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The Political Logics of Disintegration: the Habsburg Experience
A word about what kept the Habsburg monarchy together, what actually brought it apart, and what this might mean for the European Union.
In Central Europe, in Western Europe, and in the West in general, there is the sense that the Habsburg monarchy was doomed, that it had inherent flaws, that it had to collapse. This sort of thinking arose as a result of the fact that on the one hand Britain, the United States and France won the First World War and on the other, the Habsburgs were an enemy, but it wasn't really clear exactly why they were the enemy. Therefore we have a guilty sense of triumphalism, with respect to the Habsburg monarchy, which led us to the sentiment that the Habsburg monarchs, the emperors, were to quote a famous judgement "mad, bad and unfit to rule." Some of them were indeed mad, some of them were indeed bad, some of them were indeed unfit to rule. But nevertheless we are dealing with an institution, we are dealing with a state, which lasted for ten times longer than the European integration project has lasted and three times longer than the United States has lasted. We are looking at a project, we are looking at a state which lasted for something like 600 years.
I think it's fair and just to begin with this question of duration. How could something like this have lasted so long? Because frankly if the European integration project lasts another 550 years, we would all consider that to be a great success. 600 years is a very long time. Six hundred years of endurance, also as very different kinds of states, as a kingdom in the middle of Europe, as the largest empire in the history of the world. The notion that the sun never sets on an empire was originally not applied to the British Empire, but to the Habsburg monarchy. The Habsburg monarchs in the early modern period controlled the Spanish and the Portuguese possessions, and the Dutch possessions later on, which meant that literally they controlled much of the globe. And then their final phase as a multinational European empire, in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries.
How did the Habsburgs deal with the problem of nationalism, which we now see as central for the European Union? I would stress that for the Habsburgs, as for the European Union, nationalism was a kind of European problem, it wasn't exactly a particular problem. The easiest way to think about nationalism is that there are these particular faiths, there are these minorities who cause problems for majorities. I think the proper way to think about nationalism in the 19th century as today is that it is a European problem which has to be handled on a large institutional scale.
What I mean by it, is that inside the Habsburg monarchy, the monarchy had institutional ways of dealing with national questions. Over the course of the 19th century, nationalism washes across the empire quite literally, with Napoleon in the beginning of the 19th century, nationalism washes through the empire again during the revolutions of 1848 and nationalism surrounds the empire, but there are responses. The responses involve, first, cooperation with elites. The "Ausgleich", the famous compromise of 1867 that turned Austria into Austria-Hungary, as a compromise with Hungarian elites, the less famous but perhaps equally significant compromise with Polish elites in Galicia, allows Habsburg rule to continue in the East, and then after that there are a series of even more forgotten compromises, with one nation after another, which in their sheer intricacy, rival anything which the European Union has ever done.
The Parliament and the Emperor
The notion of a European Union that seeks peace by finding ways to keep people negotiating in rooms for extraordinary long times, certainly also applies to the Habsburg monarchy in the early 20th century. The Moravian compromise, in which every Moravian school child is going to be given a nationality, so that school attendance would be done by nationality. The Galician compromise which was interrupted by the First World War, which was going to do the same thing for Poles, Ukrainians and Jews in Galicia. These things are forgotten except by historians of law in Central Europe. But these things are incredibly interesting, because they demonstrate that the monarchy had the capacity not just to compromise with elites, which in a way is an easy thing to do, but to pursue these incredibly intricate anticipatory compromises which were meant to deal with generations to come. They might have not worked, but the impulse for compromise was certainly there from within.
Then of course there are other ways of handling nationalism. One of them was parliament. After we have the elite compromises, the compromises with the Hungarian nobility; then we have dissatisfaction from the non-Hungarian majority in South Hungary; after we have a compromise with the Polish nobility; we then have dissatisfaction from the non-noble and also non-Polish majority in Galicia. The compromises with the elites then had the effect that they had to do something else. That something else was parliament. That something else was the expansion of what eventually became in 1907 the universal suffrage. To the point where, the parliament of Austria was truly national and if one overlooks the exclusion of women, it was an incredibly inclusive parliament. So for example, just to give you a comparison: When Woodrow Wilson at the end of the First World War made his famous speech about the 14 points, there were no blacks in the American congress. In the Austrian parliament, every single nationality was represented and this was in some sense a way of diffusing the national question.
Another way the national question was diffused was by central institutions and most important in the 19th century was the emperor himself. There was the same emperor from 1848 until 1916, which meant that in the early 20th century almost everybody who was alive had lived under no other emperor than Franz Josef, and the emperor, as a head of state, was able to absorb national questions in a certain way. He spoke most of the languages that it was possible to speak. He spoke them locally, as he travelled from place to place, and he presented himself as a non-national figure. The other non-national central institution which was incredibly important was the bureaucracy and in particular the officer class. The constitution of the officer class of the Habsburg monarchy shows very well that it had an influential class which was non-national, which was loyal to the institutions and the monarchy as such.
Some of the nations were also centralizing, so if you think of national interest, we have this highladder thinking, when nations are unreasonable, all they want to do is spin off from empires and cause trouble, but very often what nations want to do is preserve empires. Take the critical case of the Czechs, the trouble-making Czechs. The Czechs were right in the middle of the Habsburg monarchy and basically every Czech political thinker in the 19th and 20th century, from Palacký to Masaryk, thought, the best thing to do is to presume the Habsburg monarchy, not to take it apart. Why? Because the moment that the Habsburg monarchy falls apart, we are going to be absorbed or threatened by a unified German nation state, a critical analysis which proved to be exactly correct about the 20th century and that's exactly why the Czechs wanted the Habsburg monarchy to prevail. Which shows also why small nation states in Eastern Europe like the European Union.
Vulnerable nations within a multinational institution understand that it is in their own interest for that institution to continue, because a return to nation states, will be threatening for them. The Czechs only changed their mind about this, during the First World War, and the reason they changed their mind, is because it's clear that after the war there is going to be a German nation state anyway. So while there is some possibility that the Habsburg monarchy is going to survive, the Czechs are largely in favour of it; which leads me to the German problem.
The German Problem
If you think of a nation that betrays the Habsburg monarchy, it's not the ones that are difficult to pronounce, it's the Germans; it's the ones who are already in the middle. The one political party, which was the closest to be truly treacherous, was the German national party of Schönerer which was important right here in Vienna. It is the German speakers here and elsewhere in Austria, who wanted to join Greater Germany after 1871, who were closest to being political traitors, while the monarchy still existed. I want to draw a certain analogy to the possibilities of the 21st century. Mainly because I want to make a transition to the way that the threat of nationalism was actually posed. The way the threat of nationalism was actually posed was not from within. The Habsburg monarchy was not a collection of nationalities yearning to be free, battling against the monarchy, trying to break out. The Habsburg monarchy was a collection of problematic complexity, which also had very complex solutions. The reason why nationalism was a problem, was not that the Habsburg monarchy was a prison-house of nations, which it most certainly was not. The reason why nationalism was a problem, had to deal with the rest of the world. In the rest of the world, you had, what might be seen as counter-integration.
Everything that the Habsburgs were doing you can think of as a kind of policy of integration: the monarch, the parliament, the officer class. This is one way of integration. But meanwhile on the borders of the Habsburg monarchy you have something that you can see as counter-integration. Now the more familiar word for counter-integration, is national- reunification, I'm avoiding that name, because it's so theological. When we say national reunification, it makes it sound like, the Germans were just there to be unified, the Italians were just there to be unified and so on. As a matter of fact, there was an Italian unification, and there was a German unification and there was started a Yugoslavian and a Polish unification. All this was on the borders of the Habsburg monarchy. And this of course posed a problem in principle. The problem in principle was; if you have national-self-determination, the multinational monarchy can't exist; the problem in practise though, was that these were counter-integrations which drew attention from the Germans and others inside the monarchy. So how does the monarchy actually fall apart? Even given the attraction these counter-integrations, it takes the most punishing war in the history of modern Europe, four years of that, and defeat in that war, for the Habsburg monarchy to fall apart.
The Balkan Solution
So what is it that brings about the end of the monarchy? I will tell you a little story, which is going to be a bit unfamiliar. What brings about the monarchy are not its internal problems. What brings about the monarchy is one of these external counter-integrations, the Balkan one. The War that brings down the Habsburg monarchy, is the third Balkan war. There is a Balkan War in 1912, there is a Balkan War in 1913 and there is a Balkan War in 1914. The first two Balkan Wars were directed against the Ottoman empire, the third Balkan war was directed against the Habsburg monarchy. By a series of coincidences that war became a World War and that World War in turn brought down the Habsburg monarchy.
Why is this Balkan War important? It's an example of a general pattern. Serbia was trying to unify what dissolves the Serbian nation. This was one of these counter-integrations, it was one of these national- unifications. It so happened to be the one that provoked the Habsburgs into a very stupid war, which is a point I'm going to return to. How did it destroy the Habsburg monarchy? First of all it physically eliminated the officer class. By Christmas of 1914 a huge majority of the officer class was dead, or wounded to such an extent that they were not going to be participating in politics or anything else. The War physically eliminated the loyal classes, and exposed the whole populations to national propaganda from outside. So the British, and then the Americans used nationalist propaganda against the Habsburg monarchy quite consistently throughout the war, in an effort to try to get the monarchy to come apart.
The only way that the war destroyed the monarchy was that it generated hunger, and hunger made the inter-ethnic differences much more sensitive than they would have been otherwise. And the final way that the war brought an end to the Habsburg monarchy, was that it ended with a series of peace treaties, which balkanized central Europe. So the war began because of Balkan nationalism, the war began because of the Balkan idea of nation states, and the end of the war by applying the Balkan solution to the rest of Europe, and that's what we did, that's exactly what we did. We brought to an end a multinational state, by applying the notion of national-sovereignty. Thereby taking the problem that begun the war and applying it to much of the rest of Europe. That meant the end of the Habsburg monarchy of course.
What does this mean for today? Let me just try to tick off a few points. The first thing that this story shows, is that integration over a very long term is possible. The Habsburg monarchy integrated over a very long period. The second thing this shows is that neutral top-level institutions are crucial. I even dream of a European monarchy, but something like that that could absorb symbolic weight, a European soccer team, again another dream. Something that could absorb symbolic weight is very important. Top-level institutions also include a parliament, not just as a log-in-buddy but as something that absorbs national questions. Top-level institutions of the Habsburg monarchy also included a treasury which seems to me to be also very important. A top-level institution is also an officer class, and one of my obsessions in the last couple of decades is a European military academy. The lesson is you should have a very large officer class, but you should not let them fight stupid wars. That's the conclusion, because as long as there is peace the officer class integrates. When you fight stupid wars and you kill off your officer class, then you have defeated the purpose.
The very last word is about the threat. The threat to the Habsburg monarchy came not from the inside, and not exactly from the outside. It came when rival projects of integration began to affect the inside of the Habsburg monarchy. The reason to worry about the European Union would be projects of counter-integration which actually are tempting to people inside the European Union. With the worrisome exception of Hungary, which one can see as the leader of a future authoritarian camp, I don't think is really the case.


