It seems Nene Leakes is still the only person Porsha Williams has to worry about coming after her.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta star has reportedly settled her debts with Uncle Sam after the government threatened to take house due to back taxes.
We reported earlier this week that Williams owed over $240,000 in back taxes after failing to pay the IRS over the course of eight years. Williams was slapped with a tax lien back in January and the government threatened to seize her house if she didn't pay up.
But Williams isn't pressed. A source tells Us Weekly that the new mom was "totally unaware" of her tax issues, but settled the debt as soon as she was informed.
According to reports, in 2018, Williams banked between $800K and $1.25 million for the current 11th season of RHOA. She joined join the show in 2012 (Season 5).
With her financial issues taken care of, Williams can continue enjoying the many blessings in her personal life.
She welcomed her first child, Pilar, in March and is engaged to Atlanta"s "Hot Dog King" Dennis McKinley.


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Gina Cerilli of Hempfield won the Democratic nod for Westmoreland County commissioner in the May 2015 primary.
Linda Iezzi, 49, owner of Linda Iezzi Salon, is a candidate for Westmoreland County commissioner.
Ron Gazze, an independent, is challenging incumbent state Sen. Kim Ward in the 39th District.
Westmoreland County Commissioner Charles Anderson about the USS Harry S. Truman.
Jason Atwood is a Republican candidate for Westmoreland County commissioner.
From left, Westmoreland County Commissioners Tyler Courtney and Chuck Anderson joke as they announce their campaign for re-election as a Republican team at the Palace Theatre in Greensburg on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015.
Democrats held a majority on the Westmoreland County Board of Commissioners for nearly 60 years until four years ago, when the GOP swept the elections and took control.
In the May 19 primary, three Democratic candidates — incumbent Ted Kopas, South Greensburg business owner Linda Iezzi and law student Gina Cerilli — are seeking the party's two nominations in an effort to win back the majority for the party on the three-member board.
Incumbent Republicans Charles Anderson and Tyler Courtney are running as a team to try to hold onto the majority they won in 2011. They are being challenged for the GOP nominations by Jason Atwood of Irwin and Ron Gazze, a dentist from Greensburg.
The top three vote-getters in the November general election will win four-year terms on the board. Westmoreland commissioners earn $76,545 annually; the chairman earns $79,369.
The new board will deal with financial problems that have mounted in the past several years.
The $319 million budget carries a $5.9 million deficit and is balanced through the use of a surplus fund that is expected to dwindle to $16.3 million at the end of 2015. Four years ago, the surplus was about $41 million.
Anderson and Courtney said their fiscal program has reduced the budget deficit, allowing credit-rating agencies to upgrade the county's bond rating, and generally improved governmental functions.
Courtney, who is seeking his second term, said the Republicans have had to repair budget problems caused by years of Democratic leadership. He said the county will continue to lobby for more state and federal funding to pay for upgrades to the county's 911 system and other programs.
"The county is doing very, very well now. We'll continue to run the county in a cost-efficient way and continue to look at technology to improve our efficiency," Courtney said.
Gazze, who ran for commissioner as an independent candidate in 2011, said he wants to allow the surplus to grow to about $30 million, set up a task force to examine spending cuts in three departments every year and proactively negotiate with service providers.
"We're paying for services, so we should tell them what we're willing to pay instead of them telling us what to pay. The costs are always there, but that doesn't mean we're getting what we pay for," Gazze said.
Atwood, a political newcomer who works as a financial assistant at a car dealership, said he would eliminate duplicate services to save money.
"There is room in the budget to make cuts. There are wasteful expenses — nothing major — that we can trim here and there, and it will add up," Atwood said.
Kopas said he would continue to push several proposals, all of which the Republican commissioners have rejected, to reduce spending through staff reductions within the commissioners' office, eliminate lobbying efforts in Harrisburg and Washington, and reverse the privatization of the human resources department.
Kopas, who was appointed by the county judges in 2010 and was elected to his first full term in 2011, said he voted against the last four budgets approved by the Republican commissioners.
Iezzi, who finished third in the Democratic commissioners' primary race four years ago, said she wants the county to grow revenue. She opposes any tax increases but said the county should push for more state and federal grants to pay for mandated programs. She supports pay raises for county employees.
"All three commissioners have to work together to make good decisions. The Republicans ran on being fiscally responsible. So far, the budget hasn't been fiscally responsible," Iezzi said.
Cerilli, who will graduate from law school in May and worked as a public relations specialist for the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County, is making her first run for public office.
She said she hasn't formed a specific plan to reduce spending or increase revenue but wants to improve efficiency in government operations.
"I want to have weekly meetings with elected row officers to find ways to work more efficiently to save money and better serve the public," Cerilli said.
Job growth and the drug problem were two issues most candidates listed as priorities.
Anderson said he wants to improve job growth and continue efforts to reduce the county's drug addiction issues and the number of overdose deaths.
"The one hiccup we've had is the drug epidemic. It's a dark cloud that we have to do what we can to fix it," Anderson said.
Cerilli said commissioners should work to solve the drug problem and supports formation of a specialized drug court to help curb the addiction epidemic.
Courtney said he wants to focus efforts on retaining young workers and growing jobs.
"Economic development has got to be a critical issue. We're the oldest county in the state, and we need to provide opportunities to lower the age of our workforce," Courtney said.
Iezzi said she wants to encourage more businesses to relocate in the county.
Kopas said he will focus on job growth and expansion of social service programs.
"We have gotten away from service-oriented programs. There has been a dearth of leadership over the last three years and a lack of communication with the public. I would like to restore the integrity in government," he said.
Gazze said he wants to study whether home rule would improve government operations.
Atwood said he wants to ease conflict among the county's elected officials.
"We need to work together to make the county run more efficiently," he said.


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Russell Hicks Named President Of Content Development For The Nickelodeon Group
By Chris Arrant | 08/29/2012 2:09 pm | 1 Comment
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 29, 2012 – Russell Hicks, a 14-year Nickelodeon veteran and its Chief Creative Officer since 2008, has been named to the new position of President, Content Development and Production for the Nickelodeon Group. The announcement was made today by Cyma Zarghami, President, Nickelodeon Group, to whom Hicks will continue to report.
The newly created position establishes centralized, West Coast leadership of all Nickelodeon's content teams, and provides direct, on the ground oversight of the network's development slate. Hicks will be based at Nickelodeon's Burbank and Santa Monica, California, offices, where he will lead the company's live-action, animation development and production teams for all of Nickelodeon's content platforms.
Reporting to Hicks will be: Margie Cohn, who will serve in the new role of President, Content Development, Nickelodeon, working across live-action, animation and digital; Paula Kaplan, who will now serve as EVP of Current Series; Teri Weiss, EVP of Nickelodeon Preschool Development and Production; Alison Dexter, EVP, Nickelodeon Productions; Rich Magallanes, SVP, Animation, Current Series; and Keith Dawkins, SVP and General Manager for Nickelodeon's Nick Jr., Nicktoons and TeenNick channels.
"Russell has been one of the driving forces behind the Nickelodeon brand," said Zarghami. "As we continue our ambitious evolution of Nickelodeon, Russell will ensure that our rich and diversified development slate, as well as our new and established producing partners, will all serve our creative vision for the network and deliver for our audiences."
Nickelodeon's recently announced development slate includes more than a dozen new live-action, animation and TV movie projects as part of the network's deep commitment to new content. The slate features top creative talent in front of and behind the camera and iconic characters from the network's most popular series that will begin rolling out this fall and into 2013.
These projects include: two Nick spin-off comedy pilots, Sam & Cat and Gibby, featuring beloved characters from hit series iCarly and Victorious; new series Wendell and Vinnie starring Jerry Trainor and the pilot Instant Mom, both for Nick at Nite; You Gotta' See This, highlighting must-see video clips; and two original TV movies, Swindle and Nicky Deuce. Also included are the CG-animated series Monsters vs. Aliens and the 2D Sanjay & Craig; the highly anticipated return of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in September; and the 4Q launch of Nick at Nite's Scott Baio family comedy, See Dad Run. For preschool, the network is adding the curriculum-based animated series, Monty and Norville, and a pilot for Blaze and the Monster Machines.
Brown Johnson, who has served as the President of Animation since 2008, will be leaving her role to pursue her own creative endeavors. Johnson oversaw the network's successful partnerships with DreamWorks Animation SKG, as well as the brand-new, CG-animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. She also was responsible for leading Nickelodeon's groundbreaking preschool programming, including Blue's Clues and Dora the Explorer, for more than two decades.
"Brown's contributions to Nickelodeon are many, including being the key architect behind our preschool leadership," added Zarghami. "She leaves an indelible impact on generations of kids for which we will always be incredibly grateful."
Hicks, as Nickelodeon's Chief Creative Officer, oversaw all of Nickelodeon Creative, On-air Promotions, Consumer Products, Brand and Advertising divisions, and led the product development and creative positioning of Nickelodeon's brands and properties and ensured it represented Nickelodeon's "Kids' First" philosophy and supported the company mission to provide surprising and playful experiences for its audiences. In 2009, he led an unprecedented creative review of the Nickelodeon brand and re-imagined its logo to represent the growth the company had attained after 30 years, while also maintaining and reflecting the company's core attributes.
Prior to working at Nickelodeon, Hicks was Vice President of Marketing, Cartoon Network/Turner brands for Warner Brothers, where he was responsible for the marketing and creative that turned Scooby Doo and the Power Puff Girls into cultural icons. Hicks started his career as an animator that led him to work on Teddy Ruxpin, the first talking teddy bear for Worlds of Wonder toys. It is this combination of both animation and consumer products that has given Hicks his extensive knowledge of the children's entertainment world.
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Q: How to make a button to find the nearest marker I manually put on Google Maps? So i am struggling how to make this button "btnFindCybercafe" works. i just want this button to show nearest marker about 10km from current location.
Below is my map java code
public class mapCybercafe extends FragmentActivity implements OnMapReadyCallback {

    private GoogleMap mMap;
    protected GoogleMap LokasiUser;
    private static final int LOCATION_REQUEST = 500;
    protected Marker LokasiCybercafe;

    final LatLng NOBLENATION = new LatLng(3.556744, 98.677177 );
    final LatLng H2NET       = new LatLng(3.534811, 98.591373 );
    final LatLng BRITANNIA   = new LatLng(3.572011, 98.698239 );
    final LatLng ICAFEMEDAN  = new LatLng(3.598079, 98.663644 );
    final LatLng MILALAMAS   = new LatLng(3.592356, 98.685277 );
    final LatLng CYPRESSNET  = new LatLng(3.555556, 98.633377 );
    final LatLng LASVEGASNET = new LatLng(3.572083, 98.694061 );

