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United Negro College Fund and United Airlines Combine Forces for In-Flight Candy Promotion
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Posted: Dec 26, 1999 – 11:00 PM EST
Dec. 26 /CSRwire/ - The United Negro College Fund (UNCF), United Airlines and Harry London Candies have announced a joint in-flight candy promotion that will benefit students attending 39 historically black colleges and universities. Beginning immediately, for approximately 12 months, United Airlines will offer more than 5 million bars of Harry London Gourmet chocolates embossed with the UNCF seal, as the dessert portion of United's North America snack box offering. United's in-flight snack boxes will include a gourmet milk chocolate or a milk chocolate with crispies candy bar. The packaging is embossed with the UNCF seal and a toll-free number for customers who would like to make a tax-deductible contribution to the fund. United will purchase the chocolate bars from Harry London Candies, who will provide UNCF with a percentage of the proceeds from each bar sold. "This is a unique and invaluable venture," said William H. Gray III, President and CEO, United Negro College Fund. "This program will provide UNCF with an additional vehicle for raising money for economically disadvantaged youth who want to go to college." United's internal research has shown that including a larger candy bar in our snack box offering has had a dramatic impact on how customers evaluate meal service. "This innovative partnership provides us with an opportunity to increase customer satisfaction and give something back to the communities we serve," said Larry DeShon, Managing Director of Onboard Service at United Airlines. "We are proud to be the first airline to enter into a creative partnership of this type with such a well respected organization." Founded in 1944, The United Negro College Fund is the nation's oldest and most successful minority higher education assistance organization in the country. UNCF has raised more than $1.4 billion to support its consortium of 39 private institutions, and administer more than 450 educational programs, including scholarship programs, mentoring, summer enrichment, study abroad, curriculum and faculty development, and leadership development. With service to 27 countries and one territory on five continents, United Airlines provides one of the most extensive in-flight catering services in the world. Every day, United serves more than 200,000 meals to customers on more than 2,300 flights across the globe. In addition to its regular catering service, United works in partnership with the Culinary Institute of America and celebrity chefs Sheila Lukins, Martin Yan, Sam Choy, Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger, Norman Van Aken, Charlie Trotter and Jacques Pépin. To learn more about these organizations log onto the web at www.uncf.org, www.ual.com and www.harrylondon.com
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Winston Churchill Gives 'Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat' Speech
I hope that any of my friends and colleagues, or former colleagues, who are affected by the political reconstruction, will make allowance, all allowance, for any lack of ceremony with which it has been necessary to act. I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this government: "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.""
Source: The Winston Churchill Centre and Museum at the Cabinet War Rooms, London Added by: Rob Brent
The famous phrase Blood, toil, tears and sweat was originally used by Theodore Roosevelt in an address to the Naval War College on June 2, 1897, following his appointment as Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
However, the phrase became well known after a speech given by Sir Winston Churchill to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 13 May 1940. Churchill, a keen soldier, was likely to have read works by Theodore Roosevelt, who was a widely published military historian; it is also possible he read the speech after being appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, a position similar to Roosevelt's. It was Churchill's first speech to the House after taking over as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the first year of World War II, having replaced Neville Chamberlain on 10 May.
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Q: How do I get all months between two dates? I would like to generate a sequence of all months between two dates.
I can achieve this with seq.Date :
start <- as.Date("2015-08-01")
end <- as.Date("2015-09-01")
seq <- seq.Date(start, end, by = "month")
[1] "2015-08-01" "2015-09-01"
format(seq, "%Y-%m")
[1] "2015-08" "2015-09"

But it fails if there is less than a month ellapsed between the two dates :
start <- as.Date("2015-08-14")
end <- as.Date("2015-09-03")
seq <- seq.Date(start, end, by = "month")
[1] "2015-08-14"
format(seq, "%Y-%m")
[1] "2015-08"

I can work around with seq by days :
unique(format(seq.Date(start, end, by = "day"), "%Y-%m"))
[1] "2015-08" "2015-09"

But is there a more straightforward way to do this that I'm missing ? Thanks.

A: Since you aren't interested in the days, you can scrap that part of the date and deal with only the months.  Do this by adding in an arbitrary day of the month (I've used the first day below, but any day will do as long as they are the same).
start <- as.Date("2015-08-14")
end <- as.Date("2015-09-03")

forced_start <- as.Date(paste0(format(start, "%Y-%m"), "-01"))
forced_end <- as.Date(paste0(format(end, "%Y-%m"), "-01"))

seq_dates <- seq.Date(forced_start, forced_end, by = "month")
format(seq_dates, "%Y-%m")

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How to Fix and Restore Missing iPhone Apps After iOS 8 Update?
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Being an upgrade for all iDevices, iOS 8 is the eighth major release of the iOS mobile operating system designed by Apple Inc. Many iPhone users update their iOS 7 to iOS 8 the time it was released due to its features. To be more specific, it has a lot of improvements in Photos and Camera, Notification Center, Messages, Keyboards, Family Sharing, iCloud Drive, HomeKit, Continuity and Spotlight and so on. You can have a better experience when you take photos and record videos due to the time-lapse mode; you can send audio and video messages by holding down the record button; to make back up iPhone data easier, you can save photos, videos, documents, music and other data on apps to iCloud; as a new function to iOS 8, a user can add five others as family members and they can share purchased apps, music, movies, TV shows, and books using the same credit card, etc. In spite of the advantages after you upgrade your iOS, it happens that your iPhone data may be missing or the icons of the apps are disappeared for a temporary time. How to fix this situation after iOS 8 update? This guidance aims at assisting you to fix and restore the lost apps after iOS 8 update in a simple way.
Basically, if you update your iPhone to iOS 8, it may take a while for your iPhone to make reaction. At this moment, you can turn of your iPhone and reboot it by pressing the power button. The caches will be cleared during the time your iPhone is off. Then open it again, you may find the apps appear again.
The lost app icons after an upgrade may also be an issue with incomplete or stuttered update. If you find that your iPhone is freezing or stuck very often in the middle of a process, throwing up errors or other malfunctions, you need to put your iPhone in factory resetting status. Remember to back up your data via iCloud or iTunes so that you can restore lost or deleted apps after iOS 8 update. To restore from iTunes backup, you need to link your iPhone to the iTunes on your computer and click the Sync button.
If you factory reset your iPhone, it could erase all your iPhone data, so in order to fix and restore missing apps or other data, you could use a professional third party tool to help you. You may try MobiKin Lost iPhone Data Restoration (Win/Mac). With it, you can extract the deleted or lost iPhone data from iTunes backup file easily. The data including contacts, messages, videos, photos, call history, reminders, notes and bookmarks and so on.
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Expedition LSM is very pleased to announce that we have received financial support in the amount of $2000.00 from Loisir Sport Outaouais as part of the KinoQuebec program made possible by the Quebec provincial government. Thank you!
L'organisation, Expédition LSM, est très heureuse d'annoncer qu'elle a bénéficié d'un soutien financier de 2000,00 $ de Loisir Sport Outaouais dans le cadre du programme Kino-Québec rendu possible par le gouvernement provincial du Québec. Remerciements des plus sincères!
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On behalf of the Expedition LSM Board and Committee Members, thank you everyone for a great season! These trails would not be possible without the support of our community and volunteers that have supported us throughout this year and into the future. This year has been an exciting year for Expedition LSM as we opened the newly expanded wooded trail section (Double Magnum) and had a high volume of snowfall which resulted in a long ski season. As the spring weather approaches, and in the interest of safety, we have decided to close the trails for the season effective immediately. Expedition LSM continues to plan for future trail development and maintenance and our board will work together to source funding opportunities such as grants and other fundraising ideas. A very special thank you to our volunteer groomers, Eric Paul and Ron Dubeau, who spent countless hours grooming the trails and repairing our equipment throughout the season. I want to personally thank the board and committee members for their commitment and support of our organization and it's endeavours: Ron Dubeau, Éric Paul, Marc Foucault, Mark McKendrick, Andrée Bertrand, Gene Lapensee and Bob Sudermann Thank you for your contribution to Expedition LSM and the community of Lac Ste Marie. To assist in planning for the trails next season, please complete our short survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TDX3W96 Your feedback is very important. The information from this survey will be used for future trail development as well as grant applications.
Mise à jour 12 mars 2019/Trail Update March 12, 2019 Les pistes noirs, vertes et bleus ont été dammés pour le ski de fond, la raquette, et le fat biking. The black, green and blue loops have been groomed today for cross country classic and skate skiing, fat biking, and snow shoeing. Merci à Ron Dubeau! Thank you Ron Dubeau for grooming!
Mise à jour 11 mars 2019/Trail Update March 11, 2019 Les pistes noirs, vertes et bleus ont été dammés pour le ski de fond, la raquette, et le fat biking cet aprés midi. The black, green and blue loops have been groomed this afternoon for cross country classic and skate skiing, fat biking, and snow shoeing. Merci à Éric Paul et Ron Dubeau! Thank you Éric Paul and Ron Dubeau for grooming!