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After a little exploration and a cuppa at the top you can then continue to follow the wall down the western face of Bearnagh and get back to the Trassey Track via the Bearnagh Slabs, but I prefer to go back the way I came as it offers much better panoramic views of the Mournes.
I would recommend trying Slieve Bearnagh in the spring/summer if it's your first attempt as it is a strenuous enough climb and the winter conditions (strong wind/snow/ice) will only add to the difficulty. The view of the Mournes from Hare's Gap is stunning in itself so even if you think the summit of Bearnagh is beyond you, you will still have been treated to lots of beautiful views. The trek itself usually takes me about 4/5hrs, depending on the weather.
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There was an ambivalent feeling as I read two articles on the Opinion/Editorial page of the Johnson City Press edition of April 16. Since I am a Christian, I read with interest "Direction of America" (by J.G. Daniel) and I believe kudos should be extended to the writer.
In my opinion, every Biblebelieving Christian would claim that the pronoun should be masculine, not feminine. A reference to our heavenly father should not be distorted or be made in jest.
The preceding paragraph was not written to be captious, but instead to rectify an inaccurate assertion.
At the risk of being captious, Mr. Arnold may need to connect with his Inner Goddess.
Parvati nursing her son Ganesha.
Does it make a difference who the person who holds the pen..is?
I have studied the Satras(Puranas,Upanishads..etc.) extensively. It is accepted that we are all ultimately feminine in relation to God (capital G) because we are all subservient to God and in most ancient cultures subservient=feminine.
Demi-gods like Parvati, Ganapati, Indra- all are viewed as Administrators in the Material world. Like our own Angels, they are due all respect, but not worship. (AC Swami Prabhupada).
To say God is masculine is allright, except that the thought of masculine implies there must be feminine in order for creation to take place. That is why Hindu Temples usually have a "couple" (Laxmi-Vishnu, Siva-Uma, Radha-Krishna).
I guess for some, God's a guy regardless of who holds the pen.
Any cultures (past or present) regarding the subservient thing regarding the gender of the gods?
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Highlights of the heated assembly in Alaska
Talks between the US and China got off to a bad start on Thursday. Both sides rebuked and rebuked each other in an unusual public area of tension.
The meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, was the first high-level meeting between the two countries under the administration of President Joe Biden and took place in more than two years of rocky relations between the two countries.
What was originally intended as a four-minute photo shoot lasted over an hour as both sides traded barbs on U.S.-China relations for concerns from Washington's allies. Reporters were told not to leave as both sides wanted to add their rebuttals.
At the head of the US delegation were Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. Chinese Foreign Minister and State Councilor Wang Yi and Yang Jiechi, director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China, led the Chinese delegation.
Here are some excerpts and highlights of the meeting:
On the relationship between the United States and China
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken:
I said that US relations with China will be competitive where it should be, cooperative where it can be, controversial where it has to be. I suspect our discussions here in Alaska will set the tone. Our intention is to speak directly about our concerns and priorities with the aim of a clearer relationship between our countries in the future.
… In my short time as Foreign Minister, I have to tell you that I have spoken to almost a hundred colleagues from all over the world. And I've just made my first trip to Japan and South Korea as I noticed. I have to tell you what I hear is very different from what you described. I hear deep satisfaction that the United States is back, that we are reconnecting with our allies and partners. I also hear deep concern about some of the actions your government is taking.
China urges the US side to completely abandon the hegemonic practice of deliberately interfering in China's internal affairs. This is a longstanding problem and should be changed.
Wang Yi
Foreign Minister, China
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi:
China has certainly not accepted the unjustified allegations made by the US in the past and will not accept them in the future either. In recent years, China's legitimate rights and interests have been completely suppressed, plunging China-US relations into a period of unprecedented difficulty.
… China urges the US side to completely abandon the hegemonic practice of deliberately interfering in China's internal affairs. This is a longstanding problem and should be changed. It's time for it to change.
The Chinese Director of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, Yang Jiechi
China and the United States are both important countries and both show important responsibilities. We must both contribute to world peace, stability and development in areas such as Covid-19, restore economic activity in the world and respond to climate change.
There are many things we can do together and where our interests converge. So we need to give up the Cold War mentality and the zero-sum game approach.
… Let me say here that the United States, on the Chinese side, does not have the qualifications to say that it wants to speak to China from a position of strength. The US side wasn't even qualified to say such things 20 or 30 years ago because that is not the way to deal with the Chinese people. If the United States is to deal properly with the Chinese side, then we will follow the necessary protocols and do things right.
The cooperation benefits both sides. This is especially the expectation of the people of the world. Well, the American people are certainly a great people, but so are the Chinese people.
Yang Jiechi (right), director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission for China, and Wang Yi (left), China's foreign minister, meet for a meeting with US colleagues at the opening session of the US-China talks at Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage. Alaska on March 18, 2021.
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At the concerns of the US and its allies
We will also discuss our deep concerns about actions taken by China, including in Xinjiang, Hong Kong, Taiwan, cyberattacks on the United States, and economic coercion on our allies. Each of these actions threatens the rules-based order that maintains global stability.
Jake Sullivan, US National Security Advisor:
State Secretary Blinken has set out many areas, from economic and military coercion to the attack on core values, which we will discuss with you today and in the days ahead.
… We have heard each of these concerns from around the world, from our allies and partners, and the wider international community during the intensive consultations we have conducted over the past two months. We will make it clear today that our overriding priority on the United States' side is to ensure that our global approach and approach to China benefits the American people and protects the interests of our allies and partners.
We do not seek conflict, but we welcome fierce competition and will always stand up for our principles for our people and for our friends.
I remember well when President Biden was Vice President and we were visiting China … and Vice President Biden said at the time that it was never a good bet to bet against America and that is still the case today.
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It is also important that we all come together to build a new kind of international relationship that involves fairness, justice and mutual respect. And on some regional issues, I think the problem is that the United States has had a long history of jurisdiction and repression and has overstretched itself.
… The United States itself does not represent international public opinion or the Western world. Whether judged by population scale or by world trends, the Western world does not represent global public opinion. So we hope that when the US side talks about universal values or US international public opinion, it will consider whether it feels reassured to say these things because the US does not represent the world. It only represents the United States government.
About values and democracy
Sullivan:
Secretary Blinken and I are proud of the story we can tell about America here, about a country that, under the leadership of President Biden, has made great strides to control the pandemic, save our economy, and gain strength and resilience our democracy to be affirmed. We are especially proud of the work we have done to reinvigorate our alliances and partnerships, the foundation of our foreign policy.
And the United States has its style, a United States-style democracy. And China has Chinese style democracy. It is not only for the American people but also for the people of the world to judge how the United States has advanced its own democracy. In China, after decades of reform and opening up in various areas, we have come a long way.
… We believe it is important for the United States to change its own image and not advance its own democracy in the rest of the world. Indeed, many people in the United States have little faith in United States democracy and have different views about the United States government in China.
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One of the hallmarks of our leadership and our commitment in the world are our alliances and partnerships, which were built on a voluntary basis. And President Biden is committed to revitalizing and strengthening it. And there is another hallmark of our leadership here at home and that is an ongoing effort, as we say, to create a more perfect Union.
And that search, by definition, acknowledges our imperfections, that we are not perfect. We make mistakes. We have reversals, we step backwards. But what we have done throughout our history is to meet these challenges openly, publicly and transparently. I'm not trying to ignore it. I'm not trying to pretend they don't exist. I'm not trying to sweep them under the rug. And sometimes it's painful. Sometimes it's ugly. But every time we have become stronger, better and more united as a country.
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Today, the 1st of December, a new round of trilateral talks between the European Union, Ukraine and Russia will take place, to discuss the implementation of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Ukraine as of the 1st of January 2016. Ahead of the talks, Russia once again raised objections to the DCFTA, after having earlier given signals that it could perhaps agree with its implementation. Putin has threatened to impose trade restrictions on Ukraine if it starts implementing the agreement with the EU. The Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Ukraine is a part of the Association Agreement which was signed by the European Parliament and the Ukrainian Parliament (Rada) in 2014. The European Commission projects the deal could add six percent economic growth to Ukraine in the short term and twelve per cent in the long run. However, The Kremlin voiced concerns that its economy would be negatively impacted by the implementation of the DCFTA. As part of the Minsk Protocol it was decided in September 2014 that the date of provisional entry into force would be postponed until the 1st of January 2016. In the meantime, the EU would enter into trilateral talks with Ukraine and Russia, to try to take away the Russian concerns over the DCFTA. It is the first time that the EU has ever talked about the implementation of a bilateral agreement with a third country. There have been regular meetings and officials from DG Trade have tried to explain how the DCFTA would work and why it is not a danger to the Russian economy. However, Russian officials have raised issues which have no relation to the DCFTA and asked for concessions from Ukraine which would mean that it could not comply with the terms of the DCFTA. These demands indicate that the goals of Russian officials are political and have raised doubts as to whether there was ever a constructive approach or even the wish to find solutions on the Russian side. The concerns from the Russian side remain unclear. A strengthened Ukrainian economy would actually provide economic opportunities for Russia too, and the DCFTA does not stop Ukraine from entering into a free trade agreement with Russia or the Eurasian Customs Union for that matter. It seems that the Kremlin's real aim has been and will remain forcing a further delay or cancellation of entry into force of the DCFTA between the EU and Ukraine, for political reasons, rather than real concerns. The implementation of the DCFTA must not become a bargaining chip in other discussions about the review of the Minsk II agreement, prolongation of sanctions or the Russian role in Syria. These are important issues, to be sure, and a dialogue about them is crucial. But the decision to enter into a trade agreement between the EU and Ukraine was taken by the EU and Ukraine, and is supported by the public. Russia should not be in a position to delay or reverse that.