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_test_map);
        // Obtain the SupportMapFragment
        final SupportMapFragment mapFragment = (SupportMapFragment) getSupportFragmentManager()
                .findFragmentById(R.id.map);
        mapFragment.getMapAsync(this);
        mMap.clear();

        Button btnAbout = findViewById(R.id.btn_about);
        Button btnHelp = findViewById(R.id.btn_help);
        Button btnFindCybercafe = findViewById(R.id.btn_FindCybercafe);

        btnAbout.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
                                        @Override
                                        public void onClick(View v) {
                                            Intent intentAbout = new Intent(mapCybercafe.this, AboutActivity.class);
                                            startActivity(intentAbout);
                                        }
                                    }

        );
        btnHelp.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
                                       @Override
                                       public void onClick(View v) {
                                           Intent intentAbout = new Intent(mapCybercafe.this, HelpActivity.class);
                                           startActivity(intentAbout);
                                       }
                                   }

        );
        btnFindCybercafe.setOnClickListener( new View.OnClickListener(){
                                                 @Override
                                                 public void onClick(View v) {
                                                     do {

                                                     }
                                                 }
                                             }
        );
    }

    /**
     * Manipulates the map once available.
     * This callback is triggered when the map is ready to be used.
     * This is where we can add markers or lines, add listeners or move the camera.
     * If Google Play services is not installed on the device, the user will be prompted to install
     * it inside the SupportMapFragment. This method will only be triggered once the user has
     * installed Google Play services and returned to the app.
     */
    @Override
    public void onMapReady(GoogleMap googleMap) {
        mMap = googleMap;
        LokasiUser = googleMap;
        // realtime user location
        LokasiUser.getUiSettings().setZoomControlsEnabled(true);
        if (ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION)
                != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED && ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission
                (this, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION)
                != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED)
        {
            ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, new String[]{Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION}, LOCATION_REQUEST);
            // TODO: Consider calling
            //    ActivityCompat#requestPermissions
            // here to request the missing permissions, and then overriding
            //   public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, String[] permissions,
            //                                          int[] grantResults)
            // to handle the case where the user grants the permission. See the documentation
            // for ActivityCompat#requestPermissions for more details.
            return;

        }
        LokasiUser.setMyLocationEnabled(true);

        // Add a marker of cybercafe in layout
        LokasiCybercafe = googleMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
        .position(LASVEGASNET).title("Las Vegas Net CYBERCAFE").snippet("i5, 8GB RAM, Nvidia GEFORCE 1050"));

        LokasiCybercafe = googleMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
                .position(NOBLENATION).title("NOBLENATION CYBERCAFE").snippet("i5, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GEFORCE 1050Ti"));

        LokasiCybercafe = googleMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
                .position(H2NET).title("H2-NET CYBERCAFE").snippet("AMD RYZEN, 8GB RAM, Nvidia GEFORCE 1020Ti"));

        LokasiCybercafe = googleMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
                .position(BRITANNIA).title("BRITANNIA-NET CYBERCAFE").snippet("i3, 8GB RAM, Nvidia GEFORCE 980Ti"));

        LokasiCybercafe = googleMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
                .position(ICAFEMEDAN).title("iCAFE-MEDAN ").snippet("i3, 4GB RAM, Nvidia GEFORCE 980"));

        LokasiCybercafe = googleMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
                .position(MILALAMAS).title("MILALAMAS-NET CYBERCAFE").snippet("i5, 8GB RAM, Nvidia GEFORCE 1060Ti"));

        LokasiCybercafe = googleMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
                .position(CYPRESSNET).title("CYPRESS-NET CYBERCAFE").snippet("i3, 4GB RAM, Nvidia GEFORCE 970"));

    }
    @SuppressLint("MissingPermission")
    @Override
    public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, @NonNull String[] permissions, @NonNull int[] grantResults) {
        switch (requestCode) {
            case LOCATION_REQUEST:
                if (grantResults.length > 0 && grantResults[0] == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
                    mMap.setMyLocationEnabled(true);
                }
                break;
        }
    }
}

I really need someone to help me because my deadline is tomorrow.

A: First store all your locations into an arrayList. Lets call it locationList. So in your locationList you have all the locations where you have put a marker.
Now consider you got the current location and you stored that in the variable name
currentLocation.
Now you have to find out the nearest marker. To do that you need to calculate the distance between each location to currentLocation. So first create a method which return the distance in meter. Here is the code for the distance.
private double getDistanceInMeter(LatLng start, LatLng end) {
    Location startPoint=new Location("locationA");
    startPoint.setLatitude(start.latitude);
    startPoint.setLongitude(start.longitude);

    Location endPoint=new Location("locationB");
    endPoint.setLatitude(end.latitude);
    endPoint.setLongitude(end.longitude);

    double distance=startPoint.distanceTo(endPoint);

    return distance;
}

Now consider  two variables one for distance tracking and another is for index of the location which has minimum distance.
Now we are going to run a loop to calculate each distance
double distance = 0;
 int nearestLocationIndex = 0;
    for(int i = 0; i<locationList.size(); i++) {
        double currentDistance = getDistanceInMeter(locationList.get(i), currentLocation);

        if(i == 0 ) { // Initially we are assuming first position is the nearest
            distance = currentDistance;
            nearestLocationIndex = i;
        } else {
            if(currentDistance < distance) {
                distance = currentDistance;
                nearestLocationIndex = i;
            }
        }

    }

So now you know which location is nearest because you have the index of that location.
LatLng nearestLocation = locationList(nearestLocationIndex);

I hope you got an idea to how to implement that.