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EU threatens to punish Norway for breaching EEA agreement
In the Commission draft report , which looks into the functioning of the EEA, the Scandinavian country is being criticized for imposing tariffs on EU products from 2013 and "resisted EU efforts for ambitious liberalization" of the EU's single market.
According to the draft, obtained by EurActiv, 427 acts whose compliance date in the EU has expired, also remained to be incorporated in Norway by October 2012.
"This situation might thus lead to competitive advantages for operators based in the EEA-EFTA countries, and more fundamentally risks undermining the legal certainty and homogeneity of the single market," the report reads.
"This problem is of great concern for the EU side and should be solved as a matter of urgency," the report states.
'Selfish Norway'
Moreover, the EU also dislikes the fact that Norway has rejected several directives coming from Brussels. The Norwegian government has for example warned it won't implement the EU's postal directive about competitiveness for letter mail weighting less than 50 grams.
Danish MEP Bendt Bendtsen (European People's Party), who has been closely following the trade issues with Norway, told EurActiv the problems started in 2012 when Norway raised the price of hydrangeas from the EU by 72%.
Eventually, the extra taxes spread to EU food products such as cheese and meat.
Bendtsen said Norway is acting "selfishly" and that the taxes were put on EU goods "deliberately" as the Norwegian Centre Party, which is part of the Norwegian government, has for a long time pushed for the extra taxes.
"Norway only wants the cream on the cake," the MEP said.
Threaten with punishment
The EU's foreign service and the Commission, which have the formal responsibility for the relationship with Norway through the EEA agreement, have confirmed that there is an increasing disapproval with Norway.
"This development worries us. We don't like the backlog on implementing directives, and this is a case we are trying to deal with now," Maja Kocijancic, spokesperson of Catherine Ashton, the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, told Norwegian TV2 .
She confirmed that the EU is looking into the possibilities for sanctions within the EEA agreement's frame.
Leader of the pro-EU organisation Europabevegelsen Paal Frisvold said Norway risks exclusion from the European marine and cargo market and could lose cooperation on mobile roaming prices, making them more expensive in Norway.
However, Bendtsen said that the right EU punishment would be to hit Norway's fishing industry, or to take the step even further: "The consequence should be kicking Norway out of the EEA," the MEP said.
Stupid situation
Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said the country has a good relationship with the EU, but the fact that there are disagreements over individual directives is nothing new.
Erna Solberg, leader of the biggest opposition party, the Conservatives, said the Norwegian government doesn't understand the EEA's mutual obligations. She said Norway isn't active enough when it comes to its Europe policy and doesn't use the opportunities in effecting the EU legislation enough.
"It is stupid that we have put ourselves in a situation where our closest partners obviously are frustrated with us," Solberg said .
Potential impact on British EU debate
Bendtsen said the problems in the EU-Norway relations could eventually affect the ongoing British debate on whether to stay in or leave the EU.
Norway has previously been mentioned as a positive example of a non-EU member which still gets advantages and benefits of being part of the EU's single market.
However, in his EU speech last Wednesday, British Prime Minister David Cameron asked whether it was in Britain's best interest and desirable for Britain to be like Norway or Switzerland – with access to the single market, but outside the EU.
"While Norway is part of the single market – and pays for the principle – it has no say at all in setting its rules: it just has to implement its directives," Cameron said.
[Emerging Events Comment: A reflection of the polarization and splitting effect of ongoing negative social mood that will ultimately bring the EU down]
Source: http://www.euractiv.com/consumers/eu-threatens-punish-selfish-norw-news-517431
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Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread
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Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread is a studio album by Jamaican reggae legend Lee "Scratch" Perry, released in 1978. Although Perry had been in the Jamaican music business for a long time by 1978, this album, produced by himself at his Black Ark Studio, was the first album he released that only included songs sung by himself. It's considered a rather experimental album, much to the dismay of his record label Island Records, who rejected the album. This significantly worsened the relationship between Perry and his label. Nevertheless, the album went on to become a reggae classic and remains popular among fans of the genre.
Record label: Music On Vinyl (Euro pressing) / VP Records (US pressing)
A1 Soul Fire
A2 Throw Some Water In
A3 Evil Tongues
A4 Curly Locks
A5 Ghetto Sidewalk
B1 Favourite Dish
B2 Free Up The Weed
B3 Big Neck Police
B4 Yu Squeeze My Panhandle
B5 Roast Fish & Cornbread
Lee 'Scratch' Perry's Black Ark Studio opened its doors in 1974. Situated in his backyard at 5 Washington Gardens,Kingston, Jamaica. Using only basic equipment, a Teac Four-Track Recorder, a Soundcraft mixing desk, an…
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Lee 'Scratch' Perry & The Upsetters' classic Return of Django. Lee Perry had already been making name in the Jamaican music scene for about a decade before Return of Django hit the UK charts in 1969. Soon after,…


