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Selection of academic scholars is based on the results of screening, testing, and interviews coordinated by the Renaissance College Scholarships Committee. The scholarship test includes individual assessments in the areas of mathematics, science (Year 8 and above), language, writing and academic potential.
Applicants will be notified of the testing date, time, venue and assessment procedures by 18 March 2022. All students who sit for the scholarships test will receive a notice on whether or not they have been successful in proceeding to the next interview stage by May 2022. After attending the subsequent group and individual interview, successful students will be offered a scholarship place for entry to Renaissance College, commencing August 2022.
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For the audition (performance-based), candidates will perform two monologues, one contemporary and one Shakespearean from a prescribed list. The list will be made available to students once they have submitted their application. Applicants will also be asked to perform an improvisation solo. As for the showcase (technical theatre), students will prepare and create, in the black box theatre space, two contrasting technical moments in theatre from a prescribed list of plays. Candidates are allowed to use actors if they wish, and if they need more than one technician to bring their showcase to fruition, they can bring along assistants they will need to help operate the equipment as they wish.
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Succession of states
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Succession of states is a theory and practice in international relations regarding successor states. A successor state is a sovereign state over a territory and populace that was previously under the sovereignty of another state. The theory has its root in 19th-century diplomacy.[1] A successor state often acquires a new international legal personality, which is distinct from a continuing state, also known as a continuator, which despite change to its borders retains the same legal personality and possess all its existing rights and obligations (such as a rump state).[2]
Partial and universal state successionEdit
A state succession can be characterized as either being universal or partial. A universal state succession occurs when one state is completely extinguished and its sovereignty is replaced by that of one or more successor states. A partial state succession occurs when the state continues to exist after it has lost control of a part of its territory.[3]
An example of a partial state succession is the case of the split of Bangladesh from Pakistan, there was no challenge to Pakistan's claim to continue to exist and to retain its membership of the United Nations: it was a continuator and not a successor. Bangladesh eventually was recognized as a new state: it was a successor and had to apply for UN membership.
An example of a universal state succession is the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. Neither part claimed any continuity: both the Czech Republic and Slovakia were new successor states.
Rights and obligations of successor statesEdit
Consequent upon the acquisition of international personality, the difficult matter of succession to treaty rights and obligations arises.[4] Succession may refer to the transfer of rights, obligations, and/or property from a previously well-established prior state (the predecessor state) to the new one (the successor state). Transfer of rights, obligations, and property can include overseas assets (embassies, monetary reserves, museum artifacts), participation in treaties, membership in international organizations, and debts. Often a state chooses piecemeal whether or not it wants to be considered the successor state.
A special case arises, however, when the predecessor state was signatory to a human rights treaty, since it would be desirable to hold the successor state accountable to the terms of that treaty, regardless of the successor state's desires. Daniel Patrick O'Connell wrote, "Practice is tending towards a de facto succession to at least those conventions which have a humanitarian aim."[5]
Vienna Convention on Succession of States in respect of TreatiesEdit
In an attempt to codify the rules of succession of states, the Vienna Convention on Succession of States in respect of Treaties was drafted in 1978. It entered into force on November 6, 1996.[6] Only 23 states are currently parties to the convention.
Population and nationalityEdit
A difficult question is what the consequences are for the inhabitants of a territory undergoing state succession. If the succession is partial, the inhabitants can become nationals of a state whose territory they reside outside of. If the succession is universal, they can become stateless, as the state that they held citizenship to ceases to exist. O'Connell wrote:
In the first place, there is considerable disagreement as to the manner in which change of nationality may be brought about. One school of thought asserts that the nationality of inhabitants of absorbed territory is automatically changed at the moment of the substitution of the one State for the other. A second option considers that the inhabitants in question acquire the nationality of the successor state only by an express or tacit submission to the new sovereign. The more recent and widely accepted theory regards nationality as a matter solely of domestic jurisdiction, and contends that the successor State has a discretion as to the manner in which it extends its nationality to the inhabitants of territory which it acquires.[7]
Other scholars disagree and instead claim that the population is naturalized and receives citizenship of the new state. Charles Hyde wrote:
Whenever a State acquires from another part of its territory, the inhabitants of the area transferred, who were nationals of the former sovereign, are, in the absence of an agreement collectively naturalized.[8]
Ian Brownlie wrote:
the evidence is overwhelmingly in support of the view that the population follows the change of sovereignty in matters of nationality[9]
Rudolf Graupner wrote:
Most treaties on international law asserts that territorial change effects "automatically" a change of the nationality concerned unless there be special stipulations in the respective treaties. Which people are affected is often in dispute, but the people who are actually concerned are said to become automatically nationals of the successor State, i.e. they lose the old and immediately acquire the new nationality through the very act of annexation, cession, etc. Mostly, the existence of a rule of international law to that effect is assumed.[10]
Classification of casesEdit
In their application to the acquisition of independence, distinctions should be drawn between different cases though the line of demarcation is not always clear:[4]
Bilateral and multilateral treaties necessarily give rise to different considerations.
There are real treaties and personal treaties. Real treaties affect the territory itself, such as boundary agreements or the grant of transit rights, which can continue irrespective of the personality of the state. The new state must take over the country in the condition in which it finds it, as the parent state cannot give more than it possesses. Such treaties can be described as "treaties creating purely local obligations."[4]
Exceptions to orderly successionEdit
There are several recent examples where succession of states, as described above, has not been entirely adhered to. This is mostly a list of the exceptions that have occurred since the creation of the United Nations in 1945. In previous historical periods, the exceptions would be too many to list.
AfghanistanEdit
The Taliban state in Afghanistan (the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) became the de facto government of nearly all the country in the mid-1990s, but the Afghan Northern Alliance was still recognised by many nations and retained the UN seat.
ChinaEdit
The People's Republic of China (PRC) was established in 1949 in Mainland China, claiming "succession" from the Republic of China (ROC). However, the succession of the PRC as the state of "China" was not initially recognized by many states because of Cold War politics and because the ROC continued to exist on the island of Taiwan and other islands, such as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, Pratas and Taiping. Despite this situation, the ROC in Taiwan maintained their membership as "China" in the United Nations, and a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. However, the PRC was granted the seat of "China" in the United Nations and Security Council in 1971, in place of the ROC whose recognition was withdrawn and the representatives it had sent were expelled as unlawful representatives of China. This was done through the adoption of General Assembly Resolution 2758. As of 2014[update], the PRC exercises sovereignty over mainland China, while the ROC continues to be unrecognised by the United Nations but exercises sovereignty over the Taiwan Area, with both claiming they are the sole legitimate government of both the mainland and Taiwan. The ROC also claims borderlands unclaimed by the PRC, most notably (Outer) Mongolia.
IrelandEdit
Ireland, then called the Irish Free State, seceded from the United Kingdom in 1922. The new state took the view that when a new state comes into being after formerly being part of an older state, its acceptance of treaty relationships established by the older state is a matter for the new state to determine by express declaration, or by conduct in the case of each individual treaty.[4] In practice, however, the Irish regarded the commercial and administrative treaties of the United Kingdom previously applying to the territory of the Irish Free State as remaining in force.[4]
