Royal swans glide gracefully across dozens of lakes under full sun, palm trees waving along the banks. Some of the country's most beautiful architecture is visible from a nearby college campus, while the lakefront downtown offers a stunning skyline of its own. While Lakeland, Florida may not be as famous as its nearby neighbors Orlando and Tampa, it is a unique city with plenty to offer.
And yes, the swans that populate the area lakes are indeed of royal lineage. In the early 1900s, swans were common throughout Lakeland, but eventually they disappeared – mainly due to alligators. One resident was so upset by the missing swans, he wrote to Queen Elizabeth in 1954. The royal family allowed two of their royal swans to be captured and sent to Lakeland, and the descendants of those royal swans are now gracing the many lakes around the city.
Speaking of the lakes, there are nearly 40 named lakes and several that are unnamed. If you rent an apartment in Lakeland, you'll quickly adjust to being given directions based on lakes rather than streets, as in "Take a left when you reach Lake …" The largest lake in Lakeland is Lake Parker, and is popular for fishing and boating. Lake Parker also features a walking path around part of the lake.
Lakeland is home to several historic districts – including Florida Southern College. The college is home to the largest Frank Lloyd Wright architecture collection in the world and is considered one of the country's most beautiful college campuses. The collection is called "Child of the Sun" and most of the buildings were built between 1940 and 1958. The Child of the Sun Visitor Center houses several exhibits as well as a gift shop and offers seasonal guided tours.
Lakeland is a beautiful city. Downtown's Lake Mirror Park features a historic promenade and pedestrian walkways. Public art, the gorgeous Historic and Antiques District, the Polk Museum of Art, trolleys, antique stores, the Florida Air Museum, the Lakeland Center, and the 10,000 flowers of Hollis Garden will make downtown Lakeland your favorite place to be.
And it isn't just on the lakes where you'll discover swans – considered a "community mascot" of sorts, you'll find swans everywhere – in murals, paintings, and sculptures. Public art displays also include gorgeous butterfly sculptures and some very realistic bronze figures by famous sculptor J. Seward Johnson.
If it's natural beauty you want, head to Colt Creek State Park – a 5,067-acre park that offers horseback riding, biking, and hiking on 12 miles of trails. Picnicking, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, and bird-watching are also popular park activities – the park is home to three lakes.
But Lakeland isn't just beautiful – the economy is also impressive. Lakeland is situated in the I-4 corridor between Orlando and Tampa. It is home to several major businesses, such as Publix, FedEx, and Saddle Creek Corporation. Agriculture, tourism, and even phosphate mining add an impressive diversity to the economy. Colleges and universities dot the area, as well – Polk State College, Florida Southern College, Florida Polytechnic, and Southeastern University are all located in Lakeland.
If you're ready to find your place under the tropical sun, start your search for Lakeland apartments and soon you'll be enjoying this unique Central Florida city.


Rudy Gay will be in the lineup on Monday night when the Spurs face the Pelicans.
There was some thought that Gay would sit tonight having played on Sunday but he'll be out there as San Antonio tries to add to their win streak. Expect Gay to get a handful of rest days throughout the season.


Carcassonne is a tile-based German-style board game for two to five players, designed by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede.
This Tournament will follow on the rules in the basic game with a few changes to allow this tournament to work.
You will play 15 1v1 Games on Route 66 once at least against each player.
"Roads 1 point Per Win"
You will Play 3 of each Classic Cities maps: London, Istanbul, Jakarta, Moscow, Sydney. You will play at least each player once on one of these maps.
"Cities 2 Points Per Win to the amount you think you can win, any amount after that is 1 point per win, if you do not finish your city you get 0 points."
London Maps will have pennants and you will score double points here if you can manage to win them.
"Instead of 2 Points you will gain 4"
"Fields 3 point for each city you connect too (each Win)"
"Cloister You score 1 for itself plus for each place higher, you will score additional tiles."
You Win 9 Games of City Which you managed to win 2 of the London games (Bonus Pennant Points for the London Games).
If this is higher than everybody elses, You win.
If there is a tie, The player that won most games wins.
If still somehow a tie, you will play a best of 3 in random city maps.
"Please state when you say I'm In, The amount of City wins you wish to go after. There is 17 games to be played on this round. You may change this at anytime before Round 2 starts by pm'ing me."
As this is an in depth tournament, feel free to ask any questions via here or pm, i will be more than willing to help and update this post if needed to clarify.
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I'll try it out. but unclear about round 2.. looks like 20 games, but how many players in each game ?
How do i score on round 2?
You will play 20 games in total, of that 20 games you must tell me how many you think you can achieve a win. It is best to go lower than that you think as you will score 0 points for this round if you don't, but however if you do manage to reach the amount you stated you will score 2 point for every win achieved to the number you stated. After you have achieved your goal you will score 1 point for every win.
Also The 1st 3 games you play in this round are bonus games which you score extra double points. For each of the 1st 3 games you win you will score 4 points instead of 2.
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Feudal War can only have up to 6 players play on it. You're going to have to update that before I can add the tournament to the database.
Please state the number of wins you think you can achieve for cities?
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ok, put me down for 6 wins.
Again i cannot place you in unless you state how many wins your after in round 2.
put me down for 10 wins on round 2! Carcasonne! Man this is a great idea. You rock dude! In btw.


