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Thanks to Greenwoman who tagged me solely because I'm CUTE! Aww! Isn't she SUPER sweet? Of course she is! In order to accept this cute tag I must tell you 5 things that I have watched/read in the past year. Oh! Are you in for a treat, because I love my reading and watching folks!
1. The Vampire Diaries: I'm talking the television show here, though I have read the books by LJ Smith. Sadly, I must say that shows got it right and the books were sorely lacking. If you love vampires (and let's be honest, who doesn't love a HUNKY, well-muscled vampire?) you need to watch this show. It's early yet, only starting the third season this fall. After a few episodes you'll be swooning over sweet and sensitive Stefan and drooling over dangerous and dark Damon. And then you'll be totally jealous, because Elena and Katherine are played by the same actress and she gets to make out with both of them. So. Un. Fair. Check it out here: The Vampire Diaries.
2. The Mortal Instruments: If you have not read Cassanda Clare's absolutely intense and amazing series, you need to get with the times, people! Start with City of Bones. If you're not hooked, then you're not alive. Which, according to recent trends, is always a possibility. If you read my blog, then you will know that I'm absolutely in love with Cassie Clare. She is my hero and one hell of an awesome writer. She draws you in, twists you around, and some how at the end you still love her for her cleverness and ingenuity. Not to mention, she's got a hunky main character Jace! And let's not forget everyone's favorite man couple Magnus and Alec. They are too adorable! Oh! And they are being made into movies. It doesn't get any better! Read about it here: The Mortal Instruments.
3. Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah. This book is amazing. It takes you through the lives of Tully and Kate, best friends all the way from childhood to adulthood. You will laugh, you will cry, you will tell everyone about the crazy things the characters do. More than anything else, this book has heart. You find a bit of yourself in the characters, you wonder "what if." It's a must read! (In fact, all of Kristin Hannah's books are must reads!) Here's her website: Kristin Hannah.
4. Seven Pounds. Okay, so maybe I watched this MORE than a year ago, but shh…don't tell! In the spirit of keeping things secret, I will just tell you that you MUST watch this movie. It will change how you look at life. Don't read up about it, don't look for spoilers. Just. Watch. It. It's possibly the movie with the best message behind it. Ever.
5. Water for Elephants. This is a two-for. I've read the book and watched the movie. Both are equally good. (Plus, I'm absolutely IN LOVE with Robert Pattinson. Anytime. Anywhere.) The book is rich in period goodness: It's set in the thirties and follows the life of Jacob who is a circus worker. Incredible. Once again, this book induces laughter and tears. It's told from two points of view, young Jacob and old Jacob. Both of which are equally witty and smart. It'll move you. Enjoy! Here's the trailer for the movie: Water For Elephants.
Upon review of my list, I realize that you must truly be dead to not know about these things. Regardless, I hope that I've enlightened you with something. Now, for the moment you've been waiting for! I'm going to tag three fabulous (and CUTE!!) people to complete this task!
1. Stephanie from Stephanie Diaz. She is an awesome writer/blogger/cool person extraordinaire, plus a fellow ACQer.
I ALMOST included the Vampire Diaries. I love it so! But I decided to go for most recent/new . . . but I loooooove it.Thanks for playing!


