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10 Good Reasons to Study in California
7th February 2017 Posted by: Student World Online
FEW people need convincing when it comes to discussing California's sun-seeker credentials – but have you considered it for your study abroad destination? The state of California in the US is famously cultural, with a range of cities spread across its pacific coastline that all have their own flavour. California also has one of the best public university systems in the world, almost rivalling the east coast's Ivy League.
Interested? Then keep reading!
'Public Ivy' schools
The University of California system contains 10 different campuses and has been hailed one of the 'Public Ivy' schools; in other words, it offers high-quality education without the Harvard price tag, allowing more students to study in California. UC Berkeley in particular is world-renowned, placed within the top 3 public universities in the world. Not only that, but over 40% of the University of California's students come from low income families, so even if you're concerned about money, California may still be an option for you.
The University of Southern California campus
Other highly prestigious universities in California include Stanford University, which recently celebrated producing the most Nobel Prize winning graduates; the California Institute of Technology, which regularly appears in the US top 10, and the University of Southern California, whose alumni include a whole host of directors, producers and actors (including George Lucas!)
Due to its cultural heritage and history, California is one of the most diverse states in America. 43% of Californian residents speak a language other than English at home, and San Francisco is home to 'the largest Chinatown outside of Asia', making studying in the area a truly multi-cultural experience. As for international students, UC Berkeley alone has nearly 2,000 Chinese students, with South Korean and Indian students close behind.
Bucket List sight-seeing
If staggering sights like Death Valley, Yosemite National Park, Sequoia National Park, the Mojave Desert and the Golden Gate Bridge are on your bucket list, what better place to study than California? Whether you fancy gazing up at huge redwoods, hiking through sun-scorched brush or spending Spring Break just over the border at Lake Tahoe, Nevada, there are plenty of opportunities to enjoy California's natural beauty while you study abroad. Even if you have work to do, there could be stunning study spots right on campus: UC Santa Barbara is located in its own lagoon.
Road-trip country
There's only one way to visit all those once-in-a-lifetime locations in style while studying in California, and it's by road. With proximity to famous routes like route 66 and Big Sur (a beautiful and sparsely populated segment of central Californian coastline) it is the ideal place to make like Jack Kerouac and go on the road. Or get someone else to drive, so you can concentrate on the view.
Whether your preferred medium is art, drama, music or film, California is an ideal destination for creative international students. Home to private arts institute CalArts, which was founded by Walt Disney, along with numerous artistic communities in places like San Francisco, Orange County and of course Hollywood, the state offers plenty of opportunities to explore your talents and even pursue them as a career. If you prefer to be a spectator rather than a creator, California also has more theatres, galleries, music and arts festivals than you can shake a paintbrush at.
California's state motto is 'Eureka!' and when in the world-famous Silicon Valley you begin to see why. Some of the world's most pioneering tech company HQs are located there, including Google, Apple, Facebook, Adobe and Netflix. It is also an epicentre for smaller start-up companies. Though Ivy League graduates are well-represented in Silicon Valley companies, the institution most likely to get you a job in Silicon Valley is actually San Jose University; far cheaper, and sunnier, than its east coast competitors.
If you want to go into renewable energy or environmental science, studying in California is a great place to start. The state is home to some of the largest solar electricity plants in the world and, if new legislation passes, this trend will only get stronger; the state has ambitious plans to produce 50% of its energy via renewable sources by 2030. Oh, and UC Berkeley is ranked 1# in the world by QS for its environmental science programmes too.
For those hoping to get involved in college sports or even secure a sports scholarship, you're looking in the right place. Many of California's best universities are also Division 1 schools, meaning they have more funding for sports scholarships and prestigious college teams to join. California also hosts America's oldest college football game, the Rose Bowl, in the city of Pasadena. However, if professional sports are more your thing, the state also has more professional sports franchises than any other, including major teams from the NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball. So, whether you like to play sports or watch them, you won't be disappointed while studying in California.
California cuisine
Though fast food is still very much a feature of cuisine in California, the state's historical ties with Mexico and parts of Asia give its most iconic foods a fresher flavour. Avocadoes, tomatoes and seafood are all essential ingredients in Californian dishes; it is also the place where Japanese sushi really took off in North America. Healthy and organic food is also a priority in California when compared to the rest of the US.
Sunshine!
California's climate is more varied than TV shows make out - but the state is blessed with plenty of sunshine. In downtown Los Angeles, for example, there are on average 292 sunny days per year. If you do decide to study in California, don't forget to pack your suntan lotion.


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Working alongside Susan B. Anthony and other suffragists, this remarkable unsung hero in the fight for women's rights lived her life as the model of an independent, educated and ambitious woman.
Lockwood will share her scrapbook of mementos and in her clear soprano she'll sing songs employed by suffrage advocates to make their point.
The sights and sounds of foreign ports and their inhabitants, the sailors' sea chanteys, the surprisingly robust social life amongst whaling ships, and the challenging everyday details, all will come to life as Mary takes you on a journey so real, you'll feel the pitch of the ship and the spray over the rails.
There's much more to Martha than we read in history books! In 1759, the beautiful and wealthy widow Martha Dandridge Custis married the handsome and successful soldier George Washington, a decision that would lead her from the battlefields of the American Revolution to the highest echelons of the infant republic. Later eulogized as "the worthy partner of the worthiest of men," her acute social sense enabled her to deftly navigate the expectations and pitfalls of defining the role of First Lady.
The morning of November 25th, 1856, Mary Chipman Lawrence set sail aboard the whaling ship Addison bound for the Pacific on a voyage that would last three and a half years. In this performance, Mary will bring forth from her meticulously kept journal, the joys and tribulations of life at sea with her husband, Captain Samuel Lawrence, and their daughter Minnie.
Join Mrs. Washington as she takes you on a journey through her life, sharing her private family joys and sorrows. She'll reminisce about the winters she spent near the Revolutionary battlefields, describing the comfort she brought the soldiers that earned her the fond name "Lady Washington," and she'll sing songs she heard from the soldiers there. As the year is 1792, she'll relate her experiences in her role as the President's wife, detailing everything from her social obligations to the current political climate, and her concerns for her husband in the challenges he's facing in guiding this new country.
Spend an hour in the 18th century with the First First Lady!
"Victoria Yule" welcomes you into her parlor and shares her plans for the 1895 Christmas season. Learn the history of many Christmas traditions, passed down to her from "Grandmama and Grandpapa." She'll read Dickens, display toys and handmade gifts that her family will be exchanging around the Christmas tree, and in her clear soprano, sing songs of the season. Travel back in time to Christmas 1895 with this fun, creative and engaging performance! Truly an audience favorite!
WOMEN IN HISTORY DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES - THEATER THAT EDUCATES!
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No 1 New Oxford Street
Giving the Modern a contemporary edge while maintaining the tenets of iconic 1930's design has been realised in the redevelopment of a prestigious London building.
No 1 New Oxford Street – formerly known as Commonwealth House – now has an entrance which echoes its proud heritage, combining sleek elegant aesthetics with modern convenience.
The automatic circular sliding doors from GEZE UK make quite a statement, providing an entrance which blends seamlessly into the curved and streamlined contours of a building which stands proud, like the prow of a ship, on a site where New Oxford Street and High Holborn meet at an acute angle.
Unlike the sharp geometrics of the similarly placed Flatiron building in New York, No 1 New Oxford Street projects a rounded nose to its edifice, topped off by a modern-faced clock tower designed by its original architect Henry Philip Cart de Lafontaine in 1939.
Its new entrance had to meet this exacting vision. A GEZE Slimdrive SCR was used to provide the light and airy entrance, flanked by curving glass panels to the side which flow into the original columns, and topped with a glazed fanlight overhead. This frontage allowed the sliding doors to be recessed into the entrance, allowing it to seamlessly flow into a new lobby area.
One of the benefits of the Slimdrive SCR is that it combines high performance while remaining discreet. It has a low operator height of just 7cm and is therefore very unobtrusive. In this case, the Slimdrive SCR was fitted as freestanding entrance – the 360° drive solution is usually incorporated into a building's facade – but as this entrance was recessed, the installation was adapted to the bespoke requirements of the design.
A circular canopy and black glass wrap was placed over the doorway, blending into the metal framework of the frontage. This included additional detailing by Fleetwood Architectural Aluminium (FAA) which simulated the art deco style.
The canopy determined where the sensors could be fitted, so GEZE UK worked with Fleetwood to ensure that the design brief was met while ensuring that the sensors still performed correctly. GEZE's GC 365 sensors were used - combining motion and safety detectors which operate the open and close mechanism while alleviating the need for separate sensors. Light rings featured in the lobby area have also been fitted inside the drum of the door – again reflecting the art deco style. And an air curtain was fitted into the installation to blow warm air over the entrance and stop cold air pushing into the building.
Outside, over the top of the impressive double-height entrance is faced with dark green tiles which evoke the style of the modern/deco aesthetic. This has been one of Lafontaine's original design features but was considered too risqué by the Crown Estate at the time and was never applied.
Orms architects conscientiously researched the creator's intentions and the effect is truly mesmerizing and so evocative of the time.
The entrance now leads into a distinctive mono-chromatic lobby with terrazzo flooring, fluted glass walls, gold coloured reception desk and a 'Guggenheim-inspired' stepped inner atrium that echoes the glamour of a bygone era. It incorporates a curved wall of back-lit white fluted glass which illuminates the reception with twin pendant lights referencing the geometrical forms of art deco.
The entrance was specified within a detailed brief by Orms Architects, which devised the plans for the £38 million refurbishment of what was created to be an 'ultra-modern building of imposing appearance'.
Said Andy Howland, GEZE UK's Sales and Marketing Director: "This project is an outstanding example of how the refurbishment of an historic building can enhance its facilities while remaining true to the vision of its original architect.
"Orms had very detailed requirements to refit No 1 New Oxford Street to such a high standard in order to future-proof the building to the demands that would be placed upon it. We are delighted that GEZE products were incorporated into this scheme which can rightly take its place among the landmark architecture of the capital."
Kam Sagoo, Design Manager for Fleetwood Architectural Aluminum said that the level of detailing and installation needed to be very precise.
"GEZE UK was brought early during the design process and numerous meetings were held, with all relevant parties present, to fully understand the design intent, the detailing, coordination, sequencing, logistics and installation.
"Having an established relationship with GEZE UK meant that we could forge ahead with the technical design and realise a viable and compliant solution. The result is a stunning entrance screen which blends the GEZE Slimdrive SCR system effortlessly with the FAA bespoke facade."
The redevelopment has added 10,000 square feet across nine-storey and incorporated new lifts and bridge decks into the previous courtyard which overlook the new full-height glazed atrium at its heart.
It totals 12,250 sq ft of retail and 95,000 sq ft Grade A office space. Owned by TIAA Henderson Real Estate, its occupants now include H&M's luxury brand COS.
For more information about GEZE UK's comprehensive range of automatic and manual door closers call 01543 443000 or visit www.geze.co.uk
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Securities lending markets contribute to well-functioning markets in important ways. The main vector for this contribution is that lending markets aid in efficient price discovery for assets. Asymmetries in the ability of investors to express opinions on the value of assets, in particular for low valuations, are reduced. This is particularly relevant for assets where breadth of ownership is limited, the case of the current environment.
We argue that an asset owner's stock lending activities are the result of an interplay between three separate objectives – contributing to wellfunctioning markets through an efficient stock lending market, generating income from the portfolio inventory, and ensuring that the relationship with corporates and exercising voting rights as a responsible investor is maintained.
In this note, we describe how we approach this interplay of objectives as a large, long-term investor. We first analyse how securities lending markets help in price discovery. We then consider the incentive structures and risks for stock borrowers, and highlight the important role that regulatory policy plays in that incentive structure. We conclude with a discussion of our approach to managing the lender's separate objectives.