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Sterlite Copper was shut through a government order in May this year after people were killed by police firing after protests against the plant turned violent.
In Tamil Nadu, keeping Sterlite Copper closed has been a political promise by the Edappadi K Palaniswami-led AIADMK government.
CHENNAI: Sterlite Copper has submitted a report to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) saying it was substantially in agreement with the panel report that held the closure of the "unsustainable" plant, but had suggestions to certain points present in the report, said counsellors present during the hearing on Friday.
The Tamil Nadu government argued that Sterlite's petition challenging the plant's closure order cannot be held before the National Green Tribunal, and that the Tarun Agrawal committee cannot hold that the closure of the factory was against Principles of Natural Justice because "it was a fact-finding committee and does not have judicial powers," according to a counsellor who was present in court on behalf of the state government.
The National Green Tribunal adjourned the case until Monday.
The hearing on Friday followed the submission of a report by a 3-member team headed by former judge Tarun Agrawal. The report said that the grounds for closure of the Vedanta factory were not "that grievous" to warrant the state government's move to shut the factory. Should the NGT decide to allow reopening of the plant, the Committee had made 25 recommendations for the copper smelter plant and monitoring agencies such as the state pollution control board.
The Tarun Agrawal report, among other aspects of environmental concern, dealt with the issue of disposal of gypsum and copper slag.
The report, excerpted in an NGT order copy dated November 28, recommended that the company should seek prior permission from the state pollution board before "disposing copper slag, gypsum or any other waste product." The report also mandated that the state pollution control board should keep a tab on report of various complaints by inhabitants, about ailments, living around the factory premises.
A Care Ratings report released in November said the country had turned a net importer of refined copper after the closure of the Sterlite plant: "The drop in domestic production during H1-FY19 has led to the domino effect of a sharp increase in the country's imports and fall in the exports thus turning India into a net importer of refined copper." India used to be the net exporter of refined copper.


