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Oakland Apr 6, 2021
Oakland International Airport Terminal 1 Reopens After Authorities Resolve Incident Involving Armed Man
An Oakland International Airport terminal was evacuated Tuesday morning due to a man armed with a knife, according to the Alameda County Sheriff's Office.
car crash Jul 5, 2019
2 Dead After Vehicle Crashes Into Light Pole in Dublin
Two men died after the vehicle they were riding in slammed into a light pole in Dublin early Thursday morning, according to police.
California Nov 30, 2018
How a Squadron of Drones Mapped the Entire Paradise Camp Fire Zone in Two Days
Over two days — hovering over the burned out grounds of Paradise, California, site of state's most destructive fire, a legion of drones began recording images of the devastation below. By the time they were done, they had collected 70,000 images over 17,000 acres resulting in 1.4 trillion pixels of data.
Bay City News Sep 1, 2018
Teen, Mom Removed From Flight After Accidentally Sharing Crime Scene Photo
A Hawaii-bound flight was delayed more than an hour Friday morning at Oakland International Airport when grisly crime-scene photos from a teenage passenger's forensics science project were accidentally shared to the phones of other passengers, causing alarm, authorities said.
Bay City News Aug 20, 2018
Dublin Demonstration Urges End to Late-Night Jail Releases After Berkeley Woman's Death
Dozens marched from Alameda County's Santa Rita Jail to the Dublin BART station Sunday evening in memory of a Berkeley woman who died of an apparent overdose just hours after she was released from the jail.
Sen. Skinner Hopes to End Late-Night Jail Releases After Berkeley Woman's Death
State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, plans to draft legislation to end late-night releases of county jail inmates statewide following the death of a young Berkeley woman after she left Santa Rita Jail in Dublin last month.
NBC Feb 2, 2018
Sheriff's Deputy Opens Fire at Driver After Being Struck in Hayward
A sheriff's deputy opened fire at a suspect who rammed into him and his motorcycle with a stolen vehicle during a traffic stop in Hayward Thursday morning, according to the Alameda County Sheriff's Office.
Brendan Weber Sep 20, 2017
Offensive Language, Swastikas Scrawled on School District Vehicle in Castro Valley
Authorities in Castro Valley opened a hate crime investigation after a school district truck was marred with racist graffiti and damaged, the Alameda County Sheriff's Department announced Tuesday.
NBC Jul 5, 2017
7 Arrested After Melees Break Out at Alameda County Fair
Several juveniles were arrested Tuesday after multiple melees broke out at the Alameda County Fair before the annual Fourth of July fireworks show, according to the Alameda County Sheriff's Department. Pete Suratos reports.
Brendan Weber May 29, 2017
Barricaded Man in Castro Valley Comes Out of House Safely
An armed and suicidal man who barricaded himself in a Castro Valley home Monday morning surrendered to officers, according to the Alameda County Sheriff's Department.
United States May 25, 2017
Proposed Dublin High School Site Near Santa Rita Jail Rejected
A proposal to open a second high school in Dublin that has drawn the ire of parents because of the site's proximity to the Santa Rita Jail was rejected by school trustees late Tuesday night.
NBCUniversal Inc. May 20, 2017
Woman Charged Following Crash That Killed 3-Year-Old Boy
A woman has been charged in connection with the death of a 3-year-old boy following a crash on Interstate 680 in San Ramon back in September. Sergio Quintana reports.
A woman has been charged in connection with the death of a 3-year-old boy following a crash on Interstate 680 in San Ramon back in September.
Brendan Weber Mar 14, 2017
41-Year-Old Man Killed in San Leandro Homicide
Police in San Leandro on Tuesday are searching for a suspect believed to have killed a 41-year-old man Monday afternoon during a bloody confrontation.
driver Mar 3, 2017
Alameda County Sheriff's Deputy Laid to Rest After Being Hit by Inmate Bus
Fallen Alameda County Sheriff's Deputy Michael Foley, who was struck last week by an inmate transport bus at the Santa Rita jail and later died, was laid to rest Friday.
NBC Feb 24, 2017
Body of Missing 18-Year-Old Jayda Jenkins Found in Alameda Creek
Roughly one month after crashing into the swollen Alameda Creek, 18-year-old Jayda Jenkins has been found and positively identified, police said.
Deputies Hunt for Handcuffed Inmate Who Escaped from Transport Vehicle in Hayward
Deputies on Tuesday were trying to catch an escaped inmate who was last seen near Interstate 880 in Hayward, Alameda County Sheriff's Department officials said.
United States Aug 17, 2016
Four-Foot Alligator Found in Alameda Creek Near Niles Shot Dead by Officials
The four-foot alligator found in a Fremont creek was shot and killed by California department of fish and wildlife officials Tuesday..
Deputies Search For Gunman Who Fired at Ranch Hand: Alameda County Sheriff
Authorities are searching for a suspect who fired shots at a ranch hand in a rural agricultural area near Interstate 580 near Castro Valley on Thursday, a spokesman for the Alameda County sheriff's department said.
San Francisco Sep 13, 2015
Law Enforcement Officials Train for Disaster and Emergency Situations Across the Bay Area
Dozens of law enforcement sprang into action on the water in San Francisco, as part of the "Urban Shield" disaster training this weekend.


If you've ever thought that owning your own airplane was out of reach, think again.
Sage philosopher and aviation nut Uncle Ishmael explains how, for about the price of a 4-year-old Ford pickup truck, you can own a serviceable homebuilt aircraft. You'll probably have to forgo anything certified, and hone your scrounging skills, but when all is said and done, isn't getting up in the air flying better than sitting on the ground dreaming?


The challenge of how to franchise a restaurant, and whether or not to franchise a restaurant, will confront an individual who operates a successful restaurant at some point. Sometimes the original restaurant owner has designs to franchise their restaurant from the very beginning, but this should not discourage restaurant owners who did not consider the challenge from the beginning.
The first step to franchise a restaurant is to research the economic reality that governs similar franchisee-franchisor relationships in the same area and similar concepts. Franchise fees and commission percentages are the most important factors of which to be aware.
Next, the owner who wants to franchise a restaurant should develop a uniform franchise offering circular which draws on the above information to detail the relationship that will exist between the franchisor and the franchisees.
The third step to franchise a restaurant is to assemble a statement about why an investor should franchise that particular business, describe the restaurant's history, distinguish between that particular restaurant and the competition, and give a general outline of the success experienced by any other restaurant in the franchise.
A road show should be formed to attract individuals who may want to franchise a restaurant in order to highlight the features of the restaurant in question and attract greater attention. If there is a high level of interest, a training center should be invested in which is a replica of the kitchen in the current restaurant so that investors can see how the kitchen operates.
The penultimate step to franchising a restaurant involves interviewing the possible franchisees. It is important to gauge their interest in and dedication to franchising the particular restaurant.
The final step to franchising a restaurant is to form a contract, although even after the restaurant is signed there persists obligations between the franchisor and franchisee.


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Cucumber is an excellent toner as it immediately tightens open pores. The abundant antioxidants in Cucumber rejuvenate the skin, leaving it feeling soft and smooth.
Coconut Oil acts as an effective moisturizer for all skin types including dry skin. It also delays the onset of wrinkles and sagging skin which become prominent with age. Coconut Oil acts as an excellent moisturizer in dry skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis.