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'Game Of Thrones' Recap: Did Two Main Characters Die In 'Sons Of The Harpy'?
by Chelsea ReganMay 4, 2015, 2:58 pmMay 4, 2015, 2:58 pmMay 4, 2015, 2:58 pmNews, News Feed >
Game of Thrones "Sons of the Harpy" ended with a pair of potentially influential deaths, while Jon Snow and Sansa Stark start to own their new roles in the North.
Game of Thrones Recap
On the coast of Volantis, Ser Jorah Mormont (Iain Glen) commandeers a small boat with which to take Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) to "the Queen." Tyrion, bound and gagged, makes grating, unintelligible noises until Jorah allows him to speak. Tyrion points out that Jorah is heading east, which is the wrong way if he means to bring him to Cersei in Westeros. It is then that Jorah reveals that he's bringing him to the only Queen he recognizes, Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke).
Tyrion, in desperate want of wine, soon makes another discovery: his captor is Jorah Mormont, a Westerosi knight. He is also aware, despite being drunk at most of the Small Council meetings, that Jorah had been acting as a spy on Dany's movements before turning loyal to her. Tyrion then deduces that he must have fallen out of her graces and is bringing Tyrion to her to win back her trust – which Tyrion said could just as easily result in Jorah's death as his own. For his words of warning, he receives a smack.
Jamie (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and Bronn (Jermoe Flynn) are on their way to Dorne to rescue Princess Myrcella aboard a merchant ship. After Bronn reveals to Jamie that all the people in Dorne are crazy and that all they want to do is "f–k and fight," he wonders aloud why one-handed Jamie would send himself on the mission instead of an army. Bronn seems well aware that Jamie is going for his daughter, not his neice, and also comes to realizes that Jamie set Tyrion free, which likely earned him more than a scolding from his sister/lover Cersei.
When Bronn and Jamie finally arrive on the Dornish shore in their dinghy, they try to catch some sleep before the morning. Over a breakfast of snake, they discuss how they'd like to die. While Bronn desires a simple death with children hungry for his fortune, Jamie confides he wants to die in the arms of the woman he loves before abruptly ending the conversation.
Before the two men get more than 100 yards from the shore, they spot four Dornish men on horseback, who are presumably looking for them. As Bronn had predicted, the merchant had told the Dornes that he'd transported Jamie Lannister. Bronn takes out three of the men and Jamie battles it out with the fourth, saving himself from certain death by grabbing the blade of his sword with his golden right hand while plunging his sword into his opponent with his left.
Elsewhere on the island, Ellaria (Indiria Varma) and the sand snakes, aware that Jamie has arrived to get Myrcella, prepare for war with the Lannisters.
At a Small Council meeting, Cersei (Lena Headey) continues her plotting and scheming, manipulating Mace Tyrell (Roger Ashton-Griffiths) into feeling honored to go to the Iron Bank for her in Braavos. She even convinces him that it's an honor to have her trusty soldier Ser Meryn Trant (Ian Beattie) escorting him to the far off city. Cersei's work then takes her to a meeting with the High Sparrow (Jonathan Pryce), with whom she forms an alliance, helping him to militarize the Sparrows.
Tearing through the city, the newly branded Sparrows smash ale barrels, upend vendor tables and raid the brothels. The final act of their rampage is seizing Ser Loras Tyrell (Finn Jones) for "breaking the laws of gods and men," by which they mean the open secret that he's gay. Margaery (Natalie Dormer), alerted to her brother's imprisonment, urges Tommen (Dean-Charles Chapman) to do something. Tommen then goes to his mother, who instructs him to go to the High Sparrow to sort it out. When Tommen returns defeated, Margaery, full of thinly-veiled disgust, leaves to go contact her grandmother, Olenna (Diana Rigg).
At Castle Black, Stannis (Maxwell Laird) watches Jon (Kit Harrington) spar as Selyse (Tara Fitzgerald) seethes that she's given him nothing but "weakness and deformity," referring to their daughter Shireen (Kerry Ingram). Shireen later tells her father that Selyse had wanted to leave her behind at Dragonstone, which Stannis said she never should have told her. Shireen then asks if he's ashamed of her, leading him to explain to her that there is nothing further from the truth. When she came down with grayscale, he was told to send her off to die. Instead, he sought every doctor and remedy imaginable because she is his daughter and the Princess Shireen of House Baratheon.
Desperate for more troops, Jon has Sam (John Bradley) sending letters out to recruit men from around Westeros. When Sam passes a letter addressed to Ramsay Snow, the Warden of the North, Jon recoils, but Sam explains that the letter must be sent. Later, Melisandre (Carice van Houten) visits Jon to persuade him to go south with them to Winterfell. In an effort to seduce him, she opens up her dress, telling him, "There's power in you and you resist it. Embrace it," adding, "In our joining. There's power. Power to make life. Power to make light. Power to cast shadows." Despite her forwardness, Jon resists her, citing his vow and his ongoing love for Ygritte. Turning to leave, Melisandre says, "You know nothing, Jon Snow."
Winterfell
At Winterfell, Sansa (Sophie Turner) is in the sept lighting candles for the late members of the Stark family, including her late aunt, Lyanna. Littlefinger (Aiden Gillen) tells the tale of Rhaegar Targaryen riding passed his wife to lay roses at Lyanna's feet, sparking a war. He then goes on to tell Sansa that he is heading to King's Landing because Cersei sent for him and he needs to keep up appearances. Trying to ease Sansa's worry, he explains that Stannis will soon take Winterfell, save her from the Boltons and name her Wardeness of the North.
Mereen
In Mereen, Ser Barristan Selmy (Ian McElhinney), like Littlefinger, is sharing memories of Rhaegar. He tells, Dany that her brother loved to sing and would sing in the streets to see how much money who could get doing so. Hearing this story, Dany glows with pride for her late brother. After dismissing Selmy, she takes an audience with Hizdahr zo Loraq (Joel Fry), who pleads again with her to open the fighting pits. While Loraq argues with Dany, the Sons of the Harpy go on an organized slaughter, killing Second Sons and the Unsullied. When Grey Worm (Jacob Anderson) is cornered in an alley, Selmy shows up and takes down several men. Together, Grey Worm and Selmy take out the last of the Sons of the Harpy, but not before suffering fatal wounds themselves.
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Diana Bang (* 1981 in Vancouver, Kanada) ist eine kanadische Schauspielerin, Autorin und Produzentin.