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HomeLocal NewsFaced with 5% tax increase and special tax, Council wants to see interim budget
Faced with 5% tax increase and special tax, Council wants to see interim budget
Dec 8, 2021 Local News, Morinville News 1
by Colin Smith
The Town of Morinville may operate on an interim budget for the first part of next year, rather than seek to pass the full 2022 Operating Budget and 2022-2026 Capital Plan before the end of this one.
The budget presented by the administration proposed a 5% municipal residential tax increase in 2022 and a 14% non-residential tax increase, with an increase to 1:1.2 ratio of residential to non-residential.
Also proposed was a 0.81% special tax on all assessable property to raise $1.08 million to support road and sidewalk replacement.
The average homeowner for a property valued at $331,629 would see a $126 increase in taxes and $269 for the special tax for a combined increase of $395 (roughly 15% over last year).
The Consolidated Operating Budget reflects revenues totalling $24.4 million, representing an increase of 5.9% over last year's budget. The Consolidated Expenses total $23.7M, an increase of 6.3%.
The Capital Plan includes proposed general infrastructure investments totalling $2.5 million and proposed utility infrastructure investments totalling $501,000.
Richardson moves for an interim budget to give Council time
After Administration's budget presentation at Council's Dec. 6 meeting, Councillor Scott Richardson moved that the administration bring forward an interim 2022 budget for Council's consideration.
Richardson indicated he believes Council needed more time to consider the budget premises.
"My first year on Council, we passed an interim budget and we weren't this rushed," he said. "I think that this budget right now seems really rushed. We all came here and were elected because of things we want to bring to the table. I don't think we've had the opportunity to look at those."
Councillor Ray White expressed his support for the motion.
"I think this process has gone a little fast for me," White said. "I'm not comfortable with it. As a result, I would like to see the interim budget to give us a little more time with it and maybe some more input
The motion passed unanimously.
Council then passed subsequent motions introduced by Richardson, calling on the administration to bring forward the council and administration remuneration policies to its Jan. 18 committee of the whole meeting for discussion.
"I can see some increases," he said. "I think we need to see if the remuneration is where Council wants to be or even if we want to freeze or stop some of these inflating costs in there."
Richardson noted that during the last term, Council had moved to raise the compensation of Town of Morinville employees to the median in relation to other Alberta municipalities.
"I thought we should look at that and see if it's the direction we want to go."
Financial Services Manager Travis Nosko pointed out that an interim budget must be adopted before the tax rate bylaw is approved, the deadline for which is Dec. 31.
Council then has until the fiscal year-end, March 31, to pass the full operating and capital budgets.
Nosko said that an interim budget is intended strictly to maintain basic operations.
"An interim budget means we keep the lights on and that's it," he said. "So the longer the interim budget goes on, the more delayed we are on things like construction design, resolution of contracts and spending above the absolute minimum."
Interim budgets are often based on a certain percentage of the previous year's operating expenses, for instance, 50%, he said.
Richardson called for budget deliberations to resume no earlier than January 25, to allow for discussions related to his subsequent motions at the January 18 committee of the whole meeting.
Publisher's Note: This article was updated to include information on the tax impact in dollars for an average Morinville home. That info was omitted from the original article.
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So, council voted themselves a pay raise AND plans to increase taxes by 5% AND add a "special tax"?
Guess what is not going up 5%? My income! Morinville has very quickly become a town that is not affordable to live in. I am pretty sure this is why so many councillors were not re-elected. It will be very interesting to see what the new councillors decide to do.


If you are interested in learning more about Xavier University, VA benefits, application process, degree programs and the Student Veterans Center, please schedule an appointment with our Assistant Director for Veteran Admission and Recruitment, Nathan Ray. Also, consider attending an Information Session.
If you are eligible for a 100% of the Post 9/11 GI Bill, then your tuition may be covered at 100% at either the undergraduate or graduate levels. The Post 9/11 GI bill benefit includes a monthly housing allowance and book allowance. Eligible veterans are also able to transfer part or all of their Post 9/11 GI bill to a dependent family member. If you do not qualify for 100% of the Post 9/11 GI Bill but served after 9/11, you may still qualify for VA education benefits.
Xavier University is also a proud participant in the Vocational Rehabilitation Program, (sometimes referred to as the Chapter 31 program) which provides services to eligible Servicemembers and Veterans with service-connected disabilities to help them prepare for, obtain, and maintain suitable employment or achieve independence in daily living. If you have questions about this program, please contact Spencer Rumley.
If you have any questions about VA benefit eligibility, please contact the VA Education Center by phone. You may also submit a question or review the FAQ through the Right Now Web portal. We also encourage you to create an online account with eBenefits, so that you can update your direct deposit, address and track payments real time.
To complete the process as quickly as possible all steps should be started simultaneously.
If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to Contact Us or check out our FAQs.
Information Sessions for 2019 will be posted soon. Until then, please contact Nathan Ray for all admission questions.


Discussion in 'MacBook Pro' started by bobfitz14, Nov 20, 2012.
I recently (less than 3 months) bought a brand new 15" antiglare MBP directly from Apple and now it doesn't work..at all. I believe it's a hard drive issue so let me explain a bit.
I was using my laptop as I typically do, with Chrome and iTunes but not much else going on, and it simply became unresponsive. It started with Chrome not responding but no pinwheel occurring. Then everything else froze and I held the power button down and attempted to turn it back on.
Nothing. Tried this a couple times but to no avail I would get the Apple logo and the loading screen but then it would just shut back down. So I reset the PRAM and tried to run a hardware test on my hardware via holding a certain key combo on the keyboard (I forget the specifics, my roommate did this part...). It froze again near the end of the test.
From what it seems it could be the hard drive. If so, this would explain the uncommon yet noticeable situations when my MBP would become slow or unresponsive for 5-10 seconds then continue working as normal.
It froze running AHT? You've got a pretty major hardware issue(unless he ran the wrong version of AHT).
I'd take it in for service. They'll probably end up replacing the logic board.