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2020 polls worst in Ghana since 1992 – John Mahama
Nana Bosompra Send an email October 15, 2021
Former President John Dramani Mahama has once again taken on the Electoral Commission (EC) over the conduct of the 2020 general elections insisting the commission did a shoddy job.
Speaking in an interview on Cape FM, in the Central Region, as part of his "Thank you tour" Mahama also expressed misgivings at the Supreme Court's ruling in the 2020 election petition.
He insisted that the ruling wasn't in tandem with the rights and freedoms enshrined in the 1992 constitution.
"[The ruling] looked like the Supreme Court had its predetermined verdict. But we accepted it for the peace of this country. I think a lot of things went wrong [during the 2020 polls]. It's one of the worse [elections] we've had in this country since 1992."
"In an election that for the first time eight persons were killed, how can someone say it was the most peaceful, an election that for the first time, EC ballot papers were leaked with some spotted in cars and bushes? So If I am marking this election, I'll give it an F," he said.
The former President had earlier refuted claims by the Chairperson of the EC, Jean Mensa, that the 2020 general election is the most credible poll in the country's history.
The former President who was responding to Jean Mensa's statement at the ECOWAS Parliament said her inability to appear before the Supreme Court to defend questions about the 2020 election results is a clear sign that the election was not credible.
Mr. Mahama said this while addressing the Divisional Chief of Prestea Himan, Nana Nteboah Prah on Thursday, October 14, 2021.
"The manner in which the Supreme Court dismissed our election petition was not fair. An election petition case has been heard in this country before. When Nana Akufo-Addo sent his 2012 election petition case to court, it was accepted. Afari Gyan responded to his questions."
"But when it got to our turn…we were not allowed to ask our questions. In 2012, Asiedu Nketiah was asked to testify. In 2020, he was called again to testify. In 2012, Afari Gyan was asked to mount the witness box. But in 2020, when Jean Mensa was asked to mount the witness box, she refused. I heard her saying the other time that the 2020 election is the best election Ghana has ever had. If she is convinced that it is the best election Ghana has ever had, she should have mounted the witness box," he said.
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WATCH: Miley's Sister Noah Cyrus Says 'SeaWorld Sucks'
The park is well-known for its mistreatment of animals
Marine amusement park SeaWorld has come under fire in recent years for its terrible treatment of animals, which in too many cases has led to premature death.
Now musician Noah Cyrus - rumored vegan and sister of vocal vegan Miley - has teamed up with animal rights charity PETA to campaign against the cruel attraction.
So far, 41 orcas have died on SeaWorld's watch, and six marine mammals have died at its parks this year alone.
Cyrus says: "I love animals so much. To think that any animal would be trapped - it makes me so sad.
"It's like living in your bedroom for your entire life and never being able to go outside."
The campaign shows how trapped orcas are at SeaWorld (Photo: PETA)
To promote the campaign, the singer took part in a photoshoot, which shows her trapped in a small tiny tank excruciatingly close to the wide-open ocean.
A PETA spokesperson said: "Orcas form complex relationships, work cooperatively to find food, and traverse up to 140 miles in the ocean every day.
"But orcas at SeaWorld are housed in incompatible groups inside tiny tanks, and some are even given the drug diazepam to manage their stress-induced aggressive behavior."
Cyrus added: "We want SeaWorld to do the right thing and release the orcas to a sanctuary."
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Indicators: Irish retail sales (Apr); German import prices (Apr).
Indicators: Irish overseas travel (Apr); Euro zone loan growth and money supply (Apr); UK housing prices (May); US consumer confidence (May).
Meetings: Ires Reit agm (Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin 2); Design Thinking Ireland Conference (Helix, DCU, Dublin); Federation of Irish Sports Annual Conference (Trinity College Dublin).
Ires Reit's agm on Tuesday comes hot on its €40 million acquisition of 128 apartments at the Hampton Wood development in the Dublin suburb of Finglas, finalised last week.
The investment is expected to generate a gross yield of 6.25 per cent. At the time of completion, chief executive Margaret Sweeney said the move strengthened its presence in Dublin, bringing the total number of apartments it owns to 2,579.
It follows a trading update earlier this month that showed the property company had generated net income of €6.3 million in the first three months of the year.
Ireland's largest residential investor reported that its income had increased 7 per cent compared to the same period last year with group occupancy levels remaining at virtually full capacity.
In a recent note Goodbody said the "focus on higher quality, new build suburban property gives Ires the ability to build a competitive income stream over peers, especially given how aggressive pricing has become in the city centre".
It also emerged this month that David Ehrlich, the founding chief executive who stood down in October, had earned a €4 million profit on the sale of 11.8 million shares in the company.
Indicators: Euro-zone services, economic and industrial sentiment (May), business and consumer confidence (May), consumer inflation expectations (May); German retail sales (Apr), unemployment (May), inflation (May); US corporate profits (Q1), GDP (Q1).
Meetings: Data Edge seminar (Citywest Hotel, Saggart, Co Dublin); Smart Cities Summit (Leopardstown Racecourse); National Finance Summit (RDS, Dublin 4); National Sales and Marketing Summit (RDS, Dublin 4); Tech Connect Live for SMEs (RDS, Dublin 4).
Indicators: Euro zone inflation (May), unemployment (Apr); UK consumer confidence (May), consumer credit (Apr), net lending to individuals (Apr), mortgage lending (Apr).
Meetings: Total Produce agm (Marker Hotel, Docklands, Dublin 2); Convenience Stores and Newsagents Association of Ireland National Conference and Gala Dinner (Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel, Killiney, Co Dublin); ESRI conference on banking crises (ESRI, Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2), Future Scope event on business collaboration (Convention Centre Dublin); Chartered Institute of Management Accountants business briefing Supporting Irish businesses in an Uncertain Economic World (EY, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2).
With the march of technology, thematic questions around the future of business and how things might develop are easy to find and difficult to keep up with. Whether it is the new regulations around data protection, the online threat to traditional retail or the prospect of robots "taking our jobs", technology and business are an increasingly fused puzzle.
On Thursday, the fifth annual Future Scope event – promoting collaboration between the entrepreneurial community and multinationals – will adopt as one of its key themes the future of data analytics and AI.
Among the 1,200 attendees and 120 speakers will be representatives from Vodafone, Enterprise Ireland, Facebook, IBM, Google, Alltech, Blueface, Circle, Newswhip, Jobbio and Science Foundation Ireland.
"The central premise of the event is to create a platform for global multinationals, large innovative Irish companies and successful entrepreneurs to explore business opportunities," said Michael Culligan, chief executive of Dublin BIC (Business Innovation Centre) which organises the conference.
The event also sees the presentation of its "One2Watch" award which selects a single Irish start-up offering the "most scalable" early-stage business idea.
Indicators: Irish manufacturing PMI (May); Euro zone manufacturing PMI (May); UK manufacturing PMI (May); German manufacturing PMI (May); US unemployment and non-farm payrolls (May), manufacturing PMI (May), vehicle sales (May).


"Key Lyme Time: A Lyme Disease Awareness, Charity Fundraising & Family Fun Day Event"
Thank you to Connie and Nikki Murray for putting together the "Key Lyme Time" event in Florida!
On May 11th, at the Old Spanish Trail Park in Crestview, FL. Nikki and Connie put on this great Lyme Awareness Rally.


Sega have released another trailer of the racer being developed by Sumo Digital, showing off Ulala from Dreamcast game Space Channel 5 and Crazy Taxi's BD Joe, which received a rather good GameCube conversion a few years back. It's been announced there will be 24 tracks in total, a healthy amount though just shy of Mario Kart Wii. Sumo Digital have also revealed some..
We've had Frank West and Tekkaman Blade join the melee, and now Capcom has continued their accursed teasing by revealing another two characters joining the Western release of über-fighter-mash-up Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars: Mega Man Zero and Joe the Condor! Most gamers will be familiar with Zero, having played him in umpteen spin-offs since his first..
It's finally official, Sonic will appear in Super Smash Bros Brawl. No real surprises but its finally confirmed!
"The one whose Smash appearance has been most desired dashes in from far away at supersonic speed. Sonic the Hedgehog crashes headlong into battle!" It's been rumoured for a lifetime and its now official, announced today on the Smash Bros DOJO website you'll be able to find a small..


