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Airdroid desktop is connected to my device but when I try to share a picture with my desktop, I get "failed to receive" message. This happens whether I am trying to send wired or wirelessly. Any thoughts?
Same problem here. Although the connection is fine- I can mirror my phone to my pc-, when sending any kind of file from my phone to my pc I get the "failed to receive".
But I can send a file from my pc to my phone succesfully.
Would you like to turn off the firewall on your computer to see if it works?
No, turning Windows 10 firewall off did not help.
I see that this problem is over one month old.
I updated my Windows Airdroid client to the latest version and it did not fix this.
I have the same problem, in fact, I paid for Airdroid to overcome these connection issues, but seem to have gotten not one step closer to easily transfering my files. And before anyone says anything, this is a complete new computer, I used the USB connection, without cable transfer, etc. would be nice to be able to transfer files without a hassle from the Android to Mac.
Via Wifi, I also a) have the same problem and b) paid for the app to avoid these types of problems. Not a single photo I've tried to transfer to my Mac has been delivered successfully. Yes, I've updated to the latest versions on my Mac and Android. Yes I've tried restarting both devices. Yes I know how to use a computer. Please provide a solution so that I can enjoy your app and give it a much better rating.
It seems (I'm guessing) that the last update is full of bugs. I'm curious how long it takes to get a resolution or even a reply.


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Q: Shadertoy - fragCoord vs iResolution vs fragColor I'm fairly new to Shadertoy and GLSL in general.  I have successfully duplicated numerous Shadertoy shaders into Blender without actually knowing how it all works.  I have looked for tutorials but I'm more of a visual learner.
If someone could explain or, even better, provide some images that describe the difference between fragCoord, iResolution, & fragColor. That would be great!
I'm mainly interested in the Numbers. Because I use Blender I'm used to the canvas being 0 to 1 -or- -1 to 1
This one in particular has me a bit confused.
vec2 u = (fragCoord - iResolution.xy * .5) / iResolution.y * 8.;

I can't reproduce the remaining code in Blender without knowing the coordinate system.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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Not to take away from the accepted answer, which is very thorough.  But in case anyone else was confused about the types, iResolution is a 'uniform highp 3-component vector of float'... so actually a vec3?  That's why we see in examples that fragCoord (actually a vec2) is divided by iResolution.xy (the .xy gives us a vec2).  But what is the '.xy' thing?  Is it a method?  An attribute or property?  With some random googling I found out that the '.xy' tacked on at the end is called 'swizzling'
https://www.khronos.org/opengl/wiki/Data_Type_(GLSL)#Vectors
(for convenience the gist of it is here below)
Swizzling
You can access the components of vectors using the following syntax:
vec4 someVec;
someVec.x + someVec.y;
This is called swizzling. You can use x, y, z, or w, referring to the
first, second, third, and fourth components, respectively.

The reason it has that name "swizzling" is because the following syntax is entirely valid:
vec2 someVec;
vec4 otherVec = someVec.xyxx;
vec3 thirdVec = otherVec.zyy;

You can use any combination of up to 4 of the letters to create a vector (of the same basic type) of that length. So otherVec.zyy is a vec3, which is how we can initialize a vec3 value with it. Any combination of up to 4 letters is acceptable, so long as the source vector actually has those components. Attempting to access the 'w' component of a vec3 for example is a compile-time error.
Swizzling also works on l-values (left values?):
vec4 someVec;
someVec.wzyx = vec4(1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0); // Reverses the order.
someVec.zx = vec2(3.0, 5.0); // Sets the 3rd component of someVec to 3.0 and the 1st component to 5.0

However, when you use a swizzle as a way of setting component values, you cannot use the same swizzle component twice. So someVec.xx = vec2(4.0, 4.0); is not allowed.
Additionally, there are 3 sets of swizzle masks. You can use xyzw, rgba (for colors), or stpq (for texture coordinates). These three sets have no actual difference; they're just syntactic sugar. You cannot combine names from different sets in a single swizzle operation. So ".xrs" is not a valid swizzle mask.
In OpenGL 4.2 or ARB_shading_language_420pack, scalars can be swizzled as well. They obviously only have one source component, but it is legal to do this:
float aFloat;
vec4 someVec = aFloat.xxxx;

A: It is normal, you cannot reproduce this code in blender without knowing the coordinate system.
The Shadertoy documentation states:

Image shaders implement the mainImage() function to generate
procedural images by calculating a color for each pixel in the image.
This function is invoked once in each pixel and the host application
must provide the appropriate input data and retrieve the output color
to assign it to the corresponding pixel on the screen. The signature
of this function is:
void mainImage( out vec4 fragColor, in vec2 fragCoord);
where fragCoord contains the coordinates of the pixel for which the
shader must calculate a color. These coordinates are counted in pixels
with values from 0.5 to resolution-0.5 over the entire rendering
surface and the resolution of this surface is transmitted to the
shader via the uniform iResolution variable.

Let me explain.
The iResolution variable is a uniform vec3 which contains the dimensions of the window and is sent to the shader with some openGL code.
The fragCoord variable is a built-in variable that contains the coordinates of the pixel where the shader is being applied.
More concretely:

*

*fragCoord : is a vec2 that is between 0 > 640 on the X axis and 0 > 360 on the Y axis

*iResolution : is a vec2 with an X value of 640 and a Y value of 360

quick note on how vectors work in OpenGL:

*

*if you have also a hard time understanging how vector work in OpenGL, I highly recommand to read the anwser of Homan bellow, a very usefull introduction to OpenGL swizzling.

This image was calculated with the following code:
    // Normalized pixel coordinates (between 0 and 1)
    vec2 uv = fragCoord/iResolution.xy;

    // Set R and G values based on position
    vec3 col = vec3(uv.x,uv.y,0);

    // Output to screen
    fragColor = vec4(col,1.0);

The output ranges from 0,0 in the lower-left and 1,1 in the upper-right. This is the default lower-left windows space set by OpenGL.

This an image was calculated with the following code:
    // Normalized pixel coordinates (between -0.5 and 0.5)
    vec2 uv = (fragCoord - iResolution.xy * 0.5)/iResolution.xy;

    // Set R and G values based on position
    vec3 col = vec3(uv.x,uv.y,0);

    // Output to screen
    fragColor = vec4(col,1.0);

The output ranges from -0.5,-0.5 in the lower-left and 0.5,0.5 because
in the first step we subtract half of the window size [0.5] from each pixel coordinate [fragCoord]. You can see the effect in the way the red and green values don't kick into visibility until much later.
You might also want to normalize only the y axis by changing the first step to
vec2 uv = (fragCoord - iResolution.xy * 0.5)/iResolution.y;

Depending our your purpose the image can seem strange if you normalize both axes so this is a possible strategy.

