Twyla Garrett says We know our production and the prospective it offers. Twyla Garrett says We are looking for prospective who are organized to grow.
Many would-be entrepreneurs are fixed from the outset from the want of a best idea. But in mind Of Young, this is the easiest and most straightforward difficulty of all. Think about the people you know and the areas of hurt they are feeling. Think about a difficulty you are having yourself, Large or small, and what it would take to lessen the matter or even get it fully resolved.
2. Control and Define Your Market.
Once you have a great idea, consider who your customer is and where your market will be. One of Young's close friends, for example, secured a publishing contract to write a book about dating strategies for men. She spent two years on the project, excitedly telling Young there was no other book like it. Well, it turned out the reason it was the only such book on the shelf was that men do not buy books about how to date. There was no market for the topic and therefore no require for her product.
To take your business to the market, what will you need? What will be your channel for delivery? Will you direct market your invention? Will you sell it in retail? Who and what do you need to achieve this, in terms of budget, materials, execution and inside and outside expertise? How will you measure the metrics of each of your efforts to determine how to tweak and evolve your plan as you go? Create a mind map of all of the various spokes in your wheel and then make a list and a timeline of the steps you will take to keep the project from overwhelming you.
As a communicator, I am happy to see this step come early. Develop a vision for your company, imagining what it looks and feels like as it comes to fruition as a fait accompli, preferably in long hand. Ask yourself these questions: What is the workspace like? Are there other people in it or just you? What is the attitude and atmosphere there? What does your typical day look and feel like? What type of customers do you have? Are they local, national, global? Consumers or partners? What amount of money are you making? What does your lifestyle look like? When you know exactly what you are working toward, it is much easier to direct your work toward that aim.
Every time you enter a meeting, get on a call, or communicate with another through digital means, remind them of where they fit into your vision. Give them a little bit of your heart and inspire them to give a little bit of their own to advancing the vision with you. Then stay engaged about what you are working on, and more importantly, why it matters.
6.Know the Nuts and Bolts.
Engage with experts as Required. But progressively know all that you can about the nuts and bolts of how your business operates. This will allow you to tweak and improve the process as you go, and to make it more resilient as the company grows. Remember that one of your high objectives, in most every case, is to eventually build a company that can operate partly or entirely without you.
Do your utmost to hire for attitude, integrity and "fire in the belly" – not for brightness, optimism or the right educational pedigree. If you feel in your gut that a hire is not right, act quickly. The business landscape is filled with thoughts of "but maybe if we manage her differently." Or, "He was here with me at the start.
Time and again, companies hire the right people but then fail to train and prepare them for their actual job, hoping they will jump in and figure it out on their own. This is a recipe for disaster. Remember, you do not need to train them on exactly how they accomplish the steps in their job. But you must be explicit about the why — how their work fits into the overall results the organization required to achieve.
9. Get Clear on Your Message.
This is not simply your vision. This is the outward-facing messaging of your company that you share with the world. Too many founders get so caught up in the weeds of getting the work done and landing the next deal they lose sight of the need to communicate their message clearly. Furthermore, remember that your customers' role is not to make you successful. Their intention is to satisfy their own needs.
10. Market with Concerted Strategies.
11. Learn to Sell…And Keep Learning.
You can excel in every other step, but your business success will depend greatly (if not entirely) on how well you can sell. Learn the art of selling. Get outside help where required. Observe your customers as to what caused their eyes to either light up or glaze over, and when it happened. Perpetually hone your sales structure and strategy as it will be one of the biggest influencers (along with supply and the ability to support your growing customer community) on your ability to scale.
12. Be a True Advocate for Your Business.
Young observed a national insurance agency recently as it received an award for high sales. Every agent made ample visits to its customers, on site. They drove company cars, tastefully wrapped in great advertising. They were a walking embodiment of the values they represented. Likewise, the founder of WebMD is a walking advocate for the company.
Remember, customers will return and will spread the news to others when their experience exceeds their expectations. It is never the other way around. For example, when Young purchased a Mercedes Benz car several years ago, he noted that when he picked up his car, as soon as he opened the door he was met by a collection of branded welcome gifts.
There are some companies who go it alone, and others that become masterful at finding and forging strategic alliances. When you find an ideal partner (or set of partners) that makes it possible for you to cross market to each others' customer lists, you may find yourself stronger within the partnership than either participant could have been on their own. To identify ideal partners, think of companies that have complementary products and services to your own. The tie does not required to be a direct one.
No matter how great your product, you must perpetually innovate your offerings or you will die. VHS customers evolved to the DVD market, for example, and are now migrating in droves to streaming content delivered online. Here is a great case study example: Corning cookware has enjoyed a long history as a main provider in the cookware industry. But gradually their marketshare was eroded by foreign manufactures competing at lower price points.
16. Empower Your Team to Fail Forward.
You must allow your management team to run forward as opposed to micromanaging every aspect of what they do to mirror the way it would have been accomplished by you. Ideally, you should be hiring people who are smarter than you. Find people with the ability to play at the things you are required to work at.
The concept of the "artist's date" comes from the book "The Artist's Way," by Julia Cameron. But put more simply it is vital that you create opportunities to get out and away from your business at regular intervals to detach your mind from the daily grind of your work. Find ways to do things that are completely different and even indulgent — walks through museums or afternoon movies.
18. Think of Your Company as an Asset.
19. Keep Your Finances in Check.
Poor financial management is one of the biggest mistakes founders make. There are three primary missteps that occur: 1) Founders leave early participants on the payroll long beyond the value they bring. The cost is astronomical, as payroll is destined to be your largest recurring expense. Furthermore, employees who are no longer growing and rising often become discontented and disengaged, creating even more harm to the business than the monetary cost they extract. 2) Marketing options and costs are never-ending.
20. Know When to Replace Yourself.
If you are truly successful, you will create a company that will eventually outgrow you. The personality of a great entrepreneur is seldom the personality of an outstanding corporate manager. Too often, companies that grow to $5M, $20M or $50M continue to operate under the original founder well beyond the point they should.


Dec. 3, 2016 8:00 p.m.
CBC News this morning reported former Bank of Canada governor David Dodge saying, "Building pipelines will pay off." In some circumstances that may be right but only if it's in the correct context, i.e. a livable world. There is growing evidence that in order to avoid catastrophic global warming we must limit warming to less than 2 degrees C. There is also growing evidence that in order for us to limit warming to 2 degrees we can continue to extract oil and gas from existing developed fields but not from expansion fields.
Evidence is also building that limiting oil and gas extraction to existing fields while transitioning to renewables, nuclear, bio and other proven sources of energy will benefit the economy. For a recent analysis see 'The Sky's Limit'  from Oil Change International.


