So I'm super late getting this post out, but better late than never! Our sweet baby girl, Johanna Judith, arrived on January 31, 2019 at 11:31 pm! She weighed 6 lbs 15.8 oz and measured 20 inches long. We are enamored with her and everyone that sees her just can't get over her head full of dark hair!!
Her middle name is for my dad's side of the family, after my Aunt Judy, and her first name means gift from God, which she miraculously is!
All of the lovely photographs you see here were taken by April Cole Photography--she does amazing work and we love her!
I had been having Braxton Hicks contractions for a few weeks prior to getting some different, cramp-like contractions more in the lower back early in the morning on January 31st. At the time of delivery I was 39 weeks and 1 day, and I remember the day before she was born being super emotional. These continued pretty consistently and eventually got stronger, so we headed to the hospital around lunchtime, dropped with girls off with their aunt and uncle, and arrived at labor and delivery around 1 pm. When they checked me I was 3 cm, and they said I could walk halls for a few hours to see how much I was progressing. After walking a while, I was only 3.5 to 4 cm and unfortunately not enough for them to keep and admit me. However, my contractions were getting pretty strong and painful at this point!
So, we decided to stick around close to the hospital and drove around for a bit before getting a hotel room so that I could take a warm bath and try to relax while my labor continued. As soon as we checked into the hotel room, I laid down on the bed and had a very strong contraction--and my water broke all over the hotel bed!!! So just as soon as we had settled into the hotel room we had to immediately leave and get back to the hospital. I was still leaking fluid with every contraction in the car, in the wheelchair on the way up labor and delivery, and once I got into the hotel room. My contractions at this point were extremely strong and painful, and close together.
We got back to the hospital around 6 pm or so, and I was checked into a room and at that point I was 5 cm dilated. My labor was naturally progressing super fast, and it was at this point I asked for the epidural. I was going to try nitrous oxide gas but things were so intense I just wanted the epidural at that point...haha. In the span of about 20 minutes, I went from 5 cm to 7 cm and probably would have given birth soon, but after getting the epidural my labor slowed down some and I was able to relax a little better. There were a few scary minutes when our baby's heart rate dropped because of the combination of the epidural and the fast dilation, but it came back up quickly. A team of several people came in the room and left just as quickly once the heart rate stabilized. On a side note--although it seems like a good thing to have the attending MFM in your room, it usually means something is going wrong! I was happy to have my sweet resident doctor and nurse back handling my labor for me.
The rest of the evening I was lying on my side with a peanut ball in between my legs during labor, which I could still feel, just at a reduced pain intensity level because of the epidural. I did have to get it boosted once as it started to wear off a bit. My contractions remained very close together and strong. Finally at around 11 pm I was fully dilated and it was time to push and Johanna was born 30 minutes later! As soon as I pushed her out they immediately placed her on my chest and finished checking her out while we did skin-to-skin. She stayed there for a few hours before they took her to be weighed, measured, etc. She even tried to nursed some, it was the most amazing bonding experience and I still can't get over how thankful I am to have made it through without any preeclampsia this time, no induction needed, no excessive bleeding, infections, or any other complications. We went home from the hospital not even 48 hours after she was born. I felt pretty well recovered physically and back to normal much, much sooner with this birth.
Her big sisters have been great with her and are such good helpers. We all adore her so much!
I can't believe we only have a few or so weeks until our baby arrives! It really has gone by so fast this time around--having twin 5 year olds sure does keep one busy and occupied.
Still, we have managed to find time to prepare for this new little one in the most basic ways. I thought I would share with you all the ways we have prepared (early on) for the new baby in our house. I hope this may help some readers out there who are wondering what and when to do the things for preparation of a new little one when you already have young children and most of what you need.
Since we are keeping the baby in our master bathroom (attached to our bedroom) likely for the first six months to one year, we didn't have to worry about a "proper" nursery. We simply set up the crib, changing table, diaper pail and hamper in the area where a bathtub would normally go (but we had left empty).
My mom got me this wonderful changing table on sale from Pottery Barn that can double as shelving for when the baby gets a little older. I outfitted it with some baskets from HomeGoods to hold things like diaper changing necessities, clothes, blankets and extra crib sheets, wipes, and many other things.
The crib fits perfectly in this little nook beside our shower. On the wall I hung some baskets that we used in the girls' nursery to hold diapers so they are within easy reach. The hamper is also new from HomeGoods.
Upstairs in our guest bedroom (we aren't sure where the baby's room will end up being yet), we have added the baby armoire and stocked it with most of what we already had on hand in terms of blankets, crib sheets, clothes, bibs, socks, and any other baby necessity that would normally fit in a dresser.
I started early in the second trimester pulling everything out of the attic, sorting through it, washing anything that could be washed and putting it away. I organized and cleaned anything we had saved that we could reuse for this baby, including things like breast pump containers, bottles and feeding supplies, baby seats and carriers, and baby toys and books.
Each week I did a little bit more until most of the work was completed. I don't like to procrastinate, and I decided it would be better to go ahead and get as much as I possibly could done when I was still feeling up to it rather than wait until late in the third trimester when I may not be feeling so great.
Next I began making a list of things that we would need new and I created a small Amazon baby registry. Some things we added we did not have for the girls and we decided would be nice to have for this baby, and other things we needed new of that we had either lost or needed to replace.
In our living room, I cleared out a bookshelf to house baby books and used one of our cabinets to hold baby toys since the baby will probably be playing downstairs quite a bit the first year. In our bedroom, we moved the glider from upstairs to a corner in our bedroom and replaced where it was in the girls' room with another armchair.
On to the master bathroom tour! Perhaps the most "improved" room from what we had in our old house. We actually have a much larger amount of space, a much improved shower (no more slipping in the claw foot tub!), ample counter space and storage, and a lovely tile floor that won't warp if it gets wet.
We designed the master bathroom with a double sinks and plenty of cabinetry. It is glorious. The countertops are quartz, although I will say they look and feel just like marble! Sink faucets are brushed nickel and so is the cabinet hardware. The cabinets themselves are painted "rainwashed" by Sherwin Williams, a lovely shade of light blue-green. With so much white, I wanted a little pop of color. Two pendant light fixtures with clear glass shades illuminate the bathroom vanity.
The floor is a simple porcelain white hex tile with grey grout. I really love it. We designed a walk-in shower with glass doors and white subway tile walls. The shower floor is a multi-colored "pebble" floor that is available at most tile shops now. The shower walls have grey grout and grey rounded corner shelves for toiletries and a little shower seat. One thing I am so glad we decided to include was the extra shower sprayer that detaches from the wall--we have used this so much and it also can double as an additional shower head and is perfect for cleaning.
A shaker-peg rack hangs on the wall for towels within easy reach of the shower.
Our "water closet" holds the toilet which is nice when we want a little privacy using the bathroom and others are using the sinks or getting ready.
The master bath is quite large because we waited on putting in a bathtub to save a bit on costs. Thus, we have a lot of extra space which we have utilized for several things since moving in--random storage, a little indoor space for growing our seedlings under the grow lights, and most recently, we are using it for a nursery for our newest addition due in late January.
Yes, you heard right--the nursery is in our master bathroom! A bit crazy, I know--but a crib and a changing table fit perfectly in there and with it being directly off (connected to) our bedroom, I'm hoping it will be a perfect spot for the baby for the first year. Poor third kid, haha!
We will eventually move the baby upstairs to its own bedroom at some point (not sure which one this will be), but for now this works for us without us having to go up and down stairs constantly. I'm planning on putting the rocker/glider in our bedroom for rocking to sleep and we have the baby's little armoire that was mine and that we used for the girls currently upstairs. Our parents joke that if the baby has a blow out or spit up mess, we can just walk with her right into the shower and hose her off. It will also be convenient to be able to wash my hands at the sink right there too!
One other thing--we have three large windows in our master bathroom that face the front yard. Although I hated to put window treatments on these beauties and I love all the light it brings, it was necessary to have some sort of treatment that we could pull down when we needed privacy and especially for the toilet area. I ordered simple, white Roman shades from Blinds.com and they turned out to be perfect for what we needed. Simple and neutral, they still let in a lot of light even when they are let down.
Hope you enjoyed the tour and stay tuned for more upcoming room tours!