IsraelEdit
Israel took the view that, by virtue of its declaration of independence in 1948, a new international personality was created and that it started with a clean slate and was bound only by such of the former international obligations affecting the territory as Israel might accept.[4]
Kampuchea/CambodiaEdit
When Democratic Kampuchea led by Pol Pot was militarily displaced by the Vietnamese-backed People's Republic of Kampuchea, the country's United Nations seat was held by Democratic Kampuchea for many years. It is now held by the Kingdom of Cambodia.
KoreaEdit
An important tenet of the modern state of Republic of Korea is that the Korean Empire's incorporation into the Empire of Japan from 1910 to 1945 constituted an illegal occupation. In 1919 when the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea was formed it claimed continuity directly from their pre-1910 status. In 1948 when the modern Republic of Korea was formed it claimed that it was identical with Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea and that the Provisional Government succeeded the Korean Empire.[11]
South Korea resumed membership to international organisations such as the Universal Postal Union and re-affirmed that pre-1910 treaties were still in force.[12]
North Korea also regards Korean Empire's incorporation into the Empire of Japan from 1910 to 1945 as constituting an illegal occupation.
Ottoman Empire/TurkeyEdit
There is some debate over whether the modern Republic of Turkey is a continuing state to the Ottoman Empire or a successor.[13] The two entities fought on opposing sides in the Turkish War of Independence (1919–23), and even briefly co-existed as separate administrative units (whilst at war with one another): Turkey with its capital in Ankara and the Ottoman Empire from Istanbul, but this type of scenario is also common in civil wars. The nationalist faction, led by Mustafa Kemal who defected from the Ottoman army, established the modern republic as a nation state (or new government regime) by defeating the opposing elements in the independence war. There remains debate whether the Turkish War of Independence was a war of independence, or a civil war that led to a regime change.
PakistanEdit
When Pakistan became independent it claimed that it was automatically a member of the United Nations, as British India had been a founding member of the United Nations despite its colonial status. The United Nations Secretariat however expressed the following opinion:[4]
From the viewpoint of International Law, the situation is one in which part of an existing State breaks off and becomes a new State. On this analysis there is no change in the international status of India; it continues as a State with all treaty rights and obligations, and consequently with all rights and obligations of membership in the United Nations. The territory which breaks off—Pakistan—will be a new State. It will not have the treaty rights and obligations of the old State and will not, of course, have membership in the United Nations. In International Law the situation is analogous to the separation of the Irish Free State from Britain, and Belgium from the Netherlands. In these cases the portion which separated was considered a new State, and the remaining portion continued as an existing State with all the rights and duties which it had before.
Soviet UnionEdit
International convention since the end of the Cold War has come to distinguish two distinct circumstances where such privileges are sought by such a successor state, in only the first of which may such successor states assume the name or privileged international position of their predecessor. The first set of circumstances arose at the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in 1991. One of this federation's constituent republics, the Russian Federation has declared itself to be "the continuator state of the USSR" on the grounds that it contained 51% of the population of the USSR and 77% of its territory. In consequence, Russia agreed that it would acquire the USSR's seat as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.[14] This was also accepted by the rest of the former states of the USSR; in a letter dated 24 December 1991, Boris Yeltsin, at the time President of the Russian Federation, informed the Secretary-General that the membership of the Soviet Union in the Security Council and all other United Nations organs was being continued by the Russian Federation with the support of the 11 member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States.[15] All Soviet embassies became Russian embassies.
On the other hand, the Baltic states represent a special case. An important tenet of the modern states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania is that their incorporation into the Soviet Union from 1940 to 1991 constituted an illegal occupation. In 1991 when each Baltic state regained their independence they claimed continuity directly from their pre-1940 status. Many other states share this view, and as such, these states were not considered either predecessor or successor states of the Soviet Union. As a consequence, the Baltic states were able to simply re-establish diplomatic relations with countries, re-affirm pre-1940 treaties still in force, and resume membership to international organisations.[16]
YugoslaviaEdit
After four of the six constituent republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia seceded in 1991 and 1992, the rump state, renamed the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, stated it was the continuation of the state of Yugoslavia—against the objections of the newly independent republics. Representatives from Belgrade continued to hold the original Yugoslavian UN seat—however, the United States refused to recognize it. The remaining territory of the federation was less than half of the population and territory of the former federation. In 1992 the Security Council on September 19 (Resolution 777) and the General Assembly on September 22, decided to refuse to allow the new federation to sit in the General Assembly under the name of "Yugoslavia" on the theory that the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia had dissolved. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (later renamed Serbia and Montenegro) was admitted as a new member to the United Nations in 2000; in 2006, Montenegro declared independence and Serbia continued to hold the federation's seat. Additionally, Kosovo declared independence in 2008.
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^ "The Term State Succession Under International Law Signifies The Transmission of The Rights and Obligations of One State to Another in Consequence of Territorial Sovereignty". The Lawyers & Jurists. 2013-09-09. Archived from the original on 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
^ Crawford, James (2006). The Creation of States in International Law. Clarendon Press. pp. 667–72. ISBN 9780199228423.
^ "Kinds of State Succession". www.sheir.org. Archived from the original on 2017-08-07.
^ a b c d e f g Commonwealth and Colonial Law by Kenneth Roberts-Wray, London, Stevens, 1966. P. 267.
^ D.P. O'Connell, The Law of State Succession, 1956, p. 435
^ "Vienna Convention on succession of States in respect of treaties". United Nations Treaty Series. 2009-01-13. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
^ D. P. O'Connell, The Law of State Succession, 1956, p. 245
^ Charles Hyde, II INTERNATIONAL LAW 1090, 1945
^ Ian Brownlie, "The Relations of Nationality in Public International Law", 39 The British Yearbook of International Law, 284, 1963
^ Rudolf Graupner, "Nationality and State Succession General Principles of the Effect of Territorial Changes on Individuals in International Law". Archived 2018-05-12 at the Wayback Machine, 1945, p. 89. JSTOR 743190.
^ "Riss 통합검색 - 국내학술지논문 상세보기".
^ "대한제국 국제조악 효력확인". 1986-08-04.
^ ÖKTEM, EMRE (2011). "Turkey: Successor or Continuing State of the Ottoman Empire?". Leiden Journal of International Law. Cambridge University Press. 24 (3): 561–583. doi:10.1017/S0922156511000252. Archived from the original on 2015-10-17.
^ Bühler, Konrad G. (2001). State Succession and Membership in International Organizations. Legal Aspects of International Organization Series. Volume 38. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. pp. 161–4. ISBN 9789041115539.
^ "Member States of the United Nations - Russia*". the United Nations. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
Burgenthal/Doehring/Kokott: Grundzüge des Völkerrechts, 2. Auflage, Heidelberg 2000 ‹See Tfd›(in German)
European Journal of International Law – State Succession in Respect of Human Rights Treaties
Wilfried Fiedler: Der Zeitfaktor im Recht der Staatensukzession, in: Staat und Recht. Festschrift für Günther Winkler, Wien, 1997. P. 217–236. ‹See Tfd›(in German)
Wilfried Fiedler: Staatensukzession und Menschenrechte, in: B. Ziemske u.a. (Hrsg.), Festschrift für Martin Kriele, München 1997. P. 1371–1391 ‹See Tfd›(in German)
Draft Articles on Nationality of Natural Persons in relation to the Succession of States with commentaries (1999)
Öktem, Emre (September 2011). "Turkey: Successor or Continuing State of the Ottoman Empire?". Leiden Journal of International Law. 24 (3): 561–583. doi:10.1017/S0922156511000252. - Published online on 5 August 2011
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Mandeville is een plaats (city) in de Amerikaanse staat Louisiana, en valt bestuurlijk gezien onder St. Tammany Parish.

