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Archive | April 15th, 2019
New batch of informal settlers living in danger zones relocated in Tagum
Posted on 15 April 2019.
TAGUM CITY—50 families that have lived precariously along the accretion area of the Hijo River have now moved in to houses that were built on 60 square-meter lots located at Purok 3-G in Barangay Apokon during the official turn-over ceremony held on April 11, 2019.
Designed by the City Government of Tagum (LGU- Tagum) and approved by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the duplex houses of the beneficiaries-families are mainly funded by the DSWD through their Modified Core Shelter Program.
Each family was provided by the national government with 70 thousand-peso worth of construction materials and was given a chance to earn Php 226 daily for ten days in a Cash-for-Work scheme presented by the DSWD which allowed a skilled member of the family to personally work on building their home.
The LGU countered the fund outsourced from the DSWD with provisions under its Shelter Assistance Program that included hollow blocks, sand and gravel, galvanized iron, lumber and provided the labor force in fabricating or welding the steel trusses of each of the duplex houses.
The beneficiaries had been selected based on the tagging process undertaken by the City Housing and Land Management Office, with the barangay officials of Apokon confirming the families as living in the Barangay Apokon- located accretion area of the Hijo River which had been acknowledged as a danger zone.
The payment scheme of the government-funded socialized housing given to the newly relocated members of the community in RTU Village, a relocation site under the ownership of LGU Tagum, is bound to be heavily subsidized by the local government unit.
The turn-over ceremony which was spearheaded by Tagum City Mayor Allan Rellon was witnessed by DSWD XI Regional Director Mercedita Jabagat and other city and barangay officials, LGU employees as well as barangay functionaries. (CIO- Tagum)
Pantawid Focal: Ensuring education
Tibungco, Davao City- "The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to his/her commitment to excellence, regardless of his/her chosen field of endeavour," regional winner of the Search for Pantawid Focal 2019 Education Category, Sally C. Aro believes in this.
For a decade now, Teacher Sally has been serving as Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Focal Person in F. Bustamante National High School here. Ever since her early days in the assignment, she has committed herself in attending to the needs of the Pantawid beneficiaries enrolled in their school.
Teacher Sally believes that part of her job description is to ensure that the welfare of the parents and student beneficiaries are taken care of. Although she was only expected to receive and sign Certificate of Enrollments of parents and student beneficiaries, she was determined to exert extra mile in her work as Pantawid Focal Person.
Innovating
"I started my journey as a 4Ps Coordinator by planning on how to improve the implementation of the Pantawid Program in our school. I utilized various approaches and techniques for the different concerns of the program," Teacher Sally narrated.
One particular innovation that Teacher Sally led was the designing and utilization of an attendance monitoring tool to track the status of Pantawid beneficiaries. This tool helps in the timely and comprehensive tabulation of the monthly attendance data of 4Ps students.
Teacher Sally also developed her own system to identify Pantawid beneficiaries in the beginning of every school year. This system also monitors the monthly attendance, completion and submission of Compliance Verification Forms. With these innovations, she has always been found organized in her job and is prompt in complying with the timeline of submission of documents.
Facilitating solutions
"Our school was faced with a budding problem on habitual absences of 4Ps beneficiaries. As Focal Person, I made an initiative to talk to the parents of concerned students about their absenteeism. I also tasked the students to write a letter promising that they will attend their classes regularly. I also coordinated with the advisers to help monitor the attendance of beneficiaries as well as their academic performance," Teacher Sally shared.
Teacher Sally also created a means in addressing the discrepancies in school records of beneficiaries. "The school encountered problems relative to beneficiaries who use wrong family names in official documents hence, resulting to a number of unenrolled students in the Compliance Verification Forms. As 4Ps coordinator, I helped them address the problem and referred them to the school registrar for proper processing of required documents."
Teacher Sally gives much importance in dealing with parents and students at an interpersonal level. To her, communication is very important to identify the needs and concerns of Pantawid beneficiaries. She takes time to listen to their problems and answer their queries well. Also, she often coordinates with the City Link and Social Welfare Assistant (SWA) to help address the concerns of Pantawid beneficiaries. More importantly, she started to build relationships with the people working behind the program. She makes an effort to ask for feedback as basis for further improving her practices.
Teacher Sally also spearheaded a Pantawid Project within their school named "Gulayan sa Paaralan" with the full cooperation of Pantawid beneficiaries. She even requested some Barangay officials and staffs to be stakeholders and contributors of the said project.
Teacher Sally gives time to enhance her personal effectiveness through submitting herself to undergo trainings. She has attended series of seminars, trainings and workshops where she was able to learn new methods and shared her own best practices as focal person in the Pantawid Program implementation.
Among her workshops are Orientation and Technical Assistance to Pantawid Field Implementers on K-12 Program last April 2016 which was participated by DSWD Pantawid Program field staffs, Consultation- Workshop on Records Management; and Family Development Sessions (FDS), where she shared inputs and updates on beneficiaries' attendance monitoring, academic status and correct registration of family names.
Despite the demands and challenges she faced with her assignment as Pantawid Focal Person, her inherent flexibility and adaptability at work helped her manage multiple assignments. On top of all these, she is also assigned as Curriculum Head of Grade 7 Level and a subject teacher as well. As an individual that demonstrates commitment to the organization, she sees these responsibilities as stepping stones that will lead to career progression.
Teacher Sally is also determined to let her career be the bridge to help her make the community a better place for people like the Pantawid beneficiaries who need utmost support and assistance.
Teacher Sally is the first regional winner of the Search for Pantawid Focal under Education of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). This search recognizes the efforts and services of partner stakeholders from the schools and health centers who have been crucial to the successful implementation of the program.
At present, regional Pantawid Pamilya is helping 226,230 families in 43 municipalities, 6 cities covering all 5 provinces, by keeping their children healthy and in school. The program also has 29,070 IP beneficiaries in Davao Region under the Modified Conditional Cash Transfer for Indigenous Peoples (MCCT-IP). (DSWD)