Malaysia property Q&A : How can I evict my tenant for not paying rental?
March 5, 2016	6 comments	6964	Legal	I wish for your advice on the right process to reclaim back my shop premises after my tenant has not paid the rental for three consecutive months , Malaysia property Q&A : How can I evict my tenant for not paying rental?
I wish for your advice on the right process to reclaim back my shop premises after my tenant has not paid the rental for three consecutive months.
Chris Tan of Chur Associates.
A tenancy agreement allows the landlord to evict the tenant and/or to recover possession of the demised premises upon the non-payment of rent, nonetheless the landlord is prohibited from evicting the tenant and/or to recover possession of the demised premises without a court order.
4. the eviction order could take three to six months at Sessions Court and the costs of the proceeding would varies from RM7,000-RM25,000 depending on whether the tenant is contesting the said summon.
Under Section 28(4) of the Civil Law Act: "Every tenant holding over after the determination of his tenancy shall be chargeable, at the option of his landlord, with double the amount of his rent until possession is given up by him or with double the value during the period of detention of the land or premises so detained, whether notice to that effect has been given or not".
In most circumstances, where the tenant left the demised premises without informing the landlord, the landlord would proceed with self-help measures. If the landlord breaks the lock to take possession of the demised premises himself, the landlord might be slapped with a civil suit by the tenant claiming for an exorbitant amount for the landlord's purported "self-help" however.
The current practice is for the landlord to lodge a police report and break the lock in the presence of a police officer and other independent witnesses in order to avoid further complications. A prudent landlord would take as many as possible photos of the interior of the demised premises to ensure that the tenant would not later claim loss of properties.
It is also advisable to place a notice on the front of the property informing the tenant if he wants to take back his assets in the house, he shall contact the landlord within 1 or 2 weeks' time. Besides, you may also place a photocopy of the landlord's police report together with the notice to indicate that the landlord had made the police report.
It is pertinent to note that shutting off the utilities is not advisable because it would put the landlord at a greater risks for being sued for damages for the electronic items etc, worse still if the tenant is bed-ridden and relying on the life-support machine.
I purchased a serviced apartment and was allotted 2 parking lots side by side as per sales and purchase agreement. During construction my parking lots were changed to 2 tandem lots (back to back) due to compliance with local authority as claimed by developer. After handing of vacant possession of the apartment I requested reallottment of parking lots due to impracticality . Developer denied my request. Can I have recourse in this and ask for compensation as I will have difficulty renting out my apartment.
What course of action can I take?
Refer to the case of a tenant still reluctant to return premise back to landlord even tenancy had expired.
(1) Is it valid that a landlord put special terms in tenancy agreement before the tenancy start, to indicate that in such a case of whereby tenant fail to pay rent or reluctant to return premise after tenancy expire, landlord will reclaim back the premise after given a black & white notice letter to tenant within 1 or 2 weeks' time to return premise. Will such special term be valid, with landlord & tenant sign below that term before a tenancy is started ? The purpose of this is to prevent landlord from being going through a quite long period of time (by lawsuit) before can reclaim back the premise even if landlord not plan claim back the debts owed.
(2) Is it valid, in law or court, that any special terms which both party (landlord & tenant) are agreed being signed in tenancy agreement ?
(3) In the case of a tenant had changed phone contact number or correspondance address without informing landlord, can the landlord put special terms in tenancy that "Tenant must update landlord on latest change of phone contact number & correspondance address immediately by letter, otherwise any notice or message send by landlord to the last updated contact number or correspondance adddress will deemed to be delivered" ?
Would much appreciate a reply. Thank you in advanced.
(1) Applicable and if both tenant and landlord agreed.
Hi. My boss have 4 lot of lands. Then we rent it out to a company for the company to continue their business. The company business is related to fish. Therefore, there were ponds with fishes in the lands. However, the rental expired on 31/05/2017. Then on 29/06/2017 they email me asking to renew or new tenancy. We want to make new tenancy and they agreed to it. The finalised agreement is on 25/07/2017. The said agreement supposedly start 1/07/2017 to 30/06/2018 (1 year). Monthly rental is RM6,000.00 But they keep on delaying to execute the agreement saying that their director is overseas. Later on 5/09/2017 they email us said that their management decides to extend the agreement with us.
So we already sent over a few notice of demand asking them to pay outstanding rental for 3 months from july 2017 to september 2017 equal to RM18,000 , deliver vacant possession on 30/09/2017 and double rental if they failed to complied with the notice. They did reply saying the finalised agreement is end of July 2017 therefore the calculation of rental starts on August 2017. We reply saying we don't agree to it. Since they decided not to continue with the agreement so we only referred to the previous agreement that already expired on 31/05/2017. And the correct calculation is supposedly from June 2017 to september 2017 equal to RM24,000-00. Then we claim for Rm24,000-00 and stating that as long as they still occupying the land they liable for the rental.
We also stated that they can't enter the lands unless and until they pay the arrears so if they enter they consider as trepass. Later, on 13/09/2017 my boss saw 1 lorry came enter into the lands and suspected they take out the fish out. So my boss has made a police report.
They replied not agree to it because they referred to our 1st notice and said that we both agreed verbally that the rental in June 2017 is being waived. As far as we concerned never did we verbally agreed to it. Not in any of our email conversations and not in our telephone conversation. We replied by mostly similar to the previous notice only we add on saying that we made police report due to trespassed by their employee.
Then they only replied not agree to the claims of RM24,000-00 never reply about the trespassed.
But since our boss does not want to prolong the matter anymore we just agreed to claim from july 2017 – september 2017 equals to RM18,000-00 &vacant possession. However, they never replied to us at all after that. Even in their replied before never did they mention whether they agreed to pay the amount or to vacant possession or need more time to vacant the lands.
We wait until 30/09/2017. Since no response from the tenant anymore we decided to proceed with legal action. our boss has instructed lawyer to proceed with distress. The hearing is on 11/10/2017.
So, 1st question does the above action by us are right? Is distress helps us? Because honestly I think distress is not the right way. There is other way is more suitable. Like just proceed with writ summon and statement of claim for rental, double rental, vp and trespass. After getting judgment and if the tenant still not paying or deliver vp we can proceed with writ of possession and committal proceeding.
then 2nd question what do you think the right proceeding?
Hi, in this case, the right channel is to refer to the lawyer who know best what to do.