Demografie
Bij de volkstelling in 2000 werd het aantal inwoners vastgesteld op 10.489.
In 2006 is het aantal inwoners door het United States Census Bureau geschat op 12.158, een stijging van 1669 (15,9%).

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Steve Fogen (* 28. September 1979 in Esch an der Alzette) ist ein ehemaliger Luxemburger Radrennfahrer, der auf der Straße und bei Querfeldeinrennen aktiv war.

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Steve Fogen begann seine Laufbahn beim Verein UC Dippach, dessen Mitglied er während seiner gesamten Karriere blieb. Sein erstes Rennen gewann er als Junior 1997 in Kopstal. 1998 startete er erstmals für die Nationalmannschaft Luxemburgs, er wurde 38. der Slowakei-Rundfahrt. Er wurde 1997 Luxemburger Cyclocross-Meister in der Juniorenklasse, drei Jahre später in der U23-Klasse. Auf der Straße wurde er im selben Jahr nationaler Meister im Zeitfahren. 1999 wurden die Spiele der kleinen Staaten von Europa in Luxemburg ausgetragen. Beim dortigen Straßenrennen siegte Fogen vor seinem Landsmann Christian Poos. Bei diesen Spielen wurde er 2001 nochmals Dritter im Straßenrennen und Zweiter im Zeitfahren. 2000 gewann er die nationale Meisterschaft im Zeitfahren. Er bestritt überwiegend Rennen in Frankreich und schloss sich zeitweilig einem französischen Verein (in Nogent-sur-Oise) an, wo er auch zeitweilig wohnte. Bei nationalen Titelkämpfen errang er einige weitere Podestplätze auf der Straße und im Querfeldeinrennen.