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Migration to Australia: recent arrivals from Italy
Riccardo Armillei (Deakin) & Bruno Mascitelli (Swinburne)
Between 1945 and 1983 some 400,000 Italians, usually unskilled and with limited education, came to Australia as 'permanent and long term arrivals', most arriving between 1952 and 1970. Thereafter the annual intake fell steadily. However, in recent years Australia has become a destination for a new generation of migrants from Italy – this time young highly-educated Italians seeking fresh opportunities. The earlier wave has been exhaustively studied by demographers, linguists and sociologists but little is known or understood about the recent migrants. While their small numbers hardly indicate a new 'boom' time (pace Dalla Bernadina, Grigoletti & Pianelli, 2013; Grigoletti & Pianelli, 2014, Marchese, 2014), their experiences are nonetheless worthy of investigation. To this end, we used surveys and focus groups to examine the temporary and permanent migration from Italy to Australia over the period between 2004, when the so-called Working Holiday Arrangement between the two states was agreed, and 2016 (Armillei & Mascitelli, 2016).
As well as encouraging closer relations between the two countries, the post-war emigration of Italians to Australia played a key role in transforming Australia economically, socially, and culturally. Italians contributed greatly to transforming the population make-up of Australia (Castles et al. 1987, p. 35; Phillips, Klapdor & Simon-Davies, 2010), becoming the second-largest migrant group after the 'Anglo-Celtic' segment of the overseas‐born population (UK, New Zealand and Ireland). Despite their limited command of English, they became the most numerous non-English-speaking immigrants in the labour market, becoming particularly prominent in city markets, restaurants and the smallholdings that supplied them. The 'chain-migration' element in the overall program reinforced this new diversity, as people joined other family or community members who had already migrated.
However, the Italian migration of that period is a closed chapter in Australian migration history. In line with its concern to expand relations with its Asian neighbours, Australia now embraces the migration sources, particularly China and India, that it rejected in the period of the White Australia Policy. While European migrants represented the main components of Australian migration population growth and diversity until the 1980s, the 1990s saw the entry of Vietnam, China and the Philippines into the list of top 10 source countries (Phillips, Klapdor & Simon-Davies 2010). Currently, five out of the top ten overseas countries of birth are Asian countries. The number of Australian residents born in China or India has increased exponentially in the last two decades (by 457 per cent and 334 per cent, respectively). At the same time, the number of migrants born in Italy continued to diminish: by 2011 it had declined from its peak of 289,476 in 1971 to 185,401 (its lowest level since 1954), a decrease of almost 36 per cent (Department of Immigration and Border Protection [DIBP], 2014). Between 2011 and 2015, however, a slight increase (6.9 per cent or 12,799) was recorded, taking the total to 198,200 (ABS, 2015) and adding a new stream to an Italian community defined largely by the descendants of the earlier post-war migrants.
Despite the obvious differences between the contexts of departure in 1950 and 2016, this recent migratory movement, of predominantly temporary character, has often been compared to the Italian migration of the 1950s and 1960s. Yet neither the patterns or consequences of the exodus from Italy nor the experiences of the new migrants in Australia has been examined carefully. This study, which seeks to redress this gap in our knowledge, is based on a survey of newly arrived Italians. Between January and May 2016, more than six hundred online surveys were collected among those who had arrived in Australia since 2004. Focus groups were also conducted with 'new Italian migrants' and migration agents in order to ensure validation of the results of the online survey responses.
This research was designed to cover the nature of this 'new' migration, its differences from the sources of the traditional Italian-Australian community, the social inclusion process and ensuing options, opportunities and problems. While acknowledging the existence of an increase in Italians coming to Australia, the investigation also aims to show that recent references to this new phenomenon are based on an overstatement of what the data demonstrate and, equally, of its likely prospects for the future. The contribution of the Italian cohort of migration to the national permanent population in Australia is rather low, as shown by Table 1 snapshot (below).
Table 1: Main Visa Categories 2004-2015. Visas Granted to Italian Citizens[1]
Category 2014-15 Change from 2013-14 2014-15 as a % of Australian Total Total Italy 2004-15 % of Australian total 2004-15
Temporary Entry (TE)
Visitor Visa 54,954 0.1% 1.3% 587,496 1.5%
417 Working Holiday Visa 14,138 -11.9% 6.2% 83,462 4.2%
457 Business Long Stay 2,110 31.2% 2.2% 11,681 1.1%
Student Visa 5,602 24.3% 1.9% 24,797 0.9%
Migration Program (MP)
Partner 521 11.6% 1.1% 3,691 0.8%
Employer Sponsored 636 37.1% 1.3% 3,221 0.8%
Skilled Independent 97 6.6% 0.2% 795 0.2%
State/Territory Nominated
Visa Classes 71 69.0% 0.3% 297 0.2%
[1] Some visa categories were too small and were not counted. Percentages may not add up to 100%.
Source: Armillei and Mascitelli (2016)
In broad terms, the Italian share of the Australian Temporary visa program between 2004 and 2015 was very small: a mere 1.5% of the total (this figure is calculated by looking at the four major temporary visa subclasses as shown in Table 1.1). In terms of the Italian contribution to the national Migration Program, the figure is lower still, at 0.5%, with 8,711 visas granted of the total of 1,832,548.
The analysis of the survey data confirms the dominant trend that sees a consistent part of Italians (almost fifty percent) arriving in Australia through the Working Holiday (WH) visa program. This group was followed by 13% of Italian nationals on a Student visa and 12% on a '457' visa. Most (83%) of the survey participants were young (aged 18-40), highly educated, with 60% holding either a bachelor degree, a master degree, or even a PhD. The social differentiation which emerged from this survey indicated 24% had been white-collar employees, 17% professionals, 15% students (without scholarship) and 12% blue-collar workers. 13% of the participants were involved in the hospitality industry, another 13% in the education and training sector, 12% in arts, design and entertainment, and 10% in architecture or engineering. While many respondents indicated that one of the main reasons for coming to Australia was to find better job opportunities, it was the category 'to have a new life experience' which attracted the greatest number of responses (52%). Interestingly, only a small group (9%) were unemployed before moving to Australia.
The rise of China as a global economy and power has made a China-Australia trade corridor an attractive prospect for the Australian economy. A two-way trade and investment relationship has developed: 'today, China is Australia's largest trading partner in terms of both imports and exports. Australia is China's sixth largest trading partner' (Holmes, 2013 ca., para. 3). The early 2000s also saw increasing levels of Chinese investment in Australia to an extent that began to threaten the normally strong levels of European and USA foreign direct investment into Australia. Growing levels of Chinese migration followed closely. The Australia-China relationship began to acquire strategic importance, later quantified in the 2015 Free Trade Agreement between the two countries. Australian leaders recently acknowledged that 'the trade treaty is fundamental to the nation's future prosperity as it opens up markets for local companies to exploit China's growing middle class and the ensuing consumption economy' (China Daily 2016). In other words, projected to grow by more than 850 million by 2030, China's middle class represents Australia's 'mega-market' (Callick, 2016).
Italian and Chinese migrations represent two unique cases in Australian history. At their different times, both groups have made important contributions to the development of Australia's population and economy. While the new Italian cohort of migrants has been met with little or no interest, increasing attention is now focusing on the growing wave of Chinese settling in Australia. Italy and other European countries were the privileged sources of migrants particularly after the end of the Second World War. The fact that by 2006 the number of China-born Australians had overtaken the Italian-born Australians symbolizes the accomplishment of Australia's efforts to re-position itself in the Pacific region. It seems unlikely that the very limited increase in Italian immigration, even though it marks a reversal of the trend over the past three decades, will have any impact on that development.
Armillei, R. & Mascitelli, B. (2016). From 2004 to 2016 – A new Italian 'exodus' to Australia? Report for the COMITES (Committee of Italians Abroad) of Victoria and Tasmania.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2015). 3412.0 – Migration, Australia, 2014-15.
Callick, R. (2016, April 9). China's growing middle class our mega-market. The Australian.
Castles, S., Cope, B., Kalantzis, M., & Morrissey, M. (1990). Mistaken identity: Multiculturalism and the demise of nationalism in Australia (2nd ed.). Sydney: Pluto Press.
China Daily USA. (2016, January 28). Businesses see China-Australia trade corridor attractive.
Dalla Bernadina G., Grigoletti G., & Pianelli S. (2013). Australia solo andata, 2013, Rapporto Italiani in Australia 2013 [Australia solo andata, 2013, Report on Italians in Australia].
Department of Immigration and Border Protection. (2014). The People of Australia Statistics from the 2011 Census.
Grigoletti, M. & Pianelli, S. (2014). Rapporto Italiani in Australia 2014. Australia Solo Andata.
Holmes, A. (2013 ca.). Australia's economic relationships with China.
Marchese, D. (2014, November 28). Economic devastation in Europe prompts new wave of Italian migration to Australia. ABC.
Phillips, J., Klapdor, M. & Simon-Davies, J. (2010). Migration to Australia since Federation: a guide to the statistics. Parliament of Australia: Department of Parliamentary Services.
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Q: django ModelMultipleChoiceField set initial values I have the following code:
category = forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField(
    label="Category",
    queryset=Category.objects.order_by('name'),
    widget=forms.Select(
        attrs={
            'placeholder': 'Product Category', 'class': 'form-control'}),
    required=True
)

