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Ukraine To Receive EIB Loans Totaling EUR 640 Million For Implementation Of Transport And Infrastructure Projects
The funds will be used to improve infrastructure in eastern Ukraine, rehabilitate the road network in the Luhansk region, and purchase electric public transport in 18 cities.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Ukrainian government signed agreements for three loans totaling EUR 640 million for financing the implementation of priority infrastructure and transport projects on 9 December.
The Ministry of Infrastructure announced this in a statement, the CFTS portal reports.
"Three loan agreements were concluded with the EIB today, under which Ukraine will receive EUR 640 million for improving infrastructure in the eastern region, rehabilitating the road network in the Luhansk region, and purchasing electric public transport in almost 20 Ukrainian cities," said Minister of Infrastructure Vladyslav Kryklyi.
According to him, a loan of EUR 340 million will be provided for rehabilitation and improvement of key social and transport infrastructure in the eastern region.
A loan of EUR 100 million will be provided for restoration of road networks in the Luhansk region, namely repair of two sections of the P-66 Highway under the "Eastern Ukraine: Reconnect, Recover, Revitalize (3R)" project.
An EIB loan of EUR 200 million will be provided for implementation of the Ukraine Urban Public Transport II project, which will support electric urban public transport schemes aimed at purchasing new rolling stock (trolleybuses, trams, metro coaches, and electric buses) or rehabilitating the existing urban public transport infrastructure or extending it with new elements.
According to the statement, the government has already tentatively identified the 18 cities that will participate in the project. They are Severodonetsk, Vinnytsia, Uzhhorod, Cherkasy, Kremenchuk, Bila Tserkva, Melitopol, Kamianske, Khmelnytskyi, Ternopil, Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro, Lutsk, Zaporizhia, Lviv, Poltava, Odesa, and Chernivtsi. The final list will be compiled after ratification of the agreement with the EIB.
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We The Kings celebrated the 10 year anniversary of their debut self-titled album in Sydney and we were there capturing the action. Sydney locals Yours Truly opened the show and I was pleasantly surprised, having never listened to them before. They definitely reminded me of a young Tonight Alive and they're definitely one band to keep an eye out for this year. Next we were treated to Awaken I Am, who despite not having a full time singer anymore, killed it and got the crowd ready for the band everyone was there to see.
We The Kings have always been incredible live and last night was certainly no exception. Opening the set with their most popular and what some may call their best song, 'Check Yes Juliet', the crowd went freakin crazy and I can understand why (the song is a banger). Moving through the set we were treated to songs like 'Headlines Read Out', 'Don't Speak Liar', 'Whoa', a kid friendly version of the story behind 'Secret Valentine' in the event that his daughters one day find out that their dad wrote a (really damn good) song about his first time with a girl and thanks to frontman Travis Clark, I'll never look at Tetris the same again, 'All Again For You' and everyone's (myself included) favourite 'Skyway Avenue'.
Once they were finished with the album, they smashed out jams 'Just Keep Breathing' and 'Sad Song' before playing 'Check Yes Juliet' again and just like the first time, the crowd went freakin crazy for it. We The Kings are one hell of a band and put on one hell of a show.
Revisit Travis Clark's guest co-host spot on Wall of Sound: Up Against The Wall right here and catch some of the action from the show below.
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How Would You Define Content Management System?
What is a CMS Website?
Loads of clients ask this question. They've heard the term, and have an idea what it might mean, but are looking for a clearer picture. I've been prodding around my brain cells, and trying to think of a way to define content management system (or CMS for short) so that it can be understood by complete newbies to website stuff.
Basically, a CMS website is a site that uses a system (a type of software) that allows users with little or no knowledge of web code or programming, to update their own website content once their web designer has build their site. A website CMS allows you to edit, modify, delete, organize, and publish (make available for the public) content on your website. This is done online – on a normal web browser like Chrome or Explorer - from a central, (mostly) easy to use panel. And by "content", I mean text, blog posts, images, videos etc. on your web pages.
So what does using a CMS website entail?
I'm not going to lie to you and pretend that using a CMS is a walk in the park for newbies, although for someone dedicated, and determined to manage their own content, it needn't be rocket science either. There are varying degrees of difficulty, depending on which CMS is used, and how deep you want to get into it. If you want a minimal learning curve, your website designer can set the content management system up that way. If you really want to get your hands dirty under the hood, there are some great video and written tutorials out there for the most popular systems.
A sophisticated content management system will allow multiple users to access the website and modify its contents. The website administrator can create multiple accounts for users. This can be useful if you and a friend or colleague were co-writing a blog, and want to have separate credits for your posts.
This is very a popular software, although it is not the easiest to use. While it started life as a blogging platform, it has now become a fully-fledged content management system. This means that it is possible to build a complete website on Wordpress, and it has an absolute ton of great add on features (known as plug ins) that allow a whole heap of extra things function wise. Wordpress websites are built around a "theme" (a template design that creates the overall look and functionality of your website). And with thousands of themes available, you really are spoilt for choice. Some themes are free, and some template must be paid for.
Wordpress is built with PHP (a programming language), HTML (a coding language), and SQL (a data organization language). It uses a "database" (a type of filing system type storage on your server) where important parts of the website's content and information is kept. Using WordPress requires some training first, although this can be at the most basic level or at a more intensive level.
By definition, this is the simplest application of a content management system. It is targeted for use on small websites, allowing fast updating, publishing and modification of content. There is a self managed blog option, photo gallery option and of course regular page content editing. Of all the CMS available, it is by far the simplest to use.
Pulse CMS "modules" can be integrated into a regular website. This means that say for example all your pages are basically going to remain the same except perhaps a particular section like an events diary, then the CMS can be added to that specific area of the website. All these things can be easily updated by you once your web designer has set it up.
There is a small charge for a Pulse CMS lifetime license, but it can allow you to add content to your website in a matter of minutes. Unlike WordPress, no database is needed since it uses flat files. The learning curve is a no brainer, although some understanding of basic HTML code is desirable and easy to grasp.
This software is for eCommerce (shopping) websites. It is straightforward to use, free and has many great features. Of all the eCommerce systems around today, OpenCart is the most user-friendly, easy to set up and run. It doesn't require a huge amount of training, although there is a learning curve. Being open-source (free and community based), it is backed by a huge online following, meaning that support is easy to access when needed from fellow users. There are also lots of add on features (known as extensions) that add various extra functionality.
Once your web designer has installed the software and created a database on your server, built you a custom designed store front, and set up things like payments, shipping and all the other behind the scenes structures, you can easily add and edit products, categories, descriptions and images to your store.
• What are the advantages of content management system? The chief benefit is that you can save money, since you don't have to go running to your web designer to carry out every little update to the text and images of your website for you.
• The user-friendly dashboards are full of features and are fairly easy to learn how to use.
• CMS support groups online are plentiful, and there are millions of resources like this article, to teach you everything you need to know.
• CMS sites are the best option if you update your site quite often.
• A dedicated CMS module at the very least, means you can run a daily or weekly blog unassisted, from anywhere.
By now you have a pretty good set of answers to our original question what is a cms system, and have a fair idea of the pros, so let's have a quick look at the cons of using this type of system.
• Some CMS may need a license, plug in updates and software upgrades. This can be a bit daunting (and annoying), so ask your website designer to help you out if necessary.
• Most content management systems require more storage space and/or features on your hosting than a very basic website.
• Some server upgrades or changes can cause the CMS to fail. In addition, some software upgrades and plug in/extension updates can cause function anomalies or faults due to compatibility issues, which must be checked thoroughly first.
• Migrating a site from one server, web host or domain to another can sometimes be very difficult.
• Some coding ability may be needed for certain upgrades.
These disadvantages don't much apply to Pulse CMS (although it does need a license), so if you just want to edit basic content it is probably the safest bet in that respect. But having said that…literally millions of websites use Wordpress and OpenCart, so don't be put off…especially if you have a reliable, competent website designer behind you!
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This delightful blend of white grapes and red grapes is reduced in sugars and brimming with juicy refreshment.
This juice drink is rich in Vitamin C giving you a super boost of goodness to support your everyday well being as part of a balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle.
Vitamin C can help to reduce the cell damage caused by free radicals in the body. Increasing evidence suggests that Vitamin C can help contribute to healthy skin, healthy vascular system and also a healthy immune system.
Water, Grape Juice from Concentrate 20%), Sugar, Citric Acid, Colour (Anthocyanins), Vitamin C, Flavourings, Sweetener (Sucralose).
A 250ml serving contains 100% RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance) Vitamin C.
Look out for Welch's other delicious grape juice drinks.
A tasty blend of US Concord Purple Grapes which is low in sugar and brimming with refreshment.
Made with luscious white grapes, this tasty blend is reduced in sugars and brimming with juicy refreshment.


