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Notice of Appeal of "Decision on the request of the Union of the Comoros to review the Prosecutor's decision not to initiate an investigation" (ICC-01/13-34)
ICC-01/13-35
27 July 2015 | Office of the Prosecutor | Notice
Case:
Situation: Situation on Registered Vessels of the Union of the Comoros, the Hellenic Republic and the Kingdom of Cambodia
16 July 2015, Decision on the request of the Union of the Comoros to review the Prosecutor's decision not to initiate an investigation (0.86 MB | 27 Pages)
ICC-01/13-34 | Pre-Trial Chamber I
05 August 2015, Victims' request for directions on the conduct of the proceedings following the "Notice of Appeal of 'Decision on the request of the Union of the Comoros to review the Prosecution not to initiate an investigation' (ICC-01/13-34)" (0.18 MB | 9 Pages)
ICC-01/13-41 | Office of Public Counsel for Victims
19 August 2015, Victims' observations on the admissibility of the Prosecution "Notice of Appeal of 'Decision on the request of the Union of the Comoros to review the Prosecutor's decision not to initiate an investigation' (ICC-01/13-34)" (0.24 MB | 20 Pages)
19 August 2015, Observations of the Victims on the admissibility of the Prosecution's "Notice of Appeal of 'Decision on the request of the Union of the Comoros to review the Prosecutor's decision not to initiate an investigation' (ICC-01/13-34)" (0.35 MB | 8 Pages)
ICC-01/13-50 | Other participants
06 November 2015, Joint dissenting opinion of Judge Silvia Fernández De Gurmendi and Judge Christine Van Den Wyngaert (0.38 MB | 13 Pages)
ICC-01/13-51-Anx | Appeals Chamber
06 August 2015, Decision on suspensive effect (0.09 MB | 5 Pages)
ICC-01/13-43 | Appeals Chamber
03 August 2015, Application by the Government of the Comoros to dismiss in limine the Prosecution "Notice of Appeal of 'Decision on the request of the Union of the Comoros to review the Prosecutor's decision not to initiate an investigation' (ICC-01/13-34)" (0.46 MB | 13 Pages)
ICC-01/13-39 | States Representatives
30 July 2015, Decision on the Presiding Judge of the Appeals Chamber in the appeal of the Prosecutor against the decision of Pre-Trial I entitled "Decision on the request of the Union of the Comoros to review the Prosecutor's decision not to initiate an investigation" (0.1 MB | 3 Pages)
06 November 2015, Decision on the admissibility of the Prosecutor's appeal against the "Decision on the request of the Union of the Comoros to review the Prosecutor's decision not to initiate an investigation" (0.68 MB | 31 Pages)
06 August 2015, Directions on the conduct of proceedings (0.08 MB | 4 Pages)
14 August 2015, Decision in relation to request for leave to submit rule 103 observations (0.24 MB | 4 Pages)
14 August 2015, Prosecution's Further Submissions concerning Admissibility (0.23 MB | 17 Pages)
ICC-01/13-47 | Office of the Prosecutor
19 August 2015, Response of the Government of the Comoros to the "Prosecution's Further Submissions concerning Admissibility" (0.54 MB | 10 Pages)


Argentine Tango2 Gay friendly tour with Outside the Square Travel Adventures - Outside the Square. Tours for the "almost independent" Gay Traveller and their friends.
A 9 day mini-break, highlighting the best of Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Colonia del Sacramento.
All accommodation is comfortable local 3+ star hotels, as always with our trips the accommodation is central to the interesting parts of the town, where you can walk out and go exploring from your room without the need to take taxi's or transport.
Learning a few words of Spanish will help you enjoy your trip a great deal more (I only know a few words but it sure helps, yes don't expect me to speak Spanish, I don't, but I do know the city well and how the country works). All hotels will have English speaking staff.
Accommodation if you are travelling alone and happy to share, we can find you a roommate. For those who twin share and get lucky the "love'' hotel is just a few blocks away so always a solution in Latin countries where most live in the family home. Alternatively if you snore, or like your own space there is a small single supplement.
Apply to join our Argentine 2018 Boys Tango 2 Adventure.
Starts in Buenos Aires on November 3rd and departure day is Nov 11th.
A 8 night 9 day highlights of Buenos Aires and Montevideo, designed to maximise 2 weekends and just a week off work.
10 people Max so get your interest form in asap as this trip filled up months in advance in 2016 when I last ran it.
Total of 8 night's accommodation including breakfast.
Return ferry to Uruguay from Buenos Aires.
Plus of course daily help and suggestions from Richard who will be with you all the trip on what to do and see.
Visa fee (if any) most nationalities are free, Americans and Australians need to check status of reciprocity fee for Argentina.
Payment can be made in or via PayPal in USD, and you need to organise your own flights and travel insurance and visas if any.
Americans currently require reciprocity fees for both Argentina so check this out.