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Opinionator | Redemption at Port Hudson
Redemption at Port Hudson
May 31, 2013 12:58 pm May 31, 2013 12:58 pm
For Maj. Gen. Christopher C. Augur, his May 21, 1863 victory over Confederate forces at a crossroads near the hamlet of Plains Store, outside Baton Rouge, La., was particularly sweet. Possession of the roads by Augur's division closed the last escape route for the Confederate garrison of Port Hudson, located about 25 miles north and one of the last rebel bastions on the Mississippi River.
But for the men of one federal regiment under Augur's command, Plains Store was a battle that they would just as soon forget.
The 48th Massachusetts Infantry encountered problems from the start. One of Augur's staff aides mistakenly guided the regiment to a battlefield position that was exposed and not properly supported by artillery. Alert Confederates exploited the error and attacked. The rookie regiment was surprised and fell back in confusion. But a countercharge by nearby federals regained the initiative, and drove the rebels back.
The next day, Augur, a West Point graduate and veteran field commander, summoned two officers from the 48th to his headquarters to discuss the unit's confusion in battle. Lt. Col. James F. O'Brien had ordered a retreat after a vain attempt to reposition his troops. The second officer, Capt. Eben P. Stanwood, had not heard O'Brien's order to fall back. He rallied his lone company and formed an advance position from which he had to withdraw after O'Brien left the field.
Christopher Columbus Augur pictured as a major general, circa 1862-1865, and James F. O'Brien pictured as a lieutenant colonel, circa 1863.Credit Left, Library of Congress; right, Collection of Reggie Van Driest
Augur admitted to O'Brien and Stanwood that his staff aide had made a mistake. But, the general reasoned, the 48th deserved a share of the blame in its poor performance. According to Albert Plummer, the 48th's historian, Augur "kindly criticized" O'Brien, noting that had he been more aggressive and confident that the men would have followed him. Augur added, "no doubt the regiment would feel chagrined at the outcome of their first battle, but no doubt an early opportunity would be given to retrieve themselves."
The general had a specific opportunity in mind. Plans were under way for a massive assault against the formidable defenses of Port Hudson itself. A call would soon go out for volunteers to head a storming party to lead the attack. Augur made it clear that he expected O'Brien to participate. Stanwood, who had displayed the right instincts at Plains Store, was given a pass.
O'Brien accepted the assignment in stride, for he was no stranger to adversity. He had grown up during the Great Famine in Ireland. He had left his home in County Tipperary sometime before 1846, when he was in his early 20s, for Massachusetts, where he joined a large number of the Famine Irish who settled in Charlestown. Some of the city's native-born population railed against the newcomers, creating what one historian described as "a hot bed of anti-Catholicism and anti-Irish sentiment."
O'Brien fought back against the prejudice, and emerged as a powerful voice on behalf of his people. In 1861, he became the first Irish-American Catholic elected to Charlestown's ruling body, the Common Council. He also served as an officer in the local militia.
In 1862, he dedicated himself to the organization of an all-Irish regiment for the Union Army. His plans were dashed after the War Department in Washington combined the six companies he had recruited with four non-Irish companies to form the 48th. The regiment mustered for a nine-month term of enlistment in the autumn of that year.
O'Brien was passed over for colonel and commander despite the fact that he had raised the majority of citizen soldiers in the regiment. The honor went instead to Eben F. Stone, a Massachusetts-born and Harvard-educated politician. O'Brien received a commission as lieutenant colonel and second-in-command.
The slight did not dampen O'Brien's enthusiasm to fight for freedom for his people, and also for African-Americans. In an open letter to the mayor of Charlestown written about the time of the Battle of Plains Store, O'Brien announced his strong support for the Emancipation Proclamation, "I say that the crime of rebellion which has caused thousands of our citizens to fill bloody graves is but partially atoned for in the sweeping array of the noxious institution of slavery. The policy of our government with respect to that institution is just, and wise, as any thinking man who has an opportunity of practically witnessing its effect will acknowledge."
O'Brien also shared his views on black soldiers in blue. "Slave labor feeds our enemy in the field, digs his ditches, and builds his fortifications. Every slave liberated by our arms is a diminishment of rebel power. Every slave who wields a spade or musket in our cause is so much added to our strength."
He ended his letter with a rallying cry. "The great American heart beats true to the cause. On its patriotism and courage an Empire might be wagered with security, it was resolute and hopeful in the beginning and will not falter or despair now that we are slowly though surely and successfully approaching the end. The first year of this war was prosecuted compromisingly. We strove to make the people of the South believe that we warred not on their institutions, that all we desired was to save our beloved country. But their blood was hot. They would yield nothing. They would propose nothing. They would accept nothing. Now then our blood is up, our armor is buckled on, the shield and sword are in our hands, and we are ready to stand on the blood sprinkled fields of our ancestors and swear in the presence of high heaven that this Union in which the happiness of unborn millions reposes shall live."
A few days after O'Brien wrote the letter, 200 volunteers were requested to join the "Forlorn Hope," as many called it, against Port Hudson. Ninety-two men from the 48th stepped up, including O'Brien. Augur gave him command of the mission.
On May 27, 1863, O'Brien stood along the edge of a wooded area with the troops, making last-minute preparations to storm Port Hudson. Capt. Richard Kinney, a second-generation Irish-American who served in the 116th New York Infantry, talked with him. "He appeared to be in fine spirits and assured me several times that he esteemed it a high honor to be in command of the stormers on that occasion."
Kinney's colonel, Edward P. Chapin, conspicuous in his white Panama hat, arrived on the scene and attempted to inspire the volunteers. Chapin turned to O'Brien, and pointing to a Confederate flag visible through the trees, said, "Colonel, I want you to notice the man who takes down that flag, and give me his name." O'Brien replied with a smile and a plea for his native Ireland, "Colonel, I have designs on that flag myself, and if I secure it will you promise to strike a blow for my country if ever it attempts to gain its liberty?" The men shook hands, and Chapin promised him, "If I am able to wield a sword, I will."
Soon after, "A painful silence crept over us," noted Orton Clark, the author of the 116th New York's unit history. "But few words were spoken by any one, and those few were in whispers. They were awfully solemn moments, such as only those who have experienced them can appreciate."
Plummer, the 48th's historian reported that while the men waited, "the zip of the rebel bullets was getting unpleasantly frequent. General Augur, who stood very near, seeing the men dodge their heads at the disagreeable sound said, 'No use boys to dodge them after you hear them.'" Finally, about 2 p.m., the order to advance was given. A private, Henry Johns of the 49th Massachusetts Infantry, recalled: "Lieut.-Col. O'Brien appeared in a state of intense excitement: 'Come on boys; we'll wash in the Mississippi to-night.'"
General Augur looked on as O'Brien, with Colonel Chapin at his side, marched out of the woods. Chapin returned to the main line of troops, and followed the "Forlorn Hope" into an almost impenetrable landscape of felled trees, slashed branches and sharply pointed roadblocks arranged by Port Hudson's defenders.
O'Brien and the men charged as "a perfect storm of shell, canister and rifle bullets flew like hail," according to Plummer, "No formation could be maintained over such grounds and in a few moments it was every one for himself. The 'Forlorn Hope' and the main line became inextricably mixed, and advanced together, charged nearly up to the rebel works, but the fire was so severe that human endurance was not equal to the task set for us."
The Confederates easily repulsed the Union attackers and inflicted heavy casualties. Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, the overall commander of Union forces before Port Hudson, noted in his official report, "Our forces fought with the utmost possible bravery, but I regret to say our losses have been very severe, indeed. A large number of officers have been killed and wounded."
A few hours later Banks requested and received a temporary suspension of hostilities. Flags of truce were posted as ambulances and stretcher-bearers scrambled to collect the dead and wounded. They performed the grim task through the night and into the next day.
Advertisement for a bulletproof vest from the March 15, 1862, issue of Harper's Weekly.Credit
Col. Chapin's body was found where he fell after a sharpshooter's bullet struck him just under an eye and passed through his brain. O'Brien's remains were recovered at the most advanced part of the line. A bullet through the heart ended his life. Plummer noted: "When his clothes were opened the bullet which penetrated his body fell out, it having passed entirely through him and flattened up against a steel vest which he wore into the battle."
The common steel vests were iron breastplates about an eighth of an inch thick, and manufactured by commercial firms who claimed they were bulletproof. Soldiers on both sides used them. According to the scholar Sarah Weicksel, "The vests did provide some degree of protection, judging from the bullet-shaped dents in surviving vests. But they were ineffective in close combat."
If O'Brien wore the common ironclad vest, it is likely that the musket ball struck him in the back, pierced his heart, and exited his body before coming to rest against the inside of vest. At the fatal moment, he might have just turned his back on the enemy to rally the troops, or had started to withdraw after he realized he could go no further.
O'Brien's death deprived the 48th of a man that "they grew to love the more they came to know him," wrote Captain Kinney, who survived the assault. Captain Stanwood succeeded O'Brien as lieutenant colonel.
The defenders of Port Hudson held out until the surrender of Vicksburg on July 4, 1863, which made their position untenable. The garrison and city surrendered five days later. Meanwhile, word of O'Brien's death stunned the Irish-American community in Charlestown. They mourned his loss and grieved with his widow, Rosanna, and her six young children, the oldest only 13 years old. O'Brien's fellow councilmen voted to drape City Hall appropriately, and "to attend the funeral, should his body be brought here," reported the local newspaper.
Almost a year would pass before O'Brien's remains would arrive in Charlestown. Military authorities initially transported the body to New Orleans, from where it would be sent home. Inclement weather however postponed the shipment, and the remains were temporarily buried in a local cemetery. The body was finally disinterred in early 1864 and sent to Charlestown, where his remains lay in state at City Hall. On the morning of April 4, 1864, a lengthy procession escorted O'Brien's body to St. Francis de Sales Church for his funeral. A military escort of companies from the Fifth Massachusetts Infantry and carriages full of civic leaders, family and friends trailed the hearse drawn by four plumed black horses.
At the conclusion of the memorial service, O'Brien was laid to rest in the Catholic Cemetery at nearby Cambridge.
Sources: Albert Plummer, "History of the Forty-Eighth Regiment, M.V.M., during the Civil War"; Orton S. Clark, "The One Hundred and Sixteenth Regiment of New York State Volunteers"; Edward P. Callahan, "A Memorial Day Remembrance: Lieutenant Colonel James O'Brien — An Irish American Hero," Charlestown Historical Society (unpublished, 2002); James F. O'Brien military service record, National Archives and Records Service; Salem (Massachusetts) Observer, June 20, 1863; James O'Brien collection, New England Historic Genealogical Society; The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies; Henry T. Johns, "Life with the Forty-Ninth Massachusetts Volunteers"; Ron Coddington and Reggie Van Driest, "Charlestown Honors a Local Hero: The Death of Lt. Colonel James O'Brien, Forty-Eighth Massachusetts Infantry," Military Images (January/February 2008); Sarah Weicksel, "Failed Objects: Bulletproof Vests and Design in the American Civil War," National Museum of American History Blog (April 29, 2013); Evening Star (Washington), May 16, 1862; Charlestown (Massachusetts) Advertiser, June 13, 1863; Boston Herald, April 5, 1864.
Ronald S. Coddington is the author of "Faces of the Civil War" and "Faces of the Confederacy." His most recent book is "African American Faces of the Civil War." He writes "Faces of War," a column for the Civil War News.
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Suspect allegedly caught on camera staring at sleeping child during burglary appears in court
Christopher Gomez, who was arrested last week, went before a judge just before noon. Gomez has been called the 'creepy burglar' after allegedly being seen on video breaking into a home in the Katy area on April 5 and, at one point, standing over a child's crib, staring at the sleeping toddler.
The homeowner didn't even know he'd been burglarized until a neighbor told him his laptop computer and briefcase were found in his yard. The burglar also reportedly took $60 in cash.
A Crime Stoppers tip led to Gomez's arrest after video from a nanny-cam in the child's room was released.
In court this morning, we learned Gomez was found in possession of a weapon taken in one of the burglaries when he was arrested. The judge did lower his bond to $30,000. If he bonds out, Gomez was ordered to have a GPS device and must stay 1,000 feet from the homes he is accused of burglarizing.