Scattered hoard, six socketed axes and two mouth sherds from similar axes.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 8 September 2005.
1 Late Bronze Age socketed axe (additional to and now considered part of the previously found hoard, seeS 4).
3 ?Bronze Age flint scrapers (irregularly spaced, abrupt/semi abrupt retouch) and 1 flint ?core/scraper (?thermal flake, several small flakes removed).
Flints identified by P. Robinson (NCM) and other object identifed by S. Ashley (NLA), See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 14 November 2005.
E. Darch (NLA), 17 January 2006.
Around hoard site four fragments of iron slag, probably smithing, ?date (weighing 213g).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 19 March 2006.
<S1> Unpublished document: Beckerleg, A.J.. 2005. Survey notes.
<S2> Unpublished document: 2005. British Museum Treasure Report on Hoard I (2005 T362).
<S3> Unpublished document: Eastern Daily Press. 2006. Axeheads declared treasure. 27 May.
<S4> (No record type): Gibbons, J.. 2005. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe.. Film. 1:1.


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5 Fashionable Louis Vuitton Suitcases
by Allie d'Almo | Published December 13, 2021
Louis Vuitton is one of the world's best-known fashion houses. Its LV monogram has been stamped across everything from handbags to high heels, but the luxury brands started life in luxury luggage.
The Keepall is Louis Vuitton's signature duffle bag (Photo: LouisVuitton.com)
Louis Vuitton is the world's second-oldest luxury brand, founded almost two centuries ago in 1821. Working-class lad Louis Vuitton trained in box-making, becoming the personal box-maker and packer to the queen, before opening up his own business. He launched the original LV trunk soon after and the rest, as they say, is history. Today the brand is renowned for its high-quality craftsmanship and classic design. While Louis Vuitton has branched into clothing, jewellery and accessories, luggage is still the brand's superstar seller. We've selected five fashionable Louis Vuitton suitcases that will last you a lifetime.
Keepall Bandoulier 55
Louis Vuitton's signature duffle bag is spacious and flexible – perfect for long weekends trips. It's also one of the brand's most affordable suitcases, though you'll need to pay extra for the strap. The bag is made from a coated canvas stamped with the LV monogram (lest anyone forget where you purchased it) with undyed cowhide leather accents. The Keepal features an extraordinarily hardwearing and secure double zip and padlock too, both monogrammed with the Louis Vuitton logo. At 55 x 31 x 26 cm it's cabin-friendly too. From $2,150.
Buy at LouisVuitton.com
Horizon Soft Duffel 65
The Horizon Soft Duffel is Louis Vuitton's most popular softshell case. The rolling duffle features two compact wheels to create a lightweight trolley system that will withstand the bumpiest surfaces. Unlike most duffle-style bags, the 65 features an external cane that creates a totally flat surface. That means more space for more shoes. There's a TSA padlock system that can easily be opened and closed with one hand, as well as a double-pull zipper and U opening for easy access. From $2700
The Horizon 55 was designed by Marc Newson (Photo: LouisVuitton.com)
This luxurious rolling suitcase is cabin-friendly yet cavernous. Designed by Marc Newson – one of the most influential industrial designers of our generation – the bag expertly combines functionality and style. It's all about volume here, with a completely flat interior that maximizes every crevice. It's lightweight too, which means you can save those valuable kgs for your clothing, not your luggage. The four wheels glide across any surface and there's a handy TSA lock for additional security. The exterior is made from LV's classic cowhide leather trip, with aluminium metallic fittings for extra durability. From $2,750.
Horizon 55 Soft
Also part of the latest collaboration with Marc Newson, the Horizon 55 Soft features many of the same features as the original, with a soft top. The bag is made from thermoformed knit that can be unzipped and rolled for easy access. It features four compact wheels, as well as a completely flat interior to maximise volume capacity. The double-zip closing system makes it easier to access your belongings too. The exterior is decorated in a jacquard knit monogram pattern and available in black or pink. From $2,750.
Bisten 75
The Bisten is a stylish, sleek masterpiece (Photo: LouisVuitton.com)
If you like your luggage to recall the Golden Age of Travel, the Bisten 75 is for you. This collection piece embodies old-school luxury. It features a slender and study exterior with monogram coated canvas and a chocolate trim with heat stamped LV logo, reinforced with shiny gold hardware and studs.Inside the bag is lined with canvas, with enough space for all of your travel essentials. It features the signature S lock and key for added security too. From $9,500.

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Q: Core Text calculate letter frame in iOS I need to calculate exact bounding box for every each character (glyph) in NSAttributedString (Core Text).
After putting together some code used to solve similar problems (Core Text selection, etc..), the result is quite good, but only few frames (red) are being calculated properly:

Most of the frames are misplaces either horizontally or vertically (by tiny bit). What is the cause of that? How can I perfect this code?:
-(void)recalculate{

    // get characters from NSString
    NSUInteger len = [_attributedString.string length];
    UniChar *characters = (UniChar *)malloc(sizeof(UniChar)*len);
    CFStringGetCharacters((__bridge CFStringRef)_attributedString.string, CFRangeMake(0, [_attributedString.string length]), characters);

    // allocate glyphs and bounding box arrays for holding the result
    // assuming that each character is only one glyph, which is wrong
    CGGlyph *glyphs = (CGGlyph *)malloc(sizeof(CGGlyph)*len);
    CTFontGetGlyphsForCharacters(_font, characters, glyphs, len);

    // get bounding boxes for glyphs
    CTFontGetBoundingRectsForGlyphs(_font, kCTFontDefaultOrientation, glyphs, _characterFrames, len);
    free(characters); free(glyphs);

    // Measure how mush specec will be needed for this attributed string
    // So we can find minimun frame needed
    CFRange fitRange;
    CGSize s = CTFramesetterSuggestFrameSizeWithConstraints(_framesetter, rangeAll, NULL, CGSizeMake(W, MAXFLOAT), &fitRange);

    _frameRect = CGRectMake(0, 0, s.width, s.height);
    CGPathRef framePath = CGPathCreateWithRect(_frameRect, NULL);
    _ctFrame = CTFramesetterCreateFrame(_framesetter, rangeAll, framePath, NULL);
    CGPathRelease(framePath);

    // Get the lines in our frame
    NSArray* lines = (NSArray*)CTFrameGetLines(_ctFrame);
    _lineCount = [lines count];

    // Allocate memory to hold line frames information:
    if (_lineOrigins != NULL)free(_lineOrigins);
    _lineOrigins = malloc(sizeof(CGPoint) * _lineCount);

    if (_lineFrames != NULL)free(_lineFrames);
    _lineFrames = malloc(sizeof(CGRect) * _lineCount);

    // Get the origin point of each of the lines
    CTFrameGetLineOrigins(_ctFrame, CFRangeMake(0, 0), _lineOrigins);

    // Solution borrowew from (but simplified):
    // https://github.com/twitter/twui/blob/master/lib/Support/CoreText%2BAdditions.m

    // Loop throught the lines
    for(CFIndex i = 0; i < _lineCount; ++i) {

        CTLineRef line = (__bridge CTLineRef)[lines objectAtIndex:i];