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Q: pdfpages package and bibitem with my own counter I have the following MWE :
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}
\usepackage[french]{babel}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
%\usepackage{pdfpages}

\newcounter{cptnumpubli}
\def\numpubli{\addtocounter{cptnumpubli}{1}\thecptnumpubli}

\begin{document}
\setcounter{cptnumpubli}{0}

\begin{thebibliography}{00}
\bibitem[\numpubli]{refbib} authors, title
\end{thebibliography}

\end{document}

If I uncomment the \usepackage{pdfpages} I get an error that I do not see how to handle.
It seems there is a conflict between the pdfpages package and using my own counter in the bibliography. I do not fully understand where the problem is comming from.
The compilation ends with the following message :
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\@calc@post@scan ...st@scan \else \def \calc@next
                                                  {\calc@error #1}\fi \fi \f...
l.16 \bibitem[\numpubli]{refbib}
                                 authors, title

How can I use the pdfpages package in my document, still using my own counter in the bibitem entries ?

A: Replacing lines
\newcounter{cptnumpubli}
\def\numpubli{\addtocounter{cptnumpubli}{1}\thecptnumpubli}

by
\newcounter{cptnumpubli}
\DeclareRobustCommand{\numpubli}{\addtocounter{cptnumpubli}{1}\thecptnumpubli}

makes it work !
[Edit feb. 2021]
And I found that the following works even better (the solution with DeclareRobustCommand makes troubles with the \cite command) :
\newcounter{cptnumpubli}
\def\numpubli{\protect\stepcounter{cptnumpubli}\thecptnumpubli}

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Q: How to call a function within a named template data binding in Knockout? I am using a named template to generate the html for an object hanging off my view model.  This works fine.
One of the properties of my object is a date in UTC.  I would like to convert that date to the timezone of the users browser before the html is generated.
I can listen to the afterRender event and set the html element value then, but I'm curious  if a cleaner way exists?
in my template I was wondering how to do the following...?
 <div data-bind="text: 'CreatedOn: ' + localizeDate(CreatedOn);"

 ....
 function localizeDate(dateTolocalize)  {.... };

I have searched the documentation but couldn't find it.
Thanks,

A: Wow i'm an idiot!  It appears you can easily call functions within a template, just don't include the semi-colon at the end of your statement.

That works well :-)


I am having so much fun with my memory keeping processes this year! Between snapping photos, creating photo albums and adding stories to my Handbook, my days are full, but great! I love creating and playing with paper and not setting really high expectations for myself this year (like a weekly project) has been wonderful for my mind!
My "simplified" handbook has slowly become my very favorite. I'm writing more stories and recording more of our everyday than I have in previous years even though I might have kept up with monthly albums or weekly spreads. I love the words. I love recording details that I so quickly forget. And I love the photos. Photo collages have always been my favorite and they are definitely in abundance in this album! Sometimes it's hard to pick just ONE photo, right??
Today, I wanted to share a quick look at my 2016 album, as well as walk you through my process and encourage you to try something simplified and easy too! As I mention in the video, this process would be perfect for anyone who has been wanting to start out in "memory keeping", but really just doesn't know where to start! I'm a firm believer that you can make the process whatever you want! There is no right and there is no wrong! The most important thing is to tell your story and get your photos printed!
Are you keeping an album of your stories and memories this year?? How's it coming along??


Abraham Was Able To Obey God Because He Trusted In Who God Is. You Can Trust In Who God Is Too!
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Are You Trusting God To Work Things Out For Good In Your Life?
Should We Still Live In Guilt When We Have Been Forgiven By God?