Bang ist vor allem durch ihre Rollen in den Filmen The Interview (2014), Tom, Dick & Harriet (2013) und Panmunjom (2012) bekannt. Bangs Eltern sind in Kanada eingewanderte Migranten aus Korea. Vor ihrem Karrierestart als Schauspielerin studierte sie Psychologie und Geographie an der University of British Columbia. Bang ist ein Mitglied der Vancouver Comedy Improv Group Assaulted Fish.

Filmografie (Auswahl)
 2010: Mrs. Miracle 2 – Ein zauberhaftes Weihnachtsfest (Call Me Mrs. Miracle)
 2012: Continuum (Fernsehserie, 1 Folge)
 2013–2017: Bates Motel (Fernsehserie, 5 Folgen)
 2013: Tom Dick & Harriet
 2013: Eve of Destruction (Fernsehserie, 2 Folgen)
 2014: The Interview
 2015: The Tree Inside
 2016: The Master Cleanse
 2016 Second Chance (Fernsehserie, 4 Folgen)
 2016: Paranormal Solutions Inc. (Fernsehserie, 8 Folgen)
 2018: Appgefahren – Alles ist möglich
 2018: Zwischenstation (Boundaries)
 2019: Unspeakable (Miniserie, 4 Folgen)
 2019: Layne am Limit (Fast Layne, Fernsehserie, 7 Folgen)
 2020: The Order (Fernsehserie, 7 Folgen)
 2020–2021: Der Babysitter-Club (The Baby-Sitters Club, Fernsehserie, 3 Folgen)
 2020–2021: Die Astronauten (The Astronauts, Fernsehserie, 10 Folgen)
 seit 2021: Resident Alien (Fernsehserie, 7 Folgen)
 2021: Y: The Last Man (Fernsehserie, 5 Folgen)

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WritersServices Factsheet 19 by Michael Legat
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Agreements between an author and a publisher, or a theatre manager or television company, are extremely complex documents, and you will undoubtedly need help in assessing whether the terms are acceptable or not.
This is not to suggest that whoever is drawing up the contract to publish or otherwise use the author's work is likely to be a crook, or even willing to exploit the author's ignorance of standard terms to their own advantage.
On the whole, even if such people want to cheat you, it does not pay them to so, because word about their regrettable practices will spread rapidly, and agents in particular will not submit work to them.
What does happen, however, is that the purchasing organisations may not go as far as to cheat, but will attempt to get away with something slightly less than their best terms. They cannot really be blamed. They are in business to make money.
The organisation which has presented you with an agreement to sign will quite possibly suggest that the contract is a standard one throughout the industry. That may not be so.
Before the advent of the pc, an agreement would appear on a printed form, which was in fact a standard one, at least for the purchasing organisation. Nowadays agreements are produced on a computer, and look as though they are printed, and therefore standard, but have been amended to apply only to the work purchased.
Because the agreements with which authors are concerned are naturally suited to the sphere in which the work will appear, a local solicitor may not be capable of giving the right advice – after all, we cannot all be expert in everything.
There are specialist solicitors who know exactly what is involved, but they are usually fairly expensive.
The best solution for the beginner is likely to be found by joining one of the organisations for authors, such as the Society of Authors, The Writers' Guild of Great Britain and the National Union of Journalists, which will be ready to advise you, or any smaller association which also looks after authors' interests.
In fact, these organisations for writers have in most cases drawn up their own standard agreements which are naturally based on terms which are acceptable to both authors and purchasers.
If you have a literary agent, you should be able to expect her/him to check the contract for you. However, even if you have advice available from that source or from one of the unions for writers, it is always sensible to know something about the standard contracts in the various spheres of writing, and books are available which will guide you through the clauses.
If you are offered a contract for a book you will probably find that it is no longer as difficult to get on to an agent's books as it was beforehand. If you are writing material other than or in addition to books, the larger agencies usually have departments to deal with, for example, film scripts or plays. There are also, however, agencies which work only in a specialised field. Smaller literary agencies usually have a link with one of the latter.
Further information on all the items in this Factsheet is available in An Author's Guide to Publishing and also in Writing for a Living, both by Michael Legat
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By Anna Itkonen Art & Culture, News 27/10/2015
Interconnected at Anthea Polson Art
"The power of interconnectedness and transformation starts within us. And the possibilities are endless" says artist John Giese. "I am fascinated with ideas of impermanence, the interconnectedness and interdependence of life; the fluid, changeable nature of form. I use my art as a way of exploring these concepts."
The recurring motifs in Giese's paintings – the horse, the bull and the dog – derive from the authenticity and directness of one's childhood and those memories we carry within for life. More precisely these animals come from memories of childhood experiences at his uncles' farms: being put on a horse at the age of three; observing with awe the power of massive bulls; the companionship of the ubiquitous dogs "hanging around".
Giese has recently moved to Brooms Head, a sleepy coastal village that has hardly changed since the childhood family holidays. "Coming back here represents a falling back into those times … Out of range from the urban jungle, one is more directly in touch with the rhythm of nature." Giese explains. "In simplest terms, I paint what I love – animals and the mystical, magical beauty of all life." Dogs preoccupy Giese's art regularly, if not even mostly. They have a very long relationship with humans in general and with Giese in particular and so Giese has used them as a metaphor for human beings and our journey through life. "They are decorative, individual, scarred and possess a physical confidence."
Another striking aspects of Giese's work is his use of colour. His carefully chosen colour schemes and contrasts have a symbolically charged language; earth colours represent the elements while the primary colours represent light and its spectrum. "The formal qualities I use aim to effect the viewer; to make them feel they are in the presence of something human, something authentic and something very rare."
John Giese frequently exhibits in Melbourne, Sydney and the Northern Rivers region. His exhibition John Giese – Interconnected is showing at Anthea Polson Art, located at Mariners Cove, Main Beach until 31 October. More at antheapolsonart.com.au.
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Meeting of Cabinet, Wednesday, 30th November, 2022 6.00 pm (Item 99.)
Information on public speaking is available online
Liza McLean spoke on Minute 110 Review of free car parks and charging hours. She was a Temple Street business owner and resident. She stated the free spaces in the car park served a few of the out of town businesses adjacent to the car park whom do not benefit from an in town location. She felt the current resident car parking spaces worked well.
Sally Mynard, Chair of the Sidmouth Chamber of Commerce spoke on Minute 109 Car Parks Review. She said the car parking price increases had gone through with no consultation and little concern for the economic health of her community and businesses they support. She asked the car parking charges be lowered due to many businesses facing a challenging time as well as residents. She reported the Chamber of Commerce had received complaints from residents and visitors and a survey showed the detrimental impact this was having on them. Visitors were not spending much time in Sidmouth and trade from May to September was lower than expected.
Ian Priestley, Chair of Colyford Residents Association spoke on Minute 111 Colyford Community Governance Review. He stated Colyford had a long and rich history with strong traditions. The last 30 years had seen development increase by approximately 20% and the population was now about 800. S106 funding from these developments had helped growth and the community's amenities. He stated this was once in a generation opportunity, the Community Governance Review would restore democracy and benefits to provide services for the village. He thanked Henry Gordon Lennox and all staff for their continued hard work on this Community Governance Review.
Andrew Parr, Chair of Colyton Parish Council spoke on Minute 111 Colyford Community Governance Review. He said that Colyford had never been a parish therefore there was no traditional parish boundary. He asked the Parish Council's proposed parish boundary be followed. He said Colyford had said they had had under investment in their village; roads, signage and bridges were not the responsibility of the Parish Council but the County Council's. When they had wanted financial help on issues like resurfacing their car park, repairs to their village hall and play park the Parish Council had always assisted. He was concerned that the split of the community's assets did not reflect in the distribution of finances to support their upkeep. He asked that they be no transfer of assets and that Colyton maintain their assets.
Colin Pady, Colyton Parish Councillor spoke on Minute 111 Colyford Community Governance Review. He rejected the proposal to split Colyford from the parish of Colyton. He said Colyton was an example of a well-run parish council and to dismantle this and diminish its assets was senseless.
Councillor Paul Hayward made a statement on his EDDC's register of interests.
For a short period of time he had carried out internal auditor work for a local Parish Council after they had approached him and asked to assist following the untimely departure of their former auditor. As it was only an annual requirement he only carried out three audits for the Parish Council whilst being an elected member of this authority. Despite the fact that he didn't want to charge anything for carrying out the work the Parish Council insisted in paying him for the audit service; between £50 and £100 for each audit. Upon receipt of those payments he subsequently paid that same amount to a local foodbank, sometimes as a cash donation and on other occasions as a donation of goods to the same value. To that end he wanted to reassure everyone and any members of the public that he did not therefore personally financially benefit in any way, and thus at the time did not consider it as a pecuniary interest requiring registration. Not including it on his published register of interests at the time of the audit Cllr Hayward said was simply an oversight. Having now taken further advice he accepted that it should have been included and on that basis he apologised unreservedly for that omission as it should have been declared on the online form available for public scrutiny.


