text:
The Morning Shift
Feds Tell Automaker To Watch Their Ass With $1.2 Billion Fine
Filed to:The Morning Shift
The Morning ShiftAll your daily car news in one convenient place. Isn't your time more important?
This is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:30 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
1st Gear: For Serious, Watch Your Ass
Toyota was let off the hook with a $1.2 billion criminal penalty, which means the company gets to avoid a criminal court case. Still, that's a pretty steep fine and it's at least better than facing a single count of wire fraud… times EVERY SINGLE CAR involved.
Toyota Officially Avoids Prosecution With $1.2 Billion Payout To Feds
As the U.S. Department of Justice sets its sights on General Motors, they're closing the book on an
David Shepardson has a nice break down of what this means for other automakers who might dare delay being upfront with the public about problems.
"GM now has a good idea of what it is going to face," said Peter Henning, a Wayne State University law professor and former SEC attorney. He believes GM is certain to face a criminal probe and many tough questions in the months or years to come, and says the government could ultimately seek to impose a fine of more than $1 billion on GM.
Henning said the Justice Department is sending a message to automakers that it will use the "wire fraud" section of the law to seek big penalties against automakers that mislead the public or regulators. "They are going to have make sure that there is nothing more" and ensure that GM has handled all of its recalls appropriately.
With criminal and civil fines and settlements, the final cost to Toyota of the unintended acceleration problem is more than $3 billion.
So far, it seems like GM is following this playbook.
2nd Gear: Here Come The Lawsuits!
On the civil side of the law, the GM recall now has a federal lawsuit over the ignition issue that asks for the company to be held liable for things that happened on the old GM's watch.
Why is this important? As Reuters points out, the current version of GM isn't responsible for civil legal claims for accidents that happened before 2009.
The lawsuit argues that they should be "because of the active concealment by Old GM and GM."
It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
3rd Gear: And Now For Something Completely Different
Every Goodwood is a grand experience, but we'll be returning this year with our European correspondent to see what all the fuss is about.
One fussy highlight will be the first appearance of every Toyota Le Mans car, including the original TS010, the TS020, and the TS030.
Also on hand will be the Toyota TA64 Group B Celica, which will probably be our favorite.
4th Gear: Some Happy GM News
Flint, Michigan is less a city and more a warning of how not to exist somewhat on par with Chernobyl. So I can't help but note that GM will invest $200 million in Flint to start producing new engines.
Specifically, a range of new Ecotec engines that include a 1.0-liter three-cylinder and 1.4- and 1.5-liter turbo engines.
As the Freep reports, there's no word on whether or not they'll add any jobs. Still, any non-bad news in Flint is good news.
5th Gear: BMW Is Going To Have To Sell A Lot Of iCars
In order to get a CO2 break on all of the awesome RWD cars you desperately want to own, BMW thinks it's going to be building a lot of its fuel efficient i3 and i8 models, AutoNews reports.
BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer said the automaker will ramp up production of 'i' models by 2018, then by 2020 "we will be forced to build them in a six digits figure to comply with stricter emission rules."
He was speaking during a presentation of the company financial results here on Wednesday.
BMW aims to cut average CO2 emissions of the vehicles it sells in Europe to 105 grams per km by 2020 from 133g/km last year. That would be half of the 1995 level of 210g/km.
Ok, lower the price of the i8 to $20K and I'm sure you can move that many.
Reverse: At least he went out on top
James Packard, co-founder of the Packard Motor Company, a pioneering American automaker, dies at the age of 64 on this day in 1928. During Packard's heyday in the 1930s, its vehicles were driven by movie stars and business titans.
Neutral: Will automakers ever learn?
Pinto, Corvair, Explorer… will automakers every be ahead of regulators and lawyers or safety issues or will they forever be reacting to massive fuckups?


text:
Jason Bourne Amazon Prime
Jason Bourne the 4th film in the series but this film just feels like they're just going through the motions this time around. There is some decent acting, action, and suspense, but i found it really boring in parts in parts and was in 2 minds whether to carry on watching or not, i did carry on, but Jason Bourne still dosen't find out who he is, ready for film 5 you know its coming, I get the. Jordan is back with a new action movie on Amazon Prime. And resolutions were coming fast and this one film felt like it had the conspiracy level of three Jason Bourne movies.
'Treadstone had all my favourite things. Strong women. Strong independent women, working together on a goal,' said Ifeachor.
'Tara was a character who was fun to play, fun to read. And I got to work out, which is my favourite thing to do. And it threw in travel, so it had everything.
Is Jason Bourne Available On Netflix
'I think she was even more fun to play than to watch. I love to play a character who is similar to me in many ways and different to me in many others. The things that I love about Tara is that she is someone who leaps without looking. She will leap before even thinking about looking. She is a force for good. She is a fighter. And she gets to travel all around the world in search of the answer to this story.
'She was a journalist and a war correspondent, but something goes wrong and she gives it all up because if she's not going to be allowed to report on truth, she doesn't want to be part of that world. And then in walks the CIA and they say, you know that story people said wasn't true – actually it is true and now we need you to come help us.
'Most people would say, I'm out, I'm living my life, I'm living it large, but she says 'no', I want to go on this amazing journey. She can't see a thread and not pull it.
'I think as well, she is determined to chase the truth. We live in a world now where truth is subjective and she is someone who wants to keep the truth as truth – an objective fact, not something subjective.'
2. Action sequences to make your jaw hit the floor
Libretro MamePrime Video Sign In
✔ Rust M92
✔ Ms Teams Alternative
✔ Rust New

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Manufacture | Services | Local Content
+7 (71133) 41228 ext: 155
Services & Opportunities
How to establish within the Park
Resident Companies
Job Career
News & Media press
To create stable and favourable conditions for the economic, technological and competitive development of the businesses operating within the Park and to help the territory to become more internationally oriented.
From the efficient management of industrial sites to the attraction of new partners, from the construction of buildings and infrastructure to the identification of new business development opportunities and resources. Aksai Industrial Park is a meeting point for businesses, territory and institutions and aims to be the best habitat in which to do business and grow within the market.
We want to earn the trust of everyone we work with by keeping our promises, behaving transparently and taking responsibility for all our actions.
We are committed to providing effective and timely responses to customer needs, building solid partnerships with them.
For us the best results are obtained by working as a team, collaborating with colleagues, companies and customers.
We respect our people, our customers, the community and the environment in which we operate.
We dedicate all our energies to the commitment to constantly improve our results and our services to do the best.
We want to always be ahead, ready to anticipate change and to react with agility and flexibility on our markets.
To qualify as a competitive system integrating companies, institutions and high value-added services that support the industrial and economic local development, in a framework of social and environmental sustainability. Through the quality of services offered and the on-site infrastructure, the Park aims to become a regional point of reference for the development of the local industry and to increase the competitive capacity of its partners and itself.
Aksai Industrial Park
7000 m² Production Workshops
3000 m² Offices Complex
4200 m² Custom Bonded Area
3000 m² Warehouses Space
225 m² Custom Bonded Warehouse
200 m² Mechanical Laboratory
Eu Cookie Law
AIP mission
184/1 Iksanova St., 090300, Aksai, Burlin District, West Kazakhstan Oblast, Kazakhstan
Phone: +7 (71133) 41228 ext: 155
E-mail: info@aip.kz
© 2023 Aksai Industrial Park LLP. All Rights Reserved. Designed By P.G. Studio


"Hutchinson-Johnston Family Papers - Accession 1510" by Hutchinson Family, Johnston Family et al.
The Hutchison-Johnston Family Papers were given to the Louise Pettus Archives by Roots and Recall, LLC.
Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, Winthrop University, "Hutchinson-Johnston Family Papers - Accession 1510". Finding Aid 819.


Neopost Shipping is introducing its Automated Packaging Solution (APS) to the UK. The CVP-500 replaces 8-16 packers by 'autoboxing' multiple or single items at speeds of up to 450 packages per hour. It also avoids the need for void fill and reduces volume during transport.
The CVP-500 measures, constructs, tapes, weighs and labels each parcel in one seamless process. Optimising all steps of package fulfilment, it creates a fit-to-size box for single- or multi-item orders of variable dimension. This offers an automated answer to handling increasing packing volumes for ecommerce operations challenged by labour shortages. It is also an ideal solution for 3pls, wholesalers and any company with any high volume packaging. In such operations it is not unusual for businesses to have 25-40 sizes of shipping box, which can occupy a significant amount of warehouse space.
By building the optimum size parcel around the order items using its corrugated packaging as a sustainable and more protective alternative to plastic bags, the CVP- 500 reduces box size by 50%. This minimises shipping costs and the carbon footprint throughout the fulfilment process.
Labour costs can be minimised also, with the machine replacing between 8 to 16 packaging stations while also ensuring throughput – even through peaks. The unit gives users a competitive edge by increasing productivity, with custom boxes being configured every 7-seconds.
These benefits produce a quick return on investment of 1-2 years for a typical application.