This an image was calculated with the following code:
    // Normalized pixel coordinates (between -0.5 to 0.5)
    vec2 uv = (fragCoord - iResolution.xy * 0.5)/iResolution.xy;

    // Set R and G values based on position using ceil() function
    // The ceil() function returns the smallest integer that is greater than the uv value
    vec3 col = vec3(ceil(uv.x),ceil(uv.y),0);

    // Output to screen
    fragColor = vec4(col,1.0);

The ceil() function allows us to see that the center of the image is 0, 0

As for the second part of the shadertoy documentation:

The output color is returned in fragColor as a four-component vector,
the last component being ignored by the client. The result is
retrieved in an "out" variable in anticipation of the future addition
of several rendering targets.

Really all this means is that fragColor contains four values that are shopped to the next stage in the rendering pipeline. You can find more about in and out variables here.
The values in fragColor determine the color of the pixel where the shader is being applied.
If you want to learn more about shaders these are some good starting places:
the book of shader - uniform
learn OpenGL - shader

A:
// -1 to 1
vec2 uv = (2.0 * fragCoord - iResolution.xy) / iResolution.xy;

vec3 col = vec3(uv.x, uv.y, 0.0);

fragColor = vec4(col1, 1.0);

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Nora Nelson joins Hotel Marshfield as new director of sales.
MARSHFIELD — Hotel Marshfield has announced a new director of sales. Nora Nelson comes to the position with credentials in culinary, catering, sales and management. Most recently Nelson was a sales executive with two national branded hotel chains with properties in Wisconsin. Prior to that, she directed sales and catering at a popular Wisconsin dinner theater Inn. She began her hospitality career in the culinary field, serving as an executive chef before accepting a position as restaurant manager by the firm that managed the restaurants at Lambeau Field in Green Bay. She holds an Associate Degree in Culinary Arts.
Nelson's goals include positioning the hotel as the first choice for meetings and events, growing the wedding business and creating interest among more associations to host their annual meetings at the hotel.


Russell Martin placing a medallion on a storm drain in his neighborhood.
Water that flows into storm drains is not treated. It flows from the drain into the nearest body of water, eventually making its way to rivers and the Chesapeake Bay. Stormwater that enters these drains collect sediment from our streets and parking lots, which hurts natural plants and wildlife in our waterways.
In conjunction with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality permit requirements to educate the public about stormwater pollution, several localities purchased 5,000 medallions to place in their respective municipalities. A stenciling program was started in the City of Chesapeake about 10 years ago with painted stencils on storm drains containing a "no dumping" message to residents. In 2009 we implemented metal, round blue medallions that have a lifespan of 15-20 years. These medallions are attached by local civic organizations and volunteers to the top of the catch basins in neighborhoods, near schools, hospitals, libraries and any other high traffic area in an effort to educate residents about the importance of doing all we can to prevent pollution from entering our sensitive waterways.
Interested groups or individuals can Public Works and ask for the Public Information Specialist, at 757-382-6101.