Später fuhr er für die französische Mannschaft Cofidis als Stagiaire. Im Jahr darauf gewann er zwei Etappen bei der Flèche du Sud und das Zeitfahren Chrono Champenois. 2002 war er auf einer Etappe der Spa Arden Challenge erfolgreich und wurde auch Dritter der Gesamtwertung. 2007 fuhr Fogen für das Luxemburger Continental Team Differdange und 2008 für das Professional Continental Team Preti Mangimi. In den folgenden Jahren trat er noch gelegentlich in diversen Altersklassenwettbewerben an.

Erfolge – Straße
 2000
  Luxemburger Meister – Einzelzeitfahren

 2001
 zwei Etappen Flèche du Sud
 Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen

Erfolge – Cyclocross
 1997
  Luxemburger Meister – Querfeldeinrennen (Junioren)

 2000
  Luxemburger Meister – Querfeldeinrennen (U23)

Teams
 2000 Cofidis (Stagiaire)
 …
 2007 Continental Team Differdange (ab 13.05.)
 2008 Preti Mangimi

Doping
2002 erhielt Fogen nach einem positiven Dopingtest eine Sperre von sechs Monaten.

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Arafat was force of inspiration for all oppressed masses- Pirapaharan
"Arafat was the source and force of inspiration, not only for the Palestinian people but for all the oppressed masses of the world," said leader of Liberation Tigers, Velupillai Pirapaharan in his condolence letter to the Palestinian people and their leadership.
On behalf of the people of Tamil Eelam I wish to express heartfelt condolences over the demise of your highly esteemed national leader of the Palestine people, President Yasser Arafat.
President Arafat symbolised the national unity of the Palestinian people. He was the historical spirit behind the heroic struggle of his people for liberation. He was the source and force of inspiration, not only for the Palestinian people but for all the oppressed masses of the world.
His passing at this critical moment in world history, will be an irreparable loss to all those who cherish freedom and liberty from conditions of oppression and injustice.


We get so busy with our work and personal lives that we get too serious. Sometimes we just need to get a little bit of humor to improve our mood. So OnTheClock.com is a time clock system so I thought why not put together a list of simple one-liner jokes about Time and Clocks to post on our Blog. They may be a little corny but if it puts a smile on your face or at least gets a snicker from you it may brighten up your day. If you are in a need of a time clock solution you may want to check out OnTheClock.com when you have the time.
What do you call a tense clock?
What did the robber say to the clock?
Why did the tardy man stop to purchase a clock?
He wanted to buy time.
Why shouldn't you tell secrets when a clock is around?
Why did the man throw the clock out the window?
Why did the pendulum stop moving?
What happens if you annoy a clock?
Why did the woman put a clock under her desk?
She wanted to work over time.
What do you call a grandfather clock?
If your watch is broken, why can't you go fishing?
Why did the historian measure a clock?
Why did the man buy so many clocks?
What do you call a story that one clock tells to another?
Why did the clock get sent to the principal's office?
What do you call a clock on the moon?
What did the second hand say to the hour hand?
What did the unwound clock say to its owner?
What kinds of bugs live in a clock?
What did the street clock say to the tower clock?
What do you get when you cross a clock and a chicken?
How can you tell if a clock is hungry?
I did not create any of these one-liners. I have heard these jokes over the years from family, friends, kids, and comedians. I do not know the origins or who actually came up with these, but Kudos to the individuals that have the ability to think these up.


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Q: Logitech Lua Script randomized button press in repeat loop on random sleep timers first time i try to code sth for me so....... Here i got a script that repeats (on mouse button 5 press) pushing multiple buttons with random sleep timers each after one another, checking after each button, if mouse button is still pressed. Working fine so far. Sorry for the chaotic look.
Goal:

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*holding down button 5

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*Pressing assigned buttons (7,8,w,q,f,s) in random order,

*random sleep timers,

*check after each random button press if mouse button is still pressed

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*repeating same button order while holding down mouse button 5 (not randomized)