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As cuts continue to demonise disability, could this be Team GB's last Paralympic triumph?
Won a gold medal in Rio? Hoping to do the same in Tokyo? Sorry, we're taking away the car you need to get you to training.
By Frances Ryan
At the one-year anniversary of London's Paralympics – back in 2013 – I wrote for the New Statesman that, far from the optimistic promises of a "legacy" made at the time of the Games, things appeared to be getting worse for disabled people in Britain.
This, if you recall, was the era of unprecedented cuts to disability support. Against the backdrop of public adoration for Paralympians, new policies like the Bedroom Tax and the abolition of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) – as well as less publicised measures, such as time limits on sickness benefits – were spawning widespread private misery.
As the Rio Games draw to a close this weekend, and we celebrate Team GB bringing home a gold medal haul that surpasses even London 2012's success, it's particularly grim that when it comes to the wider treatment of disabled people in this country, years on, we find ourselves in no better state.
Not only have policies like the Bedroom Tax not been repealed, the choices of successive governments mean they've been joined by others. From the continual gutting of social care, which is leaving people without help to get to the toilet, to the impending £30-a-week reduction in benefits for some disabled people who are too ill to work, the cuts just keep on coming.
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To put that in context, the UK is currently being investigated by the United Nations for alleged grave and systematic violations of disabled people's rights because of these so-called "welfare reforms" – notably the first country in the world to receive such an ignominious status.
There are indications that public attitudes to disability have improved since London 2012, as Dame Anne Begg MP, the first full-time wheelchair user in the House of Commons, told me back in 2013.
But equally there are fears that – fed by negative government rhetoric around "scroungers" – the Games helped build "a false impression of disability". One where if certain disabled people can do great things, any disabled person can, and judgment of why they are not soon follows. If a Paralympian can do it, why can't you?
The binary division between Paralympians and ordinary disabled people – one as striver and the other as skiver – isn't simply a means to beat the latter with a stick but goes to the centre of a damaging cultural understanding of disability that is affecting all disabled people.
It's the myth that enables the simultaneous adoration for Paralympians and vilification of disabled people generally. Success comes from how hard the individual tries, and failure from how lazy they are. As Channel 4's own Paralympic tagline this year has told us: "There's no such thing as 'can't'."
In reality, what a disabled person can do is rooted in something as mundane as whether or not the state deems them eligible for help to lease a car. The government's abolition of DLA, replaced by the widely-criticised Personal Independence Payments (PIP), is currently seeing 400-500 cars removed from disabled people each week. That includes Paralympians.
Carly Tait, a wheelchair racer who came sixth in her race in Rio last week, was the first to speak out about having her "lifeline" car removed. Hannah Cockroft, one of the poster girls for London's Paralympics, has talked of being "scared" that she would lose her independence when reassessed for PIP.
As Theresa May wishes "inspiring Paralympians" luck and now talks of an extra-long honours list to reflect Britain's sporting triumphs, the government is making social security cuts that could well impact on their success in the future. Won a gold medal in Rio? Hoping to do the same in Tokyo? Sorry, we're taking away the car you need to get you to training.
That should matter to all of us – and not because disabled people should have to be Paralympians in order to deserve support. But because, four years on since London 2012, it's a startling insight into where the cuts have led us.
Frances Ryan
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Conservation Halton is looking for 50 community volunteers to help plant native trees and shrubs on Sunday, September 9. The Trees for Watershed Health planting is taking place at the Hopkins Tract, 201 Old Guelph Road in Hamilton.
Summer days should be filled with play! If your family is deficient in Vitamin N (more commonly known as Nature), bring them to Amazing Things To Do Before You Are 12 at Mountsberg Conservation Area on Saturday, August 18 and Sunday August 19 from 10 am to 5 pm.
Kelso Quarry Park joins an exclusive group of rehabilitated former pits and quarries awarded with the Ontario Stone, Sand & Gravel Association's (OSSGA) Bronze Plaque. The association's highest honour, only 21 sites in Ontario have earned this distinction since it was established in 1975.
BURLINGTON -- Food Truck'N Friday is making its way from the streets of Toronto to the escarpment in Milton at Kelso Conservation Area every Friday evening from 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm in July and August, featuring one of the most beautiful natural areas and some of the most flavourful food trucks in southern Ontario.
On Monday, June 18, 2018, Conservation Halton hosted a ground breaking ceremony to celebrate the initiation to transform a damaged portion of Sixteen Mile Creek at the Town of Milton's Drumquin Park.
Conservation Halton invites the community to take part in consulting on the Kelso Conservation Area/Glen Eden Master Plan on Wednesday, June 20, 2018, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.


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Ariana Franklin: Gone, but then again, Here
I have been reading Ariana Franklin's work for twenty some years, starting with her earliest novels, published under Diana Norman (her own name). We had a correspondence for about five years, up until her sudden death in 2011 at age seventy-seven. In 2008 I posted an interview with her, which I updated in 2011 shortly after her death.
It's unclear to me how this happened, but I somehow missed the fact that her last (unfinished) novel came out in February, and that this was possible because her daughter Samantha Norman, a journalist, took on the challenge and brought The Siege Winter to publication. In March Samantha wrote an essay on Bookish about her mother and what it was like to pick up where she left off.
I learned everything from my mother, and this isn't just me eulogizing about her because she's dead and I'm still grieving for her terribly. It's simply a fact that I happened to be born to one of the most intelligent women there ever was. From that point of view, I am and was extremely fortunate. Although, that is not to say that it was always an easy ride exactly: Brains and ambition are inextricably linked and just as she strove to be the very best she could be, she was also quite adamant that I, her daughter, should be too. Samantha Norman: Finishing My Mother's Last Novel.
I admit: I hesitated about reading The Siege Winter. I wanted to like it. I wanted to love it, and I was afraid I wouldn't be able to. But I can now say that I waited so long for no good reason. It is, quite simply, a wonderful novel. I don't believe in an afterlife, but if there were one, I could imagine Diana cheering.
The Siege Winter takes as its backdrop what historians refer to as "The Anarchy," a civil war in the mid 12th century when a succession crisis followed the death of William Adelin (the only legitimate son of Henry I) and then Henry I. Henry wanted his daughter Empress Matilda to take the crown, but his nephew Stephen of Blois had other ideas. With the resulting war as backdrop the novel takes on the lives of three women: a young girl left for dead after she is raped and mutilated; the chatelaine of Kenniford castle; and the Empress Matilda herself.
The power of Diana Norman's novels was always her ability to bring the lives of women into sharp focus. It's amazing, really, how Samantha Norman picked up an unfinished novel and carried on without a hitch — I, at least, couldn't tell where one author stopped and the other picked up. The crackling sharp wit that characterizes DN's work is still there, as are the empathy and multi-layered characterization and deft handling of a complex plot. I hope SN has caught the historical fiction bug, and will be able to put down journalism to build on this strong foundation.
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petzi says:
I read it in February and was very pleased with it. I found it almost as good as Diana's work, especially in the relationship between Penda and Gwil.
I love her books and find myself buying them whenever I see them. I was very sad to hear of her passing. I will be sure to keep my eye out for her latest/last work.
Laura Eggertson says:
Thank you for suggesting an author I haven't read. I look forward to reading her!
Jay Morgan-Bungard says:
I too, have been reading Diana Norman for years, with the exception of "Pirate Jenny" which I have been searching for for years in vain. I liked Siege Winter because it reminded me of early Diana Norman writing about the Fens, rather than the later Ariana Franklin series. It felt very familiar in story and the characters had the wit and strength of all her women.
Jay – I agree that this novel was more like the earlier ones than the later series. I'm not sure what to wish for, except that the newest Norman novelist keeps writing.
Some will take this as an oddity, but I loved Diana's novel City of Shadows best of all. She evoked Berlin between the wars so clearly it's almost spooky. And Esther Solonomova is, I think, the most interesting woman she ever wrote, in part because of the masterful way she juxtaposed Esther with the so-called Anna Anderson.
I mis spoke earlier and meant The Pirate Queen as the title that is out of print which I haven't read. Thanks for recommending City of Shadows. I read mostly her English historical period ones. I'll hunt down a copy of it right away because I have been reading a number of WWI and between the war pieces with an English point of view.
Thank you for the interview link!!! I bought the latest as soon as it came out, but then also delayed reading it mainly because I didn't want Ariana Franklin to be over yet. If I leave this one book unread on my shelf, I can pretend…. But you've shown me that's silly.