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Q: SSO token expiration vs App token expiration Lets and there is an application which used SSO authentication.
There is a login in application which says that user should be logout in 1 hour.
On the other hand SSO provider expiration is 90 days.
What is the common best practice? Should be expiration given by SSO provider setting or app setting?

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Dynamics AX Technical Position - £75K + Bonus + Benefits I am actively looking for an experienced Dynamics AX Technical Consultant for this exclusive role at a UK Microsoft Gold Partner. My client has over 20 years' experience delivering award winning solutions on the Microsoft Dynamics platform and they are currently governing the AX marketplace. The job will be home based with travel expected to clients site to be expected. My client is therefore able to offer a fantastic opportunity which would not be possible at other Gold Partners.
*The chance to work on the most exciting and innovative AX projects in the UK.
*£75,000 salary and impressive benefits package including the chance to gain highly sought after Microsoft Certifications and generous holiday allowance.
For this opportunity a salary of £75,000 is on offer as well as an exceptional benefits package. A role like this will not stay on the market long as a closing date for applications has been applied to this role by the client. Based on the reputation of this client, and the opportunity they are offering, a role like this will not stay on the market long. The salary is circa £75,000 and benefits include generous holiday and pensions.


Tree Growth Dynamics, Fire History, and Fire-Climate Relationships in Pine Rocklands of the Florida Keys, U.S.A.
Pine rocklands are globally endangered, fire-maintained communities currently restricted to small habitat areas in southern Florida, Cuba, and the Bahamas. The purpose of this dissertation research was to identify the long-term ecological disturbance regimes and climatic trends responsible for the persistence of pine rocklands, and examine how human-induced changes during the 20th century contributed to decline of these communities. This research applied techniques of dendrochronology in extreme southern Florida, in a subtropical region where tree‐ring science has never been applied, to increase the understanding of how anthropogenic and natural disturbance events have decreased the spatial distribution of South Florida slash pine (Pinus elliottii Engelm. var. densa Little and Dorman; hereafter slash pine), the foundation species of pine rocklands.
To investigate the complex dynamics of declining pine rockland communities, I analyzed (1) the dendrochronological potential and climate response of slash pine, (2) the intra-annual ring formation characteristics and relationships to monthly climatic conditions, (3) the influence of historical fire regimes and varied fire management practices since the 1950s on the structure of slash pine savannas on adjacent islands in the Lower Florida Keys, and (4) the control of global-scale oceanic/atmospheric oscillations on historical wildfire occurrence.
The analyses presented here demonstrate that slash pine forms anatomically distinct, annual growth rings with the consistent year-to-year variability necessary for rigorous dendrochronological studies. Annual radial growth of slash pine is primarily influenced by water availability during the growing season; however intra-annual cellular growth is driven by daily insolation. In the Lower Florida Keys, the growing season of slash pine occurs between February and November, with trees experiencing dormancy between November and January. Reconstructions of fire history and savanna structure revealed that, over the past 150 years, frequent fires occurring every ca. 6 years promoted pine recruitment and ensured the persistence of pine rockland habitat. However, the recent lack of fire in some areas could result in the loss of pine rockland habitat, as pine savannas are currently succeeding to tropical hardwood hammock. Over the past several centuries, interacting effects of two Pacific climatic forcing mechanisms (El Niño-Southern Oscillation, Pacific Decadal Oscillation) drove wildfire occurrence in the Lower Florida Keys.
Harley, Grant Logan, "Tree Growth Dynamics, Fire History, and Fire-Climate Relationships in Pine Rocklands of the Florida Keys, U.S.A.. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 2012.