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Hannah was the kind of woman who turned heads. Tall and graceful, naturally pretty, often impulsive, always spirited, the upper-class girl who picked, of all men, Lovell--the introverted climate scientist, the practical one who thought he could change the world if he could just get everyone to listen to reason. After a magical honeymoon they settled in the suburbs to raise their two children.
But over the years, Lovell and Hannah's conversations have become charged with resentments and unspoken desires. She's become withdrawn and directionless. His work affords him a convenient distraction. The children can sense the tension, which they've learned to mostly ignore. Until, after one explosive argument, Hannah vanishes. And Lovell, for the first time, is forced to examine the trajectory of his marriage through the lens of memory--and the eyes of his children. As he tries to piece together what happened to his wife--and to their lives together--readers follow Hannah through that single day when the smallest of decisions takes her to places she never intended to go.
With the intensity of The Lovely Bones, the balance of wit and heartbreak of The Descendants, and the emotional acuity of Anne Tyler's work, The Daylight Marriage is at its heart a novel about what happens when our intuitions override our logic, with a page-turning plot that doesn't reveal its secrets until the very end.
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So, its that time of the year again when we grow through the ritualistic celebration of Emancipation and Our Independence.
Sadly, however, if you were to ask any of our young people today, what exactly does Emancipation means, contextually and contemporarily, few would be able to give you a cogent response, relating to the historical meaning of the Emancipation.
Where Independence is considered, that's a different matter, as one would hazard a guess, that maybe a few more of those 'polled' would be able to provide a sensible answer. So, the sum total of this is the rank admission of the failure to communicate the historical and cultural import, of these two calendar holidays, which unfortunately, has become just "Holidays", for many of our young, who have no idea of the blood, sweat and or tears, that went into making these two historical National and cultural breakthroughs, mere holidays to get all liquored up and gyrate to the latest popular songs, sporting the latest designer duds!
We should not be surprised, however, as this is the "Insta" generation, and since they are not taught, or the knowledge reinforced through our educational conditioning, the majority of our kids will grow up without the intellectual curiosity to make them want to contribute to building the Jamaica, of which we all yearn and dream; and pay homage to, once per year, but ignore all year round!
Sadly, at this time, we are a people with no vision, and consequentially, we are stagnating, or worse, actively regressing.
Our curriculums from "Infant-School", through to our Institutions of supposed higher learning, are desperately lacking in body and guidance, as to who we are, where we want to go, and how we plan to get there! Its as if our contemporary leaders are just "winging it", with no clear path philosophical vision or active prosecutable direction, as how we get there.
We are still using the template of the post Independence era, to celebrate todays' Independence anniversary; And When It Comes To Emancipation, we know even less, as this was a relatively new introduction to the calendar of feel-good annual events.
Lost in the translation is the symbolism, the essence, and requisite knowledge, to transform these historical transformational events, to mere calendar party dates.
In this event, we live and celebrate our Emancipation and Independence, retrospectively, eyes firmly planted on our jingoistic past, with absolutely no clue, as to the way forward.
Each festival song, is a rehashing of one from yesteryear – representing the monumental failure of the Organizations charged with charting and fashioning these celebrations, with actually creating and or facilitating a forward-moving momentum, built around out history, (which we should always celebrate), tied to our aspirations as a growing country.
There's nothing aspirational in our celebration, as we have opted to regurgitate, as against being creators. Our Leaders consistently pander to the lowest common denominator instead of seeking to lead a renaissance and cultural reawakening, in music, art, politics, education, and national purpose based on our common identity.
Our people now bleach their skin, as a sign of the contempt in which they hold themselves. Corruption has replaced hard work as a virtue to be admired and practiced; the zeal of patriotism is nonexistent, replaced by greed and the misplaced emphasis of our political leaders on majoring in the minor and applauding themselves for it!
We no longer Honour Those who Inspire because of selfless contribution, with national awards or offices, but now hand these out like cheap confetti. Our National symbols and Institutions are being debased daily on the altar of political expediency, defiling the memory of those who fought to secure our Emancipation and Independence, hoping that we would be worthy successors, worthy of their sacrifice, and worthier even to take the baton and run our leg of the relay in a fulsome manner!
Today, we have substituted our values and attitudes for commercial gratification and reckless showboating. So Instead of celebrating our history of leadership in politics, the arts, sports and education, we have devolved to the point where over the Emancipation and Independence Weekend, our young flocked to parties, where the operational mode was debauchery of the lowest order, with young people indulging in public sexual acts, and videotaping it and sharing it on social media, as the race to the bottom, continues with the gusto and animalistic machismo, that would scare those, who still cling to the values of family and tradition, while slowly embracing change.
We should teach Garveyism, at all levels of our educational system. As we should include all our National Heroes in our curriculum and more than just a perfunctory knowledge.
The contributions of Edna Manley, Lady Bustamante, Rex Nettleford, Louise Bennett, Mary Seacole, et al, should become our history, taught and elevated not relegated to being footnotes, whilst we are regaled with the murderous exploits and genocidal thievery, of what passes for the glorious history of our former enslavers whose legacy to us and the world, is one of institutionalized prejudice and a jaundiced perspective of ourselves and all we represent and stood for.
We have been made caricatures of ourselves to fit their narrative and history, and today, we continue to buy into and propagate their distortion of who we are and were.
We have risen and continue to rise, as a people, as a nation and a country, in spite of the odious malingering maltreatment that was bequeathed us, after being transgressed. And continue to confound them, as, despite their prescription, predicting our failure and fragmentation, we still persist as Out Of Many, One. (Despite the proclivity by some to see themselves as apart, from the majority).
Our Forefathers, at home and abroad, bequeathed us a legacy and foundation of independence and creative ingenuity of which we can be proud and on which we should be building.
Instead of pandering to the gluttony and ignorance of the masses, we should be channeling their energy and focus to generate rebirth and continuity.
Our people who export the Country's wealth to foreign lands, (where they are not welcomed and or are regarded as second-class citizens), should be engaged to fully embrace this, their homeland and treat with it, with the respect it deserves, for nurturing and protecting them for generations.
Our history and exploits must be brought front and center of our identity and not just become a weekend celebration, devoid of national significance, where a day or two of our "oldies-music', being played on our airways is regarded as paying homage to the struggles of our people for the right to be here, where we are now, celebrated globally, but without honour on grounds made hallowed by our blood, sweat and tears!
Our history is ours to embrace and celebrate and put to work for us, just like our former "Masters", exploit theirs. And mind you, we have dignity and honour on our side, as they achieved their supposed greatness, in the most dastardly of fashion, and in ways that are now frowned upon as being dehumanizing and unworthy.
Its time we stop celebrating pirates, rapists, extortioners, slave-masters, and owners and the brutality of the regime it fostered, the cruel and inhumane, human-traffickers; instead, celebrate our surviving their inhumanity, and our carving our own niche in the pantheon of great nations, despite our handicaps.
If those who once ruled the world with their thievery and brutality can now be claiming to have "Cleaned-Up" their acts and still claim an exalted platform, we have the moral authority and historical calling to stand our ground and claim our birthright.
There's no finessing anything these days, the gutter and its rodents are being made the new norm, and with old production centers becoming obsolete and or retrenched, and no replacement found, despite massive global changes signaling tectonic social and industrial changes, it seems we have embraced the race to the bottomless pit, and so, what we now celebrate, is our own impending destruction, by still genuflecting to to our moral inferiors, instead of safeguarding our Heritage, by protecting our Culture, as the vehicle to take us into the Future, instead of treating with it, with scant respect and the desultory manner we have been, as was evidenced during this last commemorative cycle!
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The Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) of Morris Library at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU) collects and preserves unique and rare historical materials in selected subject areas and promotes the use of these materials by Southern Illinois University Carbondale students and faculty, visiting scholars, and the wider public. Our goal is to advance scholarship and further the educational, research, and service missions of the university.
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From its beginnings in 1956, when the library acquired a small collection of Walt Whitman first editions, SCRC has evolved in structure to reflect the growth of its holdings and the strengths of its subject areas. SCRC is organized into several curatorial units. The Manuscripts division includes our collections of American philosophy, theater, American and British expatriate authors, World War I, and Southern Illinois history and culture. University Archives documents the growth and development of the University, campus life, and campus constituencies. Rare Books collects materials related to First Amendment freedoms, expatriate and modernist literature, Irish literature and history, American philosophy, American and British expatriate authors, James Joyce, John Dewey, fine printing, and Southern Illinois history and culture. In 2006, Political Papers were separated from Manuscripts to highlight our collections of 20th and 21st century Illinois politicians, elected officials, political appointees and political parties and groups.
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Q: How to convert one-to-one jpa mapping to one-to-one hbm.xml mapping? I have a one to one relationship between two entities (lets say Book.java and Author.java):
@Table(name = "BOOK")
@SequenceGenerator(name = "seqBook", allocationSize = 0, sequenceName = "SEQ_BOOK")
@Entity
class Book implements Serializable {

@Id
@Column(name = "BOOK_ID")
@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.SEQUENCE, generator = "seqBook")
private Long id;

@Column(name = "BOOK_NAME")
private Long name;

@OneToOne(mappedBy = "book", cascade = CascadeType.ALL, fetch = FetchType.LAZY, orphanRemoval = true)
private Author author;

public Long getId() {
    return id;
}

public void setId(Long id) {
    this.id = id;
}

public Long getName() {
    return name;
}

public void setName(Long name) {
    this.name = name;
}

public Author getAuthor() {
    return author;
}

public void setAuthor(Author author) {
    this.author = author;
}
}

@Entity
@Table(name = "AUTHOR")
@SequenceGenerator(name = "seqAuthor", allocationSize = 0, sequenceName = "SEQ_AUTHOR")
class Author implements Serializable {

@Id
@Column(name = "AUTHOR_ID")
@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.SEQUENCE, generator = "seqAuthor")
private Long id;

@Column(name = "AUTHOR_NAME")
private Long name;

@OneToOne(fetch = FetchType.LAZY, cascade = CascadeType.DETACH)
@JoinColumn(name = "BOOK_ID", nullable = false)
private Book book;

public Long getId() {
    return id;
}

public void setId(Long id) {
    this.id = id;
}

public Book getBook() {
    return book;
}

public void setBook(Book book) {
    this.book = book;
}

public Long getName() {
    return name;
}

public void setName(Long name) {
    this.name = name;
}
}

as you can see they are mapped by JPA annotations and its working fine. in the database table I just have the BOOK_ID as foreign key in the AUTHOR table.
Now I want to move the mapping to hbm.xml file so I created Book.hbm.xml and Author.hbm.xml and removed the annotations from java classes:
<hibernate-mapping package="com.abc" default-access="field">
<class
        name="com.abc.book"
        table="BOOK">
    <id name="id" column="BOOK_ID">
        <generator class="native">
            <param name="sequence_name">SEQ_BOOK</param>
        </generator>
    </id>

    <property
            name="name"
            column="BOOK_NAME"/>

    <one-to-one
            name="author"
            class="Author"
            lazy="false"
            fetch="join"
            cascade="all"
            constrained="true"/>

</class>
</hibernate-mapping>

<hibernate-mapping package="com.abc" default-access="field">

<class
    name="com.abc.author"
    table="AUTHOR">
    <id name="id" column="AUTHOR_ID">
        <generator class="native">
            <param name="sequence_name">SEQ_AUTHOR</param>
        </generator>
    </id>

    <property
        name="name"
        column="AUTHOR_NAME"/>

    <one-to-one
        name="book"
        class="Book"
        cascade="all"/>

</class>
</hibernate-mapping>

But I am getting HibernateObjectRetrievalFailureException and I have tried different attributes for One-To-One tag in the xml file. Does anybody now what is the correct way to do this kind of mapping in hbm.xml files?