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Evaluating Public Transit Benefits and Costs This guidebook describes how to create a comprehensive framework for evaluating the full impacts (benefits and costs) of a particular transit service or improvement. It identifies various categories of impacts and how to measure them. It includes examples of transit evaluation, and provides extensive references.
Rail Transit In America: Comprehensive Evaluation of Benefits - Executive Summary This summarizes results of Rail Transit In America.
Rail Transit In America: Comprehensive Evaluation of Benefits - Full Report This report evaluates the benefits of rail transit based on a comprehensive analysis of transportation system performance in major U.S. cities. It finds that cities with larger, well-established rail systems have significantly higher per capita transit ridership, lower average per capita vehicle ownership and mileage, less traffic congestion, lower traffic death rates and lower consumer transportation expenditures than otherwise comparable cities.
The Business Case for Post-Covid Public Transit Many people wonder how communities should plan for post-pandemic public transit. On one hand, the pandemic demonstrated the important roles that transit plays in providing basic mobility. On the other hand, reduced ridership and fare revenues are likely to continue for several years. This report investigates these issues. This is a technical report for the debate, What Is the Future for Transit After COVID?, between transit critic Randal O'Toole and Todd Litman concerning the future of public transit
Raise My Taxes, Please! Evaluating Household Savings From High Quality Public Transit Service This report uses data from U.S. cities to investigate the incremental costs and benefits of public transit service improvements. It indicates that high quality service typically requires about $268 in additional subsidies and $104 in additional fares annually per capita, but provides vehicle, parking and road cost savings averaging $1,040 per capita, plus other economic, social and environmental benefits. This indicates that residents should rationally support tax increases if needed to create high quality public transit systems in their communities.
Safer Than You Think! Revising the Transit Safety Narrative Public transportation is overall a very safe mode of travel, and total per capita traffic casualties tend to decline as public transit ridership increases in a community. However, many people have the misimpression that transit is dangerous, and so are reluctant to use it or support transit service expansion in their communities. There is much that public transit agencies can do to change the narrative to emphasize the overall safety of public transit travel and provide better guidance concerning transit safety and security.
When Are Bus Lanes Warranted? Considering Economic Efficiency, Social Equity and Strategic Planning Goals This report describes a framework for determining when bus lanes are warranted. Bus lanes increase urban transport system efficiency and equity by favoring higher value trips and more space-efficient modes over lower-value trips and space-intensive modes. Comprehensive evaluation can justify extensive bus lane networks in most cities.
Smart Congestion Relief: Comprehensive Analysis Of Traffic Congestion Costs and Congestion Reduction Benefits This report critically evaluates the methods used to measure traffic congestion impacts. Current methods tend to exaggerate congestion costs and roadway expansion benefits. This study applies a more comprehensive evaluation framework. The results indicate that high quality public transit can provide substantial congestion reduction benefits which are often overlooked or undervalued in conventional planning and project evaluation.
Local Funding Options for Public Transportation This report evaluates eighteen potential local funding options suitable for financing public transit or other transportation projects and services. They are evaluated according to eight criteria, including potential revenue, predictability and sustainability, horizontal and vertical equity, travel impacts, strategic development objectives, public acceptance and ease of implementation. This is a somewhat larger set of options, and more detailed and systematic evaluation, than most previous studies of this type.
Evaluating Public Transportation Health Benefits This report investigates ways that public transportation affects human health, and ways to incorporate these impacts into transport policy and planning decisions. This research indicates that public transit improvements and more transit oriented development can provide large but often overlooked health benefits.
Evaluating Rail Transit Criticism This report evaluates criticism of rail transit. It examines claims that rail transit is ineffective at improving transportation system performance, that rail transit investments are not cost effective, and that transit is an outdated form of transportation. It finds that critics often misrepresent issues and use biased and inaccurate analysis. This is a companion to the report Rail Transit in America
Critique of 'Transit Utilization and Traffic Congestion: Is There a Connection?' The study, Transit Utilization and Traffic Congestion: Is There a Connection? by Thomas A. Rubin and Fatma Mansour, found a positive correlation between public transit utilization and traffic congestion intensity among U.S. cities. They claim this demonstrates that public transit is ineffective at reducing congestion. This report critiques their study. Their analysis contains omissions and biases which tend to underestimate the congestion reductions provided by high quality transit.
2009 Urban Transport Performance Spreadsheet This spreadsheet contains various urban transportation system performance data, including vehicle travel, mode split, and consumer expenditures for 130 U.S. cities.
Evaluating New Start Transit Program Performance: Comparing Rail And Bus This study by Lyndon Henry and Todd Litman compares public transit performance between U.S. cities that expanded rail systems and those that expanded bus systems.
Valuing Transit Service Quality Improvements: Considering Comfort and Convenience In Transport Project Evaluation This report investigates the value travelers place on qualitative factors such as comfort and convenience, and practical ways to incorporate these factors into travel time values for planning and project evaluation. It describes how service quality improvements can increase transit ridership and reduce automobile travel.
Terrorism, Transit and Public Safety: Evaluating The Risks This report evaluates the overall safety of public transit, taking into account all risks, including recent terrorist attacks. It indicates that transit is an extremely safe mode. Travelers would increase their total risk if they shift from transit to driving in response to terrorist threats.
Evaluating Public Transit Accessibility This report by Todd Litman and Tom Rickert provides guidance for selecting �inclusive design� performance indicators to evaluate the ability of public transport services in developing countries to accommodate people with disabilities and other special needs.
Universal Access to Bus Rapid Transit: Design, Operation, And Working With The Community This guidebook by Tom Rickert of Access Exchange International discusses practical ways to accommodate people with mobility impairments in public transit system planning. It describes three composite case studies of typical experiences of BRT passengers with mobility impairments.
Financing Transit Systems Through Value Capture: An Annotated Bibliography This report summarizes the findings of nearly 100 studies concerning the impacts of transit service on nearby property values, and the feasibility of capturing this additional value to finance transit improvements. The results indicate that proximity to transit often increases property values enough to offset much or all of transit system capital costs.
Contrasting Visions of Urban Transport: Critique of �Fixing Transit: The Case For Privatization� This report critiques the Cato Foundation paper, Fixing Transit: The Case For Privatization, which recommends that all transit services be privatized and self-financed. It claims this would improve efficiency and service quality, but all examples of private transit described in that paper are inferior quality or high price; none offer the level of integration, quality and affordability provided by public transit systems in most developed countries.
The Value Capture Approach To Stimulating Transit Oriented Development And Financing Transit Station Area Improvements This report by Thomas A. Gihring evaluates land value taxes to promote transit oriented development (TOD) and raise revenue to finance transit station area improvements. A Seattle-area case study demonstrates how changing the general property tax to a land value tax (LVT) would provide incentives to utilize sites more intensively. The paper discusses various value capture mechanisms, and offers two possible land value capture methods to support public bond financing.
Evaluating Public Transit As An Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction Strategy This report, originally presented at Aligning Environmental and Transportation Policies To Mitigate Climate Change, investigates the role public transit improvements can play in conserving energy and reducing emissions. It describes an expanded range of impacts and benefits to consider in this type of evaluation.
Measuring The Performance Of Transit-Oriented Developments In Western Australia This report by Professor John Renne summarizes factors to consider when evaluating TOD transport, economic social and environmental impacts. It recommends longitudinal measurement of performance indicators in six categories, including travel behaviour, the local economy, the natural environment, the built environment, the social environment and the policy context.
Identifying the Value of Long Distance Rail Services: Current Issues in Transport Assessment and Evaluation This paper by R. Boulter and D. Wignall identifies international good practice in the assessment and evaluation of rail investments and services. It argues that a sustainable, integrated, effective and efficient transport system requires decision-making to be supported by strategic assessment and detailed evaluation. It identifies various distortions in current rail planning practices and reforms that can correct these problems.
Intermodal Surface Public Transport Hubs: Harnessing Synergy for Success in America�s Urban and Intercity Travel This paper by Lyndon Henry and David L. Marsh describes intermodal public transport hubs and their potential role in creating more integrated and attractive public transportation systems. It describes numerous examples of such hubs, often consisting of redeveloped older rail stations.
A Review of 'On the Social Desirability of Urban Rail Systems' by C. Winston and V. Maheshrib This paper by Haynes Goddard evaluates economic analysis by Clifford Winston and Vikram Maheshri which attempted to make a definitive statement about the social desirability of urban rail transit in the United States. Their argument is deficient on several analytic and statistical grounds.
Reassessing �The Social Desirability of Urban Rail Transit Systems�: Critique of Winston and Maheshri This paper, by Jay Warner, evaluates the 2006 article, �The Social Desirability of Urban Rail Transit Systems," by Winston and Maheshri, which concluded that most U.S. urban rail systems have a negative social desirability.
Renaissance of Public Transit in the United States? This paper by John Pucher investigates factors that caused U.S. public transit use 1995 to 2000 and the implications for transport planning.
Transit Price Elasticities and Cross-Elasticities This paper summarizes price elasticities and cross elasticities for use in public transit planning and modeling. It finds that commonly used transit elasticity values tend to be lower than appropriate to model long-run impacts, which understates the potential of transit fare reductions and service improvements to reduce problems such as traffic congestion and vehicle pollution, and understate the long-term negative impacts of fare increases and service cuts.
Employer Provided Transit Passes: A Tax Exempt Benefit � Benefit/Cost Analysis This report by the Victoria Transport Policy Institute for the Transit Advocacy Project, evaluates a proposal to make employer contributions toward employee transit commuting expenditures exempt from Canadian income tax. It describes this proposal, discusses the context in which it has been recommended, estimates its impacts on travel and resulting benefits and costs, and investigates potential barriers and problems.
Tax Exempt Status For Employer-Provided Transit Benefits This report by IBI for the National Climate Change Process and Transport Canada, evaluates the economic and environmental impacts of employee transit tax exemptions.
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Historically those who settled westward had many encounters with Native American tribes. While the original settlers in Plymouth were able to befriend the local tribes by helping them to defeat some of their neighboring enemy tribes that friendship was not one commonly seen throughout many states in the western part of America. As settlers moved west they encountered local tribes who did not believe in nor understand the concept of owning land. They felt that those settlers were trespassing and the settlers felt it was their right to move the native population from the land because they now "owned it". In spite of the original frustrations and fights there are now some reserves still left in these regions where the native populations are able to live within their customary means.
The state of Arizona is popular for being a tribal state. It is actually home 222 federally recognized Native American tribes and communities. Arizona contains a rich and vibrant array of Native American cultures. The majority of the Navajo nation still remains within the state of Arizona, a state which is home to the largest reservation. It is also home to the second largest reservation of the Tohono nation. Over one quarter of the state is reserved for Native American tribes.
The Hopi tribe is one which enjoys 12 villages spanning three different maces. Each of these villages features their own architectural styles and ceremonies. The Yavapai tribe is one which provides visitors with a comprehensive viewing of the mountain terrain so popular among Arizona as well as lively casinos where games can be played extensively until a visitor returns to their wonderful lodging accommodations. The Cocopah tribe are known as the River People because they originally inhabited the area around the delta near Yuma as well as the Colorado River. Today their reserve spans only six thousand five hundred acres but is still governed by their local tribal council.
The Kaibab tribe is one whose reservation is surrounded by such historic landmarks as the Vermillion Cliffs as well as the Pipe Spring National Monument. Visitors to this reservation are able to see all of these geological sights while also enjoying the historic recreation of the reservation. The Zuni Pueblo is located in part in New Mexico and in part in Arizona. It is a tribe whose land holding spans the border and makes for very interesting historical viewing.