Stateful Inspection (SI) – sometimes called dynamic packet filtering. SI is used by security devices to maintain the status of active connections taking place on the network. This grants the devices to dynamically allow inbound replies to outbound connections, as well as identify potentially abnormal communications that are not following predictable patterns.


This is one of those times when I really shouldn't be blogging. We've hit that point in the semester when every test, project, and paper is coming up, which means that my to-do list a mile long, and blogging should not be top priority. Naturally, I'll always find away to ignore the massive amount of studying I should be doing to write about polka dots and blazers instead. It's much more interesting than researching Japan's textile industry.
It's been a little while since I've worn polka dots on here, which means that it's been far too long for my liking. I thought this polka dot dress was a fun piece to wear under my new professional-looking blazer from Brag Vintage. Brag Vintage is a great British vintage shop, and I had the hardest time choosing my favorite piece. I ended up settling on this beauty because, despite my love of them, I hardly own any blazers. I have one black one that fits well, and I wear it death any time I have to look even semi-professional. I really love the color and shrunken feel to this one, so I know I'll be throwing it on for next presentation coming up in a class.
I should apologize that my posts have been so photo-heavy, but I'm incredibly indecisive. Mary and I have been having a blast scouting new locations, and when we drove past this mosaic (which I've seen a million times, but never really gave a second thought), we both knew it was perfect for this outfit.
Despite my workload piling up, I still managed to have a nice, relaxing weekend. I ended up staying in both Friday and Saturday nights, which was refreshing. I did go to a casino in Iowa for the first time since being legal with a few of my guy friends on Saturday, and I had a blast. I don't really trust myself to gamble, but the casino gave us each $10 to spend for signing up for player's cards, and it lasted me a few hours on the penny slots. I didn't come home with any winnings, but I managed to only spend $1 of my own money, so I'd say it was extremely successful.
Cute outfit! I love that blazer on you!
Haha I used to find just any excuse to procrastinate on studying and getting projects done when I was in college so I feel ya!
Cute dress, as always. I'm having a love affair with polka dots lately so that dress really stood out to me. Also, your styling is just excellent!
Good for you for managing to find a way to still have a good weekend. I swear this senior year has turned me into a total procrastinator and I always regret it on Monday!
Shoes, Dress, Blazer. Loving it. It's always awesome when you find a new place to shoot, even if it's been under your nose the whole time! So much beauty in the world sometimes it's hard to decipher which to use!
Loving this blazer!!! It looks amazing over the polka dot dress and with that scarf. Definitely the perfect piece to polish any look off and still be very you.
These photos are stunning! You look so great and I love that polka dot dress!
Good luck with your crazy to-do list!
that blazer is absolute perfection. it's a gorgeous color and i bet the fabric is so lovely! cute unexpected layering with the polka dots and tweed.
That blazer is lovely! It does strike me as very British =P And I adore the last photo. Flowers and jewelry. . . perf.
I'm surprised you don't own too many blazers, I think they work with your closet so well. Of course, I'm totally loving this dress and you guys picked the perfect photo location for this outfit. If only I had someone to motivate me to leave my home to take pictures! I hope I get to see you later this month, we have to get something solid planned with Erica soon!
Haha go you for not going bankrupt! I've never gone gambling before, but I'm pretty sure I'd lose my mom's house by the end of the night. So there's that. Haha also love that blazer of yours! I have SO many and don't know how to style them. Talk about a face palm.
What a cute blazer! That mosaic wall makes a perfect back drop and how fun that you have a friend to take photos with! Well done at the casino, I hate gambling money away and the few times I've gone I'm always such a conservative player :) Not my thing.
What a cool backdrop, and I love the polka dots dress and chunky scarf combo! That photo of your watch in the mosaic glass is extra cool! Can I rent your friend to help me with pictures ;) She is doing such a good job! Good luck on your schoolwork!
Great photos! Love the happiness and confidence you're radiating in these :) Love the blazer too - totally gotta get one now!
That mosaic makes such a gorgeous background!! I always love a good blazer, dress and tights combo :) Especially when it involves a lovely purple scarf and some polka dots!
Love the polka dot dress, and oh, Brag Vintage! I'm supposed to be in their affiliate program but I never got a notification or anything from them... I should check on that... Anyway, I love this mosaic background!! How perfect. Glad you found time to blog in the midst of everything else that's going on!! You look beauuuuutiful.
Love your outfit, especially the polka dots! Beautiful background too :) I really enjoy your blog so far and would love to follow each other--please join my GFC and I'll follow you right back!
I dig this outfit. Its adorable and I love the scarf.
You look so so cute! love the polka dots and that rad ring you're wearing too.
This outfit is adorable!! I love the pop of purple from your scarf!
"Naturally, I'll always find away to ignore the massive amount of studying I should be doing to write about polka dots and blazers instead."
Yup, sounds about right. God forbid that my school work interferes with blogging!
Ha! we did the same thing when we went to Vegas w/ friends a few years ago. We're both so cheap that we spent I think $3 between the two of us and even that felt like a waste of money. pretty cool you got $10 free, it's just silly but kinda fun w/ friends (I mean, when it's not big bucks, then it becomes way more than silly and makes me upset that people actually do but that's a side rant). i hope your projects, etc. are going well! researching japan's textile industry actually sounds awesome! oh and i love love love this mural. i'd have like every other dya photoshoots there if i saw it. and i love the blazer, great mix of vintage that you can still wear and look normal and professional and i'm loving it mixed w/ the cowl and dress. so cute! and i too have the hardest time paring down pics, but i've been trying to post fewer lately. i was inspired by my friend of Hippie go Lucky, how she only posts a few really great ones in each post, which i def dont do, but good motivation for me.


