund raising, though it sounds wonderful on the face of it, also presents a whole host of operational issues for already overburdened school personnel, such as one-upsmanship among individual parents and the conflicts that might involve, and the need to provide logistical support for fund- raising efforts, such as bookkeeping, record-keeping, and so on. Are we in danger of creating situations in our schools where some parents may become "more equal than others"?
Individual fund-raising and development efforts—at the school or even the district level—will work, I'm afraid, to privatize public education and to help sustain current inequities.


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Russo-Ukraine War –…
Russo-Ukraine War – 16 September 2022
A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While GlobalSecurity.org takes utmost care to accurately report this news story, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, photos and videos.
On 24 February 2022, Ukraine was suddenly and deliberately attacked by land, naval and air forces of Russia, igniting the largest European war since the Great Patriotic War. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" (SVO – spetsialnaya voennaya operatsiya) in Ukraine in response to the appeal of the leaders of the "Donbass republics" for help. That attack is a blatant violation of the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Putin stressed that Moscow's goal is the demilitarization and denazification of the country. The military buildup in preceding months makes it obvious that the unprovoked and dastardly Russian attack was deliberately planned long in advance. During the intervening time, the Russian government had deliberately sought to deceive the world by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.
"To initiate a war of aggression… is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole." [Judgment of the International Military Tribunal]
The UK Ministry of Defense reported that Kremlin-linked Russian private military company Wagner Group has been conducting a campaign to recruit Russian convicts for service in Ukraine since at least July. Prisoners have been offered commutation of their sentences as well as cash incentives.
This has been reinvigorated, with recently posted video highly likely showing Wagner owner Yevgeny Prigozhin making a recruitment pitch to prisoners. In the video, Prigozhin emphasizes that he is only seeking 'fighters for assault units'. Separately, Russian military academies are shortening training courses and bringing forward cadet graduation dates. This is almost certainly socadets can be deployed to support the Ukraine operation.
The impact of Russia's manpower challenge has become increasingly severe. The acceleration of officer cadets' training, and Wagner's demand for assault troops suggests that two of the most critical shortages within the military manning crisis are probably combat infantry and junior commanders.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Russia continues to focus its efforts on attempts to fully occupy the Donetsk region, organize defense and hold the captured territories, as well as disrupt the active actions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in certain directions. It fires at Ukrainian positions along the contact line, conducts measures to regroup troops in separate directions, introduces reserves, conducts aerial reconnaissance. There remains the threat of air and missile strikes throughout the territory of Ukraine.
Russian forces continue to terrorize the civilian population, strikes residential areas and civilian infrastructure objects, violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of war. During the current day, Russian forces carried out 4 missile strikes, 5 air strikes and carried out 12 attacks from rocket artillery systems on objects on the territory of Ukraine.
The infrastructure of more than 18 settlements was damaged by air strikes, missile strikes, and MLRS shelling. In particular, these are Kharkiv, Zolochiv, Druzhkivka, Siversk, Zakitne, New York, Maryinka, Poltavka, Mali Shcherbaky, Myrne, Velyke Artakove, Kryvyi Rih, Nikopol, Olhivske, Zaporizhzhya, Orihiv and Myrolyubivka. The situation has not changed significantly in the Volyn, Polissya and Siversky directions.
In other directions, the enemy fired from tanks, mortars and artillery, namely:
in the Kharkiv direction, in particular from the territory of the Russian Federation, in the areas of the settlements of Hoptivka, Kozacha Lopan, Mala Vovcha, Neskuchne, Zybyne, Vovchansk, Strilecha, Dvorichna, Kupyansk and Prystina;
in the Slovyansk direction – in the area of the village of Horokhovatka;
in the Kramatorsk direction – Pryshyb, Tetyanivka, Kryva Luka, Ozerne, Piskunivka, Raihorodok, Starodubivka, Bilohorivka, Siversk, Verkhnokamianske, Spirne, Yarova, Svyatohirsk, Donetske and Bilohorivka;
in the Bakhmut direction – New York, Bilohorivka, Rozdolivka, Mykolaivka Druha, Zaitseve, Odradivka, Soledar, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Yakovlivka, Vesela Dolyna, Vesele and Mayorsk;
in the Avdiyivka direction – Maryinka, Krasnohorivka, Pervomaiske, Novomykhayilivka, Avdiyivka and Vodyane.
