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Sucker (estilizado como SUCKER) es el segundo álbum de estudio de la cantante y compositora  Charli XCX, lanzado el 15 de noviembre de 2014 bajo el sello discográfico Asylum y Atlantic. El álbum recibió críticas positivas, alabando su nuevo estilo y acabó siendo incluido en muchas listas a finales de año de mejores discos de los últimos doce meses. Del álbum se lanzaron los sencillos «Boom Clap», «Break The Rules» y «Doing It» (en esta última, en colaboración con la cantante Rita Ora.)

Charli promocionó el álbum a través de una serie de apariciones en público y en actuaciones en vivo por televisión, así como apareciendo en el Jingle Ball Tour 2014. El álbum fue promocionado en la gira Girl Power North America Tour, que duró de septiembre a octubre de 2014. También participó en los actos de apertura de los conciertos europeos de The Prismatic World Tour de Katy Perry en 2015.

Antecedentes
En 2013, Charli lanzó su primer álbum de estudio a nivel comercial, True Romance. El álbum recibió críticas positivas por parte de algunos críticos musicales, quienes alabaron el estilo único. Sin embargo, el álbum fracasó en las listas musicales de los principales mercados de la industria musical. El 13 de marzo de 2014, reveló a Complex que había comenzado a trabajar en su segundo álbum de estudio con el vocalista de Weezer, Rivers Cuomo y Rostam Batmanglij de Vampire Weekend. También fueron confirmados el dúo Stargate y John Hill como productores. En una entrevista con la revista DIY, declaró que había escrito el disco para las chicas y quería que sintieran "un sentido de empoderamiento". Charli explicó que el estilo del álbum seguía siendo pop, pero tenía "un muy gritón, poder de chica, banda de chicas, Bow Wow Wow" al mismo tiempo. También dijo en una entrevista con Idolator que Sucker contendría influencias punk.

El 7 de enero de 2015, se anunció que el lanzamiento europeo del álbum sería retrasado una vez más al 16 de febrero de 2015, junto con una nueva lista de canciones, en la que se incluye la nueva versión de «Doing It» con Rita Ora, así como las canciones «So Over You» y «Red Balloon».

Promoción
En apoyo del álbum, Charli XCX se embarcó en la gira Girl Power North America Tour en 2014. La gira se inició en Orlando, Florida el 26 de septiembre y finalizó en San Francisco, California el 25 de octubre. También interpretó las canciones de Sucker como parte de la lista de canciones de Jingle Ball Tour 2014, y actuó en los conciertos europeos de Prismatic World Tour de Katy Perry en febrero y marzo de 2015. Charli promocionó además el álbum en una gira de 8 conciertos por Reino Unido en 2015, que comenzó en Brighton el 24 de marzo y terminó en Birmingham el 2 de abril.

Sencillos
«Boom Clap», fue el primer sencillo lanzado de Sucker, fue lanzado mundialmente el 17 de junio de 2014. Fue originalmente parte de la banda sonora original de la película The Fault in Our Stars. La canción fue un éxito comercial, alcanzando el puesto número seis en la lista de sencillos de Reino Unido y el número ocho en Billboard Hot 100. La canción ha vendido más de un millón de copias en los Estados Unidos, recibiendo una certificación de sencillo de platino por la Asociación de Industria Discográfica de Estados Unidos, y certificado como sencillo de plata por parte de la Industria Fonográfica Británica.

«Break the Rules», fue lanzado como segundo sencillo del álbum. La canción y su vídeo musical de acompañamiento fueron lanzados el 25 de agosto de 2014. La canción fue moderadamente exitosa, alcanzando el puesto número diez en Australia, el número cuatro en Alemania, el número seis en Austria y estuvo por debajo del cuarenta en Francia, Noruega, Bélgica y Reino Unido. Por otra parte, la canción alcanzó el número noventa y uno en la lista Billboard Hot 100 de los Estados Unidos.

«Doing It», fue lanzado el 6 de febrero de 2015 como el tercer sencillo del álbum. La versión para el sencillo colabora la cantante inglesa Rita Ora. Los detalles de la colaboración emergieron cuando apareció una lista de canciones para la BBC Radio 1 en Twitter donde se incluía la canción. Alcanzó el puesto número ocho en la lista de sencillos de Reino Unido.

Otras canciones
Las canciones «London Queen» y «Gold Coins» fueron estrenadas como avance del álbum el 6 de octubre y el 17 de noviembre, respectivamente. Los vídeos musicales de las canciones «Breaking Up» y «Famous» fueron lanzados el 2 de diciembre de 2014 y el 23 de marzo de 2015, respectivamente. En noviembre de 2014 la canción que formaba parte del bonus track europeo, «Red Balloon» fue usada en el tráiler de la película animada, Home. La canción también se incluyó en la banda sonora original, revisada por Rihanna.

Recepción de la crítica

En Metacritic, que asigna una calificación normalizada de 100 a los comentarios de los críticos principales, Sucker recibió una puntuación media de 75, basado en 27 opiniones. En la calificación de la publicación de cuatro estrellas por la revista Rolling Stone, Will Hermes afirma "En Sucker hay gesto retro: Charlie ejecuta guitarras y actitud rock & roll del álbum a través de bastante producción y tipo local digital para hacer de esta la primera iteración totalmente actualizada de pop punk en las edades... Como muchos de los placeres del pop aquí, es un sentimiento que nunca pasa de moda". Miles Raymer escribió para la revista Entertainment Weekly, en un revisión A-, sugiere "SUCKER es pop-punk, redefinió radicalmente y arrastró, con los dedos medios agitando, hacia el futuro.". La revisión de tres de cuatro estrellas provino de USA Today por Brian Mansfield, donde dice que "Sucker de Charli XCX no sólo retoca el oído del pop dulce, ella es destructiva, entonces curiosea con los bits más brillantes del asfalto. Todavía es dulce una vez cuando ella termina de adherirse con el regreso pero tiene un poco de crisis, también." En una revisión de cuatro estrellas para AllMusic, Heather Phares dice "Sucker es una mezcla la juventud y la sofisticación es más que un poco volátil, veces se siente como Charli XCX sigue averiguando lo que realmente funciona para su música... Sin embargo, tiene éxito como a una introducción a Charli XCX la estrella del pop, conservando su composición y actitud de látigo inteligente."

Reconocimientos
El álbum fue nombrado el mejor álbum de pop del año por  Rolling Stone , quien dijo: "Charli XCX es la estrella del pop que 2014 estaba esperando: una sabia compositora que es la chica más divertida en cualquier habitación. La artista de 22 años entró en la suya con  Sucker , un motín de adolescentes que agitaba los dedos del medio agrupados en 13 gemas punky. Es una fiesta de baile, un foso de mosh y un mitin feminista. definitivamente a cargo. "   Spin lo clasificó como el sexto álbum pop de 2014, comentando que "el segundo largometraje de Charli se afeita con las atmósferas densas y los paisajes sonoros de ensueño". Mientras tanto, Jason Lipshutz de  Billboard  aparece en la lista de  Sucker  como el segundo mejor álbum pop de 2014.  NME  en la lista  Sucker  como el 32 ° mejor álbum de 2015.

Rendimiento comercial
Sucker debutó en el número 28 en los Estados Unidos Billboard 200 con ventas en la primera semana de 28.907 copias, lo que lo convierte en el primer álbum de Charli en ingresar a la lista. El álbum ingresó a UK Albums Chart en el número 15, vendiendo 5.622 copias en su primera semana.

Lista de canciones
 Edición estándar

 Edición Exclusiva Target Deluxe (bonus track)

 Edición europea

 Edición Latinoamericana

Charts

Personal
Créditos adaptados de la edición Europea de Sucker.

