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package com.fredhopper.server;

import javax.ws.rs.core.Application;

import com.fredhopper.environment.Environment;
import com.fredhopper.server.spi.ApplicationFactory;

class TestApplicationFactory implements ApplicationFactory {

  @Override
  public Application createApplication(Environment environment) {
    return new TestApplicationResourceConfig();
  }

  @Override
  public String path() {
    return "test-app";
  }

}

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Home M:tG MTG Lands List – Find the Land you're looking for!
MTG Lands List – Find the Land you're looking for!
A sortable and filterable list of all lands in Magic: the Gathering - "What's the BW Fetch again!?"
Hey guys! I made this because I got super frustrated when I was brewing and trying to fix up my mana base – well, I got annoyed enough to make this resource for any and all to use!
See the box on the upper right? type the colors you need – "Blue White". Quite simple really! You can also search by type "Fetch", or a mix "Red Checkland". Or simply just use the scrolly thing on the lower right of the table.
Tri (try the shard and wedge names, too).
Man – lands that become creatures.
Futuresight – a disjointed cycle of lands.
X is colorless. But there are a vast amount of UTILITY lands that do this, which are not yet part of this table / page.
Fetchlands ([mtg_card]Misty Rainforest[/mtg_card]) Need no introduction! One lift to search your library for one of any two basic land types – meaning you can fetch the Shocklands, Slowlands and True Duals.
Shocklands ([mtg_card]Sacred Foundry[/mtg_card]) count as double basic land types, and have an optional CIPT clause you can avoid with 2 life. It's called [mtg_card]Shock[/mtg_card] for that reason.
Slowlands ([mtg_card]Smoldering Marsh[/mtg_card]) CIPT unless you have 2 basics in play. This DOES NOT INCLUDE Shocks or other Slows! They are known for decks that want to have lands come into play untapped LATER on (control). These have double basic land types.
Filterlands ([mtg_card]Fire-lit Thicket[/mtg_card]) always come into play untapped but will never produce colored mana on their own. They need one colored mana to start and you get 2 hybrid in return. Good for decks with extremely greedy turn 2/3 color needs.
Checklands ([mtg_card]Sunpetal Grove[/mtg_card]) CIPT unless you have an existing land in play of one of the subtypes. It works with Shocks and Slows!
Manland Dual ([mtg_card]Creeping Tar Pit[/mtg_card])strictly better than their single color counterparts, with the exception of [mtg_card]Treetop Village[/mtg_card]. Gives a huge incentive to CIPT. Notably [mtg_card]Celestial Colonnade[/mtg_card] which is saying you have 4 Serra Angels in your manabase. Damn.
Fastlands [mtg_card](Inspiring Vantage[/mtg_card])come into play untapped in the very early game only. Great for aggro since they don't really care in their 4-5th land comes into play tapped.
Showlands ([mtg_card]Foreboding Ruins[/mtg_card]) Are quite poor? At least for my more commonly set in modern mindset. They're good in your opener and probably Okay until about turn 4… Not too sold on these.
Painlands ([mtg_card]Underground River[/mtg_card])ping you for 1 damage when you tap for colored.
There are no official names for some of the futuresight lands like [mtg_card]Horizon Canopy[/mtg_card], [mtg_card]Nimbus Maze[/mtg_card], [mtg_card]River of Tears[/mtg_card] and [mtg_card]Grove of the Burnwillows[/mtg_card] (that I'm aware of).
This list will mostly cover the "playable" lands, so the usual uncommon CIBT dual will not be included. Although I may list the best budget one per color combo.
While the above list says "mana producing" we have also included the Dual Manlands as they're the "best" CIBT duals.
Speaking of CIBT again, Scrylands are also part of this list… yep.
Please send me feedback on what should be added / improvements!
Adding a near future fix wherein you can search the color combo "UW".
Should I bake in the guild name as searchable, too? IE Gruul?
I will be making a separate table for UTILITY lands!
Any other reasons? I really really love the land names and art.
Most if not all the EXP lands are beautiful.
EXP Hallowed Fountain: Look at it… it's high and mighty just like the average control player! But seriously haha, It's imposing, mighty and unshakable. It embodies the UW control feel and sitting across a set of these untapped is awesome and scary.
The list goes on, really!!! Haha.
If you have the time feel free to contribute your own Favorite: Land Name & Art! I hope I helped you out and don't worry this will be kept updating for the foreseeable future, and even the unforeseeable!
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Cartridge filters these filters use a pleated paper or non-woven fabric to filter out debris, they can have many cartridges or just one. Those that use only one cartridge fits over generally have a center shaft that the cartridge fits over. If there are many cartridges, they fit on a manifold. Because the filter needs to be taken apart to be cleaned, they can be more labor intensive. Typically the cartridge elements must be removed for cleaning, hosed off, soaked in a filter cleaning product, hosed off and put back into the filter housing. Having to allow the element to soak 8-24 hours, you need a minimum of two cartridges or two sets of cartridges. They should be replaced every one to two seasons for maximum filter efficiency.


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Q: How to overcome the the problem with Identity Fields and the Entity Framework for SQLServerCompact 3.5SP2? This question should be easily found on the net, but I failed:
I have an "ID" field on my SQLServerCompact 3.5 databasetable that has its Identity property set to True. When I manually insert values the ID column is incremented automatically. However, when I try to add records through the Entity Framework, I get an error message stating that "Server side generation of values is not supported".
How do I solve this (apart from upgrading to SQLServerCompact 4.0)?

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The largest export order in living memory from Britain of breeding sheep has recently gone to their new home in France, comprising some 550 head of New Zealand Romneys, all M.V. accredited and Scrapie monitored, which enabled them to be eligible for export.
What has made this so unique is that they went from one farm to one customer - quite a feat! The breeders are a family farming partnership, Chris, Caroline and sons Rob and Andy Hodgkins, who farm near Pulborough in West Sussex; the purchasers are Mr Dominique Mainard and his son Cedric who farm in the Deux-Sevres area of west-central France.
The Hodgkins' flock exceeds 3000 New Zealand Romney ewes, run on a tenanted 1400 acre farm grazing in the South downs National Park, which is farmed under the South Downs ESA (now HLS) regime where no fertilizer or chemical is permitted.
In addition, eldest son Rob has just completed a Nuffield Scholarship in Australia and New Zealand, studying how sheep genomics are being used in the southern hemisphere, and whether they can be a useful tool in the Wairere UK flock. This has helped him to win the Sheep Innovator of the Year award at the Farmers Guardian award ceremony in November 2013. And in 2009 the family won the Farmers Weekly Sheep Farmer of the Year Award.
The Romney sheep breed originated in the Romney Marsh area in Kent (it is sometimes known as the Kent breed) but has since been exported around the world. It is renowned as both a meat and wool producing breed but these days the greater focus is on the former trait.
The picture shows some of the sheep being loaded at Locks Farm prior to leaving for France.


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package com.box.boxjavalibv2.requests;

import com.box.boxjavalibv2.IBoxConfig;
import com.box.boxjavalibv2.jsonparsing.IBoxJSONParser;
import com.box.boxjavalibv2.requests.requestobjects.BoxPagingRequestObject;
import com.box.restclientv2.RestMethod;
import com.box.restclientv2.exceptions.BoxRestException;
import com.box.restclientv2.requestsbase.DefaultBoxRequest;

/**
 * Request to get the items inside a folder. These items can be files, sub-folders, weblinks, and etc.
 */
public class GetFolderItemsRequest extends DefaultBoxRequest {

    private static final String URI = "/folders/%s/items";

    /**
     * Constructor.
     *
     * @param config
     *            config
     * @param parser
     *            json parser
     * @param folderId
     *            id of the folder
     * @param requestObject
     *            request object
     * @throws BoxRestException
     *             exception
     */
    public GetFolderItemsRequest(final IBoxConfig config, final IBoxJSONParser parser, final String folderId, BoxPagingRequestObject requestObject)
        throws BoxRestException {
        super(config, parser, getUri(folderId), RestMethod.GET, requestObject);
    }

    /**
     * Get uri.
     *
     * @param folderId
     *            id of the folder
     * @return uri
     */
    public static String getUri(final String folderId) {
        return String.format(URI, folderId);
    }
}


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Q: My nginx hosts are not workinig. I was trying to map my frontend and backend server running in localhost to a virtual host I am setting up a virtual host using Nginx in my localhost(I am using Ubuntu 20.04), but when I enter https://www.intervue-dev.io in my browser, output is coming as DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN
My frontend server running on localhost:3000 and my backend server is running on localhost:9000.
Here is the configuration of /etc/hosts:
127.0.0.1   intervue-dev.io
127.0.0.1   www.intervue-dev.io

Here is the configuration of /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:
#user  nobody;
worker_processes auto;
worker_rlimit_nofile 100000;
events {
    worker_connections  4000;
}
http {
    include       mime.types;
    default_type  application/octet-stream;
    proxy_read_timeout 300;
    proxy_connect_timeout 300;
    proxy_send_timeout 300;
    fastcgi_read_timeout 300;
    sendfile        on;
    keepalive_timeout  65;
    server {
        listen       80;
        server_name  localhost;
        error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
        location = /50x.html {
            root   html;
        }
server {
  listen 80;
  server_name www.intervue-dev.io intervue-dev.io;
  return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}
server {
  listen 443 ssl http2;
  server_name intervue-dev.io;
  return 301 https://www.$server_name$request_uri;
}
server {
      listen 443 ssl default_server;
      client_max_body_size 30M;
      ssl_protocols       TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
      server_name intervue-dev.io www.intervue-dev.io;
      access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
      error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log info;
      keepalive_timeout 75 75;
      ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/server.crt;
      ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/server.key;
      ssl_ciphers HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
      ssl_session_timeout  5m;
      add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=7200";
      location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:3000;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
      }
      location /test/ {
        return 200 'gangnam style!';
        add_header Content-Type text/plain;
      }
      location /developer/ {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:3004;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
      }
      location /bff {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:5000;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
      }
      location /socket {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:9000;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
      }
      location /whiteboard {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:9000;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
      }
      location /languageserver {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:9100;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
      }
      location /test-cases {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:7200;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
      }
    }
}

Please help me out.