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As a result of a recent public consultation Frodsham Police Station is now located at the Fire Station on Ship Street.
The facility was officially opened on November 27th at 1pm by the Police and Crime Commissioner David Keane. Deputy Chair of Cheshire Fire Authority Cllr Stef Nelson, Chief Fire Officer Paul Hancock and Acting Chief Constable Janette McCormick were also be there.
Overwhelmingly, of the 358 members of the public surveyed 95% agreed that the relocation of Frodsham Police Station was appropriate during the consultation which took place between 29 August and 25 September. 97% also agreed that Frodsham Fire Station is accessible for local residents.
The fire station which is located on Ship Street is now a joint police and fire base.
Frodsham Fire Station is staffed by on-call firefighters who respond to emergencies by an alerter system. It was identified as a suitable location for a joint police and fire base with the space and facilities to accommodate the same services for officers, staff and members of the public that were, up until now, being delivered at the police station.


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What constitutes good leadership is changing, as expectations, demands, of followers alter: Gordon Tredgold - Daily News Egypt
Interviews What constitutes good leadership is changing, as expectations, demands, of followers alter: Gordon Tredgold
What constitutes good leadership is changing, as expectations, demands, of followers alter: Gordon Tredgold
Leaders do not need to have all answers or to be heroes
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Undoubtably the importance of leadership for any organisation's success, as it is what dictates the ability of an individual or a group of individuals to lead, guide, and influence other groups of people or an organisation.
Leadership entails, having a clear vision, an ability to communicate the vision to team members, an ability to organise in an effective and efficient manner, inspiring subordinates towards the fulfilment of the organisation's goals, and balancing the conflict of interest of all subordinates and stakeholders.
Leadership encompasses all spheres of life: family, political, management or economic.
To understand leadership and its importance, Daily News Egypt interviewed Gordon Tredgold, CEO of Leadership Principles LLC.
With over 25 years of experience in senior leadership positions, for Fortune 100 companies, successfully delivering $100m projects, running $300m departments, and leading teams of 1,000 staff, Tredgold has helped companies reduce costs by $350m, increase performance by 50-500%, and helped entrepreneurs triple their revenue in just 12 months.
Now Gordon speaks, writes, and consults on Leadership and Business. He has written 3 books, over 1,200 articles, contributed to Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc. Magazine, Business Insider, Fortune, Addicted 2Success, and he is also a visiting professor at Staffordshire University.
"People are not afraid of hard work, they are afraid of failure, and by giving them simple plans they believe you help build their self-confidence, which is key to success," Tredgold told Daily News Egypt in an interview.
Tredgold was one of the speakers of 'The Narrative PR Summit 2018,' which first started in 2016, organised by CC Plus, to become the first of its type of public relations events for the Egyptian market.
The summit was attended by ministers, global professionals, policymakers, as well as community leaders, to discuss their distinct stories, lessons, and experiences that can create a bank of first-class knowledge, available for everyone and anyone in Egypt.
Following 'The Narrative PR Summit 2018,' DNE interviewed Tredgold, to get a better understanding of how the basic concept of leadership has evolved, and his participation in the summit, the transcript for which is below, lightly edited for clarity:
What motivated you to take part in 'PR Narrative summit'?
I was approached by CCplus, who has been following me on Twitter for some time, and they asked me if I would be interested in speaking at the 'Narrative' to give some insights on how leadership could be best used to help promote Egypt. I immediately said yes, as I love Egypt. I have visited it many times, including doing the Nile Cruise twice. I also have lots of friends and followers in Egypt, so to have the chance to help promote Egypt was an opportunity for me to give something back, and I felt compelled doing it. It was an amazing event, and the warmth and friendliness of the people really touched me. I created a Facebook live session talking about my visit which has now been viewed and shared over 35,000 times.
Gordon Tredgold, CEO of Leadership Principles LLC
What inspired you to write a book on leadership?
I thought that by helping the next generation of leaders become better ones, it would help increase the positive impact that I could make on the world. The more 'great leaders' that we have, the better the world would be, and I found that my approach to leadership not only allowed me to generate great results, but was also appreciated by the people who I led, so why not share it.
I also believe that leadership is a lot simpler than we think, and I wanted to help share those simple things which I found worked, so that others could benefit.
What advice do you have for those pursuing leadership roles, and entrepreneurs?
Obviously the first thing I would say would be to read my book 'FAST' – 4 Principles Everyone Needs To Achieve Success, which is all about improving your Focus (the What), Accountability (the Who), Simplicity (the How), and Transparency (How Far). It is poor performance in one of these areas, that account for practically all failures.
For potential leaders I would add that they should take any opportunity to lead, as it will help build their experience and understanding. These opportunities could be within their communities, in sports, as well as in business, and they will all help them improve.
How can leaders maintain employee engagement?
Employee engagement, according to Gallup, is around 30%. Interesting leadership involvement is also around 30%, which I think is a major cause of employee disengagement, as it is hard to enlist people if you are not.
So, to create engaged teams, it starts with you as the leader being committed. Then you have to provide clarity of focus, so that your teams know what the goals are, and give them a plan for how they can be successful. When you do that, not only do you have engrossed teams, but also enthusiastic teams which can achieve amazing results.
People are not afraid of hard work, they are afraid of failure, and by giving them simple plans they will believe you, help build their self-confidence which is key to success.
How do you view the state of leadership in business of the past decade?
I think leadership is going through a fundamental change. It is not that what constitutes good leadership that is changing, it is that the expectation and demands of followers are changing. They are insisting that more people exhibit good leadership. We live in a hyper-connected world, and teams want to feel connected to leaders.
The days of command and control, where leaders just issue orders are disappearing. Teams want to communicate directly with their leaders and they are expecting to be informed and inspired.
With the increase in distributed virtual teams, leaders need to be able to inspire remotely, without having physical presence, which requires much better, and much more frequent communication, often via social media tools.
From your perspective, what differentiates a good leader, from a bad one?
Bad leaders make it all about them, their success, and their results. They think that leadership is about being served, but in reality, it is about serving.
Great leaders, on the other hand, put their teams first. They look to put them in a position where they can succeed, and then they look to recognise that success. Leadership is about creating the vision for your teams, setting them off on a journey, and then focusing on clearing any roadblocks that appear or hinder progress.
Leadership is not about being first across the finish line, it is about ensuring that everyone gets over the finish line.
What is the biggest challenge facing leaders today?
We are moving from a central command and control style of working and leadership, to a central command but distributed control. This requires leaders to give up some of the control, to delegate it to others, to be more involving of their teams and more trusting. This can be difficult, especially for those who got into leadership for the power, but real leadership is about empowering their teams, not hoarding power.
What advice would you give someone assuming a leadership position for the first time?
Do not assume you know everything, and if you need help ask for it, even from your team. Do not constantly remind people you are the leader, they know, and bragging about it just makes you appear lacking in confidence. Leaders don't need to have all the answers or need to be the hero. Leadership is about getting the best out of your team, not being the best on your team.
If you insist on being the best, then you become the limit of what can be achieved. The more you can leverage your teams, the higher up the leadership ladder you can go.
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Mohamed Samir is an economic and political journalist, and analyst specialising in the Middle East. Over the past decade, he covered Egypt's and the MENA region's financial, business, and geopolitical updates. He is currently the Deputy Executive Editor of the Daily News Egypt.
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If you've followed my blog for a while, you'll know that I am a huge fan of the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals. This is because the nominees and winners are chosen by librarians. Only librarians. And I have haunted libraries all my life.
I've blogged about it in the past, this is my post from 2015. I even shadowed the shortlist last year – something I highly recommend – great books and you learn SO MUCH and get to hang out and chat about some of the best books in the country.
It all starts with a list of nominations. It's usually a very long list and this year is no exception – it is a very long list. But there is one tiny difference this year.
It means so much I feel like I've won already. I will always be a Carnegie nominated author.
I think I might go and have another little cry.
Congratulations to all the nominees for both the Greenaway and the Carnegie. I am beyond honoured to be on the list with you.
I know! Am so happy!
Well done, sweetie! Proud of you!
Thank you so much – 24 hours later – still smiling!!!