how do I set an initial value in the select box like "Choose a category" so that the select box should have a list of categories with the initial value being "Choose a category"

A: You can pass it the "initial" setting from your view.  For example:
form = FormUsingCategory(initial={'category':querysetofinitialvalues})

The tricky part is that you must have the right queryset.  Just like the seed values, it must be of Category.objects.filter(...) - anything else won't work.

A: If you pass a QuerySet object as an initial value and if widget=forms.CheckboxSelectMultiple, then the check boxes are not checked.  I had to convert the QuerySet object to a list, and then the check boxes were checked:
YourForm(
    initial={
        "multi_field": [
            cat for cat in Category.objects.all().values_list("id", flat=True)
        ]
    }
)

A: Either set initial when you create form instance or set field initial in form init
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
    super(YourForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
    self.fields["category"].initial = (
        Category.objects.all().values_list(
            'id', flat=True
        )
    )

If you just want to change the text when no field selected you can set empty_label property. https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/ref/forms/fields/#django.forms.ModelChoiceField.empty_label

A: I needed something similar in admin and in ModelForm i just did something like:
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(CategoryAdminForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self.initial['category'] = list(Category.objects.filter(name=<whatever_you_need>))

and it worked fine for me

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As larger, taller apartments are built along the stretch of Prospect Avenue overlooking the downtown harbor, POP has become concerned about how these large bluff-top buildings will affect the green corridor of our lakefront below. POP members met to discuss our concerns with Robert Greenstreet, City director of planning and design.
POP's point is that our tall wooded lake bluffs are a defining asset of our city. They provide a green backdrop for our waterfront beaches, parks, duck lagoon, bike trail and beautiful Lincoln Memorial Drive. If these soaring bluffs are invaded aggressively—if they are overbuilt, overlighted, deforested, or if developers create showy facades on Lincoln Memorial Drive— the lakefront's beauty will suffer. Architectural fallout (security fences, transformer boxes, unfinished garages etc.) is another worry. The bluffs already contain too much ugly clutter.
Properties on the east side of Prospect Avenue include bluff land. They extend down the bluff to a point ten feet from the edge of the former railroad right-of-way which today contains a picturesque County bike trail. POP understands the builder's need to maximize buildable space and profits. But we are asking the City to establish guidelines that will require builders to respect the natural wooded character of the lakefront bluffs.
POP's also encouraging current bluff property owners to unclutter the bluff in any way they can.


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Primary Advisor for Primary Education, Victoria Stapleton, has been on Island for the last three months.
Victoria's role as a Primary Advisor on Island is to work closely with the three Primary School Head Teachers on raising attainment and ensuring children achieve the right amount of progress.
Over the past three months, Victoria has familiarised herself with practices within the classrooms, working closely with teachers and getting to know the children. Currently focusing on improving development in English and Maths, the Reading Champions scheme has been implemented across the primary schools. Children are encouraged to do reading at home and are praised and rewarded for their efforts in school. St Pauls and Pilling have also done reading day initiatives with Harford Primary School soon to follow.
Maths is also an area of focus and, in particular, problem solving skills. Pilling Primary recently conducted a Maths workshop where parents were invited to learn calculations and strategies to aid in children's homework.