Russian forces did not conduct active operations in the Novopavlivsk and Zaporizhzhya directions. They did continue shelling along the entire contact line. More than 30 settlements, including the city of Zaporizhzhya, were affected by the Russian artillery fire.
In the South Buh direction, the settlements of Pravdyne, Luch, Stepova Dolyna, Lyubomyrivka, Novohryhorivka, Myrne, Shyroke, Kiselivka, Pervomayiske, Bilohirka, Sukhy Stavok, Ivanivka, Bila Krynytsiya, Novopetrivka, Olhyne, Visokopillya, Novovoznysenske, and Osokorivka came under fire
Russian occupying forces continue to use educational institutions in the temporarily occupied territories to accommodate personnel and military equipment. Thus, according to available information, in the settlement of Khomivka, Luhansk region, on the territory of the local agrarian lyceum, military equipment is located, and Russian personnel are located in the corps. The situation is the same in other occupied settlements of the Kharkiv (Podoly), Zaporizhzhya (Chernihivka) and Kherson (Pidstepne) oblasts.
Russian troops are introducing an enhanced security regime in the South Buh direction. Local residents of some settlements of the Kherson region are prohibited from approaching the crossings.
As a result of the successful actions of the units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, Russian forces daily suffer significant losses of personnel and military equipment, which significantly affects their psychological state. Russian servicemen of the tactical unit operating in the Kherson region understand the futility of the offensive, so they complain that there are only two ways for them to return home: either through injury or death.
Units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled the Russian attacks, causing them losses, in the areas of the settlements of Vesela Dolyna, Bakhmut, Zayitseve, Avdiivka and Novomykhailivka.
During the current day, the Ukrainian Defense Forces aviation struck 4 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the enemy and 1 stronghold. Russian losses are being clarified.
In addition, Ukrainian air defense units destroyed the Su-24 aircraft, two cruise missiles and one unmanned aerial vehicle of the occupiers in various directions. Ukrainian missile troops and artillery continue to destroy the enemy. As a result of fire damage to the unloading station, replenishment of the Russian occupying troops with reserves was disrupted. In addition, 2 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the Russian occupiers fell into the affected area. Russian losses are being clarified.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, high-precision weapons hit the deployment points of the 28th and 66th Ukrainian brigades in Nikolaev, Dvurechny and Kupyansk, as well as the Kraken national battalion (banned in the Russian Federation) in Kharkov. At the same time, the headquarters and training base of a separate center for special operations "South" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) were liquidated in Ochakiv.
As a result of Russian strikes over the past day, more than 400 Ukrainian servicemen were killed or wounded, at least 20 pieces of equipment were destroyed, more than 3 thousand artillery ammunition in warehouses in Omelnik, Veselyanka and Nikolaev.
Nine enemy command posts, 65 artillery batteries, and 234 areas where the Armed Forces of Ukraine were concentrated were also hit. The air defense intercepted five drones and 53 rockets from HIMARS and Alder installations.
Today, the Ukrainian army launched an artillery strike on the administration of Kherson, killing three people and wounding 13. In Berdyansk, meanwhile, Oleg Boyko, deputy head of the CAA for housing and communal services, and his wife, Lyudmila Boyko, who headed the city election commission for holding a referendum on joining the Russian Federation, were killed near their own garage.
LDNR
During the day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at ten settlements of the Donetsk People's Republic, firing over 170 shells at them. Three civilians were injured, six houses and two civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged.
Russian artillerymen are shelling the Ukrainian fortified areas north of the Donetsk airport, from which enemy sorties had previously taken place. During the special operation, experienced gun crews destroyed a number of military facilities and a certain amount of military equipment.
Meanwhile, fighting continues in the areas of Bakhmut, Soledar, Seversk and other settlements along the line of contact.
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State Announces $1 Million in Grant Funding Available to Small Businesses and Farmers
HARRISBURG, PA — Leaders from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) visited GeorgeKo Industries in Erie recently to announce that $1 million in 2021 Small Business Advantage Grant funding …
DOE Announces Nearly $83 Million to Increase Building Energy Efficiency and Cut Consumers' Energy Bills
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced it awarded $82.6 million in funding to 44 projects that will lower Americans' energy bills and help meet President …
More Rebates and Incentives for PECO Customers in New Phase of Energy Efficiency Programs
July 6, 2021 July 6, 2021 - by MyChesCo
PHILADELPHIA, PA — This month, PECO launched the next phase of the company's energy efficiency programs, offering residential and business customers ways to earn rebates and incentives, while lowering electricity …
PECO: Extreme Heat and Summer Storms? No Sweat!