Musicians
 Charli XCX – vocals
 Justin L. Raisen – drum programming, guitars ; backing vocals, synthesisers ; OP-1
 Jerry James – drum programming ; bass ; backing vocals
 Cashmere Cat – additional programming ; all instruments, programming
 Chris Laws – drums
 Steve Mac – keys
 Dano "Robopop" Omelio – guitars
 Steve Pearce – bass
 Daniel Pursey – percussion
 Macy McCutcheon – additional girl vocals
 Bea Rexstrew – additional girl vocals
 Kirstin Hume – additional girl vocals
 Katie Littlewood – additional girl vocals
 Shags Chamberlain – bass, backing vocals
 Ariel Pink – synthesisers, mouth organ, backing vocals
 Remi Nicole – additional vocals ; backing vocals
 Patrik Berger – all instruments, programming ; backing vocals
 John Hill – programming ; all instruments
 Markus Krunegård – piano, additional vocals ; all instruments, programming, backing vocals
 Noonie Bao – additional vocals
 Matthew Eccles – drums
 Keefus Ciancia – additional keys
 Stefan Gräslund – additional programming
 Rita Ora – featured vocals
 Mr. Rogers – drums, bass, programming
 Ariel Rechtshaid – programming
 Christian Olsson – all instruments, programming
 Greg Kurstin – guitar, bass, keys
 Aaron Redfield – drums
 Naughty Boy – instrumentation
 Benny Blanco – instrumentation ; programming
 Martin Stilling – all instruments, programming
 Lars Skoglund – drums
 Andrew Wyatt – backing vocals
 Young & Sick – instrumentation, programming
 Sarah Chernoff – backing vocals
 Angel Deradoorian – backing vocals
 Andrew Blakemore – backing vocals
 Mikkel S. Eriksen – all instruments, programming
 Tor Erik Hermansen – all instruments, programming

Technical
 Justin L. Raisen – production, engineering
 Jerry James – production ; engineering
 Rob Orton – mixing
 Tony Lake – additional engineering
 Caleb Laven – vocal editing
 Steve Mac – production
 Stargate – production
 Cashmere Cat – production
 Chris Laws – engineering
 Daniel Pursey – engineering
 Dave Schiffman – mixing
 Patrik Berger – production ; engineering
 John Hill – co-production ; production
 Niek Meul – engineering
 Chris Kasych – engineering
 John Morrical – engineering
 Martin Cooke – engineering
 Martin Stilling – engineering assistance ; engineering
 Stefan Gräslund – additional production ; production
 Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing
 Geoff Swan – mixing assistance
 Ariel Rechtshaid – production
 Mr. Rogers – production, engineering
 Josh Gudwin – production, recording (Rita Ora's vocals)
 Christian Olsson – production
 Greg Kurstin – production, engineering
 Alex Pasco – additional engineering
 Julian Burg – additional engineering
 Nick Rowe – vocal editing
 Naughty Boy – production
 Benny Blanco – production
 Chris "Anger Management" Sclafani – engineering
 Andrew "McMuffin" Luftman – production coordination
 Seif "Mageef" Hussain – production coordination
 Young & Sick – production
 Rostam – production
 Mikkel S. Eriksen – recording
 Miles Walker – recording
 Phil Tan – mixing
 Daniela Rivera – additional engineering for mix
 Stuart Hawkes – mastering
 Charli XCX – executive production

Artwork
 Frank Fieber – design, layout
 Harry Fieber – illustration
 Bella Howard – photography

Referencias

Álbumes de 2014
Álbumes de Charli XCX

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Amazon Hides a Zombie-Outbreak Reference in New Terms of Service. Hilarious.
By Jacob Brogan
Feb 11, 20162:11 PM
At least we'll have Amazon's gaming engine when the zombies come for us.
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It's hard to imagine the kind of person who would read all the way through Amazon Web Services' massive terms of service agreement. At more than 26,000 words, the document is denser and more digressive than Tristram Shandy, a veritable post-apocalyptic wasteland of legalese that dictates how users can and cannot employ products from the e-retailer's massively profitable cloud computing division. Formidable as it is, however, someone managed to make it through. And he or she found something wonderful—possibly with a slight nudge from Amazon itself, though it's conceivable that it was discovered independently.
As various sources—Venture Beat seems to have been among the first—have reported, the company's latest update to its ToS (announced on Monday, Feb. 8) contains a clause voiding some of its restrictions in the event of a zombie outbreak. Of course, it doesn't actually say zombie anywhere, instead cloaking the viral menace in winkingly formal language:
However, this restriction will not apply in the event of the occurrence (certified by the United States Centers for Disease Control or successor body) of a widespread viral infection transmitted via bites or contact with bodily fluids that causes human corpses to reanimate and seek to consume living human flesh, blood, brain or nerve tissue and is likely to result in the fall of organized civilization.
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Cutesy aberrations train us to look for anomalies instead of encouraging us to make sense of the norms that actually shape our lives. Last year, Slate's Lily Hay Newman examined the all-caps sections in terms of service agreements. Such sections were once meant to clarify what we should pay attention to, but in reality, our eyes tend to skip right over them. A more idiosyncratic approach to intelligibility shows up in R. Sikoryak's comic book adaptation of the iTunes terms and conditions. That method, alas, is unlikely to see widespread adoption.
Amazon's jape feels more like viral marketing for Lumberyard than an invitation to look carefully—or at all, for that matter. At best, it's a reminder that most of us have become zombies of a sort, the kind that click without reading. Can anyone help us find some brains?

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Home Regional News Global Bluetooth mesh plays pivotal role in smart city development
Bluetooth mesh plays pivotal role in smart city development
Bluetooth mesh continues to play a pivotal role in the development of emerging markets such as Smart Building, Smart Industry, Smart Cities, and Smart Home.
Over the past two decades, Bluetooth technology has revolutionised the IoT, adding new capabilities that have enabled innovation and established new markets, from wireless audio to connected devices.
In the year since the release of Bluetooth mesh, more than 65 products with mesh networking capability have been qualified from leading silicon, stack, component and end product vendors.
Bluetooth mesh networking enables many-to-many (m:m) device communications and is optimised for creating large-scale device networks. Designed to meet the scalability, reliability and security requirements of commercial and industrial environments, Bluetooth mesh is powering smart building and smart industry implementations where tens, hundreds, or thousands of devices need to communicate with one another effectively.
From factories to hospitals, airports, retail stores and the home, Bluetooth mesh supports building services that bring real value to owners, operators, and occupants.
"The strategic decision to adopt Bluetooth as the communications platform for our smart home strategy was an obvious choice for us," said Lijuan Chen, head of Alibaba A.I. Labs, the department leading consumer AI product development at Alibaba Group.
"Bluetooth mesh is a wireless protocol that enables us to meet our customers' scale, performance and reliability requirements in the home. Bluetooth is already a proven, trusted and widely used wireless standard, and we're confident Bluetooth mesh will be the standard in home and building automation for years to come."
"Bluetooth mesh is one of a number of fundamental enablers of future IoT markets, allowing for robust, secure and scalable connectivity across the smart home, commercial building automation, industrial environments and beyond," said Stuart Carlaw, chief research officer, ABI Research.
"Bluetooth mesh, in conjunction with Bluetooth beacons, can propel these environments towards greater automation, increased sensorisation and enable valuable RTLS services. Nearly 360 million annual Bluetooth Smart Building device shipments are forecasted by 2022."
Lighting control systems have served as a key use case driving the increase in Bluetooth mesh implementations. A building's lighting system provides a natural grid through which all devices in a Bluetooth mesh network can pass messages and establish whole-building control, monitoring and automation systems within a facility.
This wireless lighting solution can also function as a platform to enable indoor positioning and location services; including point-of-interest solutions, indoor navigation, asset tracking and improved space utilisation.
"Bluetooth mesh has fundamentally altered the conversation around connected lighting by providing a complete, high-performing solution that allows lighting to serve a greater purpose in industrial and commercial spaces," Mark Needham, vice president, European Sales at Fulham Co, Inc.
"A lighting system that can both help visitors find their way and allow building operators to pinpoint the location of assets within a building or collect a vast range of data from various building sensors for analysis and utilisation is only the beginning of what is possible."
In one year alone, Bluetooth mesh has paved the way for wireless lighting control solutions and has been a driving force in realising the concept of lighting as a platform.
According to ABI Research, annual commercial smart lighting equipment shipments are expected to increase fivefold by 2022.
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Q: Python 3 - IPAddress check New to python but trying to write something that will check a user entered IP against a CIDR to see which CIDR the IP is within if any... but getting some sort of str version error that makes little sense...
import ipaddress

ip2check = input("Enter IP Address:")
blocks = ['192.1.1.1/8', '0.0.0.0/16']
n = 1
print('Scanning through', len(blocks), 'CIDR blocks')
for x in blocks:
    print('Checking', blocks[n])
    breakpoint()
    if ip2check in ipaddress.IPv4Network(blocks[n]):
        print("IP is found in CIDR: ", blocks[n])
    else:
        print("IP not found in", blocks[n])

Error:
line 11, in

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/codecs.py(309)init()
-> def init(self, errors='strict')

or maybe its:
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute '_version'

A: Well, you are trying to check the membership of the objec IPv4Network, if you check the overriden contains
import ipaddress
import inspect

lines = inspect.getsource(ipaddress.IPv4Network.__contains__)

You get
def __contains__(self, other):
        # always false if one is v4 and the other is v6.
        if self._version != other._version:
            return False
        # dealing with another network.
        if isinstance(other, _BaseNetwork):
            return False
        # dealing with another address
        else:
            # address
            return (int(self.network_address) <= int(other._ip) <=
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This means that the object is checking whether the two objects you are comparing have the same version, network type.. etc but what you are doing is comparing a string with a IPv4Network, the piece in contains checks the versioning with self._version which the string object does not have, hence the error of 'string object does not have self._version'
In resume: You are comparing an string object with a IPv4Network object which you cannot do.