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Q: why is transitive dependency not included my final war? Somewhat similar question is posted here. But no answers there.
I have multi-module maven project
when I run mvn dependency:tree,
I see the following
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Service 2.2.22-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[INFO] +- org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:jar:4.3.2:compile
[INFO] |  \- commons-codec:commons-codec:jar:1.6:compile

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building common 2.2.22-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO]  +- com.mycompany.project:jar:2.1.115:compile
           +- commons-httpclient:commons-httpclient:jar:3.1:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- commons-codec:commons-codec:jar:1.2:compile

No other configuration to exclude any library is done in pom.xml.
In my final war/WEB-INF/lib,
I see commons-codec-1.6.jar, commons-httpclient-3.1.jar, httpclient-4.3.2.jar.
But I do not see commons-codec-1.2.jar. why is that?

A: Instead of including both commons-codec jars, which can lead to conflicts and issues, Maven's dependency mediation selected commons-codec-1.6.jar

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*Dependency mediation - this determines what version of a dependency
will be used when multiple versions of an artifact are encountered.
Currently, Maven 2.0 only supports using the "nearest definition"
which means that it will use the version of the closest dependency to
your project in the tree of dependencies. You can always guarantee a
version by declaring it explicitly in your project's POM. Note that if
two dependency versions are at the same depth in the dependency tree,
until Maven 2.0.8 it was not defined which one would win, but since
Maven 2.0.9 it's the order in the declaration that counts: the first
declaration wins.

*"nearest definition" means that the version used
will be the closest one to your project in the tree of dependencies,
eg. if dependencies for A, B, and C are defined as A -> B -> C -> D
2.0 and A -> E -> D 1.0, then D 1.0 will be used when building A because the path from A to D through E is shorter. You could
explicitly add a dependency to D 2.0 in A to force the use of D 2.0


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India's first Amazon TV series Inside Edge is live!
News, Stars, Television | July 11, 2017 | | by Neelofar Jamal
The wait is over for Indian Amazon Prime members to watch India's first original Amazon Prime TV series, Inside Edge.
Created by Karan Anushuman, (Writer and Director of the 2015 Hindi film, Bangistan) and produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani's Excel Entertainment, Inside Edge is an edgy sports drama fuelled by money, sex, drugs, politics and power. It focuses on the story of the fictional T20 Mumbai Mavericks who are playing in the IPL inspired Powerplay League, and the explores the inner workings of the dark game that goes on behind the facade of the glitz and glamour that comes with professional cricket.
The show stars Bollywood actors Vivek Oberoi, Richa Chadha and Angad Bedi in pivotal roles, along with an impressive line-up including, Sanjay Suri, Tanuj Virwani, Siddhanth Chaturvedi, Sarah Jane Dias, Amit Sial but to name a few.
The series launches today on July the 10th and will be available to stream online via Amazon Prime Video in over 200 countries.
Be sure to check out Inside Edge on Amazon Prime!
We can't wait to see how this turns out and wish team all the best.
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Please read: I have noticed the past couple times that some posts are getting 0 clicks on which means that the person who's post is after there's is not following the rules shame on those people It is not difficult to click on a post and share it…you don't even have to read it, and as long as their share buttons are available it makes sharing a cinch! Therefore, from now on those people who don't follow the rules will not be getting a comment or share from me. Yes, I know who you are because I can see it on my Inlinkz calendar.


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Many of the Company's officers, directors, employees, and consultants are either Canadian, US or European citizens and therefore subject to either the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act of Canada ("COFPOA"), the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 ("FCPA"), or The Bribery Act ("UK Bribery Act") . Kepis & Pobe is committed to achieving the highest standards of ethical conduct and complying with all applicable laws in the countries where it conducts business including the COFPOA in Canada, the FCPA in the US and UK Bribery Act in the United Kingdom.
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Through the operation of our compliance program, all officers, directors, employees, and agents and consultants must certify their understanding of our policy each year by executing an acknowledgement to that effect. Our Compliance program is administered by our Compliance Officer who reports to the board of director and ensures that all stakeholders receive the necessary training on compliance as well as any compliance updates. Our guidelines include questionnaires and checklists that are designed to evaluate new projects in terms of their compliance with COFPOA, FCPA, and UK Bribery Act regulations.


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Q: Parsing XML elements into an Array in Java I need to update specific items in a database. These items can be found from the database by using the ID-value found from the XML-file.
The XML-file is something like this:
<Employees>
    <Employee>
        <id>123</id>
        <age>29</age>
        <role>Java Developer</role>
        <gender>Male</gender>
    </Employee>
    <Employee>
        <id>234</id>
        <age>35</age>
        <role>CSS Developer</role>
        <gender>Female</gender>
    </Employee>
</Employees>

Is it possible to gather the IDs to an array, then loop the array through an sql update method?
Is looping an sql query method bad practise or is there another way?
Also can this be done without XML parsers such as DOM, SAX or JAXB to keep it simple?
EDIT1
This is my solution for extracting ID values from XML without using XML parsers:
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

        try {
            File fXmlFile = new File("employee.xml");
            DocumentBuilderFactory dbFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
            DocumentBuilder dBuilder;
            dBuilder = dbFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
            Document doc = (Document) dBuilder.parse(fXmlFile);
            doc.getDocumentElement().normalize();

            NodeList employeeIdNodeList=doc.getElementsByTagName("id");
            for(int k=0;k<employeeIdNodeList.getLength();k++) {
                Node employeeIdNode = (Node) employeeIdNodeList.item(k);
                System.out.println(employeeIdNode.getTextContent());
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

Any thoughts? Is it efficient? It is based on XML Parse for specific element in java.
There will be max 10 employees in the XML.


Honey, I shrank the CAT!
Number of applicants for the CAT exam dips; middle-rung B-schools won't have it easy either.
The CAT is out of the bag and has stunned business schools. For the first time in 10 years, the number of applicants for the Common Admission Test (CAT) has taken a plunge. In spite of an extension of 10 days for online registration, a little over 2.41 lakh applicants registered for the exam this year, against 2.7 lakh last year. The CAT exam is the gateway to MBA in Indian Institutes of Management and other top-rung business schools.
The lower number of applicants also caught the CAT Committee unawares. The committee that's holding this year's examination had made a provision for 3 lakh applicants and had kept a buffer ready in case more applied. Now it's searching for answers. "This year, candidates probably noticed the effect on salaries and employment due to economic slowdown," says Satish Deodhar, CAT 2009 Convener and faculty at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A). CAT numbers have consistently registered impressive year-on-year growth of 15-20 per cent in recent years.
While CAT organisers are slightly startled, some industry watchers expected this decline. Says Gautam Puri, Vice Chairman & Co-founder, Career Launcher: "I am surprised the number of applicants managed to touch 2.41 lakh. We were expecting the numbers to be between 2 lakh and 2.25 lakh." Career Launcher, an education services company, offers test preparation to potential MBAs.
Puri attributes his pessimism to poor placement record at B-schools last year. "The feeling among students was that there was no point taking the CAT if it did not guarantee impressive placements," he says.
Another major factor for numbers taking a free fall seems to be CAT turning computer-based. "The moment it became computer-based, students from hinterland backed out," claims Puri. Career Launcher registered higher enrolments for its MBA preparation modules in metros while fewer enrolments were recorded in smaller cities such as Lucknow, Kanpur and Jaipur.
In view of fewer applicants for the CAT, lower-rung institutes that had a harrowing admission and placement season last year have started gathering their act together. One of the steps being considered is reduction in admission fee, according to Puri.
What's in store for the CAT next year? "The numbers will in all probability come back. Or even when they stay at these levels, that's good enough for IIMs. We have only a little more than 2,000 seats on offer," says Devi Singh.