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Equal Pay Claims and the 'Same Employment' Test
Home > News & Publications > News > Equal Pay Claims and the 'Same Employment' Test
Sun, 15 Sep 2013
By Fatim Kurji
Fatim Kurji considers the meaning of 'same employment' within the Equal Pay legislation.
The Equality Act 2010, and before it the Equal Pay Act 1970, seeks to ensure that male and female employees undertaking the same kind of work have the benefit of equal terms and conditions. Where an inequality is found, the employee is entitled to the benefit of the more favourable term as if it had been included in their contract of employment from the outset.
Unpicking equal pay claims can be tricky, and requires a detailed examination of the terms and conditions of both employees. The starting point is to find a suitable comparator: an employee of the opposite sex who undertakes the same kind of work. In analyzing the kind of work employees perform, there are three relevant categories:
(i) Like work
(ii) Work rated as equivalent
(iii) Work of equal value
If the kind of work falls into one of these three categories, the next step is to consider whether there are material factors other than the difference in sex which justify the difference in terms and conditions. But even before these thorny issues can be addressed, the complainant must get over the starting line and show that the man and woman in question are "in the same employment".
In the Same Employment
If both employees are employed by the same employer and work from the same establishment, for example they work in the same office, this hurdle is straightforward enough to jump over. However there are occasions when the employees are employed by the same employer but at different establishments. Of this, Lady Hale noted:
"However, in United Kingdom law, there are also occasions when women may not be able to compare themselves with men, even though they are employed by the same employer, because they are not employed at the "same establishment". But if that provision erects a barrier to a claim which would otherwise be available under European Union Law, it would be our duty to disapply it."
S1(6) of the Equal Pay Act 1970 addresses this by providing that:
"…men shall be treated as in the same employment with a woman if they are men employed by her employer or any associated employer at the same establishment or at establishments in Great Britain which include that one and at which common terms and conditions of employment are observed either generally or for employees of the relevant classes."
In order to establish that they fall within the category behind the 'or', a claimant would need to prove common terms and conditions. An obvious example is where the terms and conditions are governed by the same collective agreement; but the intention is to cover an even broader category:
"…the "common terms and conditions" referred to in section 1(6) are not those of, on one hand, the women applicants and, on the other hand, their claimed comparators. They are, on the one hand, the terms and conditions under which the male comparators are employed at different establishments from the women and, on the other hand, the terms and conditions under which those male comparators are or would be employed if they were employed at the same establishment as the women. [Second], by "common terms and conditions" the subsection is not looking for complete correspondence between what those terms are, or would be, in the woman's place of work. It is enough that they are, or would be, broadly similar."
The North Case
The recent judgment in the case of North and Others v Dumfries and Galloway Council (Scotland) [2013] UKSC 45 looked at this issue of same employment. A claim was brought by 251 female classroom assistants, support for learning assistants and nursery nurses employed by a local authority. The classroom assistants and support for learning assistants were employed under the same collective agreement, known as the "Blue Book"; the nursery nurses were employed under a supplement to the Blue Book. They were based at a variety of schools; their individual contracts of employment specified the specific school with the proviso that they may be required to work at other locations. They worked less than 35 hours per work during term time only.
These Claimants sought to compare themselves with male manual workers (including groundsmen, refuse collectors, refuse drivers and a leisure attendant) employed by the same authority. The male workers were employed under a different collective agreement known as the "Green Book" and all of them, except the leisure attendant, were based at a specific depot but required to work at other locations. They worked full-time and, unlike the Claimants, were entitled to substantial bonus payments on top of their basic pay.
In order to succeed, the Claimants needed to first establish that they were in 'the same employment' as their male comparators. The Employment Tribunal set out the test as follows:
"In the present case, the claimants and the comparators are neither employed under the same terms and conditions nor in the same establishment. It is therefore necessary for the claimants to satisfy the Tribunal that if their comparators were employed at their establishment, they would be employed under broadly similar terms to those that they are employed under at present."
The Employment Tribunal considered that the Claimants had satisfied them that the male comparators would have been employed under broadly similar terms. It rejected the Respondent's argument that the comparators would never be employed at the same establishment: they did carry out some of their duties at schools. The Employment Tribunal concluded:
"There was no persuasive evidence before the Tribunal that in the event they were based at the same establishment as the claimants, the comparators would be employed under terms and conditions other than the Green Book."
The Employment Appeal Tribunal disagreed, accepting the Respondent's argument that where a claimant sought to use a comparator who is not employed at the same establishment, she must show a "real possibility" that the male could be employed at her establishment to do the same or broadly similar role that he undertakes at his place of work.
The matter went up to the Court of Session who rejected the "real possibility" test preferring instead a position where the Claimant need only prove that the "…comparators would, wherever they worked, always be employed on the same terms and conditions". However, the Court of Session went on to re-examine the Employment Tribunal's factual determination that the male comparators would, if they were employed at schools, retain broadly similar terms and conditions, finding that:
"If a manual worker comparator were for any reason to transfer to do their job solely and only in a school context, which would seem an impossible suggestion, then I cannot envisage other than that they would retain core Green Book conditions, but because of the nature of the work undertaken across all educational establishments, their terms and conditions would require to be very significantly varied to make working in such locations possible".
The Court of Session therefore rejected the Claimants' appeal not on the basis that the Employment Tribunal had applied the wrong legal test, but rather that there was insufficient evidence to support the factual finding: the male comparators, if they were employed at the Claimants' place of work, would suffer significant adjustments to take into account the new work environment.
When the case came before the Supreme Court, the original finding of the Employment Tribunal was preferred. The correct approaching to answering whether the claimants and their comparators satisfied the 'in the same employment test' is to look at whether if, however unlikely, the comparators were transferred to do their present jobs in a different location, would they remain employed on the same or broadly similar terms and conditions? The object of the legislation was to allow comparisons to be made between 'workers who did not and never would work in the same work-place.'
If, as the Supreme Court upheld, the Employment Tribunal had adopted the correct test, it was not open to the Court of Session to interfere with its findings of fact.
The Supreme Court noted that '…the object of the legislation is to secure equality of treatment, not only for the same work, but also for work rated as equivalent or assessed by the experts to be of equal value. It stands to reason, therefore, that some very different jobs which are not or cannot be carried out in the same workplaces may nevertheless be rated as equivalent or assessed as having equal value"
The purpose of the 'same employment' test is not to establish comparability between the jobs done: that is the function of determining whether the roles are 'like work', 'work rated as equivalent' or 'work of equal value'. At the heart of this case was the fact that a single source, namely the local authority, was responsible for the difference in treatment – and was able to remedy the discrepancy; the 'same employment' test should not stand as a barrier to the principle of equal treatment.
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I'm applying University of South Australia. They have Masters of Teaching and Graduate Diploma of Education, so I'm applying both of them. Monash University is still in my concern but these both would be my course option.
About UniSA, they have direct entry system which seems I really need… and also for my PR in the future, if I study there, I will get extra area point. It would be nice, too. Adelaide is my new city where I never been, so that will be challenging and something new and fun, too!
I didn't want to say that for a long time, but I realized that it is difficult for me to get that score this year.. I have to find my out and I will.


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Црква Свете Петке подигнутa је у Београду, октобра 2004. у близини Аде Циганлије, у насељу Чукаричка падина, на углу Лазаревачког друма и улице Обалских радника. Темељи храма су освећени 1999. године, а градња је започета августа 2001. године. Како је утврђено да је тло нестабилно за градњу јер има подземних вода, као најбоље решење прихваћена је плутајућа плоча. Аутор пројекта је арх. проф. Бранко Пешић.

Црква је пројектована у српско-византијском стилу у који су унети и елементи савремене архитектуре, како би се уклопила у амбијент стамбеног насеља. Храм је споља урађен од белог мермера, украшен златним бордурама и розетама. У основи храма је уписан крст, а црква има пет купола – главну и четири мале, од којих су две звоници.

Основна карактеристика живописа храма Св. Петке је то да је ово црква са највише осликаних Срба светитеља. Осим тога, ово је први храм у коме налазимо осликано житије Св. Петке – "Живоносни Источник". Приказан је и знатан број светитељки.

У храму је риза Свете Петке којом су биле покривене мошти светитељке. Одежда је од плиша, везена златом и свилом. Ова одежда израђују се у једном манастиру у близини Јашија где почивају мошти, а светитељки их дарују верници.

При храму је активно Друштво побожних жена које са свештеницима посећују болесне, мешовити хор, а негује се и певничко појање.

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Everyone associates the Bran castle with Count Dracula though in fact it was the second summer residence of Queen Marie of Romania at the beginning of 20th century. This is enough reason for the castle to be a memorable site since the queen has left her mark all over it. As such, Bran is not only a legendary Gothic-like castle but as this article Bran – Accommodating royalty is about to show, it is a place suitable for Romania's finest queens.
For those of you for whom Queen Mary's name does not ring any bell, maybe the fact that she was Queen Victoria's niece will change things. She was born in Kent and her mother was the daughter of Alexander II of Russia, therefore she was the cousin of Tsar Nicholas II. These are only the most notable aspects of her family connections but her life as queen of Romania was just as memorable. She married King Ferdinand in 1892 so she reigned during World War I when her heroic and compassionate personality was truly displayed. She volunteered as a nurse and worked together with her ladies directly at the army's hospitals; she also coordinated a charity foundation during the war.
Bran Castle was donated by the people of Brasov to Queen Marie in 1920. This is why this castle still stands today because the queen had it restored completely. The works were coordinated by the same architect that erected the Peles Castle in Sinaia. Bringing to life that desolated medieval castle was a dream come true for the queen as she herself confessed later on in her diaries. The castle was modernized with current water and electricity, the nearby park was transformed according to the queen's tastes, in short, the old feudal castle became a modern home under the guise of a cold, black fortress. More than accommodating royalty, Bran also meant an improvement of the life of all the villages surrounding it. Besides electricity (that was free for the local craftsmanship school), this royal presence also led to well paid jobs in the castle's maintenance. Queen Mary was loved by everyone: she was beautiful, nice and kind to its 'subjects'.
Maybe this short description will change your opinion on Bran Castle since it is not only the legacy of a dark, bloody period in Romania's history; it is also the living memory of one of Romania's most admirable representatives.