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Q: Log Requests from some Link How can i log requests that are going on some link?
I need to store requests Headers, Verb (Get or Post etc.), Request Data and Request Body.
It's must be some separate application like Fiddler.

DESC: I have web application. It makes some search. I want to log data of search request using another application which can log any requests for some site (in my case for my web app). How to make it? I make research for solution but find many examples where user can create some Module or Filter which must be included in web application. This case for me is not allowed.

A: If you have control of both sides, you can basically do whatever you want..
Maybe link to an action first that acts as a tracker:
public ActionResult Track()
{
    //get whatever data you want here
    //Request.Headers, Request.RequestType ect

    //track the data in a database or whatever
    SaveSomeData();

    //get the original url from a post variable, or querystring, where you put it
    var redirectUrl = Request["redirect"];

    return Redirect(redirectUrl);
 }

Then you would change your links for example a link to http://google.com, would change to
http://mywebsite.com/mycontroller/track?url=http://google.com
Another possible way would be to create a proxy, and monitor the data that goes through it.
Need a better idea of what you need though to help out more.


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Ark: Survival Evolved: Cheats and Console Commands
Ark: Survival Evolved: Overview
Ark: Survival Evolved: Entering Commands
Ark: Survival Evolved: Basic Commands and Cheats
Ark: Survival Evolved: Trailer
The coronavirus pandemic has taken over the world and is showing no signs of slowing down. After wreaking the better part of 2020, the virus will stay for some more time at least. The virus is making everyone crazy and has turned our lives topsy-turvy. For the first time in our lives, we have ample time on our hand, but nothing to do with it. Many have turned to video games to fill the void in their lives. However, most games these days are very graphic intensive and feature a gut-load of violence. These games do not suit everyone. After all, a game is to act as a stressbuster, not add on to our already hectic life. Ark: Survival Evolved is a game which provides a light experience while also having a tinge of seriousness to it.
However, not all of us have the patience and time to devote to a video game. Most of us search for cheats and commands that can save us time. Today, we look at the tricks and console commands available for Ark: Survival Evolved.
Ark: Survival Evolved is an action video game based on the concept of survival. You can play the game either in the first-person or third-person mode. Ark: Survival Evolved takes place on an island, where you have to protect yourself from prehistoric animals. The game is played either on foot or by riding an animal. The exciting part is that the whole game takes place in ancient times. You can use firearms or weapons to protect yourself from the dangers present on the island. The game also features a multiplayer mode where you can form a tribe with your teammates. Furthermore, there is also a PvE mode, which can host many players; however, none of them can fight each other.
Studio Wildcard developed the game and released it in 2017. The game is available for all major platforms out there, including Windows, Playstation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, and Nintendo. Developers have released many updates since its release, to make the game easier to play. Ark: Survival Evolved is a mix of two previously released games, Ark Park and PixArk.
The cheats that we have discussed in the section down below are available for both modes. Firstly, you need to ensure that you have set the correct permissions on your server. If you haven't, you can always change them in the server setting or with the help of the admin password.
Down below, we have mentioned some of the basic commands and cheats that can help you elevate your game.
enablecheats<passcode>: The following command is a must if you wish to use tricks in your game. However, you need to input the code into the admin bar each time you log in to the game.
setcheatplayer true: As the name suggests, you can set the 'cheat player' using this command. Replace true with false if you wish to disable the 'cheat player.'
admincheat AllowPlayerToJoinNoCheck <respective id>: You can add or remove a player from your server list. Player added to your list do not need to enter the password to join the room.
admincheat BanPlayer <respective id>: The player gets added to your ban list and can no longer enter your server.
ChangeSize <Size Multiplier Value>: You can make the character smaller or bigger with the help of this command.
DebugStructures: This command displays the ID and the structure information when you view a specific structure or building.
admincheat DestroyAll <Type>: You can destroy the animals and characters in the game with the help of this cheat.
admincheat destroy allenemies: All creatures in your vicinity (except the ones that belong to you) will get damaged.
admincheat DoExit: The server will shut down.
admincheat DoRestartLevel: The internal map in the game will get reset with the help of this command.
admincheat EnemyInvisible True: This command will make you invisible, which protects you from attack. Disabling the control will reset the settings to normal.
admincheat fly: Yes, you can fly wherever you wish in the game!
GameCommand <command name>: Perhaps the most critical command in the game, the command lets you control any setting.
getchat: The admin can view the game chat taking place between the players.
Despite the game's immense fame, many out of you might be hearing Ark for the first time. Well, if you are one of them, don't worry, we have you covered! We have linked the trailer of the game down below. The trailer offers a lovely insight into the world of Ark. Here is the trailer in all of its glory!
That's all for today! Don't worry; we will keep you posted with updates. Until then, continue reading with us!
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What Is the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act?
The California Transparency in Supply Chains Act requires certain companies to publicly disclose their efforts to eradicate human trafficking and modern slavery in their operations. This law came into effect in January 2012 due to increasing pressure from consumers wanting to purchase ethically-manufactured and sourced products. The law helps consumers make informed decisions by facilitating access to corporate responsible sourcing programs, initiatives and activities.
Visit the United States Department of Labor website for more information on the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act.
What Obligations Do Companies Have Under the Act?
In order to comply with the Act, companies must create a public disclosure detailing their efforts to ensure their products are produced ethically. In this sense, ethically-produced goods means the product manufactured and sold by the company has not been produced by workers who are forced, coerced, blackmailed or trafficked into their jobs. If no ethical sourcing efforts have been taken, companies are still required to create a disclosure in order to comply with the Act.
Companies that do business in California and identify as manufacturers or retailers on their California state tax returns are in scope of the Act. If a company has worldwide gross receipts of over $100 million each year, they are also in scope of the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act. Failure to provide an accurate and easily-accessible disclosure can result in injunctive relief from the California Attorney General or negative feedback from consumers.


It's that time of year again! Be sure to give yourself plenty of time to review the Analytical Accounting (AA) data before you run the Year-End close process for General ledger. This will be an important step if your financial reports pull any data from AA tables.
Does the 2018 Year-End Update include changes that will affect year-end processing for Analytical Accounting?
There are NO changes included in the 2018 Year-End Update that will affect year-end processing for Analytical Accounting!!!
Is there a separate Year-End close process to run for Analytical Accounting?
The year-end close process for Analytical Accounting is automatically integrated with the year-end close process for General Ledger. So no, there are no 'separate' steps that you need to run in Analytical Accounting to close it. **However, you should always verify AA data is accurate prior to closing the year.
What should I be aware of for AA with Year-end procedures?
If your Financial reports need to pull data from AA tables, (such as Management Reporter Data Mart), be sure to give yourself plenty of time to go through all the information in KB Article 2910626 before you close the General Ledger year.
What is the impact if the AA data does not match GL data?
If the AA data does not match General Ledger data, and financial reports are pulled from AA tables: This could skew your Financial reports (when AA tables are not consistent with General Ledger) and you won't balance to the General Ledger Trial Balance reports. Missing or duplicated data in the AA tables can skew the beginning balance entries created in the AA tables. The first step is to determine if your Financial reports use the AA tables or not. If you do use AA tables or Management Reporter, it is highly recommended to run through KB 2910626 to help look for mismatched data between AA and General Ledger that should be corrected before closing the General Ledger year.
Why wouldn't data match between AA and General Ledger tables?
There are many reasons why AA data may not match the General Ledger data. If AA is active, ALL transactions from other modules update the AA tables(whether or not the General Ledger accounts are linked to AA and whether or not you put AA codes on the transactions). All transactions need to be accurate in the AA tables if you are doing your financial reporting from AA tables.
As such, we recommend that you continually use the scripts in KB 2910626 to monitor if there are any ongoing issues in your environment (most definitely prior to closing your General Ledger year). This will ensure the data between AA and General Ledger stays in sync if you are doing any financial reporting from AA tables.
When should the Year End Close for Analytical Accounting be done?
• KB 960356 - The Year End Close procedures for Analytical Accounting in Microsoft Dynamics GP.
• If you are using Management Reporter (MR) for your reporting, you should also run through KB 2910626 -Financial Reports from Management Reporter do not match the General Ledger Trial Balance Reports in Microsoft Dynamics GP.
Note: If you have any of the scripts saved locally in the past from these KB articles, be sure to re-download the scripts again so you have the most up to date versions of these scripts.
What does the General Ledger year end close process do and/or affect in Analytical Accounting?
What steps should I take to have AA included in the General Ledger Year-end close and BBF entries created in AA?
1. In the Analytical Accounting Options window (Microsoft Dynamics GP >> Tools >> Setup >> Company >> Analytical Accounting >> Options), mark the checkbox for 'Include dimensions in the year end close' and click OK.
2. In the Transaction Dimension Maintenance window (Cards >> Financial >> Analytical Accounting >> Transaction Dimension), select the AA dimension code you want a balance carried forward for, and mark the checkbox for 'Consolidate balances during Year End close' and click Save. Do this for each Transaction Dimension you wish to have linked to the beginning balance entries create by the General Ledger year-end close process.
•Follow the steps in KB 960356 titled "The Year-End close procedures for Analytical Accounting in Microsoft Dynamics GP". This KB includes steps and SQL scripts to make sure the AA data matches General Ledger data. It also has steps to verify that the AA dimensions that you wish to be consolidated during the year-end close process are properly marked to create BBF entries, and steps on how to move data to history. You should determine if your reporting tool uses AA tables or not. Data Mart with Management Reporter now reads from AA tables, so it is more important than ever to make sure your AA data matches General Ledger data.
•With the release of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2015, the user can determine the data that is available to the Microsoft Dynamics Management Reporter Data Mart to help improve the performance and give the user control over the data selected. Note that the Data Mart CU10 and up does have the option to report with or without AA data.
•Make sure the General Ledger year-end close is performed at a workstation that has AA installed and activated, and that users know not to disable AA if they receive any messages. Restore to the backup immediately, and make a screen print of the AA error message if assistance is needed with the General Ledger year-end close process.
Where can I ask questions or get more assistance for Analytical Accounting Year End Close?
• The year-end close procedures for Analytical Accounting in Microsoft Dynamics GP can be found in KB 960356.
• The scripts to use to verify that your AA data matches General Ledger data before you close the General Ledger year can be found in KB 2910626.