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Q: Fit Images of different sizes in specific size div I have different size images say (1920 by 1080).
I want to fit this image in an div having styles
I see the css file in which styles are given as
.detail-img{ width:100%; max-height:350px; overflow:hidden; margin-bottom:30px;}
.detail-img img, .detail-img-a img{width:100%;}
.detail-img-a{ width:100%; margin-bottom:15px;}

In html page div is like

     <img  src="<%= @event.avatar.url %>">

original image is

But it displays as

Is there a way to fit this my div?

A: You have to set max-width for the image
  .detail-img img{
      max-width: 100%;
   }


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'War on plastic' could strand oil industry's £300bn investment
By Jillian Ambrose
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The war on plastic waste could scupper the oil industry's multi-billion dollar bet that the world will continue to need more fossil fuels to help make the petrochemicals used in plastics, according to a new report.
Major oil companies, including Saudi Aramco and Royal Dutch Shell, plan to spend about $400bn (£300bn) to help grow the supply of virgin plastics by a quarter over the next five years, to compensate for the impact of electric vehicles and clean energy technologies on demand for fossil fuels.
Industry data has predicted that plastics will be the largest driver of oil demand growth in the coming years but new figures suggest these investments may be left stranded as global governments push through plans to cut single-use plastics and increase recycling to help tackle plastic pollution.
The report by thinktank Carbon Tracker and consultancy Systemiq found that demand for virgin plastics may peak in 2027, as its growth slows from 4% a year to 1%, strengthening the theory that global oil demand may already have reached its peak in 2019.
"Remove the plastic pillar holding up the future of the oil industry, and the whole narrative of rising oil demand collapses," Kingsmill Bond, energy strategist at Carbon Tracker, said.
The report described the plastics industry as "a bloated behemoth, ripe for disruption" by governments eager to reduce its heavy carbon footprint and tackle the scourge of plastics in the world's oceans.
Earlier this summer the EU proposed a tax of €800 (£713) per tonne for unrecycled waste plastic, months after China announced a ban on non-biodegradable single-use plastics in major cities from the end of this year, and in all cities and towns by 2022.
Meanwhile BP agreed to sell its petrochemicals business for $5bn to Ineos, which is owned by British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, after warning that a ban on single use plastics would hit oil demand over the coming decades.
Manufacturing less plastic, which is made from refined fossil fuels, could wipe millions of barrels of oil from global demand forecasts which have already fallen in recent months due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on travel patterns.
It could also help reduce carbon dioxide emissions which are estimated to reach five tonnes for every tonne of plastic produced, or 1.75 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide a year.
"It is simply delusional for the plastics industry to imagine that it can double its carbon emissions at the same time as the rest of the world is trying to cut them to zero," Bond said.


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Надво́ицкий алюми́ниевый заво́д, НАЗ, НАЗ-СУАЛ — работавшее с 1954 по 2018 год промышленное предприятие цветной металлургии в посёлке Надвоицы Сегежского района Республики Карелия, выплавлявшее алюминий. Мощность завода — 12 тыс. тонн алюминия.

История
Надвоицкий алюминиевый завод начал работать в 1954 году, план строительства завода был разработан в 1948 году. Основная продукция — алюминий первичный в чушках, силумин, алюминиевая пудра и порошки.

В 1993 году организационная форма предприятия изменена, и он стал называться «Открытое акционерное общество Надвоицкий алюминиевый завод».

В сентябре 2003 года завод перешёл в собственность объединённой компании «Российский алюминий» (Русал).

В 2006 году завод произвёл 80 тыс. тонн первичного алюминия.

В 2012 году руководство «Русала» заявило о грядущем сокращении производства сразу на четырех предприятиях алюминиевой промышленности (включая НАЗ). 22 марте 2013 года руководство «Русала» опубликовало решение о закрытии Надвоицкого алюминиевого завода. Поскольку завод — градообразующее предприятие для посёлка Надвоицы, В ситуацию вмешался глава республики Карелия Александр Худилайнен, добившийся внимания к проблеме со стороны администрации президента РФ и поручения Владимира Путина  предотвратить массовые увольнения, чреватые социальным взрывом.

Между «Русалом» и государством было достигнуто соглашение не закрывать завод, но перепрофилировать один из цехов на выпуск фольги и порошкового алюминия. Важной частью соглашения была продажа «Русалу» Ондской ГЭС за за 2,1 млрд рублей, что позволило снизить себестоимость производимого на заводе алюминия и сохранить рентабельность предприятия.

6 августа 2018 года «Русал» объявил о консервации (закрытии) Надвоицкого алюминиевого завода. Причиной закрытия завода были названы американские санкции против активов Дерипаски. Практически вся продукция завода ранее экспортировалась в США, и увеличение их пошлин на ввод алюминия, произведённого на предприятиях Русала, сделало экономическое положение завода очень тяжёлым.

Производство алюминия на Надвоицком заводе было окончательно остановлено к 21 августа 2018 года, рабочие получали предложения перейти на другие предприятия «Русала», а в случае увольнения им выплачивали компенсацию в размере нескольких месячных зарплат.

Промышленный парк и ТОР Надвоицы

В 2014 году, чтобы привлечь других работодателей в ситуации вероятного закрытия алюминиевого завода, власти Надвоиц выделили территорию под промышленный парк (промпарк «Надвоицы») в непосредственной близости от алюминиевого завода. Кроме того, в сентябре 2016 года Надвоицы получили статус территории опережающего социально-экономического развития (ТОР Надвоицы) с существенными налоговыми льготами для резидентов.

Во время организации промышленного парка предполагалось размещение нескольких предприятий на территории парка и неиспользуемой территории завода. Помимо налоговых льгот, площадка должна была привлечь предпринимателей низкой стоимостью электроэнергии и запланированным трубным газомнабжением (правительство Республики Карелия договорилось с Газпромом о прокладке газопровода в район и, в частисти, газификацию проммышленнного парка. Фонд развития моногородов выделил 255 млн рублей для строительства инфраструктуры промпарка «Надвоицы» с условием привлечения в промпарк инфесторов. Работы на промплощадке были закончены в декабре 2017 года.

В 2017 году в одном из пустующих цехов алюминиевого завода один из инвесторов планировал создать предприятие по изготовлению алюминиевых радиаторов. В октябре 2018 года производство на предприятии «Русский радиатор» ещё не работало, хотя шла подготовка к его запуску.

12 октября 2018 года Счётная палата выявила, что в промпарке «Надвоицы» нет ни одного резидента и обязательство по привлечению инвесторов выполнено не было, из-за чего соглашение Фонда развития моногородов с республиканскими властями о финансировании промпарка «Надвоицы» было расторгнуто и деньги возвращены в фонд. По словам вице-премьера карельского правительства Дмитрия Родионова, осенью 2018 года промплощадка парка «Надвоицы» пустовала из-за его неудобного расположения, хотя за несколько месяцев перед этим были подписаны соглашения с двумя инвесторами (ООО «Спецкрой» и ООО «Меткомпарк»)

13 декабря 2018 года постановлением Правительства РФ был расширен перечень отраслей с налоговыми льготами для резидентов ТОР «Надвоицы».

В 2019 году «Русский радиатор» на территории бывшего алюминиевого завода начал выпуск радиаторов, он стал первым резидентом ТОР Надвоицы. В том же 2019 году был построен «Надвоицкий завод ТДМ» — предприятие по переработке отходов переработки шунгита в порошок для химической промышленности.

В 2019 году московская компания «ДИСИЛЭБ» запланировала строительство центра обработки данных «DCLab Карелия» на площадке закрытогого Надвоицкого алюминиевого завода. В 2020 году в новом дата-центре заработала первая очередь по майнингу криптовалют. В марте 2021 года дата-центр компании Криптоюниверс стал крупнейшим в России частным дата-центром с производственной площадью 86 тыс кв. м, его первая очередь работала на полную мощность и вторая была близка к готовности

Персоналии
 Руководители завода
 С. П. Богомолец (1948—1956)
 Н. А. Калужский (1956—1960)
 С. Н. Петров (1960—1972)
 В. Д. Федорцов (1972—1979)
 А. В. Шебанов (1979—1986)
 А. В. Безруков (1986—1994)
 О. М. Швецов (1994—1995)
 Г. П. Нечаев (1995—2006)
 Ю. В. Моисеев (2006—2009)
 А. В. Красовицкий (2009—2010)
 Н. В. Грачёв с 2013 года
 Другие
 Тамара Михайловна Рябцева (ум. 28.09.2021) — основательница и руководитель музея Надвоицкого алюминиевого завода, тёща заместителя секретаря Совета безопасности и министра МВД РФ Рашида Нургалиева.
 Юрий Иванович Желтухин (р.14.12.1944) — Заслуженный металлург РФ, Лауреат года Республики Карелия, с 1996 года — директор по общим вопросам, заместитель технического директора по производству НАЗ

Технология

На Надвоицком алюминиевом заводе используется технология Содерберга с самообжигающимися анодами бокового токоподвода на силу тока 60-70 килоампер. На предприятии ведутся работы по реконструкции и переводу линий электролиза на обожжённые аноды. Более 30 % выпускаемого заводом алюминия производится по этой технологии.