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Rio Rancho considers redistricting proposals
District continues to consider 2 options to help ease crowding
Updated: 7:48 AM MST Dec 30, 2013
Angela Brauer
Rio Rancho School district is giving parents an opportunity to weigh-in on proposed redistricting.
Rio Rancho continues to consider two options to help ease crowding at area elementary schools.The district has had two public forums so far, each full of parents concerned about what could happen to their kids as early as the 2014-2015 school year.District officials told Action 7 News they are focused on easing crowding at three schools specifically: Maggie Cordova, Ernest Stapleton and Martin Luther King elementaries. Each of the schools is close to -- if not well over -- capacity.Right now, Rio Rancho is looking at two ideas. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages."Option 2," as they're calling it, would move 385 kids to new schools. The district has said that this plan "better maintains socioeconomic and ethnic diversity." However, it also leaves enrollment at Maggie Cordova Elementary fairly high.The other proposal, Option 4, would move 486 kids around. It would provide more immediate relief to the schools but also put Rio Rancho Elementary School over capacity. Another disadvantage of this plan would be that kids would be going to schools farther away from their homes.Both options better organize the city's attendance boundaries. They also move students to schools with different bell schedules.Parents are extremely upset over the proposals. The district says, though, that something has to be done, especially if more families move into the Cabezon and Loma Colorado developments.Rio Rancho plans to build a new school in the south part of the city eventually, but says it could take be four years until that happens.There will be a workshop the morning of Monday, Jan. 6 for people to learn more about the redistricting plans. It will not be an opportunity to comment, but the district does continue to accept opinions through its website and school offices.A final decision is expected in January.
RIO RANCHO, N.M. —
Rio Rancho continues to consider two options to help ease crowding at area elementary schools.
The district has had two public forums so far, each full of parents concerned about what could happen to their kids as early as the 2014-2015 school year.
District officials told Action 7 News they are focused on easing crowding at three schools specifically: Maggie Cordova, Ernest Stapleton and Martin Luther King elementaries. Each of the schools is close to -- if not well over -- capacity.
Right now, Rio Rancho is looking at two ideas. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages.
"Option 2," as they're calling it, would move 385 kids to new schools. The district has said that this plan "better maintains socioeconomic and ethnic diversity." However, it also leaves enrollment at Maggie Cordova Elementary fairly high.
The other proposal, Option 4, would move 486 kids around. It would provide more immediate relief to the schools but also put Rio Rancho Elementary School over capacity. Another disadvantage of this plan would be that kids would be going to schools farther away from their homes.
Both options better organize the city's attendance boundaries. They also move students to schools with different bell schedules.
Parents are extremely upset over the proposals. The district says, though, that something has to be done, especially if more families move into the Cabezon and Loma Colorado developments.
Rio Rancho plans to build a new school in the south part of the city eventually, but says it could take be four years until that happens.
There will be a workshop the morning of Monday, Jan. 6 for people to learn more about the redistricting plans. It will not be an opportunity to comment, but the district does continue to accept opinions through its website and school offices.
A final decision is expected in January.


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Tramvaiul din Iași este o rețea de transport electric din municipiul Iași (România). Este una dintre cele mai lungi rețele din România (82,6 km).

Istoric

Începuturi

În baza Legii nr. 713 pentru concesionarea tramvaiului din Iași, promulgată de regele Carol I al României la 25 februarie 1898, Primăria orașului Iași, reprezentată de primarul Nicolae Gane, a concesionat companiei germane A.E.G. Berlin, printr-un contract semnat la 19 martie 1898, dreptul de a construi o rețea de transport cu tramvaie electrice. Primul director al tramvaielor din Iași a fost numit ing. Carol Litarszek (1898-1901).

La 17 februarie/1 martie 1900, a fost pusă în funcțiune prima linie de tramvai electric din Iași, pe traseul dintre Gară și Hală. După cum anunța ziarul "Ecoul Moldovei" din 24 februarie 1900, tramvaiele urmau să circule între ora 7 dimineața și ora 11 noaptea, la intervale regulate de câte 7 minute și jumătate. Prețul unui bilet de călătorie dus-întors era de 15 bani.

După un an, în 1901, funcționau 5 trasee (Gară – Piața Unirii, Păcurari – Nicolina, Copou - Socola, Str. Albă - Abator și Tg. Cucu - Sărărie) pe care circulau 19 vagoane. Rețeaua de tramvaie electrice a ajuns să aibă o lungime de 17,307 km, ea ocupând atunci primul loc din România, fiind superioară astfel rețelelor de tramvaie electrice din Brăila, Galați și București.

Perioada interbelică

În 1916, societatea AEG este trecută în proprietatea statului, iar patru ani mai târziu, uzina și tramvaiele electrice sunt preluate în administrarea Primăriei orașului Iași. La 8 iunie 1924 este înființată Societatea Comunală de Electricitate Iași (SCEI). În 1929, vagoanele de tramvai sunt reconstruite după proiectele inginerilor Huhulea și Dorogan.

Anii celui de-al doilea război mondial au fost ani de decădere a activității de transport cu tramvaie din Iași. Astfel, dacă în anul 1938 societatea dispunea de 45 vagoane, numărul de tramvaie scăzuse în 1945 la doar 19.

Perioada regimului comunist

După al Doilea Război Mondial, întreprinderea de transport în comun din Iași este reorganizată de mai multe ori în următoarele societăți: E.T.A.C.S. (Electricitate, Tramvaie, Apă, Canal, Salubritate) (1949-1957), Întreprinderea Comunală de Electricitate și Transport (I.C.E.T.) (1957-1961), Întreprinderea de Transport Iași (I.T.I.) (1961-1979), Întreprinderea Județeană de Transport Local (IJTL) Iași (1979-1990).

În perioada 1948-1990 s-au efectuat numeroase lucrări de extindere și modernizare a rețelei de tramvai din Iași. Au fost date în exploatare tramvaie noi de tip I.T.B. (din 1959), Tatra T4R din Cehoslovacia (din 1978) sau Timiș 2 (din 1981). Parcul de vehicule a crescut an de an, ajungând în 1970 la 128 tramvaie. Au fost înființate Baza de întreținere și exploatare tramvaie din strada Uzinei (1976) și Baza de întreținere pentru tramvaie și autobuze din Dacia (1983).

După 1990

După Revoluția din decembrie 1989 a fost înființată Regia Autonomă de Transport în Comun (R.A.T.C.), care a preluat patrimoniul fostei IJTL Iași. Ca urmare a faptului că tramvaie noi pentru șine cu ecartament metric nu se mai fabricau decât la comandă, Regia de Transport în Comun din Iași nu a putut achiziționa tramvaie noi. Ea a apelat la folosirea de tramvaie I.T.B. modernizate în cadrul R.A.T.C. (din 1991) și de tramvaie V2A modernizate la S.C. Nicolina S.A. (1992-1997), regia dispunând în 1997 de 159 tramvaie.

Ulterior, RATC a fost nevoită să cumpere tramvaie second-hand: 10 tramvaie GT4 din Stuttgart (1997), 19 tramvaie Tatra T4D din Halle și 16 tramvaie ST7 și ST8 din Darmstadt (1998), 15 tramvaie GT4 din Stuttgart și 8 Tatra T4D din Halle (2000), 14 tramvaie GT5 din Augsburg (2001), 27 tramvaie GT4 modernizate din Halle (2003), 10 tramvaie GT4 din Augsburg (2004), 10 tramvaie ST10 și ST11 din Darmstadt, 31 de tramvaie GT4 modernizate din Stuttgart (2007-2008) și 13 tramvaie GT4 și unul de tip GT8 de la Stadtwerke Augsburg (2009).