JACKSON, Miss. — Torrential rain swamped parts of the South on Thursday, flooding roads and forcing hundreds of people out of their homes. One woman died when her car was swept into a drainage ditch.
Schools in Tennessee and Mississippi sent children home early as streams and rivers continued to rise. In some areas, heavy rain and damaging winds blew through areas still cleaning up after tornadoes earlier this week.
At one point, every county in Mississippi was under some sort of flood or tornado watch and forecasters warned that rivers will rise across the region through the weekend.
Sherrie Jones, 28, died after her car was swept into a drainage ditch near Horn Lake. Several mobile homes near Lena were destroyed or damaged by high wind, said Tommy Malone of the Leake County Emergency Management Agency.
Sunflower County sheriff's Deputy Robert Thompson said several roads were impassable near Parchman.
"It's pretty bad and it's still raining," Thompson said.
In Tennessee, eight to 14 inches of rain had fallen in some areas since Wednesday night.
"Every time we get our stuff in one room and we think it's safe, it starts leaking and we have to move it again," said Terri Peale, whose home near the community of Paris was damaged by a tornado three days ago.
In Shelby County, Tenn., about 50 homes were evacuated because of floodwaters. About 40 other people were evacuated across the region, according to the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency.
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee approved disaster declarations for eight counties after as much of 9 inches of rain fell between Tuesday and Thursday. Residents were using sandbags and pumps to stave off floodwaters.
In the southeastern Arkansas town of Dumas, Mayor Clay Oldner estimated that 22 homes, eight businesses and a manufacturing plant were flooded. Schools were closed and streets were under as much as 2 feet of water.
"We can take 1, 2 or 3 inches of rain, we just cannot take 12 inches of continuous rain," Oldner said.
In West Memphis, Ark., firefighter Doug Baker said 25 to 30 homes and an apartment complex were flooded. He said more than 1,000 homes had limited access because they were surrounded by water.
Fearing high water, Ruth Idrogo turned off the natural gas in her rental house along the banks of the Little River in Christian County, Ky.
"Where are we going to go? We don't have anyplace else to go," she said.
Farther west, the southern Plains began to recover from the frozen rain and more than a foot of snow left behind by the same storm system.
The region's first snowstorm of the season was blamed for hundreds of traffic accidents and at least 18 deaths in Texas and Oklahoma. Icy bridges and overpasses, and the accidents, brought the morning commute to a halt around Dallas.
The Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport resumed normal operations about noon Thursday. Dozens of flights were canceled Wednesday and Thursday.
At least 9 inches of snow fell in Aspermont, Texas, about 100 miles northwest of Abilene, and Lubbock and Wichita Falls both reported several inches. Bridges were coated with ice across western Texas and some 4,000 people were without electricity after wind and ice downed power lines.


Chinese currency manipulation: Romney and Obama's stupid, harmful obsession with it.
Romney and Obama propose harmful, stupid policies for dealing with China.
Last night's presidential debate was mostly focused on the Middle East and the ever-popular question of whom to bomb and when. But both candidates did take a timeout from the threat of terrorism and nuclear proliferation to discuss a stranger problem: the risk of American citizens getting a good deal on Chinese manufactured goods.
Neither man could quite say exactly what the problem with this is. Barack Obama kicked things off by repeating a long-standing Ohio-centric boast of his. Earlier in his term, when faced with allegations that Chinese companies were selling really cheap tires in the United States, he sprang into action with anti-dumping policies. "Over a thousand Americans are working today because we stopped a surge in Chinese tires" as he put it in the State of the Union address at the beginning of this year.
That's 1,200 jobs to be precise, according to Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Sean Lowry of the Institute for Institutional Economics. And good for those workers. But 1,200 jobs in a nation of over 300 million aren't that many. Indeed, it turns out that many more people buy tires than make them, with consumers paying about $1.1 billion in higher prices in 2011 for the sake of those 1,200 jobs.
The classic economist's worry about trade protection is precisely this. A small number of people with a large financial stake in the tire industry will extract money from the much larger set of people with a small financial stake in the tire industry. (That's why silly occupational licensing rules have run amok in the service sector.) Adding more arbitrary tariffs is a poor policy response to cheap Chinese tires. But instead making a free-market response to Obama, Romney promised to go much bigger. Instead of merely protecting us from the scourge of affordable tires, he promised to "label [China] a currency manipulator which allows us to apply tariffs where they're taking jobs." Higher tariffs and higher prices across the board!
Imposing tariffs is a policy that will cost most Americans money. And even though Chinese currency manipulation dominates political dialogue, there isn't much of it actually happening these days. In part that's because—as Obama said to Romney—the yuan has risen in value relative to the dollar. But the bigger story is that currency manipulation is a policy with a short life-span. Keeping the price of its currency on international markets low made China's domestic inflation rate considerably higher than America's, so in inflation-adjusted terms the exchange rate has shifted a great deal.
That isn't to say that currency manipulation doesn't happen. Former Federal Reserve official Joe Gagnon made a detailed study of the issue and found that even if you exclude all truly poor countries and all official sovereign wealth funds, there are 20 countries engaged in substantial currency manipulation. The list ranges from close allies such as Israel, Japan, and Taiwan to Azerbaijan, Argentina, Angola, and beyond.
Consistent application of the Romney Doctrine—imposing tariffs on goods from those countries—could reduce U.S. unemployment. Maybe everyone would fear Romney's new import taxes, and suddenly stop buying dollars. With less demand for dollars out there, demand for domestically produced goods and services would rise and unemployment would fall.
But the consequences also might be disastrous. Newly taxed manipulators from Switzerland to South Korea to Saudi Arabia might retaliate with taxes of their own or reduced orders for American airplanes, defense equipment, agricultural products or other key exports. In that case, U.S. consumers would be paying higher prices, even as American workers face reduced demand for their labor. Global trade would fall in all directions, hurting everyone.
If Romney truly believes that the American economy is suffering from a demand shortfall, a much better approach would be to directly address the demand shortfall. Exchange-rate policy is a crucial tool for stabilizing demand if you're a small country that's open to foreign trade and investment. For Israel, Sweden, and many others it's a key lever since buying and selling goods across international boundaries is as common as crossing state lines in our continent-sized nation.
But foreign trade isn't that big a deal in the United States. The vast majority of Americans work in providing local services to other Americans, and we spend the vast majority of our money on those same services. If there's too much overseas demand for U.S. dollars and safe dollar-denominated treasury debt—much of it bought by foreign governments trying to reduce the value of their own currency—then the sensible solution is to increase the supply not engage in a loopy roundabout effort to coerce foreigners into not buying them. That means borrowing more money to finance tax cuts, directly spending to help the unemployed, or giving bailouts to cash-strapped state governments. And most of all it means a Federal Reserve willing to prefer mild domestic inflation over mass unemployment.
And in an economy where relatively few people work in global manufacturing industries, broad fiscal and monetary expansion is a lot more sensible than trying to boost employment one tire factory at a time.


End the year keeping students engaged with these RAK activities. There are 20 different slips you can print on cardstock or paper. Create your own End of The School Year Advent pocket holder to put them in - for example stick 20 numbered envelopes up in the classroom and open one each day as you countdown to the end of the school year.


A PROMISING young artist is making waves by creating giant pieces of art at a Gwynedd beach.
Theo Shields, 17, who hails from Criccieth, studies A-level art at Ysgol Friars in Bangor, and has completed a number of large projects on Black Rock Sands near Criccieth.
Theo has completed a massive picture of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara plus pictures of trees and a massive yin and yang symbol in the sand, plus numerous stone sculptures on the beach in what he calls land art.
The creative teen added: "I've always been interested in art, and building stuff, even going back to my early childhood when I used to get told off for playing with my food. I was in fact trying to make sculptures from such things as mashed potatoes, and this interest has continued up to this day.
"My Mum, Amanda Shields, is also an artist, so it must run in the family and I would love to be able to make a career of it.
"The pieces I have completed on Black Rock Sands so far took a lot of preparation, and now I'm looking to the next one, which will hopefully be a picture of Marilyn Monroe, followed by the Blues Brothers.
Theo, who turns 18 on Christmas Eve, hopes to go on to college to study a sculpture or art course after his A-levels and is looking to attend art colleges at Camberwell or Wimbledon in London.


text:
Q: How to use Microsoft Office converters to convert HTML to RTF and vice-versa? I would like to use Office converters to do the job. How to do so? I have downloaded FileFormatConvertes from Microsoft, but I don't know how to use the converters.

A: Word := CreateOLEObject('Word.Application');
Doc := Word.Documents.Open(FileNameHtml,False);
Doc.save;
Doc.ExportAsFixedFormat(FileNameRTF, wdExportFormatRtf);