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Young Planners' Contest was held in Poznan (Poland) on 26-29 August 2019.
34 participants from the Baltic Sea Region participated at the Young Planners' Contest. Participants worked in 8 international groups to address future challenges by spatial planning tools. Find the group work results – posters and presentations that describe the contest topic 'Liveable Places and Spaces of Tomorrow'.
Team BeaM presented idea about Baltic Sea Green Money suggesting to introduce a common quota system in which all countries will be given a ranking depending on how much pressures to the environment they cause. According to the ranking the countries would have to invest in compensating measures.
Team Baltic Sun suggested to develop socio-cultural transport hubs for the future urban liveability in their project the Baltic Sun of Interconnectivity. According to their vision railway stations and smaller transport hubs would serve also as places to work, rest, gather and get involved in cultural activities.
Team Baltic Beans introduced the Future Food System of BSR in which conventional farming, especially meat and dairy production would be replaced with organic farming, more support would be provided to plant-based proteins. Accompanied with educational network of Edu Farms to change consumers' mindset this would support reducing eutrophication in the Baltic Sea.
Team I 3 in their proposal with the same title envisioned a BSR in which any door-to-door travel would take 3 hours. This would be achieved by elaborating a high speed Hyperloop network connecting biggest metropoles and ensuring secondary and last mile connections all over the region.
Team Star in their project Proto Towns investigated how rural areas can find their star by elaborating a strategy how can declining areas can create place-based visions with very concrete goal for regeneration and new meaning. On macro-regional level it would be supported by a network of Proto Towns.
Team Baltic Belt in their project United Baltic Belt: Rethinking Borders presented a vision in which until 2050 Baltic Sea and its coastal area would be governed as a united entity which would increase the quality of life, improve environmental status of the Baltic Sea and harmonize planning process across the borders.
The Boltic Fleet in their project the Boltic Fleet – connecting the rural and urban areas developed a vision towards vivid and flourishing rural areas by creating a mobile fleet that would deliver basic services such as medicine or groceries to the rural and sparsely populated areas. The mobile fleet would also serve as a connector between urban and rural areas.
By the Circle of Freedom emphasis was put on universal design principles in ensuring accessibility and unified transport and ticketing system in order to offer end-to-end services and make transport accessible to all.
Contest's jury decided the proposal that was the strongest and aligns best with VASAB agenda was the one developed by the Boltic Fleet. Participants and mentors of the Young Planners` Contest voted the United Baltic Belt as their favorite. Nevertheless, all teams carried out excellent work and exceeded expectations put on them.
Ideas developed during the Young Planners` Contest will serve as an inspiration to update VASAB Long Term Perspective. Back at home participants are discussing how they could develop them further. VASAB would like to say an enormous thank you to all the involved parties for the work that was carried out!
Team of mentors: Jacek Zaucha, Jonas Büchel, Maria Gunko, Per Stenholm, Tomasz Kossowski, Vita Brakovska.
Young Planners' Contest Regulation
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Here is some chart since the Euro crisis seems to subside as Belgium bails Dexia. And Greece say no bailout or the taboo word "NATIONALIZE" their local banks.
As the earning month looms, good news is cheering up Wall Street.


In our restaurant, where already at the entrance you can smell Mediterranean touch, we offer seasonal menu. We will be pleased to prepare you domestic and global food tasting in the original recipes.
In February 2018 we opened new bistro PLAZA TAPAS & GRILL, where we offer cold and warm tapas, Iberian ham Jamón and juicy steaks from special oven Mibrasa.
During the summer season we open the outdoor terrace with sliding patio pergolas, where exceptional views on the area of Plaza Beach Resort includes exceptional meal or snack.


When fall rolls around, the desire to revamp always hits hard. In summers we are inspired by all the beauty we've absorbed along the way, we become ready to get back to the grind and nest while the temperatures slowly drop. It's only natural to want to get our spaces up to extinguish before we prepare to hole up.
While décor is arguably less short-lived than fashion— who would want to swap sofas every season—the approach to decorating is similar to dressing oneself. You can start with a few simple pieces and ornament with trendy accents while adding a few unique pieces to your collection along the way.
Some of the top home décor trends of 2018 were Rose gold, subway tiles and exposed lighting. New Year brings new decorating patterns, stylish, timeless pieces to fresh takes on old styles.
More decorators are limited to fixture from local artist and small businesses, especially lighting. Artisan fixtures personalize home helps shifts homes focus from the tech world to the natural world.
Today the emphasis on modern global decor is an enthrallment with artisanal, handmade finds and treatments. Ceramic dinnerware with freeform edges or hand-blown glass vases is easy additions to any home if you want an elusive go-ahead to what's trending now. Hand made things will definitely give a new and unique look to décor.
In 2019 move towards fresh, natural materials such as stone, copper, concrete, and granite. Such elements will bring an organic and peaceful environment to any space while reflecting the world around your home.
The new neutral is a rich mixture of grays, ivories, tans and shades of brown. Create visual interest with elusive variations of patterns and textures. You can use layer monochromatic pillows on sofa of different sizes and shapes, punching up the appeal with ribbed, knitted and patterned covers. In the dining room, you can pair a live edge natural wood dining table with chairs treated in a gray. At the end fill the space left with a textural ivory rug.
There was a time when velvet was seen as old fashion and stale, but now it is trendy and viewed as a luxurious yet groovy. This multi-dimensional fabric has gained a lot of attention. It leads many designers to believe velvet decor will be one of 2019's most preferred trends. Velvet uplifts any piece of furniture, providing a lush-yet-approachable guise. For a bold statement you can décor a sofa swaddled in purple or navy blue velvet, and layer on ersatz fur throws and chunky knit pillows. Play with different textural combinations until you find a look that you love.
This is a really lovely trend. You will find flowery designs on cushions, bedding and as murals that have a pre-Raphaelite style. You will see the floral pattern in new light. Keep the rest of the look simple, so that the florals become the star. Pick out key colors' to refurbish with.This decorating trend has been around for a while; in the ongoing year.Find out embellished proportions and complementary colors used for this timeless decor pattern.
The person who likes monochrome will adore this trend. The accessories used for this trend needs to be black. But if a person does not all black can use this décor by adding small blocks of white here and there. You can use beaded pendant, console and shelving unit. Combine this style with tactile pieces and white to balance it out.
The pictorial contrast of black and white will provide a sense of balance and impudence to your home's space. You will want to incorporate a truly timeless design trend;black and white furnishings into your home's decor this year.
Adding real or faux botanicals to the home is a 2018 trend is probably the easiest trend to follow. Start small with a succulent or an air plant in a handmade ceramic pot, or make a bold statement with a fiddle leaf fig shielded in a weighty floor planter. Use faux plant if there is no light in the room. Modern varieties of faux plants look just as real as live ones, and place them in any spot that needs a touch of color and texture. Take some time to give your living space a design refresh.
A massive hit, this trendy hue is getting a lot of attention. Pink shade make its way into home decor and fashion, but u can incorporate this hue in new creative and unique ways, as an easy way to update any space.
Dusty, old fashioned pinks are all the frenzy for autumn which is a perfect solution to the usual rusty tones. It is such an easy-on-the-eye color it's simple to apply to our homes. In order to add warmth and color to your home, these tones will work especially well alongside metallic, contemporary greys and the new wave of darker neutrals. You can go for statement upholstery in vibrant pink velvet or you can look try painterly florals and layer textures and fabrics to add interest for more understated look.
Similar to floral patterns, incorporating geometric patterns is not anew trend but geometric patterns are expected to become a dramatic presence for the New Year. Colors will be bolder with huge patterns. This trend will help make a bold statement in any room. A modish and easy way to add in this pattern into your home decor is adding geometric throws.
Think of curved and rounded shapes updated furniture for your living room, family room and bedroom. Unexpected silhouettes and sweeping contours can be used, especially for sofas, sectionals, chairs and chaises. These silhouettes are perfectly suited for snuggling up during autumn and winter; they make aavowal during all seasons. Asymmetry is having a strong moment, too. Look for furniture that features artful lines, such as sofas with high-low backs or sectionals that gently curve inward.
Curved sofas have many advantages like you never have to look at the flat ugly back of a sofa again. Second, conversation in the area is now positioned where everyone seated on the sofa can see or face each other. Third advantage is this that the organic curve adds harmony and order to the room instead of just a flat-lined sofa.
Interior décor is important in fall but you should not neglect your exterior. An easy way to dress up your entrance way for fall is by including a fall wreath. Add a wreath to your front door with twigs and leaves in orange, yellow and red. A eucalyptus wreath or garland is a hot style for this fall season.
With the changes in temperature from hot to cool it might be time to switch from the light summer quilt to a thicker duvet. Look for coverlet covers in jewel tones that have a unique texture. Playful and full of color, this trend is certainlyblissful. Look out for bold shades in different shapes – stripes, geometrical, spots and blocks. Pop it all together and you'll have this trend.Canopy beds are readily available in an endless collection of options.They usually boast a slim silhouette and elements; they can now fit in almost any room with ease. Choose a canopy bed that is quiet and slim to ensure that it won't take up too much space or ever go out of style.
Experiment with your own combination of neutral colors, home accessories and furniture are also freshly updated with mixed materials. Sofas no longer need to be enclosed in the same fabric; instead, find one with a combination of leather and upholstery. Think of accent tables that juxtaposedindustrial metalswith unexpected pairings, including faux shagreen, agate or raw wood.
For the objects like photos, books and vases, choose the bookshelves dressed in marble, glass and gold or brass. Even if an item itself doesn't feature an integrated mix of materials, you can create your own collection of perfectly incompatible vases, picture frames, candle holders and sculptural objects in a way that speaks to this trend.
Like velvet and geometric design many old designs are trending back and one of them 70'chic. 70's chic decor is all warm palettes, funky textures, and abstract silhouettes. Including this trend into your home will bring out amazing personality into every living room or bedroom design.
These sinks are also known as Trough sinks.Bucket sink joins the list of vintage design trends that are predicted to make a massive comeback in this year. Farm-house inspired, these pans are family friendly and will add personality and touch longing to any kitchen or bathroom.
Although concrete has left the construction zone, yet in 2019 it will step into many homes decor. Providing a crisp, clean look that's easy to praise Concrete isn't just for countertops. Geometric concrete tiles will become increasingly popular and will be the hottest design trends into one stylish piece.
Rose gold was one of 2018's most used decor trend, yet in 2019 we use more copper accents, along with a mixture of other metals. With its red and orange tones and overall earthy hue, copper is a much-needed breath of fresh air for the New Year. Orange, red, yellow and gold are mostly used colors. They are not only used alone but with the combination of other colors as well.
While decorating the whole house how can we forget kitchen! Kitchen is the most important part of a house.Kitchens are undergoing changes they are no longer simple all about one style of units, a worktop and a matching splash back. This innovative and exciting trend is all about mixing it up – different textures sat next to each other, contrasting in both color and touch. A sleek quartz work surface with an integrated solid wood chopping board or dark cabinetry against a clean marbled splash back makes for an eye-catching space or style.
What it comes down to – literally!
Winter season not only ends the year but it also makes transition into the new one. We all feel the winds of change from the moment when the first leaves start falling and there comes an urge to redecorate and bring new life into the house. Redecorating is expensive and time consuming but one can fulfill its desire to redecorate home by only bringing minor changes. Try incorporating some of the hot colors, like peacock blue and tufted textures into your home décor this year to get the look.