June 11, 2021 June 11, 2021 - by MyChesCo
PHILADELPHIA, PA — While heading into summer 2021 looks much different than a year ago as our region recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, there are still two things we can …
Avon Grove SD Board Awards Contracts for High School to Middle School Renovation
WEST GROVE, PA — At the June 3 Board meeting, Avon Grove School District's Board of School Directors approved contracts for the district's high school to middle school renovation project.
5 Green Home Improvements Worth Your Investment Dollar
May 11, 2021 May 10, 2021 - by BPT
Spring is in the air, bringing with it the impulse to make home renovations. Are you looking for ways to upgrade your home with the environment in mind, but worried …
Products and Services / Technology
Vishay Intertechnology's Best Automotive -80 V P-Channel MOSFET Increases Efficiency and Power Density
April 9, 2021 April 9, 2021 - by MyChesCo
MALVERN, PA — Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) this week introduced the world's best AEC-Q101 qualified p-channel -80 V TrenchFET® MOSFET. With the lowest on-resistance of any -80 V p-channel device, …


Following on from the Second World War, the U.S. Army sought to source a more robust and durable liaison aircraft than they had used previously, specifying an all metal construction and better overall performance than the typical fabric over wood of its forebears. Cessna took up this challenge and in 1949 the model 305A first flew.
The efficient design incorporated a cabin with a very large, all-round glazed area with distinctive sloping side windows, allowing the crew to see downwards more easily. If flown economically, it is claimed that the 305A could stay airborne for up to 5 hours. These qualities made it an effective aircraft for spotter duties and for circling over the enemy while directing fire. This led to it being nicknamed Bird Dog, as it served much like the dog of a hunter. The short take-off and landing capabilities allowed it to take off from hastily prepared strips, making it ideal for medical evacuation duties amongst a multitude of other tasks. The U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine Corps took delivery of these aircraft in 1950, designated the L-19 and OE-1 respectively. They served with great success in the Korean War.
Click the link below to download a pdf version of the markings sheet included in the Cessna Bird Dog kit.
Click the links below to download pdf versions of the patterns for acetate and paper/card parts originally drawn on the plan.
Having been building balsa models for over 50 years I cut my teeth on the old Keil Kraft and Veron small scale model kits, building most of them, despite a distinct lack of success getting any of them to fly! I see the Magnificent Flying Machine range as the modern successor to those old designs, but with an enormous step up in terms of quality and a much greater chance of success for the beginner to the hobby.
I needed to quickly build a new model to enter in the kit scale class for an indoor contest in the Netherlands so chose the Bird Dog, as I had seen the prototype flying superbly at the 2019 BMFA Indoor Scale Nats. I have to say the kit was a real pleasure to build – the fit of parts was great and the quality of the wood top notch. I was able to complete the model in just 17 days from the postman delivering it, and quite a lot of that time was painting and detailing (I couldn't resit adding a few extra details to give the model more character). I'm really pleased with the way the model turned out - the Bird Dog is a pretty aircraft, and the kit really does it justice.
I'll report back on the model's flying abilities when I get it trimmed out, but I don't foresee any problems.
Thanks Mike - this means a lot coming from you!!


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The law of Fiction: Harem in the fiction world
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When Yohan woke up in the morning, he had a beauty in his lap and in his bedroom. It was like a dream come true for him until reality struck him.It was then he remembered that he had been cursed by a goddess in the game he had been playing before sleeping. In his sleep-deprived state, he had offended the goddess and as a result, he had been cursed to become a 'no-good' man who could only provide 'support' to the 'heroines' of this world.Thinking nothing of that curse beforehand, Yohan went to sleep, only to find his world-changing from that day onwards. His normal and mundane life was no longer going to be as such as more and more fantasy creatures began to show up.And a female voice awoke him with a notification*Ding dong ding.Congrats on unlocking the fiction system. From here on, the user will experience the full scope of the logic of the fiction world. May the user use his PP and conquer everyone.*And it was then Yohan realized - he was no longer in a world governed by science but one that followed the laws of magic. And the only way to survive was to utilize these so-called 'laws of fiction' to his advantage.And the best and worst part of it all? The more he let his desire go, the stronger he became.