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<html>
  <head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8">
    <script type="text/javascript">
      var CLIENT_ID = '650905332127-503scch0a5o7amuv0ql0kqboa6f2lgtq.apps.googleusercontent.com';
      var SCOPES = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive';

      /**
       * Called when the client library is loaded to start the auth flow.
       */
      function handleClientLoad() {
        window.setTimeout(checkAuth, 1);
      }

      /**
       * Check if the current user has authorized the application.
       */
      function checkAuth() {
        gapi.auth.authorize(
            {'client_id': CLIENT_ID, 'scope': SCOPES, 'immediate': true},
            handleAuthResult);
      }

      /**
       * Called when authorization server replies.
       *
       * @param {Object} authResult Authorization result.
       */
      function handleAuthResult(authResult) {
        var authButton = document.getElementById('authorizeButton');
        var filePicker = document.getElementById('filePicker');
        authButton.style.display = 'none';
        filePicker.style.display = 'none';
        if (authResult && !authResult.error) {
          // Access token has been successfully retrieved, requests can be sent to the API.
          filePicker.style.display = 'block';
          filePicker.onchange = uploadFile;
        } else {
          // No access token could be retrieved, show the button to start the authorization flow.
          authButton.style.display = 'block';
          authButton.onclick = function() {
              gapi.auth.authorize(
                  {'client_id': CLIENT_ID, 'scope': SCOPES, 'immediate': false},
                  handleAuthResult);
          };
        }
      }

      /**
       * Start the file upload.
       *
       * @param {Object} evt Arguments from the file selector.
       */
      function uploadFile(evt) {
        gapi.client.load('drive', 'v2', function() {
          var file = evt.target.files[0];
          insertFile(file);
        });
      }

      /**
       * Insert new file.
       *
       * @param {File} fileData File object to read data from.
       * @param {Function} callback Function to call when the request is complete.
       */
      function insertFile(fileData, callback) {
        const boundary = '-------314159265358979323846';
        const delimiter = "\r\n--" + boundary + "\r\n";
        const close_delim = "\r\n--" + boundary + "--";

        var reader = new FileReader();
        reader.readAsBinaryString(fileData);
        reader.onload = function(e) {
          var contentType = fileData.type || 'application/octet-stream';
          var metadata = {
            'title': fileData.name,
            'mimeType': contentType
          };

          var base64Data = btoa(reader.result);
          var multipartRequestBody =
              delimiter +
              'Content-Type: application/json\r\n\r\n' +
              JSON.stringify(metadata) +
              delimiter +
              'Content-Type: ' + contentType + '\r\n' +
              'Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\r\n' +
              '\r\n' +
              base64Data +
              close_delim;

          var request = gapi.client.request({
              'path': '/upload/drive/v2/files',
              'method': 'POST',
              'params': {'uploadType': 'multipart'},
              'headers': {
                'Content-Type': 'multipart/mixed; boundary="' + boundary + '"'
              },
              'body': multipartRequestBody});
          if (!callback) {
            callback = function(file) {
              console.log(file)
            };
          }
          request.execute(callback);
        }
      }
    </script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/client.js?onload=handleClientLoad"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <!--Add a file picker for the user to start the upload process -->
    <input type="file" id="filePicker" style="display: none" />
    <input type="button" id="authorizeButton" style="display: none" value="Authorize" />
  </body>
</html>


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Q: error Trying to get property of non-object in Laravel 5 with relation and scope I'm working in Laravel 5. My situation is the next: I have a table USERS and a table PROFILES the have a relation 1:1. So I have in the model users a method called profile like this:
public function profile(){
        return $this->belongsTo('App\models\Profile','profile_id');
    }

Also I have a method scopeData where I want to filter what users have identity_doc equal as data:
public function scopeData($query,$data){
        $profile=$this->profile;
        $query->where($profile->identity_doc,$data);
    }

in the user controller I use the scope function in this line:
$students= Users::data($request->get('data'))->where('rol','=','Student')->get();

but, when I runned it I have this error: Trying to get property of non-object
so, why it happens? the profile method works fine in others functions, but no here, I get:
**array('query' => object(Builder), 'data' => 'example', 'profile' => null))**

A: If my memory of Eloquent ORM serves me right, when you're using the scope it's adding to the query, meaning you're in the process of building the query and you haven't actually queried the database yet. However, the relationships (e.g. ->belongsTo(...)) seem to work on instantiated objects - i.e. they work after you have finished getting them from the database.
So at that time of your scope your user does not actually exist yet. $this is not the user in your scope, and so $this->profile returns nothing - the query has not been run yet so it has no users, and so can have no profiles either. So then because $profile is null, accessing $profile->indentity_doc will cause that error you got.


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North Troy es una villa ubicada en el condado de Orleans en el estado estadounidense de Vermont. En el año 2010 tenía una población de 620 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 124 personas por km².

Geografía
North Troy se encuentra ubicada en las coordenadas .

Demografía
Según la Oficina del Censo en 2000 los ingresos medios por hogar en la localidad eran de $25,694 y los ingresos medios por familia eran $31,042. Los hombres tenían unos ingresos medios de $26,765 frente a los $20,000 para las mujeres. La renta per cápita para la localidad era de $13,291. Alrededor del 12.5% de la población estaban por debajo del umbral de pobreza.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Villas de Vermont
Localidades del condado de Orleans (Vermont)

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One of the widely held beliefs by comedians is that you need to have more than one oar in the water. Unless you are the lucky "one in a thousand" that is thrust into the limelight, a comic has to have other options. Using his background in writing, Peter has found many avenues to pursue while making people laugh…among them is screenwriter.
With writing partners Michael Pace and John Lipsey, the following screenplays are ready to go.
THE DEBRIEFING
By: John Lipsey & Peter Lipsey
WGA Registered
Newly elected president, THOMAS MILLSTON, finds out he¹s a lame-duck on inauguration day. To abide his predicament, he fakes his own assassination to track down the person who really runs DC, and the world.
In a landslide victory, young, idealistic presidential candidate, THOMAS MILLSTON, succeeded in convincing voters he could change the system. At an unofficial debriefing, in a room far beneath the White House, the shadowy, underworld character ROGAN, reveals himself, giving Millston a series of directives to follow which neuter the new president politically. Unable to abide his situation any longer, he enlists the aid of his old friend and CIA Director, DREW OLSON, and together, they devise a plan to stage an assassination. While the rest of the world mourns his tragic death, Millston sets out to track down Rogan, ascertain his true identity and dismantle his evil enterprise. What follows is a hi-tech game of cat and mouse where no one is who they seem to be. And it leads right back to the corridors of power in Washington, ending in a climax as exciting and unexpected as in The Crying Game.
THE DICK BROTHERS a shticky comedy
By Peter Lipsey & Michael Pace
A retro comedy about two lifelong friends who become a comedy team. They break up, get back together and eventually, they sell out by selling out.
Roger and Rick are best friends and the class clowns. It¹s the only thing they do well. After barely making it through high school, they decide to put their humor to use. The lean years as comedians pay off when they star in their own variety show, much like LAUGH-IN. It¹s not long before the egos and other distractions cost them the show and their friendship. They go their separate ways only to realize they need each other. THE DICK BROTHERS is a journey into the mind of the professional entertainer: What it takes to make it. What it takes to stay on top.
PINK SLIP
By Michael Pace & Peter Lipsey
Vice-presidential candidate, MICHAEL O' DONOHUE is outed while campaigning. Tired of the hate, he asks every gay person in the country not to go to work for a week. The surprising results tell us that we can celebrate our differences, and at the same time find our sameness.
Thank you for doing such a great show for us. Your upbeat attitude and hilarious comedy style left our students and faculty in attendance laughing and talking about your performance well after the show. We hope you'll come back.
Friday Afternoon Club ChairpersonColorado School of Mines