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Q: Can't get Angular2 + gulp project to work I followed the Angular 2 quickstart guide, which worked fine. But I reaaallly dislike the ts compiler they use and also don't want billions of dependencies I don't need in my node_modules folder. So I decided I was gonna build my own angular 2 project from scratch using gulp for the compiling/uglifying/concatting of my typescript code into 1 file.
Now when I run my application I see "Loading..." instead of "Hello world!".
And in my console I get the following errors:

GET http://localhost:3000/app/main.js 404 (Not Found) (zone.js:138)
Error: (SystemJS) XHR error (404 Not Found) loading ((index):37)

Im guessing something is going wrong here with my SystemJS and/or the compiling of typescript. It is looking for a 'main.js' even though I only have a 'main.ts'.
In the quickstart guide there was indeed a 'main.js' in my app folder, as a result of the compiled typescript.
But since I'm using gulp, all my compiled stuff goes into a separate folder, with a separate name, so I have no 'main.js'.
At this point I can't find any solutions online and I'm already starting to miss Angular 1, so any help would be more than welcome.
I would be happy to provide any of my code if needed, but my app folder, systemjs.config.js and tsconfig.json are exactly the same as the quickstart guide.
UPDATE
This is what my systemjs.config.js looks like, as I expect that's where the problem lies. It seems to be looking for .module and .component files, but I only have 1 file: 'app.min.js' that contains all the code. Is this wrong?
/**
 * System configuration for Angular samples
 * Adjust as necessary for your application needs.
 */
(function (global) {
  System.config({
    paths: {
      // paths serve as alias
      'npm:': 'node_modules/'
    },
    // map tells the System loader where to look for things
    map: {
      // our app is within the app folder
      app: 'dist/app',
      // angular bundles
      '@angular/core': 'npm:@angular/core/bundles/core.umd.js',
      '@angular/common': 'npm:@angular/common/bundles/common.umd.js',
      '@angular/compiler': 'npm:@angular/compiler/bundles/compiler.umd.js',
      '@angular/platform-browser': 'npm:@angular/platform-browser/bundles/platform-browser.umd.js',
      '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic': 'npm:@angular/platform-browser-dynamic/bundles/platform-browser-dynamic.umd.js',
      '@angular/http': 'npm:@angular/http/bundles/http.umd.js',
      '@angular/router': 'npm:@angular/router/bundles/router.umd.js',
      '@angular/router/upgrade': 'npm:@angular/router/bundles/router-upgrade.umd.js',
      '@angular/forms': 'npm:@angular/forms/bundles/forms.umd.js',
      '@angular/upgrade': 'npm:@angular/upgrade/bundles/upgrade.umd.js',
      '@angular/upgrade/static': 'npm:@angular/upgrade/bundles/upgrade-static.umd.js',
      // other libraries
      'rxjs':                      'npm:rxjs',
      'angular-in-memory-web-api': 'npm:angular-in-memory-web-api/bundles/in-memory-web-api.umd.js'
    },
    // packages tells the System loader how to load when no filename and/or no extension
    packages: {
      app: {
        main: './app.min.js',
        defaultExtension: 'js'
      },
      rxjs: {
        defaultExtension: 'js'
      }
    }
  });
})(this);

A: Your problem isn't that you need to recreate you project with angular cli... Your project is saying that it cant find your main.js file or in other words your main.ts file. In angular 2 your compiler npm takes those .ts files and converts them into .js or javascript files. So the error you had
GET http://localhost:3000/app/main.js 404 (Not Found) (zone.js:138)
is basically saying it cant reference your main.ts file. a few things you could try would be

*

*Is your main.ts file actually located within your app folder? Based on your error that is where you project believes it needs to be.

*What is your index.html looking for when you start your application? for example you should have a script that looks something like this...

<script> System.import('app').catch(function(err){ console.error(err) }); </script>
The important part to note is the ('app') part. this is the file path that will be referenced to go find your main.ts
3.Make sure  that ('app') is actually referencing the correct path location to you main.ts. To find out simply navigate to your systemjs.config.js file and look for something like this...
map: {
  app: 'app/components',

Simply change the path of the app to where every you have placed you main.ts file. In this example I would have to have my main.ts located under my components folder.
Edit
ok this is my last edit:
it is important that you understand that your typescript is not whats actually being compiled, if you have split your .js files into another folder, then that is what you need to be pointing at for your app path definition.
I also wanted to add this as a note. Don't be afraid of npm and node_modules. angular 2 is bulky only in development when it comes to actually deploying your project, angular will shave your project to and extremely reasonable size you can reference other questions on SO found here

A: If you want to start a new project, here's what you should do :

Install angular-cli :
npm i -g angular-cli

Create a new project :
ng new yourNewProjectName --style=scss

(You can remove scss or replace it by either "less" or "sass". Default : "css").

Go to your project :
cd yourNewProjectName

Start the project :
ng serve

Go to http://localhost:4200

Happy play with angular2 !