My grandmother invented the fifth season. She named it the "mud season." Mud — the fifth season, now playing near you. I take it as a time of joy. It's finally spring. Nana considered it a personal assault on her castle of clean, prime time grime time.
Nana was an old-time housewife, proud of it and totally competent. Everything was squeaky clean, her measure of cleanliness. Her Hoover sat in the closet like a fire truck, ready to race off to dirt emergencies.
Grandpa walked down his drive to get his newspapers. Coming back, he'd see an odd stick out of place in his yard. Nana found the molecule of mud on his slipper, and all hell broke loose.
Mud — the fifth season, now playing near you. I take it as a time of joy. It's finally spring. Time to go out and blow off the stink. Nana considered it a personal assault on her castle of clean, prime time grime time.
"Frank, for Pete's sake, take off your shoes." Who is this Pete guy anyway?
Grandpa craved jokes. Sometimes he'd open and close the back door, and grandma would yell. He'd do it again. She'd yell again.
Grandkids by nature presented cleanliness challenges. We played tag for 10 minutes and came back in, standing for inspection in the hallway. Nana knew all the muddy places, the ribs in our sneaker soles, our knees, our seats, odd fingers.
She'd go over us with a nasty wash cloth and Fels-Naptha soap, an industrial solvent.
We'd head out after lunch and face the same drill. I thought she'd scrub the features off my face.
Grandpa did everything to create himself in me. We'd spend hours outside in the mud working his garden, picking up his sticks and getting gloriously filthy.
Then we'd stand for inspection, he too, and Nana would hit apoplexy.
We were watching the news, a huge landslide in South America, the whole mountain falling down.
Where do these women learn this?