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The Organisation consists of an Assembly, a Council and five main Committees: the Maritime Safety Committee; Marine Environment Protection Committee; Legal Committee, Technical Co-operation Committee; and a Facilitation Committee.
This is the Governing Body of the Organisation. It consists of all Member States, and it meets once every two years in regular sessions; but may also meet in extraordinary session if necessary. The Assembly is responsible for approving the work programme, voting the budget and determining the financial arrangements of the Organisation. The Assembly also elects the Council.
The Council is composed of 32 Member States elected by the Assembly for two-year terms beginning after each regular session of the Assembly. The IMO Convention provides that in electing the Members of the Council the Assembly shall observe the following criteria: (a) Eight shall be States with the largest interest in providing international shipping services; (b) Eight shall be other States with the largest interest in international seaborne trade; (c) Sixteen shall be States not elected under (a) or (b) above which have special interests in maritime transport or navigation, and whose election to the Council will ensure the representation of all major geographic areas of the world.
In November 1993 the Assembly adopted an amendment to the IMO Convention which, upon entry into force, will increase the size of the Council to 40. Groups (a) and (b) will be increased to 10 Members and Group (c) to 20. The amendment will enter into force 12 months after being accepted by two-thirds of IMO Member States.
The Council is the Executive Organ of IMO and is responsible, under the Assembly, for supervising the work of the Organisation. Between sessions of the Assembly the Council performs all the functions of the Assembly, except the function of making recommendations to Governments on maritime safety and pollution prevention which is reserved for the Assembly by Article 15(j) of the Convention. Other functions of the Council are to:
co-ordinate the activities of the organs of the Organisation;
consider the draft work programme and budget estimates of the Organisation and submit them to the Assembly;
receive reports and proposals of the Committees and other organs and submit them to the Assembly and Member States, with comments and recommendations as appropriate;
appoint the Secretary-General, subject to the approval of the Assembly;
enter into agreements or arrangements concerning the relationship of the Organisation with other organisations, subject to approval by the Assembly.
The Members of the Council elected by the 21st Assembly in 1999 for 2000-2001 are as follows:
China, Greece, Italy, Japan, Norway, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, United States;
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Netherlands, Sweden;
Australia, Bahamas, Cyprus, Egypt, Finland, Indonesia, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Panama, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Turkey.
Maritime Safety Committee (MSC)
The MSC is the highest technical body of the Organisation. It consists of all Member States. The functions of the Maritime Safety Committee are to "consider any matter within the scope of the Organisation concerned with aids to navigation, construction and equipment of vessels, manning from a safety standpoint, rules for the prevention of collisions, handling of dangerous cargoes, maritime safety procedures and requirements, hydrographic information, log-books and navigational records, marine casualty investigation, salvage and rescue, and any other matters directly affecting maritime safety".
The Committee is also required to provide machinery for performing any duties assigned to it by the IMO Convention or any duty within its scope of work which may be assigned to it by or under any international instrument and accepted by the Organisation. It also has the responsibility for considering and submitting recommendations and guidelines on safety for possible adoption by the Assembly.
The MSC operates with the assistance of nine Sub-Committees. These are:
Bulk Liquids and Gases (BLG)
Carriage of Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers (DSC)
Fire Protection (FP)
Radiocommunications and Search and Rescue (COMSAR)
Safety of Navigation (NAV)
Ship Design and Equipment (DE)
Stability and Load Lines and Fishing Vessels Safety (SLF)
Standards of Training and Watchkeeping (STW)
Flag State Implementation (FSI).
The Legal Committee is empowered to deal with any legal matters within the scope of the Organisation. The Committee consists of all Member States of IMO. It was established in 1967 as a subsidiary body to deal with legal questions which arose in the aftermath of the Torrey Canyon disaster. The Legal Committee is also empowered to perform any duties within its scope which may be assigned by or under any other international instrument and accepted by the Organisation.
Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC)
The MEPC, which consists of all Member States, is empowered to consider any matter within the scope of the Organisation concerned with prevention and control of pollution from ships. In particular it is concerned with the adoption and amendment of conventions and other regulations and measures to ensure their enforcement. The subcommittees on Bulk Liquids and Gases and Flag State Implementation are also subsidiary bodies of the MEPC as far as pollution aspects are concerned. The MEPC was first established as a subsidiary body of the Assembly and raised to full constitutional status in 1985.
Technical Co-operation Committee
The Technical Co-operation Committee is required to consider any matter within the scope of the Organisation concerned with the implementation of technical co-operation projects for which the Organisation acts as the executing or co-operating agency and any other matters related to the Organisation's activities in the technical co-operation field. The Technical Co-operation Committee consists of all Member States of IMO, was established in 1969 as a subsidiary body of the Council, and was institutionalised by means of an amendment to the Convention which entered into force in 1984.
Facilitation Committee
The Facilitation Committee is a subsidiary body of the Council. It was established in May 1972 and deals with IMO's work in eliminating unnecessary formalities and "red tape" in international shipping.
The Secretariat of IMO consists of the Secretary-General and nearly 300 personnel based at the headquarters of the Organisation. The secretary-general of the Organisation is Mr. W.A. O'Neil of Canada who was appointed to the position with effect from 1 January 1990.
The holders of the office have been:
Ove Nielsen (Denmark) 1959-1961
William Graham (United Kingdom) (Acting) 1961-1963
Jean Roullier (France) 1964-1967
Colin Goad (United Kingdom) 1968-1973
Chandrika Prasad Srivastava (India) 1974-1989
William A. O'Neil (Canada) 1990-
The approved regular budget appropriations for 2000-2001 totalled £36,612,200, the same as for 1997-1998. Contributions to the IMO budget are based on a formula which is different from that used in other United Nations agencies. The amount paid by each Member State depends primarily on the tonnage of its merchant fleet. The top ten contributors for 1999 were assessed as follows (the figures show the amount payable and as a percentage of the total budget):
serial no. country £m %
1 Panama 2.90 15.80
2 Liberia 1.86 10.17
3 Japan 0.96 5.23
4 Bahamas 0.81 4.36
5 Greece 0.80 4.32
6 USA 0.76 4.12
7 Malta 0.73 3.96
8 Cyprus 0.72 3.91
9 Norway 0.71 3.86
10 Singapore 0.61 3.31


Sky announces that it has connected its one millionth customer to Sky Broadband.
Sky has announced that its Sky Broadband service is now taken by over 1 million customers.
Sky claims that the service, which was announced in July 2006 after the broadcaster acquired Easynet, is connecting a new customer every 40 seconds.
"We're not only the UK's fastest ever growing broadband provider, but we're also delivering a high quality service that is saving customers significant amounts of money," said Sky CEO James Murdoch. "Thousands of customers are switching from other providers to get fast broadband that comes with Sky TV."
Sky's announcement comes a week after Neil Berkett, acting CEO at arch-rival Virgin Media, said that the cable operator plans to concentrate its marketing spend on broadband.


Cellist Joshua Roman plays this weekend with the Florida Orchestra.
There's a lot going on this weekend, so how do you choose? How about something that you'll miss unless you catch it in the next three days? Consider one of these 10 last-chance, only-chance events.
1) The Man of La Mancha. Spanish Lyric Theatre is performing the beloved musical inspired by Cervantes' Don Quixote this weekend only, and it's a shame the run is so short because it's really good. The production is distinguished by a cast with strong singing voices (handy when you've got to sell big anthems like "The Impossible Dream") and acting chops to match. Michael Pruitt anchors the proceedings with a charismatic, appealingly vulnerable Don/Miguel; Katie Michaels is a feisty, complex Aldonza/Dulcinea; director Patrick Brafford moves the action smoothly between the worlds of the imprisoned author Cervantes and the yarn he spins about the windmill-tilting Don; John Burchett sets the mood with evocative lighting and slide projections; and Jeremy Silverman and ensemble do well by the tricky, melodic score. Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m. HCC Ybor Mainstage Theatre, 1411 E. 11th Ave., Tampa, spanishlyrictheatre.com.
2) Copenhagen. The New York Times called this Tony-winning drama "the most invigorating and ingenious play of ideas in many a year" when it debuted on Broadway in 2000, and Tampa Rep's expertly acted and directed production, which closes this weekend, demonstrates why that assessment remains accurate. Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 3 p.m. Tampa Repertory Theatre, Studio 120 in the Theatre Center (TAR), University of South Florida, 3837 USF Holly Drive, Tampa, tamparep.org.
3) Florida Orchestra: Schubert's Symphony No. 9; Bates Cello Concerto w. Joshua Roman. Joshua Weilerstein conducts a program including the Schubert symphony and Still's Poem for Orchestra, plus a cello concerto by Mason Bates written specifically for TFO special guest, "rock star cellist" Joshua Roman. Furloughed government workers can receive up to 4 complimentary tickets with a valid government ID for this weekend's concerts only. Come to the TFO Will Call window starting 90 minutes before each performance, present your valid government ID and receive up to 4 complimentary tickets, while supplies last. Free tickets for kids and teens in advance. Click here for more information. Fri., 8 p.m., Straz Center, Tampa; Sat., 8 p.m., and Sun., 2 p.m., Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg, floridaorchestra.org.
5) Nile Rodgers & CHIC. Aaaahhh… freak out! Mega-hit producer Rodgers and his disco-riffic band CHIC take a break from touring with Cher to promote their critically acclaimed new album, It's About Time. Fri., 8 p.m., Duke Energy Center for the Arts/The Mahaffey, 400 1st St. S., St. Petersburg, 727-300-2000, mahaffeytheater.com.
6) Columbinus. A sometimes uncomfortable mix of fictional recreation, satirical skits and Laramie Project-style transcripts, this hybrid work responding to the school shootings 20 years ago at Columbine High School in Colorado is nevertheless a must-see for two reasons: the impressive performances by a young cast (some not yet out of high school themselves) and the post-matinee talkbacks with well-chosen spokespersons from groups like Moms Demand Action and experts in psychology, education and law enforcement. Last Saturday afternoon, the post-show discussion was enlightening, sobering and profoundly moving, especially since one of the audience members who spoke up was a survivor of the Parkland shootings. Take note: This is the production's final weekend. Fri., 8 p.m.; Sat., 3 p.m. & 8 p.m.; Sun., 3 p.m. Post-performance talkbacks after the Saturday and Sunday matinees. Innovocative Theatre Company at Stageworks Theatre, 1120 E. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, innovocative theatre.org. For tickets, go to stageworkstheatre.org or call 813-374-2416 ext. 1.
7) Moving Current Dance Collective 2019 Winter Concert. The company celebrates its 21st season of producing and supporting the contemporary dance community of Tampa Bay and beyond with works by Cynthia Hennessy and Marion Baldeon Kampert. Fri.-Sat., 7:30 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m., USF Theater 2 TAR, 3829 W. Holly Dr., Tampa, moving current.com.
8) Martinis & Matisse. UPDATE: OOPS! It's already too late. I've just been informed that this great event is completely sold out. So… if you've got your tickets already, good on you! If not… better luck next year. Meanwhile, think about helping the Clearwater Free Clinic, which delivered $6.1 million in medical care to uninsured families last year. Sat., 7-10 p.m., Frank Crum Building, 100 S. Missouri Ave., Clearwater, martinisandmatisse.org.
9) Syd Entel Galleries/Susan Benjamin Glass. Peter Max The Retrospective 1960-2019: Collected works from the studio of America's iconic pop artist, through Sunday; gallery receptions Sat., 5-8 p.m., and Sun., 1-3 p.m. 247 Main St,, Safety Harbor, sydentelgalleries.com.
10) Children's Gasparilla. OK, sure, Gasparilla will be with us for eternity (its next installment due Jan. 26). But Children's Gasparilla is a kinder, gentler and less booze-powered event, and this weekend will be your last chance to enjoy it with your favorite pirate-clad 4-year-olds — because, alas, they'll never be 4 again. Sat., 11 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Vendors and children's activities open along Bayshore Blvd. at 11. The Children's Gasparilla Parade will run from 3:30-6 p.m., beginning at Bay to Bay & Bayshore proceeding north to Edison Ave. gasparillapiratefest.com.