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THE LIVERPOOL DREAM
Issue 53 / March 2015 Words: Bido Lito!
Photography: Mook Loxley / mookloxley.tumblr.com
In 1927, Swiss psychologist Carl Gustav Jung had a vision of Liverpool in a dream that would go on to forever reshape the psyche of a city he'd never actually visited. Recounted in Memories, Dreams and Reflections, Jung describes "a broad square dimly illuminated by street lights, into which many streets converged." His attention was drawn to a magnolia tree on an island in the centre of a pool, which "stood in the sunlight and was at the same time the source of light". Jung's companions – seemingly oblivious to the magnolia – were scratching their heads as to why one of their Swiss friends had settled in Liverpool, given the abominable weather. Taken by the beauty of the flowering tree, Jung noted, "I know very well why he has settled here." Then he awoke.
That's the thing with synchronicity: some people are more amenable to it than others, and it was no coincidence that Jung dreamed of Liverpool. When the book ended up in the hands of local entrepreneur Peter O'Halligan, it quickly became apparent that the city was more than willing to buy into the idea of synchronicity, the collective unconscious and the Liverpool dream. It was a bleak time for the area: the recession gripping the rest of the country particularly resonated in a Liverpool yet to recover from the blitz and the "Four Lads Who Shook the World" had left little behind; the shortsighted council had even filled in the Cavern.
The Bootle dream merchant wasn't going to need any help from the council, however, far from it. Taking to where Mathew Street, Rainford Square and Temple Court meet – the place he interpreted Jung's dream to be – Peter leased an old fruit warehouse in 1974 and moved in with his cousin Sean. The modern incarnation of Jung's Liverpool dream was born and, long before the Sex Pistols declared there to be "No Future", the first signs of punk started to emerge – not the trouser-obsessed punk of London but a very scouse, DIY ethos in the face of an obtuse and oppressive council.
Lack of opportunity no longer became a limitation as the city's youth began making their own and O'Halligan's warehouse soon became a hub for free thinkers. With a thick stench of patchouli in the air, Aunt Twacky's offered up a response to Kensington Market and, upstairs, O'Halligan's parlour-cum-café became a meeting place where unemployed dreamers and schemers could mill around over one pot of tea all day. "It was a space where you could talk, dream and think the impossible," recalls Larry Sidorczuk, who moved into the parlour soon after Peter. "Just having a cup of tea and a sandwich became an event," explains Deaf School manager and co-founder of Eric's Ken Testi. "It was served in a nautical fashion because the O'Halligan boys and Charlie Alexander were all wearing Swiss navy uniform."
When faced with opposition, the response was often surreal. Called into court for refusing to pay business rates on the warehouse, Peter O'Halligan appeared at the stand dressed in his finest prison garb, complete with ball and chain. Unfortunately the judge didn't have a sense of humour – not even cracking as much as a smirk when Peter pleaded not guilty… So O'Halligan faced six weeks in Walton prison. When he returned, however, the debt was wiped. And as his warehouse parlour became THE place to go for cutting edge poetry, music, art and comedy, it became known as the Liverpool School of Language, Music, Dream and Pun.
"We pretty much moved in on Peter's invitation," recalls Enrico Cadillac, frontman of the seminal Deaf School. "It became our new rehearsal place and general hangout." These rehearsals became gigs in their own right and it was there that the band struck their lucrative deal with Warner Bros. "Derek Taylor sat on a wooden chair in front of us with tears in his eyes," Enrico explains. "I guess [it was] because he fell in love with Deaf School right there but also because of the street we were in, maybe [it was] his first time back there since his Beatles days."
There definitely was a sense that something had been reawakened on that street, particularly on 6th June 1976. On a blisteringly hot morning, Peter and Sean married Jeannie and Lynn before a plaque was unveiled which read, "Liverpool is the pool of life C.G. JUNG. 1927." A bust of the man himself was atop, naturally. The Mathew Street Woodwind Ensemble, the Mathew Street Brass Band, Deaf School and Yachts then took to an outdoor stage set up on the street. This was the first of three annual Jung Festivals that brought the idiosyncratic shenanigans of the Liverpool School out onto Mathew Street. At the final festival in 1978, the Bridewell Studio's Charlie Alexander jumped from a fifth-floor loading bay into a giant can (painted skip) of Bird's custard.
"It was all so postmodern it was untrue; it was Monty Python, it was the League of Gentlemen," remarks Chris Bernard. "Peter O'Halligan is the funniest fuck that's ever walked the streets of Liverpool when it comes to surreal, avant-garde comedy." It was towards the end of the summer of '76 that Ken Campbell arrived in Liverpool and set up the Science Fiction Theatre, making Chris stage manager. They would go on to create "the most remarkable play staged on Planet Earth", but that's another story for another day.
"It was a space where you could talk, dream and think the impossible." Larry Sidorczuk, Photographer
Even though there was an incredible will to push art to its limits, there still needed to be some money coming in and a certain bank manager – now on the board at the Everyman – proved key. "Everybody who was sensible enough banked at the same NatWest at the time. You'd never on the whole planet find a bank manager like Mike Carney, he'd back virtually anything," explains David Knopov, recollecting the time he paid off his overdraft with a piece of artwork.
Even more profound however, was the influence the Liverpool School had on the city. "There's always a spin-off. Each one spawns the next," Urban Strawberry Lunch's Ambrose Reynolds explains. "I would have never dared to do the Bombed Out Church thing, but when I saw O'Halligan saying 'We wanna do this – if the council don't like it they can fuck off', it sparked something in my mind."
Taken over by Martin Cooper (now head chef at Delifonseca), O'Halligan's parlour became the Armadillo Tea Rooms and took on a new life. "The Armadillo, Probe and Eric's were like the Golden Triangle of Liverpool punk," notes Bernie Connor, whose early years were shaped by his time in Aunt Twacky's. "At an age of discovery it was just incredible; I learned more there in a fucking afternoon than I did in five years at secondary school."
Move forward to the early eighties and Kif Higgin's Urban Stress and Earthbeat carried the baton for the Liverpool School but in a much more politicised way; healing many of the scars of the Toxteth riots with music, community work and fervent activism. Comparisons between the Liverpool School and MelloMello would be more than superficial, too. When Ken Campbell's carpenter, Greg Scott Gurner, dreamed up the idea of a multi-hub café, he was instructed to come to Liverpool by the late great playwright. When MelloMello closed in 2014, it was only a matter of months before a new creative space in Water Street was revealed. And that's the thing: no matter how hard it gets squeezed, the Liverpool dream never relents. The city continues to attract those with an insatiable desire to create something, and the punk, DIY ethos born in O'Halligan's warehouse still permeates almost every corner of the city's creative underbelly today.
Words: Josh Ray / @josh5446ray
Carl Jung,
Deaf School,
Dream and Pun,
Josh Ray,
Liverpool School of Language,
Mook Loxley,
Super Wierd Substance
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Longest Professional Game in Baseball History
Cal Ripken, Jr.. 3B, Rochester Red Wings
It started thirty years ago on Easter Saturday, April 18, 1981. The longest professional game in baseball history began to play out its tired and weary way to a 33-inning 3-2 conclusion that would ultimately unfold over three dates in time before it pinged to a ragged conclusion June 23, 1981. In the end, the home town Pawtucket Red Sox defeated the visiting Rochester Red Wings on a single in the bottom of the 33rd off the bat of Pawtucket first baseman Dave Koza.
The game began before an International League crowd of 1,740, but it started at 8:25 PM due to a half hour delay caused by trouble with the lights. It was an omen for "late start" playing directly into "late finish" – as in latest finish ever for any International League game. The league had a rule ending or suspended any game from starting a new inning beyond 12:40 AM of the next day, but Dennis Cregg, the umpire who worked home plate for this game in McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket that night, had a rule book copy that contained no reference to the time-top rule. As a result, the game played on in zombie-like speed into the wee small hours. Finally, some time after 3:00 AM, someone called league president Harold Cooper. Mortified by the news, Cooper ordered that the game be stopped at the end of its current 32nd inning, if not ended by a score differential, and rescheduled for continuation later. The inning finally droned to a halt 4:07 AM with score still tied at 2-2.
What a way to drift into Easter Sunday. Only nineteen fans remained in te stands by this time and all were given season passes for their willingness to stick-it-0ut to the very end. No note is made of what the married ones received from their wives after stumbling home that late in the pre-dawn hours of Easter Sunday morning. I can't see that going so well in a number of instances.
Another interesting sidebar note is the fact that each club featured future Hall of Famers playing third base. Cal Ripken, Jr. handled those honors for Rochester that night. Wade Boggs played thrid base for Pawtucket. Ripken ended up setting a record with two teammates for most plate appearances in a game with 15. Ripken was 2 for 13 in official trips. Wade Boggs was 4 for 12 with a game-ting RBI in the bottom of the 21st.
Wade Boggs, 3B, Pawtucket Red Sox
Following the suspension, the same clubs were set to play a fresh game at 11:00 AM on Easter Sunday morning. That sounded like a stroke of bad timing anyway, but it was mainly the fear of injury that led the two teams to reschedule the continuation of their unsettled marathon for the next regular trip to town for Rochester. The game would be continued in the top of the 33rd at McCoy Stadium on June 23, 1981.
As so often proves true, the spell, tempo, and mood of the continued game was no longer controlled by the tempo of the original production. After Rochester went down harmlessly in the top of the 33rd, Pawtucket quickly put men on base in the bottom half and won on the Koza hit described earlier. It was a game for the ages, setting numerous records that were only reachable because of its longevity.
The time of the game, 8 hours and 25 minutes, set a record of its own as the longest game ever played by the clock.
For further information, here's a nice little summary of the whole ordeal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_professional_baseball_game
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Theydon Mount - St Michael
This church was built in 1614 after the previous medieval church burned down. Most of the cost of the new building was borne by the Smith family who lived at Hill House nearby, using bricks made in their own brickworks The chancel is clearly made from different materials. The church website states that this is because re-building the chancel was the responsibility of the Rector, who could only afford poor quality bricks. However Pevsner suggests that the chancel might be an additon made in 1577 (when Sir Thomas Smith was interred in a new vault beneath it) which survived the fire. The church contains numerous memorials to the Smith family. The building is Grade I listed.