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Finally, An Explanation for the Exclamation Mark!
He is indeed. His most recent lecture was on Monday (yesterday), at the University of Durham Institute of Advanced Studies, in their 'Evidence on Trial' series, entitled ' Fakes, Forgeries and the Turin Shroud: the scientific evidence.' It can be heard (audio only although it was clearly an illustrated lecture) at https://www.dur.ac.uk/resources/ias/audio/Tite.mp3.
I put that exclamation mark because the date had been leaked in the press certainly as medieval for some time, so it was really saying 'there you are; you've known it all along.' Various other interpretations were put on it – rather more sinister ones – so it wasn't a very helpful thing for me to do, but that was the reason. That was my response.
Later Tite suggests that the image may have been associated with a real crucifixion, perhaps of a crusader. He is particularly taken with the wrist rather than hand bloodstains.
The primary underlying theme of the lecture will be the role of scientific examination in providing evidence for the authenticity of antiquities that supplements the evidence provided by their stylistic attributes. The methods of scientific examination will include the investigation of the raw materials and fabrication methods used in the production of stone, metal and glass antiquities together with thermoluminescence dating of ceramics and radiocarbon dating of organic materials. Examples of the application of these methods will include the Getty kouros, the British Museum crystal skull, Etruscan bronze figurines, Neolithic pottery from Anatolia, the Turin Shroud and the Vinland Map. The damage caused to our understanding of the past by the illegal excavation of antiquities together with the consequent ethics of collecting and authenticating antiquities will also be considered.
Good for Dr. Michael Tite, whom Ian Wilson has always defended. Wilson also told 'Time' that he was absolutely sure that the Shroud wrapped a dead body.
Dr. Tite also had the opportunity to see the relic once again during the Round Table held in Turin, to which he was invited by Cardinal Severino Poletto. I remember the late Daniel Raffard de Brienne, who was also present at the event, telling me that he found it amusing that those in the anti-authenticity camp were in favour of another round of radiocarbon dating.
Based on his background, Dr. Tite is missing a substantial amount of actual science. In 1988, he traded it for money.
Why these scientists are still defending the results of Carbon Dating and not the sampling procedure? This implies that they traded results for money.
It implies no such thing, and I don't believe either Sampath or Dcn Andy really think it does. They are suggesting that the scientists responsible for the carbon dating, eight in the USA, six in Britain and two in Switzerland, were all paid either to falsify the results, or to keep quiet about the falsification. Not to mention the other five authors of the Nature paper. I consider this calumny as absurd as Stephen Jones's hacker hypothesis, and I think that if either Sampath or Dcn Andy give the implications of their throwaway remarks a moment's thought, they will agree with me. I certainly hope so.
Yes Hugh your logic iscorrect. My problem is why no one is talking about the sampling procedure. Although the scientists followed the correct procedures to get the results the sample they analysed was not a representative one. Why these scientists are not mentioning the sample is a Grab sample from the controversial corner and not the representative one from the whole shroud.
My logic is impeccable. Your suggestion that "they traded results for money" and Dcn Andy's that Dr Tite traded 'science' 'for money' suggests that all those defending a medieval date for the Shroud either knew or suspected that that their finding was false, but were paid off, satisfactorily, for their perpetual silence. Is that in fact what you and Dcn Andy believe?
Their finding of a medieval date was wrong because their sampling was wrong. Are you agreeing or not?
No, I certainly don't agree. I find the evidence that the sample dated was inadequate is insufficient to discredit the medieval date. Others disagree, and that's fine. What isn't fine is the implication that those who carried out the carbon dating knew that the date was wrong and were paid to lie about their findings, as you and Dcn Andy suggest.
Are there any reason why they never talk anything about the wrong sampling procedure? They talk only about the results. Why?
There are many possibilities. As far as the sample itself was concerned, there was no need to discuss whether it was representative or not as there was no reason to suppose that it wasn't. There still isn't, in my view. If you mean why is there no discussion about the details of the protocols established and subsequently substantially changed, culminating in an hour of discussion between Riggi and Gonella about where to make the cut, then I imagine they didn't think it relevant to the radiocarbon dating itself. The Catholic Church, as I understand it, commissioned The British Museum to coordinate the dating, but it was the Catholic Church which decided which laboratories to use and where the sample was to be taken from. That having been done, by whichever means, any further comment was irrelevant.
There does seem to have been a certain amount of internecene wrangling. However, there is insufficient evidence that any of it affected the accuracy of the radiocarbon date, and for the report commissioned by Cardinal Ballestrero to discuss his, or his colleagues', squabbles would have been inappropriate.
No examination was made of the chemical composition of the sample, which was taken from the dirtiest site on the Shroud.
Another problem was that when Cardinal Anastasio Ballestrero and Dr. Michael Tite remained in the sacristy for more than an hour, the period when the samples were put into the containers, nothing was videotaped. This gave rise to the story about a sample-switching plot, particularly in France.
There is no evidence that this happened, but one can see how everything went wrong from beginning to end.
The sample removing did not follow the established protocol.
Experts have chosen a bad location for cutting the sample.
I do not question the technical laboratory procedures for dating the sample by AMS, but dating discrepancies should raise doubts about homogeneity of the sample and presence of rogue fibers, a fact that had not been considered.
It's true that at least british scientists were very glad with the results of radiocarbon dating, and there was an obscure funding for the British Museum after the press release announcing the results 1260-1390 A.D.-NEVERTHELESS THIS IS BY NO MEANS EVIDENCE THAT THE RESULTS WERE FALSIFIED….
Later studies as everyone knows( I will not go on arguing..) confirmed what previous Shroud researchers as Professor Adler supposed I mean that the sample was not representative of the rest of the Shroud, backing Sue Benford and Joe Marino's reweaving hypothesis.
So it turns out we stil don't have a valid radiocarbon dating of the Shroud.
A new radiocarbon sample should be done only after a mature analysis by experts from several fields of science namely textile, physics and chemistry.
Professor Rogers pointed out that thymol use in cleaning the Shroud container could compromise the accuracy of a new radiocarbon dating of the cloth.
If the Savoy's cutted small pieces of the Shroud and also extrated threads to integrate them into copies of the Shroud or as gifts as historian Dr. Carlos Evaristo claims, then this will make things even worse for an accurate new radiocarbon dating.
I originally made the point that Michael Tite apparently said in his lecture that it was he who insisted on there being textile experts to ensure that this area was not a reweave.
You need to explain why these specialists got it wrong and no one who was present had any issues with the sample. So far as I can see those with a problem with the sample were not there, were not experts in medieval weaves,and have not themselves examined this corner of the Shroud. Nor have they been able to provide even photographic evidence to suggest that the sample area is unrepresentative of the whole.
Raes (textile expert who has personally examined the Shroud) chose a nearby location to take his so called "Raes Sample". Vidal and Testore (textile experts who have personally examined the Shroud) have chosen that corner to take the C14 sample. Vercelli and Flury-Lemberg (textile experts who have personally examined the Shroud) found the same corner homogeneous with the rest of the Shroud. If Professor (?) Marinelli or others have a problem thinking that this is a bad location, I do not know what can convince them.
Professor [?] Rogers pointed out that thymol use in cleaning the Shroud container could compromise the accuracy of a new radiocarbon dating of the cloth.
The C14 date might change marginally using a sample contaminted by thymol , but in order to move foward the date by 1300 years (what sindonologists wish) the amount of thymol (which is a white solid) in the sample should weigh more that the linen. Furthermore, C14 samples are cleaned with organic solvents before the C14 determination, and the traces of thymol would be removed anyway. Actually, the late Ray Rogers also said (this time correctly) that a new C14 analysis could be performed using the charred material from the 1532 fire removed during restauration of 2002, since fire does not alter the ratio between carbon isotopes.
I have commented before that Thymol treated antiquities have been, and perhaps still are, subjected to radiocarbon dating with no ill effect.
And as I commented recently, it will continue to go on and on and on with absolutely no resolution.
The main flaw I see is that a well-established practice of taking grab samples from known ancient textiles was followed, such as those found in tombs, burial clothes and mummy wrappings. That is fine for such cloths where there can be better than reasonable confidence that such cloths have never been subject to any kind of recent repair.
That is not the case with the Shroud. It is known that the Savoy family removed small pieces and threads from time to time, as occasional gifts for family members, and various notables. Repairs were carried out to preserve the appearance of the cloth, and it has been alleged that these were skilfully done to the point of being difficult to detect. Therefore the underlying assumption of homogeneity, the basis for a grab sample, is highly suspect.
We all know that Raymond Rogers, the one chemist who was most familiar with the chemistry of the Shroud was convinced that he had detected such a repair at the site of the grab sample. That is sufficient in itself to raise suspicion.
The exception is omitting to mention the importance of representative sampling in any such analysis. Even scientists with their specialist expertise are often unaware of the proper techniques involved in taking truly representative samples, and lack the necessary training in proper sampling theory. They are more often focused on the complex technology of their own particular discipline, than they are of being aware of the complex mathematical techniques involved in the theory of Applied Statistics essential to a valid testable sampling regime.
There is course a practicable problem in conserving the integrity of the relic, and it would seem likely that this was a significant factor in the choice of the 1988 sampling site. Perhaps further testing would be better deferred to a later time when less intrusive testing might eventually become available.
In the meantime, we may have to be satisfied with the fact of ongoing controversy among the diverse points of view. However, because of the lack of representative sampling in 1988, I consider it an error of close-mindedness to make any kind of dogmatic assertions concerning the 1988 sampling. Remember, that no other kind of tests on the sample, apart from radiocarbon dating, were permitted at that time!
We also have to remember that any reweaving,not that any has actually been found in the sample area, does not lead to a first century date. I get shirt collars mended after five years, a 1350 Shroud might well need mending in 1530. The odd thing is that that the areas that needed patching up were not patched up or only in such a way that the patching was obvious.
I know of no case where a relic was touched up in a way that new material fitted with the original. I am not sure why this would ever be done, they would have wanted to preserve the identity of the original, not try to add something similar to it that might deceive anyone. In the case of the Shroud they seem to have wanted to preserve signs of a past history, the poker holes and the firemarks, not conceal them.
The reweave theory never made any sense.
Sebastian Valfré, according to legend, insisted on using black thread for exactly that reason, to distinguish his work from the original, and the Poor Clares and other patch repairers made no attempt whatever to do a neat job – three quarters of their patches didn't even cover the holes they were trying to mend!
Apart from the very obvious mending around the burns, and the hemming around the edges of the cloth, there is no evidence of any repair elsewhere on the Shroud, is there?
According to the textile experts, no.
According to Rogers' experiments on actual Raes/C14 threads, yes (cotton content, dye, splice in Raes#1,vanillin).
There is a conflict between two types of expertise.
The Shroud must be dated again.
And as I stated above it yet goes on and on and on ….
The only obvious patches were the burn hole repairs of 1532 by a group of Poor Clare nuns, who were given the simple task of patching up what was nearly a major disaster.
"The reweave theory never made any sense." ??!! It does make sense for instance that Margaret of Austria, with all the resources she had available and well-known for her particular skills in tapestry, would seek to preserve the integrity and original appearance of this important Savoy endowment. Similarly, it also makes sense that Princess Clotilde might well act likewise in 1868!
So long as no one can see any signs of reweaving this is a futile exercise. The integrity of the Shroud was not an issue when the corners were cut off, possibly by none less that Margaret of Austria, to hand around. The reweave theory comes out of the sky and has no connection with any reality. Again and again, we have been awaiting evidence in support of it but it has never come.
All these people might well have thought the Shroud was a bit tatty and needed a quick stitch here and there to make it a bit more presentable, and no doubt Margaret and Clothilde were excellent seamstresses themselves and with access to others even better. However, there is no evidence that any of them did anything, apart from the exceptions already mentioned. Mending, extra threads, interweaving and extra stitches are all visible, and there is absolutely no sign of them even under the magnification of Shroud 2.0. Anybody who disagrees can either post a screengrab of the relevant spot, or must insist that truly invisible mending is actually possible, which it isn't.
"Rogers (not myself – [ie TH]), using micro-chemistry, found a dye on the other Raes (and C14) threads he had.
Suggests it may be indicative of some kind of reweaving to me! T'ain't homogeneous!
Not really. A smudge of water soluble material – not dye – on a few fibres less than a centimetre long, and a thread which appears to be glued end-to-end – not spliced – in wholly insufficient to persuade me that radiocarbon sample was inadequate.
The words 'dye' and 'splice' have in my view been overemphasised. A dye suggests a waterfast chemical rather than something embedded in a water-soluble gum, and a splice something with rather more structural integrity than the end-to-end joint observed.


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   * @type {gmfThemes.GmfOgcServer} ogcServer OGC server to use.
   * @private
   */
  this.gmfServer_;

  /**
   * @type {Array.<gmfThemes.GmfLayerWMS>}
   * @export
   */
  this.gmfLayerNodes = [];

  /**
   * @type {?gmfThemes.GmfLayerWMS}
   * @export
   */
  this.selectedGmfLayerNode = null;

  /**
   * @type {Object.<number, Array.<ol.Feature>>}
   * @export
   */
  this.featuresCache_ = {};

  /**
   * @type {Array.<ol.Feature>}
   * @export
   */
  this.features = null;

  /**
   * @type {?ol.Feature}
   * @export
   */
  this.selectedFeature = null;

  /**
   * @type {Object.<number, string>}
   * @private
   */
  this.geomTypeCache_ = {};

  /**
   * @type {string|undefined}
   * @export
   */
  this.selectedGeomType = undefined;

  $scope.$watch(
    () => this.selectedGmfLayerNode,
    (newVal, oldVal) => {
      this.selectedFeature = null;

      if (newVal) {
        this.getFeatures_(newVal).then(
          this.handleGetFeatures_.bind(this, newVal)
        );
        this.getGeometryType_(newVal).then(
          this.handleGetGeometryType_.bind(this, newVal)
        );
      }
    }
  );

  /**
   * @type {string}
   * @export
   */
  this.themeName = 'ObjectEditing';

  this.gmfThemes_.loadThemes();

  this.gmfThemes_.getOgcServersObject().then((ogcServers) => {

    // (1) Set OGC servers
    this.gmfServers_ = ogcServers;

    this.gmfThemes_.getThemesObject().then((themes) => {
      if (!themes) {
        return;
      }

      let i, ii;

      // (2) Find OE theme
      let theme;
      for (i = 0, ii = themes.length; i < ii; i++) {
        if (themes[i].name === this.themeName) {
          theme = themes[i];
          break;
        }
      }

      if (!theme) {
        return;
      }

      // (3) Get first group node
      const groupNode = theme.children[0];

      // (4) Set OGC server, which must support WFS for this example to work
      goog.asserts.assert(groupNode.ogcServer);
      const gmfServer = this.gmfServers_[groupNode.ogcServer];
      if (gmfServer && gmfServer.wfsSupport === true && gmfServer.urlWfs) {
        this.gmfServer_ = gmfServer;
      } else {
        return;
      }

      const gmfLayerNodes = [];
      for (i = 0, ii = groupNode.children.length; i < ii; i++) {
        if (groupNode.children[i].metadata.identifierAttributeField) {
          gmfLayerNodes.push(groupNode.children[i]);
        }
      }

      // (5) Set layer nodes
      this.gmfLayerNodes = gmfLayerNodes;

      // (6) Select 'polygon' for the purpose of simplifying the demo
      this.selectedGmfLayerNode = this.gmfLayerNodes[1];

    });
  });

};