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
Self-driving public transit programs set sights on Europe
By MARK SCOTTThe New York Times
Mon., May 29, 2017timer4 min. read
On the outskirts of Berlin, Michael Barillère-Scholz is testing a driverless vehicle that is neither sleek nor futuristic. The machine is boxy and painted white. Its top speed barely reaches 32 km/h.
The self-driving vehicle is a shuttle with room for 12 passengers. Barillère-Scholz, who leads the driverless research team at Deutsche Bahn, Germany's largest train and bus operator, and his team have been testing the vehicle around a local office park. Later this year, the partly state-owned public transit company will also begin separate trials of a similar autonomous bus on public roads in southern Germany, connecting a local train station with stops along a predetermined route.
"We want to show that autonomous cars don't have to be limited to luxury consumer vehicles, they also have a role in public transport," Barillère-Scholz said. "The market in Germany for this type of vehicle is huge."
Read more:TTC report looks at impact of driverless buses
Paris tests self-driving electric minibus to fight pollution
The coming age of driverless cars has typically centred on Silicon Valley high-fliers such as Tesla, Uber and Google, which have showcased their autonomous-driving technology in luxury sedans and SUVs costing $100,000 (U.S.) or more.
But across Europe, fledgling driverless projects such as those by Deutsche Bahn are instead focused on utilitarian self-driving vehicles for mass transit that barely exceed walking pace.
Forgoing the latest automotive trends of aerodynamics and style, European transportation groups and city planners are instead aiming to connect these unglamorous driverless vehicles to existing public transportation networks of subways and buses. The goal is to eventually offer on-demand driverless services to those who cannot afford the latest expensive offerings from Tesla and others.
"When it comes to public transportation, we're really close on making this technology work," said Harri Santamala, who co-ordinates several projects involving autonomous public transport in Finland and directs a "smart mobility" program at Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences.
While U.S. cities — including Ann Arbor, Mich., and Las Vegas — have tested some of these mass-transit driverless vehicles, Europe is a particular hotbed of this activity. That is because of the region's densely packed urban areas and decades-old and widely used public transit systems, which often include subways, trains and buses.
In total, more than 20 pilot or existing public transport programs have taken place in Europe involving autonomous vehicles, according to a review by the New York Times. Most of these projects have received government funding, tapping into local research institutions and tech startups that are not household names.
"Most of our shuttles have been to more places than I have," said Lauren Isaac, director of business initiatives for North America at Easymile, a French autonomous transit company that is working on driverless shuttles.
For those who dream of owning a sleek driverless vehicle of the future, this generation of autonomous public shuttles — often half the length of a traditional bus with capacity for less than a dozen people — will not set hearts racing. Though they include much of the high-tech sensors and gadgetry required for autonomous driving, the vehicles are designed for functionality rather than speed and style.
"With our first vehicle, the goal was just to get in on the road as quickly as possible," said Christophe Sapet, chief executive of Navya, a French startup that designs autonomous shuttle buses that have carried almost 150,000 passengers across Europe, Asia and the United States. He added that Navya's next vehicle will look "more like a robo-taxi."
Unlike the driverless trials from Uber and Alphabet's Waymo, which aim to bring autonomous vehicles to personal transport, a focus on self-driving public transit is a significantly easier challenge. That is because these autonomous vehicles are often limited to operating in the "last mile," to existing public transit, or smaller distances on often well-travelled routes. That reduces the complexity required to make the machines navigate across an entire city.
In London, city planners conducted a three-week trial in April involving a self-driving electric shuttle moving slowly around a well-defined 4.8-kilometre route on mostly private roads. Nick Reed, the project's co-ordinator, said that by offering people autonomous connections to the British capital's existing transportation network, his team was helping the city to meet public demand without having to invest millions, if not billions, in traditional subways or buses.
"London is a megacity, we want people to use the public transportation that is already there," said Reed, academy director at TRL, a transit consultant firm in charge of the two-year trial in London. "If we can connect people through autonomous vehicles, it's a big plus."
Not all of the autonomous vehicles being tested for public transport in Europe are glamour-free.
In December, Carlo Ratti, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, stood on the banks of a picturesque canal in Amsterdam to test his team's latest contraption: a driverless boat.
Get more business in your inbox
Get the business news and analysis that matters most every morning in our Star Business email newsletter.
The machine — painted bright orange and measuring less than 61 centimetres in length — darted swiftly between parked boats and a flock of ducks. Called the Roboat, the initial prototype was remote-controlled. Later versions are set to incorporate sensors and other technology to make the boat fully autonomous. The machines will eventually reach up to 4.8 metres in length.
Ratti's goal is to bring a fleet of these driverless boats to the Dutch city by the end of the decade, where they will be used to ferry people and goods around Amsterdam's kilometres of canals. If everything goes according to plan, the researcher also hopes the autonomous boats will be able to automatically dock with each other, creating on-demand bridges and walkways whenever necessary.
"There are rivers and waterfronts in most cities, so the applications are quite wide," said Ratti, whose team is split between Amsterdam and Boston, where they use a university swimming pool to try out their latest version of the Roboat. "Not many people have looked at self-driving boats."


manup. This opportunity won't last forever, so act fast.08. . n can you buy doxepin over the counter Farah was part of a small group of .ie/jak-kupic-cialis-bez-recepty. This opportunity won't last forever, so act fast.


text:
Kendall Jenner and A$AP Rocky Are Reportedly Dating
ByChris Mench
Chris Mench is a writer living in New Jersey. Follow him @Chris_Mench.
New power couple alert?
According to reports from Page Six, A$AP Rocky and Kendall Jenner are dating. The article, which to be fair only cites an unnamed source, claims Jenner attended Rocky's show during Panorama Music Festival this Saturday. On Sunday, the source claims Rocky and Jenner slipped out together to Harlem, where he showed her around his neighborhood. They later got dinner together and "were coupled up at the restaurant . . . hugging, flirting and acting like a couple. His friend said that was his girl."
Although the sources on this one are slim, this isn't the first time the two have been connected. They were spotted together in Paris during Menswear Fashion Week in June, strolling through the city and grabbing dinner together. Since then, the rumor mill has abounded with speculation of them dating, even though Jenner has also been connected to Los Angeles Lakers player Jordan Clarkson. Some tabloids have even claimed she's dating one while having a "fling" with the other.
Aside from these rumors, Rocky has been in the news for some of the wrong reasons recently. He ended up going on The Breakfast Club to clear the air after an old interview he gave to Time Out New York resurfaced, with many people claiming it showed he didn't care about the Black Lives Matter movement. He denied these claims on the show and apologized, although in his frustration ended up not articulating himself particularly well.
We'll have to see if more information surfaces about this potential couple.
NewsVideosA$AP Rockykendall-jennerComplex Video


text:
Tibbalds appointed for Salisbury regeneration
Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design, together with SQW and Civic Engineers, has been appointed by Wiltshire Council to create a Central Area Framework for central Salisbury following the nerve agent attacks in 2018.
The Salisbury Central Area Framework will focus on raising the city's profile as an investment opportunity and guide the future development. It will offer a strategic urban vision for the city centre area, identifying character areas within it and make recommendations on the form of future development and public sector interventions that can bring forward positive change.
When complete, the strategy will set out a series of projects and positive interventions and be used by Wiltshire Council and its partners to identify how best to target investment. It seeks to enhance the traditional aspects of Salisbury, while encouraging the city to embrace originality.
It will also respond to the city centre's commitment to green infrastructure, its river and air quality, as well as its cultural strategy, alternative and independent traders and markets. Further, the framework will aim to bring more vibrancy into the city centre and bring out the existing positive characteristics and rich heritage as well as respond to wider developments in the new Porton Down Science Campus and the emerging aerospace cluster at Boscombe Down.
Pauline Church, Wiltshire Council Cabinet Member for Economic Development and South Wiltshire Recovery, said: "We want to set the stage for long-term recovery and ensure Salisbury continues to be a strong international tourist destination with an excellent independent retail offer, economically vibrant and a place with a thriving night time economy that meets the needs of current and future residents."
Katja Stille, Director of Tibbalds, said: "Salisbury's has been hugely affected by the results of the nerve agent attack, exacerbating the other challenges that town centres across the country are currently facing. But as a result, the city has a clearer commitment and funding structure than most to boost its historic core, create a resilient centre and contribute to wider economic growth potential.
"There is a real appetite for change, and we are particularly excited about the discussions around creating a River Park running through the heart of the city centre, reconnecting the centre to its rivers.
"Our framework will use the clear principles of good urban design to focus on long term regeneration and mechanisms for delivery, with quick wins and recommendations for public sector intervention. We want it to be evidence-based, flexible and commercially-grounded, as well as being useable and accessible by as many people as possible so tangible improvements can come forward quickly."
Tibbalds and its partners have been appointed under Homes England's Multidisciplinary Framework.


text:
Q: Media Player android Здравствуйте, у меня есть CardView и встроенный туда VideoView u MediaController, но при превью отображает только черный экран, как мне сделать отображение превью??(Видео загружается с сервера) или подскажите другой способ реализации??
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
    android:id="@+id/card_view"
    xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    card_view:cardBackgroundColor="@color/colorCard"
    card_view:cardCornerRadius="10dp"
    card_view:cardElevation="5dp"
    card_view:cardUseCompatPadding="true">

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        >

        <VideoView
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="200dp"
            android:id="@+id/videoView" />

        <MediaController
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:id="@+id/mediaController" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textViewName"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_gravity="left|center_horizontal"
            android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
            android:text="Android Name"
            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
            android:textColor="@color/primary_text_default_material_light"
            android:layout_marginLeft="16dp" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textViewVersion"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_gravity="left|center_horizontal"
            android:layout_marginTop="10dp"

            android:text="Android Version"
            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
            android:textColor="@color/primary_text_default_material_light"
            android:layout_marginLeft="16dp" />

    </LinearLayout>

</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>

A: Не используйте превью. Если на девайсе/эмуляторе работает - значит всё нормально. Превью не сможет из сети что-то загрузить и отобразить


Technology|Whole Foods Cut Prices. It Saved Us 5 Cents.
The savings came from a small reduction in the tax charge, not any specific price change. Strawberries actually got more expensive on our second trip — by 50 cents. But that change was offset by the cost of LaCroix, which had gone down by 50 cents.
Because of an editing error, an earlier version of this article reported incorrectly that strawberries were the only produce included in a test of Whole Foods' new prices. Romaine lettuce was also among the items purchased to test the new prices.


text:
N.Y.C.F.C.
by New York Events | Feb 12, 2015 | Featured Articles, Insider, New York Events, Sports |
The World Cup wasn't that long ago and back then when soccer was on fire, we talked about the newest addition to the New York sports family, N.Y.C.F.C.
Well, the time is now getting closer. The club has its first official game, a preseason friendly against the Scottish club St. Mirren on Tuesday. The Captain, David Villa, scored and N.Y.C.F.C. started its legacy with a W.
Pretty exciting, huh? We think so too and don't attribute all of the excitement to the lack of winners we have in this town. Nor do we attribute it to the fact that there are no prospects of hope outside of the Rangers and now N.Y.C.F.C.
So while we're draped in baby blue preparing our vocal chords to yell GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLL in less than a month, you still have time to jump on the bandwagon!
It's not often your city gets a new team and you get to choose whether or not to be a fan. This is not passed down from your grandfather who used to be a Brooklyn Dodger fan and then became a defacto Mets fan which means a lifetime of suffering for you.
N.Y.C.F.C. looks to be a winner based on their one and only game. Let's support the newest addition to our family!