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Banksy Finally Identified As Singer Of Massive Band
By : Emily Murray On : 22 Oct 2017 16:46
Revolver Entertainment
Anti-establishment street artist Banksy has shielded his identity from the public for years causing an unanswerable debate over who he really is.
Although people have varying theories about who exactly is the man underneath the hood, he has ensured that he remains anonymous creating an air of mystery that only makes his works more intriguing.
However, now it looks like the game is up as his identity has been revealed by a simple mistake.
DJ and actor Goldie, who rose to fame as a street artist, appeared on Scroobius Pip's weekly podcast Distraction Pieces.
Deciding to go on a rant about art and the way it is monetised, Goldie attacked Banksy for mass producing his artwork and selling it for profit across the world.
Because you know, how else are artists meant to make money and afford a roof over their heads?
On the podcast he said:
Give me a bubble letter and put it on a T-shirt and write 'Banksy' on it and we're sorted. We can sell it now.
No disrespect to Robert, I think he is a brilliant artist. I think he has flipped the world of art over.
Pausing for a moment realising his awful mistake, Goldie quickly changed subject but by then it was too late.
So now we are all left wondering who is Robert?
Well it turns out that by Goldie mentioning one single name he has confirmed speculation that has been rife for years – that Banksy is Robert Del Naja.
The British artist and musician is best known for being the founding member of Massive Attack, known by the stage name 3D.
Del Naja has known Goldie for years after they both worked in the same circles as graffiti artists in the 1980s across the UK.
Banksy murals have also appeared in locations where Massive Attack have played which in hindsight doesn't seem to be so much of a coincidence.
Even the man of mystery himself stated that Del Naja's music is a source of inspiration for his artwork which is either quite the self-congratulatory pat on the back or a tongue-in-cheek catch me if you can.
With rumours circulating for years, one researcher carried out a five-month long investigation which concluded that Banksy is a team of street artists as opposed to just one person with Del Naja as the head of the organisation.
However he has always denied the claims telling The Daily Mail:
Rumours of my secret identity are greatly exaggerated.
It would be a good story but sadly not true. Wishful thinking I think.
He is a mate as well, he's been to some of the gigs. It's purely a matter of logistics and coincidence, nothing more than that.
That would of course explain why Banksy murals keep popping up where Massive Attack have played, but maybe Del Naja is just saying this to keep the air of mystery.
But why would Goldie have said the name Robert then? Maybe he knew about the rumours and wanted to tease us further purposefully dropping the name into the conversation?
Or maybe he did it for attention? It could also have genuinely been a slip of the tongue revealing the secret to the world.
I am pretty sure since this is Banksy we are talking about, we will never know the truth.
Emily Murray
Emily Murray is a journalist at UNILAD. She graduated from the University of Leeds with a BA in English Literature and History before studying for a Masters in Journalism at the University of Salford. Emily has previously worked for the BBC, ITV and Trinity Mirror. When Emily isn't writing about topics including mental health and entertainment, you can find her at the cinema which is her second home.
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'Rumours of my secret identity are greatly exaggerated': Massive Attack star accused of being Banksy admits they are 'good mates' but denies he is the graffiti artist