        CFRange lineRange = CTLineGetStringRange(line);
        CFIndex lineStartIndex = lineRange.location;
        CFIndex lineEndIndex = lineStartIndex + lineRange.length;

        CGPoint lineOrigin = _lineOrigins[i];
        CGFloat ascent, descent, leading;
        CGFloat lineWidth = CTLineGetTypographicBounds(line, &ascent, &descent, &leading);

        // If we have more than 1 line, we want to find the real height of the line by measuring the distance between the current line and previous line. If it's only 1 line, then we'll guess the line's height.
        BOOL useRealHeight = i < _lineCount - 1;
        CGFloat neighborLineY = i > 0 ? _lineOrigins[i - 1].y : (_lineCount - 1 > i ? _lineOrigins[i + 1].y : 0.0f);
        CGFloat lineHeight = ceil(useRealHeight ? abs(neighborLineY - lineOrigin.y) : ascent + descent + leading);

        _lineFrames[i].origin = lineOrigin;
        _lineFrames[i].size = CGSizeMake(lineWidth, lineHeight);

        for (int ic = lineStartIndex; ic < lineEndIndex; ic++) {

            CGFloat startOffset = CTLineGetOffsetForStringIndex(line, ic, NULL);
            _characterFrames[ic].origin = CGPointMake(startOffset, lineOrigin.y);
        }
    }
}

#pragma mark - Rendering Text:

-(void)renderInContext:(CGContextRef)context contextSize:(CGSize)size{

    CGContextSaveGState(context);

    // Draw Core Text attributes string:
    CGContextSetTextMatrix(context, CGAffineTransformIdentity);
    CGContextTranslateCTM(context, 0, CGRectGetHeight(_frameRect));
    CGContextScaleCTM(context, 1.0, -1.0);

    CTFrameDraw(_ctFrame, context);

    // Draw line and letter frames:
    CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor(context, [UIColor colorWithRed:0.0 green:0.0 blue:1.0 alpha:0.5].CGColor);
    CGContextSetLineWidth(context, 1.0);

    CGContextBeginPath(context);
    CGContextAddRects(context, _lineFrames, _lineCount);
    CGContextClosePath(context);
    CGContextStrokePath(context);

    CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor(context, [UIColor colorWithRed:1.0 green:0.0 blue:0.0 alpha:0.5].CGColor);
    CGContextBeginPath(context);
    CGContextAddRects(context, _characterFrames, _attributedString.string.length);
    CGContextClosePath(context);
    CGContextStrokePath(context);

    CGContextRestoreGState(context);

}

A: You did an impressive amount of work in your question and were so close on your own. The problem you were having comes from this line of code where you position the bounding boxes for each frame:
_characterFrames[ic].origin = CGPointMake(startOffset, lineOrigin.y);

The problem with it is that you are overriding whatever offset the frame already had.
If you were to comment out that line you would see that all the frames were positioned more or less in the same place but you would also see that they are not positioned at the exact same place. Some are positioned more to the left or right and some more up or down. This means that the frames for the glyphs have a position of their own.

The solution to your problem is to take the current position of the frames into account when you move them into their correct place on the lines. You can either do it by adding to x and y separately:
_characterFrames[ic].origin.x += startOffset;
_characterFrames[ic].origin.y += lineOrigin.y;

or by offsetting the rectangle:
_characterFrames[ic] = CGRectOffset(_characterFrames[ic],
                                    startOffset, lineOrigin.y);

Now the bounding boxes will have their correct positions:

and you should see that it works for some of the more extreme fonts out there

A:
Swift 5, Xcode 11:
 override func draw(_ rect: CGRect) {
        guard let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext() else { return }

       context.textMatrix = .identity
       context.translateBy(x: 0, y: self.bounds.size.height)
       context.scaleBy(x: 1.0, y: -1.0)

       let string = "|優勝《ゆうしょう》の|懸《か》かった|試合《しあい》。|Test《テスト》.\nThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. 12354567890 @#-+"

       let attributedString = Utility.sharedInstance.furigana(String: string)

       let range = attributedString.mutableString.range(of: attributedString.string)

       attributedString.addAttribute(.font, value: font, range: range)

       let framesetter = attributedString.framesetter()

       let textBounds = self.bounds.insetBy(dx: 20, dy: 20)
       let frame = framesetter.createFrame(textBounds)

//Draw the frame text:

       frame.draw(in: context)

       let origins = frame.lineOrigins()

       let lines = frame.lines()

        context.setStrokeColor(UIColor.red.cgColor)
        context.setLineWidth(0.7)

        for i in 0 ..< origins.count {

            let line = lines[i]

            for run in line.glyphRuns() {

                let font = run.font
                let glyphPositions = run.glyphPositions()
                let glyphs = run.glyphs()

                let glyphsBoundingRects =  font.boundingRects(of: glyphs)

//DRAW the bounding box for each glyph:

                for k in 0 ..< glyphPositions.count {
                    let point = glyphPositions[k]
                    let gRect = glyphsBoundingRects [k]

                    var box = gRect
                    box.origin +=  point + origins[i] + textBounds.origin
                    context.stroke(box)

                }// for k

            }//for run

       }//for i

    }//func draw

Made with a CoreText Swift Wrapper.
Full Source: https://github.com/huse360/LetterFrame

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The greatest gift bestowed on me by receiving a Fulbright Research Fellowship has been the gift of time. I have had time – time to read, time to talk with people, time to think – without the pressure of immediately having to turn every thought into publication. From the time we are graduate students, we are often conducting research on the run. Get the dissertation proposed, approved, collect the data, write, defend. Meanwhile, publish all you can. Once you get a job, start cranking out the publications so you can get tenure. Keep the ideas coming – and as soon as they emerge turn them into publications. This experience is not unique to me, and, even though the pace is sometimes relentless, the scholarship is often strong. I am continually impressed by what the graduate students I work with can produce within the time constraints of their dissertations.
Still, there are times when it has felt as if I was building a bicycle while trying to ride it downhill. Then, last fall, when I knew I had the Fulbright coming up, I said "no" to a couple of invitations to contribute articles. I was lucky to be in a position to be able to do that (even luckier to have a Fulbright, I know). But clearing away any deadlines for the spring, was the smartest thing I have done in a long time. Rather than spend the spring writing furiously to meet the next deadline, and reading for plunder in order to glean enough of what I need to support my ideas, I have had time to read broadly, enter research sites without the pressure of deadlines, and think.
One of the great benefits of time is emergence of patience. When I didn't have a publication deadline looming over me, I could go to the research sites where I was working without feeling as if I had the gather-good-data-today clock constantly ticking in the background. Instead, I could be patient and let insights and observations emerge at their own pace. The result was that I had more time for surprise, more time for a deeper set of insights, and a greater willingness to strike off in new directions of reading and thinking without worrying about an immediate payoff. Patience, exploration, and time have been the true gifts of this Fulbright and I am deeply grateful for all of them. I wish all of my friends and students could experience this kind of time to explore and I hope I can find more ways to facilitate this for my colleagues and students.