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Review: Watch Dogs
2014-05-27 02:01:00by Chris Carter
Did I mention the Spider-Tank?
What I love most about my job is that I get to test out everything in its final, ready to deliver form, free of the binds of hype. For what feels like half my lifetime, Ubisoft has been trying to convince us that Watch Dogs will change everything. It doesn't.
If you come in expecting a polished high-budget venture on par with the Grand Theft Auto series, you're going to be disappointed. But if you think of it like a more arcadey take on the open world genre, you'll have a lot more fun.
Oh, and you can totally become a giant Spider-Tank and blow people up.
Watch Dogs (PC, PS3, PS4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One [reviewed])
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
Release: May 27, 2014 / TBA 2014 (Wii U)
MRSP: $59.99
If you couldn't surmise the basic gist from the trailers Ubisoft has been pumping practically every week since its 2012 announcement, Watch Dogs centers around a near-future Chicago controlled by advanced technology, mainly the citywide ctOS operating system. You experience the world as Aiden Pearce, a local hacker who finds himself knee-deep in cover-ups and conspiracies after a botched hack.
The story opens up with our hero losing his niece in a car crash -- a hit ordered by parties unknown in retaliation for a job gone wrong. What starts off as a micro tale of revenge ends up becoming a macro cloak and dagger narrative, fueled by tenuous alliances, lots of phone conversations, and shadowy figures in high places. While I'm not going to ruin anything specific plot-wise, it's safe to say that I really didn't care what happened throughout the course of the campaign.
Not only is every event fairly predictable and cliched, but the characters are so lifeless that I couldn't care less what happened to them. While it's easy to feel empathy for Pearce at the start, it's a fleeting sense of emotion, buried underneath all of the generic dialog, paint-by-number characters, and scruffy one dimensional voiceovers.
Ubisoft has gone so far as to call Aiden "iconic" before the game even launched, which is laughable after actually getting a chance to know him. Rockstar has shown us that it's entirely possible to craft deep and memorable characters (John Marston immediately comes to mind) in an open world game, but that's not what happened here. If there's a sequel I hope Ubisoft goes back to the drawing board character-wise.
Watch Dogs also doesn't look nearly as good as it did during that famous E3 demonstration, even on a current-gen console. There isn't a whole lot of detail in the game's environments, many models look plain (pop-in is also a thing), and in some instances, it looks worse than the last-gen Grand Theft Auto V. That's not to say that it isn't playable, though, as I rarely had any technical issues preventing me from enjoying myself. Ubisoft hasn't provided a PC version for testing at this time, but we'll try to provide impressions if possible.
Their virtual rendition of Chicago is great though, offering up multiple themes (downtown, suburbia, and rural areas), all of which are packed with secrets and detail. While the engine itself doesn't really do the city justice, a lot of work went into crafting every NPC, which seemingly all have their place in the world. Scanning random citizens will inform you of their salary, as well as a tiny tidbit about their life (like if they're involved in an affair, or what their career is). It doesn't really have any impact on anything, but it's a novel departure from the faceless crowds in other games.
While the story is disappointing, as we all know, open world games and their massive sense of scale aren't just about the 10-15 hour campaigns -- there's so much more in store for those who love roaming around looking for trouble. Aiden's tale may not have been worth the wait, but with Watch Dogs Ubisoft has crafted something unexpectedly unique, because by god, the gameplay is fun. Think of a "middle ground" between the over-the-top zaniness of Saints Row IV and the realism of Grand Theft Auto V game and you'll have a good idea of what to expect.
Hacking isn't nearly as revolutionary as Ubisoft Montreal wants us to think it is, but it's fun to use nonetheless -- in other words, it's less of a game changer and more like a really cool set of super powers. Using the power of Aiden's phone, you'll be able to manipulate the environment (and NPCs) in a lot of different ways all of which are fun. Once you unlock everything, the world is your oyster. If you're caught up in a high-speed chase and want to raise a bridge manually to escape -- you can do that. If you want to change traffic signs, billboards, or raise road blocks to smash unsuspecting victims, you can do that too.
You'll also be able to overcharge certain devices to enact explosions while on foot, hack security cameras for different points of view, and even use more rounded powers like bullet time. There's a full skill tree for every facet of the game -- combat, driving, hacking, and crafting -- all of which have a ton of powers to sift through and choose. Gunplay is about on par with most modern action games these days (I have no complaints), and as you may have guessed, hacking comes with a certain degree of puzzle elements. Thankfully, Ubisoft Montreal did right by them.
My personal favorite brain teasers involve hacking the hub towers, that function similarly to the Viewpoints in the Assassin's Creed games. You'll have to use your phone to move from security camera to security camera, leaping viewpoints and locating different objects to hack into. Sometimes you'll have to lower forklifts for instance to widen your field of view, and be on the lookout for anything that will lead you to the security door's switch. Typical hacking minigames are also a thing, and they're just as fun as the aforementioned camera puzzles, functioning as a very simplistic version of the age-old "pipeline" puzzles.
You can also use your phone as a means to call upon vehicles, which can be unlocked by hacking NPC's phone records or by simply getting into a stolen car. It's a hell of a lot more fun than going back to a garage every time to get a specific ride you like, and fast travel hubs make getting around even more convenient on top of that. The car radio soundtrack consists of about 50 songs (ranging from Nas, to Alkaine Trio, to Alice Cooper, so there's a good amount of variety here, and you can customize a playlist).
Driving is a bit weird though, mostly because of how wonky the physics are. Watch Dogs prides itself on being a fairly serious game, but the allure immediately fades when you start breaking literally everything with a small car. It's fun in a way, that almost nothing will stop you, but the switch from conventional open world game with boundaries to an arcade racer can be jarring. Like the visual limitations I'd chalk it up to a lack of polish, as not all of it feels intentional.
Multiplayer is available, consisting of a number of typical "versus" game modes and a bigger "Invasion" concept. While the former are more of your standard fare (PVP, racing), Invasions are a much cooler, seamless way to integrate multiplayer while keeping the hacking theme intact. Much like a Souls game, players can invade your playthrough (you'll show up as an NPC on their screen) and choose to "hack you" for fun and profit.
The victim will then have to find and identify the invader alongside of all the innocent NPCs before the hack is complete, which makes for some interesting gameplay reminiscent of Assassin's Creed multiplayer modes. This can lead to a ton of really cool shootouts or chases, and the intimate one-on-one nature leads to some fun moments.
Although my access to multiplayer was limited, I did get a chance to test out a few of the standard gametypes. Although they were fun enough, they don't really add or subtract anything as they mostly feel ancillary. As a side note, disabling in-game invasions will reset your multiplayer skill rank to zero -- it's a clever way of forcing people to "deal" with online play, but I know that a lot of solo-minded players will hate it.
Where Watch Dogs really blew me away though is the emphasis on extra content. As I already mentioned the campaign is just the tip of the iceberg, as there's a whole lot more to do in the city of Chicago. There are tons of minigames to find (like Chess), collectibles like QR codes to hunt for, and a ton of well-crafted arcade games that feel like they could legitimately sell piecemeal on a digital storefront.
What's really crazy is that Ubisoft Montreal built a full Foursquare-like "check-in" system into Watch Dogs, letting people go up to certain landmarks and compare their visits to other players. If you check-in a certain amount of times you become the "Mayor," (just like the real thing) which basically functions as bragging rights. A lot of people will probably skip this feature, but it's really cool nonetheless -- and that's one of the less significant extras.
Simply put, the actual videogames hidden in Watch Dogs are probably my favorite part of the entire package. Two of them allow you to play them in the open world in an augmented reality type fashion, which is a really cool take on minigames in general as it isn't done very often. One has you shooting down virtual space aliens as you roam the streets, and another is a Mario-like coin race called Cash Run, where you run through real life obstacle courses and collect "digital" coins while you avoid skull holograms.
Like the aforementioned activities these two virtual romps are really deep, and have multiple levels and items involved. Cash Run even allows you to create and share your own setups and races online. I'm not joking when I say that I've played these two games for hours on end alone. But the real icing on the cake are the four fully-fledged "Digital Trips," which take you out of the open world and into your imagination.
One of them lets you go on a psychedelic trip and jump on flowers for points, flinging you through the air like a super-hero on crack. Another turns you into a Grim Reaper of sorts, driving around a hot rod to harvest souls during the apocalypse (think Carmageddon). Another features a far-future setting where robots patrol the streets with an emphasis on stealth, that allows you to slowly free the fictional city one power node at a time.
My personal favorite though is Spider-Tank, which is just as ridiculous as it sounds. Like any good monster movie it gives you the keys to a giant crawling tank, complete with machine guns, missiles, melee attacks, and the power to walk on walls and jump between skyscrapers. Your objective here is to just kill as many people as possible and complete light missions, like a reverse EDF. It's amazing.
These games are all crafted with more care than the actual storyline, and come complete with their own skill trees and upgrades. If I ever got bored with anything from the core game I found myself getting distracted by these for hours on end. Even if you don't play open world games, it's worth giving Watch Dogs a try just to get your hands on these experiences.
Despite the fact that Watch Dogs hasn't made any meaningful impact on the genre, I found myself having a ton of fun with it. Between the deep levels of customization and the sheer breadth of content, there's no shortage of things to do. If Ubisoft can take the game's core fun factor and marry it with an actual "next-gen" experience the next time around, they'll have something truly special.
Watch Dogs reviewed by Chris Carter
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Q: Как сохранить массив через foreach Я делаю авторизацию через Discord, и мне нужно сохранить сервера на которых находится участник.
public function login(Request $request) {
        if (Auth::check()) {return redirect()->route("main.index");};
        if ($request->missing("code") && $request->missing("access_token")) {return redirect()->route("main.index");};

        $this->tokenData["client_id"] = env("DISCORD_CLIENT_ID");
        $this->tokenData["client_secret"] = env("DISCORD_CLIENT_SECRET");
        $this->tokenData["code"] = $request->get("code");
        $this->tokenData["redirect_uri"] = env("DISCORD_REDIRECT_URI");

        $client = new GuzzleHttp\Client();

        try {
            $accessTokenData = $client->post($this->tokenURL, ["form_params" => $this->tokenData]);
            $accessTokenData = json_decode($accessTokenData->getBody());
        } catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\ClientException $error) {
            return redirect()->route("main.index");
        };

        $userData = Http::withToken($accessTokenData->access_token)->get($this->apiURLBase);
        if ($userData->failed()) {return redirect()->route("main.index");};

        $guildData = Http::withToken($accessTokenData->access_token)->get($this->apiURLBase . '/guilds');
        if ($guildData->failed()) {return redirect()->route("main.index");};

        $userData = json_decode($userData);
        $guildData = json_decode($guildData);
        foreach(...)