În paralel cu aceste achiziții, începând din anul 2003, regia a beneficiat de programul Donație de tramvaie, derulat cu Secretariatul de Stat pentru Relații Economice (SECO) din cadrul Guvernului Confederației Elvețiene. În cadrul acestui program, au sosit la Iași tramvaie elvețiene donate de Primăria orașului Berna: 6 tramvaie Be 4/4 (2003), 3 tramvaie Be 4/4 (2004) și 4 vagoane Be 8/8 (2008).

În perioada 2002-2006, Regia Autonomă de Transport în Comun din Iași a fost divizată în două societăți: Regia Autonomă de Transport Electric în Comun Iași (RATEC Iași) și S.C. "Autobuzul" S.A. După unificare, noua societate a primit denumirea de Regia Autonomă de Transport Public Iași.

Începând din 1997 au fost reabilitate mai multe linii de tramvai din oraș. În anul 1997 a fost desființată linia de tramvai Podu Roș - CUG 2, după accidentul de la Rond Vechi CUG din 29 martie 1997 dintre Tatra T4R (203) și remorca Timișului (343) . Tramvaiul a mai circulat două săptămâni și apoi vagoanele au fost retrase de pe traseele 9 și 10.

Prezent

Prin anii 1995‑1996 s-a discutat un proiect de trecere a rețelei de tramvai din Iași la cale de rulare cu ecartament normal (1.435 mm), dar s‑a renunțat la el din cauza costurilor foarte mari (în jurul echivalentului a peste 400 milioane euro ), a timpului lung (de minim 2 ani) în care s-ar putea înlocui toate șinele și a dorinței de a nu micșora benzile rutiere, mai ales că există străzi înguste în Iași (unde șinele cu ecartament normal nu ar putea fi amplasate, ducând la eliminarea unor trasee, exemplu legătura cu zona Tătărași).

Municipiul Iași are una dintre cele mai mari pante (Tătărași - Pădurii) din Europa pe care circulă tramvaiele.

În prezent, tramvaiul din Iași este una dintre puținele rețele din România care circulă pe șine cu ecartament îngust -1.000 mm - (alături de Arad și Rășinari), în timp ce în Botoșani, Brăila, București, Cluj, Craiova, Galați, Oradea, Ploiești și Timișoara se circulă pe ecartament de 1.435 mm.

Singurul oraș care a trecut în România de la 1.000 mm la 1435 mm a fost Galați în anii '70.

În primul deceniu al secolului al XXI-lea, Regia Autonomă de Transport Public Iași a început un program major de modernizare a căii de rulare, fiind reabilitate următoarele tronsoane: Pasaj Nicolina - Podu de Piatră, Podu de Piatră - Gară - Billa - Canta, Pasaj Alexandru cel Bun, Str. Arcu - Centru - Tg. Cucu - Cinci Drumuri, Tătărași Sud - Tătărași Nord - Str. Nicoriță.

În perioada 2019-2021, a fost creat, prin recondiționarea unei garnituri întregi BE 4/4 (vagon motor și remorca) Tramvaiul Reciclării. Acest tramvai colectează deșeuri electronice de la aproape toate capetele liniilor de tramvai din Iasi.

RATP iași (în prezent CTP iași) operează pe traseele de tramvai cu următoarele tipuri de vagoane: GT4, GT8, BE 4/4, BE 8/8, ST10, M6D, M8C, Pesa Swing și Bozankaya GT6. Tramvaiele de epocă sunt prezente și ele la stradă, cu diferite ocazii.

Trasee actuale

 1 (Rond Copou - Piața Unirii - Tg. Cucu – Podu Roș (1) – Baza 3 - Tătărași – Tg. Cucu – Piața Unirii -  Rond Copou) - 17,5 km
 3 (Gară - Piața Unirii - Tg. Cucu - Tătărași - Dancu) - 15,60 km
 5 (Rond Dacia – Bd.N.Iorga – Țesătura – Baza 3 – Rond Țuțora) - 19,1 km
 6 (Rond Dacia - Gară - Str. Bacinschi - Piața Unirii - Rond Tg. Cucu) - 13 km
 7 (Rond Canta - Gară - Piața Unirii - Tg. Cucu - Podu Roș - Baza 3 - Rond Tuțora) - 20.8 km
 8 (Rond Copou - Piața Unirii - Tg. Cucu - Tudor Vladimirescu - Rond Țuțora) - 13.9 km
 9 (Rond Copou - Piața Unirii - Tg. Cucu - Podu Roș (3) - Tehnopolis) - 20,2 km (Ocazional operat cu autobuze)
 11 (Rond Dacia - Podu de Piatră - Gara Internațională - Bd. Nicolae Iorga - Baza 3 - Rond Tătărași Nord) - 21,30 km
 13 (Rond Copou - Piața Unirii - Tg. Cucu – Tătărași – Baza 3 - Podu Roș (1) – Tg. Cucu – Piața Unirii - Rond Copou) - 17,5 km

Trasee de tramvai din trecut
 1 (Copou - Baza 3 - Țuțora)
 1b (Copou - Baza 3)
 2 (Canta - Gară - Podu de Piatră - Bd. N. Iorga - Baza 3 - Tepro - Rond Țutora)
 2 (Canta - Gară - Podu de Piatră - Podu Roș - Baza 3)
 2b (Canta - Gară - Podu de Piatră - Bd. N. Iorga - Baza 3)
 3b (Autogară - Centru - Tătărași Sud)
 4 (Triumf - Tătărași - Tudor Vladimirescu - Triumf)
 4b (Triumf - Tătărași Sud)
 5b (Dacia - Podu Roș - Baza 3)
 6 (Dacia - Tg. Cucu - Podu Roș - Țuțora)
 6b (Dacia - Podu de Piatră - Podu Roș - C.E.T. - Tudor Vladimirescu - Centru - Billa - Gară - Dacia)
 7 (Canta - Tg. Cucu)
 7 (Autogară - Podu Roș - Tătărași Nord)
 8 (Triumf - Piața Unirii - Tg. Cucu - Tudor Vladimirescu - Tătărași - Triumf)
 8b (Triumf - Baza 3)
 9 (Gară - Tg. Cucu - Podu Roș - CUG 2)
 9b (Tg. Cucu - Podu Roș - CUG 2)
 10 (Dacia - Podu de Piatră - Podu Roș - Pasaj Nicolina - CUG 2)
 10b (Dacia - Podu de Piatră - Bd. Republicii (N. Iorga) - Pasaj Nicolina - CUG 2)
 11 (Canta - Centru - Tg. Cucu)
 12 (Tătărași Nord - Țuțora)
 13 (Copou - Tătărași Sud)
 13 (Dancu - Copou)
 14 (Dancu - Tătărași Nord)
 14 (Canta - Gară - Bd. Republicii (N. Iorga) - Pasaj Nicolina - CUG 2)
 15 (Tătărași Nord - Metalurgie - Țesătura - Bd. Republicii (N. Iorga) - Pasaj Nicolina - CUG 2)
 16 (Canta - Centru - Tătărași - Metalurgie - Podu Roș - Tg. Cucu - Canta)
 16b (Canta - Centru - Podu Roș - Metalurgie - Tătărași - Tg. Cucu - Canta)
 18 (Tătărași Nord - Țuțora)

Flota de tramvaie

Flota curentă

În luna august 2021 au venit 4 din cele 16 tramvaie PESA Swing, achiziționate de Primăria Municipiul Iași în anul 2019, cu fonduri europene. Începând cu septembrie 2021, urmează să vină alte 16 tramvaie noi de la compania turcească Bozankaya, achiziționate tot cu fonduri europene.
Tramvaiele PESA vor circula pe traseele 1,3,7,8 și 13 , dar cu timpul vor circula pe toate rutele, inclusiv pe 6, 9 și 11.