When the space was converted in 1950, the restaurant accommodated some 40 customers. Eight years later, Madeline and Bill Wong took the reins from Madeline's parents, Chun-sau Chin and Tow See. In the early days, Bill cooked, and Madeline was a waitress and hostess. Bill had experience since his parents, Goe Shing and Lem Ding, had a restaurant near Symphony Hall in Boston.
As the business grew, the family five times added to the original building and increased seating to 1,200. The menu has expanded to offer Cantonese, Szechuan, Mandarin, Thai and Japanese dishes.
We chatted with Bobby Wong, the third of Madeline and Bill Wong's six children. Bobby started working at Kowloon in the late '60s, when he was just 15 years old. Today, he and his siblings, Andy, Linda, Lisa, Donald and Stanley, are third-generation owners.
1.There's a story behind the name, and the facade.
The restaurant was originally named the Mandarin House. When Madeline and Bill bought the restaurant in 1958, they changed the name to Kowloon. Bill, who was born in Boston, was sent to boarding school in Guangzhōu, China, which is northwest of Hong Kong, and the Kowloon area became a fixture in his mind. He took refuge there from the invading Japanese army before returning to the United States as a teenager. The restaurant's exterior features a pagoda-shaped entrance, inspired by the pagoda temple at Kowloon Walled City Park. The couple also gathered ideas for the restaurant during a long honeymoon that included stops in Honolulu, San Francisco and Miami. The tiki influences, including the 15-foot carving at the entrance, resulted from that trip.
2. The Wongs have been named hall-of-famers, multiple times.
In November, Andy, Bobby, Linda, Lisa, Donald and Stanley were inducted into the Massachusetts Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. Bill and Madeline were inducted into the same hall of fame in 2001. Madeline also earned another crowning achievement, outside of the restaurant industry. She spent decades as a top life insurance representative for John Hancock and was the first woman to earn membership in the company's top sales club and to be inducted into the John Hancock Hall of Fame.
3. The customer favorite is the Saugus chicken wings.
Though Kowloon offers everything from sushi to Singapore street noodles to whole fried fish, Bobby says the traditional appetizers and house specials are the most popular dishes, especially the Saugus chicken wings. A signature appetizer, the wings are slathered in a soy-ginger garlic sauce that's sticky, sweet and delicious. They were named by sports talk radio host Eddie Andelman.
4. Andelman is the only person to name a dish and have a dish named after him.
5. Hundreds of celebrities have visited over the years.
If you look at the wall of photos of celebrities who have dined at Kowloon, it's amazing to see just how many there have been. Athletes include Carl Yastrzemski, Johnny Pesky, Ted Williams, Jim Rice, Dwight Evans, Cam Neely, Micky Ward, Reggie Lewis, Robert Parish, Paul Pierce, Matt Light, Adam Vinatieri and more. The restaurant has also hosted wrestlers including Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and John Cena; sometimes two dozen of them will come in after a big event at the Garden.
Kowloon has also attracted visits from such actors as Joe Manganiello, Forest Whitaker, Anne Hathaway, Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell and comedians Jerry Seinfeld, Tracy Morgan, Bill Burr and Dane Cook.