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1.1 The name and status of the person who will handle your matter (your "lawyer") will be stated in the accompanying letter, together with the name of the person with overall responsibility for that type of matter. We shall try to avoid changing the lawyer, but if this cannot be avoided we shall inform you promptly regarding the new lawyer. The lawyer will explain to you the issues raised in your matter and keep you informed of progress. In relevant cases, they will also advise you whether the likely outcome of your matter will justify the likely charges and expenses and risk involved, from time to time as necessary. The lawyer will also inform you how long the matter is likely to take.
Make appointments to see you at your convenience as quickly as possible.
2.3 Our offices are normally open between the hours of 8.30 am and 5.30 pm on Mondays to Fridays (except for bank holidays).
3.1 If you have any queries or concerns about our work for you, please raise them in the first instance with the person who is handling your matter. If that does not resolve the problem to your satisfaction or you would prefer not to speak to the person who is handling your matter, then please contact our client care manager, Ayesha Khaliq. Your right to complain includes the right to complain about a bill. In the case of a complaint about a bill, there might also be a right to object to the bill by applying to the court for an assessment of the bill under Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974. However, we would point out that if all or part of a bill remains unpaid, we may be entitled to charge interest, such entitlement being stated below.
3.2 As we are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, we have an obligation to resolve any problems that may arise with our services and it is important therefore that you should immediately raise with us any concerns which you may have. We value you and would not wish to think that you have any reason to be unhappy with us.
3.3 If you remain dissatisfied at the end of our complaints process, you would then be at liberty to contact the Legal Ombudsman, provided you are an individual, a personal representative of a deceased person, a "micro-enterprise" (having fewer than 10 employees and annual turnover or assets not exceeding 2,000,000 Euros), a charity or club/association with annual income not exceeding £1 million, or a trustee of a trust with assets not exceeding £1 million. The Legal Ombudsman can investigate complaints up to six years from the date of the problem happening or within three years of when someone should have found out about the problem. However, if we send a final written response to your complaint within eight weeks of receiving it, the time limit for you to refer the matter to the Legal Ombudsman would be 6 months from the date of that final response.
Alternative complaints bodies (such as Small Claims Mediation www.small-claims-mediation.co.uk ) exist which are competent to deal with complaints about legal services should both you and our firm wish to use such a scheme.
We do not agree to use Small Claims Mediation.
4.1 A Retainer is the technical word that describes the Contract between a Solicitor and his or her clients. The Retainer includes an agreement as to the nature and extent of the work, which the Solicitor will carry out. Please note, therefore, that in this case our Retainer is limited to investigating the position with regard to the financial mis-selling to include pension mis-selling. We will not be examining the nature and content of your Loan Agreement, to see whether it is valid in law or not. This is to a large extent a separate area of law and requires different specialties. You are perfectly free, of course, to take any advice that you wish as to whether your Loan Agreement is unenforceable either in whole or in part.
5.1 We shall provide details of any expenses that have to be incurred. These may include barristers or expert's fees, court fees or travelling expenses. VAT is payable on certain expenses. Usually we would fund these expenses as they arise, but deduct them from monies received from the other party at the end of the matter.
6.1 A bill will be issued at the end of the matter (and also possibly where costs are received in relation to a court order made before the end of the matter).
6.2 Unless a bill is paid by deduction from funds that we hold, payment of the bill is due to us within 30 days of our sending you a bill (unless payment is required or agreed on any other basis).
6.3 We will charge you interest on the bill at 4% per annum over the Bank of England base rate as it applies from time to time from the date of the bill, if you do not pay our bill within this time, with interest being charged on a daily basis.
6.4 If you have any query about your bill, you should contact the person who is handling your matter straight away. Our terms as to payment of our bills are shown in full on reverse of all of our bills.
7.1 It is important that you understand that you will be responsible for paying our bills, subject to the terms of the Contingency Fee Agreement and the Conditional Fee Agreement.
7.2 If you are successful and the court orders the other party to pay some or all of your charges and expenses, interest can be claimed on them from the other party from the date of the court order. We will account to you for such interest to the extent that you have paid our charges or expenses on account, but we would be entitled to the remainder of that interest.
7.3 In some circumstances, the court may order you to pay the other party's legal charges and expenses; for example, if you lose the case. The money would be payable in addition to our charges and expenses. We will discuss with you whether our charges and expenses and/or your liability for another party's charges and expenses may be covered by insurance, and, if not, whether it would be advisable for you to seek insurance to meet the other party's charges and expenses.
7.4 You may be able to obtain insurance to cover you for some or all of the costs of losing the case (including the risks of being ordered to pay your opponent's costs). Please contact your lawyer if you would like more information about this.
8.1 You agree that we may receive directly any compensation you recover, for example in the County Court or by way of a settlement agreement. You agree to permit us to take any of our professional fees and disbursements from any such money, the balance being returned to you.
8.2 In the event we hold a nominal amount in our client account – nominal amount defined as less than £4 – we shall pay the money to a local charity, unless otherwise directed.
9.1 The rules for conducting cases in the civil courts impose strict obligations on litigants. If, as a litigant, you fail to comply with the court rules you may find that you lose your case or have some other penalty or sanction imposed on you. For this reason it is essential that you should follow our advice on all procedural requirements of the civil courts, particularly in relation to complying with time limits.
9.2 We will not accept responsibility if you fail to observe the guidance we give you on these procedural matters. If a Court is considering whether to impose a costs sanction against you or us in relation to any failure to comply with a Court Order, rule or direction, we shall be entitled to inform the Court of the full circumstances and you authorise us to divulge to the Court all relevant information, even if it is privileged. In the event of your revoking this authority, you will indemnify us fully in respect of any order for costs that the Court may make against us in relation to that matter.
10.1 In order to comply with the law on money laundering, we may need to obtain evidence of your identity as soon as practicable. Thus, if we so request, we would be grateful if you would provide us with documents to verify your identity and address, as notified either at the first meeting or in correspondence. If they are not received within 7 days of a letter of request we may have to stop working on your matter until the documents have been produced.
10.2 Solicitors are under a professional and legal obligation to keep the affairs of their client confidential. This obligation, however, is subject to a statutory exception, and that is the legislation on money laundering and terrorist financing. This has placed solicitors under a legal duty in certain circumstances to disclose information to the National Crime Agency. Where a solicitor knows or suspects that a transaction on behalf of a client involves money laundering, the solicitor may be required to make a money laundering disclosure. If this happens, we may not be able to inform you that a disclosure has been made or of the reasons for it.
10.3 As part of our initial discussions with you it will be necessary for us to ask you a series of questions concerning your own identity, place of residence and date of birth.
10.4 We assure you that we are only following those procedures that are essential (for both of us) to comply with the law. Please note that these legal requirements override our professional duty to you to keep your affairs confidential.
10.5 Our fees may also include the costs of verifying your identity and complying with our obligations under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and the Money Laundering Regulations 2017, or any similar legal requirements.
11.1 We will deal with any personal information about you in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. We use the information that you provide primarily for the provision of legal services to you, and for related purposes including updating records, analysis for management purposes, statutory returns and regulatory compliance. The information can be held by us on computer and/or paper files and records, and may be transferred internally. Our use of the information is subject to your instructions, the Data Protection Act 1998, and our duty of confidentiality. Our work for you may require us to give information to third parties such as expert witnesses and other professional advisers.
11.2 We may from time to time send you information that we think may be of use to you, but if you do not wish to receive such information, please inform us in writing.