text:
Q: How do I add references using latest Roslyn API (C# Script Execution) I'm a little confused as to how to go about adding references when using Roslyn to execute C# scripts.
I'm using the latest version of the API (1.2.20906.2), installed via NuGet.
I've searched lots of posts on Google, but there is significant change in the API since many of the examples I've found.
To illustrate what I'm trying to achieve:
using System;
using Roslyn.Scripting.CSharp;

namespace Test.ConsoleApp
{
    public class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            new ScriptRunner().RunScripts();
        }
    }

    public class ScriptRunner
    {
        public void RunScripts()
        {
            var engine = new ScriptEngine();

            var session = engine.CreateSession();

            session.AddReference("System");
            session.AddReference("System.Linq");

            // The following script runs successfully

            session.Execute(@"using System;

                              var arr = new[] {1, 2, 6};

                              foreach (var i in arr)
                              {
                                  if(i > 1)
                                  {
                                    Console.WriteLine(i);
                                  }
                              }"
                           );

            // The following script using Linq fails

            session.Execute(@"using System;
                              using System.Linq;

                              var arr = new[] {1, 2, 6};
                              var arrResult = arr.Where(x => x > 1);

                              foreach (var i in arrResult)
                              {
                                  Console.WriteLine(i);
                              }"
                           );

            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

UPDATE - Included modification suggested in answer, plus referencing by path to DLL:
using System;
using Roslyn.Scripting.CSharp;

namespace Test.ConsoleApp
{
    public class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            new ScriptRunner().RunScripts();
        }
    }

    public class ScriptRunner
    {
        public void RunScripts()
        {
            var engine = new ScriptEngine();

            var session = engine.CreateSession();

            session.AddReference("System");
            session.AddReference("System.Core"); // This reference is required to use Linq language features
            session.AddReference("System.Linq");

            session.Execute(@"using System;
                              using System.Linq;

                              var arr = new[] {1, 2, 6};
                              var arrResult = arr.Where(x => x > 1);

                              foreach (var i in arrResult)
                              {
                                  Console.WriteLine(i);
                              }"
                           );

            // Example use of adding reference to external project by path to dll

            session.AddReference(@"E:\SVN\CSharpRoslynTesting\CSharpRoslynTesting\Test.ExternalLibraryTest\bin\Debug\Test.ExternalLibraryTest.dll");

            session.Execute(@"using System;
                              using Test.ExternalLibraryTest;

                              var externalTestClass = new ExternalTestClass();
                              externalTestClass.TestOutput();
                            "
                           );

            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

A: It is working for me, although I am using v1.2.20906.1. I didn't try your code, I just executed version I wrote for Roslyn presentation one month back.
Try to add System.Core:
session.AddReference("System.Core");

That's the only significant difference I can see so far.
Update: I just tried your code and missing reference I mentioned above was indeed the culprit. You even get nice exception:

(5,51): error CS1061: 'int[]' does not contain a definition for
  'Where' and no extension method 'Where' accepting a first argument of
  type 'int[]' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an
  assembly reference?)


We are excited to launch Nearpod this month. Come learn how to use Nearpod to create engaging learning experiences that students will love. We are offering both face-to-face sessions as well as a LIVE WEBINAR through Workplace. Sign up in Eduphoria using the links below.
You can also access Information on how to login and utilize Nearpod in Klein ISD's Guide to Digital Resources GROUP in Schoology. You can join using this code 2ZQB6-BD5FW.


I am asking 4500.00 Do not PM me and low ball me the price is the price.
This truck runs and drives very good. I use it to haul wood every weekend.
pretty close to the set up in the m37 I sold a couple years ago...how fast does she top out at?
It sold today a it is going to New York In a private collect!!!!!!!!!!!


Vancouver-based designer, Simon Montgomery describes his work as "beautiful yet humble" – we couldn't agree more. Montgomery leads the interdisciplinary design studio, SMSTUDIO, with work ranging from bespoke furniture to #cabinporn weekend escapes.
Through his studio, Montgomery seeks to make life better for their clients in small, meaningful ways.
Montgomery's work is minimal with an acute attention to detail, shown in each accent.
It's not hard to see Montgomery has a crystal-clear picture of what he wants to create, fueled by his long-standing passion for architecture.
From what we've seen, that hustle sure pays off.


text:
Zinios
Search this news portal
Apple: the next iMac would adopt a new design and an Apple Silicon processor this year
on Monday, January 18, 2021 Business Technology
For the first time since 2012, Apple would finally renew the design of its iMac. In 2021, Apple is preparing at least three new desktop Macs. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, who also released information on future MacBook Pros and iPhone 12 successors in recent days, Apple will announce an iMac and two Mac Pros in 2021. The transition to Apple Silicon processors gives a new blows to the computers of the Californian giant. iMac: finally an edge-to-edge screen This year, the iMac could change completely. Mark Gurman indicates that the borders of his screen would be much smaller, like Pro Display XDR, the ultra high-end screen launched by Apple with the Mac Pro in 2019. The back of the computer would also abandon the curvature in favor of a completely flat frame. This new iMac would also be equipped with an Apple Silicon processor, probably a more powerful chip than the Apple M1 chip currently present in the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac mini. The 2021 iMac is reportedly
Mobile Money: on formal notice, cellular Togo will rethink its '' Tmoney ''
on Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Togo Cellulaire's mobile money service, Tmoney, is in the sights of the Electronic Communications and Post Regulatory Authority (ARCEP). The operator is ordered Thursday to resolve the problems related to this service within 8 days.
Two days after his formal notice, the operator reacted. "Togocom is aware of the disruption to the Tmoney service and is working hard to restore service on December 17, 2020". It is through this message sent to subscribers that the operator undertakes to remedy the incessant bugs encountered by the Tmoney service of its subsidiary Togo Cellulaire. Better still, he reassures having mobilized his technical teams 24 hours a day "to restore the stability" of the mobile money service.
On December 8, ARCEP issued a formal notice to Togo Cellulaire for "serious and continuous malfunctions of T-money mobile transaction services, and lack of information, in violation of the terms of its specifications". A decision taken at the end of the sanction proceedings opened against Togo Cellulaire for the same reasons on November 23, 2020. According to the ARTP, the arguments provided by the operator were "considered inadmissible". They are just as "unconvincing and non-compliant with the regulatory framework", underlines the regulator.
Togo Cellulaire was therefore ordered to completely resolve these dysfunctions in 8 days; to inform users within 48 hours of malfunctions, inconvenience and delay. In addition, ARCEP asks the operator for explanations on the fact that "he again refrained from informing not only the Regulatory Authority, but also users about the occurrence of the inconveniences, their nature and the period within which these will still be suffered ".
Never have telecom operators been so stamped by the regulator. ARCEP appears to be opening a new era in its relations with operators, to the delight of consumers.
Africa Business Economy
Most viewed in last 1 week
CES 2021 - Microsoft announces the Surface Pro 7+ 2-in-1 PC and the deployment of its 85 ″ Surface Hub 2S
Microsoft is unveiling the Surface Pro 7+, a 2-in-1 laptop PC for business and education, which benefits from some improvements over version 7. The Surface Hub 2S digital board will ship in February. Rumors are rife that a Surface Pro 8 will be released soon. To be patient and to satisfy professionals, Microsoft unveils its Surface Pro 7+, a revised version of the Surface Pro 7 promised as more efficient. Among the major evolutions of this new model, we note first of all the passage of the Intel Core processors from the 10th to the 11th generation. Storage will still be capped at 1TB, but a maximum of 32GB of RAM can now be installed, down from just 16GB previously. The SSD will also be removable and a Full HD webcam integrated into the Surface. 4G is now supported with a SIM card slot and eSIM support. Plus, battery life gets a big boost, from 10:30 am to 3:00 pm - on paper anyway - with a fast charge to 80% in an hour. The Surface 7 Pro +
The value of the US dollar hits its lowest level in two and a half years
The dollar continues to lose value in the markets, due to the poor signals that still characterize the US economy. This situation is bound to have consequences for Africa. On Monday, November 30, the index which measures the value of the US dollar on a basket of other currencies fell to 91.75 points, according to market data consulted by the Ecofin Agency. This is its lowest level since the beginning of August 2018. This decline in the US dollar which around mid-May 2020 started as a temporary correction in the currency market is becoming a permanent situation. . At the start of the coronavirus crisis, the financial world was in a panic, and in this context, all categories of investors needed the dollar; which increased its value. But subsequently, as everyone became aware of the scale of the problem, the US currency gradually shifted away from assets like gold, and even bitcoin. Investors are seduced by the solid performance of stock indices, suc
Total starts the year by consolidating its positions in oil and gas exploration in Egypt
After its recent discovery of gas alongside Eni, Total is expanding its footprint in the oil exploration sector in Egypt with the acquisition of a new perimeter, via a consortium of which it is the operator with a 35% stake . The permit covers the Ras Kanayis North block, offshore. On Monday, French oil giant Total and its joint venture partners (Shell 30%, KUFPEC 25% and Tharwa 10%) signed an exploration and production agreement for the offshore Ras Kanayis North block. The perimeter is located in the Herodotus Basin, off the coast of Egypt, in the Mediterranean Sea. The agreement provides for an extensive 3D seismic survey campaign for the first three years. It will help to better understand the geological characteristics of this area, which is among the least explored in the country. "Total is pleased to strengthen its position in the Eastern Mediterranean as the operator of this exploration and production agreement. We are excited about the exploration pote
PlayStore App Policy
Copyright © Zinios. All rights reserved