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The 17 Best Comedy Movies on Hulu
After 2020, will we ever laugh again? Thanks to these films, yes.
By Megan DiTrolio
I think that we can all agree that after the garbage fire that was 2020, everyone deserves to laugh once more. Right now, we don't need any more drama in our life (unless it's Bridgerton in which case, okay, fine, I concede). What better way than to escape reality than with a movie, preferably one with low stakes and high laugh value? For your viewing pleasure, we rounded up the top comedy movies that you can stream on Hulu right now. And when you're finished bingeing all that Hulu has to offer, check out our favorite comedy flicks that were released in 2020.
Few films truly nail that oh-so-elusive irreverent yet tender balance, but Booksmart does it with a heaping side of refreshing honesty, too. On the eve of their high school graduation, overachievers Amy and Molly (Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein) vow to make up for lost time with one night of chaotic debauchery. Cheeky and cool, Booksmart is the antidote to the classic high school male romp, with not a cliché to be found.
Is there a better rom-com pairing than Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler? I think not. 50 First Dates finds Sandler's endearing Henry wooing Barrymore's sweet and sassy Lucy... Every. Single. Day. (She suffers from short-term memory loss and wakes up every morning with no recollection of him.) At this point, we've probably watched 50 First Dates 50 times, but it still makes us smile as much as it did upon the first viewing. (See what I did there?)
We'll watch anything with Taraji P. Henson, but this fun flick is at the top of the list. The powerhouse actress stars as a sports agent determined to prove her sexist coworkers wrong. And, thanks to a psychic, she can hear their inner thoughts...which on second thought, could be the premise of a horror movie, but trust us, it's funny.
Some action hero movies are serious and severe, but Deadpool is anything but: Dripping with ribald humor and sharp sarcasm (courtesy of the anti-hero himself, played by a perfectly cast Ryan Reynolds), Deadpool is a universal crowd pleaser.
Crazy, Stupid Love
One does not simply just watch Crazy, Stupid Love once: The dramedy still feels fresh, ten years after its release. Starring Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, and Julianne Moore, the film focuses on the endearing fumbling of love at every age. (Also, Gosling is shirtless multiple times, so there's that.)
The black comedy was the most celebrated film of 2019, and for good reason. Commenting on classicism, economic disparity, greed, and family hierarchy, the award-winning film expertly toed the line of absurd and deliberate, entertaining and contemplative. The film follows an impoverished family that schemes their way into the lives of a wealthy one, and feels like a crowd comedy and art film at the same time.
If you have a proclivity for dark humor, stream Ingrid Goes West. Aubrey Plaza leads as a mentally unstable woman who heads to Los Angeles in order to befriend her Instagram role model. A not-so-subtle social commentary on the dangers of social media culture, it's a delicious, off-kilter ride.
Sometimes, you just crave a straight-up stupid comedy. That stupid comedy is Year One. Like one of those, how much have they must have paid the actors to do this? stupid. But those actors are comedy kings Jack Black and Michael Cera, so we'll bite.
Tyler Perry does it again with the most recent addition to the Madea family franchise. Though it might be about a funeral, expect the familiar laugh-out-loud humor you've come to know and love from him.
One of the OG sophomoric comedies to hit the coming-of-age market, Superbad awoke a raunchy jokester in us all. If not so that you understand all the cultural references made about it in our lifetime, watch it because it's a true slap-stick good time.
In this Hulu original, two reluctant wedding guests (played by Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti) find themselves trapped in an endless time loop, forcing them to relive the same day over and over again. Think Groundhog's Day, but add a mysterious sci-fi twist and a charismatic (and chemistry-high) comedic duo.
If you've gotten this far in life without ever watching the original installment of the eponymous movie franchise, now is your chance: The iconic '90s spy comedy film is available to watch, as is its predecessors. Groovy, baby.
Amy Schumer brings her signature raunchy humor style to this feature film. After a taking a nasty spill at a SoulCycle class, a website manager with low self-esteem wakes up believing she is "undeniably pretty." With her newfound confidence, she takes on bikini contests, a new job, and the world.
Feel all the feels (and happy cry laugh) watching this earnest flick about a teenage boy who is still in the closet. Tender but funny, it goes perfectly witch a night cuddled up on the couch.
Sydney White
For days when you need a comforting classic, opt for this modern twist on Snow White. Starring mid-2000s era Amanda Bynes, come for the silly ambient humor, stay for the silver eyeshadow and spray tans.
Margot Robbie plays an eccentric and extremely competitive figure skater who plans an attack on her on-ice rival. Sounds like how-did-they-think-of-this dark humor, until you remember this disturbing tale happened in real life.
Nobody's Fool
Proving blood will always be thicker than water, Tiffany Haddish has us rolling with Nobody's Fool, where she plays a woman recently released from prison who helps her sister track down the guy who catfished her.
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German defence minister Ursula von der Leyen presented a major defence equipment spending package to the German parliament on 27 January, setting out EUR130 billion (USD142 billion) in defence procurement over the next 15 years.
"Commanding officers of the Defense Ministry's Transport Service will be meeting in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss the transport on railway platforms of Pantsir air defense missile complexes, Armata tanks, armored vehicles and other weapons systems to military units deployed in the country's Arctic regions," the statement said.
China's Type 99 main battle tank ranks third among a list of nine of the world's most powerful tanks from the official website of Focus magazine based in Munich on Apr. 30.
WASHINGTON — Iran's leading proxy is promoting it acquisition of a U.S.-origin main battle tank.
Britain is planning to hand over the single most important company in its history to a European conglomerate. British defense giant bae Systems is in talks about merging with European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (eads), the Franco-German company that owns Airbus, it announced September 12.
BAE is literally the stuff of legends. The names of the planes manufactured by the companies that eventually merged to form the conglomerate have been stamped on the minds of generations of young boys: the Sopwith Camel, the De Havilland Mosquito, the Hawker Hurricane, the Harrier jump jet, and the most legendary of Britain's airplanes, the Supermarine Spitfire.
Just over 60 years ago, the Spitfire and Hurricane were used to save Britain. These two planes denied Germany the air superiority it needed to launch an invasion. Now Britain is planning to hand over the company that saved its life to a foreign conglomerate.
The deal would give away control over Britain's most important defense contractor, and make the new conglomerate the top arms seller in the world.
For plans to have progressed this far, the deal must have already received preliminary approval from the British government.
Under the proposed merger, bae systems would make up 40 percent of the new company and eads 60 percent.
Without bae, Britain will have little left of an independent defense industry. It is overwhelmingly Britain's most important defense company. Nearly one in every five pounds spent by the Ministry of Defense went to bae or one of its subsidiaries in the financial year 2009-2010. It received around £4 billion. The next biggest recipient of defense spending, Babcock, received £1.1 billion.
And it's not just an aerospace company. Its subsidiaries built the Navy's first operational submarine and Britain's main battle tank.
Today, it's considered foolish or bigoted to be concerned about Britain surrendering its defense industry. But even France and Germany aren't doing anything as foolish as Britain. They haven't given up control of their key defense companies.
French defense giants Dassualt Aviation and Thales Group retain their independence. eads owns 46.32 percent of Dassault, but 50.55 is independent. It didn't sign control over to eads. Germany, too, retains control of key companies like ThyssenKrupp, Rheinmetall man Military Vehicles and many others.
eads is important for the Germany and French industries. But they could get by without it—they have other companies they could turn to.
But for Britain, bae is essential. If this deal goes ahead, Britain would have to rely on companies beyond its control for its nuclear submarines, many of its ships and planes, its tanks and much of the other equipment for its army.
Britain would be doing what even France and Germany haven't dared. It put almost all of its key defense industry eggs in one basket, and now it wants to hand the basket to someone else to look after.
It should be obvious that this is extreme foolishness. But even Britain's conservative newspapers have supported the scheme.
The government may not believe a bolt from the blue is coming. But surely defense planning is all about planning for the worst. Britain is betting its long-term defense on the friendliness of France and Germany.
The merger isn't definitely set to go ahead. And the prime minister hasn't given his final consent. But the fact that such a foolish idea has been entertained so seriously, and even been tacitly approved by the government, is deeply worrying. It shows a surprising level of foolishness for Britain.
But this is exactly what the Bible said would happen.
Hosea 7:11 calls Britain "a silly dove, without sense" (for more information on Britain's identity in Bible prophecy, write for our free book The United States and Britain in Prophecy). It says that "they go to Assyria," which, as we've pointed out, is Germany.