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WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT PAST-DUE SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY CHECK?
In Montanile v. Board of Trustees of National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan, __ U.S. __, 136 S.Ct. 651 (2016), the United States Supreme Court recently held that ERISA does not permit an ERISA plan administrator to recover reimbursement in equity from a plan participant's general assets and that strict equitable tracing requirements apply to equitable actions seeking reimbursement. This strongly suggests that disability insurers seeking recovery of social security disability overpayments cannot enforce such actions against a participant's general assets and would encounter considerable difficulty enforcing equitable relief against the dissipated proceeds of a social security disability award. Legal relief is what people generally think of when they think of courts and lawyers. A sues B for breach of contract, or for negligence. If one of the King's subjects had no way to obtain relief in a court of law, he might still be able to appeal to the King's chancellor – the "keeper of the King's conscience," and obtain relief directly from the King himself. This eventually became what were called chancery courts, which developed in parallel to the courts of law. The rules for equitable actions are very different. In Montanile, the United States Supreme Court held that ERISA, § 502(a)(3), 29 U.S.C.A. § 1132(a)(3), which authorizes recovery of "appropriate equitable relief," does not permit an ERISA plan administrator to recover health care benefits paid on behalf of a plan participant from the participant's general assets if the ERISA plan participant dissipates the proceeds on non-traceable items, such as food and travel because allowing recovery from the insured's general assets would constitute legal, not equitable, relief. To put it simply, a disability insurance company regulated by ERISA seeking to recover an SSD overpayment after Montanile can offset future long-term disability payments but may encounter a great deal more difficulty enforcing an equitable lien against a past-due social security award which has been spent on the daily costs of living. Read about the Montanile decision in greater detail at: ERISA BENEFICIARY'S DISSIPATION OF SETTLEMENT PROCEEDS PRECLUDES ERISA PLAN HEALTH INSURER FROM ENFORCING ITS REIMBURSEMENT RIGHTS


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UCP promises $30-million oil 'war room,' environmental group funding cut
Emma Graney
A UCP government would spend $30 million on a taxpayer-funded "war room" to fight attacks on Alberta's energy industry, with public servants at the forefront of the battle, party leader Jason Kenney said Friday.
Friday's announcement expanded details about the government department which Kenney envisions operating out of the Public Affairs Bureau under the minister of energy.
One-third of the $30-million budget would be redirected from current government advertising.
"I think it's the best investment we could possibly make in defending an industry that is the sources of about one-third of the jobs in this province, directly and indirectly," Kenney said.
Alberta can't afford to not fight for the energy industry, he said, and it would be a drop in the bucket in terms of total provincial expenditures.
Economic and Trade Minister Deron Bilous, running for reelection in Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview, called the war room a "disingenuous" plan that copies work the NDP has already been doing.
Bilous pointed to his government's Keep Canada Working campaign, which has bumped up support for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion to seven out of 10 Canadians from four out of 10 Canadians.
"It's Rachel Notley who has managed to move the needle on this issue," Bilous said Friday afternoon.
"What's frustrating is that Jason Kenney spent 20 years in Ottawa — 10 as a federal cabinet minister — so why wasn't he sounding the alarm bells then? Why wasn't he advocating for the Canadian energy sector? If he was, he sure wasn't very effective."
Cash for pro-oil First Nations
The war room was just one of 11 energy-themed platform planks Kenney unveiled on Day 4 of the provincial campaign trail.
Others included boycotting banks that won't co-operate with oilsands financing and demanding the energy industry increase its advocacy and education efforts.
He also promised a $10-million litigation fund "to support pro-development First Nations in defending their right to be consulted on major energy projects."
Kenney said a UCP government would stand as allies with "dollars and cents to back up the majority of First Nations who are in favour of responsible resource development."
Canadian environmental think-tank the Pembina Institute would receive no funds from a UCP government, Kenney said, and he would launch a public inquiry into what he believes is the large-scale foreign funding of anti-oilsands campaigns.
A UCP government would also pass a law banning foreign donations to third-party advertisers, or political action committees (PACs).
Equalization conversation
Kenney also answered questions about his proposed equalization referendum, which would see Albertans head to the polls to vote whether the tax measure in section 36(2) should be nixed from the federal constitution.
He admitted the referendum could not actually eliminate equalization, merely "force discussions on changing the constitution."
"What it does is elevate our fight for fairness to the top of the national agenda," he said, by "taking a page out of Quebec's playbook."
Kenney was a cabinet minister in the Harper government that forged that equalization formula he is now fighting, but he said in Calgary this week the economic picture has since changed.
"I believe this is the strongest card we can play if we don't get a pipeline," he said Friday.
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Obituary of Michael Welch
Please write the details of Michael Welch's obit here. Please also tell us as much as you can in the biography wiki below.
Michael Welch (born on 25 July, 1987) was a UnCategorized who was best known for being a celebrity. Michael Welch died on Saturday January 18, 2020 and his death was possibly because of an accident.
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Full Name: Welch, Michael
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
Birth Date: 25 July, 1987
Also Known As: Mike, MichaelWelch
Michael Welch has an obituary on WikiObits.com
~ You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying. To the best you can do everyday.
~ In Buddha's opinion, to train in staying open and curious-to train in dissolving our assumptions and beliefs-is the best use of our human lives.
~ My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.
~ Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
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MOTORISTS will not be able to claim refunds for wrongly paid fines even though West Yorkshire Police issued thousands of invalid parking tickets, it emerged today.
Police Community Support Officers handed out 16,000 parking fines to members of the public between 2006 and March this year, despite having no legal power to do so.
Motorists paid more than £485,000 to the courts, into public funds, after receiving the fines.
But police have today said they would not be entitled to refunds as they "chose to pay the fine at the time" and did not challenge the validity of the tickets.
The force's stance was described as 'utterly disgraceful' by a drivers' organisation, who said the refusal to refund the money would "drive a bigger wedge" between themselves and motorists.
A West Yorkshire Polcie spokesperson said: "We assured the public at the time that we would look into the matter, particularly around whether any potentially affected motorists might be due recompense.
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"As a result of this we are now satisfied that there is no basis in law that would entitle anyone to such a refund, which would in any case have had to come from the public purse.
"At the heart of this assessment is that motorists had opportunity to challenge the validity of the process in court at the time, and only those found guilty in these circumstances were penalised.
Hugh Bladen, founder member of The Association of British Drivers, said: "It is utterly disgraceful that the police are acting that you are guilty unless you can prove you are innocent.
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Paul Watters of the AA questioned why parking in West Yorkshire was being enforced by PCSOs with traffic warden powers rather than by local council civil enforcement officers.
He said that unlike with parking tickets issued under the civil system, rather than the criminal system, there is no independent adjudicator where motorists can appeal.
He said: "With fixed penalty notices the only appeal opportunity you get is to go to Magistrates' Court, which people are reluctant to do.
Assistant Chief Constable Andy Battle said last month that the force carried out a review of its PCSO powers in March, and realised that PCSOs had "not been correctly granted powers" to issue the penalty notices.
He said it had appointed PCSOs and granted them traffic warden powers to issue tickets to illegally parked vehicles.
But when it reviewed the powers, it realised road traffic legislation meant the force should instead have appointed traffic wardens and granted them PCSO powers so they could give the fines.
The force spokesperson today said: "This anomaly has since been corrected and our PCSOs now have the full range of powers available to them, as was always intended to be the case.