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Q: javascript: how to get all ids of a json array with for loop I'm having a problem getting the different ids from my json object.
I get are the id of the last item.
This is the function:

var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
var url = "https://wjko5u2865.execute-api.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/articles";
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
  if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
   var allart = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
    for(let i = 0; i < allart.Items.length; i++)
    {
      document.getElementById("id").innerHTML = allart.Items[i].id;
    }
  }
};
xmlhttp.open("GET", url, true);
xmlhttp.send();

This is the json array I get:

{
  "Items":[{
    "marca":"Guzzi",
    "titolo":"Moto Guzzi V100 Mandello, la regina di EICMA 2021",
    "id":"123456",
    "immagine":"moto_guzzi_v100_mandello.jpg",
    "data":"27/11/2021"
    },
    {
    "marca":"Bimota","titolo":"Bimota: arriverà un'adventure su base Tesi",
    "id":"135623",
    "immagine":"bimota-_arrivera_unadventure_su_base_tesi.jpg",
    "data":"04/12/2021"
    },
    {
    "marca":"Ducati",
    "titolo":"Ducati, la DesertX sarà svelata a Dubai il 9 dicembre",
    "id":"123789",
    "immagine":"b_desertx-dwp2022-2-uc336332-high.jpg",
    "data":"04/12/2021"
    },
    {"marca":"Benelli",
    "titolo":"EICMA 2021, Benelli \"sforna\" le moto più attese",
    "id":"146975",
    "immagine":"benelli_2.jpg",
    "data":"27/11/2021"
    }
    ],
    "Count":4,"ScannedCount":4}

Thanks to all in advance

A: The concrete error in your code was this line:
document.getElementById("id").innerHTML = allart.Items[i].id;

It needs a "+" before the "=" to add more strings/ids to the innerHTML.
document.getElementById("id").innerHTML += "
"+allart.Items[i].id;

I made an alternative solution where I use Array.prototype.map() to create an array of all the ids and then Array.prototype.join() to create a string with all the ids.

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Chick-Fil-A Offers Free Food to People Dressed as Cows
Posted 5:10 pm, July 9, 2019, by Carmella Mataloni, Updated at 03:42PM, July 9, 2019
STROUD TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- Children and adults got their "moo" on at Chick-Fil-A near Stroudsburg on Tuesday.
White shirts with black spots, masks, and more: these costumes earned hundreds of people free food.
"I am Ryan, and I am here for Cow Appreciation Day," said 6-year-old Ryan Shull.
"We are having a lot of fun dressing up as cows," said Victoria Kessopa, East Stroudsburg.
It's all part of "Cow Appreciation Day," a 15-year tradition for Chick-Fil-A.
This is the first year Chick-Fil-A is open in the Poconos.
Those who dressed up got a free breakfast, lunch, or dinner entree.
Moms from Monroe County put the word out on social media to meet with their kids for a day of food and fun.
"It's a huge help for parents to get a free meal for the kids, and it's fun. The kids get all the energy out, and they get good food," said Melissa Brandstatter, Stroudsburg.
For customers who didn't know it was Cow Appreciation Day, they were a bit surprised when they saw the crowds and a little upset they didn't dress up for the free lunch.
"All these people, I had no idea what was going on, and everyone is dressed up like cows. It's crazy," said Landon Ward, Pocono Summit.
Some even wore homemade costumes.
"We just dug around for an old white shirt and black fabric and glued them on," said Jennifer Shull, Henryville.
"I did very similar, but I took an old bag that I have and sewed on some white fluffy fabric and sewed on some spots to make it look like a cow," said Sam Shull, Henryville.
Parents say their kids will be talking about this until the cows come home.
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Cut to length machine is used to uncoil the materials, level it and then cut it to the required length. This machine performs varieties of operational function which includes edge trim, levelling of cut sheet, stack sheets and plates. With the help of this machine, workers are sure about the accurate feeding and shearing. It is controlled by PLC system or manually according to the customer's requirement. Various components are included into the cut to length machine like decoiler, coil car, width adjustor device, gauge table, shearing machine etc.
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In present digital circuit's leakage current controlled delay flip flops are needed significantly for circuit stability and high performance. The use of delay flip flop in finite state machine is to store the circuit state which requires low power consumption for scaled down devices. In this paper we have employed delay flip flop using FinFET design with multiple threshold technique to reduce the leakage power which targets both combinational and sequential elements. Parameter variations are also done to minimize sub-threshold leakage current in FinFET based D flip flops. The proposed circuit shows a design with the aim to increase the throughput of D flip flop in comparison to the Conventional transmission gate based D flip flop by considering minimum transistor count with reduced circuit delay and leakage power. Short channel effect gets considerably reduced due to fin structure and geometry. Simulation result shows that the proposed MTCMOS based FinFET D flip flop has the least leakage power dissipation of nearly 9.20 pW at 0.7 V supply voltage.


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Hatzegopteryx ("křídlo z Haţegu") byl rod obřího ptakoještěra z čeledi Azhdarchidae, který žil na úplném konci křídového období (asi před 66 miliony let) na území dnešního Rumunska (ostrov Haţeg). Jedná se patrně o jednoho z největších létajících živočichů všech dob.

Popis
Objevené fosilie naznačují, že tento obří pterosaurus dosahoval v rozpětí křídel až kolem 11 metrů. Tím se řadí mezi největší známé létající tvory všech dob (vedle jiných gigantických ptakoještěrů, jako byl severoamerický Quetzalcoatlus nebo asijský rod Arambourgiania). Maximální hmotnost těchto ptakoještěrů nesměla přesáhnout zhruba 250 kilogramů, jinak už by se nejspíš nedokázali vznést ze země.

Jen lebka tohoto živočicha měřila podle srovnávacích propočtů až 3 metry na délku a byla na poměry pterosaurů značně masivní. Proto se vědci domnívají, že tento létající plaz měl lebku odlehčenou buď svou unikátní stavbou nebo nějakým dosud neznámým fyziologickým mechanismem. Typový druh H. thambema (druhové jméno znamená doslova "obluda") byl popsán francouzským paleontologem Erikem Buffetautem a jeho vědeckými kolegy v roce 2002.

Druh Albadraco tharmisensis, popsaný z Transylvánie koncem roku 2019, může představovat odrostlé mládě tohoto obřího ptakoještěra. Také rod Eurazhdarcho může být menším mládětem hatzegopteryga, není však známá dostatečně velká část jeho kostry.

Paleoekologie
Podle vědecké studie Darenna Naishe a Marka Wittona z roku 2017 mohl být Hatzegopteryx specializovanou robustní formou azdarchida, představující pozemního oportunistického predátora, schopného ulovit i kořist střední velikosti (například ornitopody rodu Zalmoxes nebo Telmatosaurus).