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J 0007/19 (Withdrawal of application/Nitto Denko) of 15.1.2020
ECLI:EP:BA:2020:J000719.20200115
C03C17/34
G09F9/30
B32B17/06
B32B7/12
G02F1/1333
H01L51/50
H05B33/02
Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE
Nitto Denko Corporation
European Patent Convention R 139 (2007)
"Request for correction of a withdrawal of an application (not allowed)"
The notion of a mistake eligible for correction under Rule 139 EPC does not cover the scenario where a declaration of withdrawal reflects the true intention of the applicant, but is based on wrong assumptions.
I. On 17 April 2009 the appellant filed European patent application No. 09 734 244.8 (henceforth: the application) as an international patent application claiming the priority of three Japanese filings. The request for entry into the European phase was made on 20 October 2010.
II. On 9 June 2016 the appellant withdrew the application. It also requested a refund of any fees which had been already paid but had not yet fallen due.
III. As a consequence, the procedure was closed on 15 June 2016. Furthermore, by means of a communication dated 20 June 2016, the examining division acknowledged the withdrawal of the application and informed the applicant that 75% of the examination fee would be refunded. The declaration of withdrawal was published in the European Patent Register on 9 June 2016 and in the European Patent Bulletin on 20 July 2016 (No. 29/2016).
IV. By submission of 20 June 2017 the appellant filed a request for correction pursuant to Rule 139 EPC. It explained that the request to withdraw the application and to be refunded the official fees had been erroneous. It had been based "on the erroneous belief" that the claims of the withdrawn European patent application were the same as the claims of a corresponding Japanese patent application. The appellant had not realised that this assumption was wrong until April 2017. If the appellant had been aware of the different scope of the claims of the European patent application, it would never have decided to abandon the application. Hence, there was a divergence between the applicant's true intention and the procedural step that had been taken.
V. In the same submission the appellant made the following declaration: "We herewith declare that Applicant will not exercise any rights originating from the present European patent application and/or the resulting European patent (once granted) in relation to any third party who, in a designated contracting state, has used or made effective and serious preparations for using the invention which is the subject of the present application and the resulting European patent in the period between the publication of abandonment by the EPO and the publication of the EPO of the present request for correction. That is, we declare that Applicant will not enforce the patent against any third party as defined above, so that said third party may continue such use in the course of his business or for the needs thereof without need for payment of any license fees."
VI. According to the appellant, the purpose of this declaration was to avoid any adverse effect on the public in the event that the request for correction of the withdrawal was allowed. Such adverse effects were conceivable if a member of the public had relied on the EPO's publication of the withdrawal of the application when deciding to use the claimed invention or to make preparations to use it. In that scenario, the declaration would have ensured that any activities could be continued without interference.
VII. Following a communication of the examining division dated 15 February 2018 under Article 113 EPC, in its letter of 3 December 2018 the appellant then amended this undertaking so as to extend it up to the point in time at which the request for correction was granted. In a submission of 25 June 2018 the appellant withdrew all the designations other than Germany. The applicant was of the view that, following this amendment, the question of whether the declaration would offer enough protection for third parties should be determined solely according to German law, since any granted patent could be enforced only in Germany.
VIII. The examining division rejected the appellant's request. The reasons given are summarised as follows:
(a) The primary addressee of a declaration of withdrawal is the public, not the EPO.
(b) In accordance with the case law of the boards of appeal, an erroneous withdrawal can only be corrected if the public has not been officially notified of the withdrawal at the time it is retracted. In the case in hand the letter of withdrawal was published in the Bulletin and in the Patent Register before the request for correction was made.
(c) The declaration filed by the applicant on 20 June 2016 could not compensate for the legal uncertainty that would be caused if a retraction were allowed.
IX. With its notice of appeal the appellant requested that this decision be "reversed" and that the "request for correction filed on June 20, 2017, which is subject to the declaration filed on the same day and the supplementary declaration filed on December 3, 2018" be allowed.
X. The appellant's arguments on appeal are summarised as follows:
(a) By incorporating Rule 139 EPC the legislator acknowledged that applicants in proceedings before the EPO have a justified legal interest in the correction of errors. This provision applied to errors in any document filed with the European Patent Office.
(b) The principle to which the first-instance decision referred, according to which a declaration of intent could only be retracted if the retraction reached the addressees either before or at the same time as the declaration, was not relevant for the proceedings in this case. Correction and retraction of a declaration were two distinct legal concepts. The proceedings concerned a request for correction, not retraction.
(c) The request satisfied the requirements laid down by the case law for allowing a correction.
Firstly, the declaration contained a mistake which was correctable under Rule 139 EPC. The decision to withdraw the application had been based on wrong assumptions. The applicant had intended to withdraw a "non existing European application with narrow claims like that Japanese parallel applications, but not to abandon the instant EP application with broader claims". Therefore, there was a divergence between the true intention and the content of the declaration.
Secondly, it was true that the case law of the boards of appeal had stipulated that a mistake could not be corrected once the withdrawal had been published unless the mistake was recognisable for third parties. However, the case law required the mistake to be recognisable in order to prevent the correction causing detriment to third parties who had legitimately relied on the publication of the erroneous act. In the case in hand, this interest was fully protected by the declaration submitted by the applicant at first instance, which was binding under German law.
Thirdly, the mistake at issue had been made due to an excusable oversight. The factual situation behind the withdrawal was exceptional. In most of the appellant's cases, the claims of a pending European application and the claims of the corresponding Japanese priority application were similar. In the past, the applicant had not seen any need to check the scope of the claims of every individual family member.
Finally, the request for correction had been filed promptly.
XI. Oral proceedings took place on 15 January 2020.
1. According to Rule 139 EPC linguistic errors, errors of transcription and mistakes in any document filed with the European Patent Office may be corrected on request. This provision has been subject to extensive interpretation by the boards of appeal. According to the case law (J 8/80, OJ EPO 1980, 293, Reasons No. 3; J 4/82, OJ EPO 1982, 385, Reasons No. 3; J 19/03 of 11 March 2005, Reasons No. 3-12; J 4/97 of 9 July 1997, Reasons No. 3), Rule 139 EPC also applies to "corrections of procedural acts if they are submitted by a document", for example to a request for correction of the withdrawal of a designation or of a claimed priority (cf. J 19/03, loc. cit., Reasons No. 3 and 4). In this case the correction would retrospectively modify or eliminate the procedural act concerned.
The provision is of general application (G 1/12, OJ EPO 2014, A114, Reasons No. 35-39). It applies to any declaration or procedural act, including the withdrawal of an application. As correctly pointed out by the appellant, retraction and correction of a declaration are two distinct legal concepts.
2. An applicant's ability to correct a withdrawal, however, is subject to several conditions specified by the case law. The first of them is the existence of a mistake within the meaning of Rule 139(1) EPC.
3. The EPC does not provide a definition of this term; it is the task of the case law to fill this lacuna. According to the case law, "a mistake may be said to exist in a document filed with the European Patent Office if the document does not express the true intention of the person on whose behalf it was filed" (cf. J 8/80, OJ EPO 1980, 293, Reasons No. 4; J 4/82, OJ EPO 1982, 385, Reasons No. 5). Therefore, mistakes which result in a divergence between the party's actual and declared intent are eligible for correction under Rule 139 EPC. As clarified by the Legal Board of Appeal, "the correction must introduce what was originally intended" and "cannot be used to enable a person to give effect to a change of mind or development of plans" (J 8/80, loc. cit., Reasons No. 6; J 6/91, OJ EPO 1994, 349, Reasons No. 2.2; see also G 1/12, loc. cit., Reasons No. 37).
4. In the case in hand, the applicant intended to withdraw the application; its letter of 20 June 2016 correctly expressed this intent. The alleged error relates to the reasons for filing the withdrawal. The applicant mistakenly believed that the claims of the European application did not differ considerably from the claims of the corresponding Japanese application. On the basis of this assumption it decided to abandon the application. There was no divergence between declaration and will. In fact, the only divergence was between what the appellant would have been likely to do had it been aware of all the circumstances and what it actually did. However, divergences between a party's hypothetical intention and the content of a declaration it filed with the EPO do not fulfil the notion of a mistake as developed by the case law. Hence, they are outside the scope of Rule 139 EPC as interpreted by the boards. The correction in this case would not establish what was originally intended, but correct the original intention since it was formed on the basis of wrong assumptions.
5. At the oral proceedings, the applicant raised two objections against this preliminary view. The first was that, while it may be true that the mistake at issue related to the assumptions on which the declaration was based, these assumptions concerned the application itself and not extrinsic factors, e.g. the commercial prospects of the invention or the market situation in Europe or the US. Therefore, it was not an error relating to the motives, contrary to the board's suggestion in the communication issued in preparation for the oral proceedings. The board agrees with this remark. The mistake concerned specific attributes of the subject-matter referred to in the declaration of intent. However, this characterisation does not change the conclusion as to whether or not applicant's declaration reflected its true intention.
6. The second argument was that, according to the applicant, the case in hand does not materially differ from that on which decision J 10/08 of 16 November 2009 was based, in which the request to correct the withdrawal was granted. In that case, the applicant intended to abandon a PCT application. However, by mistake, it instructed the European representative to withdraw the EP application instead. Similarly, in the case in hand, the applicant did not intend to abandon the European application; it merely intended to abandon a non-existent further application with claims identical to those of the Japanese application. In both cases the withdrawal did not reflect the applicant's true intention. The fact that in J 10/08 there were two pending applications involved, while in the case at hand only one pending application is involved, does not prevent the Board from following the same reasoning as in J 10/08 and grant the request.
The board cannot agree with this argument. The two cases concern two different factual situations and two different types of mistake. In J 10/08, a US attorney mixed up the instructions pertaining to two different applications from the same company. As a consequence of this error, he instructed the European representative to withdraw the European application on behalf of the applicant, while the applicant had actually intended to abandon the PCT application.
In the case in hand, the applicant intended to withdraw the application at issue but had decided to do so because it had mistakenly attributed specific characteristics to it. There is a clear difference between a situation where a party did not intend what it (or its representative) declared, and a situation where the party intended to declare exactly what it (or its representative) declared, but did so because it mistakenly believed some facts to be true. In the first case the mistake leads to a conflict between declaration and intention; in the second case the mistake affects only the formation of that intention. In the first case the correction would bring the filed document in line with the original intention of the party; in the second case the correction would modify an act or document matching the original intention with an act or document reflecting a different intention that was not influenced by a wrong assumption.
The distinction between errors relating to the declaration, its content or its transmission and errors relating to the assumptions on which the declaration is based is made in the civil law of several contracting states too (see, for example: in Italian law, Article 1433 Civil Code (CC), which concerns errors as to the declaration or its transmission, and Article 1429 Nos.1-3 CC, which concerns mistakes as to the nature or the subject of the contract, the identity or the characteristics of the other contracting party; in German law, Section § 119(1) BGB, which deals with errors as to the content of the declaration, and Section § 119(2) BGB, which concerns mistakes about the characteristics of a person or a thing; in Swiss law, Article 24(1) Nos. 1-3 of the Federal Act on Amendment of the Swiss Civil Code, Part Five: The Code of Obligations, dealing with errors as to the declaration, and Article 24(1) No. 4, which deals with mistakes as to the facts on which the declaration is based). In the case law of the boards, only errors relating to the declaration, its content or its transmission fall under the notion of a mistake within the meaning of Rule 139 EPC.
7. There are also good policy reasons for having this limitation. If the notion of a mistake were extended to also cover a scenario where the declaration correctly reflects a party's intentions, but was based on wrong assumptions, any mistaken assessment of the disclosure of the application, the patentability of the invention, the entitlement to priority, the legal provisions or the related case law would make any withdrawal potentially eligible for correction. This would be detrimental to legal certainty (see for similar concerns also the decision of the Board of Appeal of the German Patent Office of 9. January 1954 H 1694 III/79b - 1 B 18/52, GRUR 1954, 118).
As clarified in the case law, the withdrawal of an application "is the gravest procedural step that can be taken" (J 4/03 of 9 September 2004, Reasons No. 12); it produces several effects for both the EPO and the public. After a withdrawal, the EPO has to take several procedural steps and arrange for the refund of the fees. Legal certainty requires that the "EPO must be able to assume that a withdrawal has been made with all the deliberation and care necessary for such a grave step" and that the "European Patent Office can rely on the statements of the parties in proceedings" (J 4/03 of 9 September 2004, loc. cit., Reasons No. 12). After the publication of the withdrawal, the interest of the public is also involved. Third parties must be able to trust information published in the European Patent Bulletin. Therefore, where the applicant has made a decision on withdrawal without considering all the relevant circumstances, it must bear the consequences.