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FARNBOROUGH and BROMLEY RAILWAY - 1859
This short railway was to run as a branch from the new Shortlands to St. Mary Cray section of the main line, which was then under construction. It would run from a junction just beyond Bromley (South) station to Farnborough, terminating as with many of the other proposals, by the junction between the High Street and Tubbenden Lane.
The main line at this stage is still refered to as the Mid Kent (Bromley to St. Mary Cray) Railway, and the act also refers to assuming powers attained in the earlier but now redundant West End of London and Crystal Palace (Farnborough Extension) Act. This is thought to be because the alignment at the Farnborough end was the same, with all that this implies re compulsory land purchase, work sites etc. even though the junction with the main line was now different.
The diagrams show the intended route and the detailed map of the Farnborough terminus - note that for reasons unknown the latter is drawn 'upside down'.
The detailed plan shows the High Street still referred to as the 'Turnpike Road', It also clearly shows the absence of buildings in this part of the village at this time, apart from the George and Dragon Inn and Farnborough Hall.
The idea for this branch was dropped after the absorption of the Mid Kent company into the London Chatham and Dover in 1860.
Farnborough and the Railway
First Main Lines 1838 - 1848
Great Kent Atmospheric
London Brighton and South Coast
Beckenhem and Beyond - 1850s
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Bob Hattoy, Gay & AIDS Hero, Advisor to Pres. Clinton, Has Died
This sad news comes from my friend Sean Strub, and if you have a memory of Bob that you'd like to share with Sean for his POZ obit on Bob, please email Sean at Strubco@aol.com.
I was not a supporter of then-Gov. Bill Clinton in 1992, but that did not stand in the way of Bob and I forging a friendship, one that lasted after the Arkansas governor was inaugurated in January 1993.
There are two things I want to say about Bob. First, ACT UP/DC in the fall of 1992 organized "Hands Around the White House," an event that sent an AIDS message to Bush Senior. Bob was rightly viewed by many people with AIDS and activists as a visionary who summed up our frustrations and hopes when he addressed the DNC convention in NYC in 1992, so we were more than happy to allow to address the "Hands" crowd. Need I say he received a hero's welcome and cheers for his activist speech that autumn. And Bob, to his credit, since ACT UP/DC was nonpartisan, kept his pro-Clinton views to a minimum, but his anti-Bush Senior comments were well worth applauding.
Second, in the spring of 1993 when just a relative handful of people were working to call attention to the brutal murder of US Navyman Allan Schindler by fellow US sailors, Bob was always ready to give a quote to the press, as a Clinton administration official. Like many people, Bob was horrified at the horrific details of Schindler's senseless murder in Japan.
I imagine he took some risk speaking out for justice for Schindler, at a time when the gays in the military issue was consuming Clinton's agenda, and many Clintonistas were covering either their boss's butt, or their own, Bob did the right thing and stood up for not only justice for the murdered gay victim, but all gays and lesbians in the US armed services.
Bob, rest in peace. You fought the good fight, my friend.
From Sean Strub:
I just spoke with Bob Pelham, Bob Hattoy's close friend, and he asked me to share the sad news that Bob Hattoy died last night, March 3, in Sacramento.
Bob had been hospitalized for a couple of weeks with PCP, but had recently returned home from the hospital. The cause of death hasn't been determined, but Bob Pelham said they think it was cardiac arrest.
It is difficult to overstate the importance of Bob Hattoy to people with AIDS and the AIDS activist movement, let alone the other movements in which he was active. When Bob spoke at the 1992 Democratic Convention with courage and conviction as a person with AIDS--and famously a friend of the Clintons--he galvanized the community and gave hope that our voice was going to be heard at the highest levels. Bob's integrity never wavered; he was thoroughly an activist, one who devoted his life to progressive social change. He was a friend and mentor who will be greatly missed.
Per Bob Hattoy's wishes, he will be cremated and there will be no memorial service. He left instructions requesting that celebrations of his life be held in the four cities he considered homes: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington and New York.
I'll be writing something about Bob for POZ and I would be interested in any stories you have that you could share. He was one of the greats of our movement and we ought honor his memory and legacy appropriately.
A detailed obituary will be forthcoming soon; for questions or information about the planned celebrations of Bob's life, please contact Bob Pelham at dishesbob@yahoo.com.
[Update: This beautiful remembrance arrived this evening and it must be shared, as a tribute to Bob, who touched many lives.]
From Deacon Maccubbin:
We were so sorry to hear of Bob Hattoy's passing. It's been some years since he last visited us in DC and we hadn't really been in touch in recent years. But only last night, I was leafing through the VIP books we keep at Lambda Rising, books which contain the notes and signatures of thousands of authors, politicians, athletes, activists and other leaders who have passed through our bookstore in the past 33 years. And there was an entry from Bob, made in late January, 1993 as we were all celebrating the inauguration of the "Man from Hope" and the rejection of the anti-gay, AIDS-phobic Republican administration that preceded it.
It was in this spirit of optimism that Bob entered our bookstore that day, and it shows in his entry: "Hi guys -- Well, well, well, we won. In "fucking" credible! (don't quote me on that). I think this year has been one of hope, anticipation, and a willingness to change. I hope we will, now that _we_ have "friends" in charge." He may have been a national public figure, a member of the President's advisory team, but he still spoke plainly and honestly, pulling no punches. "I love Lambda Rising, as a bookstore, a place to smile at cute men...," he continued. "Thanks for the home away from home."
As I read the entry last night, I conjured up a mental image of this impish bundle of energy with the big open smile and the laugh in his voice. I thought that I should track him down in California and catch up on his life, see how he was doing. Unfortunately, today's sad news tells me that it's too late for that, but not too late to remember his dedication to the planet, to the glbt community, and to people living with HIV/AIDS. Though presidents and politics failed to live up to our optimism, Bob Hattoy never failed us at all.
Deacon Maccubbin
Lambda Rising Bookstore
[Update, Monday: My friend, and co-founder of ACT UP, and all-round global AIDS warrior, Eric Sawyer from NYC, shared this tribute for Bob.]
From Eric Sawyer
Bob Hattoy, his then BF Bob Pelham, Victor Zonano, myself and a few othes rented a share house together in Fire Island Pines few years of Clinton's first term. Talk about unlikely bedfellows - a rabid ACT UP Founding Member and two Clinton Appiontees conferencing every weekend.
Hattoy was a great friend, not only personally but also to our community. There were many a weekends conversations and many a calls during the week that began with Bob saying, "I never said this but, I thought you should know that the administration is considering X, and I am sure that you are not happy with this.
"The Domestic Policy Cheif is behind this stupid idea and his direct phone number which you got from an unknown source is: 202-xxx-xxxxx.
"He is deathly afraid that the activist response may be to do such and such -- so be sure to threaten to do so immediately."
Bob was a good soldier, a unparallelled story teller, and a good friend.
[Update: Found this surfing the web this morning, and it's just one of many great stories about Bob, and tales he loved to tell his friends.]
From CapCtyWilly:
Bob Hattoy has died. That's the news that greeted me this morning. Maybe you remember him standing onstage at the Democratic National Convention -- was it 92? -- as an openly gay man with HIV. If memory serves, I think he had AIDS at the time and said as much.
My memory of Hattoy is, however, sitting across from him at a Cosi near Dupont on a brisk Saturday afternoon, probably in 2000, interviewing him for the Washington Blade.
He had a lovely "off the record" story (all the good ones are) about explaining to then-Pres. Bill Clinton what "glory holes" were. I think the topic came up while they tooled I-95 in some sort of presidential motorcade and passed a rest area. I think that's what sparked the conversation between this two fun guys in the back of Limo One.
After the full explanation, Hattoy said that Bill's mental wheels made a few spins and he replied with a wistful, "Guess that wouldn't work for straight folks." Or something to that effect.
Hattoy said he was going to put this gem and plenty like it into a non-fiction collection he'd title "Below the Beltway." Unless he was keeping some notes to be published posthumously, looks like we're going to miss that, sadly. Bye, Bob.
[Update, Tuesday morning: Can it be? The SF Chronicle doesn't mention the word gay once in Bob's obit?]
The NY Times, starting with the headline on Bob Hattoy's obit, liberally uses the word gay to sum up his life and activism. I counted the word gay six times in the Times' headline and obit.
Compare that with absolutely no mention whatsoever of Bob's open gayness and work as a gay advocate in the SF Chronicle, and the omission of the word gay.
Of all the daily newspapers in the country, you'd think the leading one in America's gay Mecca would be aware of Bob's homosexuality and importance as a gay rights fighter, but it seems as though the Chronicle hasn't a clue about the full life and experiences of Bob Hattoy.
And to add insult to injury, the Chronicle's obit appears only on the blog of the paper's outdoors and sports columnist.
Why the hell was the Chronicle so lazy about giving readers a real, fully-detailed obit on Bob Hattoy, and something in print too?
From the Times:
Bob Hattoy, 56, Clinton Aide and Powerful Voice on Gay Issues, Dies
By TIM WEINER
Bob Hattoy, who drew wide attention with a nationally televised speech about AIDS at the 1992 Democratic National Convention and then became a forceful advocate for gay and lesbian issues in the Clinton White House, died on Sunday in Sacramento. He was 56. [...]
And this is what is on the Chron's site today:
Key F&G Commissioner dies
By Tom Stienstra
California Fish and Game Commissioner Bob Hattoy, 56, died early Sunday morning.
Commissioner Hattoy, a resident of Santa Monica and most recently, Sacramento, was originally appointed by Gov. Gray Davis to the Commission on Aug. 29, 2002, and was reappointed on April 2, 2003 to a six-year term. In February 2007 he was elected as the Fish and Game Commission's President and the Chairman of the Wildlife Conservation Board. [...]
No information was immediately available on Hattoy's cause of death. [...]
Over his distinguished career, Mr. Hattoy was a consultant and motivational speaker with a wide range of experience in political, governmental and communications issues. He served as an appointee of President Bill Clinton, as a deputy in the Office of White House Personnel from 1993 to 1994. From 1994 to 1999 he was the White House liaison to the Department of the Interior. President Clinton also appointed him to the Presidential Commission on HIV/AIDS, where he served as Chair of the Research Committee. He also worked for the Sierra Club from 1981 to 1992, where he was a Regional Director for California and Nevada working on various environmental justice issues.
Finally, the longest and most comprehensive obit in the mainstream press on Bob that I've found on the web is this one from the LA Times, which like the NYT, reports that he died of AIDS, a fact the SF Chronicle couldn't verify. Sheesh.
Bob Hattoy, 56; witty and outspoken advocate for the environment, AIDS research
By Elaine Woo, Times Staff Writer
Bob Hattoy, a brash, often brutally witty environmental advocate and political consultant who made headlines in 1992 as the first openly gay person with AIDS to address a national political convention, died Sunday at UC Davis Medical Center. He was 56. Hattoy died of complications of AIDS, said Adrianna Shea of the California Fish and Game Commission, of which Hattoy was president. [...]
Hattoy told friends that instead of a funeral he wanted four celebrations of his life — in Los Angeles, Sacramento, New York and Washington D.C. They are being planned. He asked that his ashes be preserved in a martini shaker.
Labels: AIDS, Bob Hattoy, gay rights, heroes
You might be interesting in reading Bob Hattoy's powerful 1992 Speech to the DNC.
Jim Carroll said...
bob was a friend of mine and from the moment i met him i knew that this man was an extraordinary individual.
though we parted ways over the monica scandal, i will always remember bob and the rapid-fire quips that came from that super fast brain that, at times, his mouth could barely keep up with. most esspecially i will remember his humour and zest for life and most certainly his passion and how damn fast he did everything. a lesiurely walk was an aerobic workout.
You can bet that wherever he is bob is stirring things up. saint peter must be exhausted already, but he'll definately know that the world was better off with bob here among us and he must be regretting, in more ways than one, the decision to bring bob home.
rest in peace and stir things up wherever you are, bob.
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WITNESS is a human rights non-profit organization based out of Brooklyn, New York. Its mission is to partner with on-the-ground organizations to support the documentation of human rights violations and their consequences, to further public engagement, policy change, and justice. WITNESS has partnered with more than 300 human rights groups in over eighty countries.