After hours of research i couldn't find somethin that helps me with that problem by myself, so i thought i'll try it here!
I really would appreciate some help here :)))
    EnablePrimaryMouseButtonEvents(true)
function OnEvent(event, arg)
   if event == "MOUSE_BUTTON_PRESSED" and arg == 5 then
      repeat
        PressKey("8")
         Sleep(math.random(16, 21))
         ReleaseKey("8")
if not IsMouseButtonPressed(5) then break end
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        PressKey("7")
         Sleep(math.random(16, 38))
         ReleaseKey("7")
if not IsMouseButtonPressed(5) then break end
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        PressKey("w")
         Sleep(math.random(43, 87))
         ReleaseKey("w")
if not IsMouseButtonPressed(5) then break end
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        PressKey("q")
         Sleep(math.random(16, 38))
         ReleaseKey("q")
if not IsMouseButtonPressed(5) then break end
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        PressKey("w")
         Sleep(math.random(43, 87))
         ReleaseKey("w")
if not IsMouseButtonPressed(5) then break end
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        PressKey("f")
         Sleep(math.random(15, 63))
         ReleaseKey("f")
if not IsMouseButtonPressed(5) then break end
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        PressKey("s")
         Sleep(math.random(16, 28))
         ReleaseKey("s")
if not IsMouseButtonPressed(5) then break end
      until not IsMouseButtonPressed(5)
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On Writing and Life: "Nothing Comes Close" named among Africa Book Club 2012 Books of the Year!
"Nothing Comes Close" named among Africa Book Club 2012 Books of the Year!
"Nothing Comes Close" makes the list of Africa Book Club 2012 Books of the Year! Woo-hoo! I'm in really good company!
It's amazing to think my book has been featured on a list of best books of 2012. The list was compiled by the editors and reviewers of the Africa Book Club.
Daniel Musiitwa, the managing editor, said "Our 2012 list includes the top picks from our team of reviewers, that is, books they read and recommended as deserving to be on the list. We also scoured the continent (and, of course, the Internet) to find books about Africa or by African authors that generated the most buzz, received literary awards, or made the bestseller lists."
According to the reviewer, Dianah Ninsiima, "Nothing Comes Close" makes for a refreshing read – certainly a departure from other African stories that mostly center on the continent's instabilities."
(You really don't need further convincing, so here's the link to buy the book ~ Nothing Comes Close: Paperback: Amazon UK) Thanks!
Thank you Lara, have a very happy and blessed 2013 too!
Huge congratulations! It's very well-deserved.


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Q: How do I pass an argument to the handler of Event.observe? prototype.js has the following function
Event.observe(document, "dom:loaded", foo_function);

It waits for the document to finish loading before executing foo_function. How do I pass an argument to foo_function? Something in the likes of
Event.observe(document, "dom:loaded", foo_function, {arg1: bar_argument, arg2: baz_argument})

A: Event.observe(document, "dom:loaded", (function(e, bar_argument, baz_argument) {
    //now bar_argument = bar,and baz_argument = baz
}).bindAsEventListener(this, bar, baz));

A: For people who use element.observe and extracted named functions for cleaner code:
(function main() {
    let myInteger = 0;
    document.observe('dom:loaded', onDOMLoaded.bindAsEventListener(this, myInteger));
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function onDOMLoaded(event, integer) {
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But our fighting spirit saw us fight through and credit must go to the players who stood firm until the end."


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23/06/2016 · I have my Father Tudor Oyster Date Manual wind, my mum just gave it to me out of the blue, it has been overwound how do you unwind the main spring or is there another simple way apart from spending big dollars at a watchmaker. how to see wifi password on computer If your watch crown and stem is stuck and cant turn then one of the wheels are broken or clogged. You will need to take apart the movement of the watch to explore the problem. You will need to take apart the movement of the watch to explore the problem.
by The Alarm Clock Doc When the condition of a clock is described as "over-wound," there is always another underlying cause for why the clock will not run. The clock ends up fully wound because winding is the first thing we try when a clock has stopped.
Hold the spring under tension and release the rachet pawl by 1 tooth. Manually operate the escapement until it starts to tick on it's own.
3/01/2017 · OH is quite correct in that you need to remove the dial in order to access the click and safely let down the main spring. CB has also provided the service manual which if followed will result in an effectively serviced Timex.


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Q: Horizontal Scrollbar replication I have a table with some hidden td's which has a horizontal scrollbar corresponds to the table's width. On load the table's width doesn't have scroll as we click a Expand button the hidden td's are opened and table has a width more the viewing space so scrollbar is populated as expected.
Now, i have a scrollbar equivalent to the table's as mentioend above; but the scrollbar is not getting updated when the Expand button is clicked on the go; it remains the same as the time on load.
Can we any technique to replicate the same behaviour of the table/div element scrollbar into a dummy scrollbar??
Thanks in advance!!!

A: Here is what I use to create a double scroll - Meaning attaching a scroll to the top of an element, since there is by default only one at the bottom:
function appendFakeScroll(elementToAttachScrollTo) {

    var newElementId = elementToAttachScrollTo[0].id + "Fake";

    // Check if we already have a fake scroll
    if (!$("#" + newElementId)[0]) {

        // No fake scroll exist, let's create a container for the scroll. It has to be the same width as the element we just expanded.
        var html = '
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            html += '

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            html += '
';

        // Here we attach the created scrollbar to the top of the element with .before()
        elementToAttachScrollTo.before(html);
    }

    // Create a jquery objekt of the now created fake scrollbar
    var fakeScroll = $("#" + newElementId);

    // Send the element we have the scrollbars in, as well as the fake scrollbar,
    // to a function that links them together, so that scrolling the fake one
    // also scroll the window and the real scrollbar, and wise versa
    linkScrollWindows(elementToAttachScrollTo, fakeScroll);