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June 21, 2020 Sunday Worship Resources
On Sunday, June 21, 2020 Zion will gather as an online community for Sunday worship and fellowship. We invite you to join us! Link to Livestream/Recording on Facebook (link goes live at 8:59 AM Sunday)
9:00 a.m.: Service of the Word led by Pastor Andrea Myers will be streamed live on Zion's Facebook page. An online bulletin with readings and responses is available to download below.
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9:30 a.m. (or immediately after worship): Musical offering by Sheldon Meyer, Zion's regular organist. He will be going live on his own Facebook page and we will share it to the Zion page as well.
10:00 a.m. Join us for a virtual coffee hour! Click on the link below with a device that has a camera. (If you've never joined a Zoom meeting before, you'll want to download the Zoom Client app before the start of the gathering.) You'll be asked to allow the program to use "computer audio" – please agree. We look forward to seeing and hearing from you!
Meeting ID: 662 798 543 Password: 028537
Or Call: 1 312 626 6799 and provide the Meeting ID and password listed above.
This Week's Announcements:
Exciting news! Zion will re-gather in person for outdoor worship services beginning on Sunday, June 28. Even as we gather in person, worship services will continue to be streamed online for the benefit of those unable to be present. We will gather on the lawn of the church under the following guidelines:
Members should stay at home and worship online if they or anyone in their household is sick or has symptoms: fever, cough, shortness of breath, chills, muscle aches, headache, sore throat, loss of taste or smell. Persons who are at higher risk for severe illness (elderly or underlying health conditions) are strongly encouraged to stay home and worship online.
Participants will be seated on the lawn at a safe distance (6-feet between households). Please bring your own lawn chair. One you've taken your seat, please remain seated until the conclusion of the service.
The service will be brief (less than 45 minutes). Any singing will be limited.
Participants and worship leaders will wear masks or other face coverings. Masks will be provided for those who arrive without one.
Participants are urged to avoid handshakes, hugs, elbow-taps, or other forms of physical contact that do not honor the safe distancing precautions.
The church building will be closed except to worship leaders and those in need of an emergency bathroom break.
In case of rain, the outdoor service will be cancelled and worship leaders will livestream the service from the sanctuary on Zion's Facebook page. Cancellations will be announced by 7:30 a. m. on Zion's Facebook page and via the Zion News email list.
Any additional instructions for the service will be provided as participants arrive.
Outdoor worship is planned through the month of July. Watch the Zion News email for any updates and changes due to weather or a significant rise in local COVID-19 cases. The new "Re-Gathering Task Force" continues its work to develop a comprehensive COVID-19 Preparedness Plan for Zion and, in collaboration with the Worship, Music, and Adult Education Team, make plans regarding worship services. These plans are being developed under the guidance and recommendations of our synod, the ELCA, and state public health officials. The members of our Worship, Music, & Adult Education team are Mackenzie Jones, Mary Goodrich, and Janet Becker. The members of the Re-Gathering Task Force are: Dan Lowis, Matt Strum, Mike Bottin, Mackenzie Jones, and Pastor Andrea. Please contact any of these individuals if you have questions.
Send Zion your mask photos! One of the ways our community is loving and serving our neighbors is with masks - wearing them, making them, donating for them, delivering them. Please send Zion your mask pictures so they can be included in a future worship service! Email to pastor@zionluthlakecrystal.org or text to Pastor Andrea: 507-402-1114.
Sign up today for the new Zion News email list and receive periodic updates about worship and life at Zion Lutheran! A signup form is located on the church website. Email allows us to share more frequent updates with our church family, which is especially important as the present health crisis continues to impact our ministry.
June caring coins will be collected the entire month of June. The June recipient is Crossroads Campus Ministry. Please mark 'caring coins' on your checks.
Help! We are looking for the church key that is typically kept in the church kitchen. Please check to see if you might have it and get it returned to the church. Thank you!
Invitation to Ecumenical Prayer: From Pentecost Sunday through the first Sunday in September, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton and her Episcopal counterpart Presiding Bishop Michael Curry welcome congregations and individuals to regularly pray "A Prayer for the Power of the Spirit Among the People of God." This prayer – crafted by a team of Lutheran and Episcopal prayer leaders in light of the COVID-19 pandemic – will connect us in common prayer and revive us for common mission, wherever and however we may be gathered.
Thank you for your faithful financial support of Zion's ministries during this challenging time. It's been wonderful to see how many of you have continued to share your offerings as you'd planned for 2020. Offering can be mailed to the Church Office (PO Box 236, Lake Crystal) or dropped off at the church. Please consider our eGiving options for making one-time or recurring donations electronically. Details available at: https://www.zionluthlakecrystal.org/giving.
Church Office Update: In order to limit traffic in the Church Office Suite and protect Zion staff, please use the table in the Narthex for picking up or dropping off items for the office. (A box is available on the table for collecting offerings or other messages.) A new "After Hours Drop Box" has also been installed next to the main entrance, to allow members to deliver notes, offerings, or return keys. Visitors in the church building are expected to wear masks or other face coverings. New summer office hours begin Monday: 8-2:30 pm Mon, Wed and Thursday, 8-noon Tuesday, and closed on Fridays.
In-Person Zion activities for small groups continue to be permitted under the following safe distancing guidelines:.
No more than 10 people, including leaders, will meet in the building at any time.
Only certain places of the building should be occupied (for cleaning purposes): Narthex, Fellowship Hall, New Bathrooms.
Groups should contact the church office (507-276-2849) to reserve the building.
Visitors will register at the front door with sign in and sign out.
Social distancing must be observed (6+ feet).
Wearing masked is expected.
No singing or unison speaking/praying (Lord's Prayer).
No communal food or beverages, and no use of the kitchen (may bring your own, but no sharing).
Zion groups should observe these guidelines whether they're meeting in the building or elsewhere. Phone or video conferencing options should continue to be used when appropriate, particularly for individuals over 65 and those with underlying health conditions (such as heart or lung disease or diabetes) who are at greater risk of severe illness or death from Covid-19. If your group would like assistance with setting up a Zoom video conference, please reach out to Pastor Andrea.
Pastor Andrea is available for conversation and prayer! Please reach out to her by phone or text at 507-402-1114. She's also happy to schedule one-on-one pastoral visits via Zoom video conferencing.
The Monday "Dwelling on the Word" study is now meeting online via Zoom. Newcomers are always welcome to join in this time of prayer, reflection and conversation centered around the gospel reading for the upcoming Sunday. To join us on Monday at 11:00, please go to: https://zoom.us/j/322134420.
Madelia Farmers Market is now open on Wednesdays from 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm. The new location is in the Church of Christ Parking Lot at the corner of Eager Avenue SE and 1st Street SE in Madelia.
January 17, 2021 Online Resources for Worship
January 3, 2021 Online Resources for Worship
Through January 3, the church building is open by appointment only. Please call ahead if you need assistance from the Church Office. Please click on "Coronavirus Updates" for details and guidelines for Zion activities.
Tuesday: 8:00am-noon
Closed Fridays
Lake Crystal, MN 56055
zioninfo@zionluthlakecrystal.org
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Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced a Rs 100 crore package for an underground piped water supply project for the western Odisha city of Sambalpur apart from a slew of other measures to contain the alarming spread of jaundice in the city.
After holding a review meeting on the alarming situation arising out of spread of jaundice here with the district administration, the Chief Minister announced a Rs 60 crore package for renovation of three nullahs – Dhobijor, Haradjor and Tangana – that drain into river Mahanadi.
Chief secretary Gokul Chandra Pati, Health secretary Arati Ahuja, Sambalpur collector Balwant Singh and other senior officials of concerned departments were present at the meeting.
Patnaik announced that those affected with jaundice will be provided with free diagnostics, treatment and medicines, besides free distribution of halogen tablets and bleaching powder in the affected areas.
It was decided at the meeting to set up 5 to 6 plastic water tanks of 6 lakh litres capacity each as an adhoc measure to provide safe drinking water in the affected areas of the town. Moreover, 50 community toilet blocks with 500 toilet seats in each will be set up in different areas to stop people from defecating in the open. Open defecation is a major problem in certain areas of Sambalpur town.
A state level team of experts will be stationed in the town for regular testing of blood as well as water samples, the Chief Minister said.
It was also decided at the meeting to go for an ultra-modern sewerage disposal/treatment project for Sambalpur.
Lastly, the Chief Minister said that a formal notification declaring VSS Medical College and Hospital in Burla as an autonomous institution will be made on January 1 next year.
Critics, however, said the Chief Minister's announcements and visit was aimed at the forthcoming elections to the Sambalpur municipality, which has been declared as a corporation by the Naveen Patnaik government. They termed it as an exercise to put in order the eroding base of the BJD in the town in view of the situation arising out of the outbreak of jaundice, which has claimed 21 lives according to unofficial figures.
The official figure, however, remains 17 with more than 1200 affected, most of them from the common class which votes.