/**
 * @export
 */
gmfapp.MainController.prototype.runEditor = function() {

  const geomType = this.selectedGeomType;
  const feature = this.selectedFeature;
  const layer = this.selectedGmfLayerNode.id;
  const property = this.selectedGmfLayerNode.metadata.identifierAttributeField;
  goog.asserts.assert(property !== undefined);
  const id = feature.get(property);

  const params = {};
  params[gmf.ObjectEditingManager.Param.GEOM_TYPE] = geomType;
  params[gmf.ObjectEditingManager.Param.ID] = id;
  params[gmf.ObjectEditingManager.Param.LAYER] = layer;
  params[gmf.ObjectEditingManager.Param.THEME] = this.themeName;
  params[gmf.ObjectEditingManager.Param.PROPERTY] = property;

  const url = gmfapp.MainController.appendParams(this.selectedUrl['url'], params);
  window.open(url);
};

/**
 * @export
 */
gmfapp.MainController.prototype.runViewerDev = function() {
  this.runViewer_(this.viewerUrlDev_);
};

/**
 * @export
 */
gmfapp.MainController.prototype.runViewerHosted = function() {
  this.runViewer_(this.viewerUrlHosted_);
};

/**
 * @param {string} baseUrl Base url of the viewer.
 * @private
 */
gmfapp.MainController.prototype.runViewer_ = function(baseUrl) {

  const node = this.selectedGmfLayerNode;
  const nodeId = node.id;
  const nodeName = node.name;
  const nodeIdAttrFieldName = node.metadata.identifierAttributeField;
  goog.asserts.assert(nodeIdAttrFieldName !== undefined);
  const ids = [];

  const features = this.featuresCache_[nodeId];
  for (let i = 0, ii = features.length; i < ii; i++) {
    ids.push(
      features[i].get(nodeIdAttrFieldName)
    );
  }

  const params = {};
  params['wfs_layer'] = nodeName;
  params[`wfs_${nodeIdAttrFieldName}`] = ids.join(',');

  const url = gmfapp.MainController.appendParams(baseUrl, params);
  window.open(url);
};

/**
 * @param {gmfThemes.GmfLayerWMS} gmfLayerNode Layer node.
 * @return {angular.$q.Promise} The promise attached to the deferred object.
 * @private
 */
gmfapp.MainController.prototype.getFeatures_ = function(gmfLayerNode) {

  this.getFeaturesDeferred_ = this.q_.defer();

  const features = this.getFeaturesFromCache_(gmfLayerNode);

  if (features) {
    this.getFeaturesDeferred_.resolve();
  } else {
    this.issueGetFeatures_(gmfLayerNode);
  }

  return this.getFeaturesDeferred_.promise;
};

/**
 * @param {gmfThemes.GmfLayerWMS} gmfLayerNode Layer node.
 * @private
 */
gmfapp.MainController.prototype.issueGetFeatures_ = function(gmfLayerNode) {

  const id = gmfLayerNode.id;

  const url = gmfapp.MainController.appendParams(
    this.gmfServer_.urlWfs,
    {
      'SERVICE': 'WFS',
      'REQUEST': 'GetFeature',
      'VERSION': '1.1.0',
      'TYPENAME': gmfLayerNode.layers
    }
  );

  this.http_.get(url).then((response) => {
    const features = new ol.format.WFS().readFeatures(response.data);
    this.featuresCache_[id] = features;
    this.getFeaturesDeferred_.resolve();
  });
};

/**
 * @param {gmfThemes.GmfLayerWMS} gmfLayerNode Layer node.
 * @private
 */
gmfapp.MainController.prototype.handleGetFeatures_ = function(gmfLayerNode) {
  const features = /** @type Array.<ol.Feature> */ (
    this.getFeaturesFromCache_(gmfLayerNode));
  this.features = features;
  this.selectedFeature = this.features[0];
};

/**
 * @param {gmfThemes.GmfLayerWMS} gmfLayerNode Layer node.
 * @return {?Array.<ol.Feature>} List of features
 * @private
 */
gmfapp.MainController.prototype.getFeaturesFromCache_ = function(gmfLayerNode) {
  const id = gmfLayerNode.id;
  const features = this.featuresCache_[id] || null;
  return features;
};

/**
 * @param {gmfThemes.GmfLayerWMS} gmfLayerNode Layer node.
 * @return {angular.$q.Promise} The promise attached to the deferred object.
 * @private
 */
gmfapp.MainController.prototype.getGeometryType_ = function(gmfLayerNode) {

  this.getGeometryTypeDeferred_ = this.q_.defer();

  const geomType = this.getGeometryTypeFromCache_(gmfLayerNode);

  if (geomType) {
    this.getGeometryTypeDeferred_.resolve();
  } else {
    this.issueGetAttributesRequest_(gmfLayerNode);
  }

  return this.getGeometryTypeDeferred_.promise;
};

/**
 * @param {gmfThemes.GmfLayerWMS} gmfLayerNode Layer node.
 * @private
 */
gmfapp.MainController.prototype.issueGetAttributesRequest_ = function(
  gmfLayerNode
) {

  this.gmfXSDAttributes_.getAttributes(gmfLayerNode.id).then(
    function(gmfLayerNode, attributes) {
      // Get geom type from attributes and set
      const geomAttr = ngeo.format.XSDAttribute.getGeometryAttribute(attributes);
      if (geomAttr && geomAttr.geomType) {
        this.geomTypeCache_[gmfLayerNode.id] = geomAttr.geomType;
        this.getGeometryTypeDeferred_.resolve();
      }
    }.bind(this, gmfLayerNode)
  );

};

/**
 * @param {gmfThemes.GmfLayerWMS} gmfLayerNode Layer node.
 * @private
 */
gmfapp.MainController.prototype.handleGetGeometryType_ = function(gmfLayerNode) {
  const geomType = this.getGeometryTypeFromCache_(gmfLayerNode);
  this.selectedGeomType = geomType;
};

/**
 * @param {gmfThemes.GmfLayerWMS} gmfLayerNode Layer node.
 * @return {string|undefined} The type of geometry.
 * @private
 */
gmfapp.MainController.prototype.getGeometryTypeFromCache_ = function(
  gmfLayerNode
) {
  const id = gmfLayerNode.id;
  const geomType = this.geomTypeCache_[id];
  return geomType;
};

/**
 * Appends query parameters to a URI.
 *
 * @param {string} uri The original URI, which may already have query data.
 * @param {!Object} params An object where keys are URI-encoded parameter keys,
 *     and the values are arbitrary types or arrays.
 * @return {string} The new URI.
 */
gmfapp.MainController.appendParams = function(uri, params) {
  const keyParams = [];
  // Skip any null or undefined parameter values
  Object.keys(params).forEach((k) => {
    if (params[k] !== null && params[k] !== undefined) {
      keyParams.push(`${k}=${encodeURIComponent(params[k])}`);
    }
  });
  const qs = keyParams.join('&');
  // remove any trailing ? or &
  uri = uri.replace(/[?&]$/, '');
  // append ? or & depending on whether uri has existing parameters
  uri = uri.indexOf('?') === -1 ? `${uri}?` : `${uri}&`;
  return uri + qs;
};

gmfapp.module.controller('MainController', gmfapp.MainController);

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We recommend hosting your games at our sheltered locations. Each location has been assessed beforehand on its suitability for Bubble Soccer.
Situated at 60 Hougang Street 21 (S)538738, Kovan Sports Centre features a sheltered pitch with turf surface making for a safe time playing Bubble Soccer. Car parking is not free.
Located at 2 Whitley Road (S)297715, Offside is the most affordable location with free car parking available. It is a sheltered venue featuring 4 pitches with shock absorbing turf, ensuring maximum safety for our participants.
Situated at 28 Jalan Benaan Kapal, (S)399635, The Cage at Kallang offers 6 sheltered pitches. Car parking is a short walk away at Kallang Leisure Mall.
If you do not see your locations mentioned , please contact the friendly bubble soccer staff to assess the suitability of your pitch location.
1. The surface of the area should not be hard or rough. Examples would be concrete surfaces, basketball ground and road surfaces. Acceptable surfaces would be astroturf, multipurpose hall wooden floorings and grass surfaces.
2.There should be sufficient electric power for our pumps. The standard power outlet would be fine. Do note that if you are using an electric generator to power the pumps, the pumps specifications are 1.8kw, 110V. Generally this requires a 16 Amps Gen Set, however this is based on our experience only. Please consult your certified electrician for advise.
3. The power outlet should be close to the playing field. After inflation, it is particularly difficult to shift the suits.
4. There should be vehicular access for transportation of the suits to the inflation area.
We're looking forward to hosting your Bubble Soccer event! The Bubble Soccer team tries our best to ensure we can set up at any location.


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Die Personalfreisetzung umfasst alle "Aktivitäten, die auf die Vermeidung bzw. den Abbau von Überkapazitäten an Führungskräften bzw. Mitarbeitern abzielen".

Dieser Begriff ist in der Vergangenheit hauptsächlich von Arbeitgebervertretern verwendet worden. Auf Kritik ist er insbesondere deshalb gestoßen, weil er einen Euphemismus darstellt, der die für Arbeitnehmer nachteiligen Folgen von Entlassungen verschleiert.

Als Beispiel für eine "sprachliche Demütigung" ist Freisetzung (im Sinne von Personalfreisetzung) bei der Wahl zum Unwort des Jahres 1994 zu einem weiteren Unwort des Jahres erklärt worden. Der Begriff Smartsourcing, in dem Zusammenhang, wie er von Josef Ackermann verwendet worden ist, wurde als Kandidat zum Unwort des Jahres für 2005 aufgestellt.