Podle některých odhadů dokázali tito ptakoještěři urazit ohromné vzdálenosti. Například zástupci příbuzného rodu Quetzalcoatlus zvládli pravděpodobně přeletět v rozmezí 7 až 10 dní na vzdálenost kolem 16 000 kilometrů, a to jen s relativně malým výdejem energie. Pro hatzegopteryga však nejspíš toto neplatilo.

Největší ptakoještěr všech dob?
V březnu roku 2018 byl německými a rumunskými paleontology oznámen objev gigantického krčního obratle jakéhosi obřího azdarchidního ptakoještěra, žijícího na území dnešního Rumunska v době končící křídy. Mělo by jít o jednoho z největších známých ptakoještěrů vůbec (o čemž svědčí udávaná hmotnost 500 kilogramů a rozpětí křídel přes 12 metrů) a může se jednat právě o exemplář druhu H. thambema (ačkoliv samotní objevitelé fosilie zastávají názor, že jde o zcela nový druh, představující dokonce nelétavou formu azdarchida). Zatím však nebyla vydána oficiální popisná studie k tomuto nálezu. V Německu byla vystavena replika kostry tohoto obřího ptakoještěra, ta je však založena spíše na reprodukci částí koster jiných velkých azdarchidů. Tomuto druhu může patřit také část obří mandibuly (spodní čelisti), objevené v Rumunsku v lokalitě Vălioara. Jde o největší známou čelistní kost ptakoještěra na světě, exponát nese kat. ozn. LPB (FGGUB) R.2347.

Odkazy

Reference

Literatura
 Buffetaut, E., Grigorescu, D., and Csiki, Z. (2002). "A new giant pterosaur with a robust skull from the latest Cretaceous of Romania." Naturwissenschaften, 89(4): 180-184. (původní popisná studie)

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We are delighted and proud to have won the Property Management System of the Year at the Property Week Management All Stars Awards for ePIMS (Electronic Property Information and Mapping Service), developed by CDS in conjunction with the Cabinet Office, Government Property Unit.
Tension mounted during the awards ceremony last night as we sat on the edge of our seats with our Cabinet Office – GPU clients and other guests. Win or lose it was already a great evening and wonderful to be a finalist.
The award is a fantastic accolade and testimony to the great work undertaken by the joint Cabinet Office and CDS Teams. That teamwork has resulted in the development and on-going support of the ePIMS system, which generates significant annual savings to Government through the management of one largest single owner/occupier property data sets in the world.
We celebrate and then the hard work continues with lots of new projects to enhance and develop our property management systems.
Winning the award is important to CDS as it raises our profile in the industry and will help us market our strategic property asset management system, Asset Factory. If you're not aware of Asset Factory and you have a large estate then it's something that should definitely be on your radar.
e-PIMS has also been shortlisted for a Global Sourcing Association Award (formerly NOA). We'll find out in November 2016 if we've won again.
Property Week Management All-Stars celebrate excellence across all segments of the management of real estate – from AST and block residential, multi-occupier office and retail, to industrial and logistics.
Sound property management can make a huge difference in operational efficiency and can add a significant increase to the value of buildings. Exceptional property managers, together with their partners – financial planners, surveyors, insurers, facilities managers and other suppliers – are instrumental in fulfilling all asset obligations towards both landlords and tenants. Equally importantly they constantly innovate and search for novel and better ways to maximize the value of their properties, while also making them the best places to live, work and do business in.
The Property Week Management All-Stars are the recognition of all of this and of the key role property managers and their partners play in keeping the buoyant property sector on a steady course.
Read the article that offers clients' and advisors' perspectives on Royal Mail's programme to modernise its property asset management.


NASHVILLE – Senior football players Dawson Bragg and Tyler McMurtry were named to the Class 4-A Tennessee Sports Writers Association All-State Team for 2017.
McMurtry, the Region 5-4A Defensive Player of the Year, led the team with 119 tackles and a total of six defensive categories, including a single-season record 9.5 sacks and 34 tackles for losses. McMurtry was a defensive end. He was the WHHS Defensive Lineman of the Year. McMurtry was also named a Player of the Week for WHHS by Farm Bureau Insurance.
Bragg was a two-way player, starting at offensive tackle and rotating in among starters at defensive end. He did not allow a sack for the entire 2017 season and on defense made 42 tackles with a sack and eight tackles for losses. He also plays basketball for White House. Bragg was the All-Region 5-4A Offensive Line award winner and the WHHS Offensive Lineman of the Year. Like his teammate, Bragg also received the Farm Bureau Player of the Week award.


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Schilling's 38 Studios video game company headed to auction block
By: Associated Press	September 27, 2013
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The online video game in the works when former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's company sputtered into bankruptcy last year is heading to the auction block.
Heritage Global Partners on Friday began formally marketing the "massively multiplayer online" game and other intellectual property belonging to 38 Studios. Prospective bidders will be vetted ahead of an auction tentatively scheduled for November.
Richard Land, the court-appointed receiver for 38 Studios, and Nick Jimenez, executive vice president at Heritage, declined to estimate the worth of the game, code-named "Copernicus," which went unfinished when the company ran out of money and laid off all its employees.
"There was a lot of work put into it and a lot of work was completed, but it was a huge undertaking," said Land. "I do believe that 'Copernicus' has significant value."
Land said multiple parties expressed interest even before the auction house went live Friday with a 38 Studios page on its website, a YouTube trailer for the game and information about the other assets being sold off.
Said Jimenez: "I would hope we get companies that are interested in doing something with the games that would help complete the vision of the business."
But Michael Pachter, an industry analyst at Los Angeles-based Wedbush Securities, said he doubts the game is worth much or that many parties will bid, because it could cost anywhere from $20 million to $100 million to finish it.
"It's like buying a brand that hasn't been marketed yet," he said of 38 Studios. He added: "You have to want to make an MMO and they really aren't doing well."
In 2010, the board of the quasi-public Rhode Island Economic Development Corp. approved a $75 million loan guarantee for 38 Studios to lure it to Providence from Massachusetts. Then-Gov. Don Carcieri and other top officials said at the time the deal would be an economic boon for state, which was struggling with high unemployment and desperate to create jobs.
With the company's bankruptcy, the state is now on the hook for some $90 million related to the deal, which was financed with bonds.
The economic development corporation is suing Schilling, former 38 Studios executives and some of its own former officials in an effort to cover taxpayer losses. The lawsuit alleges fraud, negligence and breach of fiduciary duty, among other things, and claims the defendants concealed that 38 Studios would run out of money by last year.
The receiver already staged two public auctions to sell off 38 Studios items, including desk chairs, graphic animation equipment and even model airplanes the former pitcher was said to have built and kept in his office.
Land said the net from the auctions at the old 38 Studios headquarters in Providence and Big Huge Games in Timonium, Md., which 38 Studios acquired, was about $400,000.
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A wilted salad of cabbage, carrots, cucumbers, and celery.
This is delicious with meatloaf, roast or any main dish you bake in the oven. I got the idea from the back of a Lipton Onion Soup mix package, but wanted to use new potatoes. Alter it to suit your tastes or what you have on hand.
This healthy breakfast juice helps to keep sugar cravings at a minimum.
Tasty chicken. And it goes perfectly with this delicious salad.
I made these to take along to a picnic and they went down a treat!
Consider this your new favourite quick and easy stew. It's a spin on a traditional French dish and quick enough for a week night dinner. And it's ever so tasty too.
If you prepare the quinoa (or have leftover quinoa) and the beets the day before, this salad is super quick to put together. Quinoa is a seed (not a grain) that is extremely high in protein, making it a very good choice for vegans and vegetarians. Beets are surprisingly soft and almost buttery when cooked. I love their sweet taste and I was once known for my beet addiction. Thankfully, they promote optimum health and are very low in calories. Their deep colored flesh make them a nice (visual) addition to many meals. Plus, beets help fight cancer!
The crystallized ginger on these truffles will be eye catching, and they are delicious as well!
This is the best pizza dough recipe! We make our pizza's on a pizza stone on the grill. YUM! Can also be used to make Calzones.
These cupcakes are a lot of fun to make with kids. The best part though is probably the fresh strawberry frosting that you make which has chopped up strawberries throughout. The only downfall of the great frosting though is that by the time you and your child stop licking the bowl and spoon, you sometimes don't have enough frosting for all of your cupcakes !
This wonderful Chicken Key Lime Curry came from Gourmet magazine a few years ago. It has become a family favorite.
"Whether you're trying quinoa for the first time or just trying a new recipe for quinoa, this mixture of quinoa, black beans, corn, and spices will make this dish a new favorite."