text:
32 items in this album on 2 pages.
Fanni Luukkonen and Lotta Svärd leaders, 19 May 1932 Fanni Luukkonen and members of Lotta Svärd, 19 May 1932 Fanni Luukkonen and members of Lotta Svärd, date unknown Fanni Luukkonen aboard a train at Helsinki rail station, Finland, 27 Oct 1938
Fanni Luukkonen preparing to board a train at Helsinki rail station, Finland, 27 Oct 1938 Finnish troops leaving Suojärvi, Finland, 2 Dec 1939; note smoke rising from the sabotaged equipment Finnish officers and men with a captured Soviet T-37A amphibious tank, Finland, 1939-1940 Hjalmar Siilasvuo and Alpo Marttinen in snowy terrain, 1939-1940
Soviet TB-3 heavy bomber captured by Finnish forces, Kuhmo-Sauna Lake, Kainuu, Finland, 14 Mar 1940 Soviet TB-3 heavy bomber captured by Finnish forces, Kuhmo-Sauna Lake, Kainuu, Finland, 14 Mar 1940 Fanni Luukkonen and Hjalmar Siilasvuo with members of Lotta Svärd, 1940s Fanni Luukkonen working at her desk, 1940s
Fanni Luukkonen, 1940s Fanni Luukkonen, 1940s A Dornier Do-217 bomber on an airfield in Finland with reindeer in the foreground, 26 Jul 1941. German Col General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst and Finnish Maj General Hjalmar Siilasvuo at their meeting in Kuusamo, Finland, 29 Aug 1941. Photo 1 of 4.
German Col General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst and Finnish Maj General Hjalmar Siilasvuo at their meeting in Kuusamo, Finland, 29 Aug 1941. Photo 2 of 4. German Col General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst and Finnish Maj General Hjalmar Siilasvuo at their meeting in Kuusamo, Finland, 29 Aug 1941. Photo 3 of 4. German Col General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst and Finnish Maj General Hjalmar Siilasvuo at their meeting in Kuusamo, Finland, 29 Aug 1941. Photo 4 of 4. Troops of Finnish IV Corps on parade near the Round Tower, Viipuri, Finland, 31 Aug 1941
US President Harry Truman signing the proclamation declaring a national emergency, White House, Washington DC, United States, 16 Dec 1950
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
Winston Churchill, on the RAF


Made by My StudioGirl, these super cute sew-your-own dolls stand at 12″ tall when finished. With easy step by step instructions and a blunt plastic needle for 8 and up (or younger with adult help) these doll kits come with everything including stuffing. Each doll has a small "best friend" that you sew too and fits perfectly in her pocket.


Although the story of the German Fall Gelb offensive against France, Belgium, and Holland in May 1940 is well known, most accounts tend to stop with the conclusion of the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from Dunkirk on June 4, 1940. The German operation that actually conquered metropolitan France, Fall Rot (Case Red), is usually glossed over in brief. Nor are many people aware today that there was a second BEF in France, which was also successfully evacuated by sea. The current literature on the Western campaign of 1940 essentially spotlights the German drive to the English Channel and the Dunkirk evacuation then skips ahead to the French armistice, skipping over the military, political, and human drama of France's collapse in June 1940.
Indeed, some of the most interesting military operations of the 1940 campaign were conducted in June 1940, as the Allies mounted a vigorous counterattack at Abbeville (including the British 1st Armoured Division--the first time that the British Army employed an armored division in combat) and then mounted a tough defense along the Somme River. Unlike the easy breakthrough at Sedan, the Germans had to fight hard to break through the Weygand Line. Churchill decided to send a second BEF to France to support the French, but the Germans finally achieved a decisive breakthrough before it could be effectively deployed. The British were forced to mount a second evacuation from the ports of Le Havre, Cherbourg, Brest, and St. Nazaire, which rescued over 200,000 troops, although the transport RMS Lancastria was sunk by German bombers, with the loss of over 4,000 troops. While France was in its death throes, politicians and soldiers debated what to do--flee to England or North Africa or to seek an armistice.
The drama of the final three weeks of military operations in France in June 1940 has never effectively been captured on paper, but this is a story that needs to be told since it had great impact on the course of World War II and inter-Allied relations. This book will also address the initial German exploitation of France and how the windfall of captured military equipment, fuel and industrial resources enhanced the Third Reich's ability to attack its next foe--the Soviet Union.


text:
För filmen med samma namn, se LFO (film).

Lågfrekvensoscillator (en low-frequency oscillator, förkortat LFO) är en enhet som ofta används i en synthesizer och som genererar periodiskt upprepade vågformer med frekvens lägre än de hörbara frekvenserna. Vanligtvis används LFO för att påverka ljudets amplitud, frekvens eller andra parametrar genom att styra andra enheter i synten, varvid till exempel vibrato,  tremolo, panorerings- och wah-wah-effekter kan automatiseras. LFO:n kan ha flera olika vågformer där de vanligaste är sinusvåg, sågtandsvåg, triangelvåg och fyrkantsvåg.

Se även
 Digitally Controlled Oscillator (DCO)
 Voltage-controlled amplifier (VCA)
 Voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO)
 Voltage-controlled filter (VCF)

Ljudteknik
Elektronik
Elektronisk musik

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Centennial Olympic Park
265 Park Ave W NW
Centennial Olympic Park opened in 1996 and served as the world's gathering spot during the Summer Olympics. The Park includes 22-acres of urban greenspace and is surrounded by many major Atlanta Landmarks; the Georgia World Congress Center, College Football Hall of Fame, Philips Arena, the CNN Center, and Mercedes-Benz Stadium are all on the west side of the park and the Georgia Aquarium, National Center for Civil and Human Rights, and the World of Coca-Cola on the north side of the park.
Daily from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. including holidays, unless otherwise specified for a private event.


text:
Data Points: Government Bond Update - January 2016
February 05, 2016 | Tradeweb
ECB hints at further stimulus
BoJ adopts negative interest rate
Government bond markets rally
Global government bond markets rallied in January, against a backdrop of plunging equity and commodity prices. In its latest monetary policy report, Canada's central bank downgraded its growth forecasts for 2016, citing the impact of lower oil prices on the economy. Meanwhile, the U.S. Federal Reserve kept rates on hold while pledging to closely monitor global economic and financial developments. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 292,000 in December 2015, while the jobless rate was recorded at 5%. The Treasury 10-year mid-yield ended January at 1.93%, 35 basis points lower on the previous month.
According to preliminary estimates published by Eurostat, consumer prices in the euro area are expected to have increased by 0.4% in January from 0.2% in December and November 2015. ECB president Mario Draghi said on January 21 that the central bank would review and possibly reconsider its stimulus stance at its next meeting in early March. The mid-yield on the 10-year Bund dropped 37 basis points during the month to close at 0.26%. Similarly, its UK Gilt equivalent finished the month 39 basis points lower at 1.57%. In December, UK inflation rose to 0.2% – its highest level in 11 months.
Unlike their European counterparts, Greece and Portugal's 10-year benchmark bond mid-yields rose in January by 143 and 15 basis points respectively. On January 22, Standard & Poor's upgraded Greece's credit rating from CCC+ to B-. The agency said that the country seemed to be broadly complying with the terms of its latest international bailout.
In a surprise move, the Bank of Japan introduced a negative interest rate by a 5-4 majority vote on January 29. The -0.1% rate will apply to current accounts held by financial institutions at the bank, and will be part of a three-tier system effective from February 16, 2016. The BoJ kept asset purchases unchanged; however, governor Haruhiko Kuroda said that the bank was prepared to expand its accommodative monetary policy further if necessary. Mid-yields on the 2- and 5-year JGBs finished January at -0.07% and -0.05% respectively, while their 10-year counterpart dropped 16 basis points on the previous month end to close at 0.11%.
TradewebDataPoints_Government Bond Update_January 2016.pdf
Tags: Tradeweb , Blog , Data , Rates , Tradeweb Institutional


text:
Name | Type | Description | Notes
------------ | ------------- | ------------- | -------------
**pay_run_id** | **string** | Xero unique identifier for the pay run | [optional]
**payroll_calendar_id** | **string** | Xero unique identifier for the payroll calendar | [optional]
**period_start_date** | [**\DateTime**](\DateTime.md) | Period start date of the payroll calendar | [optional]
**period_end_date** | [**\DateTime**](\DateTime.md) | Period end date of the payroll calendar | [optional]
**payment_date** | [**\DateTime**](\DateTime.md) | Payment date of the pay run | [optional]
**total_cost** | **double** | Total cost of the pay run | [optional]
**total_pay** | **double** | Total pay of the pay run | [optional]
**pay_run_status** | **string** | Pay run status | [optional]
**pay_run_type** | **string** | Pay run type | [optional]
**calendar_type** | [**\XeroAPI\XeroPHP\Models\PayrollNz\CalendarType**](CalendarType.md) |  | [optional]
**posted_date_time** | [**\DateTime**](\DateTime.md) | Posted date time of the pay run | [optional]
**pay_slips** | [**\XeroAPI\XeroPHP\Models\PayrollNz\PaySlip[]**](PaySlip.md) |  | [optional]

[[Back to Model list]](../README.md#documentation-for-models) [[Back to API list]](../README.md#documentation-for-api-endpoints) [[Back to README]](../README.md)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Brochure for general health or other purposes. Features a blue and gray theme that is perfect for a professional look.
Outside half-fold, Health Brochure. 100% customizable to any need. Promote your business or products. Let your printed material reflect your character.
Inside half-fold, Health Brochure. 100% customizable to any need. Promote your business or products. Let your printed material reflect your character.
Outside tri-fold, Health Brochure. 100% customizable to any need. Promote your business or products. Perfect for gyms, medical institutions, health stores and more.
Inside tri-fold, Health Brochure. 100% customizable to any need. Promote your business or products. Perfect for gyms, medical institutions, health stores and more.


text:
Q: How to display a column of different tables using the pivot table? I am beginner to Laravel and now I am doing this project but I am stuck in this point for a couple days. Here is what I wish do, I would like to display the day and timeslot labels selected by the tutor!
here is my tables and their relationships
https://imgur.com/WMMwhHK
Day Model
<?php

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Day extends Model
{
    protected $guarded =  ['id', '_token'];
}