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class AlignedRingBuffer : public RingBufferWrapper {
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  int32 shm_id_;
};

// Interface for managing the transfer buffer.
class GPU_EXPORT TransferBufferInterface {
 public:
  TransferBufferInterface() { }
  virtual ~TransferBufferInterface() { }

  virtual bool Initialize(
      unsigned int buffer_size,
      unsigned int result_size,
      unsigned int min_buffer_size,
      unsigned int max_buffer_size,
      unsigned int alignment,
      unsigned int size_to_flush) = 0;

  virtual int GetShmId() = 0;
  virtual void* GetResultBuffer() = 0;
  virtual int GetResultOffset() = 0;

  virtual void Free() = 0;

  virtual bool HaveBuffer() const = 0;

  // Allocates up to size bytes.
  virtual void* AllocUpTo(unsigned int size, unsigned int* size_allocated) = 0;

  // Allocates size bytes.
  // Note: Alloc will fail if it can not return size bytes.
  virtual void* Alloc(unsigned int size) = 0;

  virtual RingBuffer::Offset GetOffset(void* pointer) const = 0;

  virtual void FreePendingToken(void* p, unsigned int token) = 0;
};

// Class that manages the transfer buffer.
class GPU_EXPORT TransferBuffer : public TransferBufferInterface {
 public:
  TransferBuffer(CommandBufferHelper* helper);
  virtual ~TransferBuffer();

  // Overridden from TransferBufferInterface.
  virtual bool Initialize(
      unsigned int default_buffer_size,
      unsigned int result_size,
      unsigned int min_buffer_size,
      unsigned int max_buffer_size,
      unsigned int alignment,
      unsigned int size_to_flush) OVERRIDE;
  virtual int GetShmId() OVERRIDE;
  virtual void* GetResultBuffer() OVERRIDE;
  virtual int GetResultOffset() OVERRIDE;
  virtual void Free() OVERRIDE;
  virtual bool HaveBuffer() const OVERRIDE;
  virtual void* AllocUpTo(
      unsigned int size, unsigned int* size_allocated) OVERRIDE;
  virtual void* Alloc(unsigned int size) OVERRIDE;
  virtual RingBuffer::Offset GetOffset(void* pointer) const OVERRIDE;
  virtual void FreePendingToken(void* p, unsigned int token) OVERRIDE;

  // These are for testing.
  unsigned int GetCurrentMaxAllocationWithoutRealloc() const;
  unsigned int GetMaxAllocation() const;

 private:
  // Tries to reallocate the ring buffer if it's not large enough for size.
  void ReallocateRingBuffer(unsigned int size);

  void AllocateRingBuffer(unsigned int size);

  CommandBufferHelper* helper_;
  scoped_ptr<AlignedRingBuffer> ring_buffer_;

  // size reserved for results
  unsigned int result_size_;

  // default size. Size we want when starting or re-allocating
  unsigned int default_buffer_size_;

  // min size we'll consider successful
  unsigned int min_buffer_size_;

  // max size we'll let the buffer grow
  unsigned int max_buffer_size_;

  // alignment for allocations
  unsigned int alignment_;

  // Size at which to do an async flush. 0 = never.
  unsigned int size_to_flush_;

  // Number of bytes since we last flushed.
  unsigned int bytes_since_last_flush_;

  // the current buffer.
  gpu::Buffer buffer_;

  // id of buffer. -1 = no buffer
  int32 buffer_id_;

  // address of result area
  void* result_buffer_;

  // offset to result area
  uint32 result_shm_offset_;

  // false if we failed to allocate min_buffer_size
  bool usable_;
};

// A class that will manage the lifetime of a transferbuffer allocation.
class GPU_EXPORT ScopedTransferBufferPtr {
 public:
  ScopedTransferBufferPtr(
      unsigned int size,
      CommandBufferHelper* helper,
      TransferBufferInterface* transfer_buffer)
      : buffer_(NULL),
        size_(0),
        helper_(helper),
        transfer_buffer_(transfer_buffer) {
    Reset(size);
  }

  ~ScopedTransferBufferPtr() {
    Release();
  }

  bool valid() const {
    return buffer_ != NULL;
  }

  unsigned int size() const {
    return size_;
  }

  int shm_id() const {
    return transfer_buffer_->GetShmId();
  }

  RingBuffer::Offset offset() const {
    return transfer_buffer_->GetOffset(buffer_);
  }

  void* address() const {
    return buffer_;
  }

  void Release();

  void Reset(unsigned int new_size);

 private:
  void* buffer_;
  unsigned int size_;
  CommandBufferHelper* helper_;
  TransferBufferInterface* transfer_buffer_;
  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ScopedTransferBufferPtr);
};

template <typename T>
class ScopedTransferBufferArray : public ScopedTransferBufferPtr {
 public:
  ScopedTransferBufferArray(
      unsigned int num_elements,
      CommandBufferHelper* helper, TransferBufferInterface* transfer_buffer)
      : ScopedTransferBufferPtr(
          num_elements * sizeof(T), helper, transfer_buffer) {
  }

  T* elements() {
    return static_cast<T*>(address());
  }

  unsigned int num_elements() const {
    return size() / sizeof(T);
  }
};