The is perfect for a post Christmas detox as it aids in restoring health to body by stimulating the liver, kidney and getting rid of water retention. It is also a refreshing beverage.
Juice ingredients with Juicer combine and drink.
This smoothie is a great blood builder, cell booster as it an excellent source of vitamin K, vitamin A (in the form of carotenoids from the spinach), manganese, folate, magnesium, iron, copper, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin E, calcium, potassium, and vitamin C. It is a very good source of dietary fiber, phosphorus, vitamin B1, zinc, protein, and choline. The beets contain nitrates is good for lowering high blood pressure.
Wash all fruit thoroughly. Blend all ingredients (with rinds) in a little distilled water. Mixture will have consistency of paste. Take 1Tbs, Chew well – eat every hour or as needed.
Honesty time- this works well and will have you feeling better in no time but the taste is baaad! You can fix that though by adding some honey to the concoction.
Beetroot is one of the foods that are rich in iron, and carrots make the iron absorption easier. Wash and cut the beetroots, carrots and lemon. Run them through your juicer. Once they are juiced, add the brewer's yeast. Mix and drink. Drink this before breakfast to give you an iron boost all day long.
Ok a drink promising to erase cellulite sounds like utter BS right??? I agree a drink can't erase cellulite but I promise you it improves the appearance of cellulite-lifting weights also works wonders just in case you were wondering.
Grapefruit juice is one of the best fat-burning foods and this drink works more efficiently when you also eat a healthy diet by eliminating processed and deep-fried foods, flour and sugar products, gravies and coffee. Drink first think in the morning and don't drink if taking medication as grapefruit interferes with some medication.
Another BS name but I like it. This works thanks to the apple cider vinegar, grapefruit and lemon juice by helping reduce the insulin spike after a high carb meal and increases satiety.(check out this link for the full gist) You can keep it up to 2 days in the fridge - drink 2 times a day before a meal.
Wow looks delicious! Thank you for always inspiring us with your amazing posts and delicious recipes, I want to wish you great success.


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Q: Angular very weird bug on a custom element I have made a custom select element and I have a weird bug occurring.
Here I have reproduced the bug: https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-ff7i5j
The new-address component is the component which produces this bug. I can select an item from the select component just once, after that it seems like the function OptionSelectedEvent from select.ts is no more called.
I really don't know why first example works very well and in the new-address component it doesn't work.
I hope somebody can help me with this weird problem.

A: What is going on here is that using getters in Angular templates can lead to many problems we didn't anticipate.
I'm talking about these getters in your code:
public get Judete(): any[] {
  return [{auto: "AB", nume: "Alba"}, {auto: "AR", nume: "Arad"}...];
}

Angular checks template bindings and executes all getters on every change detection cycle. That template gets new instance of Judete array with new instances of every item on every check.
Now let's see where you use that array.
*ngFor="let item of Judete"

Angular built-in ngForOf directive uses special algorithm to find the changes in your array with the help of IterableDiffers. This differ discovers that your array is completely a new array on every change detection cycle which results in rerender items. This means that new SelectOptionComponent items are created on every change detection run and you lose subscriptions for your ContentChildren

So the solution should be simple: just define your arrays once instead of using getters:
Judete =  [{auto: "AB", nume: "Alba"}, {auto: "AR", nume: "Arad"}, ...];

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The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/2002/04/18/change-theaters/)
Change Theaters
By wpengine | April 18, 2002
Samuel L. Jackson is one of the few actors today capable of carrying a film with nothing more than the weight of his personality, his pure charisma. But even Jackson's overwhelming stage presence isn't enough to hold up the mushy and tired script of Changing Lanes, a film that shows promise but ultimately collapses into a boring and sentimental parable.
Jackson plays Doyle Gibson, a recovering alcoholic, taking one painful step at a time towards sobriety and normalcy. The film takes place on a very important day for Doyle — he's on his way to court to show his separated wife his reinvented life, hold on to his two sons, and offer them all a new house that he's been struggling to purchase. On his way to court he's hit, his car totaled, and he's left on the side of the rode by lawyer Gavin Banek (Ben Affleck), who's in a desperate hurry to file the one existing copy of a legal document that stands to make the senior partners of his firm millions. Gavin leaves the documents at the scene of the accident, and his attempt to get them back from Doyle draws the pair into a test of wills, as they both begin chipping away at each other's lives. Doyle only wants his time back, the twenty minutes he lost from the accident that make him miss his hearing and lose his kids.
The cat and mouse game that ensues is sometimes gripping, yet the film gropes for a level of tension it can't quite grasp. Though Jackson is at his characteristic level of intensity — even as a bedraggled alcoholic his every word commands attention — Affleck is far too soft and squishy to be an effective counterpart to this struggle in an epic clash of will. This serves him in some ways: he plays the squirmy lawyer who strikes anonymously from the shadows with natural ease. But as an antagonist he just can't keep up with Jackson.
The film keeps constant stock of its main characters, usually switching back and forth between them every few seconds, revealing many bizarre parallels between the two lives. Despite Affleck's dead weight, this immediately draws the viewer in and manages to keep his interest alive for the first half of the movie. At least by the time the hopelessly unoriginal ending arrives, the viewer is so dazed by the film that he can't feel insulted by the idiotic and moralistic conclusion — the sort of supposedly meaningful garbage the writers of Saved by the Bell crammed into every script.
Part of that conclusion involves Gavin's realization that the firm's senior partners are operating unethically, possibly illegally. He must be the world's least perceptive lawyer to fail to realize the shady dealings he's been a part of. This more than anything reduces Gavin to a shadow of a character. He's only there so he can be a bad guy who becomes good.
Jackson and Affleck are backed by some rather strong performances, relegated to the background as they are by the main battle royale. Doyle's estranged wife Valerie (Kim Staunton) — who last appeared next to Jackson in the 2000 remake of Shaft — delivers a soft and moving performance as a woman fed up with the bungled attempts of her alcoholic and rage-o-holic husband. Her calm and rational demeanor is a sharp counterpoint to Jackson, who is a constant furnace of repressed, and often not so repressed, rage. Perhaps if she had been pitted against Doyle instead of the cardboard cutout Affleck plays, the movie might have been more compelling.
Toni Collette also puts in a strong performance as Gavin's do-gooder of an assistant Michelle. Her emotional connection with Gavin provides some of the little real understanding of who Gavin is, or was, and the dynamic between the two is much more interesting than that between Gavin and his social climber of a wife played by Amanda Peet.
Perhaps the decay of this film can be linked to the inexperience of its creative control. Director Roger Michelle had his first real hit in 1999 with the unremarkable Notting Hill. He doesn't seem to have grown much since then.
Activists Prepare for Earth Day Festivities
By wpengine April 19, 2002
Cornellians will celebrate Earth Day, the annual day of environmental awareness, for the 33rd time this Monday. Sponsors Cornell's Earth Day celebration is sponsored by SAECO, Center for the Environment, CRESP, Caritas, United Progressives, Peaceful Justice, Ursus, Roots and Shoots, SNRC, Phi Sigma Pi, COE, Kyoto Now, Greens, COLA, Amnesty International, Educate for the Earth and Earth Rise. The celebration, started by Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970, is "usually marked as a time where organizations take the time to speak on the status of the environment and the progress they have made in preserving it," said Yiwei Wang '04, an Earth Day organizer. "It's main goal is to promote awareness and instill a sense of love and respect for our planet and its inhabitants," Wang added. "The CU Earth Day 2002 organizers hope to raise awareness about diverse environmental issues and local community activism," said Vanessa Ulmer '02. "Crucial to this goal is promoting an expanded understanding of 'environmentalism' that reaches beyond elite concerns to include issues of social justice and equity," she added. This year, Cornell's celebration of Earth Day will consist of three events. Kicking of Monday, at 11 a.m. A Celebration of the Earth and Community Activism activity will be held on Ho Plaza. The event will feature speakers, open-microphone poetry from various campus and off-campus activist groups as well as live music from the White Pines and Cornell Percussion. "The speakers are truly excellent," said Christina Schiavoni '02. "We hope that individuals will leave Ho Plaza with an understanding of the urgency of the issues presented, a sense of the interconnectedness of these issues, and a feeling of empowerment, determination and hope," she added. At 5 p.m., following the celebration on Ho Plaza, students are encouraged to attend the Hunger Banquet in the Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room, sponsored by the Phi Sigma Pi fraternity. "Current world hunger issues in the United States and abroad will be discussed, focusing on the ways poverty and malnutrition affect people in various regions of the world," said Wang. The dinner will feature food from local Ithaca restaurants and cost $4, proceeds of which will be used to attempt to eliminate world hunger. The final event of the day will be the State of the Earth Address in Anabel Taylor Auditorium at 7 p.m. The event will feature five speakers: Anke Wessels, Phil McMichael, Jane Mt. Pleasant, Mahesh Rangarajan and Leland Glenna, who will speak from diverse perspectives and share their greatest current environmental concerns. "It will be a look at the 'big picture' with topics ranging from globalization, to hunger and food security, to climate change and international agreements," said Schiavoni. "Celebration is the way we give gratitude for what the Earth gives us and what we give each other for contributing to an ecologically sustainable world," said Tony Del Plato, an Ithaca resident and environmental activist. "As grim as the situation looks right now for a sustainable world, celebration recharges our need to hope for a better world," he added. All Cornell students are encouraged to attend this Monday's festivities. Archived article by Marc Zawel
Crews All Race This Weekend
This weekend marks the first time that all three crews will see racing action. The heavyweights and women will remain at Collyer Boathouse, while the lightweights travel to New Jersey to face Princeton and Rutgers. After a brief rest last weekend, the heavies will be back in full swing tomorrow against the crews of Navy and Syracuse. The battle between Cornell and Syracuse should be especially fierce as the two central New York teams fight for the rights to the Goes Cup. "It's usually an extremely competitive race," explained heavyweight coach Dan Roock. Last season, Cornell won the trophy for the first time in several years. "This is the first time that this team will be defending the trophy," Roock added. The women and their opponents, Penn and Rutgers, will be joining the heavyweights down at the Inlet. The three teams will come together for the Raritan Cup race, which has become an annual tradition. "It'll be tough competition. It's always a pretty tight race," coach Melanie Onufrieff explained. All three teams' varsities have seen mixed success on the water this year, which means that there are no favorites going into the event. After a victory at home last weekend, the lightweights will head to Princeton to try to continue their success. "This weekend everyone is looking to improve on the speed we produced last weekend," said senior captain Joe Kiely. "Everyone is looking forward to racing and gauging how fast we can go." The crew is confident but realizes that past performances will mean little when they are staring down Princeton and Rutgers at the starting line. "The race is going to be huge," explained coach Todd Kennett. "We're going to have to psych ourselves up for a monster."Archived article by Meredith Long