Ursachen
Ursachen für eine Personalfreisetzung bzw. für gezielten Personalabbau können u. a. sein:
 erwartete (kurzfristige) Steigerung des Unternehmensgewinns
 konjunkturelle Entwicklung, Absatz- und Produktionsrückgang
 strukturelle Veränderungen, Standortverlegung, Reorganisation, Betriebsstilllegung, Unternehmenszusammenschluss
 saisonale Gründe
 Rationalisierungseffekte z. B. Mechanisierung und Automation
 Fehleinschätzungen des Managements
 insbesondere bei börsennotierten Unternehmen oder Übernahmekandidaten angestrebte (kurzfristige) Wertsteigerungen

Personalfreisetzung ist jedoch kein Synonym für betriebsbedingte Kündigung. Alternative Möglichkeiten der Personalfreisetzung stellen innerbetriebliche Versetzung, Maßnahmen der Personalentwicklung (Weiterbildung, Umschulung) sowie Verkürzung der Arbeitszeiten (Urlaubsplanung, Kurzarbeit) dar.

Siehe auch
 Arbeitsrecht

Literaturhinweise
 Laurenz Andrzejewski, Hermann Refisch (2015) Trennungs-Kultur und Mitarbeiterbindung – Kündigungen, Aufhebungen, Versetzungen fair und effizient gestalten. 4. Auflage Wolters Kluwer Verlag Köln ISBN 978-3-472-08660-4
 Keßler, Heinrich (2005). Personalabbau. Wie Sie Ihr persönliches Humankapital bei drohendem Personalabbau schützen. Norderstedt, Book on Demand. ISBN 3-8334-4079-1
 Hamer, Wolfgang (2004). Personalabbau / Betriebsbedingte Kündigung. Bund-Verlag, ISBN 3-7663-3580-4
 Laws, Ralf. Der sozialverträgliche Personalabbau. Hintergründe, Ursachen, Ziele. WEKA-Media, ISBN 3-8276-7113-2
 Rainer Marr, Karin Stein: Personalabbau in deutschen Unternehmen. Empirische Ergebnisse zu Ursachen, Instrumenten und Folgewirkungen (= Gabler Edition Wissenschaft). Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, Wiesbaden 2003, ISBN 3-8244-7869-2.
 Frank Müller, Hans B. Schiff, Gerd M. Strauch:  Personaltransfer sozial – Mit einem Outplacement den Wandel fair gestalten , Kohlhammer Verlag 2005
 Stock-Homburg, Ruth (2010), Personalmanagement: Theorien – Instrumente – Konzepte, 2. Auflage. Gabler Verlag. Wiesbaden. ISBN 978-3-8349-1986-1