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So, A Fraudster, Arsonist And Drug Dealer Walk Into A Bar… OUCH.
The last of the six defendants in an indictment charging mortgage fraud, arson, marijuana trafficking and money laundering has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Michigan as of last week.
Andrew Holt (pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute marijuana).
The indictment, unsealed in July of 2011, charged that Linda Abdullah (aka Linda Holt), from August 18, 2006 through February 27, 2009, devised and participated in a scheme to defraud various lenders by acting as a mortgage broker and arranging six mortgage loans to purchase five properties for straw buyers based on false statements pertaining to their employment, income, the source of their down payments and their intentions to reside in the homes. She was also charged with attempting to obtain yet another mortgage loan which was unfunded.
Eric Waldon pled guilty to a Superseding Information charging him with making false statements to federal agents investigating the fraudulent loan scheme. The indictment charges further that Linda Abdullah (Linda Holt) knowingly aided and abetted the arson of a rental home (which had been previously obtained with a fraudulent mortgage), located on Sussex Street in Detroit, on March 14, 2007.
The indictment also charged that from June of 2008 through August of 2009, five defendants were part of a drug organization that shipped marijuana from Arizona to the Detroit area, typically using United States Postal Service Express Mail Parcels weighing 10 to 20 pounds.
At least 60 such parcels were shipped, using a system of falsified business names and return addresses to disguise the true sender and receiver of the parcels. During the same time period, proceeds of the illegal drug and fraud activity, exceeding $400,000, were deposited in Detroit-area bank accounts. The money was then withdrawn at the corresponding branch bank in the Phoenix, Arizona area, in order to pay for the marijuana being purchased by the organization.
The money laundering was conducted in cash deposits and withdrawals of less than $10,000, so as not to require the filing of currency transaction reports with the Internal Revenue Service. The indictment alleges that the profits from the mortgage fraud scheme were used to promote the drug trafficking enterprise. In their guilty pleas, Linda Abdullah (Linda Holt), Rolando Hampton, Andrew Holt, Jacqueline Holt and Felician Hairston admitted their respective roles in the shipment of marijuana from Arizona to the Detroit area.
Based on their criminal history, if any, and the federal sentencing guidelines, the defendants face a range of possible sentences. Linda Abdullah (Linda Holt), faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years' imprisonment both arson and a marijuana conspiracy of 100 kilograms or more. Rolando Hampton faces a mandatory minimum term of five years' imprisonment for a marijuana conspiracy of 100 kilograms or more.
Linda Abdullah (Linda Holt), remains in custody pending sentencing. All other defendants have been released on bond.
"This extensive criminal conspiracy was disrupted because of the outstanding collaboration between various law enforcement agencies," McQuade said. "It is not often that you see a case like this one, involving such different kinds of crimes, but thanks to the cooperation and information sharing between these agencies, these defendants have been brought to justice" – Source.


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Q: TFileStream and TMemoryStream typing Why can't I do this?
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
  FS: TFileStream;
begin
  FS := TFileStream.Create('file', fmOpenRead + fmShareDenyWrite);
  try
    TMemoryStream(FS).SaveToFile('tempfile');
  finally
    FreeAndNil(FS);
  end;
end;

I have a method with a AStream: TStream parameter and calling it with both types of stream.  I don't understand the problem.

A: You cannot do this because TFileStream is not a descendent of TMemoryStream.
Indeed, the fact that you needed to cast to make the compiler happy should have been sufficient warning that your code is wrong. All your cast does is tell the compiler to shut up and that you know better. In this case you don't. You are lying to the compiler and it will exact revenge in due course.
What you are really looking for is TFile.Copy. This is significantly better than using streams to manually perform a file copy. The point being that TFile.Copy goes via the operating system and so is able to copy efficiently, retain file metadata, copy alternate file streams, and so on.
Well, at least that is true on Windows. The other operating systems that Delphi supports do not have an equivalent to the Win32 CopyFile API and so TFile.Copy does indeed implement this with streams. However, it is still preferable to let the runtime library wrap up these details for you.


Oxford (18-20 Cornmarket) is a branch forming a part of Carphone Warehouse corporation. It is open on: Monday 09:00 - 18:00, Tuesday 09:00 - 18:00, Wednesday 09:00 - 18:00, Thursday 09:00 - 18:00, Friday 09:00 - 18:00. At weekends its working hours are: on Saturday 09:00 - 18:00, on Sunday 10:00 - 17:00. This shop's address is: 18-20 Corn Market, OX1 3EY, Oxford. In order to reach the customer service directly please use the number 08435 38 1598. Oxford (18-20 Cornmarket) is attended by many people inhabiting neighbouring towns like Central and South Oxford, Kennington.