Завод сертифицирован на соответствие международному стандарту системы управления качеством ISO 9001. Внедрена интегрированная система менеджмента.

Загрязнение окружающей среды
Реализуется проект современной газоочистки, построены шламохранилище и современный накопитель твёрдых производственных отходов. Введена в действие водооборотная система.

Жители Надвоиц из-за вредных выбросов в атмосферу с НАЗа с детства страдают флюорозом зубов и костей, а также заболеваниями дыхательных путей. Причина в том, что совершенные фильтры сухой очистки были установлены на заводе только в 2003 году. И за предыдущие полвека фторсодержащие выбросы завода многократно превысили ПДК по фтору в окрестностях завода (вода водоёмов, грунтовые воды).

В 2002 году выбросы загрязняющих веществ ОАО «Надвоицкий алюминиевый завод» в атмосферу составили  общего количества атмосферного загрязнения, исходящего от предприятий Республики Карелия.

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 В Карелии по итогам 2001 года лучшим предприятием признан Надвоицкий алюминиевый завод. — 2002.
 НАЗ будет работать — 2012.
 Президент России утвердил предложения по развитию Надвоицкого алюминиевого завода. — 2013.

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WeaponWatch from Radiance Technologies combines infrared sensors and high speed data analysis to detect, locate and classify a broad range of weapon firings. And WeaponWatch does it almost instantaneously, potentially allowing return fire before the enemy round or other projectile has reached your position. This remarkable technology was demonstrated at Wired's NextFest 2006 exhibition at the Javits Center in NYC.
WeaponWatch is an integral part of the United States Pacific Command Overwatch Advanced Concept and Technical Demonstration (ACTD). Radiance is the prime contractor for the program.
The ACTD will demonstrate a robust capability to locate a hostile threat which reduces risks and enhances mission effectiveness by providing the deployed forces with a passive reconnaissance and surveillance system. The system will be capable of surveying the target area and accurately locating active weapons within its field of view.
At NextFest, I watched Radiance personnel demonstrate the system using a large portable projector capable of simulating the infrared (IR) signature of automatic weapons fire. At a distance of seventy-five feet, the camera attached to the sensor slewed to find us almost instantly. The system is also able to detect and display the exact type of weapon using its extensive database of weapon fire IR signatures, including small arms, sniper rifles, machine guns, RPGs, MANPADs, tanks, mortars and artillery.
WeaponWatch detects weapons fire in light or dark across a 120 degree field of view. The system can accurately describe fire from dozens of different weapons across this wide field of view. The company's representative also described live tests in which the locations of special forces personnel were pinpointed as soon as they fired their weapons once.
According to the company, there is no directive to connect this system to live-fire automated weapons systems at this time. However, the system is used to detect the location of the enemy and display it to command personnel, and it has been connected to Remote Weapon Systems using non-lethal force (i.e., rubber bullets). Connecting these components leads to accurate return fire within 2-4 seconds of the initial threat firing.
It is expected that WeaponWatch technology will be used in moving ground vehicles, UAVs, helicopters, watercraft and aerostats, as well as stationary towers.
Read more at the Radiance Technologies WeaponWatch page, as well as in this descriptive PDF brochure from the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command . Thanks also to Blake Herrin of Radiance Technologies for the demonstration. Look at more NextFest 2006 Devices, Stories and Pictures.


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The Preservation Alliance of MN wants to save these buildings
Marianne Combs May 12, 2011, 6:00 PM May 12, 2011
Each year the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota releases its list of the 10 Most Endangered Historic Places, with the hope of drawing enough public attention to save otherwise threatened structures.
This year, the list didn't come soon enough for one well-known drive-in: Porky's.
In this evening's release the folks at the alliance note:
The demise of Porky's raises troubling questions about the future of other historic sites along the Central Corridor Light Rail Transit (LRT) line. Architectural surveys carried out during LRT planning stages determined that Porky's and nearly two dozen other properties were individually eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. This federal process is supposed to ensure that impacts on historic properties are carefully considered. Unfortunately, Porky's fate was determined in a rash decision by private owners that did not include a thorough exploration of alternatives or any opportunity for public consultation. Porky's is gone, but other sites along the St. Paul LRT corridor are still at risk.
Here are the other nine buildings on this year's list along with a few historical details provided by the alliance.
Pillsbury A Mill Complex, 301 Main St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414
The Pillsbury A Mill on the Mississippi River's east bank near downtown Minneapolis was once the largest flour mill in the world. The overall 7.9-acre site is approximately three square blocks, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Minneapolis historic site. The "A" Mill building itself is a National Historic Landmark.
Jackson Street Water Tower, 422 Jackson Ave., NW, Elk River, MN 55330
Long a landmark for citizens of Elk River, the Jackson Street Water Tower was once a symbol of engineering technology in the early twentieth century.
St. Peter's Church, 810 W. 3rd St., Duluth, MN 55806
St. Peter's Church, once the cornerstone of the Italian-American community in Duluth, was constructed in the mid-1920s. The building's striking variegated stone exterior was the work of Italian-American stone masons from the church's original congregation.
Mayowood Historic District, 3700 Mayowood Rd. SW, Rochester, MN 55902
The Mayowood Historic District includes one of the great county estates in the Midwest, home of the Charles H. Mayo family.
Johnston Hall, 633 SE First St., Faribault, MN 55021
Designed by prominent New York architect Henry Congdon, Johnston Hall was built in 1888 as a library and seminary faculty residence for the Seabury Divinity School. The building is an excellent example of Richardsonian Romanesque style architecture, constructed of locally quarried blue limestone.
Howe School, E. 38th St. and 43rd Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55406
Howe School, built in 1927, was once the center of community life in the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis. The school design incorporated natural light, ventilation, steam heating, modern sanitation systems, and fireproof construction, as well as public meeting rooms, which helped foster a strong bond between the school and its community.
Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center, 1400 N. Union Ave., Fergus Falls, MN 56537
The Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center was built in 1888, accepted its first patients in 1906, treated thousands of the state's mentally ill, and sustained the local economy with hundreds of jobs until its closure in 2005. The Fergus Falls complex was built using a model developed by Dr. Thomas S. Kirkbride, based on the belief that building design aided in the recuperation and maintenance of mental health.
Dredge William A. Thompson, Mississippi River (Winona vicinity)
For over 70 years, the William A. Thompson was an integral part of maritime activity in the Upper Midwest.
Mitchell Yards, 4685 Redore Rd., Hibbing, MN 55746
In the late nineteenth century, the U.S. became an industrial powerhouse, and the Iron Range of northeastern Minnesota led the way by providing raw materials for the growth of industry. At its heyday, "the Range's" many iron ore mines buzzed with activity and employed thousands of people. A strong infrastructure of rail and maritime transportation was needed to move the iron ore from the mines to shipping ports in Duluth and on to steel plants in Chicago, Gary, Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Railroads played a key role, but many of the structures and switching yards–essential cogs in this industrial process–have been lost.
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It seems quite arrogant of the Alliance to call the Porky's decision "rash" and say "thorough exploration of alternatives or any opportunity for public consultation." Since when do the original owners of a private enterprise need to consult with the public about the future of their company? My house was built in 1912 and has been in my family since the 40s. I'm going to apply new stucco, so I suppose I better call the Alliance to make sure that my color choice is ok with them.
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Cat Survives Trash Truck Compactor to Make His Way Home for the Holidays
By Karen Nichols
, December 9, 2010
When Sue Rosen of Vacaville, CA discovered that her beloved cat, Depot, went missing in October, she pulled out all the stops in trying to find him. Once he'd been gone for a month, she assumed the worst and started to come to grips with the knowledge that he wasn't coming home.
But her three year old tabby later showed up more than 200 miles away at the Black Butte Transfer Station in Mount Shasta.
I do not know how on earth that cat survived, said Arthur Boyd, the Transfer Station worker who first caught a glimpse of Depot leaping from the back of a garbage truck.
Though he couldn't figure out how the cat managed to circumvent the trucks compacting mechanism, Boyd said he was even more surprisedthe following Saturday, when the cat fell out of a load of garbage being piled onto a truck.
It took off running through the snow, Boyd said.
Boyd then decided to try to capture the skinny cat, especially once he saw that the tabby was wearing a collar.
The cat wanted to be caught, Boyd said. He stopped under a bush, and I picked him up.
The cat threw a weak hissy fit and barred his teeth, but Boyd was able to pick him up and carry him to his office.
From the information on the cats tag, Boyd learned the his name was Depot. He also found a serial number and an 800 number printed on the tag.
Calling the number, which connected him to a pet microchipping service, Boyd got contact information for Depots owner and left a message on her answering machine.
Boyd didnt really have a place at home to keep the cat, so he sequestered him in the bathroom and called the Siskiyou Humane Society.
Shelter manager Kim Latos (in photo at top) promptly picked up Depot. She scanned him, and was successful in finding a microchip. The information on the microchip matched the information on his collar.
Latos called the various contact numbers and was soon contacted by a joyous Rosen.
I have no idea how he got all the way to Mount Shasta, Rosen said, grateful that her cat survived so many brushes with death, the cold and the snow. She was surprised to hear that he was still wearing his snap-on safety collar, which is designed to come off if the cat gets snagged.
Rosen arranged to have a friend of a friend stop in Mount Shasta to pick Depot up on their way though from a trip to Oregon.
When she finally got Depot back home, she said her other cat, Eddison, heard him meowing from inside the crate.
[Eddison] immediately came over… he put his front leg around [Depot] and said meow, meow, meow to welcome him back.
Depot had lost nearly half his body weight during his walkabout.
Rosen explained shed realized Depot was gone on Oct. 19. I went out and the screen door wasnt latched. I was gone about an hour, and he must have slipped out.
Rosen said she was surprised Depot had ventured outside at all, since he was usually content to stay indoors.
After an evening of walking through her neighborhood calling for her pet, Rosen reported Depot missing to Home Again.
She did everything she could think of to find Depot, including putting up posters, visiting her local animal shelter and going door to door. She even consulted with several animal communicators in attempt to locate Depot.
Receiving calls from Boyd and Latos came as a complete shock, she said. I just couldnt believe it… its amazing.
Though Depots still adjusting to life back at home, Rosen said hes doing remarkably well. Shes had a veterinarian come to her home to give him a checkup, and Depot was even treated to acupuncture to calm his spirit and help the chi come back, Rosen said.
Rosen added that she and the people who picked Depot up for her were extremely impressed by the professionalism and commitment Latos and the Humane Society staff displayed. She also expressed surprise and gratitude that Boyd took the time to capture Depot and contact her.
Its a wonderful gift for the holidays, she said.
I am amazed he traveled all this way and in this weather survived all that he did, said Latos with tears in her eyes.
Boyd said hes amazed at Depots resilience. He spent a week here with heavy equipment and trucks, and he wasnt run over. He also wasnt hurt by the excavator… its pretty amazing. If that cat had nine lives, hes only got one left.
[SOURCE: Mount Shasta Herald]
Tags: Cats In Predicaments, Microchips
Karen Nichols