Kim Kardashian shares the story of her stolen diamond ring | HELLO!
Kim Kardashian had millions of dollars' worth of jewellery stolen during an armed robbery in Paris in the early hours of Monday morning, with her £3.5million 20-carat diamond ring from Kanye West among the most valuable pieces taken.
The Lorraine Schwartz design was a gift from her husband as an "upgrade" to her engagement ring, and Kim had shared the story of how he surprised her with the jewellery only a few days before it was stolen during her attack at Paris Fashion Week.
The reality TV star had proudly showed fans the Lorraine Schwartz ring on social media on several occasions, something which Karl Lagerfeld criticised her for following the robbery.


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May 1, 2022 by joomskins.com
Oscar Antonio Pérez, 48, was shot in an amateur football game in Yerba Buena, Tucumán, Argentina. He is in hospital in Padilla and has a gunshot wound to his back and his life is still in danger. The incident happened at half time when the referee was sitting in a chair resting and suddenly he … Read more
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BALL – Ansu Fati returned to play almost four months later (Barcelona)
In a preview of the game played against Mallorca, coach Xavi Hernández had assured that Ansu Fati had been called up. And it was a game started in the 75th minute to replace Ferrán Torres. It is recalled that a young Spanish striker was injured in the thigh muscle of the left knee in November … Read more
Call of Duty games have a creative way of "punishing" scammers
THE Activision seems to be finding more and more creative ways to punish players who use cheating to gain an advantage in online matches in Call of Duty series games. As Eurogamer reports, the producer decided to introduce in Call of Duty: Vanguard a mechanism called "Cloaking" in the fraud prevention system – which prevents … Read more
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BALL – Pochettino defends Messi: "We're not talking about an ordinary player" (Paris Saint-Germain)
Mauricio Pochettino defended Lionel Messi from criticism in Paris Saint-Germain during his debut season. After the bombing of Barcelona, the player landed in Paris as part of a super team, but eventually scored only 4 goals in LaLiga (9 in total). – We're not talking about an ordinary player, he's at Maradona's level. It is … Read more
About a hundred civilians were evacuated from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol – Diário de Notícias
About a hundred civilians were evacuated from the Azovstal factory in MariupolNews diary Direct / civilian evacuation from Mariupol suspendedObserver Fear of a surprise visit to Ukraine: "your fight is a fight for everyone"autonews (in Portuguese) Brave and brave Your fearVIEW Surprise visit to Kiev AFPAFP Portuguese See the full story in Google News
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PALLO – Sérgio Conceição watches his son in Moreira de Cónegos (FC Porto)
Sérgio Conceição was present at the Estádio Comendador Joaquim Almeida Freitas to watch Moreirense-Boavista in the 32nd round of the league. FC Porto's coach took advantage of the Dragons' break after Vizela's victory (4-2) on the president's tribune with his youngest son, José, to go "peek" at his son Rodrigo Conceição, the team's real defender. … Read more
BALL – «Ronaldo continues? Without the Champions League … »(Manchester United)
Cristiano Ronaldo's former teammate in Manchester United, Bulgaria's Dimitar Berbatov, believes the failure to qualify red devils In the Champions League next season, the Portuguese may consider leaving the club. – I would be very happy if he continued, but if he decides to leave, I can't blame him. When a player is used to … Read more
THE BALL – Renato Sanches' gestures sent with two yellow cards in seconds (video) (France)
Lille won 0-3 in Troyes on Sunday in the 35th round of the French League. Renato Sanches was shown a yellow card after 50 minutes for slicing down an opponent. After the first warning from referee Willy Delajod, the Portuguese national player continued to gesture and… ended up seeing a second and subsequent deportation. Watch … Read more
A BOLA – Barcelona – Sports: follow this live (FUTSAL
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#ifndef BERRYPAGEPARTSELECTIONTRACKER_H_
#define BERRYPAGEPARTSELECTIONTRACKER_H_

#include "berryIPartListener.h"
#include "berryISelectionChangedListener.h"
#include "berryISelectionService.h"
#include "berryISelectionProvider.h"
#include "berrySelectionChangedEvent.h"
#include "berryIWorkbenchPage.h"

#include "berryAbstractPartSelectionTracker.h"

namespace berry
{

/**
 * \ingroup org_blueberry_ui_internal
 *
 * Provides per-part selection tracking for the selection service.
 */
class PagePartSelectionTracker : public AbstractPartSelectionTracker
{

public:
  berryObjectMacro(PagePartSelectionTracker);

private:

  /**
   * The workbench page for which this is tracking selection.
   */
  IWorkbenchPage* fPage;

  /**
   * The part in this tracker's page, or null if one is not open.
   */
  IWorkbenchPart::Pointer fPart;

  struct PostSelectionListener : public ISelectionChangedListener
  {
    PostSelectionListener(PagePartSelectionTracker* tracker);

    void SelectionChanged(const SelectionChangedEvent::Pointer& event) override;

    PagePartSelectionTracker* m_Tracker;
  };

  friend struct PostSelectionListener;
  friend class SelTrackerPartListener;
  friend class SelTrackerPerspectiveListener;
  friend class SelTrackerSelectionChangedListener;