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PlayStation Plus in June: NBA 2K14, Trine 2, Dragon's Crown, Pixeljunk, more
Lone Survivor and Surge Deluxe also join the service next week
Chris Howe Group Manager, Content Lifecycle Marketing , SIE
Next month, PlayStation Plus will reach its 4th anniversary. It's evolved a great deal since its inception, providing our PS Plus members with exclusive discounts, beta access and even select games early, as well as, of course, great games to play through our Instant Game Collection. As our members have grown with us from our introduction on PS3, PS Vita and now PS4, together we've built a really strong global community of gamers.
PlayStation Plus has been an essential part of PlayStation 4, providing access to next-gen online multiplayer and a steady stream of great games including Resogun, Outlast and Don't Starve. Since we are always looking to continue the evolution of PS Plus as a service that really serves our community, we are excited to provide a more balanced set of games each month within the Instant Game Collection. As you'll see below, starting in June, members will now have access to two titles per month for each of our platforms.
Since we've seen how excited many of you are to download Instant Game Collection titles as soon as they're available, we've decided to adjust the length of time each title will be available. Starting in July, every title in the Instant Game Collection will be available the first Wednesday of the month, and will be free for that month, until the first Wednesday of the following month.
In the coming weeks, you'll see that several of the titles that have had a nice, long stint in the Instant Game Collection will be phased out, so if you're new to the service and haven't had a chance to download all of the titles available through PS Plus — or if you've been thinking about subscribing but haven't yet — now is the perfect time to get all the great games available with PS Plus.
Anyway, without further ado, read on to find out what's coming to the service next month.
New on PlayStation 4:
First up this month on PS4 comes a real gem from the incredible development teams at Q-Games and Double 11. Pixeljunk Shooter Ultimate is a twin stick shooter that is as much about blasting things as it is about exploration and puzzle-solving.
Pixeljunk Shooter Ultimate combines the campaigns of Shooter 1 and 2 into a single package with new features and optimisations. It's a highly addictive game and with a platinum trophy to collect I'm certain this will keep you entertained throughout June.
Next up this month on PS4, let your imagination run wild in a beautiful fairy-tale land, avoiding danger at every turn as you solve mysterious puzzles in the award-winning Trine 2: The Complete Story. Don't forget, you can take advantage of co-op multiplayer for up to three players in this epic adventure so grab your friends and get online.
First up on PS3 this month, NBA 2K14 slam dunks its way onto PlayStation Plus. IGN believe this to be the best basketball simulator ever giving it a whopping 8.9 out of 10 and I won't disagree! To ensure you make the most of your game, get online and face off against rival squads.
Next up on PS3 is the Cross-Buy psychological survival horror Lone Survivor (Director's Cut). You play as a masked protagonist who must escape from a city ravaged by disease. Starving and exhausted, you begin to question how much of what you see is even real.
The choice of how to survive is up to you. Sneak through without firing a single shot, or kill everything in your path. Search for survivors, or try to escape the city alone. Look after your mental health, or descend into madness…
New on PS Vita
Dragon's Crown is your first offering this month on PS Vita. Be prepared to be thrust into a fantastical medieval world packed with labyrinthine dungeons to explore, vile monstrosities to smite, and nearly endless online adventure. Your mission is to dive into the dank underworld, uncovering treasure and strengthening your mettle as you unlock the secret behind the ancient dragon threatening the world.
Last but certainly not least make sure you pick up the electrifying Surge Deluxe from the team at Futurlab. This is a highly addictive block matching puzzle game where you need to be lightning fast to compete!
Expanded from the original release of Surge, this Deluxe version adds in a new Combiner block for higher multiplayers in strategic play and a new Chain Linker block for longer chain connections! Trust us – this one is very hard to put down.
Leaving PS Plus:
30th May: Stick it to the Man
30th May: Payday 2
30th May: Brothers A Tale of Two Sons
30th May: Muramasa Rebirth
30th May: Everybody's Golf
Entering PS Plus:
4th June: Pixeljunk Shooter Ultimate (Cross Buy)
4th June: Trine 2: The Complete Story
4th June: NBA 2K14
4th June: Lone Survivor (Cross Buy)
4th June: Dragon's Crown
4th June: Surge Deluxe
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Protiviti first accredited information security consultancy in Qatar
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Protiviti's member firm in Qatar has been awarded the country's first certificate of accreditation for information security service providers.
The Qatar member of global consulting firm Protiviti has according to local reports received the first national certificate of accreditation from the local Ministry of Transport & Communications (MoTC) for information security advisory services, under a scheme devised to better defend against cyber-attack. Meanwhile, the man who helped to establish Protiviti in the region, Sanjeev Agarwal, has been named by Consulting magazine on its 2019 Global Leaders in Consulting list.
Launched by the Ministry earlier this year, the accreditation scheme falls under the National Information Security Compliance Framework (NISCF), which aims to ensure best practices and establish mechanisms for compliance with national standards in respect to technology that has been provided by international suppliers – with accreditation a mark that that an organisation "is competent to perform specific services, activities or tasks in a consistent, reliable and precise manner."
"The ministry's mission is to provide all the tools and knowledge that will help to ensure the safety of our country, but we have a responsibility to use those tools and knowledge to make sure that all our government systems are secure, and we fully understand the difficulty of compliance, but, as in all areas, many important things are difficult and require more effort and joint action," said Transport and Communications minister Jassim Seif Ahmed al-Sulaiti upon the NISCF launch.
Now, Protiviti has been the first local firm – among those who "deliver information security consultancy and implementation services to the public and private sectors" – to receive the tick of approval. "We are extremely pleased that we are able to recognise Protiviti Member Firm Qatar as the first accredited service provider within the advisory service area," said Dana Yousif al-Abdulla, director for Cybersecurity Affairs at the MoTC's Compliance and Data Protection Department.
Meanwhile, Protiviti's Country Market Leader for member firms in the Middle East and India, Sanjeev Agarwal – who is credited as being instrumental in establishing Protiviti's presence in the Middle East, initially in Kuwait in 2007 and then extending to Qatar along with Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia and UAE over the next six years – has been named among a select group of 'Global Consulting Leaders' for 2019 by industry publication Consulting magazine.
"Sanjeev has created a unique culture across operations in the Middle East and India, which emphasises the values of integrity, inclusion and innovation that are core to Protiviti," said Protiviti's president and CEO Joseph Tarantino of the honour. "This culture ensures that his teams deliver exceptional client service, experience and value to our global clients. Consulting magazine's recognition for his outstanding efforts is very well-deserved."
Based out of Kuwait – and, with the addition of an outlet in Cairo at the start of the year, now overseeing "the growth, innovation and client service" in eight location across MENA and South Asia – Agarwal was recognised by Consulting magazine with an 'Excellence in Influence' award. Last week, Protiviti's parent, human resources consultancy Robert Half International, announced that its CEO Harold Messmer Jr. would step down after 33 years in the role.
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Describe a recent Gallup poll.
A Gallup poll that sparked my curiosity was "Who's in favor of the death penalty"? With all the shootings and other violent crimes that are going on in the US today, it is interesting to see how people feel about the punishment for these violent crimes. This poll has been around since 1936 and over the years this poll has faded away slowly. The last official poll was done in 2009 and it did not even have enough responses to even be an actual poll. Therefore the most recent one before this was in 2004 and they surveyed a total of 6,498 national adults aged 18 and over.
Be sure to include the results of the poll,
Within this poll there were several categories that were evaluated. They were: * Politics and Capital Punishment - * Men VS Women- * Support by Gender- * Support by Race- * Support by Age- * Support by Religious Preference- * Support by Practicing/Non –Practicing Protestants-
How the poll was conducted, and what the results will be used for.
This Poll was done based on telephone interviews. These polls were conducted 3 times a year in 3-day increments. The results of the poll will be used to just get an opinionated outlook on what people think. Actual results may be used for credentialing for certain supporting organizations
Describe a recent study where data was gathered.
If possible, explain whether it is a qualitative or quantitative data and whether the data is discrete or continuous.
What type of graph would you use to describe the data and why?
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La 35ª Ryder Cup tuvo lugar entre el 17 y el 19 de septiembre de 2004 en el Oakland Hills Country Club de Bloomfield Township, Míchigan.

El equipo europeo ganó el torneo por un resultado final de 18&1/2 - 9&1/2, siendo Colin Montgomerie el jugador que firmó la victoria, y manteniendo su récord de no haber perdido un solo partido individual en sus siete participaciones en el torneo. El margen de victoria en el mayor conseguido por el equipo europeo en la historia del torneo, y el mayor desde 1981, cuando el equipo estadounidense ganó al europeo por el mismo tanteo. Además es el mayor margen de victoria por el que el equipo europeo ha ganado en tierra estadounidense.

Los equipos

Estados Unidos

Europa

Resultados

Viernes, 17 de septiembre

Four-ball

El capitán estadounidense, Hal Sutton, sale con sus dos máximas figuras, Tiger Woods y Phil Mickelson en el partido inaugural del torneo, con la intención de empezar a dominar en el marcador desde el comienzo. La táctica de Sutton no funciona, ya que la pareja estadounidense no realiza un buen recorrido y pierde su primer punto. Solo un putt de Chris Riley en el hoyo del 18 mantiene la honra del equipo americano en estos primeros partidos, y le concede el único punto que consigue el equipo americano en la jornada matinal.

Foursomes

La sesión vespertina también le es favorable al equipo europeo. Mickelson y Woods vuelven a perder su partido, y el equipo americano solo puede conseguir una victoria en los cuatro partidos. Europa consigue acabar el primer día con la mayor ventaja que había conseguido en la primera jornada en la historia del torneo.

Sábado, 18 de septiembre

Four-ball

Foursomes

Domingo, 19 de septiembre

Individuales

Enlaces externos
 Sitio oficial de la Ryder Cup en PGA.com

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COMPASSION IN WORLD FARMING: The Extinction & Livestock Conference, organised by CiWF in partnership with World Wildlife Fund (WWF), was the world's first ever conference to explore the impact of livestock production on animals, people and the planet. It attracted more than 500 people from 30 different countries who heard from many world leading experts on the environment, conservation, food policy, animal welfare and human health.
The event, which took place at the QEII Centre in London in October 2017, achieved widespread national and international media coverage including reports on BBC R4's Today Programme, BBC R4's Farming Today, BBC World Service, and in-depth articles in The Times, The Guardian, and The Independent and on BBC News Online. It also attracted media coverage in 26 countries around the world and the conference-dedicated Twitter account, managed by Minerva, trended in the UK during the event.
The key message to come out of the conference was that in order to safeguard the future of life on Earth we must all eat less and better meat (such as free-range, organic or pasture-fed) as well as more plants. Actress Joanna Lumley attended a food innovation event at the conference, which show-cased plant-based foods, and became one of the first people in the UK to taste the new Beyond Burger – currently only available in the US.
ART: Locals have installed sheep sculptures to replace real animals in a polluted field in Holingol, Mongolia.
CLOSE CROP: Combine harvesters crop soybeans in Campo Novo do Parecis, a former rainforest in Mato Grosso, Brazil.
"The UN has warned that if we continue as we are, the world's soils will have effectively gone within 60 years. And then what? We shouldn't look to the sea to bail us out because commercial fisheries are expected to be finished by 2048.
SWAMPED: Dead fish in a polluted bayou off the Pearl river in St Tammany parish, Louisiana.
MINERVA - Minerva UK supports organisations across health, care and science research to build capacity, competence and confidence, delivering strategies that work. They work with charities, not-for-profits and European research projects, the goal being to improve knowledge flow, create insights, share expertise and so create impact to advance the social good. They see themselves as knowledge brokers, a definition of which is: An organisation or person skilled in the planning, development and delivery of knowledge exchange between researchers, practitioners, policy-makers and the public, by providing linkages, knowledge sources, and knowledge itself.