Vehicule retrase din circulație/păstrate ca vagoane istorice

Imagini

Vezi și
 Transportul public din Iași
 Troleibuzele din Iași
 Autobuzele din Iași

Note

Legături externe

 Compania de Transport Public Iași
 Trasee
  pics of the tram in Iași

Iași
Iași


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Noto v. United States (1961)
Related cases in Communist Organizations and Freedom of Association
The Supreme Court decision in Noto v. United States, 367 U.S. 290 (1961) stands for the principle that the First Amendment's right to free speech prohibits convicting individuals for the mere abstract teaching of the moral propriety of violence. The Court's unanimous decision reversed the conviction of Buffalo-area communist John F. Noto, finding insufficient evidence to convict him for violations of the Smith Act of 1940. In this photo, Benjamin J. Davis Jr., a Communist in a different situation, climbs a ladder to reach the top of a sound truck for an election speech at 103rd Street and Columbus Avenue in New York, Nov. 4, 1949. Addressing 100 persons Davis said "I am the most persecuted member of the city council." Davis, a Communist, was free on bail awaiting appeal from conviction on a charge of conspiracy. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman, used with permission from the Associated Press)
The Supreme Court decision in Noto v. United States, 367 U.S. 290 (1961) stands for the principle that the First Amendment's right to free speech prohibits convicting individuals for the mere abstract teaching of the moral propriety of violence.
Noto was convicted under the membership clause of the Smith Act
The Court's unanimous decision reversed the conviction of Buffalo-area communist John F. Noto, finding insufficient evidence to convict him for violations of the Smith Act of 1940. Arrested in August 1955, Noto became the first person in New York state tried under the membership clause of the Smith Act, which prohibits any person from organizing "any society, group or assembly of persons who teach, advocate or encourage the overthrow or destruction of . . . government by force or violence or becomes or is a member of, or affiliates with, any such society, group or assembly of persons." In April 1956, a federal jury convicted Noto, who did not deny he was an active member of the Communist Party. After the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction, Noto appealed to the Supreme Court.
Court ruled in favor of Noto; said abstract teaching was protected by First Amendment
On June 5, 1961, the Court issued its decisions in Communist Party of the United States v. Subversive Activities Control Board, Scales v. United States, and Noto. The Court upheld the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950 in Subversive Activities Control Board and upheld the constitutionality of the membership clause of the Smith Act in Scales. However, the Court unanimously ruled in favor of John Noto.
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Justice William J. Brennan Jr. and Chief Justice Earl Warren indicated that the prosecution was barred by a provision in the Internal Security Act, a position Brennan advocated in his dissent in Scales. Justices Hugo L. Black and William O. Douglas each wrote concurrences, indicating the prosecutions infringed on core First Amendment freedoms.
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Yates v. United States (1957)
Redish, Martin. "Unlawful Advocacy and Free Speech Theory: Rethinking the Lessons of the McCarthy Era." University of Cincinnati Law Review 73 (2004): 9–94.
"Smith Act Case First in State." The New York Times, Sept. 18, 1955.
Lewis, Anthony. "High Court Puts Curb on U.S. Reds in 2 Major Cases." The New York Times, June 6, 1961.
David L. Hudson Jr.. 2009. Noto v. United States (1961) [electronic resource]. The First Amendment Encyclopedia, Middle Tennessee State University (accessed Jan 26, 2023). http://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/219/noto-v-united-states


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Bengaluru, November 5: Late goals from Ousmane Dembele and Luis Suarez earned La Liga champions Barcelona a 3-2 win at struggling Rayo Vallecano to keep them clear at the top of the La Liga standings.
Earlier, Atletico Madrid were held 1-1 at struggling Leganes while Real Madrid beat Real Valladolid 2-0.
A third straight La Liga win helped Ernesto Valverde's side stay at the top.
Barca might have had a sense of deja vu from their shock 1-2 defeat in Madrid by Leganes two months ago in which they also threw away the lead, and the Catalans adopted no nonsense tactics to get back into the game, throwing defender Gerard Pique up front and playing frequent high balls into the box.
Suarez, who scored a hat-trick in last week's drubbing of Real Madrid, completed the comeback three minutes later by arriving at the far post to steer in a cross from Sergi Roberto, striking a fifth goal in two games and a ninth in total to move top of the league's scoring charts.
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"We were good at the start but as they continued to lock up at the back we started to have difficulties so we approached the game in a different way. We might not have had the game under control, but in the end we got our reward."
Valverde did not think his side should be criticised for making hard work of a trip to a team fighting relegation.
"When Rayo are at home they have a lot of reasons to believe they can do something, they have quality players and it's not like it's only us playing and that's that, the opponents play too and they fight very hard," he said.


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Q: Channel is unrecoverably broken and will be disposed - broadcast receiver My application have an implicit broadcast receiver to listen broadcast for incoming and outgoing calls even when the application is killed.
But when the application is killed i'm receiving the following error.

E/InputDispatcher: channel 'd9c0aaa com.aswin.bt/com.aswin.bt.MainActivity (server)' ~ Channel is unrecoverably broken and will be disposed!

After that the broadcast receiver is not triggered.
The broadcast receiver works fine in all the android versions except Pie.
The application still receives broadcast when it is running in background.
FYI : The MainActivity.java just have a textview in it
build.gradle
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 29
buildToolsVersion "29.0.2"
defaultConfig {
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    versionName "1.0"
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buildTypes {
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dependencies {
implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0'
implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:1.1.3'
testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.1'
androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.2.0'
}

CallReceiver.java
public class CallReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
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Manifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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Q: Proper definition of set between two functions I have a parameter $\delta \in (0,1)$.
The parameter is further restricted from below and above by the functions $\underline \delta : (0,\ln(4)] \to (0,1)$ and $\overline \delta : (0,\ln(4)] \to (0,1)$ respectively where
\begin{align}
&\underline \delta(r) = \sup\left\{0,1 - \frac{\ln(2)}{r}\right\},\\[2mm]
&\overline \delta(r) = 1 + \frac{\ln(3) - \ln(2+e^r)}{r}.
\end{align}
I want to define the set $A$ that captures all point $(r,\delta)$ such that $r \in (0,\ln(4)]$ and $\delta \in [\underline \delta(r), \overline \delta(r)]$. Is the following definition correct?
\begin{align}
(r,\delta) \in (0,\ln(4)] \times \left\{\delta \in [\underline \delta(r), \overline \delta(r)] \mid r \in (0,\ln(4)] \right\} =: A.
\end{align}
I'm a bit confused, because $r$ and $\delta$ turn up at the left and right hand side of $\in$

A: A = { $(r,\delta) : r \in (0,\ln(4)], \delta \in [\underline \delta(r), \overline \delta(r)]$ }.


Congratulations to Brazil, they really dominated England in the 2nd half.
Ronaldinho didn't deserve the red card, but Rivaldo definitely deserved a red card, a lifetime ban from all international competition and the cancellation of his Screen Actors Guild license. Especially humorous was the time he got brushed in the face and fell to the ground, rolling around and screaming in pain, one hand covering his face and the other hand making the card motion.
We Were Shite. I'm ashamed.
Well done Brazil showed the English how its done, I hope there's no complaining from the Englishj, they havent played one good match in this world cup.
And not only were they beaten by Brazil but by 10-man brazil after Ronaldinhno was sent off for er... nothing as far as I could see.
The most interesting battle seemed to be between Beckham and Rivaldo for who could pull off the most ridiculous dive. Both did admirably, but the oscar goes to Rivaldo, both should've been sent off.
Thank God I dont have to hear The Great Escape, or Rule fecking Britannia, or any of England's other crap songs again this World Cup.
Yeah congrats to Brazil, commiz to England.......aww what a scene.........bugger everyone in our work sayin Seaman pulled a 'Gazza'........he was feelin emotional, and I LUV OUR SEAMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Its a shame, its disappointin, but England have never reached any further anyway..................maybe hope for Euro 94......when Im ..............28!!!!! YIKES!!!!!!
But, Ireland and England both played really well.... to both teams.!
I feel proud of Ireland and I'm not even Irish! lol They certainly played a better match against Spain.
Brazil, 10 men down and England still couldn't score an equal. It's good that they got as far as they did but, well..
Brazil deserve the award for best actors on pitch. Man did they overplay - a hand in the face and it's the end of the world.
I feel sorry for David Seaman, I just wanna give him a BIG HUG!!!!! We love you David!!!
U2Elevated, our work switched off during Seaman gettin hugged by Becks, what happened afterwards????
I mean, did Sven stand up and say 'Im though'?
Brazil deserve the award for best actors on pitch.
hed be built like Michael Owen, but with a very sweet smile.....and coupled with his ball, they'd make the cutest couple eva!!!!!!
They'll be dancing in the streets of Monterrey tonight.
yea, okay, okay, congrats Brazil! Brazil to take the cup?
Hm... Where's follower and other brazilians?? I guess they must be celebrating hard!!! Hehehe... Congrats!
Somebody said here first....may the best team win. That�s exactly what hapenned.
"Nothin' much to say I guess"