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Family allowance
Family allowance for families with two children or more will rise by 1%. The increase in the means-tested allowance will be in line with inflation for 2017. The same will apply to other benefits like early childcare assistance (PAJE) and the back-to-school allowance. The minimum pension will also rise to €833 per month.
Energy cheques
Families on modest incomes in France will receive a cheque this month to help pay winter energy bills. This covers around four million households.
Family allowance for families with two children or more will rise by 1%.
Eviction of tenants
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"It is time to go home comments."
I believe I have a heightened self-awareness when I visit Africa, like being in solitary confinement; I am forced to remember all the angels and demons in my life. I have an abundance of free time, there is more time than normal in Africa for me to think.
Ergo, I am more self-aware, and introspective life is easy.
A big Alpha Male Gorilla is always watching me; there is no hiding in Africa. Either he is ready to swat me to behave or takes me under protective care.
I think I come across as a loner; however, this is not true, I am an extreme extrovert that does not need the approval of people to be happy. I believe the one experience that prepared me for travel was spending one year on house arrest, this truly honed my ability to deal with the emotional situations of travel. When you come face to face with who you are, you will fall in love with the person in the mirror, or break the mirror. I fell in love with the man in the mirror and went forth to become the hero of my own life, a person I truly respect.
I was self-aware until one day I became satisfied in the knowledge learned; there is no problem in life that does not have a solution. If in doubt, just sit down until the problem passes.
"Take care when you reach the edge of the earth, because there be dragons."
"Africa is DOS, America is Windows."
Without DOS, Windows cannot function; we need our basic life skills to function. I can see how the essential life skills function first hand here in Africa.
Africa is emotions, feelings and understanding at the first level of emotional management. I believe in Africa I can experience at the machine level, how humans think, how humans feel and deal with the normal problems of life.
I was forced to face many demons, it is question mark in my mind whether anyone does this of their own free will, it takes unavoidable challenges to find the demons and conquer them. Africa allows me to see the demons and angels running around in humans, there are no complicated layers of wrapping around Africans, for the most part, what you see, is what you get.
Hmm, I just thought of a way to explain the primitive mind of man, he or she is full of sin, it is like watching beggars. They are an intriguing bunch, full of unexpected responses, it is not wise to get too close to beggars, you may find unbounded love, or get bitten very hard. This is Africa one day I am licking my wounds from some emotional bites, and the next I feel grateful for the love and attention, that must be paid for in cash or gifts, there is nothing for free in machine level Africa.
I am very happy today, I have two new plans, two paths have been revealed. I gave up on the country Cote d'Ivoire for now, the leaders are idiots, small children with guns.
I go meet Cote d'Ivoire Girl at Ghana / Cote d'Ivoire Border.
Yesterday, Cynthia called the USA, which then forwards to Ghana, and I pick up on my cell phone here, truly, I can receive calls anywhere on the planets. She e-mailed me the moment I left Cote d'Ivoire and has been calling me every week since I left, about seven weeks in a row.
This girl is amazing, about the same as Naomi here in Mampong, but the older full on woman version and speaks French, a student in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. What is amazing is this, calling the USA from Cote d'Ivoire is expensive on a cell phone, maybe one dollar or more per minute. I can give Africans my USA telephone number with no fear; they will not pay the money to call. Cynthia has paid seven times, and now she says she is coming to Ghana, I am supposed to meet her at the Elubo / Noe Border.
I am excited to follow the path with another person for a couple of weeks, we can go to Cape Coast, and she can experience up close and personal a slave fort. I took a Ghana girl there years ago and she cried, when the reality hit home.
I want to experience a feat of human bravery, for Cynthia a 28-year-old girl (A lie) to come alone is about the same as me going to Nigeria and onto South Africa alone.
Will she actually make the trip, or will she come up with some last minute excuse.
I am going to take Tro Tros, the small vans from Mampong to Kumasi, change, the from Kumasi to Tokoradi, change, then from Tokoradi to Elubo. I will then wait at the border in some dive hotel for her to call me from Noe, when she feels confident, she will cross and meet me.
Good fun, as the Brits say, this is a gamble, I am guessing, there is a 30 percent chance she will actually show up in Noe. Either way, I do not like Ghana, I love Cote d'Ivoire and Togo, I need to change channels, and this is one way to change.
Bottom line, I am taking a round about path toward Accra to get a Visa to Nigeria, then back to Togo, onto Benin, enter Nigeria and get a visa to Cameroon in Calabar, Nigeria.
I normally black hole girl situations, but this feat of bravery by Cynthia needs explained and documented. She is making a leap into the unknown, for many reasons, which are unknown to me, it is not fear, it is bravery. Many people do things because of fear or greed, bravery is rare and a bright star of emotions. I take pause and observe, truly a great thing to experience.