Other than football preparation, we've been particularly busy with readying soccer uniforms. Both Williamson County's boys' and girls' teams are fairly renown state-wide. Often finding themselves state bound, tryouts for previous players along with those aspiring are being held this week so that the training can begin taking place for the fall season.
Soccer's been receiving a tad bit more attention lately, if you aren't already well aware, since the women's USA soccer team won against the Japanese after they defeated England and we defeated Germany. It's the first time we have taken the FIFA Women's World Cup title since 1999.
Mannequins shown in our conference room. Previously used Ravenwood High School football jersey at very right.
The title of this post is a total cliché, that's very clear, but other than staying updated with what we love and aspire to improve the experience of the most – sports – we'd like to attempt to convey our comparatively extensive knowledge of both sportswear and gear.
Since we're a good deal behind on the results of the heap of new and exciting events that took place throughout the past year, I think it's fitting to give them at least a mention.
Starting with the most formal and attention-grabbing – The Willco Awards. This ceremony first took its name and place at the Franklin Theatre last May (2015). Organized and sponsored by a handful of directors and companies, the black-tie event brought forth the top 3 finalists for both girls' and boys' sports, including cross country, golf, volleyball, and basketball, to name a few, across Williamson County. The awards also presented titles of Athlete of the Year (AOY), Sportsmanship of the Year, Courage Award, and Sponsor of the Year.
We have not blogged in quite a while.
Somewhat unpredictably, our webstore's activity has blown up – not necessarily in proportion to other means of business, however. We're staying busy here at Mathews Team Sports, with an updated location, (if our home page's banner hasn't already informed you of that), new coworkers, and, of course, the arrival of football season.
To Start or To Finish?
We decided to share another quote with you this week. We love this one in particular, because it's more than just motivational or inspirations, but reaches a bit further and really gets you thinking!
Is John Wooden right? Are the players who finish a game more valuable than the ones who got it started? Or do you feel it's vice versa? Are the starters more valuable players? Or maybe you feel that they're equally important?
This is one of our favorite sporting quotes from one of the most notable athletes of all time! During long, tough, and stressful weeks sometimes it's nice to take a moment and reflect on a good quote. A good quote can inspire you and motivate you to keep going strong….So we wanted to share one with you and get your feedback.
What are some of your favorite sporting quotes?
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Blame Bill de Blasio
New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio speaks to the media during a press conference in a temporary hospital located at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, N.Y., April 10, 2020. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)
His stubborn refusal to take the coronavirus seriously may have caused thousands of deaths.
America's COVID-19 devastation is disproportionately a story of New York State's devastation, and New York State's devastation is overwhelmingly a story of New York City's devastation. There's a case to be made that New York City mayor Bill de Blasio is the single individual in the United States who is most to blame for the catastrophic loss of human life.
I refer you to a grueling investigation by Charles Duhigg in the New Yorker that painstakingly compares the responses to the outbreak in Seattle and New York City. Seattle, paying heed to warnings from scientists, acted quickly to stem the outbreak; de Blasio, despite having several weeks after Seattle announced its first case to prepare for the deluge, shrugged at the virus and even advised people to go out and mingle. As of April 26 Seattle appears to be in good shape: King County, Washington has had 5,739 cases and 400 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University dashboard.
New York is another story: 17,126 deaths in the city, 22,009 deaths in the state, and nearly all of the state's deaths are in the metro area. That's out of 53,755 deaths in the entire country. New York City, with less than 3 percent of the U.S. population, has more than 30 percent of the country's fatalities. Gotham has been crushed so badly that the Johns Hopkins coronavirus dashboard lists only four countries (Italy, Spain, France, and the U.K.) with more deaths than the city. The worst-hit country, Italy, has only about 50 percent more deaths from the virus than New York City despite having more than six times the population.
New York City's population density is off the charts compared with the rest of the U.S., as is its usage of mass transit. A map of COVID-19's lethality maps fairly neatly onto the subway map, with infections increasing for the lengthiest commutes. The metropolis is especially vulnerable to infectious disease, as its epidemiologists are well aware.
Yet on March 2, de Blasio urged New Yorkers in a tweet to go out on the town. On March 10, de Blasio said on MSNBC, "If you're under 50 and you're healthy, which is most New Yorkers, there's very little threat here. This disease, even if you were to get it, basically acts like a common cold or flu. And transmission is not that easy." On March 11, the day Seattle closed its schools, de Blasio said in a press conference, "If you are not sick, if you are not in the vulnerable category, you should be going about your life." De Blasio didn't acknowledge until April 3 that asymptomatic transmission was taking place, claiming he had learned this in the last two days. It had been 63 days since Anthony Fauci declared that asymptomatic transmission was certainly happening. Meanwhile Governor Andrew Cuomo, who often makes a point of publicly opposing de Blasio, this time joined the mayor in lethal obliviousness. "We should relax, because that is what is dictated by the reality of the situation," Cuomo said on March 2, promising that most of the afflicted would recover easily and that "we don't even think it's going to be as bad as it was in other countries."
This was mayor-from-Jaws-level happy talk, times a thousand. The two leaders' science experts were horrified by what de Blasio and Cuomo were saying, according to the New Yorker piece. A former head of the city's Department of Health told the magazine that there's always a divide between political appointees and public-health professionals, "who sometimes have to make unpopular recommendations. But, with the de Blasio people, that antagonism is ten times worse. They are so much more impossible to work with than other administrations." In early March the city health department passed along alarmed advice and advised collecting information from swabs about the outbreak in a procedure called sentinel surveillance. The most disturbing passage among many in the New Yorker piece is this one:
The Mayor's office refused to authorize testing the swabs. "They didn't want to have to say, 'There are hundreds, maybe thousands, of you who are positive for coronavirus, but we don't know who,' " a Department of Health official told me, adding, "It was a real opportunity to communicate to New Yorkers that this is serious — you have to stay home." The effort was blocked over fears that it might create a panic, but such alarm might have proved useful. After all, the official told me, panic is pretty effective at getting people to change their behavior. Instead, the Mayor's office informed the Health Department that the city would sponsor a job fair to find a few new "disease detectives." That event was held on March 12th, in Long Island City. The Department of Health official said, "We're in the middle of a catastrophe, and their solution is to make us waste time interviewing and onboarding people!" (The Mayor's office eventually relented on the sentinel-surveillance samples, and testing began on March 23rd — almost a month after samples were first collected. By then, the outbreak was well under way.)
Disastrously, on March 4 de Blasio publicly advised New Yorkers who thought they might have the virus to go to their doctor (presumably by subway) — exactly the opposite of what the epidemiologists were saying. People were better off staying home unless they were in extremis. Not till the catastrophically late date of March 15 did the de Blasio administration allow the city's Department of Health to post a thread advising sick people to stay home because "Everyone in NYC should act as if they have been exposed to coronavirus" and "New Yorkers who are not sick should also stay home as much as possible." A member of the New York City Council told Duhigg that health officials "had been trying to say that publicly for weeks, but this mayor refuses to trust the experts — it's mind-boggling."
Thanks to all the bad messaging, it took a week for New Yorkers to catch up to Seattle residents, who had been encouraged but not required to stay home, in adopting social distancing. "All you had to do was look at the West Coast, and you knew it was coming for us," epidemiologist Jeffrey Sharman of Columbia University told the New Yorker. "That's why Seattle and San Francisco and Portland were shutting things down." New York "dithered," he said. That's a polite way of putting a retreat from reality that may have unleashed more deaths in the city than 9/11. A former head of the CDC, Tom Frieden, estimated that if New York City had moved up its various lockdown measures by just ten days, 50 to 80 percent of lives could have been saved. In New York City, that translates to more than 8,500 deaths, on the low end. That's three times the scale of 9/11. A second former New York City health commissioner told Duhigg that "de Blasio was just horrible," adding, "Maybe it was unintentional, maybe it was his arrogance."
Governor Cuomo deserves comparable scrutiny for his role in playing down the crisis. On March 17, the day de Blasio first speculated that a stay-at-home order might be necessary, Cuomo said no such thing was advisable, although on March 20 he reversed course. San Francisco announced its shelter-in-place order on March 15.
Cuomo and de Blasio didn't merely drag their feet; for far too long, they pointed the public in the wrong direction, the direction of death. Cuomo's interest in higher office seems evident. As for De Blasio, his mayoralty ends at the end of next year, he is barred from running for a third term as New York City mayor, and not one of the city's mayors has advanced to a higher elected office in 150 years (although a mere 107 years ago one ex-mayor did manage to win a seat in Congress). Yet his absurd presidential run is illustrative of his utter disconnection from the reality of his political strength. The magnitude of his disconnection from scientific reality is now being seen in the city's prisons, which he is emptying, and its potter's field, which is filling up. It would befit de Blasio's disastrous legacy if the mass grave on Hart's Island became commonly known as De Blasio's Field.
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Team Bridgeport | South-West
Scott Keller
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John Shirk
(Polarcat)
Aaron Coon
(SeaChumm)
2019Team Leaderboard
Scott Keller (The Kraken)
John Shirk (Polarcat)
Aaron Coon (SeaChumm)
Team Monthly Limit Catch Chart
Species (Team Limit)
Bass, Largemouth (50) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bass, Smallmouth (40) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bass, Striped (40) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brook Trout (50) 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Catfish, Channel (50) 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Corvina (20) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crappie (50) 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kokanee (40) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Lingcod (25) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rockfish (Various) (50) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spotted Bay Bass (50) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trout, Brown (50) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trout, Cutthroat (40) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trout, Rainbow (50) 0 2 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 Team Records
Bass, Largemouth SeaChumm 15.50 3-29-2019 Image
Bass, Smallmouth SeaChumm 17.25 3-30-2019 Image
Bass, Striped SeaChumm 26.25 3-30-2019 Image
Brook Trout The Kraken 17.50 7-14-2019 Image
Catfish, Channel The Kraken 28.50 5-25-2019 Image
Corvina Polarcat 16.00 6-7-2019 Image
Crappie The Kraken 12.75 6-29-2019 Image
Kokanee The Kraken 12.25 7-1-2019 Image
Lingcod Polarcat 24.50 6-28-2019 Image
Rockfish (Various) Polarcat 19.00 6-28-2019 Image
Spotted Bay Bass Polarcat 14.00 6-7-2019 Image
Trout, Brown The Kraken 20.50 6-9-2019 Image
Trout, Cutthroat The Kraken 16.50 4-21-2019 Image
Trout, Rainbow The Kraken 18.50 4-12-2019 Image