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V-Moda Forza Metallo Wireless Review: Premium Earbuds for a Premium Price
The V-Moda Forza Metallo Wireless headphones offer rich, full audio with a stylish, customizable design.
By Charles A. Cohen 2017-07-18T22:08:01Z
Clean, rich and full bass reproduction
Fins hold earbuds in place
Sweat-proof
Good assortment of accessories
Long cable allows for shifting
Mic/remote placement not ideal
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V-Moda, a brand continually inspired by Italian design, has become quite well-known over the past few years for combining great sound with exceptionally stylish designs. The company's newest in-ear release is the Forza Metallo Wireless, which adds Bluetooth wireless functionality to an already great-sounding pair of earbuds.
Does this newest wireless addition match up to V-Moda's high standards? After hours of listening, here's what we found.
V-Moda has taken the small, hexagonal, metal earbuds from the original Forza Metallo and paired them with a trendy neckband design. The company hasn't strayed from its early design cues, using metal rather than plastic, to give both a stylish look and acoustic superiority. The actual earbuds are made from aircraft-grade aluminum with the same hexagonal design and 5.8mm neodymium micro driver as the non-wireless version has.
The battery, antenna and electronics are contained in a 4-inch, curved, plastic module designed to sit on the back of your neck. When a phone call comes in, this module will vibrate to draw your attention. In addition to looking good, the Metallos can take a bit of a beating thanks to a sweat-proof durability rating that means they can be used both inside the gym and out. And while these headphones are not waterproof, you can gently rinse them off under a water fountain.
V-Moda handles cable management with its TrapLock feature, which adds titanium cable stays to form around your neck for ergonomic comfort. Moving toward the earbuds is a roughly 2-inch plastic pod that contains the in-line control buttons and mic on the right and a dual-function power and Bluetooth-pairing button on the left.
Included in the box is an assortment of accessories, including eight pairs of ear tips in XS, S, M and L for an accurate fit. Three pairs of ActiveFlex rubberized sport fins used to lock the earbud into the ear canal are also included.
It just wouldn't be a set of V-Moda headphones without some set of customization options. Similar to the company's on- and over-ear cans, the Metallos let you trick out your buds with 3D-printed endcaps. You can make the stylish accessories from a variety of designs and precious to semi-precious materials including Platinum, 14K Gold, Gold-Plated and HD Acrylic, which range between $20 to $7,500. This is a bit steep considering the Metallos cost only $170.
Comfort and Fit
To test comfort and fit, I pitted the Metallos against the the Beats X Wireless headphones, which also use a neckband design. Where the Metallos use a round cable with a single hard-plastic module that packs the battery and electronics, the Beats model use a flat, balanced cable with small modules on either side that maintains gentle tension. I found the Beats design to be more comfortable and functional.
The Metallo's cord measures over 38 inches long, compared to the Beats X's 33 inches. Both are too long in my opinion, but for taller individuals with long necks, this may be fine. If you have a shorter or average-size head, you may find there's too much cable flopping around against your face.
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With all the weight behind my neck plus the long cable, I found the module would occasionally slide down between my shoulders. The placement of the two smaller pods, which contain volume, track control and mic, was also too far back on the cable, making it awkward to use.
I did, however, really enjoy the actual fit of the hexagonal earbuds right out of the box. I added the medium-sized silicone ear wing, which really does lock the earbuds in place. Unlike some earbuds, these do not protrude from your ears too much, and they still block out a good deal of sound.
V-Moda headphones are typically tuned with a bass-forward sound, but the Metallos are quite natural-sounding and certainly did not disappoint.
Given the diminutive size of each earbud, with its 5.8-millimeter driver, they were surprisingly precise, offering tight and accurate bass, natural-sounding midrange and bright highs that offered plenty of headroom to provide great sonic detail.
Flo Rida's "GDFR" (Goin' Down for Real) with its falling synthesized bass sweeps is typically a challenge for most headphones, but the Forza Metallo Wireless reproduced it seamlessly. I wanted to hear how these headphones performed with a standing bass, so I played Holly Cole's version of "I Can See Clearly Now," which was so clear and detailed that you could hear the strings vibrate when they were plucked.
The live version of Monte Montgomery's "When Will I" beautifully highlighted the artist's fast picking up and down the neck of his beat-up Alvarez guitar.
To test the upper register, I played Cyndi Lauper's 1983 hit, "All Through the Night," which begins with an ethereal and delicate intro sequence. Unsurprisingly, these earbuds delivered the elegant and lighthearted sound the song is meant to have.
After following the instructions to charge the Metallos for an hour prior to use, you simply turn them on to put them in pairing mode. A quick search on my Android phone's Bluetooth menu found the V-moda Forza, and they were connected, acknowledged by the audio tone.
Battery Life and Bluetooth
V-Moda claims the wireless version of this model gets up to 10 hours of playback at regular volume after a full charge. Like the Beats X, the Forza Metallo Wireless headphones employ a fast-charging circuit, adding 2 hours of playback after only 15 minutes of charging — perfect when you're about to get on a flight or run out the door. The Metallos lasted about 8.5 hours; that's a little less than the suggested 10 hours, but about what I expected since I was playing at a higher volume.
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According to the website, the Forza Wireless are good for 33 feet of wireless range. I walked all over my 900-square-foot apartment without experiencing any major connection issues, with the exception of when there were three or four walls between the earbuds and the phone.
V-Moda's $169 Forza Metallo Wireless leave me with somewhat mixed feelings. Like all V-Moda products, the Metallos really impressed me with their sound and comfort. They provide full, rich and detailed audio without being over the top in any frequency range.
But I'm really not a fan of V-Moda's implementation of the neckband design. It's a bit cumbersome and uncomfortable for shorter individuals, with enough slack on the plastic module that it slides down your back. The Beats X are somewhat cheaper, at $139, and are more ergonomically designed. Overall, though, if you want a stylish pair of headsets with great sound, the V-Moda Metallo Wireless are a good choice.
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Posted byadmin	 November 3, 2020
Lionel Messi was on hand to break another record in the 20/21 Champions League opener against Ferencváros. FC Barcelona thrashed the Hungarian side 5-1 at the Camp Nou, and Messi (as ever) was at the heart of the drubbing.
The game was the first game the Hungarian club played in the UEFA Champions League in the past twenty-five years, and whilst they will be happy to be there, being embarassed by the Argentine genius was not really in their plans.
The multiple Ballon d'Or winner opened the scoring from the penalty spot in 27th minute after a foul was made on him by Adnan Konacevic in what was initially a nervy opening. The Argentine captain converted the penalty himself, making him only the second player to have scored in 16 consecutive champions league seasons – something you could have got great odds on at thebestcasinos.co.uk, if you'd had the foresight to bet at the start of the incredible 16 game streak!
Messi continued to be a thorn in the side of the opposition all through a dominant display by the illustrious Catalans, in a brilliant performance that also saw goals from the rising Star Ansu Fati. Fati turned provider for Countinho before fellow youngster Pedri added a fourth. Dembele then had the last say after a consolation had be scored by Nguen in the 70th minute. It is noteworthy that it wasn't only Messi that broke a record last night as Ansu Fati also became the first player in the history of the Champions League to net two goals before turning 18.
The win was not all plain sailing however, with the sending of the Barcelona captain Gerard Pique – sent to the stands after a clumsy challenge on Nguen in the penalty area. He'll miss the next two matches in Europe, though might be thankful for the rest!
In the Post-Match conference, the Catalan Coach Ronald Koeman hailed his playmaker's influence saying in his words "If he plays like he did tonight, I will have no complain over Leo". The Barcelona captain might be gradually coming to the end of his career; however, he seems not to be slowing down on his records exploits. How many more he will break before he retires, only time will tell.
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Norbert Michelisz has told fans of the WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup presented by OSCARO to "expect a good show" when Race 1 at Ningbo gets underway at 15h30 local time.
The BRC Racing Team driver qualified third in his Hyundai i30 N TCR and believes he has the pace to fight for his second victory of the season following his breakthrough triumph in Slovakia prior to the summer break.
While Michelisz starts third, his team-mate Gabriele Tarquini will line up ninth as he serves a five-place grid penalty for a driving infringement in Race 3 in Slovakia. Norbert Nagy falls from P16 to P21 for a similar offence.
Meanwhile, Fabizio Giovanardi has been given a five-place penalty for a turbo change in Ningbo.