12.1 We are not authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, but we are able, in certain circumstances, to offer a limited range of investment services to clients because we are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. We can provide these investment services if they are an incidental part of the professional services we have been engaged to provide.
12.2 The Law Society is a designated professional body for the purposes of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, but responsibility for regulation and complaints handling has been separated from the Law Society's representative functions. The Solicitors Regulation Authority is the independent regulatory body of the Law Society.
13.1 We are not authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority. However, we are included on the register maintained by the Financial Conduct Authority so that we can carry on insurance mediation activity, which is broadly the advising on, selling and administration of insurance contracts. This part of our business, including arrangements for complaints or redress if something goes wrong, is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The register can be accessed via the Financial Conduct Authority website at ww.fca.gov.uk/register.
13.2 In the event of our recommending an insurance policy (for example for after the event insurance) we confirm that the market would be researched before any recommendation is made; and that we would provide a "demands and needs" statement based on the information provided by you, along with reasons for recommending a policy.
14.1 The firm's policy is to account to clients for interest earned whilst their money is in our client account, provided the amount of interest exceeds £20. The interest payable is unlikely to be as high as might be obtainable by you, as the Solicitors Regulation Authority Accounts Rules state that client's money must be held in an account enabling instant access, in order to facilitate a transaction. However, if we are aware that a significant amount of money will be held in client account for a fairly significant length of time, consideration would be given to opening a designated deposit account. When we hold money for you in a separate designated client account with our bank we will account to you for all interest earned on that account.
15.1 We will not give you any tax advice on any matters or transactions on which we are advising you. You are advised to take separate specialised taxation advice where appropriate.
16.1 Your file of papers may be subject to inspection as part of our quality control system (including external audit by a Lexcel assessor or the Solicitors' Regulation Authority), financial audit or for the purposes of the Money Laundering Regulations or the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
17.1 If our instructions to act arose from a meeting that occurred with a representative of our firm at a venue other than our office, it would be an "off-premises" contract; and as such (unless the payment for the services by you would not exceed £42), you would have a right to cancel your instructions to this firm (by letter, fax or e-mail) within 14 days of the day after the date that you contacted/instructed this firm. If you cancel the contract within that 14 day period, but in the meantime you instruct us to carry out an item of work, and we carry it out, you would be liable to pay our reasonable costs for that work. Also, if you authorise us to commence work and thereafter give notice of cancellation, by which time we have completed the matter, again you would be liable to pay our reasonable costs for that work. However, subject to this point, if you exercise your cancellation right, you would not be charged for our services.
17.2 If we have been instructed to act for you otherwise than as described above, this would be an "on-premises" contract, with no right of cancellation; although you would be entitled to terminate our retainer (as mentioned elsewhere in this document).
17.3 If you return these Terms of Business, duly signed, then this would amount to your authority to proceed with this matter, with any cancellation right having been waived; and once we have started the work, you may be charged if you then cancel the instructions. As mentioned above, during the course of the matter you would be entitled to terminate our retainer.
18.1 This firm is committed to promoting equality and diversity in all of its dealings with clients, third parties and employees, and we have a written equality and diversity policy.
19.1 After completing the work you have instructed us on, we are entitled to keep all your papers and documents while there is money owing to us. We will keep our file of papers (except for any of your papers which you ask to be returned to you) for no more than 6 years, and on the understanding that we have your authority to destroy the file 6 years after sending you our final bill for this matter. We will not destroy documents you ask us to deposit in safe custody.
19.2 If we retrieve papers or documents from storage in relation to continuing or new instructions to act in connection with your affairs, we will not normally charge for such retrieval. However, we may make a charge based on time spent producing stored papers or documents to you or another at your request. We may also charge for reading, correspondence or other work necessary to comply with the instructions given by you or on your behalf.
20.1 We hold professional indemnity insurance and, should you so request, we can provide you with the name and contact details of our professional indemnity insurer, and details of the territorial coverage of the insurance.
20.2 The Solicitors Regulation Authority Indemnity Rules require us to insure against claims made against us by clients and others subject to a minimum level of cover of £3 million per claim (or series of claims). Because of this protection for clients we consider that it is fair and reasonable to limit the amount of any liability we may have in any matter to that figure of £3 million, and by accepting these terms you are agreeing to this. If you do not agree to this provision you should contact us. Additional cover may be provided in appropriate cases on payment of an enhanced fee to reflect any increased premium or other costs.
20.3 We will not be liable for any claim which you may make against us which is not covered by our policy under the Indemnity Rules nor in respect of any claim which is covered by the policy to the extent that it exceeds the figure of £3 million mentioned above. We will not be liable for any claim in relation to any matters dealt with on your behalf which may be made by any third party against us, and you will indemnify us in the event of any such claim being made against us.
21.1 You may terminate your instructions to us in writing at any time, but we will be entitled to keep all your papers and documents while there is money owing to us for our charges and expenses. In some circumstances, you may consider we ought to stop acting for you, for example, if you cannot give clear or proper instructions on how we are to proceed, or if it is clear that you have lost confidence in how we are carrying out your work. We may decide to stop acting for you only with good reason, for example, if you do not pay an interim bill or comply with our request for a payment on account. We must give you reasonable notice that we will stop acting for you.
21.2 If you or we decide that we no longer act for you, you will pay our charges on an hourly basis and any expenses. We are entitled to retain our file of papers relating to your matter pending payment of the balance of our costs and disbursements.
22.1 We may make reasonable variations to these terms by giving you written notice, setting out details of the variations. Unless you inform us in writing within 7 days of our sending you that notice that you object to the variations, you will be deemed to have accepted the variations as explained in our notice to you. If you notify us of your objections to the variations within that period of 7 days, we shall have the right to terminate our engagement as your solicitors and cease to deal with your matter, but you will remain liable to pay all fees and disbursements incurred by us before we terminate the agreement.
23.1 In order to reduce the risk of cyber-crime we would ask you to ensure that any very sensitive information such as financial details, your bank account details, etc. should be communicated to us by a means other than e-mail (unless the e-mail is encrypted). Our policy will be to communicate similar information to you by a secure means other than ordinary e-mail.
23.2 If your e-mail account or address is subject to a hack attack by third parties the firm will disclaim liability for negligence and/or fraud.
23.3 In matters where we are required to send funds to you electronically or by any other means we will verify the correct details by telephone, fax or post.
23.4 If you receive any e-mails purportedly from this firm but which are actually from a different e-mail address, particularly if the domain name is different or if there is anything else suspicious about the communication, then you should query this e-mail directly with the lawyer handling your case. Please do not rely on any e-mail purporting to be sent by us if there are discrepancies or if it represents a last minute, very late or otherwise suspicious variation of steps previously agreed with us. In particular you should never send funds to an account number that differs from one previously notified to you, without first telephoning our office first, and speaking to the relevant lawyer to verify the details.
24.1 Unless otherwise agreed, these Terms of Business apply to any future instructions you give us. Your continuing instructions in this matter amount to your acceptance of these terms of business. Even so, please sign and date this document, and return it to us immediately. We can then be confident that you understand the basis on which we will act for you.
24.2 The professional rules relating to solicitors' firms, including the Code of Conduct, can be accessed on the website of the Solicitors Regulation Authority at www.sra.org.uk/code-of-conduct.page.
24.3 We hope that these terms of business and the accompanying letter(s) have addressed your immediate queries about the day-to-day handling of your work and our terms of business. However, if you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact your lawyer. This is an important document, which we would urge you to keep in a safe place for future reference.