Mission statement
WITNESS is an international organization that trains and supports people using video in their fight for human rights. Every day, activists and citizens risk their lives to expose the truth. WITNESS helps make sure their efforts aren't in vain. The organization is considered a leader of a global movement that uses video to create human rights changes.

History
WITNESS was founded in 1992 by Peter Gabriel, along with the help of Human Rights First (then known as the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights) and its founding executive director Michael Posner.

Musician and activist Peter Gabriel was influenced by his experience using a Sony Handycam, one of the first small camcorders marketed to consumers, to record the stories he heard while traveling with Amnesty International's 1988 Human Rights Now! Tour. He decided to found WITNESS after the 1991 police brutality incident involving Rodney King Jr., in which a bystander's video of King's beating by the Los Angeles police was critical in raising awareness and generating widespread public attention. To Gabriel, this video demonstrated the power of video to capture the world's attention and viscerally communicate human rights abuses.

WITNESS was founded the following year, in 1992, with a $1 million seed grant from the Reebok Human Rights Foundation and a partnership with the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (now Human Rights First).

In 1999, WITNESS.org was utilizing streaming video as a part of its mission. It was a finalist for RealNetworks, Inc. Streamers Progressive Award as the year's best non-profit streaming media organization, losing out to Assistive Media.

In 2001, WITNESS became an independent nonprofit organization. In 2012, WITNESS released a 20 year timeline about the organization.

In 2004, WITNESS started hosting a benefit dinner and concert called "Focus for Change." The event brings together video activists, funders, and celebrities to share the work of WITNESS' partners.

In 2009, WITNESS initiated a focused use of social media as a part of its outreach for video for change. Since 2009, the organization began reporting social media statistics in the organization's performance reports.

In 2012, WITNESS launched a joint project with Storyful and YouTube called the Human Rights Channel.

WITNESS has worked in over eighty countries to advance human rights through the use of video for change. Today, WITNESS has a staff of 30 and a $3.9 million budget.

Campaigns
WITNESS has worked with over 300 organizations in over eighty countries since its founding. On February 18, 2015, the New York Times article, "The Media Doesn't Care What Happens Here", featured WITNESS' work in Brazil and their groundbreaking video as evidence initiative with media activists operating in the country's favelas. Other programs include:

Training
WITNESS has developed training kits to help activists and videographers use video safely and effectively to support their advocacy campaigns. WITNESS gives access to their educational materials through their online library. Other resources: Español, Français, Português, بالعربية.

They have released the WITNESS Video for Change Book, a document intended to teach human rights, environmental, and social justice organizations how to use video most effectively in campaigns.

They have also created an Advocacy Planning Toolkit, an interactive step-by-step guide to help advocates and organizations develop a strategic video advocacy plan.

Cameras Everywhere
WITNESS partnered with the Guardian Project to begin the Cameras Everywhere program to ensure that human rights videos are created and distributed safely, effectively, and ethically.  The focus of the Cameras Everywhere project is SecureSmartCam, a program that runs on smartphones to ensure the safety and authenticity of human rights videos.  The safety of activists is the goal of the ObscureCam, which detects and blurs faces in photos and videos. Video support is under development as of March 2012. The authenticity of the video is the goal of InformaCam, which automatically records and encrypts information such as the GPS coordinates of the camera during filming and nearby wireless signals. The Cameras Everywhere Report lays out a call to technology companies, investors, policymakers and civil society to work to use technology for the benefit of human rights.

2015: The Quest For Social Justice Goes Mobile

Gender-based violence
WITNESS provides support to activists and survivors of gender-based violence by empowering them to use video to share their stories, make their voices heard and catalyze the change they seek in their lives. Resources available: Español, Français, Português, بالعربية

Feminicide in Mexico: In March 2009, Mexico's Attorney General and Minister of Interior committed to personally follow up on the cases of Neyra Cervantes, who was brutally murdered in 2003, and her cousin, David Meza, who spent three years in jail after being tortured into confessing to her murder. This agreement was the outcome of a meeting between Peter Gabriel, actor Diego Luna, Jaguares' Saúl Hernández, Patricia Cervantes (Neyra's mother) and Mexico's President Calderón, asking him to end feminicide in Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua, Mexico. Since the meeting, WITNESS partner Comisión Mexicana has met twice with government officials, who are reviewing the status of the proceedings of Neyra/David's cases and studying the list of priority policies related to ending feminicide. Neyra's story is the focus of the film, Dual Injustice, co-produced by WITNESS and  (CMDPDH). The video was part of a successful international WITNESS campaign in 2006 calling for Miguel David Meza's release and a further investigation into Neyra's case to ensure that justice will be served for all families suffering similar fates.

Discrimination against Akhdam Women in Yemen: In 2009, WITNESS partnered with the Sisters Arab Forum (SAF) to produce a documentary called "Breaking the Silence," about the plight of Akhdam women in Yemen. The video is currently banned in Yemen, and both WITNESS and SAF are working to repeal the ban.

Middle East and North Africa transitions
WITNESS launched a program in 2011 to support the transition to democracy in the Middle East and North Africa following the Arab Spring. This program includes: a partnership with the Egyptian Democratic Academy (EDA); hosting a human rights convention in the region to identify immediate needs; identifying, disseminating and translating innovative tools and tactics; and developing new apps for human rights in the region.

Child Soldiers
2007: WITNESS teamed with AJEDI-Ka/PES  to create a video to oppose the recruitment of child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The partnership sought to bring to justice those responsible for the crimes that led to the 2007 war crimes charges by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo. The resulting film, A Duty to Protect, was screened at a high-level panel discussion at U.N. Headquarters in November 2007, following the arrest by the ICC of a second DRC warlord for the use of child soldiers. WITNESS partnered with Amnesty International to develop a companion curriculum for the film.

2009: The trial against Mr. Dyilo begun in January 2009. Three more warlords have been arrested and are currently awaiting trial at the ICC for the use of child soldiers in the DRC.

2012: On March 14, 2012, Thomas Lubanga Dyilo was convicted of using child soldiers  a war crime.

2015: Court of Appeals Upholds Conviction of Congolese Warlord Thomas Lubanga.

Infrastructure
Following screenings of decision-makers in Chechnya and globally in 2009, Human Rights Center Memorial achieved significant advocacy success by securing the Chechen government's funding for rebuilding homes and other infrastructure in Zumsoy, Chechnya.

Human trafficking
Modern-Day Slavery in Brazil: In 2007, Bound by Promises, a film about modern-day slavery in rural Brazil, was screened before the Brazilian Congress' Human Rights Commission, and has proven instrumental in getting the Mobile Inspection Squads to resume the investigation of claims made by runaway slaves. Bound by Promises has also led to greater investments in programs for workers.

Human Sex Trafficking in the United States: In 2012, WITNESS co-produced a 21-minute advocacy video called What I Have Been Through Is Not Who I Am, with ECPAT-USA. The short documentary tells the story of Katrina, a child who was trafficked for sex in the United States.

Elder abuse
Elder abuse in the United States of America: In 2009, WITNESS and the National Council on Aging (NCOA) produced An Age for Justice: Confronting Elder Abuse in America, a film providing proof of the financial, emotional and physical abuse that up to an estimated five million older Americans face every year.

Climate change
WITNESS joined the "iMatter Trust Campaign" with Our Children's Trust, the iMatter Campaign and students from Montana State University's MFA in Science and Natural History Filmmaking to co-produce a series of videos highlighting how climate change and government inaction are affecting the everyday lives of our youth.

Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
2007: Footage from Burma Issues was used to buttress a critical BBC Newsnight item that criticized the Labor administration in the UK for its minimal levels of funding to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Burma. This broadcast helped push the UK government to conduct an official review that, in July 2007, recommended a four-fold increase in aid to IDPs in Burma.

The Hub: Human Rights Media Center
WITNESS launched the Hub in 2007 as a single point for users to upload human rights videos that might not be uploadable elsewhere. Because those needs have been fulfilled by other sources, the Hub has now become an archive for the content that had previously been uploaded.

Outside ratings
Charity Navigator awarded WITNESS 3 out of 4 stars overall, and 4 out of 4 stars on "Accountability and Transparency".
The Global Journal rated WITNESS No. 83 of the top 100 non-governmental organizations in 2012.
The Global Journal rated WITNESS No. 52 of the top 100 non-governmental organizations in 2013.