Join StarMegaDo as we fly from JFK to Frankfurt in the first hop of the transatlantic aerophilic adventure.
We knew from the beginning that Star Mega Do 2010 was going to be one of the biggest parties thrown, with action in 5 cities on two continents. But even we didn't know just how big it would be. Big just got a bit bigger, with confirmation from Starwood regarding the details for a cocktail reception on Friday night after the tour of Boeing's Everett facility. We'll be mingling with Starwood executives and enjoying some quality adult beverages at the Sheraton Seattle.
Just one more awesome event in what will be an incredible week of travel, tours and revelry. Join us by registering here: www.StarMegaDo.com.
A Mega itinerary for a Mega Do!
This past Friday night the itinerary for the 2010 Star Mega Do was announced at a party in Marina del Ray, California. The room was packed with veterans from the 2009 edition and other FlyerTalkers who all wanted to be involved in the event as well as folks looking for a good party out on the West coast. Some of the photos suggest there were upwards of 50 folks crowded into the room for the event; the bar tab suggests even more. Either way, this luck group was the first to hear the official news.
JFK-FRA: We expect that to be on the LH A380 though the aircraft is not yet confirmed to be on that route.
Arrive FRA. Party with *A and LH in FRA.
FRA-IAH. Arrive IAH and dinner with CO.
*For folks who want to only do the USA part of the event you'll be joining us in IAH for the dinner or tomorrow morning for the tours.
The First Annual Frequent Traveler Awards!
Built on the legacy of The Freddies, the FT Awards will allow the community to honor the loyalty programs that make everything we do just a bit more fun.
PHX-PAE: Fly in to an airport that doesn't really see traditional commercial service (cool new dot/line) and go on a special tour of the Boeing factory where the 747-8i is being built.
Charter flight back to either Chicago or Houston, depending on which aircraft we end up chartering.
We thought we had figured out the details of which aircraft we'd be using for the charter but we had a last minute entrant from another carrier that is interested in providing us with that service. So we are still working out the details and hope to have more specific pricing and an answer to which aircraft we'll be using (747, MD-11 or 753/73E/738s) in the very near future.
Regarding pricing of the event, we expect that the charter price point will be at or below last year's price. Depending on the aircraft selected there will be a mix of F, C, E+ and E- available. The TATL flights will be about the same price in Y (~$600) and will be more expensive in C (~$3000).
We're getting a great rate with Starwood for the hotels along the way and there will likely be a Fast Track promo for status associated with it.
I'm pretty sure that the Lufthansa folks have never had over 100 passengers show up for the Star Gold boarding line. Yet there we all were, a hundred of us, lined up waiting to board Lufthansa's flight 405 from New York's JFK airport to Frankfurt. And we had a ridiculously good time.
We filled up the plane. Literally. We had almost all the seats in business class and a whole bunch in coach, too. The plane was 100% full, plus a couple extras. The Lufthansa employees from NYC coming over to Frankfurt for the event had to ride jump seat rather than even getting seats in coach. There were literally no seats left on the plane.
The good news is that the seats we filled were done so with great fun and excitement. The bad news, such as it was, is that the tailwinds on our flight meant that total flight time was just a hair over 6 hours to get to Germany. That's really fast. So fast that full enjoyment of the meal service and the Business Class experience and also getting some sleep is really hard to do. Almost impossible, really. But that didn't stop us from trying.
And then, before I really had time to understand just how much fun I was having, we were less than 4 hours from arrival in Frankfurt!
Through some means that I have yet to fully understand, one of the folks in our group got access to the flight deck and rode up there for the landing in Frankfurt. Seriously. And he's given me copies of the photos to prove it!
More tours, lounges and incredible fun later in the day on arrival. Those posts to come eventually. Right now I'm too tired and drunk for my fingers to really work any more.
A great shot of the newly painted 752 arriving in Madrid. Notice the Star Alliance logos on the winglets!


Plumbing issues need to be resolved immediately as it will cost money, and worse, causing damage to your property. However, some plumbing problems are not obvious and these plumbing issues when not spotted right away may lead to more serious problems. Here are some tips to know if you need to call a professional plumber in Sydney into your house.
A professional plumber can easily spot faulty bleed off system through screeching faucets. Screeching happens when the air is trapped inside the pipes. Another sign is water splashing out of taps with force and not in steady flow. There is also coughing noises from faucets and annoying spluttering. These issues may seem simple and tolerable however in the long run; trapped air may cause damage to the pipe and lead to serious problems like pipe leaks and bursting.
While most slow drains are remedied by home plumbing, a professional plumber in Sydney can spot a slow drain that is caused by clogged drainpipes and that the the slow drain is happening in areas like the kitchen sink, bathroom, and that the drain is serious and needs prompt plumbing solutions and professional plumbers.
Gas is odorless and colorless and leaks are hard to detect. Unless residents smell egg rotten smell or there's hissing sound coming from the lines connected to the gas stove, gas leak is detected. Plumber in Sydney should be summoned immediately to fix the gas fixture and pipelines as one small move such as switching light or matches can cause big damage like fire causing loss of lives and property. Only professional plumbers do gas line repairs and they're trained and licensed as gas fitter, and they're the best persons to install, test, maintain, and repair all types of gas lines including accessories and equipments. It is also a type of plumbing specialization in residential and commercial premises.
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Having plumbing supplies help in solving common plumbing issues and a regular consultation with a regular plumber as a stand-by handyman to help deal at once with any plumbing issue. It's nice to have both.