Как мне это сделать через foreach? Не очень догоняю как это реализовать
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Пытался добавить так, но потом уже понял что нужно через foreach, посмотрел примеры, так и не понял как это реализовать
$guild = Guild::updateOrCreate(
            [
                'id' => $guildData -> id,
            ],
            [
                'name' => $guildData -> name,
                'icon' => $guildData -> icon,
                'owner' => $guildData -> owner,
                'permissions' => $guildData -> permissions,
                'features' => $guildData -> features,
                'permissions_new' => $guildData -> permissions_new
            ]
        );

A: Вариант 1. В модели Guild добавляем следующее (для автоматического преобразования сериализированного массива в массив при обращении к полю модели)
protected $casts = [
    'features' => 'array',
];

Код сохранения. Вместо $guildData = json_decode($guildData); пишем
$guildData = $guildData
    ->collect() // преобразуем в коллекцию для удобства обработки
    ->map(function($guild) {
        // сериаллизируем массив
        $guild['features'] = json_encode($guild['features']);
        return $guild;
    })->toArray();
/* код выше можно и так записать, чтобы не делать коллекцию
    $guildData = array_map(function ($guild) {
        $guild['features'] = json_encode($guild['features']);
        return $guild;
    }, $guildData->json());
*/
Guild::upsert($guildData, ['id']);

Вариант 2. С циклом, если реализовано через отношение features
foreach ($guildData->json() as $guild) {
    $features = $guild['features']; // сохраняем список
    unset($guild['features']); // удаляем с текущего набора (очистка для updateOrCreate)
    $entry = Guild::updateOrCreate(
        $guild,
        ['id' => $post['id']]
    );
    // находим ID всех features (подразумевается, что таблица и модель features
    // создана, а модель Guild связана с нею отношением многие-ко-многим)
    $feature_ids = Feature::whereIn('feature', $features)->pluck('id');
    // обновляем полученные features в текущей модели Guild
    $entry->features()->sync($feature_ids);
}

П.С. Код писал в блокноте, поэтому возможны опечатки

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We are a "Good for You" company where our commitment to healthy, natural and organic flavors and ingredients is not just driven by a trend report. We believe natural tastes better, and that organic opportunities should be available to everyone.
With a shared "Good for You" mindset, and a team of spirited innovators, we collaborate with customers to create delicious new sensory experiences.
Our Ingredients for a Healthy Partnership
With Brookside, it's more than business, it's family. We're in this together from farm to table and from inspiration to innovation. We're committed to helping you create something memorable with:
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We specialize in the natural, organic flavors and ingredients that deliver the indulgent sensory experiences consumers crave and will never forget.
Sink your teeth into a deliciously diverse palette of certified organic and conventional flavors. Innovative solutions and creative applications that pack more flavor and inspire the next breakthrough seasoning, sauce, marinade, meaty or plant-based protein product. Any craving can be fulfilled.
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From raw materials to finished products, there's no questioning the origin or integrity of our ingredients. A broad palette of sustainable, natural elements brings any idea to flavorful fruition with a clean label.
Delivering the best for our customers requires the industry's best and brightest.
Meet the Dream Team behind our Healthy • Natural • Good For You mission.
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Bill Gambrell is Executive VP & CSO at BFI, specializing in the flavor and fragrance industries, the broadly based ingredients business targeting the food and beverage industries, and the food industry in general. Bill began his flavor and fragrance industry career with International Flavors and Fragrances and Naarden, and then became a partner in Food Specialties Ltd., after which he returned to the F&F industry with the founding of Quest International under Unilever management. After years at Quest followed by years at Bell Flavors & Fragrances and many acquisitions, Bill co-founded Teawolf LLC in NJ, a specialty natural ingredients manufacturer (sold to Dohler in 2016). During this same period Bill co-founded SciTech Ingredients LLC in NJ, a company that to this day specializes in natural replacement of sugar and salt. Also during this period, Bill began to serve on the Advisory Board of Kancor Ingredients (specializing in spice oils and oleoresins) in Cochin, India, and became an advisor to ChemCom (specializing in taste and olfactory receptor technology) in Belgium. Bill was born in South Carolina, resides in Toronto, attended Clemson University, and graduated from McGill University in Montreal.
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Mr. Nikola, COO for BFI, specializes in ingredients used in the food, fragrance and pharmaceutical industries. Nick served as President of Geneva Ingredients, Inc,. until 2001, when Geneva was sold to Kerry Group, a publicly traded UK company. Since that time, Nick has had a role in advising members of The Brookside Group on ingredient related acquisitions. Prior to his tenure with Geneva, Nick held many executive positions within the flavor industry, including General Manger, Executive VP and VP of Sales & Marketing. His prior associations include Crompton & Knowles, Sanofi Bio-Industries, Cultor (a spin-off of Pfizer Food Science). After the association with Geneva, Nick joined Agilex Flavors & Fragrances as Senior VP, Sales & Marketing. Nick is currently a flavor and food ingredients consultant, helping organizations to gain purchase in this highly competitive market. He is a graduate of Marquette University, receiving a Bachelors degree in Chemistry.
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Napijmy się oleju – EPka zespołu Kury, wydana w 2000 roku przez Biodro Records. Tytuł płyty ma (według Tymańskiego) pochodzić ze snu Piotra Pawlaka, który miał śnić "iż w środku nocy pędzi przez ciemne mieszkanie, by otworzyć lodówkę i z błogością na twarzy wychylić butelkę oleju". Nagrane utwory znalazły się na ścieżce dźwiękowej gry Rezerwowe psy.

Spis utworów
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 "O Trójkątach" – 3:10
 "Dożynki" – 3:48
 "O Trójkątach (remiks)" – 4:05
 "Dożynki (remiks)" – 5:38
 "O Trójkątach (radio version)" – 3:07
 "Dożynki" (teledysk)

Twórcy
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Zespół Kury w składzie:
 Jacek Olter – perkusja
 Piotr Pawlak – gitara basowa, remiksy (jako DJ Stuligrosz)
 Ryszard Tymon Tymański – głos, gitara

Przypisy

Albumy Kur
Albumy Biodro Records
Albumy yassowe
Minialbumy wydane w roku 2000


The 2394 and 2395 combined award is certified by EAL and is aimed at electricians or supervisors who require the ability to verify and certify new electrical installations, alterations' to existing electrical installations and additions to existing electrical installations, as well as periodic inspections and electrical condition reports to electrical installations.
In order to complete this course, attendees must hold an up to date electrical qualification and the 17th Edition Wiring Regulations BS7671, it would also be beneficial to have practical electrical experience in electrical installations.
There will be two open-book online exams, and several practical assessments that have to be attained to gain these qualifications.


Poster in enlarged A4 dimensions. LETTER resembles a form of personal letter but addresses a form of structure: an institution or a state rather than a single individual. LETTER was made for the exhibition It Might be Political/Det ku´ være politisk, which was both a group show and a collaboration amongst the participating artists, a curator and a writer. The group wanted to strengthen and create collective structures within and across individual practices. The group wanted to create a structure based on collectivity rather that individuality and competition, which seems to characterise society at large and the art world in particular. LETTER is based on notes collected from this process as well as conversations with the group around the book Frames of War: When is Life Grievable? by Judith Butler.