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7 weeks' jail for man who beat two red lights, drove against flow of traffic in search of toilet
Wan Ting Koh
·Senior Reporter
5 January 2021, 11:39 pm ·5-min read
Block 343 Jurong East Street 31 (PHOTO: Screenshot from Google Street View)
SINGAPORE — A man with a bowel condition felt the urgent need to relieve himself while on the highway in the wee hours of the morning.
Desperate, Hoo Tee Tuan then sped towards his destination – his elder brother's 24-hour coffeeshop – beating two red lights and going against the flow of traffic twice, hitting a speed of 180kmh at one point.
A police officer who spotted his reckless driving chased Hoo until the latter finally came to a stop at the entrance to the carpark at Block 343 Jurong East 31.
For driving in a rash manner and for failing to stop when instructed by a traffic police officer, Hoo, 57, was jailed seven weeks and disqualified from driving for four years on Wednesday (6 January). He pleaded guilty to both charges in the State Courts.
His lawyer, Lim Soo Peng, told the court that his client had been suffering from irritable bowel syndrome for at least a year before the incident and was likely having an episode during the time of his offences on 1 March last year, causing him to drive the way he did. When the condition struck, his client would be in "immense pain" and would need to relieve himself immediately.
Stomach pain hit while driving home from MBS
Hoo was driving home to Jurong from the casino at Marina Bay Sands at about 3am and was on the Pan Island Expressway when the stomach pain hit. According to the prosecution, he then travelled at a high speed when he exited towards Jurong Canal Drive.
Footage from Hoo's in-car camera was played in court, showing him slowing down behind a van due to roadworks. After passing it, he accelerated, attracting the attention of uniformed traffic police officer Syafa'at Abdul Rahman, who switched on his blinkers and followed Hoo.
Syafa'at tried to stop Hoo, but Hoo did not stop, and sped at 180kmh instead before turning left into Jurong Canal Drive, with the traffic police trailing him.
Hoo then turned into Jurong East Avenue 1 and beat a red light signal at the junction of Jurong East Avenue 1 and Jurong East Street 32. He beat a second red light when making a right turn into Jurong East Street 32 towards Boon Lay Way.
After travelling on the right lane of Jurong East Street 31, Hoo made a right turn towards the carpark of Block 317 Jurong East Street 31. He stopped halfway during the turn and proceeded to drive against the flow of traffic towards Boon Lay Way.
He then crossed a centre divider and drove in the right direction towards Boon Lay Way. He accelerated before crossing double white lines and making a left turn into Boon Lay Way towards Commonwealth Avenue West.
He sped at about 150kmh before making a left turn into Jurong East Avenue 1 towards Jurong West Avenue 1. Hoo went against the flow of traffic again after making a left turn into Jurong East Street 31 towards Boon Lay Way.
He then tried to enter the carpark of Block 343 Jurong East 31 but stopped as his way was blocked by a taxi. This was when the traffic police finally caught up to him.
Medical condition not valid reason for serious dangerous driving
Citing the dangerous manner of Hoo's driving, Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Deborah Lee sought a jail term of two months and a disqualification period of four years.
While the DPP acknowledged that Hoo's medical condition may have caused him to drive in such a manner, it was not a valid reason to drive in a manner that posed serious danger to other road users.
Since Hoo had been suffering from the condition for a year, he should have been well-placed to deal with it, said the DPP. Hoo could have also stopped along the road or chose a place that was not his brother's coffeeshop, which was a distance away, added the DPP.
Mitigating for his client, Lim submitted a letter from Hoo's son who said that his father neglected his health while focused on being the breadwinner for the family and suffered from the "digestive issue" as a result. When the family ate outside, his father had to immediately use the toilet when hit by the pain, which was "immense", according to the son.
Lim also submitted medical reports about Hoo's condition. One of these, dated June 2019, stated that Hoo had the problem of abdominal bloating and frequency of passing loose stools since at least a year prior.
Another clinical report dated 15 May 2019 stated that Hoo had been seen for irritable bowel syndrome and another condition where he experienced periodic gastric pain and diarrhoea.
"Hoo is really sorry for what happened, he is contrite and remorseful and has rendered full cooperation to traffic police," said the lawyer.
"He had no intention to evade police apprehension, this was an urgent urge to ease himself. In fact after he was stopped by the police, the police had to line the backseat of police car before he was allowed to enter it, and he was (in the station) asked to clean and wash himself before he was interviewed."
The lawyer added that there were few vehicles on the road at the point in time and no pedestrians were evident from the videos showed.
Asked by District Judge Christopher Goh whether Hoo should have been driving when suffering from his condition, Lim said, "I think he learned his lesson. I think he has decided not to drive after today."
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Welcome to NTA's open Tuesday lectures with visiting artists and researchers this fall. All six lectures takes place on Tuesdays from 18:00 to 20:00 at NTA in Fredrikstad. Free entrance! Please send an e-mail to ticket@hiof.no if you want to join.
October 30 - Konstantinos Thomaidis: A VOICE IS. A VOICE HAS. A VOICE DOES.
Spatial Agency started life as a project that was interested in exploring possibilities beyond architecture as object beautiful and began by challenging what it means to do architecture: it investigated practices that approached space from a political perspective, compiled projects that were concerned with the right to the city and looked at ways of doing that were more about process and people than form. The lecture will give an overview of Spatial Agency and its initial premises and tenets but will also put into question how such approaches can continue to be relevant in today's context.
Tatjana Schneider is Professor for History and Theory of Architecture and the City at the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany. Current work focuses on global challenges and the changing role of architects and architecture in contemporary society, (architectural) pedagogy and spatial agency. Schneider is interested in employing and implementing theoretical, methodological and practical approaches that expand the scope of contemporary debates and discourses by integrating political and economic frameworks that question normative ways of thinking, producing and consuming space. Publications include Spatial Agency. Other Ways of Doing Architecture and Agency: Working with Uncertain Architectures. Schneider was founder member of the workers cooperative G.L.A.S. (Glasgow Letters on Architecture and Space), which aimed to construct both a theoretical and practical critique of the capitalist production and use of the built environment.
In her lecture, Ida Müller will present her work. She will focus on scenography and costume in the works by Vinge/Müller.
Ida Müller is a German stage designer and costume designer. Since 2004, she collaborated with Vegard Vinge on theatre, performance, opera and visual arts projects. Vinge/Müller have won international accalim for their uncompromising versions of Henrik Ibsen´s plays staged mainly in Norway and Germany in co-operation with among others Black Box Theatre, Bergen International Festival, Volksbühne (Berlin) and Berliner Festspiele. Ida Müller was nominated twice for The Hedda Award; in 2007 in the category Best visual design and in 2018 in the category Best stage design/costume design, and was in 2008 awarded the Norwegian Critic´s Award.
In their lecture, Kari Holtan and Boya Bøckman will present the works by De Utvalgte.
De Utvalgte, founded 1994, (Kari Holtan, Boya Bøckman, Torbjørn Davidsen, Anne Holtan, Morten Kippe), move in the borderland between theater, visual art and performance, play with roles and identities, authenticity and theatricality and mixes the comic and the tragic in bold ridicule of their own and others' inadequacies. The company has developed new technology that uses 3D film scenography and narratives. De Utvalgte was awarded the Norwegian Critic´s Award in 2012 and The Hedda Award in 2012 (Boya Bøckman , the category Best Visual Design) and in 2013 (the category Special artistic achievement). Their work is presented internationally.
How does it feel to have a voice from the inside? This performative lecture takes cue from the observation that much of the discourse in the emergent field of interdisciplinary voice studies is premised on methodologies that do little to disclose how voice is experienced by the voicer. There is a developing body of such data in physiological analyses of voice (which perhaps unavoidably are concerned with voice as a measurable and scientifically defined bodily function) and some scarce theoretical propositions that bridge phenomenological writing and processes of artistic development, be they creative or training/technical. But how often does a voicer get to interrogate voice as part of their personal history? And how often do they get to disseminate this lived knowledge from a joint theoretical and artistic perspective? Or, to invite audiences to think about their own voices in such terms? This experiment in practice-as-research explores the performative potentials of the nascent methodology of vocal autobiography. The solo layers DIY intermedia, academic discourse and physiovocal praxis with subtle dramaturgies of audience participation to think through the potential of a shift from voice to voicing.
Dr Konstantinos Thomaidis is Lecturer in Drama, Theatre & Performance at the University of Exeter. He is founding co-editor of the Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies and the Routledge Voice Studies book series as well as co-founder of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Voice Studies and the 'Sound, Voice & Music' working group at TaPRA. His publications include the collection Voice Studies: Critical Approaches to Process, Performance and Experience (Routledge 2015, with Ben Macpherson), the special issue 'Voicing Belonging: Traditional Singing in a Globalized World' (Intellect 2017, with Virginie Magnat), and the monograph Theatre & Voice (Macmillan/Springer 2017). He is currently editing the special issue 'What is New in Voice Training?' for Theatre, Dance and Performance Training journal and the collection Time and Performer Training (Routledge, with Mark Evans and Libby Worth). He is the Artistic Director of Adrift Performance Makers and Head of Movement for Opera in Space.
In this lecture, Lars Petter Hagen will present some of his projects that explores curatorial strategies in artistic practise, music in interdisciplinary work and archival composition.
Lars Petter Hagen is a Norwegian composer and curator. Hagen has served as artistic director for Ny Musikk and festivals Happy Days Sound Festival, Nordic Music Days and the Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival. He is currently artistic advisor for the Oslo-Philharmonic. In addition to orchestral works as well as vocal- and instrumental pieces, Hagen also works with sound installations and music for stage and film productions.
Fueled by a tenacious interest in literature and philosophy, Nicolas Herzog sees reading as one of the obvious ways to be immersed in and enjoy narration. The notion of narration, however, is much broader than to be limited only to literature, such as fiction, and performing arts and movies. In perhaps less obvious ways the art and technique of narration – or better yet framing – plays a critical role also in the legal system, politics and law-making. In his presentation, Nicolas Herzog will aim to explore, from a litigator's perspective, the general foundations of the narration theory, its application in literature and politics, and its hidden significance in the daily legal work.
Nicolas Herzog, admitted to the Zurich bar, is an attorney practicing in Switzerland. He is specialized in commercial dispute resolution and represents an international clientele from various industries before Swiss state courts and international arbitral tribunals. Nicolas studied law at the University of Zurich and obtained a PhD in contract law. He completed his academic studies with a graduate degree from New York University School of Law in 2004. According to the industry guide Who's Who Legal he is perceived as a "a superb litigator and wins praise among sources" and comes "highly recommended". Nicolas publishes in his field of work and has recently submitted an article on the nuts and bolts of drafting statement of claims – which in essence are a narration of the claimant's case brought before a court of law.