}

function linkScrollWindows(elementToAttachScrollTo, fakeScroll) {

    fakeScroll.scroll(function () {
        elementToAttachScrollTo.scrollLeft(fakeScroll.scrollLeft());
    });

    elementToAttachScrollTo.scroll(function () {
        fakeScroll.scrollLeft(elementToAttachScrollTo.scrollLeft());
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The new Bentley GMT Light Body B04 extends an irresistible invitation to tear up the road – or whiz through the air – while enjoying a combination of comfort and elegance, efficiency and style.
This authentic wrist sculpture is distinguished by its original and daring design featuring asymmetrical lugs, a black rubber strap, a broad bezel with a knurled motif inspired by Bentley radiator grilles, along with pushpieces built into the ergonomically streamlined profile. A paragon of functionality, this travel chronograph is also distinguished by its unprecedented ease of handling. All the wearer needs to do when juggling with timezones is to pull out the crown and turn it forwards or backwards in one-hour increments. This is achieved without any loss of precision in terms of the minutes, while the date is automatically adjusted to local time in either direction.
Another appreciable source of comfort on the road stems from the rotating inner bezel bearing the names of 24 cities and enabling at-a-glance readings of all timezones around the world in relation to the one indicated by the 24-hour hand. The dial bearing an openworked circular pattern reveals glimpses of the automatic B04 chronograph movement, chronometer-certified by the COSC (Swiss Official Chronometer Testing Institute), as indeed are all engines in the Breitling for Bentley racing team. High-precision travel at its finest.
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Rolex is presenting a new version of the Oyster Perpetual Milgauss with unique and symbolic aesthetics. Its green sapphire crystal marked a first in watchmaking when it was introduced on the Milgauss in 2007. Now this crystal is combined with an electric blue dial, an allusion to the emblematic lightning-boltshaped seconds hand and the watch's technical purpose as a paramagnetic timepiece designed for engineers and scientists in the 1950s, a golden age of scientific research.
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Nottinghamshire construction company, Woodhead, is celebrating after taking home a top award at Friday night's first ever Building Communities in the East Midlands Awards.
More than 350 representatives from housing providers and construction firms across the East Midlands came together on Friday 6th February to celebrate the inaugural event at the East Midlands Conference Centre, in Nottingham. Named winner of the Collaborative Working category alongside its client, Nottingham City Homes (NCH), Woodhead achieved the accolade for its work on the Building a Better Nottingham programme.
Woodhead was appointed by NCH in 2012 to take on the first phase of its Building a Better Nottingham project, which will see more than 450 new council homes built across the city over the next four years.
Woodhead's project saw 26 brand new sustainable, energy efficient family homes and bungalows, built to the Code for Sustainable Homes Level 4, on four separate former garage sites across the city. Working alongside NCH and Nottingham City Council (NCC), Woodhead completed the programme ahead of time and on budget.
Each and every site achieved excellent scores from the Considerate Constructors Scheme, for their efforts in enhancing the appearance of the sites, respecting the community, protecting the environment, securing everyone's safety and caring for the workforce.
The Woodhead team also worked with NCH to put together an innovative New Home pack for tenants, complete with a DVD and information pack to explain how the various technologies in the homes work, among other key messages.
Alistair Taylor, Team Leader of specialist sustainability team Woodhead Living, said: "We're delighted to have been shortlisted in this particular category and I'm so pleased for all the team involved that we have been able to win.
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Woodhead's project not only completed ahead of time and on budget, it also delivered social impact to the surrounding community, making sure over 95% of all plant labour and materials were sourced within 20 miles of each of the sites.
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By Scott Kirsner, Globe Columnist
Silicon Valley VC firm Kleiner Perkins and Horizons Ventures, an investment firm owned by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing, are leading the latest round of funding for Waltham-based Affectiva. The MIT Media Lab spin-out (which I first covered in 2009) is marketing two products: software for using webcams to analyze a user's facial expressions, and a wristband sensor that monitors the wearer's emotions using skin conductance.
The facial expression software, called Affdex, is primarily of interest right now to ad agencies and market researchers, who might want to show a TV spot or movie trailer to a test group and see which parts made them smile, frown, or look confused. The Q wristband sensor can also be used in that kind of market research, but it's also employed by researchers who focus on conditions like autism, epilepsy, and anxiety.
The new money — $12 million — "will accelerate development of both products," says Affectiva CEO David Berman, right. "We're lining up partners that have hardware manufacturing and distribution already in place for the Q Sensor, and we think that being able to test an ad or any content around the world, using a webcam, is really disruptive. It's something that we think will allow creators to optimize their content, especially by taking into acount how different cultures respond to it." Eventually, Berman predicts, we might share videos or other online content with our social networks based on how they made us feel: IE, "Here's a link to a YouTube clip that made me smile, cry, or wince in agony."
"We think the Facebook 'like' button is going to be obsolete," he says. "Instead, you'll be able to share a range of emotions while you're interacting with social content." You can try out the technology for yourself here, by viewing and responding to recent Super Bowl ads.
Affectiva co-founder and chief scientist Rosalind Picard is still on the faculty at MIT, and co-founder and chief technology officer Rana el Kaliouby also works as a research scientist there. Berman says that the company is approaching 40 employees, and "we should double in the next year." The company has raised $17.7 million in equity financing thus far.
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How to change my header picture?
After I search my setting options, I could not find one that could be used to change my header picture. Could anyone help me? Thanks in advance!
Above "Settings" entry there is "Edit profile", you use this one.
@koahnig Yes ,there a button which could change the header picture, however, there are only two options: Gravatar and Default icon. I can not find a option that can be used to choose picture from local disk.
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Played on outside hard courts in Sydney, New South Wales. The 2017 Championship was won by Johanna Konta from Great Britain. For the latest betting from Sun Bets click here.
Safarova leads the head to head 2-1, Kerber looked in decent nick in the Hopman Cup but that really is an exhibition event so we cannot tell a lot from it, Both similar type players with booming forehands but I give the edge to Safarova as she has the better serve and will be able to attack Kerber's especially her second serve which is very weak.
Lucie Safarova is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Now residing in Monte Carlo, Monaco. She turned professional in 2002. This left-handed player is coached by Rob Steckley. She is an accomplished player with a highest ranking of 5 in 2015. Prize money over $11,000,000.
Angelique Kerber is a German professional tennis player, turned pro in 2003. She resides in Poland. This former world no 1. The oldest player to achieve this status in 2016. This left-handed player has an aggressive style. She has won 10 singles titles with two major titles taking the Australian and US Open in 2016. She has achieved prize money over US$20,000,000.
Sevastova leads the head to head 1-0 and she played decently last week I just feel Cibulkova with her hard flat hitting will prove too powerful for Sevastova tonight.
Dominika Cibulkova turned professional in 2004. She resides in her home country of Bratislava, Slovakia. This right-handed player. A highest ranking of 59 in 2012. She has achieved prize money over US $11,000,0000.
Head to head is tied 1-1, I favour Strycova here as she played ok last week in Auckland where she reached the QF whereas Kasatkina looked woefully short of court time in her straight-sets defeat to Kanepi and I think this year could be a struggle for the young Russian as her opponents work out her game and she loses the surprise factor.
Barbora Strycova is a Czech player who turned pro in 2003. She resides in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This right-handed player has a highest ranking of no 16 in 2017. Prize money over US $6,000,000.
Radwanska leads the head to head 2-1 and all on outdoor hard courts, She may not be operating quite at her peak Radwanska but on her day she is still a match for most players, he has always struggled against the power players who can hit through her but her variation and still tends to take care of the lesser players. Konta has a poor end to last season and despite making huge strides over the last two seasons I have to oppose her here purely based on her retirement and the fact that Radwanska has the skill to be able to have Konta running around so will test that hip out.
Agnieszka Radwanska is a professional tennis player from Poland, Krakow. She turned pro in 2005. This right-handed player was formerly coached by Martina Navratilova. Highest ranking no 2 in 2012.
Johanna Konta resides in Eastbourne, England, United Kingdom. However, she was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She turned pro in 2008. This right-handed player is coached by Michael Joyce. She has achieved prize money of more than $5,000,000.