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Clarkstown and Rockland Farm Alliance to Restore the Historic Traphagen Property
By dskriloff on October 1, 2015 No Comment
The Town of Clarkstown recently announced a ground breaking agreement with the Rockland Farm Alliance to operate a restored 18th century working farm and education center on the town's open space property known as Traphagen, on Germonds Road, in West Nyack.
The Rockland Farm Alliance (RFA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and revitalizing Rockland County's remaining farmland before it is lost to suburban development. RFA and Heritage West Nyack, a local not-for-profit formed to preserve the history of the hamlet of West Nyack, proposed to restore the 9-acre historic property into a working farm and agricultural education destination, modeled on the original farm that was established on the property nearly 300 years ago.
Supervisor Alex Gromack said, "Protecting our farms and open space have always been a top priority of mine. The Town is proud to partner with the Rockland Farm Alliance to bring the historic Traphagen Property back to its original existence. I look forward to residents, especially children, being able to visit the property to learn about our history, farming, and so much more."
"We're so excited to be a part of this revival of farming in Rockland," said John McDowell, RFA founder and president. "Traphagen Estate is a win for everyone, because it will bring the timeless architectural beauty and agricultural wisdom of our county's past into a promising new future together. It will be a place where students and families can have fun, learn and be inspired by the balance of the natural world and the sustainable farm."
"Since the formation of Rockland Farm Alliance in 2007, our county has benefited from increased acreage of local food production, greater awareness of healthy eating practices among the thousands of students who visit Cropsey Community Farm, and a generally deepened connection to the source of real food," says Clarkstown Councilwoman Shirley Lasker. "Traphagen Farm is going to teach people about the history and future of organic farming in Rockland County, and I couldn't be more proud of my colleagues and my community for bringing this transformative project to life."
Rockland Farm Alliance also manages Cropsey Community Farm, a biodynamic CSA-model farm on historic property that was preserved through an open space partnership between the Town of Clarkstown and the County of Rockland. RFA uses the farm to provide Rockland with organically grown vegetables; farming, nutrition, and gardening education; and special family events.
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In addition, the Code sets out criteria designed to assist our Board in determining whether there are circumstances that might affect, or could appear to affect, a director's judgement and therefore their independence.
These criteria are considered annually, and at its last assessment the Board concluded that the majority of Board members are independent Non-Executive Directors.
Sir Jonathan Symonds, Non-Executive Chair
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In most cases, it would be anticipated that the advice being sought would be legal advice, and only in the rarest of cases would independent financial advice be necessary. This is because any financial advice being given to GSK would normally be given to all the directors together. There might however be occasions when a director might feel that s/he needs to take independent legal advice so as not to expose himself/herself to any liability.
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package com.vladmihalcea;

import org.springframework.transaction.TransactionStatus;
import org.springframework.transaction.support.TransactionCallback;
import org.springframework.transaction.support.TransactionTemplate;

import javax.persistence.EntityManager;

/**
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public class CleanDbUtil {

    public static void cleanStore(final TransactionTemplate transactionTemplate, final EntityManager entityManager) {
        transactionTemplate.execute(new TransactionCallback<Void>() {
            @Override
            public Void doInTransaction(TransactionStatus transactionStatus) {
                entityManager.createQuery("delete from SubVersion where id > 0").executeUpdate();
                entityManager.createQuery("delete from Version where id > 0").executeUpdate();
                entityManager.createQuery("delete from Image where id > 0").executeUpdate();
                entityManager.createQuery("delete from WarehouseProductInfo where id > 0").executeUpdate();
                entityManager.createQuery("delete from Product where id > 0").executeUpdate();
                entityManager.createQuery("delete from Company where id > 0").executeUpdate();
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Q: How can I align these two buttons in a custom way I want in flutter? How can I align these 2 buttons as displayed inside my Row in flutter, I tried using alignment and did not work probably because I have set mainAxisAlignment in my parent Column. The closest I got was by setting a flex for the items by wrapping my Custom widget around an Expanded. I wish to achieve the alignment of my 2 buttons(red button & gallery button) as in the below screenshot(the width of the screen is the width of the image), any help would be appreciated, thanks

A: You can align the buttons within the Row by setting the mainAxisAlignment property to MainAxisAlignment.spaceBetween. This will distribute the space evenly between the two buttons, aligning them to the left and right edges of the Row.
Alternatively, you can use the Expanded widget to give specific flex values to each button. For example, you can wrap the first button in an Expanded widget with a flex of 1 and the second button in an Expanded widget with a flex of 2. This will give the second button twice the amount of space as the first button.
You also can use crossAxisAlignment property in the child widgets like button to align them as you wish.


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Malpulutta kretseri , unico esponente del genere Malpulutta, è un pesce d'acqua dolce appartenente alla famiglia Osphronemidae, sottofamiglia Macropodusinae, conosciuto globalmente come "Gurami maculato".

Distribuzione e habitat
M. kretseri è endemica delle acque dolci dello Sri Lanka sudoccidentale, dove vive in piccoli ruscelli nella foresta, ricchi di vegetazione. Predilige l'area di fondo.

Descrizione
Il corpo è piccolo e allungato, cilindriforme, con piccola bocca rivolta verso l'alto e gli occhi grandi. Il maschio presenta una lunga pinna dorsale, dalla punta filiforme e allungata, così come l'anale che è opposta e simmetrica alla prima. La caudale è a lancia, allungata e con vertice filamentoso. Le pinne ventrali sono corte e arrotondate, con il primo raggio allungato, mentre le pettorali sono tondeggianti e ampie. La livrea prevede un colore di fondo beige-rosato, con dorso olivastro e ventre rosa chiaro: una linea orizzontale bruna attraversa l'occhio mentre punti e linee bruno scuro compaiono sui fianchi. Le pinne sono punteggiate regolarmente di nero e di azzurro dai riflessi metallici tanto da formare un reticolo, mentre i bordi sono grigioazzurri orlati di azzurro chiaro. Le ventrali sono azzurro vivo. La femmina presenta pinne più corte e colori simili, ma più smorti, con pinne tendenti all'azzurro trasparente, puntinate di scuro.
Raggiunge una lunghezza massima di 4 cm.