  QScopedPointer<ISelectionChangedListener> postSelectionListener;
  QScopedPointer<IPerspectiveListener> perspListener;
  QScopedPointer<ISelectionChangedListener> selChangedListener;
  QScopedPointer<IPartListener> partListener;

public:

  /**
   * Constructs a part selection tracker for the part with the given id.
   *
   * @param id part identifier
   */
  PagePartSelectionTracker(IWorkbenchPage* page,
      const QString& partId);

  /**
   * Returns the selection from the part being tracked,
   * or null if the part is closed or has no selection.
   */
  ISelection::ConstPointer GetSelection() override;

  /**
   * Disposes this selection tracker.  This removes all listeners currently registered.
   */
  ~PagePartSelectionTracker() override;

protected:

  /**
   * Returns the part this is tracking,
   * or null if it is not open
   *
   * @return part., or null
   */
  IWorkbenchPart::Pointer GetPart();

  /**
   * Returns the page this selection provider works for
   *
   * @return workbench page
   */
  IWorkbenchPage::Pointer GetPage();

  ISelectionProvider::Pointer GetSelectionProvider();

private:

  /**
   * Returns the id for the given part, taking into account
   * multi-view instances which may have a secondary id.
   *
   */
  QString GetPartId(IWorkbenchPart::Pointer part);

  /**
   * Sets the page this selection provider works for
   *
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NATO exercise Noble Jump 2019 underway in Poland
Story by JFC Naples Public Affairs
ZAGAN, Poland - The most visible phase of NATO's exercise begins today with the deployment of nearly 2,500 German, Dutch, and Norwegian troops and some 1,000 vehicles to the field training area here.
The exercise will increase and demonstrate the readiness and mobility of a critical element of the NATO Response Force.
The first phase of the exercise began May 24, when NATO alerted its Very High Readiness Joint Task Force, or VJTF.
Within 48 hours, the VJTF's "Spearhead" battalion was ready to deploy. Three days later the complete VJTF brigade was on standby.
As part of the VTJF, a Spearhead Battalion is comprised of a German, a Dutch and a Norwegian company under German command, which completed final preparations and received the order to deploy.
"Noble Jump is a defensive exercise," said U.S. Admiral James Foggo, who commands Allied Joint Force Command Naples and the NATO Response Force 2019. "It will prove our very high readiness ground troops are ready and rapidly deployable, wherever and whenever needed. Readiness and mobility are key to NATO's deterrence posture."
The 1st German-Netherlands Corps, commanded by German Lieutenant General Alfons Mais, leads the VJTF.
Together, JFC Naples and 1GNC led NATO's Exercise Trident Juncture, the Alliance's largest exercise since the Cold War, which brought 50,000 troops together in and around Norway during October and November 2018.
The NATO Response Force NRF is a multinational force made up of land, air, maritime and special operations components.
It is technologically advanced and rapidly deployable.
The NRF provides collective defense and a rapid military response in times of crisis.
In addition, it can perform peace-support operations, provide protection to critical infrastructure, and support disaster relief.
NATO created the NRF in 2002. Overall command belongs to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Gen. Tod D. Wolters.
The VJTF troops are part of the NATO Response Force.
Following the Wales Summit in 2014, Allies decided to enhance the NRF by creating an up to 8000 troop strong Spearhead Force within it.
NATO formed the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force to respond to the changing security environment to the east and south of the Alliance's borders.


Rosetta Jean Dominguez, 65, of Vallejo, Calif., passed away peacefully with her family at her side on Jan. 5, 2013 after a long battle with leukemia.
Rose was born in Sioux City, Iowa on Aug. 18, 1947. She served in the U.S. Army and came to live in California in 1965. Rose lived in Berkeley, Hayward and Oakland before settling in Vallejo for 42 years. She was employed at Treasure Island as an accountant and at Berkeley Unified School District, as an accountant before settling in at the state of California as a toll collector, eventually retiring in 2009 as sergeant at the Richmond / San Rafael Bridge with 27 years of service.
Rose is survived by her husband of 42 years, Fred Dominguez; five children, Eric Uyeno and wife Sara, Lance Uyeno and wife Lea, Christina Sallade and husband Dade, Julia Dominguez-Bell and husband Willie, and Gloria Barnhart and husband Nick; as well as 18 grandchildren, Joseph Lavin, Allison Oldfield, Emily Uyeno, Monica Alvarez, Olivia Alvarez, Javier Alvarez, Jr., Anthony Uyeno, Mia Bella Sallade, Cole Sallade, Raymond Roberson, Wayne Bernard Jr., Angelea Roberson, Alexander Roberson, Serenity Rose Bell, Isaiah Bell, Anna Maria Bell, Samuel Barnhart and Nicholas Barnhart Jr.; brother, William Soule, and sister, Violet Allen, both of Sioux City, Iowa; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by mother, Effie Soule; father, Everett Soule; her sister, Nancy Soule; daughter, Ruthie Alvarez; and grandchild, Dennis Gonzales.
Rose loved to go on spur of the moment long drives with her soulmate Fred, traveling in their RV with as many grandchildren as they could pack in. She loved the Oakland Raiders and rarely missed their games. She also loved following her grandson Tony, across the country watching his baseball games. But, most of all, she loved spending time at her favorite place in the world, the Children"s Bell Tower in Bodega Bay.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 11, at Colonial Chapels in Vallejo. Viewing will be held from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. both Wednesday, Jan. 9, and Thursday, Jan. 10.