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Spermatogonial stem cell preservation in Klinefelter boys: to bank or not to bank, that's the question
To date, retrieval of spermatogonial cells in prepubertal boys with Klinefelter syndrome should be viewed as experimental and patients and their parents must be counseled accordingly.
Inge Gies, M.D., Jean De Schepper, M.D., Ph.D., Ellen Goossens, Ph.D., Dorien Van Saen, M.Sc., Guido Pennings, Ph.D., Herman Tournaye, M.D., Ph.D.
Vol 98, Issue 2, Pages 284-289
Although early development of testis appears normal in boys with Klinefelter syndrome (KS), spermatogonial stem cell (SSC) depletion occurs in mid puberty, leading to infertility. Therefore, freezing of semen samples or testicular tissue sampling could be offered to KS boys at onset of puberty. However, only in about half of KS patients, adult or prepubertal, spermatozoa or SSCs can be observed, and to date, no clinical parameters are available to detect patients who might benefit from these techniques. Furthermore, strategies for the further use of the cryopreserved material are still under investigation. Retrieval of spermatogonial cells in prepubertal KS boys should therefore still be viewed as experimental and patients and their parents must be counseled accordingly.
Developmental capacity of in vitro–matured human oocytes retrieved from polycystic ovary syndrome ovaries containing no follicles larger than 6 mm
Contrary to earlier belief, immature oocytes retrieved from small antral follicles with a diameter of
Effect of Sunitinib on Functional Reproductive Outcome in a Rabbit Model
This study evaluated the effect of short-term postoperative sunitinib administration on reproductive function after surgical uterine abrasion in a rabbit model, and found that it ameliorated adhesion-induced reproductive aberrations.
Identification of phosphodiesterase 9A as a cyclic guanosine monophosphate–specific phosphodiesterase in germinal vesicle oocytes: a proposed role in the resumption of meiosis
Phosphodiesterase 9A (PDE9A), a cyclic guanosine monophosphate–specific phosphodiesterase detectable in germinal vesicle oocytes, likely promotes maturation events upstream of PDE3A, making it a candidate target for nonhormonal contraception.
Age-associated alteration of oocyte-specific gene expression in polar bodies: potential markers of oocyte competence
Differences in gene expression in individual polar bodies of metaphase II oocytes may be potential markers for minimally invasive testing of oocyte competence.