Located in Medina, Ohio, Glauner Piano Service has been providing quality service to Medina and the surrounding counties since 2005 with prompt, courteous attention and unparalleled customer satisfaction.
In 2003, Jay began studying piano tuning, service, and repair through an apprenticeship with highly-accomplished local Tuner-Technician, Ed James. After studying under Mr. James for two years, in 2005 Jay established his own practice in Medina and, working closely with Yamaha dealerships in the Akron and Cleveland areas, began building up a large base of highly-satisfied clientele in Medina and the surrounding counties.
Jay and his wife, Becky, met in 1995 while attending Kent State University and have been married since 1999. The Glauners moved to Medina in 2003 after Jay earned his Master's degree from Tiffin University. They are now blessed with three wonderful children, Abby, Ben, and Collin, who all proudly attend Buckeye Local Schools.
No piano string is immune to stretching and therefore all will lose some tension naturally while being tuned and thereafter, causing a drop in pitch. Since each individual string is also affected by varying degrees of tension as well as fluctuations in the level of humidity, the piano itself may cause the strings to be raised or lowered to a pitch higher or lower than A-440 at a varying rate. An initial assessment will need to be performed to determine whether the various ranges of your piano are functioning at, below, or above the proper pitch of A-440. How close your piano is to the proper pitch at the time of service can affect the total cost of service because it may need to have its pitch raised (basically a quicker, less-precise tuning) once or twice prior to the final tuning. This may be necessary because simply tuning the piano to A-440 from a very flat pitch will result in a considerable amount of pitch loss as the strings attempt to relieve themselves of the new, increased tension. These initial, less-precise tunings are commonly referred to as "pitch-raises".
With that being said, if a piano is tuned regularly (every six months), and is tuned to the standard pitch of A-440 each time, then raising the pitch of the piano will not usually be necessary and a simple tuning will typically bring the piano into proper pitch.
A standard tuning charge is $100.00 (within Medina county) or $110.00 (surrounding counties); however, pitch raises, if required are $50 each. Usually, a single pitch-raise can be performed immediately and does not require a second service call. This depends on the availability of the customer and the tuner-technician's schedule. Please understand that all attempts to accommodate you, the customer, will be made.
We stress the possibility of a pitch-raise because in most cases where an owner has allowed a significant amount of time to pass between tunings, a pitch-raise will need to be performed; however, it is not unusual to find that a piano has held its pitch for several years between tunings.
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Your piano is a part of your family. Whether handed down from generation to generation as a family heirloom, a recent addition with the latest technology, or a starter piano for the future concert pianist, your instrument deserves to be treated with the care afforded the most priceless of instruments.
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May 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The California First Amendment Coalition (CFAC), a non-profit organization, is demanding more information from two public funds in the Golden State about their hedge fund investments.
Bringing to mind recent court battles over releasing the details of the public funds' private equity positions (See Golden State Guidelines Proposed for Venture Capital Disclosures ), CFAC is now demanding that the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) and the University of California disclose similar details about their investments in hedge funds, the San Jose Mercury News reported. Specifically, the group wants to see the names of the hedge funds in which the funds are invested, their individual financial performances, specific risk profiles and other detailed information.
Recently, driven by demands for more information, CalPERS has publicly disclosed performance data about venture capital and buyout firms in which it invests, the newspaper said (See CalPERS Settles Private Equity Data Release Lawsuit ).
CalPERS spokeswoman Pat Mach told the newspaper that the pension fund will meet many of CFAC's requests. CalPERS, she said, has strict guidelines for the hedge funds it picks for investment; it requires deep experience and tenure among fund managers and compliance and audit officers. She said CalPERS has returned 6.8% this year on its hedge fund investments compared with a target of 4.6%.


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Engineering baseline survey questionnaires were designed and sent to KENET research assistants who were either faculty members or senior network administrators in the university. Research assistants were given introduction letters which authorized them to collect data, these letters were given after the survey had been authorized by the Vice Chancellors of the respective universities.
The respondent of engineering baseline survey questionnaire were the chair persons or heads of engineering departments. The duly filled questionnaires by heads of department were then taken to the dean school of engineering to sign off. In so doing this, KENET ensures that the data received is accurate. Even though the baseline survey was supposed to take a period of one month, it was completed after six months in April 2015. This was because most department heads did not appear to have easy access to some of the departmental data required to complete the questionnaires. In addition, some of the department heads had not verified questionnaires that had been completed by their assistants and all the data had to be validated in the period November 2015 – January 2016. Thus, data collection was conducted over a period of more than 12 months. Download engineering baseline survey questionnaire.
The table below shows the list of twelve universities which participated in the 2015 baseline survey of engineering departments and their corresponding number of departments.
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Dedan Kimathi University
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology
Kenyatta University
Masinde Muliro University of Science & Technology
Meru University of Science & Technology
Moi University
Multi Media University of Kenya
Technical University of Kenya
Technical University of Mombasa
University of Eldoret
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In this easy-to-follow eBook, Forex veteran Jared Martinez, shares his ten keys to pinpointing trading opportunities in the foreign currency exchange market. A Forex tool that you definitely want to your disposal is the ability to capitalize on Forex chart patterns. By most people's accounts, this is probably the definition of a simple Forex trading system. Fading strategy is extremely risky since it means trading against the prevailing market trend However, it can be advantageous as well – fade traders can make profit from any price reversal because after a sharp rise or decline the currency it is expected to show some reversals. Dividend Growth Investor has become a popular financial blog for fixed income investors, containing a lot of educational articles rather than solely market commentary or individual ideas. In essence Forex is an incredibly liquid market where you can use your PC to buy or sell currency instantly. Conservative traders should consider buying the EUR/USD when the price action closes the next candle above the upper level of the range.
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To hedge means to purchase and sell on the spot or within a short period two separate instruments either in different markets like stocks and options or just a single market such as the Forex market. Reduce losses: When the price is trading within a certain range, put the stop slightly above the top price when buying and slightly below the bottom when buying. I'm one of the rare guys out there who truly makes a living in forex trading and NOT by teaching.
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Here they can find out who are the market participants, when and where everything takes place, check out the main trading instruments and see some trading example for visual memory. I use price action trading strategies combined with swing trading as part of my overall end of day trading strategy. Another way to trade using the simple moving average is to go counter to the trend. Hi Andrew, I just wanted to let you know that i finished my first trading week on short time frames with profit.
If you have a trading system that utilizes a 100 pip target (TP) and 100 pip stop loss (SL), it should have a 50/50 chance of winning if trades are entered at random over time. That is something we need to know, but we need to know something more – and the very difficult thing about trading is that many of the crucial thing to learn are contra intuitive. I can guarantee you that if you follow the advice I just gave you, don't give up, and master your mind/trading strategy, you will be a successful trader. Conditions in the demo account cannot always reasonably reflect all of the market conditions that may affect pricing and execution in a live trading environment. Just like any real life business must make a profit at the end of the month and year to be successful, it is no different than trading and this is how successful traders must approach their trading. If you'd like to learn exactly how these candlesticks are derived, a simple Google search will give you the mathematical formula.
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Use our market finder tool to find news, videos, analysis and data on the forex pairs you want to trade. Deutsche Boerse () in July beat out U.S. commodities and currency exchange operator CME Group (CME.) in an auction to buy the Germany-based foreign exchange trading platform 360T for 725 million euros ($842.4 million). You need to focus on your stop loss order placement as much as your trading signal entry level. It makes trading difficult for the traders because the fear is been inculcated in them because of the uncertain environment. The first currency quoted in a currency pair on forex is called base currency, which is generally the domestic currency. Properly used, forex futures can help hedge your assets against volatility in exchange rates.
Because it is particular nature and popularity the EUR/USD is a great currency to play with to take advantage of Pivot strategies. This significant up and down in the instrument prices make day trading the most popular form of Forex trading across the globe. It takes time to understand that Forex is an investment tool like any other market, and not a get-rich-quick scheme. Watch this video to find out about the ONLY "predictive" indicator that actually works.
You can only achieve this status when you trade profitably and the income you make from forex trading can sustain your life, pay the bills, pay off the car, pay the mortgage etc. As a forex trader, it is important to maximize your skills as well as develop personal work ethics. A lot of Forex traders believe the fact that there is a holy grail or secret trading method that will make profit for them overnight. So, if you are curious to know more about what I do then register for the next FREE Forex Trading Room and you can find out more. At the same time, sound monetary policy analysis has created the conditions for trusted foreign-exchange strategies to profit. Currency trading on margin involves high risk, and is not suitable for all investors.
In either case, it does not happen overnight and it might take years to gain the experience and insight to turn forex trading into a full-time, successful occupation. With forex futures, you purchase a contract that sets a price and amount for the trade but puts the delivery date in the future. The only main disadvantage of swing trading is you've sometimes have to maintain the trade even in its up and down swings of price as it heads towards your profit target. The London forex session is where huge volume of forex transactions are made everyday which is followed next by the New Your Session. The Forex Broker can hire without problems some people to write positive reviews on different websites and even forums.
Having an automated Forex trading system is a vital element which can help you achieve the successes you want, without the same level of risk that can be found in manual trading. You will be pro at using these servers, and allow you to use your new knowledge to expand your trading above and beyond. It is our goal to make FX trading work for you, allowing you to trade FX online in a quick, transparent and reliable manner. If time is what you don't have, I believe finding such a forex trading strategy will help you achieve the aim of trading forex while working.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) warn that off-exchange forex trading by retail investors is at best extremely risky, and at worst, outright fraud. This may look too low to the new Forex traders, but will definitely help you avoid big losses, create the necessary discipline and keep you in the market in order to get the necessary experience. On top of this, there is also a great amount of third party software suppliers that provide useful trading extensions.
But long term investing in forex has become rather challenging as the increase in volatility has made the forex dance floor more suitable for short term trading… Which obviously is riskier than the former. Learn straightforward trading strategies and understand how to apply them during different market conditions. My advice for day trading is that you need a lot of experience to do it. Day trading is very tricky because the market is constantly knocking people out of their trades with losses on the smaller time frames. To operate on a global scale, executives need to be able to conduct business in multiple currencies. Here on our one on one Forex training website you will find free Forex trading videos to kick-start your trading career.