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On February 27, 1933, the German parliament (Reichstag) building burned down. The Nazi leadership and its coalition partners used the fire to claim that Communists were planning a violent uprising. They claimed that emergency legislation was needed to prevent this. The resulting act, commonly known as the Reichstag Fire Decree, abolished a number of constitutional protections and paved the way for Nazi dictatorship.
Implemented one day after the fire, the decree suspended the right to assembly, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and other constitutional protections, including all restraints on police investigations. It remained in effect until Nazi Germany was defeated in May 1945.
The decree permitted the regime to arrest and incarcerate political opponents without specific charge, to dissolve political organizations, and to confiscate private property.
The decree also gave the regime the authority to overrule state and local laws and overthrow state and local governments.
On February 27, 1933, the German parliament (Reichstag) building burned down due to arson. The Nazi leadership and its German Nationalist coalition partners exploited the fire to persuade President Paul von Hindenburg that Communists were planning a violent uprising to derail Germany's "national renewal." They claimed that emergency legislation was needed to prevent this. Commonly known as the Reichstag Fire Decree, the resulting act "For the Protection of the People and State" abolished a number of constitutional protections and paved the way for Nazi dictatorship.
Using emergency constitutional powers, Adolf Hitler's cabinet had issued a Decree for the Protection of the German People on February 4, 1933. This decree placed constraints on the press and authorized the police to ban political meetings and marches, effectively hindering electoral campaigning. A temporary measure, it was followed by a more dramatic and permanent suspension of civil rights following the February 27 burning of the parliament building.
Though the origins of the fire are still unclear, in a propaganda maneuver, the coalition government (Nazis and the German Nationalist People's Party) blamed the Communists. They exploited the Reichstag fire to secure President von Hindenburg's approval for an emergency decree, the decree "For the Protection of the People and State" of February 28, one day after the burning of the Reichstag. Popularly known as the Reichstag Fire Decree, the regulations suspended the right to assembly, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and other constitutional protections, including all restraints on police investigations.
Within months, for example, the Nazi regime destroyed Germany's previously vigorous free press. By 1941, the Nazi Party's Eher publishing house had become the largest ever in German history, and its main daily newspaper, the Völkischer Beobachter (The National Observer) had reached a circulation of over 1,000,000.
What was the role of the legal and judicial system as the resulting Reichstag Fire Decree was created and implemented?


Barry Groves lives with his wife, Monica, in a small village in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds. He originally trained as an electronic engineer and was commissioned in the Royal Air Force with which he served until 1982.
After marrying in 1957, Barry and his wife, Monica, became very overweight. They tried low-calorie dieting, inert fillers, sweaty plastic clothes, exercise, et cetera, with no long-term success. Then, in 1962, Barry discovered the low-carb diet. It worked spectacularly well - and still works today. Thus began his interest in the role of food types in the aetiology of obesity. He decided to leave the RAF at the earliest opportunity to research the subject.
He retired from the RAF in 1982, at the age of 45, and began full time research, later broadening the scope of his research to the relationship between diet and other modern 'diseases of civilisation' such as heart disease and cancer.
As a result of his researches, he realised that the perceived wisdoms, both of low-calorie dieting for weight loss and 'healthy eating' for the control of heart disease, were seriously flawed. The public were being misled largely, it seemed, to increase the profits of commercial interests.
He began to give talks and lectures, at first locally and then, increasingly over an ever-wider area. He has lectured as far afield as Western Australia.
Barry was a columnist writing about dietary and health matters for several health-related magazines such as The Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, Caduceus and Namaste. He has also written columns for the Weekend Financial Times, The Oxford Times, and The Glade. He has also lectured in hospitals to medical professionals about the management and prevention of 'modern diseases' such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease.
His writing earned him the Sophie Coe Prize at the 2002 Oxford Symposium on Food History.
An International author, Barry has written a number of popular and more technical books which have been published in countries as far apart as Argentina and Russia, as well as all English-speaking countries.
With a doctorate in nutritional science from the American distance learning university, Trinity College & University, (NOT the Spanish diploma mill with a similar name) gained from 20 years' research experience and a 60.000-word dissertation on the Politics of the Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies (Commercial version), he now divides his time between writing and giving talks to Womens' Institutes, Probus, and other groups and as a guest lecturer on cruise liners.
For five years he served as an elected councillor on the West Oxfordshire District Council where he was Chairman of the Public Health Committee.
Barry Groves does not confine himself to medical and dietary research. With a long-term interest in energy conservation, he and his wife, Monica, designed and built their own solar-heated house over three years from 1977 to 1980.
For relaxation, in 1982, he took up archery. With his compound bow, he became the British Clout Archery Champion in 1987. He retained this championship in the subsequent four years and in 1994, holding all the British Records in this discipline from 1989 to 1992.
In 1992 he entered the British Flight Archery Championships, winning at his first attempt with a British record. He has successfully defended this championship for a futher 20 years and taken over 20 British records.
With a compound flight bow he designed and made himself, Barry won three Gold medals and broke two World records at his first attempt at the World Flight Archery Championships at Ivanpah, in the Mohave Desert, California, in 1996. He shot in three separate years winning a total of eleven Gold Medals at international level with six World championships (in different classes) and five world records. He decided it was time to give someone else a chance in 2008.


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We really need to discuss the latest reprehensible decision from the Conservative-DUP government [OPINION]
Timothy J. Woods
The Conservatives just voted down a parliamentary motion that would have recognised animals as sentient beings. The DUP, with its £1bn bung in mind, followed through on its agreement to support the government by voting in line with the Conservatives. Good doggies.
I've always found the persecution of the defenceless to rile me in particular. Whether it's bullying, sexual abuse or animal abuse, when I see a victim who has little chance against an oppressor, it moves me to take action. It's the main reason why I joined The Canary. In the current political climate, with the Conservatives who would sell their soul in the name of 'enterprise' and Trump, a puppet of big business, it means that we are seeing injustice in the news seemingly on a daily basis.
And now it's the Conservatives again, only this time with animals. And of all people, I thought that the fictional character Borat encapsulated the Tories' disregard for animals perfectly when he said:
Every Englishman must have a hobby… but the most fun is to kill a little animal with a shotgun, or rip him up with a wild dog.
But the defeat of this bill takes on a whole new dimension when we consider what science has discovered in recent years about the world we inhabit. Researchers have revealed that what we have thought, or been told, was badly misinformed. Recent studies and revelations about the natural world are yet to reach the mainstream.
'But it's just a stupid animal'
This is what many of us learned, through education, the news and our parents. But there are increasing scientific studies showing this belief to be false. It is widely known now that elephants are highly intelligent, social animals. But less known is that sheep feel sad when their friends – yes, friends – are killed. Or that octopuses are remarkably smart (octopus is a popular dish in Spain); that pigs express empathy to other pigs or that dogs can get depressed too.
But the Conservatives and the controversial DUP still voted to deny them protections that are in place across the European Union.
The divisive nature of Tory rhetoric about the 'left behind white working-class'
Government contractor's meal deal
Trees too. What?
Yep, trees and plants too. There's increasing evidence that they are smart, they can solve problems, they remember, and that they interact socially.
Plant neurobiology professor Stefano Mancuso says:
We are convinced that plants are cognitive and intelligent.
Plants are much more sensitive than animals… [they] distribute all along the body the functions that in animals are concentrated in single organs… The plant is a kind of distributed brain… Underestimating plants can be very dangerous, because our life depends on plants and our actions are destroying their environments.
Peter Wohlleben, author of the international bestseller, The Hidden Life of Trees, believes that we are moving away from an antiquated education system that taught us that animals and plants are part of a "soulless engine":
When we watch animals, most people don't realize that they are also watched by the animals, and that there is communication happening… It is very often overlooked because we tend to view nature, whether it's trees or animals, like things in a museum.
And scientists are even showing that some animals are more intelligent than humans in certain categories. Dr Arthur Saniotis, co-author of The Dynamic Human, says:
For millennia, all kinds of authorities — from religion to eminent scholars — have been repeating the same idea ad nauseam… that humans are exceptional by virtue that they are the smartest in the animal kingdom. However, science tells us that animals can have cognitive faculties that are superior to human beings.
Changing views
This research throws up all types of ethical questions, more than can practically be dealt with overnight. But if awareness of sustainability and ethical interaction with animals and the environment improves, the big corporations and politicians that can make the difference will be forced to fall into line with public sentiment. It was public anger that stopped Theresa May from bringing back fox hunting. It is the same sort of people power that can overturn this latest cruel government decision.
– Check out more articles from The Canary on animal rights.
Conservative Britain
Ralph Underhill , 13th January 2021
Theresa May's 'breathless wooing' of Donald Trump a great pity, says former speaker John Bercow
The Canary , 10th January 2021
Tim Farron calls Labour a 'Maoist cult'… and Jeremy Corbyn something even stranger [TWEETS]
The heated NHS row between Jeremy Hunt and Ralf Little could be about to get real [TWEETS]