You will need : A couple of bowls, measures and an 8inch pie or cake tin.
Preheat your oven to 180C/ 350F. Rub a bit of coconut oil on your pie/tart dish or line a metal cake tin with paper.
Grab a bowl and mash your coconut oil and seed / nut butter together. Add in your maple syrup and mash mash mash some more, make sure to press out any lumps of coconut oil that may be hiding in there.
Add in your coconut sugar. Yes you guessed it! More mashing, biscuit exercise, working on that upper body strength! Again make sure it is blended properly so it has all become one colour.
Plop all your flours, the ground almonds, vanilla powder and salt into another bowl. I don't bother sieving .. but if you are not using gram (chickpea) flour and choosing cornstarch you should sieve the cornstarch alright.
Put your dry ingredients into the wet. It will take a bit of pressing to get them pressed together. If you find it is looking more floury than bread-crumby (see pic) you may need to add a dessertspoon or two of almond milk. Start by sprinkling one spoon of milk over the ingredients and mix and press again. If still dryish add another spoon. It should just hold together when pinched. If you are happy with its crumbliness take a generous half a cup plus a dessertspoonful out and put it aside.
Add another two spoons of almond milk and mix again. It should turn to a doughy texture when you squeeze it with your hand. Grab your prepared pie/ cake tin and press the mixture in – evenly.
Next the jam! Usually half a cup will do but always good to have a spare spoon to make sure the base is properly covered.
Next get the crumble you had set aside. Sprinkle the crumble over the top making sure no jam is visible!
Pop it in the centre of your oven (slightly to left in mine as right side of my oven is hotter!). It took 35min in my fan oven so I 'reckon it could take 40 in a non fan.
If you used a square tin you could cut little squares but mine is round so it is tart slice style biscuits for me!
I was inspired by a multitude of jam crumbly recipes when scouring the internet but special kudos mention to "Have Cake will Travel" recipe as inspiration.
It is also lovely made with raspberry or blueberry jam! It is also very easy to make nut free- use a seed butter, use fine maize meal instead of the ground almonds and use a non diary milk not made from nuts! Problem with coconut? Use vegan butter instead of coconut oil and use rapadura / sucucant sugar instead of coconut sugar!
I was out and about yesterday and bought lots of organic salad leaves and yummy stuff at the farmers's market. Walked home on a warm but extremely windy June day. All sorted for a my big salad for dinner. All my food shopping sorted, until I realised I forgot to get dairy free milk! Which would be okay but I really wanted it for my forever evolving Not so smooth energy smoothie for breakfast! Necessity is the mother of invention, or prevention of procrastination, as I have intended to make my own for ages.
Vegan milk on my windowsill!
You will you need to leave to stuff soak over night if you want it for your break-ie !
Optional: I think a pinch of cinnamon could be lovely too!
So put your oats in a sieve and give them a rinse. I put them a big jug but you could soak them in a bowl. Add in your cashews and salt and stir them together. Add in the hot water. Leave to sit over night.
You will notice everything will have swelled up. Now you want to pour it all through a sieve. Over a bowl or straight into your blending contraption. I blended mine in a jug blender, would work in a food processor and as long as you don't leave lots of cashews in a hand blender would work too.
Use a spatula to press the mixture in the sieve. You will see thick creamy liquid coming through. Keep pressing until you are bored or it looks like you have gotten as much out as you can. I picked out the cashews as I went and threw them into the liquid to make the milk extra fabulous. If you are having porridge for breakfast you can cook the soaked oats up with the rest! Soaking your oats pre cooking is a good idea anyway as it helps break the phytates down and makes the oats more digestable.
Add in your halve medjool date and half a teaspoon of vanilla powder. Blend as if you are making a smoothie. I tasted it and found it lovely and creamy but a little rich for me ,so I added in another third of a cup of water. I gave it another blitz just to mix it up. Et Volia! Ta-Da! Homemade oat and cashew milk!
Ready to be smoothie-d! 🙂 Breakfast is saved!!!
It is Pancake Tuesday- let the crepe craziness commence! Oddly in my family we actually only ended up eating pancakes once a year! As a grown up I may even partake bi-annually! OooOOo. Having concocted this simple recipe I may do so more often. I made these a couple of weeks ago with the idea of keeping them as wraps- but I just ate them all with tons of maple syrup and lemon instead!!!
Melted vegan chocolate on that vegan ice-cream!!!
Go crazy with savoury have hummus and salad-y bits!
Treat it like a tortilla and fill with a bean chilli sauce!
Mix your tablespoon of ground flax/ linseed with the three spoons of water. Leave to one side to thicken. This is called a flax egg- as it replaces an egg gelling capacity in a recipe.
Mix your dry stuff- I always sieve my arrowroot and baking powder incase of lumps.
Add your "flax egg" to your almond milk and give a stir.
Make a well in the centre of your dry ingredients, pour in the almond milk flax mix and gently whisk it all together.
Put some coconut oil in your pan, set to a medium high heat. I actually did mine in a wok. Let it melt so it coats the pan. Pour in a ladle full of your pancake batter, swirl the pan a little so it is evenly spread. Leave it alone for a minute or two so it cooks. Peep under a corner to see if it browning, only then attempt The Flipping!!
Buckwheat pancake – the first flip!
They cook quite fast as they are not thick- like a pancake crepe hybrid!