No, the Summer Sculpt program is designed to inspire and motivate you daily; we have designed the program in this way to encourage you to log in every day to keep your health and fitness goals at the forefront of your mind. We find this structure also helps our participants avoid getting overwhelmed – there's a lot to take in during the program!
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If you are looking for a Lithographic Atlas and Map Printing to provide B2B services, contact Hold The Mustard Productions today. Hold The Mustard Productions has been around since 1979 and today employs 1 to 4 who work in establishing Hold The Mustard Productions as a reputable member of the Lithographic Atlas and Map Printing industry.
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Engineered for unparalleled reliably, the HX350S exceeds J.I.S. Standards for waterproof at three feet for thirty minutes continuous. Building a submersible radio is no simple task! STANDARD HORIZON utilizes a high impact non-corrosive case, display lens, waterproof gasketing, and PCB's protecting with HumiSeal moisture barrier. Engineered for unparalleled reliably, the HORIZON HX350S exceeds J.I.S. standards for waterproof at three feet for thirty minutes continuous. A wet slippery hand is no problem for the HX350S because of rubber-armored grips that also protect the radio from water and physical damage. Feel the location and the action of the PTT while noticing the additional armoring around the controls and display.
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Includes 110VAC, 12VDC, rechargeable Ni-Cad and AA battery tray. Built to take the day to day punishment of the marine environment. STANDARD HORIZON feels so strong about this fact the radio is backed by a 3 year waterproof warranty.