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Homepage»Interesting News»Library of Congress to Receive Entire Twitter Archive
Library of Congress to Receive Entire Twitter Archive
By Michael O'Connell
Federal News Radio
The Library of Congress and Twitter have signed an agreement that will see an archive of every public Tweet ever sent handed over to the library's repository of historical documents.
"We have an agreement with Twitter where they have a bunch of servers with their historic archive of tweets, everything that was sent out and declared to be public," said Bill Lefurgy, the digital initiatives program manager at the library's national digital information infrastructure and preservation program. The archives don't contain tweets that users have protected, but everything else — billions and billions of tweets — are there.
Lefurgy joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris Tuesday morning to talk about the library's digital mission.
Using new technical processes it has developed, Twitter is moving a large quantity of electronic data from one electronic source to another. "They've had to do some pretty nifty experimentation and invention to develop the tools and a process to be able to move all of that data over to us," Lefurgy said.
The Library of Congress has long been the repository of important, historical documents and the Twitter library, as a whole, is something historic in itself.
"We were excited to be involved with acquiring the Twitter archives because it's a unique record of our time," Lefurgy said. "It's also a unique way of communication. It's not so much that people are going to be interested in what you or I had for lunch, which some people like to say on Twitter."
Researchers will be able to look at the Twitter archive as a complete set of data, which they could then data-mine for interesting information.
"There have been studies involved with what are the moods of the public at various times of the day in reaction to certain kinds of news events," Lefurgy said. "There's all these interesting kinds of mixing and matching that can be done using the tweets as a big set of data."
One benefit for the Library of Congress in receiving this large data set is that it's been forced to stretch itself technologically.
"It's been difficult at times," Lefurgy said. "But we firmly believe that we have to do this kind of thing because we anticipate that we'll be bringing in large data sets again into the future. We don't know specifically what, but certainly there's no sign of data getting smaller or less complicated or less interesting."
The library's Twitter partnership comes amid a renewed push by the administration and the National Archives and Records Administration for federal agencies to better archive their own social media postings and emails as potential government records.
"We're basically in the same situation as the National Archives, only on a much larger scale," Lefurgy said. "We tend to have a much larger perspective in terms of what we collect."
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In honor of International Women's Day, celebrated earlier this month, we introduce our list of 10 women who have contributed immensely to Asian communities all around the world. These women have devoted time and effort and have dedicated their lives for the benefit of society.
While Asian women still make up only a small percentage of the global workforce, many have reached incredible heights in all kinds of professional fields, from science to business to politics to social activism. The personal and professional accomplishments of these women have made a great impact on their local, and even global, communities.
Hoon Eng Khoo, founder of the website SAFE Singapore, is dedicated to supporting, affirming, and empowering the LGBTQ community. She serves as director of the Office of the Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs at the Yale–National University of Singapore (NUS) College.
In 2006, she was honored by NUS with the Excellent Teaching Award. From 2007 to 2010, Khoo was provost and acting vice chancellor with the Asian University for Women (AUW).
With 30 years of experience in teaching, researching, and administrative experience at the National University of Malaysia (UKM) and NUS, she has become widely known for her work in biochemistry research and medical education.
Divya Gugnani currently serves as the CEO of Behind the Burner, a culinary media brand that provides tips, tricks, and techniques involving food, wine, mixology, and nutrition. She is also the CEO of Send the Trend, a company with the goal of making fashionable but affordable accessories available to women online. She developed her interest in culinary arts while building a career in finance.
Gugnani serves on the board of directors for New York Entrepreneur Week, a nonprofit movement on behalf of entrepreneurs who believe they can change the world. In addition, Gugnani was honored as a 2010 Game Changer by The New York Enterprise Report. She will receive an award as one of the Top 50 Outstanding Asian Americans in Business in 2012.
Andrea Jung is the current chairperson and CEO of Avon Products. She also serves on the boards of Apple and General Electric.
Before joining Avon, Jung was the executive vice president of Neiman Marcus, where she was responsible for accessories, intimate women's apparel, cosmetics, and children's wear. In 2008, Jung became the first woman and Asian American to hold a seat on Apple's board.
In addition to simply being a cosmetics company, Avon is called by Jung as "the company for women," one that helps women start their own businesses selling Avon products. On Dec. 13, 2011, Avon announced that it would induct a new chief executive to separate the roles of chairperson and CEO. Jung will continue being chairperson of the board for at least two more years.
Kathleen Reen is the Asia vice president of New Media and Environment Programs for Internews, based in Wash., D.C. As a journalist and country director in Indonesia, Reen has led media and information development programs across the Asian continent and a global Open Internet initiative with a team of 12 international and local partner organizations.
In 2006, she was honored as a fellow of the Asia Society's TV program "Asia 21." In 2008, she became a fellow of the Flow fund, which supports the development of U.S. domestic and global philanthropy with a focus on social entrepreneurs. The World Economic Forum has selected Reen as a Young Global Leader honoree for 2012.
Cher Wang, co-founder and chairwoman of HTC Corporation and VIA Technologies, gained even more success by marketing her father and husband's companies under HTC, which reported revenues of $9.8 billion in 2010. HTC is the maker of more than one out of every five smartphones.
In May 2011, Forbes Magazine ranked her as the richest person in Taiwan, with a net worth of $8.8 billion. In February, Cher Wang announced plans to set up the third Faith Hope chapter.
The new foundation will focus on the improvement of educational environments by encouraging new talent and fostering innovation through competitiveness, instead of scholarships or venture capital funds, for the next generation in Taiwan.
Kimie Iwata is the vice president of Japanese cosmetics company Shiseido. Her position as a female executive in Japan is rare, and she is a powerful symbol for Japanese women who have made significant progress in the workplace. Iwata helps lead one of the biggest cosmetics companies in the world. She also served in Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare.
In 2010, nearly all women employees in Japan returned to work after childbirth and, more importantly, the number of female managers rose from 12 percent in 2003 to 20 percent in 2010 because of Iwata's "Kangaroo Staff" program, in which part-time workers fill in for Shiseido's beauty consultants needing time to care for children.
Zafar started with a $10,000 loan from the Grameen Trust, about $92,400 of her own money, and 15 clients. Today, Kashf has more than 306,000 clients. In order to help impoverished women, Kashf has released more than $202 million in small loans.
Forbes Magazine listed the Kashf Foundation as one of the world's top microfinance institutions in 2007, and U.S. President Barack Obama recognized Zafar's work at the inaugural Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship.
Michelle Guthrie, the Japan and Asia-Pacific (JAPAC) director of Strategic Business Development for Google Asia Pacific, has more than a decade of experience in the media industry across Asia. She is also on the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) Council of Governors, an organization that shapes the industry's action regarding a wide range of issues in Asian communities.
From 2007 to 2010, Guthrie was based in Hong Kong as a managing director and senior adviser of Providence Equity Partners, the world's leading private equity firm focused on media, entertainment, communications, and technology. In 2011, Guthrie joined Google as the director of Strategic Business Development for Asia.
Yingluck Shinawatra is a successful businesswoman who stepped into her political career as the number one party list candidate for the main opposition Pheu Thai political party. Shinawatra became the current and the first female prime minister in Thailand.
With double master's degrees in political science and business administration, Shinawatra became president of Advanced Info Service (AIS), the largest mobile phone operator in Thailand. In May 2011, the Pheu Thai Party nominated Shinawatra as their candidate for prime minister in the 2011 general election.
Shinawatra also manages the finances for the Pheu Thai Party. She campaigned with the political managements mainly on issues of national reconciliation, poverty eradication, and corporate income tax reduction.
Aung San Suu Kyi, an advocate for democracy in Burma and a Nobel Peace laureate, symbolizes the struggle of the Burmese people to be free. Suu Kyi has become an international symbol of peaceful resistance against oppression.
Suu Kyi helped found the National League for Democracy Burmese political party on Sept. 27, 1988, and is known for her famous speech "Freedom From Fear." She was put under house arrest by the military junta government on July 20, 1989. After she was released from more than 15 years under house arrest on Nov. 13, 2010, Suu Kyi won the 2011 Wallenberg Medal, awarded to outstanding humanitarians.
Abby Sun can be reached at info@nwasianweekly.com.
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If ants have penetrated your residence or you've seen the troubling symptoms of a termite infestation inside your business office, it is likely you have found that that you need to talk to a pest management firm at the earliest opportunity. Picking an exterminator may appear tricky. There are several pest management businesses promoting close to you that boast of being the most effective. To make sure you obtain excellent services as well as final results you will want, you'll need to evaluation a couple of troubles before you make one final decision.
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Cleaning the seen moths as well as the webby.
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Many different types of insects can infest a home or business. From unruly wild animals invading your residence or home, to ticks dispersing like wildfire within the moisture, to once-a-year lawn pests or termites that get into each and every year like clockwork, your community could have them all. Even if you can't recognize particularly what's bugging you, it's important to get a plan. Can be your challenge in the structure or outdoors? Do you opt for that wilderness pets be caught and published? Want to use an eco friendly answer, whether or not it may be a little bit less effective?
A fresh insect has swarmed south Fl: the whitefly. These minor pets acquire quickly in hot weather, generating Florida the perfect weather. Once the weather conditions are hot and natural possible predators are destroyed or curtailed, whitefly communities can quickly get free from management, producing critical damage to place everyday life.
Whiteflies receive their identity coming from a white colored, waxy material that handles the wings and figures of older flies. The grownup whitefly is incredibly smaller - not much more than 1/16 of the inch very long - and has a resemblance to a tiny moth.
The life span period in the whitefly is nearly 30 days. The flies put their eggs for the undersides of simply leaves, the spot that the chicken eggs then hatch. The whitefly nymphs easily development by a number of nymph "crawler" periods prior to getting fully developed whiteflies.
Because the flies take advantage of the phloem and deplete off of the plant's juices, the foliage dry, transform yellowish, and in the end drop from the plant. Simply because whiteflies congregate in substantial figures, they are going to appropriately drain pipe from the plant's supply of liquid and nourishing substances, rapidly harmful (and even eradicating) the hold shrub.
Together with stunting the plants' development via sucking sap, whiteflies trigger more injury since they leave a sticky-pleasant honeydew excretion. The honeydew motivates the expansion connected with an unsightly sooty dark-colored mold around the renders of plants and flowers. Sooty mold is not merely unappealing, additionally, it inhibits the photosynthetic power with the place, causing it can not develop foods. Honeydew also draws ants that push away from the natural possible predators of whiteflies.
The whitefly has a number of number plants, despite the fact that several whitefly stresses choose particular crops around others. Such as, the great potato whitefly doesn't reproduce nicely on cabbage, although metallic leaf whitefly does. In all, more than 500 vegetation kinds suffer from the whitefly, which include key plants like silk cotton, cucumbers, melons, tomatoes, and squash, together with decorative plant life like poinsettia, hibiscus, verbena, and lantana. Summer season plants or landscapes, especially, are prone to massive whitefly populations.
Since whiteflies are incredibly prevalent in south Fl, check your plants each day for virtually any sign of attack and make a change right away to get rid of the flies if they are identified. Check out the undersides of renders for whitefly ovum or larvae, as this is an excellent sign of whitefly profile.
Being a household owner it can be unsettling to learn the food items you might have been taking in has already been explored following by these unwanted invaders and you have been unintentionally enjoying their leftovers and remains. Your grocer would like to know they may have a difficulty at the same time, therefore you can trade, or obtain a return for any swarmed product which was purchased.
You do not have many options at this moment except for to discover the method of obtaining the situation speedily and next being practical and complete to find the trying to hide places on the different phases of the moths. Since the older people fly, the ovum which might be set may be anywhere in the structure, but in minor infestations moths are generally not far away from your food supplier. Make sure to check out throughout the roof vicinity since they frequently relax, or build their pupa encasements here.
The larva that hatch from the chicken eggs will take several weeks to hatch according to the weather. Indian native dish moth larva will be able to chew thru various types of packaging, and may also enter into by way of very small crevices so it is essential to put all foods which are not in durable packaging into Tupperware variety canisters, glass jars, and you can also refrigerate specified items also.
Vacuuming the seen moths and the webby encasements that this larva sometimes make will help reduce the amount breeding moths and pre-growing moths. It is essential to you should definitely dispose of the items in the vacuum meticulously when complete.
Triangular attach traps that release pheromones that attract the men moths are for sale to find the older moths. The traps get the moths which fails to allow them to recreate, thereby busting the life span never-ending cycle. Also you can use simple adhesive panels to capture the moths also.
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"The outage meant some NAB customers were not able to use their NAB cards in ATMs or EFTPOS terminals. It also affected some NAB merchant terminals and HICAPS.
NAB has confirmed that it has been struck by a new round of technology problems.
"We're currently experiencing an outage, which means NAB customers cannot use their NAB cards in ATMs or the EFTPOS terminals," said NAB chief customer officer, consumer banking and wealth, Andrew Hagger.
NAB said that due to call volume, customers may struggle to get through to its contact centre.
The bank said that customers were still able to withdraw money at NAB branches.
"It's important for customers to know that our branches are open and you can get assistance here," Hagger said.
The new round of problems comes just a week on from a major outage that hit NAB services including customer call centres, Mobile Internet Banking and the processing of some payments.
ATMs and payments using NAB credit and debit cards were not affected by the previous outage.