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Winter Economy Plan Support for Jobs and Businesses
Chancellor announces support for businesses during winter
The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, announced his Winter Economy Plan to support businesses and jobs on 24 September 2020.
UPDATE: THE GOVERNMENT'S ANNOUCEMENTS ON 22 OCTOBER 2020 HAVE MADE CHANGES TO THIS SCHEME. PLEASE SEE OUR LATEST NEWS FOR MORE INFORMATION
The new Job Support Scheme will begin on 1 November and replace the "furlough" scheme. To be eligible for the scheme employees must work a minimum of 33% of their hours. The government and the employer will then each pay a 1/3rd of the hours not worked. So an employee working 33% of their hours would receive 77% of their pay with the government contributing 22% of their pay and their employer the remaining 55%.
It should be noted that 22% is the maximum amount that the government will pay and the percentage will depend on the percentage of an employees hours that are worked. For example if the employee works 50% of their hours then the level of government support is reduced to only 17%. The level of Government contribution is capped at £697.92 a month.
It should also be noted that the Government contribution will also not cover class 1 employer's national insurance or employer's pension contribution but these amounts will continue to be payable by the employer.
Employees will be able to "cycle on and off" the scheme and they do not need to work the same pattern each month. Any short time working arrangement, however, must cover a period of at least 7 days.
The new scheme will run for 6 months but the government have said that they will review in 3 months time the threshold of 33% of hours. The grants like the "furlough" grants will be paid in arrears.
There are a number of criteria to the scheme. To be eligible for the scheme, employers must have a UK bank account and operate a UK PAYE scheme. Larger businesses will also need to meet a financial assessment test. The scheme is designed for viable jobs and therefore employees can not be made redundant or put on redundancy notice during the period within which the employer is claiming the grant for that employee.
Similar to the furlough scheme, employers using this scheme should agree short-time working arrangements with staff, make any contract changes by agreement and notify the employee in writing. HMRC have said that they will carry out checks on claims and agreements with staff will require to be available to HMRC on request.
To assist the self employed, the Self Employment Income Support Scheme Grant (SEISS) will also be extended for 6 months. A grant will be payable, in arrears, for the period 1 November 2020 to 31 January 2021 for those currently eligible for SEISS and who are continuing to trade but face reduced demand due to Covid-19.
This grant will cover 20% of the average monthly profits of the individual but will be capped at £1,875. There will be a second grant for the period February to April but the level of this grant still has to be announced. As with the previous scheme, the grants will be subject to tax and national insurance.
Self assessed taxpayers will also be given more time to pay, with deferred payments from July 2020 and those due in January 2021, not now being due until January 2022.
The Chancellor announced that he will be extending applications for the Government's Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan scheme, the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan scheme, the Bounce Back Loan scheme and the Future Fund.
Sunak also announced a "pay as you grow" scheme for business which will allow them to extend their bounce back loans from 6 to 10 years. The extension should significantly cut loan repayments and help cashflow. There will also be interest only periods of up to 6 months and payment holiday measures available for these loans.
The Government guarantee on Coronavirus Business Interruption Loans will also be extended to 10 years. There will also be a new successor loan guarantee programme to be announced in January 2021.
The temporary cut in VAT to 5% for the tourism and hospitality sectors will now remain in place until 31 March 2021. There will also be a new scheme to allow businesses who deferred their VAT bills until March 2021 to make 11 smaller interest free payments during 2021/22 instead of having to make the full payment in March.
More details can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-outlines-winter-economy-plan but it should be noted that there are still further details to be announced.
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2011 Autumn Digest: Carl Hester at the Global Dressage Forum
2011 Autumn Digest: International Society for Equitation Science
Just for fun: What could be better than this?
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2.Bibliography: Philippe Karl, Long Reining
3.Bibliography: V.S. Littauer, Field School
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"If Dressage is about anything at all……..
"If dressage is about anything at all, it is about equine locomotion."
I don't remember having ever before felt separation anxiety from a thing…much less a book. But last week, soon after I delivered Charles Harris's Workbooks from the Spanish School 1948-1951 back to the local Inter-Library Loan portal, I realized I was afflicted. I'd had use of…was possessed by …. Workbooks for two months. The effects of my reading it, re-reading it, pondering it, sorting it, re-sorting, now writing about it, are simply profound. My riding, the qualities of motion of horses I ride, and the competence of riders I influence is undeniably enhanced by this, my first interlude with Charles Harris. It recalled for me so much that I forget I know to practice.
I have to tell you about this book.
Although JA Allen did earlier publish three Charles Harris manuscripts, including a photo essay with Colonel Charles Hope and Charles Harris self-published a pamphlet, Riding Safety and Riding Negligence, Harris penned those works intending them for publication and distribution.
Charles Harris himself never intended his Workbooks for publication, but only for recording his lessons, insights and intellectual ruminations during his three years of study in The Spanish Riding Academy of Vienna, which we now know ( and I personally revere) as the Spanish Riding School, or SRS, for his own use, to facilitate his own learning, and for later review.
But by the sagacity of Charles Harris nephew, attorney Robert Sherman, who, not himself a horseman, got to know his uncle so well by audio taping conversations between them during Harris' waning years, the publication of Workbooks, prefaced by Sherman, foreworded by Daniel Pevsner, FBHS MSTAT Pupil, The Spanish Riding School of Vienna, complemented by a 90 page biography comprised mostly of transcription of the taped interviews, and including all 681 notebook entries with reproductions of Harris' own pen and green ink drawings and diagrams, was accomplished.
The foreword by Daniel Pevsner states that Harris's focus, as his career progressed, became riding safety. I note that few entries in the Workbooks are concerned with safety. But surely Harris was surrounded with, made aware of, and adopted, safe handling and riding practices at The Academy.
If a theme is to be drawn from the Workbooks which, I repeat were never intended for publication, it is that "if dressage is about anything at all, it is about equine locomotion." Harris, already a Fellow of the BHS when he entered The Spanish Academy, became fascinated with the analysis of horses' gaits, including how a rider's way of sitting on a horse affects a horse's gait, not only in the moment, but trains an affected gait.
Harris finds himself disabused of the precept that a riders shoulders should parallel a horse's shoulders and and a rider's hips should parallel a horse's hips on arcs and in lateral work, as they do when traveling straight. He realizes that any twisting of a rider's spine impairs "bracing the rider's back" and that concussion of the horse's motion, absorbed by a twisted rider's spine, damages the rider's spine. Instead, the rider's shoulders and hips should parallel the ground and be perpendicular to the radius of the arc of the horse's spine above the horse's center of gravity. Many entries explore technique and timing of bracing of the back, to move with, rather than to "follow," a horse in Free Forward Movement.
In his analysis of gait, he was especially bemused by gait tempo. He attempted to sort through the concepts of tempo in relation to rhythm, pace, and cadence, and evidence in the Workbooks is that he never figured out tempo. Or cadence. I don't think less of him for this failure…He was a Brit immersed 24/7 in a school where no other human being, except a single fellow student, spoke English. (period) And, it occurs to me while listening to From the Top on NPR as I type, that he had no musical training, from which lexicon he could have drawn correlative concepts. The failure to realize that tempo is merely hoofbeats per minute, might not even be a failure. Maybe, at the "uh….duh!" moment, he simply failed to record in the Workbooks this discovery.
I did not find myself enthralled by the good luck, bad luck, good fortunes, misfortunes, and controversies of his life as decanted by his nephew-biographer.
But I loved the anecdote of Harris visiting his protegé Pevsner at the studio of no less than Nuno Oliviera where Pevsner was studying while awaiting his own admission to the Academy: Harris arrives, thrilled to advance his own knowledge in the hall of renownded master Oliviera, joins the gallery, and is so excited by what he sees that he can't keep his mouth shut…and voices his complimentary insights to other observers. Oliviera cannot hear what Harris is saying, and if he could, might not have understood the languages in which Harris spoke, but is annoyed by Harris's engagement of the gallery…His, Oliviera's gallery. So Oliviera challenges Harris to get on a horse and demonstrate his riding competence. Or to "put your butt where your mouth is," I have heard other horsemen say. Well, Harris had traveled without riding attire, and upon divulging this, was offered a pair of boots, into which he horned himself, but no breeches. In travel pants, legs already throbbing from ill-fitting boots, Harris mounts the horse presented, and proceeds to walk it about the school, on loose reins, chatting with the onlookers and occasionally stroking the horse. As the story goes, his introductory cues to the horse were invisible to the gallery, and no one seemed to notice that the loose reins had become long reins, then the lightest of contact, or that the horse was moving magnificently, still at walk. So the gallery becomes impatient, vocally impatient, and friend Pevzner says something like…"ok Charles, it's getting late, you don't have to prove anything to me. Let's go to dinner"…which Harris seems not to hear…as the horse walks from a corner to the center of the school where, to the amazement of all those still looking, the horse joyously piaffes, perfectly balanced, invisibly cued, absolutely correctly, for untold strides, after which the horse walks purposefully onward. Disgruntling Oliviera to call out "I trained that horse!" to the hushed and now mesmerized audience. (QED, I would have whispered, paatting the neck of my partner in proof.)
The 681 entries of the Workbooks fascinated me. Of course they are a jumble; Student Harris records his lessons and insights in the order in which they are presented to him, by his instructors, the horses, and the environment, and/or the lights go on for him. But I knew I was on good footing immediately upon reading entry #1, which I failed to record verbatim, because, since my own first introduction to the concept of clarity of gaits, I have held high among all absolute equestrian truths, that a horse's diagonal canon bones move parallel to each other in natural (as differentiated from artificially affected) trot, in all modulations of natural trot, at all variations of tempo of natural trot of which an individual horse is capable. Harris' entry #1 is focused on parallel diagonal canons level with opposite parallel diagonals at extended trot. With a pen and green ink abstract diagram to illustrate! First entry, and the editors and publishers swear in writing that this is the order in which the entries were made in Student Harris' notebooks. And, that's where I left the green silk ribbon bookmark when I returned the book.
Earlier this week, I was still feeling separation anxiety, when the results of 2011 Aachen Dressage were disseminated, including youtube videos of both Steffen Peters astride Ravel and M.A. Rath aboard Totillas. I was not surprised to read (and hear) that the spectators at Aachen, the best educated Dressage spectators in the WORLD, whistled for 75 seconds to sound their disapproval of the judges scoring Ravel second to Totillas in the finale Kur. Did the College of Judges hear them? I don't know. I trust the College of Judges will get the message…eventually, if not by London 2012, hopefully by Deauville 2014. I was, nevertheless, feeling compelled to weigh in… to post and critique the videos of Ravel's and Totilla's tests against our ideals, but was distracted by the needs of horses I steward.
Coming back to this issue ( oh, how I hate that word, issue, in this context. Doesn't that mean a progeny of a marriage? a child? or a foal?) I decided to go surfing. And soon before my eyes appeared a stunningly superb example of nearly ideal trot, by the body of…really?.. an Orlov's Trotter ridden by Russian Young Rider Alexandra Korelova in Grand Prix testing at Aachen 2009.
So, toward better understanding of the ideal, I offer this video of Balagur. Actually the horse's canter is also quite nearly ideal. But I must say that the collected and extended walks are disappointing, not enough, if any, overstep at extended walk, and not through, although still clear, in collected walk. Walk performance gets double coefficient by current rules, as they should, so that's good enough reason for this performance to have not scored 80. But the trot, collected and extended, passage and piaffe are exemplary, and the canter is right up there!
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There is nothing like the fear of weapons of mass destruction to bring out weary old legislative proposals. Earlier this month, it leaked out that the Justice Department was considering a broad expansion of its investigative authority, including the creation of . . . There is nothing like the fear of weapons of mass destruction to bring out weary old legislative proposals. Earlier this month, it leaked out that the Justice Department was considering a broad expansion of its investigative authority, including the creation of new criminal offenses, ostensibly to assist in the fight against terrorism. Many of the proposals contained in the "Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003" had nothing to do with fighting terrorism, but would substantially increase penalties for such mundane offenses as wire fraud or claiming too many deductions on a federal tax return.
One such proposal -- which has been floated out many times before -- is the idea of making a new crime out of using encryption in during the course of commission of a different and unrelated crime.
The language would create a new offense which would punish anyone who "during the commission of a felony under Federal law, knowingly and willfully encrypts any incriminating communication or information relating to that felony." It defines encryption as referring to "the scrambling (and descrambling) of wire communications, electronic communications, or electronically stored information, using mathematical formulas or algorithms in order to preserve the confidentiality, integrity, or authenticity of, and prevent unauthorized recipients from accessing or altering, such communications or information."