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During summer 2017 Read Up reached over 1,000 kids at six elementary schools: Lapham, Mendota, Hawthorne, Chávez, Stephens and Lincoln. Due to the success of the 2017 fundraising campaign, Read Up book giveaways were also held at Nuestro Mundo and Falk reaching an additional 368 students. Read Up worked with MSCR in the afternoon portion of summer school to offer literacy-based activities and free book giveaways.
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If you would like to help Read Up get more books into the hands of kids, please consider contributing to the campaign via the Foundation for Madison's Public Schools. You can donate on their website or send a check to Read Up Madison Fund, c/o Foundation for Madison's Public Schools, 101 Nob Hill Road, Suite 300, Madison, WI 53713.
Through April 1, contributions to the campaign will be noted with a list published each Sunday in the Wisconsin State Journal. In addition to recognizing individual and corporate contributors -- in tiered groupings but without specific dollar amounts by name -- the list will include a running tally of total donations received to date. Those who do not wish to have their name published can simply request "anonymous" when making a contribution.
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Hundreds of years ago back in late 1997, my then employer invited staff to gain first-aid certification with St John Ambulance Australia. I decided to give it a go – partly to gain some useful knowledge, and partly because I thought it may give myself some much-needed confidence.
Fortunately, I passed the two-day course and got my certificate, although my level of confidence remained the same (ie: zero). Instead, I had given my then worry-wart self a new fear – having to give someone first aid and something going disastrously wrong.
Time passed. I was outsourced to a new employer. Every three years, I recertified my first-aid skills. There were a few very minor incidents at work where I was needed, but even then all I did was (a) check that colleagues who had already attended to themselves were okay and (b) record details about what had happened.
Several times over the years, instructors told us that apart from knowing how to help someone in danger, the best thing we could hope for was to never find ourselves in situations where first aid was needed. I found that mindset very reassuring indeed.
And then, almost 13 years after I first learned about first aid, I finally applied my training as detailed in this previous entry – and my late-1997 self would have been surprised and most of all relieved that I did something and kept my head.
Last weekend, I had to recertify again, and so off I went to another one-day course.
Admittedly, part of me wasn't looking forward to it for two main reasons. Firstly, by St John's own admission and from my own previous experience, the one-day recertification courses are quite draining and intense – and there would have been other things I would have much preferred to do that Saturday, which is usually my Sabbath.
Secondly, although my self-consciousness is nowhere near as bad as it used to be, there was still the uncomfortable prospect of having to do practical exercises with strangers, and especially with attractive female strangers.
Despite those misgivings, however, I went along.
And by day's end, thanks to how my life has changed during the past few years, I had surprised myself again.
Firstly, although it was an intense day of training and I was exhausted at the end, I had approached it with a much better mindset than before. Thanks once again to what I had read of Eckhart Tolle's The Power Of Now, I told myself that there was no point sitting in class all day and waiting for it to hurry up and finish, already – instead, focus on being there at each moment, and don't think about anything else. So, I did – and as a result, the day went by very fast and satisfyingly.
Secondly, I was still initially reluctant about having to do practical exercises, and noticing that a couple of very attractive women were sitting near me didn't help, either…but instead of succumbing to those fears, I decided to confront them. And I did – I cracked jokes, often took the lead in group exercises, and demonstrated that I was relaxed and reliable. As a result, I felt much better.
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the Yarra incident had given me something invaluable for completing the training – experience.
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The Clarkstown Police Department is currently investigating a train (CSX) vs. car accident which occurred at the Pineview Rd. crossing in West Nyack.
At approx 11:40 a.m. Clarkstown Police received a 911 call from a homeowner in the area alerting us of the collision. The train and vehicle are on fire. One reported injury of unknown type at this time sustained to the driver of the vehicle. The train is placarded to be carrying flammable liquids. Initial reports are that each tank contains less than 500 gallons of crude oil.
UPDATE — the "car" was a truck cab with a car carrier attached to its rig. The driver was throw from the vehicle and is in serious but stable condition.
The driver of the car carrier, Esad Sadikovic, 55, from Jacksonville, FL was transferred to Westchester Medical Center. He is being treated for multiple fractures. There were two engineers on the train. The train's driver was James McCormick, 30 and the second engineer was Ryan Pauley, 32, both from Jacksonville, FL. Neither sustained any injury.
The train was heading north on the tracks. The car carrier attempted to cross over the tracks in an easterly direction. There are no crossing gates at this location. The exact cause of the accident is still under investigation. The car carrier belongs to EKO transport also from Jacksonville, FL. The carrier was transporting five cars and one motorcycle. The extent of damage is as follows: two vehicles totaled, three vehicles and the motorcycle all have minor damage.