Timeslot Model
<?php

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Timeslot extends Model
{
    protected $guarded = ['id', '_token'];

    public function Tutor()
    {
        return $this->hasMany(Tutor::class);
    }
}

Tutor_availability Model
<?php

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Tutor_availability extends Model
{
    protected $fillable = ['tutor_id', 'timeslot_id', 'day_id'];
    protected $guarded =  ['id', '_token'];

    public function tutor()
     {
        return $this->belongsTo('App\Tutor');
     }
    public function day()
     {
        return $this->belongsTo('App\Day');
     }
    public function timeslot()
     {
        return $this->belongsTo('App\Timeslot');
     }
}

tutor_availabilities Migration
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('tutor_availabilities', function (Blueprint $table) {
            // $table->bigIncrements('id');
            $table->integer('day_id')->unsigned();
            $table->foreign('day_id')->references('id')->on('days')->onDelete('cascade');
            $table->integer('timeslot_id')->unsigned();
            $table->foreign('timeslot_id')->references('id')->on('timeslots')->onDelete('cascade');
            $table->integer('tutor_id')->unsigned();
            $table->foreign('tutor_id')->references('id')->on('tutors')->onDelete('cascade');
            $table->timestamps();
            $table->primary(['day_id', 'timeslot_id', 'tutor_id']);
        });
    }

TutorController
  public function index()
    {
        $tutors = Tutor::latest()->paginate(5);

        $tutor_availabilities = Tutor_availability::all();

        return view('tutors.index', [
            'tutors' => $tutors,
            'tutor_availabilities' => $tutor_availabilities
        ]);
    }

View

               Days	  Timings

                            {{$tutor_availabilities->day->label}}

                            {{$tutor_availabilities->timeslot->label}}

A: Put this in your Tutor_availability model
     public function day()
         {
            return $this->belongsTo(Day::class);
         }
    public function timeslot()
         {
            return $this->belongsTo(Timeslot:class);
         }

Then in controller
    public function index()
        {
            $tutor_availabilities = Tutor_availability::all();
            return view('tutors.index',
     compact('tutor_availabilities')) ;
        }

Then in view

    @foreach ($tutor_availabilities as $tutor_available)

                            {{$tutor_available->day->label}}

                            {{$tutor_available->timeslot->label}}

    @endforeach


Home / Coverplay reviews / Everybody Loves Coverplay!
"COVERPLAY slipcovers offer an essential solution for parents. The soiled play yard slipcover can be pulled off the play yard and thrown into the wash for a good cleansing. In a very short time, baby has a clean play yard to enjoy. What's also important is women who are undergoing chemotherapy and radiation for breast cancer have weakened immune systems. It is important for these mothers to stay well during their treatments, and COVERPLAY slipcovers will help keep them and their young children protected from germs.


Governments use regulation to influence how we each make decisions, either through tax policy or laws. Business uses money to change our behavior, either through commission plans, bonuses, or advertising. But how do we, as individuals, change the attitudes and behavior of those around us? The key is our influence over others. If we have it, we are far more likely to succeed, both at work and at home.
Each day, we build our influence, but we rarely do so mindfully. At the base level, influence is the currency of IOUs we earn by doing things for other people. Real influence, however, is something far more profound than simple IOUs. It is the seemingly unexplainable reason why other people go well beyond the expected, just because it is we who ask. Whether you are a senior executive, a sales rep, or a management consultant, influence is a critical factor that will help you generate buy-in to your goals. If you are gunning for a new position, the same concept applies.
If you have a vision, others will follow it, and go the extra mile for "the cause".
Become an expert communicator, both written and verbal. Words can inspire… or cause others to disengage.
Write a blog, and collect followers who value your world-view.
Find ways to get involved beyond the narrow confines of your responsibilities.
Live your words: lead by example.
Influence is like a muscle: the more you use it, the stronger it becomes.
Have your expertise recognized by a third party.
Change personal recognition into team recognition.
This Week's Action Item: When you speak, do others listen? When you ask, do others go beyond the call of duty for you? Unlike governments, we cannot mandate behavior, and unlike business, we recognize that merely paying for performance doesn't always get 100% performance. This week, consider your workmates, friends, and family: which two people have the most influence, and why? Beyond the list above, use these two people as models: how did they earn their influence, and how can you do so as well?