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks

Personalwesen
Euphemismus

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How To Be Better Entrepreneur In 2021
Startup, Small Business / By MVP.dev / April 12, 2021 August 18, 2022
2020 has changed us forever.
The pandemic has marked a critical shift in global history, and the next few years will be spent trying to build a new version of normal.
Still, not all hope is lost. While the economy isn't in its best shape today, we've also seen a rise in new business opportunities, with digital marketing and e-commerce efforts leading the way.
As we continue to brave these strange times, business leaders mostly fall into one of three categories:
Thriving but not relying solely on their wins
Doing a great job at keeping afloat but afraid to make bold choices
Disillusioned, tired, and uninspired
Whichever category you identify with, you're likely approaching this year with caution. Don't be disheartened. Whether you're optimistic and ready to start a fire or financially hurt and more worried than ever, know that there's a lot of time and space to rewrite how your business is going to look like for the rest of the year.
Here are four things you can gear up for to own the remainder of 2021
1. Embrace change with open arms
Change is never comfortable, especially if the systems and routines you've worked hard to put in place conveniently generate you profit. Nonetheless, change is constant for a lot of business owners, and the virus has only hastened the pace.
If anything, one doesn't even need to be an expert to understand that our previous ways of running businesses and acquiring clients don't work anymore.
Not only do consumers demand more heart and intention these days, but people are more critical of value too. From influencer marketing to online startup consultations, people demand more from the brands and key figures they support.
That said, leaders have to be headstrong in treating the causes of these changes. For instance, one terrific way to ensure you're on top of everything is by implementing a quarterly evaluation of how things are working out for your brand during these times.
Ask yourself the difficult questions:
What external factors are huge enough to change all of how you're running your business at present?
What are the most feasible solutions to these problems?
How do you ensure income streams are consistent in the face of the evolving business landscape?
How relevant will your business be in the next 6 months, 1 year, or even 5 years?
2. Your market's needs come first
While the rules of supply and demand are very much still the same, everything else that comprises how products and services are extended has changed. With production and distribution going through a whole lot these days, product-driven businesses are trying extra hard to remain operational and efficient.
Furthermore, evolving customer needs and social distancing have left numerous industries reeling from economic suffering. On the other hand, dozens of service-based businesses are discovering that their offerings are no longer in heavy demand.
Because the customers' needs are changing and their problems are consistently evolving by the day.
Keep asking how you can better serve your audience and find out what matters most to your demographic. The more in the know you are, the easier it will be to adjust what you need to.
Run surveys, schedule calls, read social media comments, do everything in your power to be as empathetic as possible. Businesses that don't have it in them to feel are bound to fail.
3. Work smart, not hard
Over are the days when only the hardworking people get the reward. Although in no way are we insinuating that diligence doesn't pay off, what we're establishing here is how tremendously different employment and entrepreneurship are now.
Since more people are now comfortably commodifying intellectual capital, the capacity to rake in good money is less about our ability to put in extra work, but more about how we can optimize our resources to make them work for us.
Quite arguably, success isn't (only) reliant on hard work anymore, but the principles and practices you adhere to.
For example, why have your team perform time-intensive tasks when you can count on enterprise programs to streamline the work?
Nowadays, success is about leveraging human collaboration and technology; this is what working smart looks like today.
4. Profit is intentional
One of the most overused internet quotes that floats around the web every so often is this: chase your dreams and money will follow. There are multiple variations to this statement, but you get the point.
After everything's been said and done, passion doesn't pay the bills; intentional profit does.
By adopting a mindset dependent on measurable metrics, you easily shift your focus on how else you can make the most of your products and services. By doing this, you put a premium on initiatives that drive income.
On that note, it's imperative that business leaders are able to marry the idea of profit and purpose. Of course, the last thing you'd want to come off to your customers is just wanting to bag their coins.
As such, efforts to better produce good products and services should be constant. Success is no longer a product of hard work but the careful execution of a feasible vision.
There are so many things that can be said and done in the business space. At the end of the day, what matters is that entrepreneurs are taking multiple strides forward in future-proofing their brands.
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TV Licence warning to young people
More than 50 young people in Ballymena between the ages of 18 and 25 were caught watching live TV
or BBC iPlayer without a TV Licence in the past year, according to new figures released by TV Licensing.
Across Northern Ireland, more than 1,100 young people were caught in the same 12-month period.
With 78 per cent of undergraduates aged 24 and under, TV Licensing is reminding new students they could face prosecution and a fine of up to £1,000 if they are caught watching live TV, or BBC programmes on iPlayer, on any device, without a TV Licence.
Recent research by TV Licensing shows BBC iPlayer continues to be the most used service for catch up and on demand by students, with 82 per cent of students across the UK using the BBC platform.
The study also revealed more than 50 per cent of students in the UK think it would be would be very embarrassing to get caught without a licence.
Karen Grimason, spokesperson for TV Licensing in Northern Ireland, said: "With many students owning at least one device capable of showing live TV or watching BBC iPlayer - such as a laptop, smartphone or tablet computer – it's important they
know the law around being correctly licensed. If you're watching live TV on any device, including mobiles and tablets, or watch catch up programmes on BBC iPlayer, you need a TV Licence.
"Students and young adults need to be aware of their legal responsibilities. Anyone caught watching TV without a TV Licence can face prosecution and a fine of up to a £1,000."
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The new $35.2 million Cahuilla Casino Hotel is…
The new $35.2 million Cahuilla Casino Hotel is under construction, will replace the old casino in 2020
A worker cuts lumber outside the new Cahuilla Casino Hotel in Anza Wednesday September 25, 2019. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
By Alex Groves | agroves@scng.com | The Press-Enterprise
PUBLISHED: October 9, 2019 at 8:52 am | UPDATED: October 9, 2019 at 4:52 pm
Highway 371 in Anza has long been flanked by a hilly and very rural landscape filled with scrub plants, pine trees and the occasional home, but commuters are starting to see something new on their drives: a resort in progress.
The new Cahuilla Casino Hotel is under construction and slated for a Spring 2020 opening. It will replace its next door neighbor, the original Cahuilla Casino, which has operated out of a cozy, tent-like structure for 23 years.
In the current casino, a restaurant, bar and slot machines sit mere steps from one another, but the new property will be much more spacious by comparison. The $35.2 million project will boast a 14,000-square-foot gaming floor with 353 slot machines and four table games; a 36,000-square-foot, four-story hotel with 58 rooms; a 7,000-square-foot outdoor event space and a restaurant. It's expected to add 50 jobs to an existing 120.
The new facility in Riverside County is still a lot smaller than some of its neighbors in San Diego County and the Coachella Valley that boast luxe pool complexes and gigantic hotel towers, but that's part of the plan for the Cahuilla Band of Indians.
"This is more of a marathon for us and not a sprint," said Daniel Salgado, tribal council chairman for the Cahuilla Band. "We're not going to try to get a dollar really quick and think that we're going build this massive thing just to compete with the people down the road. It's not that. We're living within our means and we're going to win this race for ourselves."
Salgado said that this is not the first time the Cahuilla Band has considered expanding. The casino planned to expand in the early 2000s, but that project never came to fruition because of its planned scope and size.
"I think it was a large dream that maybe was unrealistic, especially at the time," Salgado said. "It was a massive project that we wanted to do."
Salgado said this project is much more feasible financially. He said the tribe has focused more on needs than wants. For example, they are not including a conference center. A pool isn't part of the plan, either, although Salgado said there's space for one in the future.
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The construction of the casino hotel is the first major addition since the construction of the Mountain Sky Travel Center convenience store and gas station, which was completed in early November 2015.
Salgado said the addition of the service center has not only "provided a great boost to the community," but has also been vital in times of need, such as when the Cranston fire happened in Summer 2018.
"When that went down, because we're the only ones up here with a generator source, our gas station stayed open the whole time," Salgado said. "Everything stayed open. The restaurant, food for the firefighters, everything. We did a lot because we were the only entity up here with generator power."
The casino's expansion is aimed at providing an upgraded and nice environment for the casino's existing clientele, many of whom are from the local area, Salgado said. But the tribe is also hoping to attract some of the increasing traffic coming from travelers along Highway 371. He said the highway has increasingly been driven as an alternative to traffic-prone Interstate 10.
"The increased traffic count does help and obviously with the convenience store we want them to stop in and use our gas and our convenience store… and if they happen to stop in and they be that type of customer that games as well then we're certainly willing to welcome them," Salgado said.
Tifani Barnes, project manager with Summit Project Management, shows off the main casino floor at the new Cahuilla Casino Hotel in Anza Wednesday September 25, 2019. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
Tifani Barnes, project manager with Summit Project Management, walks past empty air conduit on the main casino floor at the new Cahuilla Casino Hotel in Anza Wednesday September 25, 2019. (Photo by Andrew Foulk Contributing Photographer)
Project Manager Tifani Barnes and Tribal Chairman Daniel Salgado walk into the main casino floor at the new Cahuilla Casino Hotel in Anza Wednesday September 25, 2019. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
Blueprints sit on a ledge as Tribal Chairman Daniel Salgado tours the main casino floor at the new Cahuilla Casino Hotel in Anza Wednesday September 25, 2019. (Photo by Andrew Foulk Contributing Photographer)
Project Manager Tifani Barnes shows off one of the areas in the hotel section of the new Cahuilla Casino Hotel in Anza Wednesday September 25, 2019. (Photo by Andrew Foulk Contributing Photographer)
Blueprints sit on a ledge as Daniel Salgado tours the main casino floor at the new Cahuilla Casino Hotel in Anza Wednesday September 25, 2019. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
A worker cuts lumber in front of Cahuilla Mountain outside the new Cahuilla Casino Hotel in Anza Wednesday September 25, 2019. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
A worker sands down a drywall joint in the main casino floor of the new Cahuilla Casino Hotel in Anza Wednesday September 25, 2019. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
Project Manager Tifani Barnes walks up the stairs in the hotel of the new Cahuilla Casino Hotel in Anza Wednesday September 25, 2019. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
Blueprints sit on a ledge as Daniel Salgado tours the main casino floor at the new Cahuilla Casino Hotel in Anza Wednesday September 25, 2019. (Photo by Andrew Foulk Contributing Photographer)
Project Manager Tifani Barnes, stands in one of the rooms at the new Cahuilla Casino Hotel in Anza Wednesday September 25, 2019. (Photo by Andrew Foulk Contributing Photographer)
Project Manager Tifani Barnes, shows off one of the rooms at the new Cahuilla Casino Hotel in Anza Wednesday September 25, 2019. (Photo by Andrew Foulk Contributing Photographer)
Cahuilla Band of Indians Tribal Chairman Daniel Salgado looks out one of the windows in one of the rooms at the new Cahuilla Casino Hotel in Anza Wednesday September 25, 2019. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
Tifani Barnes looks out one of the windows in a room at the new Cahuilla Casino Hotel in Anza Wednesday September 25, 2019. Andrew Foulk Contributing Photographer
A worker does work on the exterior at the new Cahuilla Casino Hotel in Anza Wednesday September 25, 2019. (Photo by Andrew Foulk Contributing Photographer)
Project Manager Tifani Barnes stands in one of the rooms with drywall at the new Cahuilla Casino Hotel in Anza Wednesday September 25, 2019. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
A worker does work on the exterior at the new Cahuilla Casino Hotel in Anza Wednesday September 25, 2019. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
Tribal Chairman Daniel Salgado looks out the window of one of the rooms at the new Cahuilla Casino Hotel in Anza Wednesday September 25, 2019. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
Tribal Chairman Daniel Salgado, talks about the view of Cahuila Mountain from one of the rooms at the new Cahuilla Casino Hotel in Anza Wednesday September 25, 2019. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
A hamburger that will be on the menu at the Cahuilla Casino Hotel in Anza Wednesday September 25, 2019. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
A pork chop dish that will be on the menu at the Cahuilla Casino Hotel in Anza Wednesday September 25, 2019. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
A salmon dish that will be on the menu at the Cahuilla Casino Hotel in Anza Wednesday September 25, 2019. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
A deeper look at the new resort
On a recent weekday construction crews were hard at work both on the future gaming floor and the hotel wing.
The focal point of the gaming floor will be a bar centrally located in the back of the casino boasting six 60-inch TVs that will either be playing sports or music videos. The bar will have custom drinks, craft beers and local wines available for purchase. Not far from the bar will be the table games pit, which will have such games as blackjack, 3 card poker and Ultimate Texas Hold'em. On one side of the gaming floor will be a high-limit room with about 12 slot machines.
The resort will boast new restaurant Ribbonwood Grill. It will be the replacement restaurant for Roadrunner Bar & Grill at the existing casino. Unlike Roadrunner, which was located in close proximity to the gaming floor, Ribbonwood Grill will have its own dedicated space. It will boast many of the same comfort food items that Roadrunner is known for — such as burgers and salads — but it will also have some elevated pub style food and seasonal items.
On the hotel side, the largest of the rooms will be the two one-bedroom suites that are 645 square feet each. The amenities include a 65-inch flat screen TV with sound bar in the bedroom, 49-inch flat screen TV in the living room, walk-in shower and separate bath tub.
The smallest of the rooms, dubbed deluxe king rooms, are 314 square feet and feature a California king bed, 49-inch flat screen TV. The one-bedroom suites can be turned into two-bedroom suites if a guest also reserves an adjoining deluxe king room.
Outside the first floor of the hotel will be the event space, which can be used for private events and weddings, that will offer a direct view of nearby Cahuilla Mountain. The area will have dedicated fire pits and planter boxes for fresh herbs that will be used at the Ribbonwood Grill.
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Reservations for the new resort are open with rooms available beginning May 1, 2020 via Cahuilla's website.
While the hotel won't open until the spring, Cahuilla has already changed its name to Cahuilla Casino Hotel both online and on social media.
Salgado said the reason for changing the name early is not only to get casino staff acclimated to the upcoming changes, but also to create buzz and excitement for the new resort's opening.
What will become of the old casino? It will ultimately be removed when the new resort opens and something will eventually be built in its place, according to Salgado.
"We struggled with that, you know?" he said. "Because it's where we started from."
Where: 52702 Highway 371, Anza
Information: cahuillacasinohotel.com
Alex Groves
Alex Groves writes about casinos for the entertainment team at Southern California News Group. He started his first full-time gig as a breaking news reporter for The Press-Enterprise in 2015 but has also written stories on arts programs at local high schools, dining and events. In his free time, Alex enjoys hiking and traveling. A craft beer enthusiast, Alex likes to bring back an IPA as a souvenir from every new place he travels.
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What has me so enamored?
I mean…these are just some of the main cards everyone is talking about. The reprinting of the top four…these have been called for by fans for a long time. Liliana, Damnation, Snappy, and enemy fetches have all only ever been printed one time. Their aftermarket values are super high. Oh and Cavern of Souls too.
I think MTG has been in trouble. At least Standard and Modern have been. Standard, because "Stale Standard." Modern…It is so expensive to get the above staples, coupled with the Wizards stopped running Pro-Tour Modern events, and then the little fad called "Frontier." (Is is really just a fad?) And MTG players love EDH…the top selling product for the Wizards is reportedly their yearly Commander release.
I look forward to drafting with these cards…that's going to be great. The cards scream ARCHETYPES!. (Reanimator, Red-Green beatdown, Esper Blink, and so many more.) And the box I pre-ordered…that is already an epic win. If I don't get Liliana or the D-word…I will pull something I want to trade for them.
I just keep going back to the card image gallery, and salivating. Never have I been so pleased with a set. I was psyched for Theros block releases. But this goes beyond any hype… Liliana and D….have been on the radar for a re-print. The Wizards even said they considered her for M-15. How that other card didn't make it into "From the Vault: Annihilation," I just don't know. We didn't need another Wrath of God, especially with Heliod on it.
Back when they did the other two Modern Masters sets…people said, "Nah. They won't re-print Blood Moon or fetch lands. That would be crazy." They have, people. Draft and buy this thing. And get back into Modern. I'm getting bored!