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The Crow Reboot Start Shooting Early 2015
by TheFran | Oct 27, 2014 | Movies & Series
Tags: Reboot-Remake, The Crow
It's been a long road to get the remake of The Crow into production, but according to producer Ed Pressman (Wall Street, American Psycho), they are finally looking to start shooting in 2015. The Crow reboot started its journey to the big screen back in 2010, and it's set to star Luke Evans.
The Crow reboot is being directed by F. Javier Gutierrez, and the creator of the gothic comic, James O'Barr is on board to help steer the movie in the right direction. O'Barr previously talked about his pitch for the movie:
"I love the story and I told them I'd do it because I love the story, but it's not a remake of the original. It's a new interpretation. Of course, we have to fill some parts and new elements, but there was so much beauty and passion to the original. A lot in there we could do that was never done. That's the main thing that captured my attention. We can do something original. The darkness, the beauty, the violence and love. That's what got me excited. A lot of fans responded to the original movie, but this is going to be different. This is going to give them some good gifts. We're going to pull some stuff from the original comic that's going to be tough and we're going to do it in an original and artistic way."
One easily forget that today's generation isn't familiar with "The Crow." The producer added that the remake would bring "a lot of parts of the story that were never really told" to the big screen.
Many of the hardcore fans of the original film have been very vocal and unhappy about this remake. But if you think about it, it can't be any worse than the sequels that have been made over the years. I'm curious to see how this movie turns out, and in the end I'm sure fans of The Crow are still going to see the movie.
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ie I have an empty $_GET array. How can make it nonempty with php?
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How much to lower the asking rent to generate more response?
ForumsArrowLandlord Forums & Rental Property QuestionsArrowHow much to lower the asking rent to generate more response?
I'm not getting much response at $1890. Departing tenant was paying $1770 and HUD said 2br here went up about $200 in 2 years so I went for it. Now the question is how low should I go to get interest. Does $100 make a lot of difference? My gut says no but people are funny. Arithmetic shows it's not worth losing a month for another $100. Thoughts?
The local pro pm I use as my role model says about $50 is the most you can raise rent each year and not ruffle feathers enough to prompt looking around. So yeah, $100 is something. My tenants moved here from another state and were telling me that while this is the highest rent they had ever paid, their utilities were lower so it almost evened out. It bothered them to pay so much...$1385. He makes over 100k.
Assuming rents have gone up $200 and you only raised yours $120 you are still under market. Be patient. For the best quality tenant you should be looking for someone to move in for June 1st at this point in time. You do not want someone that must move for May 1st. They are likely either being evicted or doing a midnight run. Confirm applicants have given their landlord proper legal notice. If you must take a tennat for May 1st put them on a M2M lease so you can get rid of them easier if necessary.
Don't base you decision on what HUD told you. Look at the newspaper, Zillow, Craigslist, and other sources to see what comparable rentals are renting for. It doesn't hurt to actually tour some comparable rentals to see how yours stacks up to the competition.
Before changing the asking rent, look at some of the other ads and compare how you described your rental. Sometimes just adding some of the positives for your rental can make a difference.


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A favorite here at Country's Chatter, Kellie Pickler, has been selected as an inductee in the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame. We couldn't be happier for Kellie. She is a talented, very sweet young woman, and all of North Carolina can certainly be proud of her accomplishments. Below is the press release from the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame, listing Kellie among their nominees for 2016. There is also information about the Induction Ceremony, which is open to the public. If you live in the Kannapolis, N.C. area, you might want to check out that information and make sure you get your tickets for the event.
[Press Release] The North Carolina Music Hall of Fame has announced this year's eight inductees. The Induction Ceremony takes place annually in October. The inductees are as follows:
The Avett Brothers – folk rock/bluegrass/Americana, from Concord, NC.
Band of Oz – popular pioneer Beach music band, from Raleigh, NC.
Chuck Brown (deceased) – funk guitarist known as the "Godfather of Go-go," from Gaston, NC.
Rhiannon Giddens & The Carolina Chocolate Drops – Grammy award winning old time string band, from Greensboro and Durham, NC.
Percy Heath (deceased) – jazz musician/bassist and a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet, born in Wilmington, NC.
David Holt – Grammy Award winning folk musician & story teller who appears regularly on PBS television, from Asheville, NC.
Kellie Pickler – country music singer/songwriter, winner of "Dancing with the Stars," finalist on "American Idol" and star of the CMT docu-comedy television series "I Love Kellie Pickler," from Albemarle, NC.
Ron Tyson – longtime member of the Temptations, from Monroe, NC.
The Induction Ceremony will take place on Thursday, October 20, 2016 in Kannapolis, NC. This red carpet event is open to he public. VIP and General Admission tickets will go on sale early this summer. Tickets will be available online and at the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame Museum, 600 Dale Earnhardt Blvd., Kannapolis. Contact the Hall of Fame Museum for more details:
www.NorthCarolinaMusicHallofFame.org, (704) 934-2320.
There are a lot of ways you can keep up with Kellie on social media. In addition to her website, be sure to visit her Facebook page. And, remember to 'Likke" it while you are there. Check out some of her videos on her YouTube channel by clicking here. And, follow her on Twitter @kelliepickler. If you aren't already following Country's Chatter on Twitter, we'd love to have you. You will find us @countryschatter.
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To assemble salad: Arrange tossed salad ingredients on a platter. Put sliced chicken on the side. Serve with a drizzle of the orange vinaigrette. Serve immediately.
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Das TV-Theater im ORF-Zentrum auf dem Küniglberg, das man über ein Foyer mit einem Ausblick über den Süden Wiens erreicht, weist eine 740 m² große Spielfläche auf und ist mit sechs Farbkameras ausgestattet. Bei der Planung dieses Theaters wurden unter anderem die Erfahrungen eines im Juli 1968 in Wien abgehaltenen Symposiums internationaler Bühnenfachleute berücksichtigt.