Like the running credits after a movie, Junia's name appears so briefly in Scriptures as to be almost missed. But if you put those credits on a brief pause, you'll see that Junia was outstanding in her faith and a significant contributor to the Christian Church.
Junia was mentioned in partnership with Andronicus.
Whatever their relationship was; husband and wife, siblings, or friends, they were a two person team, supporting the premise that God doesn't call us to live out our faith journey alone but in connection with other believers.
Junia was thrown in prison for her faith.
Her "works" for the Kingdom landed her in prison with Paul. Junia trusted God through her season of suffering and imprisonment. As we know, God uses all things for our good. Is it possible that this dark, solitary isolation of imprisonment was spiritually rich soil for Junia's faith; a time of rest, renewal, and growth under the bright spiritual light of God's love?
Junia was recognized for her outstanding faith.
Junia was a Jew, so highly regarded in history that during medieval times the powers in place, in disbelief that a woman could have such a great honor bestowed upon her, added an "s" to her name, changing "Junia" to the masculine form, "Junias". Modern day scholars now believe that Junia was, in fact, a woman. However, not every modern scholar believes that Junia was an apostle.
Junia was serving in Christ's Kingdom while Paul was still Saul.
While Junia was laying her life down for Christ, putting herself at risk of imprisonment and death to win converts for Christ, Paul was her enemy. He was not subtly cruel. He was openly venomous to every follower of Christ. He not only hated Christians, he dragged them out to be violently flogged and even murdered. He was an enemy of Junia; a servant of Satan; and an enemy of Christ. But not unforgivable.
When we are persecuted; when others are intentionally unkind, subtly cruel, or openly venomous, Jesus sees it and feels our pain as His own pain. Yet we are called transcend our circumstances, remembering that every person is capable of change and calling upon the Holy Spirit to help us love those who hurt us, to forgive them and to pray for them. Junia was greatly rewarded for her faithfulness. Her enemy became the friend who magnanimously exalted her for all generations. God's rewards for our sacrifices are beyond our imagination.
The best way to destroy your enemies…is to make them your friends. ~Abraham Lincoln.
Junia was the only female apostle mentioned in Scriptures.
Whether she was or was not an official apostle, the fact remains, that, "among the apostles" she was "outstanding".
To be a brief blip on the list of credits, barely mentioned and untitled, or ambiguously titled, at best; to be a part of an elite group of people, without the benefit of sharing their title and its ensuing respect and recognition; to serve the most and be recognized the least, is this not the mark of greatness in God's Kingdom?
How many of us dedicate our lives daily to Christ without pay or profit; without title or recognition; yet fully employed in service to our King: deployed messengers in the army of God, "sent out" to bring in, those who are perishing. Is there a greater honor in all this world?
Like Junia, we all began as disciples; followers of Christ, students of His message, lovers of our Lord. We were called by God to let go of our lives and follow Him. Disciples are called; apostles are sent. All apostles are disciples; not all disciples become apostles.
Junia was part of the larger group, the disciples of Christ, first. She followed His teachings, trusted in His protection, obeyed His commands, served sacrificially in His Kingdom, and then "went out" to share Christ's message with the world. Are you being drawn, like Junia, in radical pursuit, obedience, and service to God, to also rise up to the call of apostle-ship in Christ's Kingdom, going out into the world to share the love of God and the message of Jesus Christ with others?
May we, through the help of the Holy Spirit, be a blip, however brief, in the credits of the Kingdom of God, serving in faith and friendship, like Andronicas and Junia, teaming up in tolerance and love to become a breathtakingly beautiful, powerful, force of love, so that the world may believe that Jesus Christ is the Lord of love and the Lord of all.


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Q: Update Column values based on join with CTE I'm currently learning how to use CTE in SQL Server 2016, as I have some large table where I need to update some columns based on a match from a helper column, and I'm not completely sure how it's done. I know this can be done with a classic update as well, by I want to learn and understand it the CTE way right now, as it will come handy in a near future.
I have this Helper table:
State      ABR
Alabama    AL
Alaska     AK
Arizona    AZ

And I need to fill out the column State based on a join between state_short and ABR.
User    State_short State
John    AL          NULL
Carl    AK          NULL
Ivan    AZ          NULL
Martin  AZ          NULL
William AK          NULL
Sean    AL          NULL
Bob     AL          NULL

I Have tried this code:
WITH StateMatch AS
(
SELECT [State] AS StateName, [ABR] FROM [States]
)
UPDATE [Users]
SET [State] = StateName
FROM StateMatch

But this does only give me this output:
User    State_short State
John    AL   Alabama
Carl    AK   Alabama
Ivan    AZ   Alabama
Martin  AZ   Alabama
William AK   Alabama
Sean    AL   Alabama
Bob     AL   Alabama

I can see, that I am missing a join, but I'm not sure how to with CTE - Is it done within the CTE, or in the following select clause or can it be done with a where clause? What is best and most simple solution to updating a column based on a join from another helper-table?

A: To make your query work, you just need to JOIN Users to StateMatch on the State_short and ABR values:
WITH StateMatch AS
(
SELECT [State] AS StateName, [ABR] FROM [States]
)
UPDATE [Users]
SET [State] = StateName
FROM [Users] u
JOIN [StateMatch] s ON u.[State_short] = s.[ABR]

You can then:
SELECT *
FROM Users

Output
User        State_short     State
John        AL              Alabama
Carl        AK              Alaska
Ivan        AZ              Arizona
Martin      AZ              Arizona
William     AK              Alaska
Sean        AL              Alabama
Bob         AL              Alabama

Demo on SQLFiddle

A: To start with: you don't really need a CTE for this. You could just use a correlated subquery:
update Users
set State = (
    select s.State from States s where s.ABR = Users.State_short
)
where State is null

If you really want to use a CTE, an alternative option is to join within the CTE, and then update the CTE. SQLServer has amazing capabilities to backtrack things and apply the changes to the underlying table column:
with cte as (
    select u.State, s.State New_state
    from Users u
    inner join States s on s.ABR = u.State_short
)
update cte set State = New_state

Demo on DB Fiddle


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Current: Montpellier: Ranked as #1 most attractive and resilient large metropolis in France
Montpellier: Ranked as #1 most attractive and resilient large metropolis in France
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Information updated on 20/01/23
The new Arthur Loyd 2022 Barometer ranks Montpellier in top position among the most attractive and resilient large metropolitan areas in France. At the same time, Toulouse rose again to reach second place in its category.
Montpellier stands out as the most attractive and resilient metropolis in France according to the 2022 Barometer on the attractiveness and resilience of French metropolises and territorial transition published by Arthur Loyd! Demographic growth and outstanding access – via its high-speed TGV rail line – are the cornerstones of this success, which is reflected in a strong increase in private sector employment: + 11,392 jobs created in 2021.
A sign of Montpellier's positive influence in the area, the Hérault department saw a +5.9% increase in net job creation in the first quarter of 2022 (compared to pre-Covid Q4 2019), that is, 16,878 new jobs.
Montpellier is enjoying very good economic momentum, both in terms of the strong growth in private sector jobs and overall payroll, and its increasing specialization in higher metropolitan activities. To take full advantage of the current situation, Montpellier was able to leverage a positive business climate at a regional level. One slightly less positive point was the unemployment rate. While unemployment declined somewhat, it was still at the relatively high level of 9.7% at the end of 2021.
Exceptional momentum in the office space market in Montpellier demonstrates the territory's economic vitality. There was a record number of transactions in 2021, which notably helped Montpellier gain equal footing alongside other large metropolises, such as Toulouse, which is now in the category of very large metropolises.
Montpellier was also able to leverage many other advantages to stake its position with respect to innovation. In terms of sustainable development, the Hérault department has significant production capacity based on renewable energies, including both photovoltaic and wind energy. No other metropolises in its category equaled Montpellier in terms of fundraising by startups, or investment in sectors related to the climate transition.
A driving territory for the economy's green transformation
In 2021, the Hérault department attracted 770 million euros in capital supporting the climate transition. This amount ranks the department in second place in France, just after the Nord (North). The department benefits from at least 11 projects, including Urbasolar, specialized in solar energy farms.
"The Mediterranean climate and our geographical location gives the Occitanie-Méditerranée territory major benefits for becoming one of the leaders in France and Europe in sustainable development, notably for windmill, solar, and hydraulic energy production," notes Michel Peinado, Associate Director for Arthur Loyd Occitanie Méditerranée, while also placing a cautionary note on the barriers encountered: "While Montpellier's tertiary offering can easily meet the needs of business stakeholders, that is not necessarily the case for supporting industrial projects. Not only have we observed a deficit in terms of available facilities, but there is a real lack of immediately accessible real estate to welcome major structural projects for production."
GENVIA, a large project for hydrogen decarbonization led by CEA, Schlumberger New Energy, Vinci Construction, and the Occitanie Region will end up in Béziers, notably thanks to the mobilization of elected officials and local authorities. The project represents a strategic challenge for France: a giga-capable production site by 2030, with 500 direct jobs and an ecosystem (EDEN) related to green hydrogen. Other industrial projects involving the energy transition are currently looking for property solutions.
"Without specific assistance from local authorities, especially with respect to simplifying administrative requirements by Government bodies to make property available, it will not be possible to pursue these projects in our territory," warned Michel Peinado.
The Occitanie region, driving the French economy
According to the Arthur Loyd 2022 Barometer, Occitanie actually became stronger during the Covid period, now ranking as the third leading region in France with respect to private job growth since Q4 of 2019.
After having been the regional metropolis that suffered the most from the economic impact caused by the Covid-19 crisis (10,792 jobs disappeared), Toulouse created 16,386 jobs in 2021. The rebound is spectacular, contributing to its second-place ranking among France's very large metropolises.
This trend is confirmed through investments in climate transition sectors, such as renewable energy, waste recycling, green hydrogen, batteries, electric vehicles, and more. A sign of the area's vitality, it is noted that Occitanie has clear advantages when it comes to renewable energies, and is notably ranked as the second leading region in terms of investment made in climate transition industries. Companies invested 1.4 billion euros in 2021 for projects related to the economy's decarbonization, and 1 billion in the first half of 2022.
Arthur Loyd 2022 Barometer
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