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Taipei travel guide: 10 things to know about Taiwan's capital
Mark Daffey
Taipei World Trade Center and Taipei 101 in Xinyi Business District at dusk. Photo: iStock
I WANT TO GET MY BEARINGS
The 525-metre-high Taipei 101 – the 101 refers to the number of levels – stretches towards the heavens like a giant beanstalk. Ranking as the world's tallest building until Dubai's Burj Khalifa nudged it off its mantel in 2010, it incorporates traditional design elements representing a bamboo (not bean) stalk and an Asian pagoda. A spherical steel pendulum suspended between the 92nd and 87th floors counterbalances movements caused by wind gusts and tremors in this typhoon and earthquake-prone region.
Boutique fashion houses, a food court and several restaurants (try the dumplings and "small eats" in Din Tai Fung) fill its lower levels. But it's from the indoor and outdoor observation decks, on the 89th floor and 91st floors, that you can grasp the city's layout, sprawling along multiple river valleys towards a surrounding ring of mountains. Both observation decks are accessible via one of the world's fastest elevators.
Taiwan travel guide
See taipei-101.com.tw
The Grand Hotel is a landmark located at Yuanshan in Zhongshan District, Taipei. Photo: iStock
I WANT TO GET PHYSICAL
The best views over the city – including Taipei 101 – are from Elephant Mountain. Getting there requires a thigh-burning 20-minute hike up a coiling stairway through the leafy Xiangshan neighbourhood, close to the Xinyi shopping district and Linjiang Street Night Market.
Several lookouts are spread out across varying levels, so find a free space and settle in. The best known of these is the Six Giant Rocks Lookout. Time your visit for late afternoon and you can catch the colours of sunset, then watch the city light up at night.
See guidetotaipei.com
I WANT TO SEE MEN IN UNIFORMS
Sun Yat-Sen and Chiang Kai-Shek are the two seminal figures in Taiwan's modern history. Sun Yat-Sen became Taiwan's first President in 1912 and is considered its founding father. Chiang Kai-Shek was President of Taiwan (officially known as the Republic of China) from 1950 until his death in 1975.
Both political figures are honoured with oversized bronze statues inside cavernous memorial halls, where Changing of the Guards ceremonies take place hourly from 9am to 5pm each day. These are popular stopovers on tourist bus itineraries, so try to arrive at least 15 minutes early to claim a good viewing space.
See en.yatsen.gov.tw and cksmh.gov.tw
I WANT A SPIRITUAL FIX
Architectural flourishes are a rare sight in Taipei, though hidden gems exist in the form of several age-old temples mixing Buddhist, Tao and Confucian beliefs. Taipei's oldest temples are found in Wanhua District, close to the Danshui River, and all possess exquisite decorative stone and woodcarvings. But like places of worship the world over, their voyeuristic elements are equally fascinating.
The 280-year-old Longshan (Dragon Mountain) Temple is undoubtedly Taipei's spiritual showpiece and the only one with bronze pillars. Two others are Qingshan and Tianhou, dating back to 1856 and 1746 respectively. Both are authentic places of worship, with thinner crowds than those at Longshan, making for arguably more intimate experiences.
Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall in Taipei honours the general who was Taiwan's president until 1975. Photo: GoranQ
I WANT TO SEE HISTORICAL ARTEFACTS
The National Palace Museum contains the world's largest collection of Chinese art treasures. Most of the collection was part of the imperial collection in Beijing's Forbidden City, but was freighted over for safekeeping during the Chinese Civil War.
Only a small percentage of the museum's 600,000 artefacts – some dating back 8000 years – are on display at any one time, spread over four floors and two exhibition halls. The most popular exhibits, called the Three Treasures, are a bronze cauldron, a jadeite cabbage and a stone carving shaped like a piece of stewed pork. An Australian equivalent would be a Big Chiko Roll.
Keep in mind that it can get very crowded; the museum is one of the most visited in the world. Mondays, as well as Friday and Saturday evenings, are considered the quietest times.
The Yang Ming Shan national park. Photo: iStock
See npm.gov.tw
I WANT A HOT BATH
Significant geothermal activity occurs beneath the mountainous Yangmingshan National Park that borders Taipei's northern outskirts. These underworld forces bubble to the surface in the form of hot springs, steaming fumaroles and odorous sulphur deposits.
During the Japanese occupation, this area around the district of Beitou developed into a resort destination filled with hotels, tea houses and public baths. Rules around gender separation, modesty and etiquette still apply.
I WANT A SHOT OF NOSTALGIA
There are better hotels in Taipei, though none share the hallowed history of the Grand Hotel. The Grand opened in 1973 under orders from then president Chang Kai-Shek, who worried that visiting dignitaries would be underwhelmed by the city's accommodation offerings.
Taipei's first five-star hotel commands its location, on a rise looking south over the Shilin area, close to Beitou's Thermal Valley. Since Taiwan wasn't a member of the United Nations at the time, the blueprints included an escape tunnel - now open for viewing by guests.
See grand-hotel.org
I WANT TO EAT AUTHENTIC TAIWANESE FOOD
Skip Taipei's many excellent restaurants and cafes, and instead snack on sticky tofu and bubble tea while you walk between aisles and food stalls at one of Taipei's famed night markets.
The biggest and best is Shilin, where hundreds of food stalls operate shoulder to shoulder in a maze of covered alleyways. Every wok and pan-fried dish you've ever imagined – and many more – are cooked in front of you. You may recognise some noodle dishes and tempuras, but otherwise just point and try, sampling bits and pieces until you can't squeeze in another morsel.
Other night markets include Ningxia and Huaxi, and Raohe and Linjiang streets. Often, they are more than just food markets, being located down the centre of shopping strips where retail stores stay open until well after midnight.
I'M IN THE MOOD FOR DANCING
The Dream Parade has become a free annual spectacle since it first stormed the streets in 2001. Scheduled to take place on the third Saturday of October, it commences beneath the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall gates at 3pm and culminates three hours later outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building on Ketagalan Boulevard.
Drawing on influences from New Orleans' Mardi Gras, Rio's Carnival and Nevada's Burning Man Festival, among others, the parade attracts giant papier-mache puppets, stilt walkers, laughing yoga clowns and floats up to three storeys high. Specialist artists from all around the world are invited to the event and a samba drumming competition features school children drawn from aboriginal villages around the nation.
The Taiwanese have traditionally written messages of hope on lanterns then released them into the sky, praying that their wishes will be fulfilled. It's a tradition that lives on through the Taiwan Lantern Festival, which has taken place around the Chinese New Year for the past 30 years.
Blending the best of traditional lantern making with high-tech innovation around a central theme, the festival attracts well over a million spectators. While the festival was staged outside the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall for the first 11 years of its life, counties around the country now bid against each other for the honour of hosting the event. Taichung will host the 2020 Lantern Festival from February 8. The theme will be Fantasy Forest.
See eng.taiwan.net.tw
I WANT THE FACTS
Taipei is in the northern part of Taiwan, 20 kilometres inland from the Danshui River mouth at Fisherman's Wharf, in a basin between the Yangming and Central Mountains.
Taipei enjoys warm, humid weather year round. Weather conditions during spring and winter can fluctuate, while summer and autumn are relatively stable. Drizzling rain is common from March to May, while tropical typhoons sometimes lash the city between June and August.
Taipei is a jumble of grimy, occasionally crumbling multi-storey office and apartment blocks as grey as the sky above them, with very little by way of inspiring modern architecture. Taipei 101, the Taiwan Sports Arena and the spherical Financial Centre are notable exceptions.
Rooms at the amba Taipei Songshan hotel start from $110 a night on a 21-day advance purchase plan. Conveniently, the Raohe Street Night Market is just down the road.
See amba-hotels.com/en/songshan
traveller.com.au/taiwan
eng.taiwan.net.tw
Mark Daffey was a guest of the Taiwan Tourism Bureau.