text:
Share your stories: refugee talks in my stake conference, how about your wards?
January 29, 2017 by Cynthia L.
Our stake conference meeting today was on the topic of caring for refugees. It included a talk by an ethnically Korean member of our stake who was raised in Iran, where his family investigated and joined the church. During the upheaval of the Ayatollah's regime, his family came to the United States as refugees. They were taken in by an American family, who cleared their own children out of one of their home's bedrooms to make room. Other speakers drew on the scriptures and the church's recent strong statements in General Conference and its media channels on the topic of our responsibility to care for refugees. During his remarks, the Stake President clarified that they had decided on the theme and began finding speakers 5 months ago. That's before Election Day, let alone the Executive Order. The Stake President testified that before any of this happened and before any of them could have known how relevant it would be, they felt a spiritual witness that this should be the theme of the conference.
Did the topic of refugees and immigrants come up in your church meetings today, either in talks, prayers, or lessons? How can each of us appropriately raise this issue in our public spiritual observance?
Filed Under: Mormon
« A Time for Prophecy
Keeping our covenants after this week »
We had stake conference too. It started with a rousing version of Onward Christian Soldiers and ended with out local 70 decrying the "trend of fake news happening today." It wasn't the balm I was hoping for this morning.
Cynthia L. says:
Well fake news is a problem! Maybe he meant the reports that Trumps crowd size was small though, which would be…unfortunate.
I got a fifth Sunday lesson about religious freedom. A member of the bishopric made a comment taking pride in the fact that the US has freedom of religion while many other parts of the world still faces religious oppression. Because, you know, barring Muslims from entering our country is not religious oppression.
Nathaniel James says:
Nothing here at my BYU ward, we instead talked about masturbation in Elders Quorum!
thmazing says:
I was never comfortable masturbating in elders quorum.
Fortunately, I'm a high priest now
iAlex says:
Theric for the win. Though I'm not sure if this brings back some good or bad memories from BYU 56th.
I walked out of Sunday School after the teacher started slandering Bill Nye's support of evolution. The Bishop taught a relatively non-political lesson on how to interpret Revelations for the combined meeting (high on speculation, low on usefulness). I was just happy he didn't make it as political as he usually does. No mention of refugees anywhere, unless the Sunday School teacher mentioned them after I walked out (and I'm certain he didn't).
Well this is not at all encouraging so far!
To be fair to my ward, it was ward conference for us and so topics for things had probably been chosen a while ago. Other than Elders Quorum I found my meetings to be very edifying.
Aleesa says:
Thanks for sharing your experience, Cynthia. It was at least one inspired meeting somewhere, which gives me hope. I also appreciate your last question. I think the time of the church and its members staying silent on "political" issues has passed, since those issues have now become moral ones. But how to navigate discussion on that while being respectful is tricky stuff.
One of our sacrament meeting speakers spoke about refugees today. She reviewed scriptures and direction from church leaders about refugees, and talked about ways that we could help refugees in our own community, and resources including the I Was a Stranger and Just Serve websites. It was lovely and soothing to hear.
ah says:
We got sacrament meeting sermons about defending the church's position on gay marriage and Greg Trimble quotes about not getting carried away and thinking Christ is too compassionate and a last-minute reminder from a member of the bishopric that too many people in the country right now are feeling "entitled" AND it doesn't matter how destitute people are because "happiness is a state of mind." Not one mention of the refugee situation. But reading about what your stake talked about today gives me hope and reminds me that my ward isn't representative of the whole church. Thank you. And hurray for inspired stake leaders.
Fifth Sunday topic in Sunday school was nurturing self and others spiritually. I was asked to speak for part of it. I showed a video from the church's "I was a stranger" campaign. Weaved a homily together based on these:
1 Let brotherly love continue.
2 Be not forgetful to entertainstrangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
NRSV:
Let mutual love continue. 2 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it. 3 Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them; those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured.[
27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
43 ¶Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
Matthew 16.24-26
24 ¶Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and losehis own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Mosiah 4:26-27
26 And now, for the sake of these things which I have spoken unto you—that is, for the sake of retaining a remission of your sins from day to day, that ye may walk guiltless before God—I would that ye should impartof your substance to the poor, every man according to that which he hath, such as feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and administering to their relief, both spiritually and temporally, according to their wants.
27 And see that all these things are done in wisdom and order; for it is not requisite that a man should run faster than he has strength. And again, it is expedient that he should be diligent, that thereby he might win the prize; therefore, all things must be done in order.
It seemed to be well received. The Spirit was present in the discussion.
We had ward conference. After the meeting the bishopric did a recap with the Stake Presidency and covered, among other things, the sized of the congregation that day. I suggested that it was at least 1.5 million. Huge.
whizzbang says:
We had a combined meeting today and talked about indexing and family history
nrc42 says:
I taught a Primary lesson on refugees today.
Our stake conference in Bellevue, WA wasn't so much about refugees today as it was about making room for the members of the mosque next door whose building was damaged by arson two weeks ago. They currently use a large multipurpose room for their prayers from Monday through Saturday. Our stake president remarked on the many stake members who had contacted him asking what we could do to help, and that when it was decided to offer them this room, approval from church hierarchy came in under 24 hours. Signs and posters were made by ward members welcoming the Islamic Center attendees, and they responded in kind with cards and posters from the mosque members thanking us for opening our building to them.
One of them had written the following message on one of the posters: "If I ever get to see Jesus in the hereafter, I will tell him that I met with Christian friends in the world that showed us what it means to "Love your neighbor." God bless you all."
Our second counselor continued the theme by using that as an example of how we can better be involved in serving others in our community. A youth speaker also talked about how on a trip to Africa with her family, that she helped women in a village walk miles for water, and helped them carry it back to the village.
All of that was great. It was all followed by our visiting member of the 70, who gave a nice but basically bland talk about the Book of Mormon. I should probably leave out that last part, but I won't.
The high councilor talked about church history, including the extermination order. Later in his talk he said "the terrible things that are going to happen in this country"…I'm not used ro agreeing with that sentiment in a church context and so I wasn't quite sure whether I agreed with him on what was going to be terrible. I mean, it could definitely have gone worse, but it was vague enough that I just wasn't really sure how to take it.
We sang Go Forth with Faith, which has the line, "people of all nations are children of our God."
Third hour was mostly about family history, in the context of it being one of our area goals, but for about 2 minutes at the end we talked about helping the poor (another area goal), and I did walk out with a few concrete ideas about things that I can do to help the homeless in our community.
I live in Canada and we have no issue with allowing immigrants into our country, but I can tell you that many of us are watching and very concerned for you guys down there. Come on up here, we love you. #WelcomeToCanada
dianebroldan says:
La Crescenta, California stake conference. We had Elder Von Keetch speak, who was a religious freedom partner at Kirton & McConkie, drafted the Church's religious freedom Prop 8 and DOMA briefs, and is currently the Executive Director of the Church Public Affairs Department. He used his remarks to tell a baseball allegory about "helping others to score runs." Not a single word about the ban, refugees, Muslims, religious freedom. Nothing.
The night before stake conference, at the priesthood leadership meeting, Elder Keetch did a Q&A. My husband asked directly about the Church's position on the Muslim ban. They wrote all questions on the board (14 total), and Elder Keetch chose which ones to respond to (about 6). He chose not to address that topic.
Hm, that's disappointing. The format of the Q&A allows for some selectivity on their part, though I guess an improvement over no Q&A (very low bar).
Kevin Barney says:
kevinf, thanks for sharing, I had read about your stake's inspiring offer and was glad to see this further color to the situation.
@kevinf I heard that news story but didn't know it was your ward! That's so great.
Deborah Christensen says:
We had a surprisingly good fast Sunday today. I was concerned that people would talk about how they were disappointment people weren't "honoring" the presidency. Instead several people talked about how they have concerns about the world and how praying and listening to the Spirit brings peace. I was unable to tell which "side" they are on. It was good.
Small potatoes I know, but I based my youth Sunday School lesson Matt 25 to discuss why we can't turn the stranger away and why Trump's ban is wrong.
Jason, not small at all.
Asphodel says:
dianebroldan, that's my stake! We skipped today and took our kids to the beach. Now I won't feel too bad about that. :-/
(And when I got home, I donated to the ACLU.)
DeAnn says:
I spoke today in a small Branch in Minnesota after accompanying a woman who sang "Write Thy Name Upon My Heart"
Write thy name upon my heart
Jesus, Savior of mankind.
Teach me charity unfailing,
Teach me compassion, Lord, like thine,
Endow my soul with loving kindness
Make me even as thou art.
Engrave thine image in my countenance
Write thy name upon my heart.
This song was a beautiful segue into my topic of loving the poor and oppressed among us. I reminded the congregation that Jesus was a refugee and an illegal immigrant early in his life. That experience must have shaped him in ways that we are just beginning to understand.
Christ demonstrated how to serve when he healed the lepers – the worst outcasts of society. You can feel the compassion that Jesus had for this poor man, as Jesus reached out and touched him. This would have been a shock if anyone was close enough to observe, because touching a leper meant instant uncleanness.
I then shared the story of meeting a distant cousin in Germany two years ago. Gina's German mother (now elderly) was a young child in Gdansk (Poland) when the war ended. Gina's grandmother and her 3 small children had to flee to an internment camp in Sweden after the War because Germans were expulsed from Poland. They would have perished if another German relative (my grandmother's sister) hadn't smuggled food and supplies into the internment camp. They regard my great aunt as their savior and still pray in thanks for her loving kindness and charity.
My mother (a convert to the Church) was a German immigrant to the United States after World War II. A terrible time to be a German in the US – but she was treated with love and kindness by her American in-laws and by her Church family.
Ended with "Are we not all beggars"? It was a beautiful Sacrament Service.
Darrow says:
It was ward conference today. The bishop made some vague references to overcoming difficulties right now, and the stake president briefly mentioned how the second coming is approaching and these are dark times. I felt like both were maybe referring to the executive orders this week, but nothing was explicitly said. Sometimes I hate how we never talk about specific current events in church.
In gospel doctrine I taught lesson 4. I'm, like, debilitatingly non confrontational, so I was really nervous, but at the end I read part of Elder Holland's talk from a refugee summit last Sept (it was linked in the comments of a previous post here and was completely unrelated to the lesson). I could have done more, but it's the first "political" comment I've made in church. A lot of people afterwards said my lesson was good, and one specifically mentioned the part I read.
In EQ we watched a BYU devotional about the BoM translation.
Cynthia, I am out of the country, but I live in the same stake that you do, and am so glad that it continues to be a corner of Zion that I am so proud to be a part of. I actually narrowly escaped speaking at the stake conference of which you speak, but I had no idea that would be the focus. Hoping our stake wasn't the only one, but from the comments, I'm not terribly encouraged
The Pope is my hero says:
No mention whatsoever of the current events. Talks were on the Family Proclamation. We did discuss helping the community in the 5th Sunday and how Just Serve fits into that. Our Ward is such that I would never see the current Bishopric encouraging members to do an audible and step outside the lines of Gen Conference talk related subjects. That has changed since when I was in the Bishopric. I miss being in charge of Sacrament meeting.
At the conference of the North Little Rock, Arkansas Stake Elder Neil L Andersen just reminded us that we believe in obeying the laws of the land but that we must also remember that we are a people with a history as refugees. He also reminded us that his fellow Apostle Elder Dieter F Uchtdorf was a refugee as a child in Eastern Europe during World War II. He told of a time we he and Elder Uchtdorf were flying over Europe on a trip to Russia and Elder Uchtdorf looked down and commented, "I've flown over these lands many times and I have yet
to see borders." Elder Christensen reminded us that from that perspective only physical borders like rivers and the Great Wall of China could be seen. No other borders are visible.
Didn't go (thank you, newborn who decided to stay up all night) but the Relief Society president posted one of the church refugee videos on Facebook, so at least someone was talking about it somewhere? And since I do the ward bulletin, I'm going to start adding a quote/scripture that furthers my radical, bleeding heart liberal views. :D
Chris O says:
Amanda, are you in San Diego? We also had Stake Conference open with Onward Christian Soldiers and a talk about "fake news". FWIW, the woman who gave the opening prayer mentioned refugees and immigrants, so that was nice. Not much, but nice.
TJohn says:
In Sacrament meeting today, the area public affairs specialist spoke about how public affairs works in the church. Then she specifically quoted the church's recent statement about refugees that was published yesterday, and said it is a model for how the members should handle difficult questions.
It's so fun see my ward get mentioned in the comments. Thanks for the shout out, Sarah!
Amira says:
I don't live in the US and we have church on Friday here. Usually we don't get US politics in church, obviously, but the speaker wore his "Trump tie" and was clearly not impressed with people who are concerned about Trump. Hearing his words when I knew the executive order was pending, especially in a country where many people of the banned nationalities live and when the entire ward could have our visas revoked at any time, was so disheartening. He also criticized the Women's March which was especially galling when he lives in a country where men have so many more rights than women.
I did at least get the chance to talk to one of the Filipino members of the ward and tell him that I disagree with Trump and that I support refugees.
a speck of blue in a sea of red says:
Our Sacrament meeting talks today were about the Family Proclamation, so the only even somewhat political statement was about marriage. Nothing in prayers except a vague "help us overcome our difficulties" from one of the biggest Trump supporters in the ward. I thought he sounded more subdued and less smug than he has since the election, so there's that.
The Relief Society lesson was a "make-up" lesson. We missed a Sunday due to what passes as a snow crises here, so had the lesson about being an ensign to the world. Instead of any references to the current issues, most of the discussion was about how horrible "the world" is in regards to: seeing any value in marriage, "practically required" premarital sex, near-constant alcohol consumption, etc. Despite raising my hand five or six times to try to redirect, the teacher declined to call on me. Fun times?
@Ann-I'm in Canada too! I'm in Manitoba
Allison Flynn says:
I am an "investigator" and have found it difficult to get beyond church history as well as the harsh realities of what happens to members who investigate church history or try to go outside the box.
"President testified that before any of this happened and before any of them could have known how relevant it would be, they felt a spiritual witness that this should be the theme of the conference."
This is the first solid evidence I have found that shows God is among you. I am touched.
Steve Evans says:
I spoke, and my wife spoke too. My theme was "thy kingdom come", addressing how can we be united in the face of such divisions. I said that I don't believe in bans or walls, and that we have a clear and indisputable Christian duty to aid the stranger in need. I said that it is not our divisions that are the summation of our lives together, but each moment of kindness, mercy and joy. As we extend true Christian love to each other and to those in need, the kingdom of God is in us.
My wife spoke on a similar theme, but was not as subdued in her approach as I was. She spoke with the power of God and the Spirit was like a mighty rushing wind, I kid you not.
Thank you for sharing that Allison <3 I hope you can find a home here at By Common Consent blog, we welcome you with or without formal church membership.
Steve, I really really wish I had been there to see it.
JKC says:
I was a visiting speaker in a small branch (about 25 people in sacrament meeting) yesterday.
The sister who opened the meeting prayed specifically for "refugees and immigrants" and that "our leaders' hearts would be softened."
I was prepared to say something about the refugee crisis, but the spirit seemed to tell me to focus on the eternal hope that it is never too late to renew our faith and become converted, no matter how lost we think we are. I also visited with one of the members who said that it was his first time back at church in 5 years, so maybe the message was for him. (I did of course mention, with help from the apostle James, that a huge part of faith is not turning away those that need help, but that wasn't the focus.)
I just have to share that the Catholics did a "protest mass" for refugees in the park outside the White House today. http://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2017/01/30/550-attend-mass-outside-white-house-solidarity-refugees
"The Mass as a form of protest is a very beautiful thing because the sacrament itself tears down borders. It's subversive to the powers that be that we all come together and receive, and that we're transformed," observed Tanner Sigmon. "If we are truly one body, if one part of our body is hurting, we must respond."
Kenzo says:
The bishop spoke movingly in sacrament meeting on, among other things, our responsibility to refugees and immigrants, citing ward and stake efforts along these lines over the past year. May have been a last-minute addition to his remarks in light of the executive order.
jamesrneal says:
Just came across your blog while searching this topic – hope you don't mind me commenting here. I am a member of the Worldwide Anglican Communion in the Episcopal Church, and our leadership has been vocally opposed to restricting refugees, going back well before the election. It all comes down to the Beatitudes and Matthew 25 (The Sheep and the Goats). Thank you for writing on this topic and God Bless!
RCS says:
At stake conference area 70 made a point of highlighting the prophecy by Lehi in 2Ne 1 that ALL those brought into this land are brought by the hand of the Lord. Seemed to add divine mandate that we care for those brought to our shores (and airports).
Nothing in our sacrament meeting, although last week we did sing America the Beautiful as an intermediate hymn (whether in support of America First or MoTab, I don't know – not a typical choice for January though). My calling is currently in Primary so I don't know what happened second and third hours.
The day started out with an email from our bishop outlining specific ways to help refugees in our area. Because I'm in our stake's Relief Society Presidency I attended church at another ward for ward conference and taught a Relief Society lesson using protest signs I'd seen in my local Women's March as the metaphor for acknowledging, building and supporting our own and others' testimonies. (The WC theme is "Develop A Personal Witness.") I used the sign I'd used in the march that featured the Statue of Liberty as a visual aid. When I asked the sisters what they would put on their own "signs" right now in the March of Life, we filled a blackboard with sentiments like "Do Unto Others as You Would Do Unto Me," "Love Is The Answer", etc. I'd heard that morning from my daughter in Manhattan that their ward had closed out their Sacrament Meeting by singing the first and last verses of "A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief." When the ward RS leader asked what I'd like for music to accompany my lesson I suggested that we do the same. The chorister used that for the opening hymn and "Come Unto Jesus" for the closing song which ends with "Come unto Jesus from ev'ry nation, From every land and isle of the sea. Unto the high and lowly in station, Ever he calls, 'Come to me.'"
marcella says:
Not a peep in my ward. Sacrament talks were on family history and the symbolism of the temple and in Christ's teachings. Sunday school was the lesson strictly by the book. Third hour was combined and it was all about tracking down the 60% of our ward that never attends – we got flyers with tips even :-) I do hope my ward will change and there will be comments, prayers offered, appropriate music etc. but that is just not this group of people. Maybe it's time to move to WA and join Kevin's stake.
Hedgehog says:
Revelation was the theme of the day for sacrament meeting and GD, though nothing pertinent to the current situation, and an alarming sacrament meeting talk about how isn't it great that we have prophets to lead us so we just have to do what they say and don't need to think about it. The bulk of the focus was personal revelation though. I gather the 3rd hour was about the WoW and how we all need to be fitter and healthier, but I was over in primary and missed that.