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Privacy accountability improving but more needed - GPEN survey
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Tuesday, 5 March, 2019 - 11:09
Nearly 75 percent of organisations contacted in an international data protection survey had people and processes in place to respond appropriately to a data breach. This was one of the significant findings of the 2018 Global Privacy Enforcement Network (GPEN) Sweep.
The Sweep was jointly coordinated by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC), New Zealand, and the Information Commissioner's Office, UK. It was carried out by 18 data protection and privacy authorities around the world, contacting 667 organisations.
The GPEN Sweep was designed to consider how well organisations implemented the concept of privacy accountability into their own internal privacy programmes and policies. The study looked at how they have taken responsibility for complying with their jurisdiction's data protection laws.
OPC contacted 16 New Zealand public and private sector organisations and received 12 responses.
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards says his office saw encouraging trends in each of the New Zealand respondent organisations regarding the seniority of privacy and data protection officers and how they had clear reporting lines to executive management.
But he says there appears to be less focus on privacy accountability in the private sector than in the public sector. "While many of the private sector agencies demonstrated good accountability practices, several seemed to have minimal privacy or data protection policies in place.
"Public sector agencies surveyed generally had much more sophisticated policies and practices in place which reflects in the trends we see through our complaints investigation function. Most government agencies have dedicated privacy teams, and this is not necessarily the reality for private agencies.
"Also encouraging was the awareness of my office's education and outreach tools, with a particular focus on our toolkit for managing data breaches. This is especially heartening because the Privacy Bill currently before Parliament has provisions for mandatory data breach notifications."
Whilst there were examples of good practice, the Sweep found that some organisations had no processes in place to deal with privacy complaints and queries raised by data subjects and were not equipped to handle data security incidents appropriately. It also revealed:
Nearly 75 percent of respondent organisations across all sectors and jurisdictions had an individual or team who was responsibility for ensuring their organisation complied with relevant data protection rules and regulations.
Organisations were generally found to be quite good at giving initial data protection training to staff, but often failed to provide refresher training.
When it came to monitoring internal performance, many organisations fell short with around 25 percent saying they had no programmes in place to conduct self-assessments and/or internal audits.
The organisations that indicated that they have monitoring programmes in place generally gave examples of good practice, noting that they conducted annual audits or reviews and/or regular self-assessments.
Over 50 percent of the organisations surveyed indicated that they have incident response procedures, and that they maintain up to date records of all data security incidents and breaches.
Nearly 15 percent of organisations indicated that they have no processes in place to respond appropriately in the event of a data security incident.
The GPEN Privacy Accountability Sweep 2018 report can be obtained from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner's website: www.privacy.org.nz.
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This post is from Clifford Michaels, the Interim Executive Director of the Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) at Emory. We asked the current interim director about his vision for OTT in 2019.
What is your primary goal for the year?
Last year, the university launched "One Emory: Engaged for Impact," a new strategic framework initiative. We intend to use Emory's refocused mission as our guidepost for 2019. The commercialization of university inventions is a major way in which Emory can have an impact on the world. At OTT, our overarching goal is to engage and support our greater university community. We intend to do this by creating and nurturing opportunities to commercialize Emory discoveries and inventions.
What additional objectives are you focusing and working hard to accomplish this year? Why and how?
Emory has experienced tremendous success and growth in research funding over the past five years. That increase in funding has resulted in new ideas, discoveries, and inventions making their way to OTT. However, corresponding growth in staffing and resources lags behind this growth in funding. We have embarked on a concerted effort to increase operational efficiency within our group by making use of technological solutions which are available.
Concurrent with this objective, we also are focused in the coming year on improving accessibility and ease for our faculty and researchers. For us, these dual objectives fit nicely together. In 2019, OTT will launch IdeaGate, an online invention disclosure submission portal, and ContractConnect, an online agreement portal. These platforms will enable streamlined internal processing internally and increase transparency between OTT and Emory researchers.
Similarly, OTT is also implementing the use of DocuSign for routing and signing common contracts (like CDAs) in 2019. These agreements serve as a frequent touchpoint in working with our researchers. Our hope is that tools like DocuSign will decrease turnaround time and increase faculty satisfaction with our office.
On another front, we are also testing out ways in which virtual meetings and office hours can be used to improve our accessibility to the research community and provide a virtual "face-to-face" connection. The underlying concept is that these types of interactions are more valuable than trading strings of emails and help build better partnerships between staff and faculty—strong relationships with our researchers are a key component to the success of OTT in the new year.