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MELVILLE, N.Y., July 30, 2014 — FalconStor Software® , Inc. (NASDAQ: FALC), a market leader in data protection and migration, today announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2014.
"Over the past twelve months, the FalconStor team has achieved many milestones and built solid momentum," said Gary Quinn, President and CEO of FalconStor. "In Q2, we launched a bold new brand identity -- The Power to be Free -- that reflects the unique customer-focus of our products. We produced exciting and innovative new technology for the cloud and flash memory environments -- with more to come. We stabilized our customer base, partners and employees for the future. Finally, we created and returned stockholder value by moving on from some past events that have no bearing on our future. Our team still has more work in the area of generating top-line revenue growth. We have an opportunity to grow as business and data overload continue to accelerate."
Financial and Business Highlights and Overview:
BOOKINGS :
Q2 2014 bookings totaled $13.3 million compared with $13.3 million in Q2 2013 and $14.4 million in Q1 2014.
DEFERRED REVENUE:
Deferred revenue as of June 30, 2014 totaled $33.1 million which was an increase of 46% compared with June 30, 2013, and an increase of 4% compared with March 31, 2014.
The Company achieved positive cash flow from operations on a GAAP basis in Q2 2014 of $1.1 million compared with cash used in operations of ($5.0) million in Q2 2013 and positive cash flow from operations of $0.3 million in Q1 2014;
Closed the quarter with $28.8 million of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, compared with $27.9 million at March 31, 2014;
During the second quarter of 2014;
The Company received $1.5 million upon completion of a portion of the third milestone of our joint development agreement, which has been recorded in deferred revenue;
The Company made $0.2 million in payments associated with the company-wide "rebalancing" which commenced during the third quarter of 2013; and
▪ The Company made $0.2 million in payments related to the preferred stock dividends accrued for at March 31, 2014.
Non-GAAP EXPENSES and MARGINS:
Non-GAAP expenses totaled $14.1 million in Q2 2014, compared with non-GAAP expenses of $18.2 million in Q2 2013 and non-GAAP expenses of $13.9 million in Q1 2014;
Non-GAAP gross margins were 76% in Q2 2014, compared with non-GAAP gross margins of 73% in Q2 2013 and non-GAAP gross margins of 78% in Q1 2014.
The Company reached a settlement with the Estate of ReiJane Huai (the "Estate") for $5.25 million which was paid by recapturing 3,132,141 shares of stock from the Estate which were transferred to the Company treasury account effective June 27, 2014. As of June 27, 2014, the outstanding shares of common stock totaled 44,967,746;
The Company launched its newly formed Federal Division managed exclusively by Acolyst, a top government consultant;
The Company released product updates to its Optimized Backup and Deduplication Solution version 8.1 and FalconStor Continuous Data Protector™ (CDP) version 7.7 and FalconStor Network Storage Server™ (NSS) version 7.7;
The Company completed a bold new redesign and brand messaging which positions FalconStor as an industry leader and innovator, while empowering customers to "Be Free."
Total revenues for the second quarter of 2014 were $11.3 million compared with $14.0 million in the same period a year ago. GAAP income from operations for the second quarter of 2014 was $1.4 million, compared with an operating loss of $4.6 million for the second quarter of 2013. GAAP net income for the quarter was $1.3 million compared with a net loss of $5.2 million for the same period a year ago. Net income attributable to common stockholders for the quarter, which includes the effects of the accretion to redemption value of the Series A redeemable convertible preferred stock and the accrual of preferred stock dividends, was $1.0 million, or $0.02 per share, compared with a loss of $5.2 million, or $0.11 per share, for the same period a year ago. Included in the operating results for the three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 were; (a) a benefit of $5.3 million and an expense of $0.1 million, respectively, of investigation, litigation and settlement related costs; and (b) $0.4 million and $0.2 million, respectively, of share-based compensation expense. Also included in operating expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2014 was $0.6 million of restructuring costs.
Non-GAAP loss from operations narrowed to $2.8 million for the second quarter of 2014, compared with non-GAAP loss from operations of $4.2 million for the same period a year ago. Non-GAAP net loss improved to $3.0 million, or $0.06 per share, in the second quarter of 2014, compared with a non-GAAP net loss of $4.9 million, or $0.10 per share, in the second quarter of 2013. Non-GAAP results exclude the effects of stock-based compensation, costs associated with the Company's investigations, litigation and settlement related costs, restructuring costs and the effects of preferred stock.
Total revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2014 were $23.3 million compared with $29.3 million in the same period a year ago. GAAP loss from operations for the six months ended June 30, 2014 was $1.2 million, compared with an operating loss of $8.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013. GAAP net loss for the six months ended June 30, 2014 was $1.5 million compared with $9.6 million for the same period a year ago. Net loss attributable to common stockholders for the six months ended June 30, 2014, was $2.1 million, or $0.04 per share, compared with $9.6 million, or $0.20 per share, for the same period a year ago. Included in the operating results for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 were; (a) a benefit of $5.2 million and an expense of $0.2 million, respectively, of investigation, litigation and settlement related costs; and (b) $0.8 million and $1.1 million, respectively, of share-based compensation expense. Also included in operating expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2014 was $0.8 million of restructuring costs.
Non-GAAP loss from operations narrowed to $4.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014, compared with non-GAAP loss from operations of $7.1 million for the same period a year ago. Non-GAAP net loss improved to $5.0 million, or $0.10 per share, for the six months ended June 30, 2014, compared with a non-GAAP net loss of $8.3 million, or $0.17 per share, for the same period a year ago.
The Company closed the quarter with $28.8 million in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities. Cash flow from operations for the six months ended June 30, 2014 was $1.4 million compared with cash used in operations of $6.8 million during the same period in 2013. Deferred revenue at June 30, 2014 was $33.1 million, compared with $29.8 million at December 31, 2013.
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Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The non-GAAP financial measures used in this press release are not prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. The Company's management refers to these non-GAAP financial measures in making operating decisions because they provide meaningful supplemental information regarding the Company's operating performance. In addition, these non-GAAP financial measures facilitate management's internal comparisons to the Company's historical operating results and comparisons to competitors' operating results. We include these non-GAAP financial measures (which should be viewed as a supplement to, and not a substitute for, their comparable GAAP measures) in this press release because we believe they are useful to investors in allowing for greater transparency into the supplemental information used by management in its financial and operational decision-making. The non-GAAP financial measures exclude (i) costs associated with the Company's class action and derivative lawsuits, government investigations, and related legal fees, (ii) restructuring costs, (iii) effects of our Series A Preferred Stock and (iv) noncash stock-based compensation charges and any potential tax effects. For a reconciliation of our GAAP and non-GAAP financial results, please refer to our Non-GAAP Operating Data GAAP Reconciliation, presented in this release.
About FalconStor Software
FalconStor Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: FALC) is transforming how enterprises move, store, protect and optimize data. Founded in 2000, FalconStor offers an award-winning platform for data migration, business continuity, disaster recovery, optimized backup and deduplication. FalconStor helps maximize data availability and system uptime to ensure nonstop business productivity, while simplifying data management to reduce operational costs. Our open, integrated software solutions reduce vendor lock-in and give enterprises the freedom to choose the applications and hardware components that make the best sense for their business. FalconStor solutions are available and supported by OEMs, as well as leading system integrators and resellers worldwide. FalconStor is headquartered in Melville, N.Y. with offices throughout Europe and the Asia Pacific region. For more information, visit www.falconstor.com or call 1-866-NOW-FALC (866-669-3252).
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We regularly consult parents and children to evaluate what we are doing and to inform our planning for school improvement. The voice of the children is represented by the School Council and the Eco Team, whilst parents may also become Governors or join our thriving Friends group.
Wheatlands is a Community Primary School for children aged 3 to 11 years on the southern outskirts of the seaside town of Redcar. It was built in 1993 and provides modern facilities with a 39 place nursery and an intake of up to 60 pupils in each year group.
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Context. This paper is the second of a series that investigates the stochasticity and degeneracy problems that hinder the derivation of the age, mass, extinction, and metallicity of unresolved star clusters in external galaxies when broad-band photometry is used.
Aims. While Paper I concentrated on deriving age, mass, and extinction of star clusters for one fixed metallicity, we here derive these parameters in case when metallicity is let free to vary. The results were obtained using several different filter systems (UBVRI, UBVRIJHK, GALEX+UBVRI), which allowed us to optimally reduce the different degeneracies between the cluster physical parameters.
Methods. The age, mass, and extinction of a sample of artificial star clusters were derived by comparing their broad-band integrated magnitudes with the magnitudes of a large grid of cluster models with various metallicities.
Results. A large collection of artificial clusters was studied to model the different degeneracies in the age, mass, extinction, and metallicity parameter space when stochasticity is taken into account in the cluster models. We show that, without prior knowledge on the metallicity, the optical bands (UBVRI) fail to allow a correct derivation of the age, mass, and extinction because of the strong degeneracies between models of different metallicities. Adding near-infrared information (UBVRI+JHK) slightly helps in improving the parameter derivation, except for the metallicity. Adding ultraviolet data (GALEX+UBVRI) helps significantly in deriving these parameters and allows constraining the metallicity when the photometric errors have a Gaussian distribution with standard deviations 0.05 mag for UBVRI and 0.15 mag for the GALEX bands.


Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009 | 2 a.m.
Las Vegas attorneys David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld are the architects of an unusual defense being mounted by high roller Terrance Watanabe in a $14.7 million Strip gambling debt case.
They contend the Nebraska philanthropist can't be held responsible for not paying back two Harrah's Entertainment casinos because the resorts kept him constantly intoxicated.
But the lawyers won't get a chance to test their arguments in court. They have withdrawn from the case without explanation and are being replaced by well-known Los Angeles litigator Pierce O'Donnell — just as their motion to dismiss the criminal charges against Watanabe is set to be argued next month. The hearing is now likely to be delayed.
O'Donnell, a colorful attorney with a long list of big-name clients, is coming off a win in his own legal troubles. Federal campaign finance charges against him were tossed out in Los Angeles in June. The case stemmed from allegations O'Donnell had funneled $26,000 in campaign contributions through his law firm's employees to the 2004 presidential campaign of John Edwards.
These days O'Donnell is known best for his role as lead trial counsel in litigation to hold the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers accountable in the Hurricane Katrina disaster in New Orleans.
In the past O'Donnell has taken on the wealthy Hollywood film industry, so going after the world's largest casino company is a natural for him.
Dr. Dipak Desai's lawyers say a stroke left him unable to participate in the many legal proceedings he's facing.
But U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Mike Nakagawa isn't buying their argument.
On Friday, Nakagawa ordered the physician at the center of last year's hepatitis C outbreak to submit to a sworn deposition in the bankruptcy case involving his three now-closed clinics.
Nakagawa also ordered Desai to "promptly" turn over to the bankruptcy trustee in the case his financial records dating to July 2007. That includes his 2007 and 2008 tax returns and those of his clinics.
Lawyers suing Desai for monetary damages in District Court on behalf of his former patients are champing at the bit to get those records.
The trustee, Brian Shapiro, expects to schedule the deposition within six weeks.
Desai, however, isn't likely to be cooperative.
Wright advised Desai to assert his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and not answer questions at previous depositions in the civil litigation. That's because Desai is the target of a Metro Police investigation over the hepatitis outbreak.
So far, Desai has managed to avoid making any public appearances during the legal proceedings against him. Wright and his partners have taken the Fifth for him.
This time Desai will have to be on hand, but Wright is still expected to assert the privilege on his behalf.
The deposition will be conducted behind closed doors.
Embattled Pahrump developer Hans Seibt has thrown in the towel in Bankruptcy Court.
Seibt has signed an agreement that prevents him from discharging his debts in his $70 million bankruptcy case.
That means Seibt's creditors, many of them senior citizens who invested heavily with Seibt, can now file suit against him to recover their losses.
In court papers filed this year, Lenard Schwartzer, the bankruptcy trustee overseeing Seibt's case, accused Seibt of defrauding his investors through an illegal Ponzi scheme.
Seibt denies the allegations, but Schwartzer's investigator is continuing to look for evidence of fraud on the developer's part.
The FBI also is investigating Seibt.


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First I'll detail the correct way to traverse between multiple base classes, then we'll have a look at what the compiler generates to implement multiple inheritance. Finally we'll see what C-style casts do in this implementation, and discover a whole new world of pain.
Now consider we have a pointer to an instance of C through the interface of A, and we wish to obtain a pointer through the interface of B. A and B are unrelated types, so in order to do so we must cast through a pointer to class C.
This lets the compiler know what route you are taking through the hierarchy, so it can properly convert between pointer types.
When using a base class pointer, the compiler must be able to access the base data and virtual methods regardless of which derived class we actually have an instance of. For this reason the virtual function table pointer(s) and data for a given class is usually allocated as a contiguous block within a derived class memory layout. This local block is the same for all classes that inherit this base class.
Hence for classes that use multiple inheritance, pointer values must change for certain routes through the class hierarchy. This is usually the case for all base classes apart from the first one, but compilers are free to implement this as they please.
The saving grace is that using static_cast will force the compiler to work out a unique route through the class hierarchy, if no route can be found you will get a compile-time error. Drawing a diagram to identify the junctions you need to tell it about is usually simple though, and the answer is usually just to static_cast to one place en route and the compiler will work out the rest.
The coder who wrote the above may know that Derived is derived from Base, but the compiler (at this point) does not, so it will silently use a reinterpret_cast to implement this cast expression. In general this will break your code (since pointer values can change during casts) and there will be much head-scratching and keyboard-destroying while you wonder why your compiler seems to have generated fundamentally broken code without so much as a warning. If a static_cast expression had been used above, the compile would have failed, since the compiler does not know anything of the route through the class hierarchy to connect Base to Derived.
To further complicate matters, on most compilers if Base contained a virtual method and Derived only derived from Base then the above code would probably work. Only when Derived inherited from another class, or perhaps if you changed compiler version, would the above code stop working. Tracking down this sort of bug is virtually impossible since no warnings are ever produced.
If you are serious about producing C++ code that does not exploit compiler-specific evilness and works when you need to implement interfaces from more than one class hierarchy at a time, you will never use a C-style cast again. You'll also never store anything in void* pointers, since unless you reinterpret_cast back to the exact same class you've lost your pointer again.