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Posted inEnergy, Environment, Government, Montana Legislature, Politics
Ever-changing Colstrip bill receives Senate approval, but concerns linger
by Leia Larsen 03.27.2019 05.12.2020
More of the coal-fired Colstrip plant could be transferred to NorthWestern Energy for a purchase price of $1 if a controversial bill passes the Montana Legislature. Credit: Alexis Bonogofsky
HELENA — A bill that would scale back the Montana Public Service Commission's regulatory authority over the Colstrip generating plant is one significant step closer to becoming law.
The Senate voted 32-18 to approve Senate Bill 331 on second reading Wednesday. The proposal has morphed numerous times as it has worked its way through the legislative process, and a new amendment emerged hours before lawmakers met on the Senate floor.
In its most recent iteration, SB 331 still allows a utility to purchase an additional 150 megawatts of generating capacity at the coal-fired Colstrip power plant for $1. The bill requires the purchasing utility's captive ratepayers to cover up to $75 million in costs associated with that additional generation over the next 10 years without PSC oversight of whether those costs are warranted.
Although senators took pains not to mention the utility's name during the debate, past committee hearings and allusions on the floor made it clear the bill would benefit NorthWestern Energy, the state's largest electrical utility.
"This regulated utility's customers have some risk of blackout and unusually high rates because, under the current structure, they rely heavily on market power," said the bill's sponsor, Sen. Tom Richmond, R-Billings.
NorthWestern's energy portfolio includes renewables such as wind, hydro, and solar, along with coal-generated power from Colstrip. Richmond said that during cold snaps this winter, renewables weren't generating electricity, and the utility couldn't meet customer demand with its current coal-fired generation. That pushed the company to buy power on the open market, which can be expensive when demand is high.
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"Montana needs 24-7 energy," Richmond said. "Wind and solar are great when the wind is blowing and the sun is shining, a little less great in the middle of February when the temperature is below zero."
Previous versions of Richmond's bill raised alarm because the proposal also forced ratepayers to pick up the tab for NorthWestern's current investment in 220 megawatts generated by Colstrip Unit 4 and future closure and environmental cleanup expenses. The utility wouldn't have been required to buy additional generation to receive that perk.
An amendment approved on the Senate floor Wednesday nixed that risk. Ratepayers would now be on the hook only for future generation that NorthWestern purchases before Dec. 31, 2021.
The amendment also upped the tab that could be passed on to electricity customers. Prior to Wednesday's floor amendment, SB 331 would have allowed the utility to recoup $40 million in costs over five years. Under the current proposal, the utility could pass along $75 million in expenses over 10 years. Any amount above that would be subject to PSC oversight.
The $75 million figure includes investments necessary to keep the plant operational.
The amended bill also mandates that ratepayers must cover any decommissioning and environmental cleanup costs tied to the 150 additional megawatts, even if the Colstrip plant closes early. Closure costs for NorthWestern's existing share are subject to PSC approval before they can be absorbed by customers.
While Republicans spoke in favor of the bill, Democrats voiced several concerns.
Sen. Mary McNally, D-Billings, reminded lawmakers that NorthWestern Energy does not need SB 331 or the Legislature's approval to buy additional shares of Colstrip, no matter what it might spend on the purchase.
"What they need the bill for, what this bill does, is remove regulation from additional acquisition," McNally said. "It puts any potential risks on the ratepayers."
McNally said she couldn't offer any assurance to NorthWestern's ratepayers that the bill would benefit them. She held a stack of public comments she has received since SB 331 first appeared in the Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee earlier this month.
"I'm still waiting for the first one to come in and say, 'this is a good idea,'" McNally said. "I think it's a very dangerous bill for ratepayers. I think it's a pretty sweet bill for … the utility."
Sen. Duane Ankney, R-Colstrip, reiterated why he thinks NorthWestern needs the bill: to preempt delays and lawsuits brought by environmental groups if the utility went through the PSC process.
Ankney also urged senators to approve the bill to help protect the hundreds of blue-collar jobs that depend on the Colstrip plant and adjacent coal mine. Units 1 and 2 at the plant are set to close in 2022 due to a legal settlement. The largest owners of units 3 and 4, based in the Pacific Northwest, are looking to phase out coal-sourced energy.
Acquiring an additional 150 megawatts means NorthWestern would own half of the generation in Unit 4.
"I think [the] part of it that's got everybody worked up … is this deal is just too good to be true. You can't get a bag of candy for a buck, let alone 150 megawatts. They gotta be up to something. Well, they're not," Ankney said. "I would urge you, there is not a boogieman in this bill."
Proponents expressed their support of using renewables to keep electricity costs low, but noted alternative sources of energy don't always meet demand.
"It's going to provide us with low-cost reliable energy that can back up renewables and keep us going forward," Ankney said.
Meanwhile, opponents of the bill made clear their support for Colstrip and the coal industry in Montana.
"I understand what they have done for our state … I'm not against coal," said Sen. Sue Malek, D-Missoula. "I am for the ratepayers. I am for the elderly trying to pay their bills every month. I am for the single mother raising her kids and trying to pay her utility bill. I am for a regulated utility."
A final vote in the Senate on third reading is expected this week. From there, SB 331 will make its way to the House and a fresh round of debate.
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Q: AggregateResult in Map I am getting the following error message but i dont know what i am doing wrong. I am trying to create a Map with AggregateResult. I am getting following error message.