See also
Video evidence
 Police accountability

References

External links

innovations (MIT) Spring 2008
"A world of witnesses", an article in The Economist
Peter Gabriel fights injustice with video, a talk given at TED
A Top 100 NGO by The Global Journal

Human rights organizations based in the United States
Photojournalism organizations
Organizations established in 1992
1992 establishments in New York City
Non-profit organizations based in Brooklyn
Criticism of police brutality
Evidence law
Accountability


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News / ACT bats for health & safety measures for returning teachers, staff
ACT bats for health & safety measures for returning teachers, staff
By Merlina Hernando-Malipot
A federation of teachers on Tuesday expressed concern on the newly-issued alternative work arrangement guidelines of the Department of Education (DepEd) saying it lacks "essential health measures" to guarantee the safety of teachers and staff.
Raymond Basilio, secretary general of ACT Philippines
(ACT / MANILA BULLETIN)
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines raised alarm on the recently released DepEd Order no. 11, s. 2020 on alternative work arrangements guidelines, noting it "is sorely lacking on concrete health measures to warrant safe and viable return to schools and offices amid the pandemic and varying quarantine status," said ACT Secretary General Raymond Basilio.
In the revised guidelines, DepEd said that the "status quo on work arrangements for officials, teaching and nonteaching personnel in the entire DepEd nationwide is extended until June 21, 2020."
Given this, ACT noted that starting June 22, education workers will be required to physically report to work in various means and set-up as allowed by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) and Civil Service Commission (CSC).
ACT urged DepEd to administer health screening of teachers and staff by health professionals to "identify who among its employees are fit to report on-site and who needs to be quarantined before being allowed to come to school or office."
From this, ACT said that DepEd will then be able to facilitate systematic mass testing among suspected cases and close contacts, aside from those belonging to vulnerable populations (i.e., senior citizens, pregnant individuals, and/or with pre-existing conditions).
"Even businesses instituted systematic testing of its workers as required by the government," Basilio said. "It's a shame that DepEd, with one of the largest public workforces, failed to include this crucial measure—implored by no less than the World Health Organization—in its back-to-work guidelines," he added.
ACT also pointed out other "glaring" absences of provisions for health and safety essentials in the revised guidelines issued by DepEd. These include the distribution of facemasks, personal protective equipment (PPE), and hygiene kits to employees; ensuring health personnel and facilities (i.e., nurse and clinic per school) at the school level; and sanitation and disinfection equipment and personnel.
The group also highlighted the lack of sick leave provisions for teachers even in the face of a global health crisis. "Unlike all other government employees, teachers have zero sick leave credits," Basilio said. "This puts them in a highly vulnerable situation especially during a pandemic as they run the risk of getting salary deductions if they contract COVID-19 and the provided 14-day COVID-related excused absences were used up," he added.
ACT also found the "vague" provisions on DepEd's transportation service guarantee for its employees worrisome as there was no mention of excusing absences sans arrangements to ensure the travel of teachers and staff. The group noted that this merits "urgent action from DepEd as IATF's guidelines require agencies to provide shuttle services and the likes for employees who are made to physically report to work in areas under the general community quarantine."