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Q: How to disable manual resizing of Tkinter's Treeview column? Since I can't horizontally scroll Treeview column due to what appears to be Tk/Tkinter limitation, I want to make it sticky so it is attached to the frame.
The issue is that user can manually resize Treeview column which can mess up my interface in a certain way. Is it possible to disable such functionality?

Note the size of the column header.

User can drag mouse to resize column. I want to disable this.
Setting minwidth to a certain value prevents column from shrinking, but it is still possible to resize it to a larger width. I suppose I can react to changing width and just revert it to original, but there has to be a better way to do it.

A: I just found a decent solution. You can capture the mouse click before it reaches the widget, preventing the user to modify the column width.
def disableEvent(event):
    return "break"

treeviewName.bind("<Button-1>", disableEvent)

In case you need to really check which widget was pressed the event.widget contains the widget that was pressed.

A: The following has only been tested on Windows, other OS's may vary.
For any future readers, since Tk 8.5, Treeviews have an identify_region method that accepts a screen position (x,y) and will return a string corresponding to the region of the treeview those coordinates occupy.
One of the return values is "separator".
I've used this to catch double-click events on the separator to auto-size columns, but you could also use it to catch single-click events and block them.
For example:
def handle_click(event):
    if treeview.identify_region(event.x, event.y) == "separator":
        return "break"

#...

treeview.bind('<Button-1>', handle_click)

This has the advantage of not rendering the entire treeview disabled -- so you can still select/expand/collapse rows, click column headings to sort, etc -- you just won't be able to resize the columns.
Note that even though resizing is disabled, the "double arrow" cursor (⇔) will still appear.  You could additionally prevent the double arrow cursor from showing by doing the exact same thing with the <Motion> event (binding to it, checking if it's above a separator, and stopping the event from being propagated by returning the string "break").
>>> sys.version
'3.6.0 (v3.6.0:41df79263a11, Dec 23 2016, 08:06:12) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)]'
>>> tkinter.TkVersion
8.6

A: I'll throw my hat in the ring - here's a dead-simple solution I found that prevents the user from resizing all columns in a ttk Treeview (named 'my_treeview' in this example):
my_treeview.bind('<Motion>', 'break')

HOW?
By binding a handler to the '<Motion>' event and setting it to 'break', hovering over column separators with the mouse no longer brings up the resize cursor (all mouse motion events are effectively disabled).
Treeview elements are still clickable and scrollable as usual, and setting column widths still works as expected.

A: you can horizontally scroll treeview, when i rezize the colomns(at runtime, drag to the right 'off screen') the xscrollbar gets activated, resize the column (bigger) in you code using an event after creation of scrollbar and treeview, such as push of button(say when treeview gets filled), else '.xview' detects nothing
vsbx = tkinter.Scrollbar(root_search_stock, orient="horizontal")
vsbx.place(x= 40, y = 550, width = 1000)

tree = tkinter.ttk.Treeview(root_search_stock,\
                           columns=column_names,yscrollcommand=vsby.set,xscrollcommand=vsbx.set)
tree.place(x = 50, y = 300)

vsbx.config(command = tree.xview)

A: Combining the answers from the other people:
def prevent_resize(event):
    if treeview.identify_region(event.x, event.y) == "separator":
        return "break"
treeview.bind('<Button-1>', prevent_resize)
treeview.bind('<Motion>', prevent_resize)