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The best feature of Ratol Paste is the speed of results (Rats die in 2-3 hours). Due to a fruit base, the paste acts as an attractant. Less chances of Resistance development. Soft, re-sealable lami-tubes make it easy to use even on difficult areas like Roof beams and tree-tops.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using HtmlAgilityPack;
using System.Net;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Linq;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using Visual1993.Data;
using Visual1993;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

using ModernHttpClient;
using System.Net.Http;

namespace LuissLoft
{
	public class LoginPageVM : ViewModelBase
	{
		public event EventHandler<User> Completed;
		public virtual void OnCompleted(User user)
		{
			EventHandler<User> handler = Completed;
			if (handler != null)
			{
				handler(this, user);
			}
		}
		public LoginPageVM()
		{
		}
		public async Task<WebServiceV2.DefaultResponse> DoLogin(User.PersonalizedData d)
		{
			var output = new WebServiceV2.DefaultResponse();
			if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(d.Email)) { return output;}
			var existingUser = (await User.getAllFromMail(d.Email)).items.FirstOrDefault();
			if (existingUser == null)
			{
				existingUser = new User
				{
					Guid = Guid.NewGuid(),
					data = d
				};
				await DoSalvaUtente(existingUser);
				return await existingUser.insert();
			}
			else {
				existingUser.data = d;
				await DoSalvaUtente(existingUser);
				return await existingUser.update();
			}
			return output;
		}
		private async Task DoSalvaUtente(User i)
		{
			App.VM.user = i;
			await App.VM.user.SaveOffline();
		}
		public static HttpClient GetHttpClient(IList<Cookie> cookies)
		{
			var messageHandler = new NativeMessageHandler();
			return new HttpClient(messageHandler);
		}
		public async Task<User.PersonalizedData> GetDataFromMoodle(string username, string password)
		{
			var pars = new Dictionary<string, string>();
			//username = "";
			//password = "";
			pars.Add("username", username);
			pars.Add("password", password);
			pars.Add("rememberusername", "0");
			pars.Add("anchor", "");

			var cookieHandler = new NativeCookieHandler();
			var messageHandler = new NativeMessageHandler(false, false, cookieHandler);
			var httpClient = new HttpClient(messageHandler);
			httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.TryAddWithoutValidation("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
			var content = new FormUrlEncodedContent(pars);
			var httpResponse =
				await httpClient.PostAsync(new Uri("http://learn.luiss.it/login/index.php"), content);

			var client = GetHttpClient(cookieHandler.Cookies);
			var res =
				await client.GetAsync(new Uri("http://learn.luiss.it/user/edit.php"));
			var strRes = await res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

			try
			{
				var doc = new HtmlDocument();
				doc.LoadHtml(strRes);
				var nome = doc.GetElementbyId("id_firstname").GetAttributeValue("value", "");
				var cognome = doc.GetElementbyId("id_lastname").GetAttributeValue("value", "");
				var email = doc.GetElementbyId("id_email").GetAttributeValue("value", "");
				HtmlNode imgDiv = null;
				var img = "";
				try
				{
					imgDiv = doc.GetElementbyId("fitem_id_currentpicture").ChildNodes[1].ChildNodes[0].ChildNodes[0];
					if (imgDiv.Attributes.Contains("src"))
					{
						img = imgDiv.Attributes["src"].Value;
					}
				}
				catch {
				}
				return new User.PersonalizedData
				{
					Nome = nome,
					Cognome = cognome,
					Email = email,
					ImageUrl = img,
					LastChange = DateTime.Now
				};
			}
			catch(Exception ex) {
				Visual1993.Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
				return null;
			}

		}
		public async Task DownloadData()
		{
			IsLoadingData = true;
			IsLoadingData = false;
		}
		public void UpdateVM() { }

		private string username = "";
		public string Username { get { return username; } set { username = value; this.RaisePropertyChanged(); } }

		private string password = "";
		public string Password { get { return password; } set { password = value; this.RaisePropertyChanged(); } }

		CookieContainer Cookies = new CookieContainer();
		List<Cookie> cookies = new List<Cookie>();
		List<string> rawCookies = new List<string>();

		#region privateMethods
		public async Task<HtmlDocument> GetPage(string url)
		{

			HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
			request.Method = "GET";
			Cookies= new CookieContainer();
			request.CookieContainer = Cookies;

			HttpWebResponse response =  (HttpWebResponse)await request.GetResponseAsync();
			var stream = response.GetResponseStream();

			//When you get the response from the website, the cookies will be stored
			//automatically in "Cookies".

			using (var reader = new StreamReader(stream))
			{
				string html = reader.ReadToEnd();
				var doc = new HtmlDocument();
				doc.LoadHtml(html);
				return doc;
			}

		}

		public async Task<HtmlDocument> PostPage(string url, Dictionary<string, string> pars)
		{

			/*
			cookies = new List<Cookie>();
			rawCookies = new List<string>();
			var ck = Cookies.GetCookies(new Uri("http://learn.luiss.it/user/edit.php"));
			foreach (Cookie cookie in ck)
			{
				cookies.Add(cookie);
				rawCookies.Add(string.Format("{0}={1}", cookie.Name, cookie.Value));
			}

			var handler = new NativeMessageHandler() { UseCookies = false};
			var client = new HttpClient(handler);
			client.DefaultRequestHeaders.TryAddWithoutValidation("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
			client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Cookie", string.Join("; ",rawCookies));

			var content = new FormUrlEncodedContent(pars);
			var result = await client.PostAsync(url, content);
			//result.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
			var html = await result.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
			result.Content.c
			var doc = new HtmlDocument();
			doc.LoadHtml(html);
			return doc;
*/

			HttpWebRequest request = WebRequest.CreateHttp(url);
			request.Method = "POST";

			string postData = "";

			foreach (string key in pars.Keys)
			{
				postData += Uri.EscapeDataString(key) + "="
					  + Uri.EscapeDataString(pars[key]) + "&";
			}

			request.Method = "POST";
			request.CookieContainer = Cookies;

			byte[] data = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(postData);

			request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
			//request.Headers.c = data.Length;

			Stream requestStream = await request.GetRequestStreamAsync();
			await requestStream.WriteAsync(data, 0, data.Length);
			requestStream.Dispose();
			System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(5000);

			HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)await request.GetResponseAsync();
			var stream = response.GetResponseStream();

			//When you get the response from the website, the cookies will be stored
			//automatically in "_cookies".

			using (var reader = new StreamReader(stream))
			{
				string html = await reader.ReadToEndAsync();//ReadToEnd();
				var doc = new HtmlDocument();
				doc.LoadHtml(html);
				return doc;
			}