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Jason Scott peut désigner :
 Jason Scott Lee (né en 1966), acteur américain ;
 Jason Lee Scott, personnage de fiction de la franchise Power Rangers.
 Jason Scott Sadofsky, archiviste et historien des technologies.


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Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act, 1937
Nomination of candidates.
16.—(1) Every candidate at an election in a university constituency shall be nominated in writing on a nomination paper subscribed by two registered electors of the constituency as proposer and seconder respectively and by eight other registered electors of the constituency as assenting to the nomination.
(2) No person who is for the time being disqualified from or incapable of being elected as a member of Dáil Eireann shall be a candidate at an election in a university constituency.
(3) An elector may subscribe (whether as proposer, seconder, or assenting elector) as many nomination papers as there are vacancies to be filled and no more.
(4) Every candidate shall be described in the nomination paper by his name, address, and description in such manner as, in the opinion of the returning officer, is calculated sufficiently to identify such candidate.
(5) Every nomination paper shall be in the prescribed form, and the returning officer shall supply to any registered elector of the constituency such number of forms of nomination paper as he shall reasonably require.


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Christopher Nolan is a director that continues to redefine genres and take filmmaking beyond the conventional storytelling. From challenging the timeline of the murder mystery in Momento to reimagining what the superhero film could be in the Dark Knight Trilogy or developing the psychological thriller with Inception and Insomnia, he has helped to shape the film experience for a generation. Dunkirk gives Nolan the opportunity to put his creative prowess to the historical wartime drama. With the limitations of staying true to the historical reality of this near disaster in British military history, can he break new ground within this mainstay in cinematic history?
Outside of the shores of England, many people may not be aware of the events that occurred between May 26 – June 04 of 1940. Over 330,000 British, French, Belgian and Dutch troops were stranded on the beaches of France at Dunkirk. With the German forces advancing quickly and the Allied forces on the run, the British Navy was overwhelmed with the evacuation effort. If the military leadership could not figure out a solution quickly, the war would have been over and Germany would inevitably advance on England. In a desperate attempt to save their men from an inevitable defeat, the navy enlisted the support of the civilian vessels to cross the English channel and attempt to save the soldiers stranded on the beach. The work of delivering these forces home under the fire of Nazi forces was left to naval forces, civilians, sailors and the Royal Air Force.
Each aspect of this project shows how Nolan's career has helped to bring a film of this caliber to cinemas. Not to say that he has taken from his previous films to make this wartime drama, but they show how it has helped him to develop his craft to deliver this visual treasure. The immersive manner of filming made each flight and each heroic naval expedition emotional and thrilling to encounter. Regardless of where the action occurs, the audience will feel as if they are part of the action. This is supported surprisingly by the fractured timeline, which will cause some mental adjustments to take place, but makes sense in the end. This perspective gives the space for each element of the evacuation process to be given full recognition to their involvement.
The artistry behind the camera helps to bring this horrific situation to life, but the heart of the film is found in the performances of the cast. Even with named talents like Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, and Kenneth Branagh on screen, the focus was on the whole cast and especially the young performers. The tragic and hope filled beauty of the events came through minimal dialogue and chaotic realities of the this wartime effort. It neither glorified nor minimised the work of the soldiers, sailors or civilians. What Nolan was able to convey was that amongst this military debacle, the whole thing could only have worked with the effort of all who were involved. Even though many individuals lost their lives, the fact that so many were able to come home was miraculous and what could have been a low point in history became a catalyst for the heart of the English to rise against the oppression of the Nazis.
To describe Dunkirk as merely a great film would be to minimise the groundbreaking effort by Christopher Nolan and his team. To compare it to other films from this year would not be fair to the other directors and production companies, because it goes into a class of its own. This is one of those experiences that cannot be contained in a review, but must be taken in personally by all who want to view a unique part of human history and a film that will help to define cinematic history.
REEL DIALOGUE: What are some of the bigger questions to consider from this film?
Salvation, unity, and home are just some of the themes provided by Dunkirk for potential discussion, but the topic for Reel Dialogue is going to be innovation.
This production shows the creativity of mankind from behind and in front of the camera. The innovative process of film directors and their teams to deliver new ways for people to be involved in the storytelling process. It is inspiring to see how creative individuals can continue to push the edge of expectation and deliver something new for audiences.
This is even shown in front of the camera by the depiction of humanity's ability to be innovative in the face of imminent tragedy. We are able to see how the military leaders look to unconventional methods of saving the lives of thousands of soldiers and how these efforts play out on the screen. It is surprising to see both aspects of human ingenuity, but should it really amaze us?
In looking at history and even the Bible, people have been continually taking society to new levels of invention. Which many around the world would credit this desire to create being a family trait given to us by God.
"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. And God saw that the light was good." Genesis 1
God began with nothing and brought forward, well, everything. This includes man and woman, which the Bible goes on to say that we bear His image. Which may help to answer the question, why is mankind so innovative, because we take after our creator Father. It's in the all in the family.
Passages to consider on the subject of innovation: Genesis 1, Luke 2:52, John 1:1
Tags: #harrystyles, #nolan, #russellingrevs, #tomhardy, British, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Dunkirk, French, Harry Styles, Kenneth Branagh, Nazis, Tom Hardy
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Has Anyone Left 'Bachelor In Paradise' Before? It's More Common Than You Think
By Kelly Schremph
Talk about making a quick exit! Bachelor In Paradise Season 2 may have only just started, but it looks like someone is already gearing up to make a big departure — and on a completely voluntary basis, might I add. During last week's premiere, viewers were introduced to Lauren Iaconetti, Ashley Iaconetti's sister and BiP newcomer. And, while she's proven to make an interesting addition to The Bachelor family thus far, it doesn't look like it's a relationship that's meant to last. According to a preview for Sunday's episode, Lauren is planning on leaving Bachelor In Paradise during the show's second week. Why? Well, apparently, she's already kinda, sorta, seeing someone back home and wants to pursue the romance further. But, has anyone voluntarily left Bachelor In Paradise before? Or is Lauren the first to potentially throw the opportunity away?
Surprisingly, she wouldn't even be close to the first to walk away from Paradise. Despite the fact that the show's only been on for one full season, the reality series has already had six voluntary exits. So, if Lauren decides to leave to pursue that man, she'll become the seventh such contestant to leave the show of their own free will.
1. Michelle Kujawa
Speaking of early exits, this contestant decided to walk out during the premiere episode, having hinted that she already had a special someone in her life at the moment. Of course, it was later discovered that the "special someone" in question just so happened to be the show's producer, Ryan Putz. When asked about the incident, host Chris Harrison said Putz no longer worked for the show. "We don't have a lot of rules on the show, but 'You don't sleep with the cast' is one of them," he joked. Putz, for his part, hasn't ever spoken about the topic, so he'd probably rather have it behind him for good.
2. Ben Scott
After it was discovered that he had a secret girlfriend back home (he and his now-fiancée Lindsay Higgins had reportedly started dating right before the show went into production), Ben decided to pack up and leave the show for good. I can't help but wonder how long he would've continued on the show if that secret love letter of his hadn't been found. I guess we'll never know.
3. & 4. Chris Bukowski & Elise Mosca
Because of a knee injury, Chris decided at the Week 3 Rose Ceremony that he was done with the show and wanted to go home. But, not before throwing one more curveball into the mix. During his exit, he asked fellow BiP member, Elise, if she would be interested in leaving with him — an offer which she whole-heartedly accepted. They're not still together today.
5. Clare Crawley
Tired of all the drama and unfair ridicule, Clare opted to leave during Week 5 — not to pursue another relationship — but rather just because she was just sick and tired of all the slut-shaming BS she was receiving. And really, who could blame her?
6. Jesse Kovacs
Granted, this departure was more about saving face than actually wanting to leave, but I suppose it still counts. Knowing that he pretty much ruined things with Christy, Jesse didn't want to give her the satisfaction of sending him home, so he decided to call it quits instead.
Suffice to say, BiP departures are way more common than you may have thought. So, if Lauren leaves, she'll be in good company.
Images: Rick Rowell/ABC (2); Lindsay Higgins/Instagram; Elise Mosca/Instagram; Clare Crawley/Instagram; Jesse Kovacs/Instagram


On Monday, 14 April, Rudolfs Bremanis, Head of the Foreign Economic Relations Promotion Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, will give a public lecture "Current Priorities of the Latvian Foreign Economic Relations Promotion Efforts" at Riga Graduate School of Law. Lecture will take place at RGSL, Room W42, at 13:00 - 15:00.
The lectures forms part of the Bachelor degree course Economic and Commercial Diplomacy, but is open to RGSL students and Alumni, students from other universities, public service and NGO representatives.


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BI nabs American fugitive wanted for stalking
The Bureau of Immigration Fugitive Search Unit (BI FSU) welcomed the new year with the arrest of an American wanted by US federal authorities for the crime of stalking.
BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said 49-year-old Joe Miller Grubb III was arrested Tuesday, along Jorge Bocobo Street, Malate, Manila by operatives from the Bureau's FSU.
Morente said Grubb will be deported for being an undesirable alien, and he will be sent back to the US as soon as the BI Board of Commissioners issues the order for his summary deportation.
"He will then be included in our blacklist, and perpetually banned from re-entering the country for being an undesirable alien," the BI Chief added.
According to BI-FSU Chief Rendel Ryan Sy, Grubb is already an undocumented alien due to the cancellation of his passport by the State Department.
He bared that the American had been hiding in the country for the past five months based on record that he last arrived here on August 27 last year.
"US authorities also said he is on the wanted list of the FBI, and that he is subject of an arrest warrant issued by the US District Court in Western Virginia where he is charged with stalking," Sy said.
Stalking basically refers to the unwanted and repeated surveillance by a person toward another person. It is often associated with the offenses of harassment and intimidation.
Grubb is presently detained at the BI Warden Facility in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City pending deportation proceedings.
Meanwhile, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced that it will be observing a 60% on-site work capacity from January 3 to 15.
In an advisory, BI Commissioner Jaime Morente shared that the move was in compliance with the approved recommendation from the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) placing the National Capital Region (NCR) on Alert Level 3.
"As an effect, all BI offices in NCR shall be operating during weekdays, and will observe a 60% on-site work capacity, while adopting applicable alternative work arrangements," he stated.
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