Insgesamt hat das große Fernsehtheater (Studio Z1) eine Fläche von 1.500 m² und bietet 500 Zusehern Platz. Es ist damit das größte Fernsehstudio Österreichs.

Im TV-Theater des ORF-Zentrums wurden ausschließlich Boulevardstücke gespielt, in denen namhafte nationale und internationale deutschsprachige Schauspieler auftraten. Das TV-Theater hatte seine Hochblüte zwischen 1977 und 1984. Jährlich wurden zwei bis vier Komödien produziert.

Die ersten Proben dauerten drei Wochen im Proberaum. Darauf folgten zehn weitere Probetage gemeinsam mit einem technischen Mitarbeiter im Studio. Verliefen die Proben erfolgreich, so erfolgten zwei bis drei öffentliche Aufführungen mit Publikum. Die letzte Aufführung wurde jeweils im österreichischen Fernsehen auf ORF 1 im Hauptabendprogramm am Samstagabend um 20:15 Uhr live ausgestrahlt.

Obwohl das TV-Theater im Studio 1 im ORF-Zentrum Küniglberg noch existiert, werden derzeit keine Theaterstücke produziert.

Boulevardkomödien (Auswahl)
 1977: Der Unverbesserliche (mit Ossy Kollmann, Alma Seidler, Lotte Ledl, Fred Liewehr, Herbert Kucera)
 1978: Rücksichtslos dankbar, Lustspiel von Wolfgang Boesch (mit Waltraut Haas, Ossy Kollmann, Harry Fuss)
 1979: Laßt uns lügen, Lustspiel von Alfonso Paso (mit Elfriede Ott, Ossy Kollmann, Walter Reyer, Sonja Jeannine)
 1980: Keine Leiche ohne Lilli, Lustspiel von Jack Popplewell (mit Elfriede Ott, Otto Tausig)
 1982: Die Perle Anna, Lustspiel von Marc Camoletti (mit Elfriede Ott, Ossy Kollman)
 1983: Boeing Boeing (mit Liselotte Pulver, Klaus Wildbolz, Herwig Seeböck), basierend auf der US-amerikanischen Filmkomödie Boeing-Boeing

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This was to be a "Bucket List" visit that had lingered, unfulfilled, long after numerous trips to Europe. There had been visits to the Nürburgring, Brooklands and Reims-Gueux tracks, but the Autodromo Nazionale Monza and its iconic history was the missing circuit. A recent trip to Italy finally checked that track off the list.
Built in just 110 days back in 1922, the track, located in one of the largest public parks in Europe, is just a 15-minute trip to the suburbs by regional train from Milan's Central Station. As with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Monza was first built primarily as a test facility for automobile manufacturers, but as with Indy, testing soon turned to racing, and the Grand Prix track, along with a shallow-banked oval, opened for competition in autumn of that year.
Much of the original 3.4-mile (now 3.5-mile) Grand Prix circuit remains mostly unchanged from the original, and is used primarily for the Italian Grand Prix and Moto GP motorcycle racing. Several renovations, especially after WW II destroyed much of the circuit, have brought the racing facility and its spectator amenities up to modern racing standards.
The original oval was torn down in the late 1930's, but was replaced in 1955 by a very high-banked 2.6-mile concrete oval that played host to a pair of Race of Two Worlds events in 1957-58, among other events. Those races matched Indianapolis 500 roadsters against various F1 cars of the day. Jimmy Bryan and Troy Ruttman won those 500-milers but that track remains unused for racing since 1969 (except for the annual Rally of Monza). The dangerous oval still lies in a state of some decay today; a wall of concrete whose banking many visitors still try, but fail, to climb.
Arriving in Monza for a morning tour of the track involved a 15-minute taxi ride from the train station and a walk to the infield where an "Infopoint" office signed us up for a 90-mph ride around the road course and an English-language tour of the facility. Tours are available on most days when there is no on-track activity. We made arrangements on line for the visit prior to leaving for Italy; a plan that had been highly recommended.
After seeing so many Italian Grand Prix races on TV over the years, the high-speed van ride was thrilling, with the chicanes leaving a lasting impression of how 20 open-wheel racers manage to get through those tight apexes safely (which they often don't). The iconic names of Ascari, Fangio, Moss, Hill and Clark hung heavy over the track as memories of their races from long ago jumped out in front of the van.
After the ride, the infield paddock area offered several souvenir shops and a café where we had a bite to eat before our afternoon tour.
Our tour guides for the day were two college-age girls who were well versed in the track's history and provided an informative time for the two of us plus an Italian gentleman (the tour was given in both English and Italian).
The hour-long walk took us to the media center, race control, the pit and paddock area and the post-race winner's podium among others. No celebratory champagne was provided however.
After the tour ended, the Infopoint office served up the highlight of the day. Knowing that I wanted to walk on the old high-banked oval, they pointed out a path through the woods and an open gate that allowed us to finish-off the Bucket List visit to the historic banked track. We spent a half-hour trying to crawl up the steep banking, shooting pictures and walking for a while on the concrete surface, thinking about the James Garner movie "Grand Prix" that was filmed here back in the mid-1960's dramatizing American Phil Hill's 1961 World Championship-clinching race.
A slow walk back to the paddock and an expensive stop for some souvenir items ended the day, but the real memories were brought home with the thoughts of finally making a dream come true. Thanks to all at the track for making this memorable day possible.


Weston Brandt, also known as "Brandt," on Aug. 26.
He is survived by his wife, Adeline Javois Brandt: daughter, Petrina Thompson Brandt; son, Easton Brandt; grandsons: D'Mari Thompson Riley and Antwone Brandt; granddaughter, Shenola Brandt; brothers: David, Joseph, Wendell and Mike; sister, Josette; nieces: Darlene, Arlene, Magdalene, Claudena, Janelle, Nicole, Laurian, Maudelcia and Judith; and nephews: Victor James Jr., David Brandt Jr., Wendell Brand Jr., Vance Brand, Junior, Kenny and Gershom; and son-in-law, Omari Riley.
He is also survived by brother-in-law, Victor James; sister-in-law, Verna Julian; and special friends: Lori and Chris Hillstrand, Leroy "Danny" and Sandra Allen, Rosie, Tito and Jr. Shoy, Rodney "Sunny" Greenaway, Henry "Castro" Sadler, Sharon and Leroy Jackson, the Reid family, the Allen family, Josepha Fenton, the Daley family, the Molyneaux family, William Greer, John Henry, Noel Hussey, James Greenaway, Johnnie Ham and Miss Agnes, Fittest Man and Gas Tank.
Other survivors include his cat, Diamond Girl Brandt; dog, Jerry Brandt; other relatives and friends too numerous to mention.
Special thanks to all the families for whom he had worked as a caretaker over the past few years, and the friends and neighbors who have visited and supported the family in its time of bereavement.
A viewing will be held at 8:30 a.m. and a funeral service at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 7, at Peter's Rest Seventh-day Adventist, Estate Peter's Rest. Interment will follow at Kingshill Cemetery.