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September 1, 2009 September 5, 2018 Christopher Carter
In 1975, U.S. Sen. James Buckley told an assembly of parents their children's education should not be left solely to the educators. He stressed the importance of holding schools accountable via better access to educational records for parents and expressed concern about keeping certain sensitive student information private. Those same principles motivated Buckley, a year earlier, to propose what became the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
More than 30 years later and months after the latest round of legal interpretations, open records advocates, elected officials and journalists are questioning FERPA's application and wondering just how far from the law's original intent schools are willing to go to shield information from the public.
FERPA, also known as the Buckley Amendment, applies to any K-12 schools or colleges that receive federal funding whether they are public or private. The law prohibits them from releasing confidential "education records" including grades, health reports and test scores, for example, to anyone other than the student, or the student's parents if he or she is under 18.
If a school violates FERPA, it runs the risk of losing its federal funding. To date, that has never happened.
FERPA does not prevent schools from releasing "directory information" such as names, phone numbers and addresses to outside sources like reporters or researchers who may share the information with the public. FERPA does not, however, force a school to release such information.
The Department of Education, which monitors the use of the law and deals with violations, defines "directory information" as information that is "generally not considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if released." The department has left it up to schools to decide what does, or does not, fall into that category.
The law has become a roadblock for student and professional journalists covering education, and its vague definitions and broad — sometimes conflicting — interpretations have led schools to apply the law in ways its sponsor never intended.
At the center of the matter is the ambiguous term "education record" and what is does or does not refer to.
The language in FERPA does not offer much in the way of a definitive answer. The statute refers to an "education record" as "records, files, documents, and other materials which contain information directly related to a student; and are maintained by an educational agency or institution or by a person acting for such agency or institution."
Buckley told the Columbus Dispatch in Ohio that schools have taken liberties with FERPA that he never imagined.
"The law needs to be revamped," Buckley told the Dispatch. "Institutions are putting their own meaning into the law."
The Dispatch helped gather support for the movement toward reform when it published the first of a two-part series called "Secrecy 101" in May about the misuse of FERPA primarily in university athletic programs.
Reporters sent records requests to more than 100 universities and compiled a database with different information schools shielded using the law. The report found widespread discrepancies between what a college considered a private education record and what was public.
Paul Gammill said the stories helped bring the issue to the Department of Education's attention.
"Apparently there is some misunderstanding of what colleges can and can't do," Gammill said. He also said the law was never meant to be a shield for institutions.
Gammill is the director of the education department's Family Policy Compliance Office in charge of monitoring the law's use. He said the department is listening to concerns and is currently working on putting together "guidance policies" to help put schools on the same page.
Experts for and against redefining the law agree that sensitive information such as Social Security numbers and academic records should be kept private; however, access to anything else remains up for debate.
Some schools cite FERPA to protect records strictly relating to a student's coursework and performance, while others have taken a more conservative approach to privacy and will keep the public from getting their hands on anything with a student name on it, whether it is academic or not.
There are schools that advise staff to consider all records of students maintained by the university, regardless of their academic relevance, protected under the law. At the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, the FERPA tutorial guide for staff states that "any record created during a student's tenure at the University is considered a student's education record and is FERPA-protected." And while it may not be what Buckley intended, the university's view is not clearly beyond the FERPA statute's broad definition of "education record."
Student Press Law Center Executive Director Frank LoMonte said the law's vague wording is its "fundamental flaw" and that schools should be using common sense in considering a record's release. He said that while some schools may choose protection of public records over their disclosure in the faith that the law will uphold such an application of FERPA, courts have overruled them.
"Every piece of paper with a student's name on it is not an education record," LoMonte said. "If the courts have no problem applying common sense, the agencies should have no problem either."
In a case reported by the Dispatch, the University of New Mexico did not consider flight manifests or complimentary tickets for student athletes to be "education records" and would release them if requested. However, Texas Tech University would only release the manifest and refused to release lists of complimentary tickets. Gammill said the education department is in the process of determining whether such documents can be considered "education records."
Government officials have sent letters to the department to urge it to reconsider FERPA's language and to clear it up.
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, wrote to the department encouraging more precise definitions.
"I am asking that the Department take additional steps to clarify for students, parents, colleges, universities, and the public what is an educational record that is protected under FERPA and what information can be disclosed under what circumstances," Brown wrote in a letter dated June 15.
Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray also asked the department to take another look at the ambiguities in the law.
"…[T]he law has been interpreted and reinterpreted in ways that stray far from its original purposes, and it has been construed throughout the country in different ways by different courts and educational institutions," Cordray wrote in a letter to the department on June 25.
Clifford Ramirez, who has helped teach school officials about FERPA for 10 years, said the law is clear enough and institutions should be able to define for themselves what is or is not an "education record." Ramirez is the author of several books on FERPA, most recently FERPA Clear and Simple: The College Professional's Guide to Compliance.
"The education institution is responsible for defining education records specifically for its community," Ramirez said. "Some institutions will be very restrictive and not give out any information whatsoever about their students. Others will take a more community-based approach."
That approach can differ within an institution and illustrates how widely the law is interpreted. For example, the University of Illinois at Chicago considers photos of students to be directory information and will publish or otherwise release them unless a student specifies otherwise in writing. The university's flagship campus at Urbana-Champaign however, does not.
Carol Malmgren, registrar on the Urbana-Champaign campus, acknowledged the discrepancy and said the different campuses decide for themselves what they want to disclose.
"We have got to set the environment that is best for our campus," Malmgreen said.
Gammill agrees and said the Education Department does not try to attach too strict a formula for determining what constitutes directory information because schools know what is best for their students.
"Our university has taken a more conservative approach to maintain a trust relationship with our students," Malmgren said. "We do real well by FERPA on this campus … being good stewards of student records."
LoMonte said he would like to see Congress redefine the law to more accurately protect only academic records as opposed to simply any record maintained by the school.
"We're only talking about records in which a student is acting in an academic capacity," said LoMonte.
Getting documents from schools has become increasingly restrictive for members of the media and with the Department's latest rules changes giving schools more leeway to deny requests, it has only grown more difficult.
The Department's FERPA rules were amended in January to address concerns over what constitutes personably identifiable information, among other items. Giving greater access to journalists, or the public for that matter, was not on the agenda.
One amendment in particular made accessing records, especially those disciplinary in nature, more difficult for reporters and the public. Schools can now withhold already-redacted information if school officials determine the requester already knows the identity of the student to whom the record relates. School officials can also withhold the information if they believe that people with inside knowledge within the school could figure out the anonymous student's identity.
The Society of Professional Journalists, a media professionals advocacy group, voiced its objection to the new rules in a letter to Congress. The Indianapolis-based organization was prompted by its Freedom of Information Committee to respond to the threats against access for reporters.
Dave Cuillier, the committee's chair, said the new regulation gives schools too much discretionary power.
"I think that's a dangerous idea," Cuillier said. "Secrecy is being committed based on an agency's ability to guess the purpose of the information."
The amendment follows on the heels of court cases deciding how and when FERPA can be used to shield information about students.
In one of the more recent cases, the Montana Supreme Court ruled in 2007 that a community newspaper was entitled to documents relating to the disciplinary actions taken against two students at a high school.
In 2005, the editor for the Cut Bank Pioneer Press newspaper in Cut Bank, Mont., requested the redacted documents after the Cut Bank Public Schools Board of Trustees met in a closed session to determine actions to take against the students who had shot other students with plastic BBs on school property.
When the board refused to comply, citing privacy concerns, both the newspaper and the board filed petitions in district court to determine whether the documents could be disclosed.
The court wrote that FERPA does not prevent the public release of student disciplinary records with identifying information redacted and the newspaper had a legitimate reason for requesting the information.
The court referred to other similar cases in Ohio and Georgia where disciplinary records were determined not to be covered under FERPA.
LoMonte said while the decision was a victory for open records advocates, the precedent remains at the state level only and he fears the new rule will make it harder for journalists to get similar information.
In the meantime, LoMonte said universities will not get any more liberal with the information they choose to disclose until the threat of withdrawal of federal funding is addressed.
LoMonte describes the department's authority to suspend federal money as the "financial death penalty" and said schools will continue to excessively classify records as confidential as long as the threat is there.
Cordray also took issue with the fact that schools may act out of their own self-interest rather than that of the student or the public.
"I am concerned that legitimate public information is shrouded in secrecy, in part because significant sections of the law are so vague that universities might decline to disclose records in order to protect themselves from lawsuits," Cordray wrote in his letter to the Department of Education.
Cuillier said the loss of federal funding is a "huge incentive to keep things secret." Considering the minor penalties for violating various state open records laws and the "harsh" punishment for failing to abide by FERPA, it makes sense schools would err on the side of caution, Cuillier said.
"If we don't do something, it will definitely get worse," Cuillier said.
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There are two interior-facing premises of 376 m² and 172 m² available at the moment with no direct access to the street. Both have terrazzo flooring, fibre optics and electricity supply already connected.
Premises no. 6 is completely open-plan and is on two floors with a mezzanine of 58 m², toilet facility, high ceilings and interior patio.
Premises nos. 4 and 5, also on two floors, include a mezzanine of 61 m², very high ceilings, toilet facility, terrace facing the interior of the block and electrical installations.
Located just a few metres from Sants railway station and Plaça d'Espanya, this is one of the city's busiest transit areas and a centre of economic activity, with a wide variety of hotels, bars and restaurants, shops, health services and other local facilities.
Good public transport connections with bus routes 41, 20 and H10, and Entença metro station on line L5.
Price includes community charges and IBI tax.