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I've had what you might call an email problem. Before Getting Things Done was published, and long before Merlin Mann started talking about Inbox Zero, I was already in a deep, dark pit of email messages, both read and unread (and plenty that were actually read but were marked as unread). I'm going to tell you how I got there, and how and why I got out of it.
Anyone who knew me as a teenager or young adult is likely to remember that music was a big part of my life back then. I was constantly joining or forming bands, writing songs, and playing in front of people as often as I could manage to find gigs.
My first attempt at Vogon Poetry, inspired by a joke I made on the thoughtbot chat today.
In the iOS 7 SDK, Apple gave developers programmatic access to Text Kit, an advanced text layout system that lets you easily display and edit rich text in your applications. Although these capabilities are new to iOS, they've existed in other contexts (OS X since its first release, and OpenStep before that) for nearly two decades, in what's called the Cocoa text system. In fact, if you've used OS X at all, there is a near 100% chance that you've run apps built with the Cocoa text system.
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Who despises the day of small things? Men will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.
An idea - that's how it all began.
A friend wanted to bring a little cheer into the lives of girls at a local temporary shelter. She took them to the park, played games and just had fun hanging out with them. Some of her friends joined her and a weekly Bible study began with the girls. A church class jumped on board and an activity night was added. Fast forward to today. In a few months a more permanent home for girls like these will open, providing much needed stability and love.
I'm sure my friend had no idea what would grow out of her simple idea to play with some girls. She was faithful to God's prompting and He continued growing her vision. Had she decided that was too small of a thing to pursue, the home may never have come to fruition.
God asks the question through Zechariah, Who despises the day of small things? God can do great things with small amounts.
David's obedience to his father resulted in his defeating Goliath and ultimately becoming king of Israel. Nehemiah's tender heart toward his fellow Jews resulted in him leaving his important job and building a wall around Jerusalem. Noah's devotion to God led to the building of the ark enabling him, his family and many animals to be saved. Abraham's belief in God resulted in him becoming the father of nation. Jesus fed 5,000 with only two fish and five loaves of bread.
There are no small things in God's economy. A tiny mustard seed's worth of faith can move mountains, and two small coins can be more valuable than vast amounts of money.
What dream or idea has God placed in your heart? Anything He puts in our hands or minds can be used in mighty ways.
Lord, use and multiply the things you've entrusted to us, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant.
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Browsing Nursing & Midwifery by Title
An analysis of the palliative care education needs of RGNs and HCAs in nursing homes in Ireland.
McDonnell, Mary M; McGuigan, Eileen; McElhinney, Joanne; McTeggart, Marie; McClure, David; Dublin North East, Louth, Meath, Cavan/ Monaghan, Dóchas Centre, Drogheda, Co. Louth. (2009-09)
To identify the palliative care education needs of registered general nurses (RGNs) and health-care assistants (HCAs) working in care of the older person units (nursing homes).
Attrition from undergraduate nursing education programmes in Ireland
Health Service Executive (HSE) Office of the Nursing Services Director (Health Service Executive (HSE), 2009-05)
Best practice principles for risk assessment and safety planning for nurses working in mental health services
Higgins, A.; Morrissey, J.; Doyle, L.; Bailey, J.; Gill, A. (Office of the Nursing & Midwifery Services Director, Health Service Executive (HSE), 2015-07-08)
Certificate in psychosocial interventions, programme descriptor for registered nurses and midwives
Health Service Executive (HSE); Office of the Nursing and Midwifery Service Director, Health Service Executive (HSE) (2013-09)
Changing models of health service delivery: a public health nursing service response / Nursing and Midwifery Planning and Development Unit for HSE areas of Counties Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow
Health Service Executive (HSE) (2007)
Clinical leadership pilot evaluation report
Health Service Executive West (Limerick, Clare & North Tipperary) Nursing & Midwifery Planning & Development Unit; University of Limerick (UL) (Health Service Executive (HSE), 2008-11)
Clinical leadership pilot: evaluation report
Lunn, Cora; Mac Curtain, Sarah; Mac Mahon, Juliet; University of Limerick (Nursing & Midwifery Planning & Development Unit HSE West (Limerick, Clare & North Tipperary), 2008-12)
Clinical research ethics in Irish healthcare: diversity, dynamism and medicalization.
Condell, Sarah L; Begley, Cecily; Dr Steevens' Hospital, Ireland. sarah.condell@hse.ie (Nursing ethics, 2012-11)
Gaining ethical clearance to conduct a study is an important aspect of all research involving humans but can be time-consuming and daunting for novice researchers. This article stems from a larger ethnographic study that examined research capacity building in Irish nursing and midwifery. Data were collected over a 28-month time frame from a purposive sample of 16 nurse or midwife research fellows who were funded to undertake full-time PhDs. Gaining ethical clearance for their studies was reported as an early 'rite of passage' in the category of 'labouring the doctorate'. This article penetrates the complexities in Irish clinical research ethics by describing the practices these nurse and midwife researchers encountered and the experiences they had. The key issue of representation that occurred in the context of 'medicalized' research ethics is further explored including its meaning for nursing or midwifery research.
Clinical supervision for nurses working in mental health services:
O'Shea, James; Kavanagh, Caroline; Roche, Liz; Roberts, Lucy; Connaire, Sinead; Health Service Executive (HSE) (Health Service Executive (HSE), 2019-04)
Clinical supervision framework for nurses working in mental health services
Office of the Nursing and Midwifery Services Director (Health Service Excutive (HSE), 2015-04)
Clinical supervision: a structured approach to best practice
National Council for Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery (National Council for Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery, 2008-09)
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: a good therapy with a bad name
Health Service Executive (HSE); MacLiam, Fionnula; Dublin South East/Wicklow Mental Health Services (Health Service Executive (HSE), 2015-11)
Community mental health nursing in Ireland - a clinical nurse specialist perspective
Association of Community Mental Health Nurses of Ireland (Association of Community Mental Health Nurses of Ireland, 2001)
Comparison of midwife-led and consultant-led care of healthy women at low risk of childbirth complications in the Republic of Ireland: a randomised trial.
Begley, Cecily; Devane, Declan; Clarke, Mike; McCann, Colette; Hughes, Patricia; Reilly, Mary; Maguire, Roisin; Higgins, Shane; Finan, Alan; Gormally, Siobhan; et al. (2011-10-29)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: No midwifery-led units existed in Ireland before 2004. The aim of this study was to compare midwife-led (MLU) versus consultant-led (CLU) care for healthy, pregnant women without risk factors for labour and delivery. METHODS: An unblinded, pragmatic randomised trial was designed, funded by the Health Service Executive (Dublin North-East). Following ethical approval, all women booking prior to 24 weeks of pregnancy at two maternity hospitals with 1,300-3,200 births annually in Ireland were assessed for trial eligibility.1,653 consenting women were centrally randomised on a 2:1 ratio to MLU or CLU care, (1101:552). 'Intention-to-treat' analysis was used to compare 9 key neonatal and maternal outcomes. RESULTS: No statistically significant difference was found between MLU and CLU in the seven key outcomes: caesarean birth (163 [14.8%] vs 84 [15.2%]; relative risk (RR) 0.97 [95% CI 0.76 to 1.24]), induction (248 [22.5%] vs 138 [25.0%]; RR 0.90 [0.75 to 1.08]), episiotomy (126 [11.4%] vs 68 [12.3%]; RR 0.93 [0.70 to 1.23]), instrumental birth (139 [12.6%] vs 79 [14.3%]; RR 0.88 [0.68 to 1.14]), Apgar scores <8 (10 [0.9%] vs 9 [1.6%]; RR 0.56 [0.23 to 1.36]), postpartum haemorrhage (144 [13.1%] vs 75 [13.6%]; RR 0.96 [0.74 to 1.25]); breastfeeding initiation (616 [55.9%] vs 317 [57.4%]; RR 0.97 [0.89 to 1.06]). MLU women were significantly less likely to have continuous electronic fetal monitoring (397 [36.1%] vs 313 [56.7%]; RR 0.64 [0.57 to 0.71]), or augmentation of labour (436 [39.6%] vs 314 [56.9%]; RR 0.50 [0.40 to 0.61]). CONCLUSIONS: Midwife-led care, as practised in this study, is as safe as consultant-led care and is associated with less intervention during labour and delivery. Trial registration: Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN14973283.
Concealed pregnancy: a concept analysis [poster]
Murphy Tighe, S; Lalor, Joan; School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, D'Olier St, Dublin 2. (Health Service Executive (HSE), 2014-02)
Detection and management of mothers with postnatal depression symptoms - a public health nurse descriptive study
Nolan, Angela; Public Health Nursing Department LHO North West Dublin Health Service Executive (HSE) (2010-11)
Developing nursing & midwifery research priorities: a HSE North West study: final report
HSE Nursing & Midwifery Planning & Development Unit; Parlour, Randal (Health Service Executive, 2012-02)
Developing nursing and midwifery research priorities: a Health Service Executive (HSE) North West study
Parlour, Randal; Slater, Paul (2014-05)
Development and validation of an instrument to measure stress among older adult nursing students: The Student Nurse Stressor-15 (SNS-15) Scale.
Sheridan, Patricia; Carragher, Lucia; Carragher, Natacha; Treacy, Joe (2019-04-01)
Development of Advanced Nurse Practitioner model for specialist palliative care: HSE Dublin North-East for the three local health offices of Louth, Meath, Cavan/Monaghan and Hospital Network
McDonnell, Maura; O Brannagain, Doiminic; McGuigan, Eileen; Regional Palliative Care Service, Health Service Executive North East Area (Health Service Executive (HSE), 2008)