		}
		#endregion
	}
}

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Committee assesses hashish enterprise zoning in Lake Placid, North Elba | Information, Sports activities, Jobs
LAKE PLACID – After the city of North Elba and the village of Lake Placid passed local laws making it illegal to license the sale and use of cannabis on-site, they teamed up to look into zoning for cannabis companies – only in case their laws are repealed by a permissive referendum.
The new town / village community "Working group" – founded to assess local zoning in anticipation of cannabis companies coming to the area – had its first meeting on Monday.
North Elba City Councilor Emily Kilburn Politi said she had received approval to move forward with the group from the new Mayor Derek Doty. The group has one agenda item: amending the Joint Land Use Act to accommodate legal cannabis businesses in the event that city and / or villagers repeal opt-out laws passed by the village council and council this month.
Recreational marijuana was legalized nationwide on March 31st, and local governments had until December 31st to enact local laws prohibiting licensing of cannabis dispensaries and / or licenses for local use within their borders.
Permissive referendums
The opt-out laws are subject to a permissive referendum.
Villagers can petition the laws to vote in a general election. If 20% of villagers who were registered in the last general election sign a petition and move in within 30 days of the board's opt-out vote on December 20, the laws could be on a ballot, according to the New York conference appear by mayors.
However, unlike city governments, village governments have the option of opting out and then passing a resolution to put their cannabis laws on a special ballot box without the need for a petition. The village council started this process last month. Mayor Art Devlin has repeatedly said that the village council wants the final decision on cannabis to be left to Lake Placid voters. The village council waived with the intention of passing its laws to a special election in March.
Cities, on the other hand, cannot make a decision to put their cannabis laws on a special ballot. Residents have 45 days from the day the city passed the laws to petition to force a referendum. If enough townspeople sign a petition – at least 10% of residents who voted in the last gubernatorial election – the laws would appear on the next ballot.
Some city council members, like Kilburn Politi, have opted out so they can assess zoning and other regulations related to cannabis companies, while others, like City Mayor Jay Rand, have opted out of not wanting cannabis companies in town.
Zoning group
The joint cannabis zoning working group includes Kilburn Politi, Village Trustee Jackie Kelly, Lake Placid / North Elba Community Development Director Haley Breen, Town Code Enforcement Officer Michael Orticelle and Town Code Enforcement Official Darci Lafave.
Kilburn Politi said last Thursday that cannabis retail and on-site use shops need to be included as uses in the land use code and that they need to be zoned to define where they can and cannot go.
Kilburn Politi said she envisioned the group defining cannabis companies as conditional use, which would require potential companies to address the Lake Placid-North Elba Joint Review Committee prior to approval.
Kilburn Politi said the Cannabis Control Board – the government agency that grants, withdraws and limits cannabis licenses as needed – would likely look into what the review board normally does: shop lighting, signage, parking lots and architecture, but the CCB has not offered these Manual. She wonders "Why don't we have our own controls?"
"So you couldn't draw a giant marijuana leaf on the side of your building." She said.
Kilburn Politi said Monday that the group had a good discussion and that other members had some suggestions for their drafted amendments to the existing land use law. The group will present its proposals to town and village councils in upcoming sessions this winter and Kilburn Politi said it would wait until then to give details of the proposed changes.
Once the group presents its ideas to the panels and receives feedback from them on the adjustments, Kilburn Politi said the town and village will hold public hearings on the changes before they are finalized.
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Kaya Turski
Monteal, Quebec
In the four years leading up to the Olympic debut of ski slopestyle, Kaya Turski dominated the top of the podium in major international competitions. Aside from entering the Games as the reigning FIS World Champion, she won a string of gold medals at three straight Winter X Games (2010-12) and four straight Winter X Games Europe (2010-13).
But she was also coming back following knee surgery in August 2013 after tearing her ACL for the third time in her career. She had missed almost two full seasons (2006-08) due to the first tear and an internal organ injury. After her return to competition in 2008-09, she captured bronze at the Winter X Games. The next season (2009-10) she won gold at both Winter X Games but sustained her second ACL tear at the European event. She was able to repair it and rehab in time to compete in 2010-11, again winning both Winter X Games as well as a silver medal at the FIS World Championships.
Turski had a career season in 2011-12, going undefeated. Aside from winning both Winter X Games, she was first in three other pro events and was named the Canadian Freestyle Ski Association's Athlete of the Year. In 2013, Turski won the gold medal at the FIS World Championships for the first time.
Getting Into Sport: Started her athletic career as a skier before discovering snowboard in which she dreamed of winning Olympic gold… She then moved into inline skating and began competing internationally… Just as she was becoming good, the popularity of inline skating died off… At 17 she decided to enter a local skiing event and was instantly hooked… The years of jumping and sliding on rails in skates prepared her to do the same on skis… Spent nine months working to earn enough money to move to Whistler so she could dedicate a season to skiing… Won the first slopestyle competition she entered… Outside Interests: Films a webisode series called 'State of Mind'… Enjoys arts and crafts, reading, writing and trampolining… Collects art from her travels around the world… Has sponsored a child through Plan Canada since 2006… Odds and Ends: Sponsored by B2Ten… Life philosophy: Live life with all your heart. Love it with all your heart… Had her Olympic dream sparked while watching the Vancouver 2010 Opening Ceremony… Has many lucky trinkets from family and friends, including a bracelet given to her by Sarah Burke… Favourite motto: Live in the faith that the entire world is on your side so long as you are true to the best that's in you…
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Order a copy of One America?: Political Leadership, National Identity, and the Dilemmas of Diversity at Amazon.com.
Georgetown University Press, 2001
With enormous numbers of new immigrants, America is becoming dramatically more diverse racially, culturally, and ethnically. As a result, the United States faces questions that have profound consequences for its future. What does it mean to be an American? Is a new American identity developing? At the same time, the coherence of national culture has been challenged by the expansion of-and attacks on-individual and group rights, and by political leaders who prefer to finesse rather than engage cultural controversies. Many of the ideals on which the country was founded are under intense, often angry, debate, and the historic tension between individuality and community has never been felt so keenly.
In One America?, distinguished contributors discuss the role of national leadership, especially the presidency, at a time when a fragmented and dysfunctional national identity has become a real possibility. Holding political views that encompass the thoughtful left and right of center, they address fundamental issues such as affirmative action, presidential engagement in questions of race, dual citizenship, interracial relationships, and English as the basic language.
This book is the first examination of the role of national political leaders in maintaining or dissipating America's national identity. It will be vital reading for political scientists, historians, policymakers, students, and anyone concerned with the future of American politics and society.
Contributors: Jack Citrin, Richard D. Kahlenberg, Richard J. Payne, Noah M. J. Pickus, Stanley A. Renshon, Russell L. Riley, John David Skrentny, Jim Sleeper, Abigail Thernstrom, and Stephan Thernstrom
"Offers reflective critical thinking on social, racial, and culture issues that confront policymakers at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The authors challenges the conventional wisdom on issues of race, affirmative action, immigration, and presidential leadership." Perspectives on Political Science
"Highly recommended for upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and those interested in the public policy process." Choice
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Shires & Spires: Oxford Cotswolds & Stratford Upon Avon
Drive through the heart of England on a tour from London. Stop in Stratford Upon Avon, home and birthplace of Shakespeare, England's greatest playwright. Marvel at stunning Cotswolds villages, and end with a visit to the famous University city of Oxford.
Admire the dreamy spires of the university city of Oxford
Go inside the birthplace of William Shakespeare
Drive through the wool farm villages of the Cotswolds
Stop for lunch in scenic Stow-on-the-Wold
Travel down tiny one-track lanes in the Heart of England
Learn about the famous students of Oxford
Wander around the village of Bibury to see the weavers cottages
Take a souvenir photo of the thatched rood cottage of Ann Hathaway
Enjoy a picturesque, small group coach tour of the Heart of England on a full-day trip from London to Shakespeare's birthplace at Stratford-upon-Avon, the enchanting Cotswold villages of Upper and Lower Slaughter and the University City of Oxford.
Start by driving west over the Chiltern Hills and continue to Stratford-upon-Avon, birthplace of William Shakespeare. Enjoy an expert narrative about the history of the poet as you drive to sites that were important in his life, such as the Holy Trinity Church where he was baptised and buried. Stop at his birthplace to go inside.
After some free time to explore the town on your own, drive to Shottery to photograph Ann Hathaway's Cottage, the thatched roof house that was the childhood home of Shakespeare's wife.
Continue through the beautiful Cotswold region, where stone villages and green pastures chequer the landscape. Marvel at ancient churches, built by the wealth of the wool trade. Your guide will lead you down tiny one-track lanes through rolling hills.
Stop at Burford, and walk around Bibury to see the weavers' cottages. Explore the delightful Coln Valley and the twin villages of Upper and Lower Slaughter. Then, it's time for a lunch stop in Stow-on-the-Wold.
After lunch, drive south and upon arrival in Oxford, you will explore the dreamy spires of the university buildings. Founded in 1167, it is one of the oldest, and most famous, universities in the world.
Take a walking tour of the college buildings, and discover shady cloisters and library courtyards. See where statesmen, writers, artists and inventors studied. Hear about the famous alumni, such as J.R.R Tolkien and C.S Lewis of "Alice in Wonderland" fame. Discover where scenes from the Harry Potter movies were shot. Then, enjoy some free time to explore the narrow streets alone.
Roundtrip transportation by executive mini-coach
Professional tour guide
Guided walking tour of Oxford
Drive through Cotswolds villages, such as Bourton on the Water, Burford and Upper and Lower Slaughter
Visit to Stow-on-the-Wold
Guided tour of Shakespeare's Stratford-upon-Avon
Entry to Shakespeare's Birthplace
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