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Python Hands-on
Get started with Anaconda Python, the distro for data science
It provides a management GUI, a slew of scientifically oriented work environments, and tools to simplify the process of using Python for data crunching
No question about it: Python is a crucial part of modern data science. Convenient and powerful, Python connects data scientists and developers with a whole galaxy of tools and functionality, in convenient and programmatic ways.
Still, those tools sometimes come with a little—or a lot—of assembly required. Because Python is a general-purpose programming language, how it's packaged and delivered doesn't speak specifically to data scientists. But various folks have delivered Python to that audience in a way that's prepackaged, with little to no assembly required—a project that regular Python users can benefit from, too.
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Continuum Analytics's Anaconda distribution is a repackaging of Python aimed at developers who use Python for data science. It provides a management GUI, a slew of scientifically oriented work environments, and tools to simplify the process of using Python for data crunching. It can also be used as a general replacement for the standard Python distribution, but only if you're conscious of how and why it differs from the stock version of Python.
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CPython, the reference version of Python, includes a few things to make life easier—the standard library, the IDLE mini-IDE, and the Tkinter user-interface library. But everything you might need for data science is an add-on—even the most basic tools. Anaconda, by contrast, tries to include a decent selection of data-science tools out of the box.
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Wallpaper is back in a big way in 2017. Repetitive floral prints and gaudy designs are gone, replace by metallic, clean designs. Why the comeback? It's an easy way to spruce up a room or create an accent wall that complements your color palette.
From impressive city skylines to marbled designs, here are a few ideas to get you on board with the latest wallpaper trends.
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Fortune favors the bold, and metallic wallpaper is a very bold choice for an accent wall or a small room. Choose a metallic finish that works with the colors of your room to help pull everything together without overwhelming the space with extra shine.
"When it comes to metallic wallcoverings, a little shine goes a long way. We love using mylar for our digitally printed wallpaper to create subtle hints of shine and dimension. We suggest looking for patterns that incorporate metallic elements or wallcoverings with an overall subtle sheen."
Embrace the textured wallpaper trend for a more sophisticated atmosphere. Most embossed styles resemble plaster work, but you can opt for a style that features beading or a mosaic feature instead. Keep in mind that beadwork on wallpaper is not a good idea for high traffic areas of the home; people bumping into walls can wear down the designs or damage them. These are best for sitting rooms or a guest bath.
Draw the attention of your guests with a fun, colorful geometric print wallpaper. Keep the overall design of your space in mind when picking out a print. You want to achieve a delicate balance between visual appeal and optical illusion. "These bright, energetic patterns add a playful element to any room," says Rachel Brand of DesignYourWall.
Pro Tip: Pick a pattern that will fit the size of your room, and don't pick a small repeated pattern in a bright color for your living room. Stick to neutrals in large spaces and bring out colors for smaller areas or a playroom.
Marble calls to mind luxurious estates, and marble wallpaper can achieve the same effect. With a variety of colors ranging from pristine whites to shimmering pearls, this wallpaper style can match and elevate any color scheme.
Creating a unique digital print makes wallpaper one-of-a-kind. Print large sections of a map or city skyline in black and white for a home office or use a collage of photos for a playroom.
Bring a more urban style into your room with faux tile and textured brick wallpaper. Whether you're going for a rustic or chic warehouse look, brick and tile prints make it possible without a major home renovation.
"Faux finishes are very functional in addition to being aesthetically pleasing, as they give a sense of a rustic environment without the hassle of installing real wood or bricks."
If you are smitten with wallpaper, you have two options when it comes to installation: peel-and-stick or traditional.
Peel-and-stick, or self-adhesive, wallpaper is simple to install and less permanent than traditional, making it ideal for renters or if you like to switch up design styles in your home every few years. While traditional wallpaper is trickier to install, it's a more permanent option if you find a pattern you love.
Whichever method works for you, be mindful that you'll need to prep your walls to rid them of any dips and imperfections before installing your wallpaper, but we promise it's all worth it in the end.
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Churches exempt from compulsory masks, but Bishop of London counsels caution
by Hattie Williams
Most shoppers wearing masks in Bristol city centre on Tuesday, when the new rules came into effect
10 December update: Church Covid guidance has now changed. See updated story here
PLACES of worship are once again exempt from the latest government rules on compulsory mask-wearing, introduced in England on Tuesday in response to the feared spread of the new Covid variant, Omicron.
"At times like these, the Vicar's presence is so reassuring"
The Bishop of London, the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, has nonetheless urged churches and churchgoers to take extra precautions this Advent and Christmas.
Omicron was first identified in South Africa. Early analysis suggests that the variant is more transmissible, carries a higher re-infection risk, and that vaccines may be less effective against it. At the time of writing, 14 cases of the variant have been detected in the UK.
The new legal requirement to wear masks, announced by the Prime Minister in advance on Sunday, applies to shops, banks, post offices, hairdressers, and on public transport, unless an individual is exempt. It was already a requirement of Transport for London that passengers wear face coverings, although the continued wearing of face coverings while travelling had visibly reduced. Hospitality venues are exempt, except for takeaway venues which do not have seating space.
People arriving into the UK are now required to take a PCR test at their own expense and self-isolate for ten days after a positive result. The First Ministers of Scotland and Wales have argued that everyone arriving in the UK should have to isolate for eight days regardless of a test result. Under those jurisdictions, unlike in England, laws on mask-wearing have never been relaxed.
Mr Johnson described the new rules as "proportionate and responsible" to slow the spread of Omicron. He later urged the public not to cancel Christmas plans or parties, however, nor children's nativity plays. On Monday, the Government also expanded the role-out of Covid-19 boosters, now to be offered to all UK adults three months after their second injection.
Responding to the announcement, Bishop Mullally, who leads the Church of England's Covid Recovery Group, said on Monday that caution and patience were required until more was known about the variant.
"The emergence of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 is, understandably, a concern for all of us. We are grateful to the scientists around the world who have identified this strain so quickly and are working hard to learn more about it. As yet, little is known about its potential impact, and we must exercise patience as we wait for further information. As we do so, there are important steps we should take now to protect ourselves and each another.
"The Government has outlined the return of compulsory face coverings in shops and on public transport in England, and we should also continue to take other public-health precautions that, by now, are very familiar, such as regular hand-washing, observing physical distancing, and ensuring good ventilation indoors.
"If you are eligible, please also have your booster jab as soon as it is available. Meanwhile we are awaiting any new government regulations and guidance, and will update our advice for churches accordingly."
Government guidance on face coverings was published on Tuesday afternoon after Parliament brought the new restrictions into law. Places of worship are not mentioned in the list of venues that now require people to wear face coverings.
The Church of England coronavirus pages were subsequently updated with new guidance, which reiterated the need for individual choice. Incumbents remain responsible for deciding what precautions to take within their churches, such as social distancing and mask wearing.
"Where we are now means we are being asked to take even more personal responsibility around coronavirus than when we were compelled to adhere to Government restrictions. . . In every situation there is likely to be a range of feeling about risk, both to ourselves and to others, that will need to be accommodated by our churches in a way appropriate to each of them."
Fresh calls for vaccine equality. The Primates of the Anglican Communion have called on the Special Session of the World Health Assembly — the decision-making body of the World Health Organisation — to "be bold and courageous" in addressing and improving equality both in vaccine distribution and education to counter vaccine hesitancy around the world.
In their Communiqué, published after the Primates' Meeting, which took place virtually last week, they write: "The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and deepened fault lines between rich and poor in our world.
If shops, why not churches? Government challenged over restrictions
THE Government is continuing to review when it might be safe to ease restrictions on places of worship, the Communities Secretary, Robert Jenrick, told a Downing Street briefing on Sunday
"This is powerfully demonstrated in the unequal distribution of vaccines. We are united in calling for greater vaccine equity, based on a spirit not of charity but of recognising the common good in resolving the current disparity. We call for generosity from those who have -towards those who have not and for a greater acknowledgment of the effect of the pandemic on health and education."
The Communiqué also notes the Primates' conversations on the climate crisis and COP26; the launch of the Anglican Communion Science Commission; the Lambeth Conference 2022; and the next Primates' Meeting, due to be held in Rome in 2022.
Speaking in the House of Lords on Tuesday, the Bishop of Durham, the Rt Revd Paul Butler, repeated calls for vaccine equity, saying that the new variant "knows no national boundaries".
He told peers: "In the light of the new Omicron variant that has dominated the news over the weekend, my colleague Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of Cape Town urged those of us in rich countries to do better at narrowing inequality of vaccination rates, which are seven per cent in Africa and 70 per cent in Europe.
"We must acknowledge that this virus knows no national boundaries and will spread, mutate, and return to us in the way that we are seeing, so we need a global approach, not simply a bilateral approach."
Christian Aid has urged the Government to waive vaccine patents and the debt of developing countries to protect more lives against Covid variants. The charity reported that 82 countries were set to miss the internationally agreed adult-vaccination target of 40 per cent by December. The UK had delivered just 11 per cent of promised vaccine doses for developing countries, and only this month had disposed of 600,000 AZ vaccine doses which had expired, the UK Advocacy and Policy Lead at Christian Aid, Jennifer Larbie, said.
"The Omicron Covid variant is the latest reminder that the failure to roll out vaccines globally is costing lives. The best way to prevent the emergence of vaccine-resistant variants of Covid-19 is by ensuring universal access to vaccines in every country. However, a lack of leadership from the UK has created a world of 'have jabs and have nots'.
"World leaders have an obligation to remove the barriers preventing the rapid roll out of vaccines in the global south. That means urgently waiving patents, which the UK has shamefully opposed, and a comprehensive debt-cancellation package."
Ms Larbie continued: "With the UK hosting the G7 Foreign Ministers meeting next week, the clock is ticking. The fair global distribution of vaccines isn't about charity: it is about justice and keeping promises. It is about doing what is right to protect every citizen in our global community."
Reluctant return. A recent ComRes survey commissioned by Premier of 2016 British Christians suggests that — despite churches being exempt from Covid closures and restrictions — most respondents (64 per cent) would not return to in-person services as regularly as before Covid.
More than half (56 per cent) agreed that "urgent reform" was needed throughout the Church. Among those aged 65 and over, 41 per cent said that the church leadership had failed to offer pastoral support by phone or in person during the pandemic.
Most participants of the survey, conducted between 12 and 25 May, also agreed that their church had struggled to embrace and use technology effectively (63 per cent); 72 per cent said that they would look for spiritual teaching and resources online; and 62 per cent expected online services to continue post-pandemic.
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Dos and Don'ts from the Lender!
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Part: 1 From an Home Buyer!
I was honored when Stacie asked me to be a guest blogger on her Southern Savvy Connections blog. I mean, me? Little ol' me? Would anyone even want to read what I had to say?
Then she reminded me how awesome I am and well yeah she's right I am pretty amazing so of course everyone in the triangle is going to be super stoked about my series. Note the key word SERIES. Now may be a great time to bring up the fact that I'm a little wordy. I can't help it. It's a part of being awesome.
So if you want to read about the first time home purchasing experience for the impatient and overly stressed working woman then you've come to the right place. I can guarantee you a good laugh and some good pointers if you are thinking of purchasing your first home.
Now let's get this party started….
I dreamed of home ownership my entire life but did not get really invested in making it become a reality until I turned 28. I was like two steps away from 30 and about to have an emotional break down over that thinking I hadn't even begun retirement planning, I don't own anything, not even my car, and I felt like I was too old to be renting a one bedroom apartment any longer. It was also about this time I started a new job which motivated me to spend more time looking at my finances and getting in better shape. I wasn't a young dumb post graduate anymore. I mean hello, 30 was right around the corner and I was supposed to be a real adult or something, right?
It was at this time I was forced to sit down and get a reality check on where I was financially. Five bottles of wine later after I calmed myself from having a panic attack from the harsh reality that was my credit and debt situation I picked myself up, brushed myself off, and made some changes. They were small at first but they were changes nonetheless.
So here's where I started to get where I am and where I would encourage all first time homebuyers to start.
Cut out all unnecessary spending! Period! No excuses. It doesn't matter that purse is on sale 60% off, you DON'T need it, it's so last season anyway.
As you pay off an account mark it off your list. Being able to mark something off will make you feel so so good!
Look at some of the homes for sale in your desired neighborhood/areas to get an idea of how much the homes are selling for. Then use one of the many only "How Much Home Can I Afford" calculators to figure out how much you can realistically afford. I did this and actually was dead on correct and what I pre-qualified for was exactly what I had researched I should be able to quality for.
Know your credit score. Aim to increase it as much as possible. The more you pay off debt the higher the score will go. Do not open new accounts as this will lower your score and do NOT close your current accounts as you pay them off as this will also lower your score.
Wait…wait some more, and most importantly stick to your budget! You can look at home listings online if you have to but you don't want to get too attached yet to any particular home especially since you still have a lot of debt clean up to do. Trust me on this. For real.
Since I'm overly busy and impatient I felt like I would never get through this first year to year and a half but trust me when I tell you that it passed by super fast and helped me purchase the perfect house and it was totally worth the work and wait!
Stay tuned for Part 2: I've reduced my debt, now what?
Miracle Noodles and Customer Service?
My goal is to always provide exceptional customer service to my clients and I hope to make our experience together positive with the least amount of stress possible.
Take a look at my email from my recent order of Miracle Noodle. This is Fun and Memorable! How can you make people feel special?
Your noodles from order (212998) have been gently taken from our highly secured warehouse with cotton gloves and placed onto a satin pillow.
Our team of employees inspected your Miracle Noodles and polished the labels to make sure they were in the best possible condition before mailing.
Our packing specialist from Japan lit a candle and a hush fell over the crowd as he put your Miracle Noodles into the finest box that money can buy.
We all had a wonderful celebration afterwards and the whole party marched down the street to the post office where the entire town of Chatsworth waved 'Bon Voyage!' to your package, on its way to you, in our private Miracle Noodle jet on this day, (3/4/2013 11:18:00 AM).
I hope you had a wonderful time shopping at Miracle Noodle. We sure did. Your picture is on our wall as "Customer of the Year". We're all exhausted but can't wait for you to come back to MiracleNoodle.com!!
How important are pictures when Listing a Home?
I must confess that I have taken my own pictures of listings in the past and thought I was doing a good job for my Sellers.
Now, I use Tour Factory and the professional photographers that are trained to take fantastic pictures of properties. Today, more than 90% of Buyers search the web before contacting a Realtor or scheduling a viewing of a property. So it is EXTREMELY important that the home shows well and is photographed well! Of course it still needs to be priced right and in good condition too.
Let's talk about all the ways I can help you get your home market ready and SOLD!
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Der Satz von Mertens ist ein Satz über homogene Polynome, der unter anderem in der algebraischen Geometrie für projektiv algebraische Mengen relevant ist.