Incompatible key type Object for Map

List<AggregateResult> lstShiftOfFund = [SELECT Category_shifted_Into__c catShift,
                                        SUM(How_much_total_reallocated__c)totVal
                                        FROM Shift_Funds_Into_This_Category__c
                                        WHERE Funds__c IN :shiftFunSet
                                        GROUP BY Category_shifted_Into__c ];

Map<String,Decimal> mapShiftofFund = new Map<String,Decimal>();

for(AggregateResult aggResult : lstShiftOfFund)
{
mapShiftofFund.put(aggResult.get('catShift'), aggResult.get('totVal'));
}

A: You need to typecast the type of object. like this
for(AggregateResult aggResult : lstShiftOfFund)
{
  mapShiftofFund.put((String)aggResult.get('catShift'), (Decimal)aggResult.get('totVal'));
}


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He made the remarks at the foot of the plane as he arrived Yaounde from Abidjan after taking part in the Africa Union-European Union Summit. In the rare interview to the national press, Mr. Biya spoke on the repeated killings of men in uniform in these regions.
"I learned with emotion the assassination of four Cameroonian soldiers and two policemen in the south-west of our country. Following the unfortunate disappearance of these brave military and police officers, I would like to offer my condolences to the families and to our valiant defense and security forces" he said, reading from a prepared note.
"I think things are now perfectly clear for everyone" he added, a part of the brief statement probably intended for the international community. He described those behind it as a group of terrorist and secessionists. He concluded by saying that he will "ensure peace and security are safeguarded throughout the country.
Barely hours after the statement, Beti Assomo, Minister Delegate in-charge of Defense at the Presidency, convenes a special security meeting for Yaounde tomorrow December 1, 2017. According to a statement by the minister, it's under the high instructions of the head of state in view of the security situation which is deteriorating day by day.
The meeting would bring together all the top military and gendarmerie commanders from the central units and the regions.
The error in the error: we think that however bad the situation is presently, Cameroonians can still be spared the option associated with the call to arms […] The inhabitants of British Southern Cameroons of 1961 chose "without coercion" to belong with the inhabitants of the territories of Cameroon under French trusteeship which had become an independent country and a member of the UN, in a Federal Republic of Cameroon. What the situation of today seems to suggest is that, that choice of 1961 was driven by coercion and that if the inhabitants who had to choose should continue to be in the arrangement they chose, they must be coerced into it. We may be wrong.