}  // namespace gpu

#endif  // GPU_COMMAND_BUFFER_CLIENT_TRANSFER_BUFFER_H_


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And Now, Calvinist Propaganda For Children
Filed under: books, children — Tags: Calvinism, Calvinists, doctrinal propaganda, doctrinal wars, doctrine, hyper Calvinism, militant Calvinism, New Reformers, religious hate speech, Young Restless and Reformed — paulthinkingoutloud @ 7:14 am
Southern Baptists Affirm Non-Calvinist Distinctives
Filed under: theology — Tags: Arminian, Baptist factions, Baptists in America, Calvinism, Calvinist, CRC, doctrine, double predestination, election, eternal life, eternal security, evangelical, Evangelicalism, free will, God's foreknowledge, God's grace, hyper Calvinism, moderate Calvinism, moment of salvation, New Calvinism, predestination, Reformed, reformed doctrine, Reformed theology, salvation, SBC, sin, soteriology, Southern Baptist Convention, spiritual regeneration, the gospel, theology, Young Restless and Reformed, YRR — paulthinkingoutloud @ 5:53 am
Apparently, this blogger isn't the only one concerned with the way New Calvinist media — especially books and blogs — are dominating mainstream Evangelicalism. On Thursday,
"A group of current and former Southern Baptist leaders has signed a statement affirming what they call the "traditional Southern Baptist" understanding of the doctrine of salvation, with the goal of drawing a distinction with the beliefs of "New Calvinism."
"The statement was posted May 31 at SBCToday.com and includes a preamble and 10 articles…"
The suggestion is that New Calvinism — or what I've referred to on this blog as militant Calvinism — is aggressively infiltrating Baptist thought in order to become the default doctrine. On a personal level, I've seen it happen here in Canada where Baptist bloggers have so strongly identified with the writings of YRR (Young, Restless and Reformed) authors that it defies understanding why they haven't left their Baptist denomination in favor of the Christian Reformed Church.
The document further asserts that the "vast majority of Southern Baptists are not Calvinists and that they do not want Calvinism to become the standard view in Southern Baptist life."
"We believe it is time to move beyond Calvinism as a reference point for Baptist soteriology," the statement reads. Soteriology is the study of the doctrine of salvation.
Each of the 10 articles includes a statement of what the signers affirm and what they deny. For instance, on the article about the Grace of God, the document says:
"We affirm that grace is God's generous decision to provide salvation for any person by taking all of the initiative in providing atonement, in freely offering the Gospel in the power of the Holy Spirit, and in uniting the believer to Christ through the Holy Spirit by faith."
The statement then adds:
"We deny that grace negates the necessity of a free response of faith or that it cannot be resisted. We deny that the response of faith is in any way a meritorious work that earns salvation."
To read this statement in full, along with a reprint of the original ten-point statement, click here.
For the most part, the Reformed-dominated blogosphere has been somewhat silent on this, with most responses coming from within the Baptist movement where the SBC Today web page is more closely monitored.
Tom Ascol at Founder's Ministries Blog disagrees with the document and has published three blog posts (so far, more to follow) to respond. Before expressing concerns in part three however, he does provide a charitable, concise summary:
In essence, I believe that those who have published it are concerned by the rise of Calvinism among Southern Baptists at all levels of convention life, from local churches all the way down to various institutions and agencies. They think that Calvinism represents the views of only a small minority while their own views represent the vast majority of Southern Baptists. They are concerned to be identified positively by what they do believe rather than negatively by what they do not believe ("non-Calvinist"). They have offered this document as a testimony to their beliefs and invite other Southern Baptists to sign it to show just how many agree with their views. By doing so, they do not want to intimidate or exclude Southern Baptist Calvinists, but rather are interested in asserting what they are convinced that most Southern Baptists believe on the doctrine of salvation.
[above link for this article, also available: Part One and Part Two]
At Pulpit and Pen, Jordan Hall writes:
…For example, consider the irony of articulating the "historic, traditional beliefs of Southern Baptists" by creating a new document. The premise itself is laughable. Could it just be our historic confessions and creeds do not suffice because they are, inherently, Calvinistic?
At the site BaptistTwentyOne, Jon Akin writes,
The statement is divisive for three reasons:
It inaccurately and unfairly describes the theology of the "New Calvinists."
It implies that "New Calvinists" are having a detrimental impact on "contemporary mission and ministry" in the SBC without a shred of proof to back that up. It claims that the SBC has reached around the world with the Gospel "without ascribing to Calvinism," and therefore fails to properly recognize that many godly Calvinists have contributed to the spread of the gospel through SBC cooperation in our history.
It is trying to unite a segment of Southern Baptist around a new theological statement, when the BFM2000 is enough to unite us in theology and mission.
I could be wrong, and would be happy to admit it, but I don't know any Calvinist who is arguing in print or sermon to make "Calvinism the central Southern Baptist position on God's plan of salvation, " or "the standard view in Southern Baptist life."
The statement consistently responds to double predestination, therefore implying that this is the standard position of "New Calvinists," when in reality it is a minority position, almost certainly an extreme minority. The statement only argues against double predestination and never really addresses what the biblical word "predestination" actually means in the text. The authors make it sound like the "New Calvinism" is fighting for double predestination, and that is simply not accurate.
Josh Buice at Delivered by Grace writes:
… As we move forward, do we want to be considered the "Fightin' Baptists" or the "Religious version of the Hatifelds and McCoys?"…
…Furthermore, when SBC pastors, leaders, and professors sign this letter, it's almost as if a line is being drawn in the sand and a request is being made for action. What should the action be? …
… Have we forgotten our history as Southern Baptists where we had Calvinists such as Lottie Moon, James P. Boyce, John L. Dagg, A.T. Robertson, John A. Broadus, and many others who served in our convention along with those who were less Calvinistic (Reformed) in their doctrine? They didn't fight over it, throw mud, and pull out the heresy sword to use on one another. In recent history we have had Albert Mohler serving together with Adrian Rogers. Why are we headed down the broken road of schism over Calvinism today?…
There is more available online, and there will be even more as you're reading this. William F. Leonhart III, provides some historical context; apparently this isn't the first time.
We'll give Jordan Hall the last word on this:
Perhaps most offensive is [David] Hankins' appeal to consensus. He says multiple times that "the majority of Southern Baptists do not embrace Calvinism." He may be right. Statistics show that the majority of Southern Baptists do not embrace Christianity, let alone Calvinism. The majority of Southern Baptists can't be found on Sunday morning. The majority of Southern Baptists are on Synergist church-rolls and are either dead or apostate because of the watered-down and anemic, shallow theology of Finney-style revivalism and easy-believism, decision-regeration that has eaten away at the SBC like a cancer. But Hankins is right; the majority of Southern Baptists are not Calvinists.
But c'mon Jordan, tell us what you really think.