Further demonstrating why he is arguably one of Korea's top and most consistent film directors, Bong Joon Ho's (2006's The Host) first English language film Snowpiercer, which takes place on a train that circles the earth once it enters an ice age, is an enthralling ride that never runs out of momentum as it cleverly examines the issue of social class in a thoroughly engaging, yet complex manner.
Bong has also assembled the perfect cast with talent spreading across three continents reflecting the global nature of the film and its narrative.
Already pre-sold to a record 167 territories - including English speaking territories where The Weinstein Company own the rights - it allows CJ E&M and its investors to recoup half of the film's budget of $39.2 million, giving the film a strong start on the international market owing to a strong cast including names such as Chris Evans and John Hurt along with Bong's strong reputation and the film's interesting premise.
Prospects, meanwhile, remain strong in Korea despite a somewhat darker tone where Bong Joon Ho's name as revered filmmaker together with the casting and reunion of local talent Song Kang-ho and Ko Ah-sung (they both featured in Bong Joon Ho's The Host that amassed over 13 million admissions ($64.6 million) along with the curiosity factor and hype will boost its potential to perform well in Korea when it premieres there on 1st August.
Based on the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob and Jean-Marc Rochette, the film takes place on a train called 'Snowpiercer' that is powered by a perpetual-motion engine, which circles the planet after the earth enters an ice age following a failed experiment to stop global warming. A class system soon evolves on the train with an elite class inhabiting the front of the train led by a mysterious figure called Wilford, while the less privileged reside in the back who are subjected to impoverished living conditions.
Determined to overthrow Wilford and take control of the train are a number of revolutionaries led by Curtis (Chris Evans) who decide to begin making their perilous and arduous journey to the front of the train to try and end their doomed fate.
Audiences accustomed to Bong's work may find it darker than usual, but this is natural given the nature of the narrative as it focuses on the inner workings of social class, but much like his previous films, it never ceases to be enjoyable. Bong's masterstroke at delivering both depth and suspense, as evident in his films such as Memories Or Murder (2003) and Mother (2009), is used to scintillating effect through a well written narrative that exploits the limited space on a train that provides the perfect location for Bong's sci-fi adventure.
Bong has also assembled the perfect cast with talent spreading across three continents reflecting the global nature of the film and its narrative. Chris Evans is difficult to fault as the young leader, while John Hurt is perfectly cast as the older mentor and spiritual leader. Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Ewen Bremner and Ed Harris, likewise, both deliver their best in the confinements of the train, but it's Tilda Swinton as the second in command of the train with her thick but attractive Yorkshire accent who manages to rise above this stellar cast through her energetic and eccentric performance.
Song Kang-ho meanwhile along with Ko Ah-sung who both play sizable roles in trying to take control of the train are natural fits never feeling out of place, which further boosts its potential in its home market of South Korea.
Shot in Barrandov studios in the Czech Republic, the film pays homage to the original graphic novel through how it depicts the train itself, but Bong along with his team of visual and set artists from around the globe have constructed a whole new world with his extraordinary use of mise-en-scene, together with superb lighting, sound and authentic CGI.
In a year where two other iconic Korean filmmakers - Kim Jee-woon (The Last Stand), Park Chan-wook (Stoker) - have made their English-language debuts, it's Snowpiercer that stands out in both the nature of the project and also in its overall execution, which is in part due to the fact that Bong Joon-ho scripted the film himself along with the help of Kelly Masterson who assisted Bong with the English dialogue.
Given the size, scope and unique nature of the project, this is somewhat unknown territory for a Korean film on both the domestic and international stage, and while it also poses a marketing challenge for international territories in terms of whether to label it as an arthouse film or blockbuster, its prospects at home as well as abroad remain strong owing to a terrific final product.
Screenplay: Bong Joon Ho & Kelly Masterson, based on Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob & Jean-Marc Rochette.


Who is that kid named Boudewijn. Where does (s)he live. Why does (s)he hide. That trick of climbing into your inner ear without touching certainly is no reason to hide; we've all been hit by Upfree13, Boudewijn's sound studies we found in some basement.
More info to be made up as we go along.


text:
What It's Like to Create Content Around Rockstars and Movies
Bruce Chambers, partner at Integrated Communications Los Angeles, talks about storytelling through design.
Bruce Chambers, partner at Integrated Communications Los Angeles, shares his experiences publishing and designing content around some of the most influential art and people, including John Lennon, Bob Dylan, and one of the most influential surfing films of all time, Endless Summer.
Bruce Chambers and The Playbook host David Meltzer discuss the impact that the film (and book) Endless Summer had on surfing culture, as well as what he learned from his experiences with the documentary's director, Bruce Brown. The pair also talk about some of the unique aspects of the packages that Chambers and his team have put together, which give fans new insights into their favorite brands, films and artists.
Related: Don't Let Your Mistakes Define You … Let Them Refine You
How to Establish Trust With Your Newest Clients
Bad at Taking Risks? 4 Tips to Be Bolder


This book is a scientific biography of one person's methods and approaches to science. The book is divided into two sections: the first is a description of how a particular facet of science was developed and the results which emerged. The second is a partial autobiography to fit the events of the author's life into the experimental development outlined in the first section. Contents: From Ideas to Implementation; Birth of a New Science; Applied Biochemistry; Industrial Research; Emergency Application of Space Science; Researching Together; Publish or Perish; In the Beginning; Low on the Academic Totem Pole; Professor; Promotion and Politics; Education; Academic Honors; Perigrinations and Personalities; Inventions.
J.H.U. Brown is Professor Emeritus, University of Houston in Texas. He is also Adjunct Professor of Public Administration at the University of Texas Health Science Center also in Houston.


Survey respondents may misinterpret the questions they are asked, potentially undermining the accuracy of their answers. One way to reduce this risk is to make definitions of key question concepts available to the respondents. In the current study we compared two methods of making definitions available to web survey respondents – displaying the definition with the question text and displaying the definition when respondents roll the mouse over the relevant question terms. When definitions were always displayed they were consulted more than when they required a rollover request. The length of the definitions did not affect how frequently they were used under either method of display. Respondents who completed training items designed to encourage definition use actually requested definitions less often, suggesting that they may value minimal effort over improved understanding. We conclude that at least for small numbers of questions, providing definitions with the question is likely to be the more effective approach than rollovers or hyperlinks.
Peytchev, A., Conrad, FG., Couper, MP., & Tourangeau, R. (2010). Increasing respondents' use of definitions in web surveys. Journal of Official Statistics, 26(4), 633-650.