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/**
 * Tokenizer for comma separated values files, at least as generated by excel.
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 * token() returns the next token, which can be either:
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 *
null, indicating an empty field.
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a Double, indicating a numeric field.
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a String, indicating an alphanumeric field.
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the NEWLINE object, indicating the end of a record.
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the EOF object, test with isEOF(), indicating the end of file.
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     * If you set numberReadAsString is true, then any number will be maintained
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     * Return the next object read from the stream.
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        else if ((c == '-' || c == '.' || isDigit(c)) && !numberReadAsString)
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        else if (c == -1)
            ret = EOF;
        else
            ret = tokenAny(c);

        lastTokened = ret;

        return ret;
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     * Return the next object read from the stream, called if a comma is found
     * first in order to catch empty fields accurately.
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            putback(c);
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        // commas and EOF because it was more efficient to just return, but now
        // we putback and catch them in the token() call, in order to better
        // field empty fields, especially the ellusive common newline combo.
        if (c == ',' || c == -1 || c == '\n') {
            putback(c); // Wait for next token().
            return true;
        } else {
            return false;
        }
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    /**
     * Return a number or a string.
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        Object result = tokenAny(c);
        try {
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            return result;
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     * Return anything up to the next delimiter as a string.
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        while (true) {
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    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
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            CSVTokenizer(new java.io.BufferedReader(new java.io.FileReader(args[0])));
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            while (true) {
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Helicopters: Procurement
Mr. Carswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what assessment his Department made of the capability of the EADS Eurocopter UH-145 to fulfil the light utility role prior to awarding the Future Lynx contract to Finmeccanica; and if he will make a statement; [172537]
(2) what assessment his Department made of the capability of the US Sikorsky Seahawk to fulfil aspects of the capability role identified in the Future Rotorcraft Capability programme prior to awarding the Future Lynx contract to Finmeccanica; and if he will make a statement; [172538]
(3) whether his Department considered procuring different helicopter types to fulfil separately the different capability requirements detailed in the Future Rotorcraft Capability programme prior to awarding the Future Lynx contract to Finmeccanica; and if he will make a statement; [172539]
(4) what alternatives to the Future Lynx helicopter his Department considered to fulfil the Battlefield Light Utility Helicopter requirement before awarding the contract; and what the average cost per helicopter was of each contract considered. [172589]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The Future Rotorcraft Capability (FRC) programme explored the capabilities of many different helicopter types from all major western helicopter manufacturers, including products from EADS Eurocopter and Sikorsky. It also explored whether certain helicopter types could contribute to more than one area of our overall capability need, thus helping reduce through-life costs, though the wide spectrum of tasks required of our helicopter fleet means that no single type is able to meet the required capability in full.
The through-life military capability, cost and risk of various mixes of different helicopter types was assessed. These mixes included options that used different aircraft types to deliver the Land and Maritime capabilities now contracted to be provided by Future Lynx.
This analysis concluded that, alongside other investments arising from the FRC programme, the delivery of the British Army's Battlefield Reconnaissance Helicopter (BRH) and the Royal Navy's Surface Combatant Maritime Rotorcraft (SCMR) through a single helicopter type (Future Lynx) provided the best combination of through-life military capability, cost and risk.
I am withholding the information requested on our internal assessments of the average cost per helicopter as its disclosure would prejudice commercial interests.
Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations
Mr. Jenkin: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what fuel with additives is being used for light A class, B class wheeled and C class platform vehicles in Iraq and Afghanistan; who is contracted to supply such fuel; what effect use of this fuel has had on fuel costs; how many engine breakdowns and write-offs have occurred attributed to use of such fuel in 2007; and what the cost of repairs and replacements arising has been. [171773]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: In Iraq, Class A, B and C vehicles are fuelled using diesel (F-54) with no additives during the winter months. In the summer a 50/50 blend of diesel and aviation fuel (F-34) known as F-65 together with a lubricant additive, Lubrizol 539M, is used. The fuels are obtained from the US military in Kuwait under the UK-US Fuel Exchange agreement, with logistic support provided by two contractors. F-65 is approximately 11 per cent. more expensive than plain diesel.
In Afghanistan, vehicles are operated in accordance with the NATO single fuel policy where this is technically feasible. The fuel is aviation fuel (F-34) (which has already been treated with AL41 Icing Inhibitor and AL61 Lubricity Improver) to which Lubrizol 539M is also added, the resulting mixture being referred to as F-63. A number of vehicle types are being fuelled with F-54 at certain locations for operational reasons, these include engineering plant, Warrior and CVR(T) vehicles. These fuels are provided under a NATO contract with a civilian contractor. In Afghanistan, F-34 is approximately two per cent. more expensive than F-54.
No breakdowns have been apportioned to the use of any of these fuel types. During the transition from diesel to F-65 or F-63 use, there can be a transient increase in fuel filter use as the F-34 component has a cleansing effect on the engine.
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on repairing (a) armoured vehicles, (b) aircraft, (c) helicopters and (d) weapons systems damaged in use in Iraq and Afghanistan in each year since 2003-04; and if he will make a statement. [171896]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans there are for the RAF to resume daytime flights on the Jasper airbridge in Iraq. [172601]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth [holding answer 10 December 2007]: RAF logistics flights into and around Iraq are undertaken in a way that strikes the correct balance between minimising risks and meeting operational requirements. Generally this means that flights are undertaken during the hours of darkness, but the most appropriate scheduling of each flight is considered on a case-by-case basis.
Iraq: Reconstruction
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many of his Department's personnel were assigned to the British provincial reconstruction team in (a) Basra and (b) Lashkar Gah in each year since 2005; what contact those personnel have with local people on reconstruction issues; and if he will make a statement. [170823]
Des Browne: The Ministry of Defence attached two UK Service personnel to the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Basra when it was established in 2006. This has recently been reduced to one.