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'EuroScorers achieved more than its targeted 50,000 users with friends playing against each other from 180 countries.' said Mahmoud Ali Khasawneh, Quirkat's CEO. "Fantasy sports games are a worldwide phenomenon; with millions of players betting their knowledge and gaming time on the management of their favourite teams in their preferred sports leagues. Quirkat, as it continues to monitor the heartbeat of Middle Eastern gamers, is focusing on ensuring a voice for the region's gamers in the global games arena. Arabic, English, French and Chinese speaking gamers came together to compete in Euroscorers' final countdown. The result was a phenomenal success for Quirkat and its growing community of dedicated gamers. Thank you to everyone who participated".
EuroScorers enjoyed a very active online and social community, with users sharing team and tournament news and their game predictions. People were also inviting others to compete head to head in their own leagues. Throughout the 125 matches played, over 60,000 league invitations were sent and accepted, and a further 100,000 gifts of in-game currency were shared between facebook friends.
Quirkat announced that EuroScorers with its fantasy football genre has kick-started their pipeline for sports related social games; with more games releases to be announced soon.
Established in 2004, Quirkat ( www.quirkat.com) is the Middle East's leading video gaming brand with offices in Dubai and Amman. Quirkat has spearheaded the development and publishing of regionally relevant content, by capitalizing on its knowledge of the region's history, culture, social structures, religions and demographics. This has resulted in the development and publishing of globally competitive products; including the hit regional PC title Arabian Lords™, the mobile game Tariq's Treasure™ and the Al-Moosiqar (The Musician) franchise of social online and mobile games. Additionally, the company owns and operates the online games portal Fuzztak (www.fuzztak.com).
For more information, visit www.quirkat.com.
For the game link on Facebook, visit EuroScorers.


With that said, here's my first iPad video since my 7 month hiatus from Youtube!
Wonderful job on that one!! Can you do Freedom Dive?
Hm.. I was pretty sure that those placings were the optimal slots. It seems I'm really having alot of trouble with the best placements..
Where is Tracker when you need them?!?
Also, I've edited the difficulty of the Tapulous tracks on my videos to the Mastery Setlist's scale instead of Brian's scale, just to keep it in line with my iPad videos.
omg soooo many good memories!!!!!!
If you didnt try to bounce everything, you'd have gotten a higher score.
Tap Tap World Players Christmas 2013: Day 2 Track is up!


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Q: Why does Red Hat promote CentOS? I recently read this blog post about the relationship between Fedora, RHEL and CentOS. It is for me easy to understand why an enterprise may chooose RHEL/CentOS instead of Fedora (and why it makes sense in Red Hat business model) but more complicated between the later two although I found some good arguments. Is CentOS just a copy of RHEL? In addition of being open source, which license has RHEL that allows this copy to be legal and how does it fit into Red Hat business model? A layman explanation would be very appreciated.

A: First, CentOS was able to be distributed before Red Hat took them over by removing the things that Red Hat had a non-free license on.  Typically this was documentation, images, etc. and not the actual code.  So the CentOS team was able to rebuild RPMs, etc. using the exact source, but slightly different images, etc.
No mind reading as to why Red Hat allowed CentOS to continue... and so this is going opinion based (not good but it is what it is).
Basically, Fedora ISN'T a replacement for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).  It contains beta features, etc.  Whereas CentOS is as close as possible to the real deal.
Now, there are plenty of organisations who need to be able to run RHEL to support other software (i.e., you can't get support for ProductX from CompanyY unless you are running it on a Red Hat system) but they can either support in-house, or it is for testing, etc. and so they can't justify the price for a real Red Hat license/install/support contract.   BUT if Red Hat can get these organisations to use CentOS as a drop-in replacement, one day they will be able to justify spending the $ on a support contract, etc. and so it would be easier to convert a non-paying user of your product to be a paying user of your product  versus trying to get a group to move from say Debian or one of the BSDs to RHEL.


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Arturo Alfandari (8 June 1888 – 1 May 1969) was a Belgian diplomat, known as the creator of the constructed language Neo.

Life
Originally from Italy, Arturo Alfandari served in the First World War as a cipher officer for the Italian High Command. After the war he settled in Belgium, where he worked as an exporter before eventually becoming a diplomat for the Belgian state. Apart from Neo, he spoke seven languages.

Neo
His proposal for Neo, an international auxiliary language, was developed in the 1930s and first presented in 1961. As with Ido and some other constructed languages of the time, Alfandari's own was based on Esperanto, although he added elements from English, French, German and Russian. However, he took some further steps, reducing the use of initial and final syllables, and devising a built-in vocabulary. Root words were made as short as possible, thus emphasizing rhythm and articulation, but sometimes, as with Volapük, at the expense of easy recognition of word meanings.

War veteran Paul Rasquin, from Geraardsbergen, Belgium, described Alfandari's language as "the natural and inevitable further development of Esperanto", whilst Aldo Lavagnini considered it as "a radical and satisfying way for a reform of Esperanto, which could have been accepted by Esperantists even as a simplification of their language."

"After 25 years of research," a feature article in Life magazine stated, Alfandari had presented "a 1,300-page volume containing the complete grammar and 60,000-word vocabulary of his new universal language, Neo. Using Latin for many roots of words, Italian for phonetics, a vocabulary range inspired by French, adverbs and conjunctions from German and grammar from English and Russian, he claims to have welded them into a clearer and more fluent mixture than Esperanto, from which he also borrowed some structure." He said he'd put so much effort into it because "whether you are Flemish or Walloon, white or black, American or Russian, you all want peace, to make an attempt to understand and support each other." Despite those efforts, however, Neo became largely forgotten shortly after the death of its creator, similarly to many other constructed auxiliary languages.