Riproduzione
Il maschio di M. kretseri costruisce un nido di bolle in un anfratto roccioso o sotto una foglia di pianta acquatica e spinge una femmina pronta a deporre sotto al nido. Segue il cosiddetto "abbraccio" tra i due riproduttori, tipico degli Osfronemidi, dove vengono emessi uova e spermatozoi. A quel punto la coppia cade lentamente sul fondo, e la femmina procede a raccogliere le uova fecondate (cadute anch'esse) e ad inserirle nel nido di bolle. Il tutto viene ripetuto per alcune ore, fino a raggiungere il numero di 100-200 uova. Il maschio provvede quindi a curare uova e avannotti, fino alla loro indipendenza natatoria.

Alimentazione
Questa specie si nutre di larve di insetti, avannotti, piccoli invertebrati.

Acquariofilia
Non molto diffuso in commercio, è tuttavia allevato da appassionati.

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Altri progetti

Osphronemidae
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2 Scatters his loose notes in the waste of air.
Title/Paratext] "This couplet was first published [...]" J. Bradshaw, 1891.
"This couplet was first published in Mathias' edition of Gray's Works (1814), vol. ii., p. 596, introduced thus:—"One fine morning in the spring Mr. Nicholls was walking in the neighbourhood of Cambridge with Mr. Gray, who, feeling the influence of the season, and cheered with the melody of the birds on every bough, turned round to his friend, and expressed himself extempore in these beautiful lines." Mathias, no doubt, based his remarks on Norton Nicholls' "Reminiscences of Gray," written in 1805, the MS. of which was in his possession,—Nicholls' reference to them being:—"Two verses made by Mr. Gray as we were walking in the spring in the neighbourhood of Cambridge."
Norton Nicholls' "Reminiscences" were printed by Mitford in vol. v. of his "Works of Gray," published by Bell and Daldy in 1843."


Download Bumm Bumm Bole (2010) Songs. Bumm Bumm Bole is directed by Priyadarshan. Music Composed by M.G. Sreekumar, Tapas Relia, Azaan Sami and its release date is May 14, 2010. Bumm Bumm Bole is a 2010 Movie and it contains 4 Mp3 Songs that can be downloaded below.
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Logos Hope: First Engineer, Main Engine
Opportunity | Ships | Start date: As soon as possible
Join our international team of 400 people from 50 different nationalities. Have the opportunity to invest in young people and use your technical skills to keep a life-changing ministry operating. Being part of the on board community you will also receive personal input through daily team devotions and other ship events as well as the opportunity to experience the culture of the international crew and staff and the countries the ship visits.
Logos Hope: Welder - Long and Short Term Roles Available
Join our international team of 400 people from 50 different nationalities. We're investing in young people and the opportunity to use and grow in your technical skills to keep a life-changing ministry operating. Being part of the on board community you will receive personal input through daily team devotions and other ship events as well as the opportunity to experience the culture of the international crew and staff and the countries the ship.
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To perform skilled maintenance, repair and inspection work on Logos Hope's complex refrigeration & HVAC equipment.
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Opportunity | Ships | Start date: August 2021
Join our international team of 400 people from 50 different nationalities. We're investing in young people and the opportunity to use and grow in your technical skills to keep a life-changing ministry operating. Being part of the on board community you will receive personal input through daily team devotions and other ship events as well as the opportunity to experience the culture of the international crew and staff and the countries the ship visits.
Maintenance & Development Worker
Are you task oriented with a servant's heart and passion about practical work for the Lord? Come and help us in the upkeep and development of the OM Ireland five acre property including all buildings and grounds.
Bus Driver/Evangelism - Big Red Bus Team
The Big Red Bus is an amazing ministry tool that is very well known among the Irish community, and YOU could become it's driver! You will be responsible to take the bus and it's team members to different places, and will be involved in it's practical ministries: kids clubs, street evangelism, youth meetings and coffee/tea bars. You'll also be responsible for the general maintenance of the bus and the safety of it's passengers.
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Use your practical skills to give oversight to the maintenance of our Florence, South Carolina property and facilities in order to ensure the property and buildings are well maintained and working effectively.
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Do you have a heart to make others feel welcome and at home? Do you enjoy meeting new people? We are looking for someone, or a couple, that are handy, love to roll up their sleeves and who want to serve God and others in a practical way. Come and take care of our OM base at Lacken House, Co. Roscommon, and oversee all guest services.


The first we will look at is the fact of the reason of safety. Think of painting the signs and markings in your parking yard so as to help you with the need to keep your traffic flowing safely and smoothly. Not to mention the fact that this will indeed guarantee your customers a pleasant feel or experience as well.
The other purpose for considering repainting your commercial property is in the fact that this will enable you create an identity. Think of this is in the way such as where you happen to have moved into some new building that was previously occupied by some other person, as applying a new coat of paint will be the best way to communicate to the people you intend to deal with of the change in management.
Cost effectiveness as an alternative instead of replacement. This is for the reason that by having the property repainted you can quite easily bypass the need to have an all expensive and time consuming renovations as this is just one sure step that will enable you restore the beauty of the property making it appeal to both clients and workers.
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Belfast's Imagine Festival returns to 'help navigate the big issues of our times'
Journalist and writer Paul Mason will be appearing at this year's Imagine Festival
DAVID ROY
11 March, 2020 01:00
Alternative politician Count Binface (far right) and friends
THE Imagine Festival of Ideas and Politics will return to Belfast later this month, bringing an eclectic week of talks, workshops, theatre, comedy, music, exhibitions, film and tours which promise to 'help navigate the big issues of our times'.
The seven-day festival between March 23 and March 29 features a packed programme of 90 different events – most of which are free.
Highlights of this year's Imagine include the journalist and writer Paul Mason (An Evening with Paul Mason, March 28, Crescent Arts Centre, 8pm), journalist and best-selling author Sam McBride (Burned: The Scandal that Brought Down Stormont, March 27 & 28, Conor Lecture Theatre, Ulster University Belfast, 7.30pm) and business leaders Roseann Kelly, Angela McGowan and Ann McGregor (What do NI Businesses need to Drive Growth in our Economy?, March 26, Riddel Hall, 5.30pm).
Other high-profile speakers include the first Unionist Irish senator, Ian Marshall, leading writers such as Sorcha Pollak (The Language of Migration, March 23, No Alibis, 6.30pm), the Guardian's social affairs correspondent Rob Booth (The Computer Says No, March 25, Conor Lecture Theatre, Ulster University Belfast, 5.30pm) and Open Democracy editor Adam Ramsay (The War on Democracy: And How To Fight Back, March 25, Canada Room, QUB, 7.30pm).
Special events include Conversations With Strangers (March 24, The Black Box, 7pm), a social experiment which invites you to be randomly assigned to a group of strangers for an evening of adventurous discussion.
Current affairs meets comedy with How Can Satire Shape Politics?: An Evening With Count Binface (March 27, Crescent Arts Centre, 8pm). The political candidate formerly known as Lord Buckethead (played by comedian Jon Harvey) will join Dr Roslyn Fuller to discuss his career running against Theresa May and Boris Johnson in two national elections under the promise of 'strong, not entirely stable leadership'.
Part of the festival's film strand, Fergus Cooper's documentary The Quiet Shuffling of Feet (March 28, QFT, 3pm) examines the life and work of David Bolton, one of Northern Ireland's second responders during the Troubles. In 2001, David left the main health service to establish the Northern Ireland Centre for Trauma and Transformation.
:: See Imaginebelfast.com for full programme details
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Confidential Evaluation of Your Robert Motherwell
Black Sun, 1987/88
Robert Motherwell (1915 – 1991)
Robert Motherwell was born in Aberdeen, Washington, of Scotch-Irish ancestry; the son of a bank president who moved the family to San Francisco when Robert was a child. At the precocious age of eleven he received a scholarship to Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in philosophy from Stanford University and worked on his doctorate from Harvard, afterwards studying at the University of Grenoble in France and at Columbia University.
Motherwell was a man respected not only for his art but also for his writings, scholarship and personal presence. He was the last, the youngest, of the Abstract Expressionists which included Willem de Kooning, Adolph Gottlieb and Clyfford Still. He was an acknowledged master of the medium of collage. He painted in series, a group of paintings of similar technique and colors, like his Spanish Elegies.
From 1958 to 1971 he was married to his third wife, Helen Frankenthaler. His fourth wife was Renate Ponsold, an artist-photographer; they had two daughters and one grandchild. They lived in Greenwich, Connecticut in a carriage house with a hayloft aerie, a beautiful old barn and a guest cottage adjoining a one-hundred foot long studio.
He died on July 18, 1991. He had suffered a stroke at his summer home in Provincetown, Massachusetts and died on his way to the hospital.
Sources includes:
Los Angeles Times obituary on July 18, 1991
Newsweek Magazine, January 2, 1984
Time Magazine, July 17, 1972
Compiled and written by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher of Laguna Woods, California.