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New research has found that women are twice as likely to suffer persistent neck and shoulder pain, as a result of using hand-held devices such as iPads and tablets. But what we can do to ensure our use of computers and other devices do not end up affecting our musculoskeletal health?
'iPad neck' is persistent pain in the neck and upper shoulders caused by poor posture when using devices – such as slouching or sitting without back support while using a tablet or slumping over a device in your lap. Women are twice as likely to experience pain and symptoms including stiffness, soreness or aching pain in the neck and upper shoulders. Researchers believe women are more affected as they have lower muscle strength and shorter arms, which could lead to more contorted positions when using their device – about 10% women, who were frequent iPad users, reported severe pain.
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This was a new pipe brand for me. It is stamped RIFF in a double lined diamond on both the left side of the shank and on the horn stem. On the right side it is stamped CHELLA over *** (3 stars). On the underside of the shank it is stamped Made in Morocco and the shape number 221. This has to be the first Morocco made pipe that I have worked on. It was in pretty decent shape in terms of the bowl. There was a shiny shellac coat over a natural finish. The rim had some tars and oils built up on the back top side but inner and outer edge was in perfect shape. There was a slight burn mark on the front right top of the rim. The bowl had a slight cake that was uneven around the inside. The problem lay in the stem. There was a large crack in horn on the top that traveled half way down the stem. There was also a large chunk of horn missing on the underside of the stem. It was a very smooth scooped shape chunk that made me wonder how it had happened. When I pulled the stem out of the shank there was a large stinger apparatus that extended the length of the shank and ended in the bottom of the bowl. The tenon was metal. The internals of the shank and stem were quite clean. I was jazzed to work on this stem as it provided several challenges to me. I forgot to take pictures before I started but caught myself just after I started to work on the underside of the stem. I wiped the stem down with a cotton pad and alcohol to clean off the surface. I began to fill in the edges of the missing chunk with clear super glue. I layered the glue in place on the area until it was filled. Once it had cured overnight I would sand it down smooth with the surface of the stem. I cleaned out the crack with a dental pick. I drilled a tiny hole with a micro-drill bit at the end of the crack – toward the button. I filled in the crack and the drill hole with clear super glue and squeezed the crack together. I repeated the fill process until it formed a ridge along the crack. Once it cured I would sanded it smooth as well. While the repairs on the stem dried I worked on the stinger. I used the brass bristle brush and alcohol to scrub off the oils and tars. In the morning I sanded the stem with 220 grit sandpaper. I had built up the edge that faced on the shank to fill in the gap caused by the crack. In the photo of the top view of the stem it is the darkened band around the edge of the stem next to the shank. I sanded the stem smooth and blended the repairs into the surface of stem. I took some close-up photos of the stamping to show it to you. It was unique to me. The first photo shows that the underside of the shank reads Made in Morocco 221. The second photo shows the stamping on the left side and the horn stem – RIFF in a double diamond. The third photo shows the stamping on the right side of the shank – CHELLA ***. At this point you can see the repairs have blended into the surface quite well. They are darker than the stem material but most of that will disappear as the stem is polished. The stem is smooth on the top and the bottom and the crack and the missing chunk are no long detectable to touch. I continued to sand the stem until the repairs were very smooth. With the initial work done on the stem I worked on the bowl. I reamed it with a PipNet reamer and took the cake down to bare wood. The rim top was damaged with heavy tarring and a small burn mark on the front right side. I topped it lightly with a topping board to remove the damage and the build up. I scrubbed the shellac off the bowl with acetone on cotton pads to get down to the natural briar. I cleaned the stem with pipe cleaners and alcohol and the shank with the same using cotton swabs along with the pipe cleaners. It did not take much to remove the grime on the inside. I wet sanded the stem with 1500-2400 grit micromesh sanding pads to begin to polish it. The first photo below shows the top of the stem and the second shows the underside. I rubbed it down with Obsidian Oil and then dry sanded with 3200-4000 grit pads. The cracked area on the top of the stem is visible when you look for it but it is smooth to touch. It is interesting to see the striations begin to show in the polished horn. I gave it another coat of oil and then finished sanding it with 6000-12000 grit micromesh pads. The crack is definitely less visible on the top side of the stem (first photo below) and the filled in area on the underside is almost invisible (second photo). I rubbed the briar down with a light coat of olive oil and then buffed the stem and bowl with Blue Diamond on the wheel. I gave the pipe multiple coats of carnauba wax and buffed it with a clean buffing pad. I had buffed it with a microfibre cloth. The finish pipe is shown in the photos below. I tried to give a variety of photos and angles so that you can see the repaired areas. The photo below shows the underside of the stem and the repaired area mid stem near the spot in the photo. The next two photos below show the repaired crack in the top side of the stem from various angles. While it is visible to the eye it is smooth to the touch. The crack has been stabilized and the drilled spot at the far end has stopped it from spreading further. I am happy with the finished pipe. Thanks for looking.
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I have an anfa five star with the same stinger. How do you remove it? Mine won't budge..ugh.
Hi Bodhi, try heating the stinger with a lighter and see if you can loosen the tars. It will either be pressure fit in the tenon or maybe threaded. A little heat can loosen tars that make it stuck.
Thank you sir..I'll give a try.
Thanks again that did the trick. * It is threaded and it was also seized up with tar. It's good to go!
Thanks for posting this. It's a new brand for me too! Great repair.


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fleischwirtschaft.com — CANADA, Brooks, Alberta. JBS Food Canada agreed to sell its feed yard, Lakeside Feeders, and the adjacent farmland in Brooks, Alberta, Canada, to MCF Holdings Ltd., for CAN$50 mill.
MCF Holdings is a subsidiary of Nilsson Bros. Inc., an agribusiness firm with operations across the Western provinces of Canada.
Under terms of the deal, MCF will continue to supply cattle to the JBS Food beef processing facility in Brooks. MCF expects to offer employment to current feed yard and farm workers upon closing. The transaction is subject to regulatory review and approval.


Below is just a few examples of the Novelty cakes that we have in our portfolio. These cakes can be ordered as is or used as a guideline when making up your own customized cake.
Oscar Film Reel Cake – Cake with Sugar Paste Icing and Decorated with Sugar Paste Details and Edible Gold Chocolate Oscar.
Present Cake - Tiered cake with sugar paste icing and decorated with royal icing details.
Mad Hatters Cake - Tiered cake with paste icing and decorated with sugar paste details.
Teddy Bear Cake - Tiered cake with sugar paste icing or butter icing and decorated with edible sugar paste figurines.
Handbag (Brown) - Cake with brown sugar paste icing and gold details.
Louis Vuitton Handbag (White) - Cake with sugar paste icing and silver details.
Suitcase - Cake with brown sugar paste icing and gold details.
Suitcases - Tiered cake with brown sugar paste icing and gold details.
White Suitcases Cake – Cake with sugar paste icing and decorated with sugar paste details and edible paint.
Handbag Cake – Cake with sugar paste icing and decorated with sugar paste details and edible paint.
Elvis Record Cake - Cake with sugar paste icing and royal icing details and edible sugar paste figurines.
Mining Figure Cake - Cake covered with chocolate ganache and surrounded with chocolate shards and decorated with sugar paste mining figures.
Rhino Cake - Shaped cake with sugar paste icing and decorated with edible sugar paste detail.
Checkered Edible Scan Image Cake – Cake with Sugar Paste Icing and Decorated with Black and White Sugar Paste Checks and Edible Scan Image.
Hamburger Cake – Cake with Sugar Paste Icing and Decorated with Sugar Paste Details and Sesame Seeds.
Chocolate Cadbury Dairy Milk Cake – Cake with Sugar Paste Icing and Decorated with Sugar Paste Details and Edible Scan Image.
Motorbike Cake – Cake with Sugar Paste Icing and Decorated with Sugar Paste Details and Edible Silver Dust.
Golf Bag Cake – Cake covered with Sugar Paste Icing and Decorated with Sugar Paste Details.
Rugby Ball Cake – Cake with Sugar Paste Icing and Royal Icing Details.
Golf Course Cake – Cake covered with Sugar Paste Icing and Decorated with Sugar Paste Details.
Sun Hat Cake – Cake with Butter icing and decorated with ribbon, feathers and flowers. Polka Dot Hat Cake – Cake with Sugar Paste Icing and Decorated with Sugar Paste Polka Dots, Non Edible Ribbon and Feathers.


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Local man in Caribbean but visit is no vacation
By Editor | February 11, 2010 | 0
Posted: Thursday, February 11, 2010 9:15 pm
By: John Brannon Messenger Staff Reporter
By JOHN BRANNON
Weather-wise, Bobby Wyatt of Union City went from one extreme to another — from snowy northwest Tennessee to the tropics. Overnight.
"It's about 105 degrees here," he told The Messenger during a brief phone call from Haiti earlier this week.
He and a group of professionals activated by the federal Department of Homeland Security are on a mission of mercy to help the Caribbean nation rebound from a devastating earthquake Jan. 12 and dozens of aftershocks since then.
He arrived in Haiti last week.
A licensed funeral director, he is working mortuary services during his deployment.
He said a recovery operation is "up and running" with a base of operations established alongside a runway at Port Au Prince airport.
"Counting medical people and communications people, our group has about 80 members," he said. "We live in big tents and we have makeshift showers. We're doing OK."
Yes, but what are they eating? What's on the menu?
"MREs," he said.
MREs? Yes. As in "Meals, ready to eat," individualized packets of various goodies such as pork 'n' beans and Spam™ and crackers. MREs evolved from what was known as "C-rations" of yesteryear.
"Yeah, C-rations is what we had when I was in the (military) service," said Wyatt, 59.
The Messenger asked Wyatt's wife what his favorite food is.
"His favorite food is food. About the only thing he won't eat is tomatoes and turnip greens," she said. "I packed a lot of stuff like nutrition bars in his bags before he left. He called yesterday and said, 'We need some real coffee over here.'
"So Bill and David Flood of JT Distributors are sending him some coffee."
Wyatt has a cell phone but calls placed from here won't go through. Mrs. Wyatt said he calls home via satellite communication and she likes it when he does.
"Oh, yes, I miss him. I missed him the day after he was gone," she said. "Weekends and nights are the worst for me. He was deployed after Hurricane Katrina hit and was gone four months. I can stand this one a while.
"I am very proud of him," she said.
Published in The Messenger 2.11.10