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1888 births
1969 deaths
Constructed language creators
Speakers of international auxiliary languages
Linguists from Belgium
Linguists from Italy
Belgian diplomats
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20th-century linguists


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26/08/2020: NEW CLIENT HOLTON HOMES → 31/07/2020: Positivity Following Lockdown → 31/07/2020: Support Routes to Roots → 01/07/2020: Boris Boosts Redevelopment ...
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MC PLAN AND SITE SERVICES GOES BACK TO ITS ROOTS
MC Plan and Site Services are delighted to support Routes to Roots with their new centre in the heart of Poole.
R2R is run by a mix of volunteers of health and other outreach workers, local company employees, church members and students, with just two, paid part-time staff. Their aim is to work together to turn around the lives of those without secure housing in Poole.
Though people will be familiar with the terms; rough sleepers or outdoor sleepers, these are just a part of the homeless problem. Many have been identified as the hidden homeless, who have nowhere permanent to live but sofa surf between friends and family. Others are vulnerably housed and need ongoing help and support to maintain that accommodation and not regress into homelessness, for various reasons.
From humble beginnings, operating out of a restricted space at the United Reformed Church in Skinner Street, at the beginning of this year – during the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis - they acquired more suitable premises at a former Baptist Church where they have already held their first drop-ins. The long term objective is to open seven days a week and increase the outreach services offered, including financial advice, training and other opportunities to help their clients move back into the community - Lasting change, at last.
Mark Cook, MD of MC Plan and Site Services said: "The new property is in need of substantial refurbishment, including new heating, insulation, kitchen, showers, laundry room and office space. We've already been supported by local companies with whom we have great relationships, such as Lilliput Electrical to assist with these works and the aim is to complete the project, ready for occupation by Autumn 2020 in readiness for the winter months. In Poole, there is no winter shelter and the only provision for rough sleepers is SWEP (Severe Weather Emergency Protocol), which provides sleeping accommodation when the temperature is below zero for three consecutive days."
Until recently, the charity has been able to provide five drop-ins per week, structured as three lunchtime sessions and two evenings where they provide basic necessities such as showers, hot food, clothing and sleeping bags. Also offering access to the Poole addictions team, mental health workers, Poole rough sleeper outreach team and housing advisers, they work tirelessly to help their clientele.
Over the past five years, R2R has offered temporary supported housing for verified rough sleepers at three-bedroomed Amos House working closely with the local authorities to nurture towards independent accommodation.
In the last year alone, 267 individuals attended our five drop-ins; 34 rough sleepers were provided with hot breakfasts throughout the winter months and three former rough sleepers progressed through Amos House into their own accommodation (to be replaced by three more off the streets).
Mark added: "Here at MC we are passionate about supporting local homeless and mental health charities. The R2R drop-ins provide an incredibly important facility. The clients wish to engage with the facility and very often bring complex issues to the table. It's all about being human and providing a safe environment for those less fortunate than ourselves."
Jude Brooks, UK Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at Aviva, said: "We know that even the smallest charities can have a massive impact in building stronger communities. We are extremely proud to support Routes to Roots and look forward to enabling them to bring their idea to life." The fund is open for donations until 22 July and they hope to raise £10,000 towards the refurbishment of their Hill Street building.
https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/poole-homeless-centre
MC Plan and Site Services are providing their services free of charge for the project. They will be providing building control services, project management from start to finish and consultancy services in relation to accessibility and regular site inspections throughout the process.
Helen Cook of MC said: "We are delighted to support the R2R at no cost to the charity. As a company, we are very passionate about supporting local charities such as this and will assign a surveyor to follow the project through from beginning to end. For us, in Poole, this is also something very close to our hearts, an extremely valuable cause in what this charity is trying to do for homelessness in Poole."
MC Plan & Site Services Ltd is a fully insured, award-winning Independent Corporate Approved Inspector, licenced and regulated by the Construction Industry Council ("CIC") to carry out building control throughout England and Wales.
For more information visit www.mcplanandsiteservices.co.uk or telephone 01202 744966.
Testimonials from previous R2R include:
"They helped me get housing through Poole Council. Then I was in the hospital and they came to see me. Which was amazing. I know they are always there, even if I don't need them at the moment. They are just magnificent people." Philip, former Amos House resident
"I'd just like to say a big thank you from my personal journey. Four years ago I was homeless on the streets of Poole and you guys gave me hope and support. I'm forever grateful to the amazing people I met. Thankfully I'm now clean and sober (4yrs) and without the food and clothes and happy people I saw every day when I came for lunch I don't think I would have had faith and hope to keep going. Also, you welcomed my dog jock. He was always fed and loved and that was important as he was my life and part of my street life so thank you again." Lorraine, a former client
"R2R is amazing, a big help. It has helped me with benefit problems in the past. I meet new people at the drop-ins and it gives me something to do. I am currently unemployed. I complete volunteer work, but on the days I am not volunteering it keeps me occupied and stops me being bored stiff. It is good to meet new people; there is a good atmosphere. I meet people whose situation is a lot worse than mine. It makes me realise I am lucky. R2R is not just for the homeless. It is for people who have got problems in all areas. You can use R2R to help you with other problems such as drug and alcohol problems.
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home // News // Dunedin: Water fluoridation needs more input, officials say //
Dunedin: Water fluoridation needs more input, officials say
Source: Dunedin.patch.com | September 15th, 2011 | By Katie Dolac
Dr. Pat Snair told commissioners Thursday that she spends at least $1,200 a year filtering city-imposed fluoridation from her water and takes iodine pills to counteract its supposedly cancerous effects.
"Financially, I would rather have a cavity than cancer," she said during a heated workshop Thursday.
And after two hours of passionate and researched arguments about the advantages and disadvantages of fluoridated water, it only convinced commissioners that they needed to hear more.
So, Dunedin's water fluoridation process stays for now and officials are working to plan another public meeting about using the additive in drinking water.
About 40 people, many from Dunedin, but also several from Tarpon Springs, North Reddington and Clearwater, turned out to voice their opinion. Most opposed fluoridation. Only one person spoke in favor.
With no federal regulatory requirement to fluoridate the water supply, department heads proposed striking the process as a way to save money at a time when commissioners pushed staff to find creative cuts in their budget.
Paul Stanek, assistant utility director at the city's water plant, said residents pay $16,800, about 50 cents a day, to keep their water fluoridated. Eliminating the fluoridation process would also save the city from replacing a $40,000 water storage tank.
City commissioners grilled Stanek on the numbers and science behind the process.
Stanek pointed out:
Fluoride is naturally occurring (0.2 ppm) in Dunedin's groundwater.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Environmental Protection Agency recommend an optimum drinking water concentration of 0.7 ppm. Dunedin's water maintains that level with the use of added Hydrofluorosillic Acid, which is also used to produce aluminum.
Levels are monitored daily.
Federal recommendations were lowered to 0.7 ppm in January because better detection methods confirm that Americans have more access to fluoride than the pivotal 1960s research shows. Newer research (2006) also shows that levels should be monitored closely in children because they have lower body mass.
A city commission decided to fluoridate Dunedin's drinking water in 1989.
"Today I think we are in a very different place than we were 50 years ago," Commissioner Julie Ward Bujalski said. "I ask myself, 'What is my role?' My role is to listen. I'm not a doctor. I don't think it's any of our places to question the use of fluoride in someone's personal life. If they want to use fluoride, they can do that… It's about the choice. I think, do I give the choice to the citizens or not? … I don't' think its my role to take choice away."
The debate raged 30 minutes over the allotted time, and with no clear solution in sight, Mayor Dave Eggers tabled the controversial issue for further discussion, an evening meeting at a more spacious venue like Hale Senior Activity Center.
He echoed the commission's general sentiment, "It is about choice" — a personal health choice, he explained, that perhaps government should stay out of, but also a choice that might be best left for voters.
Frustrated opponents interrupted Eggers.
Dunedin eco-activist Bree Cheatham shouted from her seat near the back of the room. She questioned the motive for another meeting when so many attended Thursday.
"Do you know how difficult it is to get people to come out to meetings?" she said.
Several other residents attempted to passionately interject when Eggers dropped the gavel.
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Mr. Fluoride (Get the F Out of Our Water) Battle Hymn
Fluoridation: Worsening the Lead Crisis in Flint, and Beyond
Print-Friendly Copy of Report Press Release: Fluoride in Water Worsens U.S. Lead Crisis Introduction Over the past few weeks, the nation has watched in horror at the lead poisoning crisis unfolding in Flint, Michigan. The details from Flint have been shocking: tap water so corrosive it caused lead levels in some homes to meet