A press conference on this topic will be held Monday, Sept. 9, at 4:30 p.m. in the ACS Press Center, Room 211, in the Indiana Convention Center. Reporters can attend in person or access live audio and video of the event and ask questions at www.ustream.tv/channel/acslive.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 10, 2013 — One of the first analyses of laws banning disposal of electronic waste (e-waste) in municipal landfills has found that state e-waste recycling bans have been mostly ineffective, although California's Cell Phone Recycling Act had a positive impact on cell phone recycling. However, e-waste recycling rates remain "dismally low," and many demographic groups remain unaware of their alternatives for properly disposing of e-waste, according to the study.
Presented here today at the 246th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), it found that providing more information to women and older people could increase the effectiveness of e-waste disposal bans and recycling programs. The meeting of the world's largest scientific society continues through Thursday, with almost 7,000 reports on new discoveries in science and other topics.
Estimates suggest that more than 84 million obsolete or broken television sets were gathering dust in closets, attics, garages and basements in households in the United States in 2010. There were almost 200 million obsolete or broken cell phones, and millions of old computer monitors and other electronic gear. The glass in old-fashioned TV sets contains lead, and electronic circuit boards contain arsenic, antimony, beryllium, cadmium, copper, lead, mercury, nickel and zinc. The rechargeable batteries in cellular phones contain cobalt, zinc and copper.
Concerned that lead and other potentially harmful materials used in those devices could enter the environment, states and municipalities have moved to prevent disposal of electronic waste with conventional trash. Saphores realized that there had been few studies on the effectiveness of those restrictions, so he conducted a survey of U.S. households to find out about how many broken, obsolete or unused cell phones and televisions they had in storage, what their intentions were regarding these items and what they had done in the past with old cell phones and TVs.
The Cell Phone Recycling Act of 2003, for instance, required retailers to establish and promote a system for accepting and collecting used cellular phones for reuse, recycling or proper disposal at no cost to the consumer. The Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003 established a series of requirements for manufacturers and retailers of electronic products that contain cathode ray tubes (CRTs) and liquid crystal display (LCDs) panels to encourage recycling and proper disposal.
Saphores' 2010 survey of 3,156 households that are representative of the U.S. population concluded that California's Cell Phone Recycling Act did have a significant positive impact in encouraging consumers to recycle old phones. Consumers typically keep a cell phone for about 18 months before upgrading, and the law fostered recycling of the old phones rather than junking them. However, state bans for CRTs and LCDs was "largely ineffective," according to the study.
Saphores spoke at a symposium, "Environmental Impacts of Electronic Technologies, Products and Processes: The Search for Sustainable Electronics." Abstracts of the presentations appear below.
California's approach to avoiding improper e-waste disposal had a positive impact for cell phones, but it still has been mostly ineffective.


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Princess Raccoon
Directed by Seijun Suzuki Starring Ziyi Zhang and Jô Odagiri
Reviewed by Martin Tsai
The Japanese studio system banished him for a decade for making such delirium-addled B-movie classics as Tokyo Drifter and Branded to Kill, but 82-year-old Seijun Suzuki is still as bizarre and irreverent as ever. Raccoon is the seemingly timeless star-crossed romance between a royal raccoon (Ziyi Zhang) and a human prince (Jô Odagiri of Bright Future), exiled for fear that he would supplant his father as the fairest of them all. With Suzuki at the wheel, it's The Umbrellas of Cherbourg with kimonos and psychedelia. The film is a pastiche of Japanese opera, Greek tragedy, and French new wave. Like a continuity editor's worst nightmare, its mise-en-scène alternates inexplicably between theatrical stage, naturalistic exterior, and scroll-painting-superimposed blue screen—sometimes all within the same scene! The musical repertoire likewise covers as many genres as a season of American Idol. Ultimately, Raccoon demands and rewards the total suspension of disbelief. Its incongruous storytelling style takes some getting used to, but beneath lies a mischievously droll and sweet fable that'll leave you with a beaming smile.
Reprinted from Seattle Weekly. © Copyright 2006 Martin Tsai. All rights reserved.
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GNU tar 1.34: 9.4.2 The Blocking Factor of an Archive
Tar/docs/latest/Blocking-Factor
9.4.2 The Blocking Factor of an Archive
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The data in an archive is grouped into blocks, which are 512 bytes. Blocks are read and written in whole number multiples called records. The number of blocks in a record (i.e., the size of a record in units of 512 bytes) is called the blocking factor. The '--blocking-factor=512-size' ('-b 512-size') option specifies the blocking factor of an archive. The default blocking factor is typically 20 (i.e., 10240 bytes), but can be specified at installation. To find out the blocking factor of an existing archive, use 'tar --list --file=archive-name'. This may not work on some devices.
Records are separated by gaps, which waste space on the archive media. If you are archiving on magnetic tape, using a larger blocking factor (and therefore larger records) provides faster throughput and allows you to fit more data on a tape (because there are fewer gaps). If you are archiving on cartridge, a very large blocking factor (say 126 or more) greatly increases performance. A smaller blocking factor, on the other hand, may be useful when archiving small files, to avoid archiving lots of nulls as tar fills out the archive to the end of the record. In general, the ideal record size depends on the size of the inter-record gaps on the tape you are using, and the average size of the files you are archiving. See section How to Create Archives, for information on writing archives.
Archives with blocking factors larger than 20 cannot be read by very old versions of tar, or by some newer versions of tar running on old machines with small address spaces. With GNU tar, the blocking factor of an archive is limited only by the maximum record size of the device containing the archive, or by the amount of available virtual memory.
Also, on some systems, not using adequate blocking factors, as sometimes imposed by the device drivers, may yield unexpected diagnostics. For example, this has been reported:
Cannot write to /dev/dlt: Invalid argument
In such cases, it sometimes happen that the tar bundled by the system is aware of block size idiosyncrasies, while GNU tar requires an explicit specification for the block size, which it cannot guess. This yields some people to consider GNU tar is misbehaving, because by comparison, the bundle tar works OK. Adding -b 256, for example, might resolve the problem.
If you use a non-default blocking factor when you create an archive, you must specify the same blocking factor when you modify that archive. Some archive devices will also require you to specify the blocking factor when reading that archive, however this is not typically the case. Usually, you can use '--list' ('-t') without specifying a blocking factor—tar reports a non-default record size and then lists the archive members as it would normally. To extract files from an archive with a non-standard blocking factor (particularly if you're not sure what the blocking factor is), you can usually use the '--read-full-records' ('-B') option while specifying a blocking factor larger then the blocking factor of the archive (i.e., 'tar --extract --read-full-records --blocking-factor=300'). See section How to List Archives, for more information on the '--list' ('-t') operation. See section Options to Help Read Archives, for a more detailed explanation of that option.
'--blocking-factor=number'
'-b number'
Specifies the blocking factor of an archive. Can be used with any operation, but is usually not necessary with '--list' ('-t').
Device blocking
'-b blocks'
'--blocking-factor=blocks'
Set record size to blocks*512 bytes.
This option is used to specify a blocking factor for the archive. When reading or writing the archive, tar, will do reads and writes of the archive in records of block*512 bytes. This is true even when the archive is compressed. Some devices requires that all write operations be a multiple of a certain size, and so, tar pads the archive out to the next record boundary.
The default blocking factor is set when tar is compiled, and is typically 20. Blocking factors larger than 20 cannot be read by very old versions of tar, or by some newer versions of tar running on old machines with small address spaces.
With a magnetic tape, larger records give faster throughput and fit more data on a tape (because there are fewer inter-record gaps). If the archive is in a disk file or a pipe, you may want to specify a smaller blocking factor, since a large one will result in a large number of null bytes at the end of the archive.
When writing cartridge or other streaming tapes, a much larger blocking factor (say 126 or more) will greatly increase performance. However, you must specify the same blocking factor when reading or updating the archive.
Apparently, Exabyte drives have a physical block size of 8K bytes. If we choose our blocksize as a multiple of 8k bytes, then the problem seems to disappear. Id est, we are using block size of 112 right now, and we haven't had the problem since we switched…
With GNU tar the blocking factor is limited only by the maximum record size of the device containing the archive, or by the amount of available virtual memory.
However, deblocking or reblocking is virtually avoided in a special case which often occurs in practice, but which requires all the following conditions to be simultaneously true:
the archive is subject to a compression option,
the archive is not handled through standard input or output, nor redirected nor piped,
the archive is directly handled to a local disk, instead of any special device,
'--blocking-factor' is not explicitly specified on the tar invocation.
If the output goes directly to a local disk, and not through stdout, then the last write is not extended to a full record size. Otherwise, reblocking occurs. Here are a few other remarks on this topic:
gzip will complain about trailing garbage if asked to uncompress a compressed archive on tape, there is an option to turn the message off, but it breaks the regularity of simply having to use 'prog -d' for decompression. It would be nice if gzip was silently ignoring any number of trailing zeros. I'll ask Jean-loup Gailly, by sending a copy of this message to him.
compress does not show this problem, but as Jean-loup pointed out to Michael, 'compress -d' silently adds garbage after the result of decompression, which tar ignores because it already recognized its end-of-file indicator. So this bug may be safely ignored.
'gzip -d -q' will be silent about the trailing zeros indeed, but will still return an exit status of 2 which tar reports in turn. tar might ignore the exit status returned, but I hate doing that, as it weakens the protection tar offers users against other possible problems at decompression time. If gzip was silently skipping trailing zeros and also avoiding setting the exit status in this innocuous case, that would solve this situation.
tar should become more solid at not stopping to read a pipe at the first null block encountered. This inelegantly breaks the pipe. tar should rather drain the pipe out before exiting itself.
'-i'
'--ignore-zeros'
Ignore blocks of zeros in archive (means EOF).
The '--ignore-zeros' ('-i') option causes tar to ignore blocks of zeros in the archive. Normally a block of zeros indicates the end of the archive, but when reading a damaged archive, or one which was created by concatenating several archives together, this option allows tar to read the entire archive. This option is not on by default because many versions of tar write garbage after the zeroed blocks.
Note that this option causes tar to read to the end of the archive file, which may sometimes avoid problems when multiple files are stored on a single physical tape.
'-B'
'--read-full-records'
Reblock as we read (for reading 4.2BSD pipes).
If '--read-full-records' is used, tar will not panic if an attempt to read a record from the archive does not return a full record. Instead, tar will keep reading until it has obtained a full record.
This option is turned on by default when tar is reading an archive from standard input, or from a remote machine. This is because on BSD Unix systems, a read of a pipe will return however much happens to be in the pipe, even if it is less than tar requested. If this option was not used, tar would fail as soon as it read an incomplete record from the pipe.
This option is also useful with the commands for updating an archive.
Tape blocking
When handling various tapes or cartridges, you have to take care of selecting a proper blocking, that is, the number of disk blocks you put together as a single tape block on the tape, without intervening tape gaps. A tape gap is a small landing area on the tape with no information on it, used for decelerating the tape to a full stop, and for later regaining the reading or writing speed. When the tape driver starts reading a record, the record has to be read whole without stopping, as a tape gap is needed to stop the tape motion without losing information.
Using higher blocking (putting more disk blocks per tape block) will use the tape more efficiently as there will be less tape gaps. But reading such tapes may be more difficult for the system, as more memory will be required to receive at once the whole record. Further, if there is a reading error on a huge record, this is less likely that the system will succeed in recovering the information. So, blocking should not be too low, nor it should be too high. tar uses by default a blocking of 20 for historical reasons, and it does not really matter when reading or writing to disk. Current tape technology would easily accommodate higher blockings. Sun recommends a blocking of 126 for Exabytes and 96 for DATs. We were told that for some DLT drives, the blocking should be a multiple of 4Kb, preferably 64Kb (-b 128) or 256 for decent performance. Other manufacturers may use different recommendations for the same tapes. This might also depends of the buffering techniques used inside modern tape controllers. Some imposes a minimum blocking, or a maximum blocking. Others request blocking to be some exponent of two.
So, there is no fixed rule for blocking. But blocking at read time should ideally be the same as blocking used at write time. At one place I know, with a wide variety of equipment, they found it best to use a blocking of 32 to guarantee that their tapes are fully interchangeable.
I was also told that, for recycled tapes, prior erasure (by the same drive unit that will be used to create the archives) sometimes lowers the error rates observed at rewriting time.
I might also use '--number-blocks' instead of '--block-number', so '--block' will then expand to '--blocking-factor' unambiguously.
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Gareth Malone, the choirmaster of the Military Wives Choir, says he has received a lot of requests to work with prison choirs.
Following the Military Wives Choir's performance for the Queen at the Diamond Jubilee Concert, their choirmaster Gareth Malone is already looking ahead to his next challenge.
The 36 year-old tells Mandrake he is considering venturing behind bars for a new project. "There could be a place for me in a prison," he says.
Malone conducted the Military Wives as they performed Sing for the Queen at Buckingham Palace. Sing is the official song of the Diamond Jubilee. The piece is written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Gary Barlow and also features other musicians from across the Commonwealth.
Malone rose to fame through the BBC's 2007 reality television series The Choir. The series saw him teach choral skills to people who have no experience of singing. He has since worked creating choirs in challenging situations including an all-boys' school and with extremely shy children.