Since 2005, four UK service personnel have been attached to the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Lashkar Gar. In addition, a further contingent is assigned to the Security Sector Reform cell, which has gradually grown to its present size of 15 personnel.
The Provincial Reconstruction Teams in both Basra and Lashkar Gar pursue a comprehensive approach to reconstruction. This includes: making regular contact with local Iraqis and Afghans through the mentoring of the Iraqi and Afghan National Security Forces and Judiciary; attendance, as appropriate, at shuras; meeting with representatives of the Governments of Iraq and Afghanistan at regional, provincial and district levels; and routine patrolling.
Nuclear Submarines
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will introduce safeguards to ensure that UK submarine commanders are unable to launch a nuclear attack on their own initiative under any circumstances; and if he will make a statement. [172814]
Des Browne: I am satisfied that all the necessary safeguards are in place.
Patrol Craft
Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what purposes he used each category of River Class offshore patrol vessels in each year since 1997; for how many patrol days in each category; and if he will make a statement. [168221]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The River Class Offshore Patrol Vessels were commissioned in 2003 and 2004. The number of patrol days on fishery protection for each River Class Vessel were as follows:
Vessel Days
Mersey
For the remaining time the vessels were used for standoffs (periods off task for activities such as handovers, stores replenishment, and rest and recreation for the crew), training, maintenance, passage and visits, and unused days owned by VT Group plc.
Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what maximum number of patrol days each River Class offshore patrol vessel may undertake (a) operationally and (b) under the terms of his Department's (i) agreement with DEFRA and (ii) the contract with Vosper Thornycroft. [168244]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The Royal Navy Plan specifies that each River Class vessel undertakes up to 230 Patrol Days each year depending on the requirement of the MOD/DEFRA contract. Remaining days are taken up by standoff (ie periods off task for activities such as handovers, stores replenishment and crew rest and recreation); training; passage and visits, and 45 days, including 25 for maintenance, which are owned by the VT Group plc, from whom the vessels are, leased.
The current agreement with DEFRA does not specify the type(s) of vessels to be used but does state the proportion of total patrol days to be provided by Offshore Patrol Vessels. In 2007-08 800 patrol days are to be provided, of which 560 must be Offshore Patrol Vessel days.
The contract with the VT Group plc does not include a maximum number of patrol days. It specifies that each of the three River Class patrol vessels must be available to the Royal Navy for 320 days per year.
Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) for what purposes the River Class offshore patrol vessels have been used in addition to fisheries protection; how many patrol days this has required in each case since the River Class were commissioned; and if he will make a statement; [170908]
(2) for what purposes the River Class offshore patrol vessels will be used in addition to fisheries protection for the next five years; and if he will make a statement. [170909]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The operational focus of the River Class vessels is fishery protection. When not being used for this purpose their time is used for stand-offs, training, passage, visits and maintenance. They must also be available for the VT Group plc 'unused' days (days for which the ships are not contracted and therefore unavailable for any FLEET tasking). They may also be programmed by the Commander in Chief Fleet for other tasks, such as maritime security, in the case of an urgent operational requirement. These cases are likely to be rare. None of these tasks are carried out at the expense of the agreed number of fishery patrol days provided by the Ministry of Defence to DEFRA. There are currently no plans to change the purposes for which River Class vessels are used in the future.
Puma Helicopters
Mr. Keetch: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans his Department has for extending the life of the RAF's existing fleet of Puma HC1 helicopters; when the proposed Puma Mk 2 helicopter will come into service; and if he will make a statement. [171012]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The Ministry of Defence announced in June 2007 the award of a contract to EADS Eurocopter to assess the timescale, cost, performance and risk issues associated with the enhancements of the
capability and the extension of the in-service life of the Puma HC1 helicopter until 2022. This assessment will explore issues relating to the upgrade of avionics systems and the replacement of engines and obsolete items. It is scheduled to conclude in 2008 to inform an investment decision to undertake the capability enhancement and life extension programme. It is envisaged that the resultant aircraft would be known as the Puma HC2. In-service duties will not be decided until the main investment decision is made.
Trident Missiles
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what formal procedure has to be followed for submarine commanders to launch Trident missiles; and what role security codes play in that procedure. [173867]
Des Browne: I am withholding the information as its disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the armed forces.
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Bluetongue Disease: Disease Control
Mr. Swayne: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will assess the merits of the use of pre-movement testing as a strategy for containing bluetongue disease; and if he will make a statement. [172297]
Jonathan Shaw: The strategy to manage movements of animals from bluetongue restricted zones has been agreed at EU level and is set out in Regulation 1266/2007. The regime is based around the scientific evidence base, with movement conditions intended to provide appropriate assurance that animals are not infected before moves can be allowed. Pre-movement testing forms an integral part of this regime, but testing must be used in conjunction with other measures to provide appropriate guarantees, due to the nature of bluetongue spread by midges.
These measures include testing during the "vector free period" when temperatures have dropped significantly and midge activity is greatly reduced, or isolating animals in midge-proof buildings before testing. In each case, the aim is to ensure that the animal is safe to move. Guidance on these provisions, and on movement in the vector free period in particular, will be published shortly (the most likely window for such a period if it can be declared is January to March).
Foot and Mouth Disease: Disease Control
Mr. Swayne: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what account is taken of (a) county boundaries and (b) distance from outbreak in determining foot and mouth disease restriction zones; and if he will make a statement. [172296]
Jonathan Shaw: EU legislation sets out that a Protection Zone must be imposed for a minimum of 3 km, and a Surveillance Zone for a minimum of 10 km, around each infected premises. Our Protection and Surveillance Zones have always followed these minimum requirements and have not been demarcated by county boundaries.
The wider Restricted Zone originally covered the whole of Great Britain and implemented the national movement ban, but was subsequently reduced in size to be based on administrative and county boundaries, based on a veterinary risk assessment. In addition, the EU export areas have been delineated by administrative and county boundaries on the same basis.
Pay Equality
27. Miss Kirkbride: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality when she will bring forward proposals to address the gender pay gap. [173635]
Barbara Follett: For the first time, we have an indicator to narrow the pay gap in the Equalities Public Service Agreement. The Government have announced their decision to extend the right to request flexible working to parents of older children, and we are considering responses to our consultation on the Equality Bill about how the law on equal pay could be strengthened.