Formulierung
Seien K ein algebraisch abgeschlossener Körper und  homogene Polynome der Grade :

Dann gibt es ein Resultantensystem, das heißt Polynome  in den Unbestimmten , sodass die Polynome  eine gemeinsame Nullstelle außer 0 haben (also eine im projektiven Raum), genau dann wenn für alle k

Beweis
 haben keine gemeinsame Nullstelle außer 0 genau dann, wenn ihre gemeinsame Nullstellenmenge in der Nullstellenmenge von  enthalten ist, die ja nur die 0 ist. Wie man sich mit Hilfe des Hilbertschen Nullstellensatzes leicht überlegen kann, ist dies genau dann der Fall, wenn es eine natürliche Zahl d gibt, sodass
 für alle Multiindizes mit Betrag d. Also sind alle Monome des Grades d in diesem Ideal enthalten, lassen sich also darstellen als Summe dieser mit anderen ohne Einschränkung homogenen Polynomen als Koeffizienten. Unter den , wobei  muss es also soviel linear unabhängige geben wie Monome des Grades d. Also gilt: Sie haben keine gemeinsame Nullstelle außer der 0 genau dann, wenn für alle natürlichen Zahlen d je  (Anzahl Monome des Grades d) der  linear unabhängig sind. Dies ist äquivalent zum Verschwinden von  -Unterdeterminanten gebildet aus 0 und . Dies sind Polynome in den  und wegen Noetherzität von  (Hilbertscher Basissatz) reichen endlich viele.

Literatur
 Franz Mertens: Zur Theorie der Elimination (= Sitzungsberichte der Wiener Akademie der Wissenschaften), Band 108 (1889), Seite 1174.
 B. L. van der Waerden: Zur Konstruktion des Resultantensystems für homogene Gleichungen. In: Archiv der Mathematik, Band 5 (1954), Heft 4–6, S. 371ff,

Mertens, Satz (Resultantensystem)
Theorie der Polynome


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package org.apache.geode.cache.snapshot;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.geode.DataSerializer;
import org.apache.geode.Instantiator;
import org.apache.geode.cache.Cache;
import org.apache.geode.cache.snapshot.SnapshotOptions.SnapshotFormat;
import org.apache.geode.pdx.PdxSerializer;

/**
 * Allows a snapshot of cache data to be imported and exported. Each region in the cache will be
 * included in the snapshot, one snapshot file (.gfd) for each region. Example usage:
 *
 *

 * // obtain a snapshot
 * CacheSnapshotService snapshot = cache.getSnapshotService();
 *
 * // export the snapshot, every region in the cache will be exported
 * snapshot.save(new File("."), SnapshotFormat.GEMFIRE);
 *
 * // import the snapshot files, updates any existing entries in the cache
 * snapshot.load(new File("."), SnapshotFormat.GEMFIRE);
 *

 *
 * The default behavior is to perform all I/O operations on the node where the snapshot operations
 * are invoked. This will involve either collecting or dispersing data over the network if the cache
 * contains a partitioned region. The snapshot behavior can be changed using
 * {@link SnapshotOptions}. For example:
 *
 *

 * CacheSnapshotService snapshot = cache.getSnapshotService();
 * SnapshotFilter filter = new SnapshotFilter() {
 *   public boolean accept(Entry$lt;K, V$gt; entry) {
 *     return true;
 *   }
 * };
 *
 * SnapshotOptions$lt;Object, Object$gt; options = snapshot.createOptions();
 * options.setFilter(filter);
 *
 * snapshot.save(new File("."), SnapshotFormat.GEMFIRE, options);
 *

 *
 * When the parallel snapshot option is used for export, a file for each region will be created on
 * every member that contains data for that region and the file name will include a unique
 * identifier for the member that created the file. When loading a snapshot created using parallel
 * mode, either the files from all members can be combined into a directory to load from on a single
 * member or files can be distributed across any number of members and imported using the parallel
 * snapshot option, provided the files are in the same directory on each member.
 *
 * Note that the snapshot does not provide a consistency guarantee. Updates to data during the
 * course of import/export operations could result data inconsistencies.
 *
 * @see Cache#getSnapshotService()
 * @see SnapshotOptions
 *
 * @since GemFire 7.0
 */
public interface CacheSnapshotService {
  /**
   * Creates a SnapshotOptions object configured with default settings. The options can
   * be used to configure snapshot behavior.
   *
   * @return the default options
   */
  SnapshotOptions<Object, Object> createOptions();

  /**
   * Exports all regions in the cache to the specified directory. The cache entries in each region
   * will be written to a separate file.
   *
   * @param dir the directory for writing the snapshots, will be created if necessary
   * @param format the snapshot format
   *
   * @throws IOException error writing snapshot
   */
  void save(File dir, SnapshotFormat format) throws IOException;

  /**
   * Exports all regions in the cache to the specified directory by applying user-configured
   * options. The cache entries in each region will be written to a separate file.
   *
   * @param dir the directory for writing the snapshots, will be created if necessary
   * @param format the snapshot format
   * @param options the snapshot options
   *
   * @throws IOException error writing snapshot
   */
  void save(File dir, SnapshotFormat format, SnapshotOptions<Object, Object> options)
      throws IOException;

  /**
   * Imports all snapshot files (*.gfd) in the specified directory into the cache. The cache entries
   * in a given snapshot file are loaded into the same region they were originally exported from
   * (based on a corresponding region name). Files that do not match the supplied snapshot format
   * will cause an import error.
   *

   * Prior to loading data, all regions should have been created and any necessary serializers
   * (either {@link DataSerializer} or {@link PdxSerializer}) and {@link Instantiator}s should have
   * been registered.
   *
   * @param dir the directory containing the snapshot files
   * @param format the snapshot file format
   *
   * @throws IOException Unable to import data
   * @throws ClassNotFoundException Unable to import data
   */
  void load(File dir, SnapshotFormat format) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException;

  /**
   * Imports the specified snapshot files into the cache by applying user-configured options. Each
   * file must have the snapshot file extension (.gfd). The cache entries in a given snapshot file
   * are loaded into the same region they were originally exported from (based on a corresponding
   * region name). Files that do not match the supplied snapshot format will cause an import error.
   *

   * Prior to loading data, all regions should have been created and any necessary serializers
   * (either {@link DataSerializer} or {@link PdxSerializer}) and {@link Instantiator}s should have
   * been registered.
   *
   * @param snapshots the snapshot files
   * @param format the snapshot file format
   * @param options the snapshot options
   *
   * @throws IOException Unable to import data
   * @throws ClassNotFoundException Unable to import data
   */
  void load(File[] snapshots, SnapshotFormat format, SnapshotOptions<Object, Object> options)
      throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException;
}

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I joined African Adventures in August 2016 as the Finance and Admin Assistant, but my role has since developed into Finance Officer. I help to support our Finance and Office Manager in various financial administration tasks for the company and our charity, African Adventures Foundation.
I am happy to work in a company that strives to make a difference, not just to the communities in Africa, but to our volunteers in the UK. I travelled to Kenya with a few groups in the summer of 2018 and saw first-hand how our volunteers develop a new perspective and gain confidence on our trips.
My work has been quite varied during my time at African Adventures, and I have been involved in a few projects alongside my day-to-day responsibilities. One that I am particularly proud of is gathering a shipment of computers to be sent to Kenya. It was hard work, but worth it when I hear about the impact they have had at our partner projects.
My interests outside of work include reading, playing computer games, climbing, swimming, and playing squash.


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