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Q: Treating noncontiguous cells as a single range used as argument of a UDF I'm trying to construct a yield curve by interpolation using two data sets: a range of calendar days until maturity and another range of interest rates.
I have a UDF on VBA which interpolates the interest rates. It uses as arguments two ranges of cells selected by the user on a excel worksheet.
I'm aware that Excel requires those ranges to be composed of contiguous cells.
What I'm trying to do is to select noncontiguous cells in the worksheet and use its values as ranges for the UDF arguments.
More specifically, I have two columns of data which I use as ranges. But sometimes I need to skip one value on each of those columns and use the remaining values as the ranges for my UDF.
I tried to include two more range arguments in my UDF and use the union method to merge two ranges into one, so to use the resulting range in my code. It didn't work.
****edit
Chris,
Thanks for pointing out the watch and immediate Windows. After many attempts the code finally works as I intended, but only with separate loops for DC_1 and taxas_1 ranges.
Strangely, it won't work if I remove the "If k > 1 Then" statement from inside the loop. So I needed to keep it and make it do nothing.
I noticed that the indirect function won't work with an argument like (A1:A3,C2:C5), so I cant use indirect((A1:A3,C2:C5)) as an argument for the UDF. However, that's a minor problem.
In the case someone reaches this post with a similiar problem, here's the code I'm using.
Public Function Interplin_union(ByVal taxas_1 As Range, ByVal DC_1 As Range, ByVal dias As Integer) As Double
Dim tam1 As Long
Dim taxa1 As Double, taxa2 As Double, alfa As Double, d1 As Double, d2 As Double
Dim k As Long
Dim taxas As Variant
Dim DC As Variant

tam1 = taxas_1.Cells.Count
ReDim taxas(1 To tam1)
ReDim DC(1 To tam1)
Interplin_union = -1
Dim c As Range

    k = 1
For Each c In DC_1
    'taxas(k) = taxas_1(k)
    DC(k) = c
    If k > 1 Then
        'Debug.Print DC(k)
        If DC(k - 1) > DC(k) Then
            Interplin_union = CVErr(xlErrNA)
            Exit Function
        End If
    End If
    k = k + 1
Next

    k = 1
For Each c In taxas_1
    taxas(k) = c
        If k > 1 Then
          'Debug.Print DC(k), taxas(k)
        End If
    k = k + 1
Next

For k = 1 To (tam1 - 1)
    If ((DC(k) < dias) And (DC(k + 1) >= dias)) Then
        taxa1 = taxas(k)
        taxa2 = taxas(k + 1)
        alfa = (taxa2 - taxa1) / (DC(k + 1) - DC(k))
        Interplin_union = taxa1 + (alfa * (dias - DC(k)))
    End If
Next k

If (dias <= DC(1)) Then
    Interplin_union = taxas(1)
    ElseIf dias > DC(tam1) Then
    Interplin_union = taxas(tam1)
End If
End Function

A: You can actually loop over cells a discontiguous range.
That said, many Range properties, when applied to a discontiguous range , return the property value of the first contiguous sub-range.
Demo:
Dim cl as Range, SomeDiscontiguousRange as Range
Dim Rpt as String
Set SomeDiscontiguousRange = [A1:A3, C2:C5]
For each cl in SomeDiscontiguousRange
    'Do something with cl, eg
    Rpt = Rpt & "," & cl.Address
Next
Debug.Print Rpt 'returns the 7 cell addresses
Debug.Print SomeDiscontiguousRange.Rows.Count 'returns 3, the rows in the first sub-range

So, how to apply that to your situation?  I'd suggest two things:

*

*Don't create extra parameters for your UDF, rather use the power of Excel's formula Union operator - enclose the discontiguous ranges in brackets in the formula.

*Loop the discontiguous range as shown above to map the data into a Variant Array.  Then loop that array to apply your logic

Demo of 1
Function Demo(r as range) as Variant
    Demo = r.Address
End Function

Use in a cell like this: =Demo((A1:A3,C2:C5))  Note the double brackets, this tells Excel to treat (A1:A3,C2:C5) as a single parameter.
Your code refactored to apply these methods (and a few other optimisations)
Public Function Interplin_union(ByVal taxas_1 As Range, ByVal DC_1 As Range, ByVal dias As Integer) As Double
    Dim tam1 As Long
    Dim taxa1 As Double, taxa2 As Double, alfa As Double, d1 As Double, d2 As Double
    Dim k As Long
    Dim taxas As Variant
    Dim DC As Variant

    tam1 = taxas_1.Cells.Count
    ReDim taxas(1 To tam1)
    ReDim DC(1 To tam1)
    Interplin_union = -1
    Dim c As Range

    k = 1
    For Each c In DC_1
        taxas(k) = taxas_1(k)
        DC(k) = c
        If k > 1 Then
            Debug.Print DC(k - 1), DC(k)
            If DC(k - 1) > DC(k) Then
                Interplin_union = CVErr(xlErrNA)
                Exit Function
            End If
        End If
        k = k + 1
    Next

    For k = 1 To (tam1 - 1)
        If ((DC(k) < dias) And (DC(k + 1) >= dias)) Then
            taxa1 = taxas(k)
            taxa2 = taxas(k + 1)
            alfa = (taxa2 - taxa1) / (DC(k + 1) - DC(k))
            Interplin_union = taxa1 + (alfa * (dias - DC(k)))
        End If
    Next k

    If (dias <= DC(1)) Then
        Interplin_union = taxas(1)
        ElseIf dias > DC(tam1) Then
        Interplin_union = taxas(tam1)
    End If
End Function

Side notes:

*

*I make no comment on the logic of the function you apply to the data, I haven't analysed that

*To access properties of each range of a discontiguous range, Loop over Areas first, then Cells of each Area.  Eg
Dim Arr as Range, Cl as Range
For Each Arr in SomeDiscontiguousRange.Areas
    Debug.Print Arr.Rows.Count
    For Each Cl in Arr.Cells
        Debug.Print Cl.Address
    Next
Next

*Excels Formula Union operator is , and Intersection operator is  (Space).
Try =demo((C4:D7 C2:C12)) to see what I mean.  See this - "Under Reference operators" heading

*You'll want to add some checks to validate the range shapes, incase something unexpected is passed to the UDF