The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty II (START II) complemented START I. START I's provisions were unchanged; START II established a limit on strategic weapons and required that reductions be implemented in two phases. Phase I obligated the United States and Russia to reduce their arms to a certain quantitative limit by the end of the phase. Phase II obligated the states to eliminate all heavy intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) by the end of the phase. States were verified by on-site inspections, like in START I, but START II also included inspections to confirm the elimination of ICBMs and their silo launchers. START II created the Bilateral Implementation Commission (BIC) as a forum where the United States and the Russian Federation could work towards compliance.
The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty I (START I) was the first treaty that required U.S. and Soviet/Russian reductions of strategic nuclear weapons. It was indispensable in creating a framework that ensured predictability and stability for deep reductions. The dissolution of the Soviet Union caused a delay in the entry into force of the treaty, as the classification of states as nuclear or non-nuclear had to be determined, among other things. Reductions of nuclear weapons had to be completed within seven years after entry into force and maintained for another eight years. States were verified by on-site inspections. Both the United States and The Russian Federation continued reduction efforts. A new treaty, START II, soon came into effect, which allowed START I to expire.
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty required that both the United States and the Soviet Union destroy their ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with the range of 500 to 5000 kilometers, as well as the missiles' launchers and support structures. This was to be met three years after the Treaty gets entered into force. As the Soviet Union reached nuclear parity with the United States and started vamping up the qualitative element of their missiles, this Treaty helped pacify the arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union. Several proposals were made between President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev. When the Soviet Union dissolved, the United States sought full implementation of the INF Treaty with twelve former Soviet republics.


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No, Actually It's Embarrassing
By Sam Fels March 27, 2018 9048 No comment
I know, I know. We've been labeled as the Eeyore of Chicago sports blogs, or hockey blogs, or just the world in general. It's something I'm sensitive to and try to change as best I can. Then again, when we try and point out the good points of this Hawks season or why things might not be as bad as they seem, we get called fucking idiots then, too. Maybe you just can't win. But this has stuck in my craw, wherever that is, all season.
The Vegas Golden Knights are an embarrassment to the National Hockey League, and the NHL would be wise to look at it that way.
Not the Knights themselves. More power to them. They rolled sevens with just about every pick they made, had a coach who knew exactly how to maximize what he had, and took advantage of just an awful division. They've certainly established themselves in a new market that wasn't a guarantee to work, and their success probably buys them more years of stability than they would have had otherwise. That's all fine and good.
No, their success is an indictment of the league as a whole.
Because you shouldn't be able to literally make a team up and then have it be competitive at first asking, even with everything going right. As Barry Petchesky pointed out on Deadspin today, the Knights are the first franchise in any of the four major pro sports to have a winning season in their first season. It's not supposed to happen. Yes, sure, it makes for a unique, underdog story. But what does it say about the league as a whole? It says your product is so fucking watered down by a salary cap freezing for a few years and you have enough dumb GMs around torpedoing their own teams that really you only need a couple guys to shoot the lights out for a season and some goaltending and not only are you competitive, you're a division winner. What a fucking gauntlet this league is!
Think about it. You've seen Erik Haula for years. You know he's not a 30-goal scorer. He's a good player, and one we hated seeing because he killed the Hawks. But this isn't him. They had Dale Tallon have an utter brain bubble in trying to erase what the GM before did because they were stupid NERDS with their spreadsheets and book-learnin'! So he just gave the Knights two of their leading scorers, and more to the point two OF THE PANTHERS LEADING SCORERS. The Oilers should have been making this division tougher on the Knights, and yet Peter Chiarelli has spent a few years sticking the club's tongue into whatever electrical socket he could find. The Flames stalled out.
And that's really all it takes. The Knights success means that almost every team is so unremarkable other than three or four that you can just roll the dice and win. You don't need great players. You don't need a revolutionary system or tactics. You just need a couple things to go your way, and it won't hurt if every team that visits you is still actively drunk because hockey players are so rock stupid they'd never heard of what goes on in Vegas until the night before a game. The Knights stuck to having speed, which isn't a hard concept but one that a lot of teams still can't figure out, and play to it. Get up and down as quickly as you can. It's not rocket science, because it's what the Penguins have been doing for two years. And yet teams watch the Knights skate past them on a nightly basis and treat them like they imported something from space. Quick, let's give Guy Fucking Boucher another job!
We've joked about it a lot, or I have but it's Slak's joke, that the only league that has this happen is MLS. And MLS is a joke. Their single-entity system ensures that no team every really stands out except for the destination spots of LA, NY, and Seattle I guess. This why Atlanta United can slide in with one or two signings and be a playoff team, because they don't have to beat much. It's why the Fire, a clueless and indifferent organization if there ever was one, can sign one guy in Schweinsteiger and have a forward score with every shot for a couple months and secure a playoff spot while being pretty putrid for the other four months of the season.
And hey, weird things happen in other sports too, I get it. There was that year the Cardinals hit like .310 all season with men on base. The NFL is basically whoever gets hurt the least plays the Patriots in the Super Bowl. I understand that.
But parity isn't good. It's not how this is supposed to work. You may point to the NFL but that has so many other factors it's not a fair comparison. And you may hate the Patriots, but they're box office. And they're bigger box office when playing the Steelers, because people know the Steelers are also almost always good.
We may bitch about what the Hawks did the past couple years, but in the end the Hawks were punished for developing and having too many good players. The Bickell and Seabrook contracts aren't the gallstone they became if they didn't cost the Hawks so many players they drafted. And the same happened to others. Which leaves a scorched landscape for a limited team like Vegas or whoever else to appear better than they are, or they or other teams to scrape up the talent that well-run organizations had to shed simply because. You don't have to be that smart to get talent in the NHL, you just kind of have to stand still and let it fall to you.
The Knights themselves are a good story. What they tell us about the league though is that's it's shallow, stupid, uncreative, and bland. And I can't see past it.
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Community Interest Company
A bit of background...
Operating since 2006 our company has gone through a number of changes. We started out as a partnership. Then after building up the business we became a Limited Company. (Growth Activities ltd).
More recently we have started to work more and more in the local community. We have built up a core group of young people and volunteers, along with a number of groups and customers. The way we work started to change and evolve. We listened to what the community wanted to see happen and what they wanted to get involved in. It soon became clear that the nature of the business had changed. We have never been a massive profit making organisation. But we have successfully earmed a living and been able to fund a number of community activities. However, to carry out the amazing ideas found during our consultations we knew we needed a different vehicle.
After much research and valuable advice we settled on becoming a Community Interest Company
So... What is a Community Interest Company (CIC)...?
"A community interest company is a new type of company introduced by the United Kingdom government in 2005 under the Companies Act 2004, designed for social enterprises that want to use their profits and assets for the public good" wikipedia.
What that means to us...
For what we are trying to achieve here in Staveley this is the perfect structure. Yes, it will allow us to apply for funding, grants and sponsorship to subsidise the activities we want to carry out. But what we are most excited about is that we can still operate as a business. We can start a number of enterprises and microbusiness with community members to generate our own revenue.
Then (the best bit...) 65% of all profits made are fed back in to the community. Effectively funding or subsidising our community activities ourselves.
This is going to take time to build up but what it means is that we as a community, can create something thats not only valuable in the short term, but it has a shot at becoming more self-sustainable and less reliant upon external funding. Thats the aim!