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FRUIT :- Apply grease bands (1.75m, £4.20) or fruit tree grease @ £4.20 at 200g tub, now. Cut back to the ground fruited raspberry, blackberry & tayberry canes & tie in new shoots. Take cuttings of red, white & black currents & gooseberries. Order trees & bushes.
GREENHOUSE :- Pick last of tomato, cucumber, pepper & aubergines. Empty greenhouse & wash down with Jeyes (300 ml £4.95) . Line with 1.5m wide bubble plastic (£2 a mtr.) Bring in all frost tender plants. Try sowing spring onions, raddish, carrots, mange tout and lettuce in large pots, transplant lettuce to gro-bags, bags of compost or large pots or under clouches when big enough.
FLOWERS :- Plant spring flowering bulbs in pots (multi-purpose compost £5, Peat Free £5 or john Innes £4) or outside as soon as space is available. Remove summer bedding and put in compost bin. Plant wallflowers, sweet williams, pansy's, viola & heather's by the 20th while the ground is still warm. Sow sweet peas. Mulch borders with wood chips & mulching material which is available FREE of charge to our members from the allotments site or chipped bark at £5 for an 80ltr bag. Divide perennials.
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Several people asked if we would be cancelling our Show due to weather conditions we have had this year. Whilst potato and tomato blight has been kept at bay, other pests have thrived like blackfly, aphids, ants and the vibrant lily beetle to name but a few. What makes most us all here love gardening is the fact that each year gives us different trials to face and one year is never the same as the next. Like-wise all those practical hobbies and interests other than gardening that we have on display gives us encouragement to pursue new ideas next time.
This year's Show therefore, many of us felt, would not be as good as previous years and the surprise came as the Show entries filtered through. We received 635 entries from 89 entrants.
Compared to last year our Vegetable sections were 36 entries down on 2017. There were no new record breakers in the mammoth classes, which is not a surprise. The Capel Residents classes and the Novelty classes were down 23 collectively. The Longest Runner Bean was also victim to this year's climate. The fruit classes were again very good and on par with last year. There have been some fabulous artwork and Handicrafts entered this year and I think the judges have found it quite difficult as the exhibits were so good; the Handicraft was up by 6 entries. The children's classes have continued to show a steady increase particularly the under 10 age group and class 119, the scarecrow print-out from the website to be coloured in, had 14 entries. It is lovely to see the imagination and artistic skills of our younger generation and so pleasing to watch them seek out the results of their endeavour's. It was great to see the Photography entries back up again, we were 47 up on last year. This has always been traditionally very popular and some of the photographs this year could have been entered into the BBC Countryfile competition for the 2019 calendar!
It has been fantastic that we received 77 electronic entries, from our website, that's (80%) with only 12 'paper' entries. This is a huge improvement from last year and saves you all time in the long run as you can enter from the comfort of your home and it also allows us to collate the data more efficiently and accurately. One of the down sides to electronic entries is that I miss seeing you all knock on my door and exchange the social banter that has historically been tradition.
I would like to thank you all again for entering the Show and continuing to demonstrate such high standards of entries. Thanks to all our sponsors & thanks too to all the committee and helpers. I look forward to seeing you all next year.


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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
FRB Atlanta Working Paper
New York and the politics of central banks, 1781 to the Federal Reserve Act
Jon R. Moen
Ellis W. Tallman
The paper provides a brief history of central banking institutions in the United States. Specifically, the authors highlight the role of New York banking interests in the legislations affecting the creation or expiration of central banking institutions. In our previous research we have detected that New York City banking entities usually exert substantial influence on legislation, greater than their large proportion of United States' banking resources. The authors describe how this influence affected the success or failure of central banking movements in the United States, and the authors use this evidence to support their arguments regarding the influence of New York City bankers on the legislative efforts that culminated in the creation of the Federal Reserve System. The paper argues that successful central banking movements in the United States owed much to the influence of New York City banking interests.
Jon R. Moen & Ellis W. Tallman, New York and the politics of central banks, 1781 to the Federal Reserve Act, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2003-42, 2003.
This item with handle RePEc:fip:fedawp:2003-42 is also listed on EconPapers and IDEAS.
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Q: C++ Retaining a Lambda Expression in an Object Okay, so I'm writing a simple GUI framework. I stumbled across lambda expressions and thought they'd be a good way to do callbacks. But I can't figure out how to retain the expression in class (very simplified example code below).
class class1
{
public:
  class1(auto callback);
private:
  const auto mCallback
};
class1::class1(auto callback) : mCallback(callback)
{

}
int main()
{
    auto thiscode = [] (int id)
    {
        std::cout<<"callback from..." << id << std::endl;
    };
    class1 c1 = class1(thiscode);
}

I end up with this error,

error: non-static data member declared 'auto'

Which I suppose makes sense, it can't determine the size at run time. In fact, below C++14 it won't even allow me to pass auto callback as a paramter to the constructor. (I think that changed in a readying process for concepts?).
How do I get around this? I don't mind having to do something weird, anything that allows me to retain a reference to the passed lambda expression - I'm golden with.

A: You can use std::function to store thiscode.
Something like this:
#include <functional>
#include <iostream>

class class1 {
public:
    class1(std::function<void(int)> callback) : mCallback{callback} {};
    void do_callback() { mCallback(3); };
private:
    const std::function<void(int)> mCallback;
};

int main()
{
    auto thiscode = [](int id) {
        std::cout<<"callback from..." << id << std::endl;
    };
    class1 c1 = class1(thiscode);
    c1.do_callback();
    return 0;
}

See live demo here.

A: You can hold them with templates
template<typename T>
class class1
{
public:
    class1(T callback): mCallback{std::move(callback)} {}
private:
    const T mCallback
};

template<typename T>
auto makeClass1(T&& callback) {
    return class1<std::decay_t<T>>{std::forward<T>(callback)};
}

int main()
{
    auto thiscode = [] (int id)
    {
        std::cout<<"callback from..." << id << std::endl;
    };
    auto c1 = makeClass1(thiscode);
}

Or alternatively, you can hold them with std::function:
class class1
{
public:
  class1(std::function<void(int)> callback);
private:
  const std::function<void(int)> mCallback
};

int main()
{
    auto thiscode = [] (int id)
    {
        std::cout<<"callback from..." << id << std::endl;
    };
    class1 c1 = class1(thiscode);
}

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