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There's a great line in an old episode of the Simpsons where Grampa is talking to young Homer about the fact he's getting old. When Homer denies it, Grampa says, "I used to be with 'it', but then they changed what 'it' was. Now what I'm with isn't 'it' anymore and what's 'it' seems weird and scary. It'll happen to you!" Many of us are living in age where the everyday items we had around us in the 90s are now obsolete. Check out these images to see how many you recognise.
Deadset, technology and culture is always on the bloody move. In your lifetime, you'll have seen things evolve and change on a massive number of occasions. Usually, whether we want to admit it or not, those changes are for the better. Take the discman for example. Who can really argue that having phones able to carry an entire record collection's worth of music isn't better than trying to walk or drive without their discman skipping?
Yeah, who else remembers sitting there copying sh*t from the board while the teacher slowly moved a piece of paper down the transparency sheet. F**k me, we learned though, didn't we?
Ha, c'mon, they still have these. Only numpties don't know how they work. And who can remember having a ford with all the window winders broken and a pair of Dad's pliers in the car so you could wind the windows down? F**ken Fords!
F**k me sideways, the kids don't even have pencils these days. It really is a horrifying future that we live in.
Aw, c'mon dude, Gameboy colours aren't even the real deal. They're like the most modern version, aren't they?
And another one. It's all bluetooth and HDMI these days.
If you really wanna feel old, find a Commodore 64 cartridge. That'll do it to ya.
The old VHS. Geez there were some bloody good films on them, though. Remember cruising into Blockbuster and getting out a new release? Friday nights were busy as f**k. Old-fashioned Netflix, that sh*t.
Tapes were the sh*t. Infinitely more capable of transportation than CDs and if you had a 90 minute tape, you could usually get two good albums on there. System of a Down on side A and Rage Against The Machine on Side B. Those were the f**ken days, man. Those were the days.
PS. Please tell me you still listen to entire albums, ya legends.
Final thought: As much as we're complaining about feeling old because other adults are too young to recognise some of these beauties, spare a thought for your parents. Or grandparents. Those f**kers will think we're nuts because their sh*t was waaaaay different. Then they'll laugh because we're no longer 'with it' either.


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Q: How to stack mp3 files in listbox i'm trying to make a music player using AxWindowsMediaPlayer but i have a small problem on this import code. (the imported items go to a listbox @listbox1)
Public Class Form1
Dim song As String()
Dim directory As String()
Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
    Try
        If (OpenFileDialog1.ShowDialog = DialogResult.OK) Then
            song = OpenFileDialog1.SafeFileNames
            directory = OpenFileDialog1.FileNames
            For items As Integer = 0 To song.Count - 1
                ListBox1.Items.Add(song(items))
            Next
        End If
    Catch ex As Exception
    End Try
End Sub

Private Sub ListBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles ListBox1.SelectedIndexChanged
Try
    AxWindowsMediaPlayer1.URL = directory(ListBox1.SelectedIndex)
    AxWindowsMediaPlayer1.Ctlcontrols.play()
End Sub
End Class
Catch ex As Exception
    End Try

But when trying to re-import new songs (after the first import) and trying to play it, the newly reimported songs overwrites the previous ones (e.g. oldimportedsong1 gets overwritten by newimportedsong1, oldimportedsong2 gets overwritten by newimportedsong2)
Please help me out!

A: It will simplify your code if you use List(Of T). Otherwise you will have to ReDim Preserve your arrays.
What is happening in your code is you are overwritting your arrays every time you click the button.
Private song As New List(Of String)
Private directory As New List(Of String)

Private Sub Button4_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button4.Click
        Try
            If OpenFileDialog1.ShowDialog = DialogResult.OK Then
                song.AddRange(OpenFileDialog1.SafeFileNames)
                directory.AddRange(OpenFileDialog1.FileNames)
                ListBox1.DataSource = Nothing
                ListBox1.DataSource = song
            End If
        Catch ex As Exception
            'empty catch boxes are the devil's workshop
            MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
        End Try
End Sub
Private Sub ListBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles ListBox1.SelectedIndexChanged
        Dim i As Integer = ListBox1.SelectedIndex
        Dim path As String = directory(i)
End Sub


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Legends Crossovers: Chapters 4 to 7
The LEGENDS crossovers were handily labelled as Chapters and crossed in to several ongoing series as well as mini-series.
COSMIC BOY #1
Leaving Titans Tower (in LEGENDS #2), Cosmic Boy returns to the scene of his defeat by Brimstone but is attacked by an angry mob. Night Girl flies in and rescues him, taking him back to their hotel room where he recovers. He tells her of a brief meeting he had with Superman who didn't recognise him, despite Cosmic Boy knowing him since he was Superboy.
Together, they examine video tapes of recent 20th Century events only to find many things are inconsistent with the history they both know. With the rest of the heroes banned from active duty, Cosmic Boy sets out to protect a space shuttle launch from protesters but he is mistaken for a spy and attacked by armed guards, leaving him injured and lacking in self-confidence.
Professor Ivo blames the Justice League for his disfigurement and, with the Detroit League having suffered at the hands of Brimstone, decides to take the opportunity to destroy them. Having created a number of androids, each bearing his own, perfect face, he sends one out to track down Vibe.
The League, following their defeat, gather at their headquarters and, following the President's order banning superheroes, the Martian Manhunter formally disbands the team, leaving the young heroes to go where they will.
As Vibe walks the streets of New York, he is attacked by Ivo's android and, despite putting up a valiant fight, is killed by it.
SECRET ORIGINS #10
While the Phantom Stranger is one of the main characters of LEGENDS, this issue has nothing to do with the plot of LEGENDS or the plan of Darkseid and is instead offers four different origins of the Stranger, thus making it a red sky crossover issue.
The first shows him as a man named Isaac in Bethlehem whose wife and child were killed by the soldiers of King Herod during the search for the newly born Christ child. Years later, finding Christ, Isaac takes the role of a Roman guard and whips Christ in an act of revenge. Jesus curses him to walk the Earth until his return and so he does for centuries as the Wandering Jew until he repents his crimes and willingly serves God to do good.
The second shows him as a man in a sin-filled city who refuses to be saved by an angel as the only righteous man in that city. Instead, he commits suicide, unwilling to live without his fellows, even though they were unworthy. The angel curses him to walk the Earth, helping people wherever he can, but allows him to forget his previous life.
The third begins in the far future where scientists are attempting to save the dying world by reaching back to the big bang in order to siphon off the tiniest piece of its energy to continue their existence. One of them, however, is an agent of Anti-Life and knows the experiment will destroy everything. When the Stranger appears and tries to stop him, he is captured and passes on his powers to the only good scientist who travels back to the big bang, stopping the Anti-Life agent but, at the same time, becoming the Stranger himself, and waiting for mankind to arrive on Earth.
The final story shows the revolt of Satan and his angels against God, with one angel unable to decide which faction to side with. Even during the battle he cannot make up his mind and after Satan and the others are cast down, he is shunned by the angels of the Lord for not fighting with them. Journeying to Hell, he finds the fallen who, in turn, reject him, but tear off his wings, forcing him to walk for all eternity.
FIRESTORM #55
As Brimstone brings down a huge amount of rubble on to Firestorm and the JLA (as seen in LEGENDS #2), Firestorm is able to alter his density and escape damage. He makes a hard decision to chase after Brimstone rather than rescue the JLA and tries to stop the creature. Unfortunately, he cannot stop Brimstone from wreaking havoc as well as causing thousands of deaths, including that of a research team from Task Force X, before it escapes. After they return to Ronnie's apartment, Prof Stein refuses to become Firestorm again, in part to comply with the Presidential order, but also because he doubts they are doing any good as the hero.
The next day, a susceptible student at the university has fallen to G Gordon Godfrey's mantra and organises a book burning; when Ronnie forces Prof Stein to become Firestorm, the professor resists, leading to Firestorm's defeat at the student's hands.
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