This blocks the resize, and also hides the "resize" mouse pointer


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The Comic Arts Brooklyn Experience - part 2
Photo by Chris Pitzer
Second installment of our CAB special, featuring a lot of wonderful guests (here you find the first part). Today we begin with Chris Pitzer, publisher at Adhouse Books from Richmond, Virginia. Chris kindly provided some of the photos of this post. Thanks Chris!
"I love Comic Arts Brooklyn. I loved Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Fest. I think the location has a lot going for it. People love NY/Brooklyn, and with so many creators living in the area, the quality of people who shows up is pretty damn good. This year AdHouse was debuting B+F by Gregory Benton. It was nice because I got to spend a fair amount of time with Gregory, which I greatly enjoyed. He and Florence were quite the hosts, too.
I had hoped to get out and shop a bit before the doors opened up, but I found myself still behind the table once customers started coming in. I think I snuck away around 11 or noon to acquire a few things I had heard about, or my friends asked me to pick up for them. Probably the number one item was Epoxy #4 by John Pham. Such a great talent and one of my favorite series. I tried to get Ant Colony by Michael DeForge, but they were sold out by the time I got over there. I got the new issue of Operation Margarine by Katie Skelly, Softcore by Box Brown, the Heather Benjamin porn book, Iron Bound by Brendan Leach, Fata Morgana by Jon Vermilyea, S.F. #3 by Ryan Cecil Smith… and a few other things. I enjoyed talking to Larry Marder and Chip Kidd to name a few. Always great catching up with such talented people.
It was a pretty quick trip for me, so I didn't get to do too much outside of the show. I did get to take in one event at the Society of Illustrators. I had never been in the same room as Steven Heller, so that was nice".
Gregory Benton draws and signs on B+F. Photo by Chris Pitzer
Leslie Stein, cartoonist, best-known for her books Eye of the Majestic Creature published by Fantagraphics Books:
"I had a great show at CAB this year. I think I sold more books than at any other convention I've been to so far. The atmosphere was very friendly, and the cartoonists exhibiting were exciting. It was a little overwhelming and exhausting, but I have postive feelings about it and am excited that it exists and hope to be included again".
Dave Nuss of Revival House Press, publisher of books by Malachi Ward, Ted May, Rusty Jordan and others:
"I had a very positive CAB experience. Sales-wise, it was on par with the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Fest from last year and the year before. I was fortunate enough to be placed at a table towards the center of the room, thus ensuring a viable amount of foot traffic.
-It felt efficiently organized with clear and concise exhibitor packages as well as a helpful amount of volunteers who were on hand to dispense amenities like water.
-The show seemed more commercially-inclined than years past. In particular, I'm speaking about the inclusion of First Second books who publish graphic novels that appeal to a broader audience, specifically the children's market.
-Also, a friend of mine mused on the absence of a larger European contingent. In the past, BCGF catered to publishers such as the French company, Fremok.
-This same friend also pointed out the diminished amount of satellite events, with a sparser offering of programming and animation screenings.
-I went to the after-party at the venue, Union Pool. Previously, the Cartoon House (a residence inhabited by a few comic artist and publishers) served as the site for post-show merriment, thus side-stepping the trappings of a bar tab. But an abundance of free drink tickets appeared to offset a large portion of this inconvenience.
-People from outside of New York who I had the pleasure of spending some time with included Veronica Graham (from the art duo, Most Ancient), Todd Bak (fresh off a book tour for Islands of Memory), Derek Ballard, Simon Hansellman, Edie Fake, Francois Vigneault, Ben Catmul, Lala Albert and Jason Levian.
-I picked up the Comic Workbook from Frank Santoro, the new Battling Boy by Paul Pope, some new minis by the Close Captioned posee, and Islands of Memory by my good pal, T. Edward Bak.
-Don't have too much gossip, but Alvin Buenaventura was heard to be wandering around, apparently making claims about returning to publishing".
Ritual #2 by Malachi Ward
Ed Kanerva of Canadian Koyama Press:
"Comic Arts Brooklyn was a wonderful celebration of comics in city that really understands them. For me, the highlight of the show was tabling with Jon Vermilyea, Alex Schubert and Ryan Cecil Smith (all the way from Japan!) who were all debuting books. Email and chat are great, but sometimes it is nice to interact outside of the internet!"
Koyama Press at CAB. Photo by Chris Pitzer
Mack Pauly of Space Face Books:
"CAB was great. Space Face debuted Life Zone by Simon Hanselmann, Baboom! by John F. Malta and Misliving Amended by Adam Buttrick. One of the highlights was Simon signing Life Zone at the table. There was a long line and he was meticulously drawing Megg, Mogg, Owl, and Werewolf Jones in every single book. His hands were aching, but he persevered. All Space Face's books sold really well and we had an amazing time.
Space Face's favorite acquisitions were all of the Breakdown Press debuts: Windowpane 2 by Joe Kessler, J.1137 by Antoine Cossé and Treasure Island #1 by Connor Willumsen. I would've bought the new Klaus book by Richard Short, but I ordered it online a few weeks ago. Too impatient. I also got the new Ant Colony book out from Drawn & Quarterly and Michael DeForge. It's giant and colorful. The new Alien Invasion book by Lala Albert is amazing, too. Plus lots of beer and pizza. NYC is always fun".
We close this post with two links suggested by Conundrum Press to reports by publisher Andy Brown and by Joe Ollmann, author of Science Fiction book. Enjoy! And thanks again to anyone who contributed to this report, I'm very grateful.
Conundrum Press at Comic Arts Brooklyn
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