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From the BBC's crash course "Follow Me" in the 70s to the 90s concept of Active Viewing and today's You Tube Generation, how has the role of video changed in the last 50 years? This personal journey will trace how the moving image has moved on, and analyze the part it may play in the classrooms of the future.
Ben Goldstein has taught English for over twenty years in the UK, Spain and Hong Kong. He currently lives in Barcelona and teaches in The New School's online MATESOL program (New York). He is lead author of the adult coursebook series New Framework and New American Framework (Richmond) and the newly published The Big Picture and American Big Picture (Richmond). He has also published the course book and workbook for English Unlimited Advanced (Cambridge) and the teachers' methodology handbook Working with Images (Cambridge). He is currently working on the follow-up Language Learning with Digital Video (Cambridge).
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npm ERR! command "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install"
10 error command "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install"
If you set "private": true in your package.json, then npm will refuse to publish it. This is a way to prevent accidental publication of private repositories. If you would like to ensure that a given package is only ever published to a specific registry (for example, an internal registry), then use the publishConfig hash described below to override the registry config param at publish-time.
The error messages you are getting may be related to violating this "rule" in a way (mine was).
Either you are marking a unpublished package (like your own app) as "private": false.
Or you are neglecting to include any value at all.
I had an "Invalid Name"
Guess name needs to be a sluggy string.
npm ERR! Error: Invalid version: "1.0"
So, you may need to specify version of your package with 3 numbers, e.g. 1.0.0 instead of 1.0 if you get similar error.
It's simple, you're just not in the right directory.
Go to the C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm and you should be able to run this command properly.
I got the same exception also, but it was previously running fine in another machine. Anyway above solution didn't worked for me. What i did to resolve it?
Copy dependencies list into clipboard.
Done :) Hope it helps.
Yes, npm doesn't like version like this, it prefers something like "0.0.1".
I figured out I wasn't in the correct folder. I needed goto the folder I just cloned before I ran this command.
I got this error when I had a space in my "name" within the packagae.json file.
"NPM Project" rather than "NPMProject"
Problem with not reading the json is linked to permission issues with the file.
This doesn't look like your issue, but for the sake of others, for me this was caused by an invalid version number in package.json (had to change 2.4 to 2.4.0).
1)Nodejs installs in C:\ProgramFiles in some cases. Try installing in C: drive or another directory if you don't have admin rights.
2)Make sure you are not installing behind a company's proxy setting. This can sometimes affect installation.
3) Finally, make sure you run the npm command from this directory: Path\nodejs\node_modules\npm where Path is your own directory.
I ran into this problem after I cloned a git repository to a directory, renamed the directory, then tried to run npm install. I'm not sure what the problem was, but something was bungled. Deleting everything, re-cloning (this time with the correct directory name), and then running npm install resolved my issue.
Verify user account, you are working on. If any system user has no permissions for installation packages, npm particulary also is showing this message.
I was following a doc on line and thought this error meant a problem with the dependencies in NPM. however after a third look. I realized that it was a typo. I did not add a comma after the first dependency in package.json that the tutorial asked me to edit.


Never judge any person by his answers or questions but by his nature of character solely.
A woman can be judged by her cooking, her dressing and her husband.
I will not judge your character by your limo, but by how you react when it breaks down on the way.
You are judged not by what you have, but by what you do with that you have.
If you want to live in peace, you must not tell everything that you know, nor judge everything that you see.
Judge a man by the comments of his neighbour rather than by the words of his mother.
Don't judge me if you don't know even a little about me.
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Judge a man by his ability to ignore how other men judge him.
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Judge a person not by his ability to make money but by his ability to retain it.
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By Jennifer R Jones | Posted on October 22, 2012 11:55 PM
NEW BROADWAY SHOWS BOOST GROSS TICKET REVENUE Broadway saw a bigger leap in total ticket sales this past week, as the revenue surged from $20,614,956 to $22,023,787. Some of that is due to increased interest in existing shows, but most of the increase comes as a result of three new Broadway shows appearing on the boards this week. GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS REPORTS OUTSTANDING TICKET SALES David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross made an impressive debut, selling 99.88% of the theater at an average paid admission of a whopping $164.47 (second only to The Book of Mormon, at $189.13 per ticket). These numbers would normally be considered extraordinary for a revival of a Broadway play, but they are a little less surprising when you consider Glengarry Glen Ross stars the legendary actor Al Pacino. THE ORIGINAL JERSEY BOYS TAKE BROADWAY Another newcomer, Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons on Broadway, also showed enviable numbers, filling the Broadway Theatre to 96.10% capacity, with an average paid admission of $125.00. This limited-run concert event is not only a big draw for fans of 1960s pop music, but it is also no doubt bringing in fans of the hit musical Jersey Boys who appreciate the opportunity to see the real-life Jersey boy Frankie Valli singing live on Broadway. The show doesn't have any of the other members of the original singing group other than Mr Valli, but fans don't seem to care, driving the show to robust ticket sales. EDWIN DROOD STARTS PREVIEWS ON BROADWAY The third new Broadway show this week, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, did not make as big of an impression, but it has not yet had enough performances to give a very clear sense of what kind of ticket sales it might have (hence the very small gross of $176,694). So far, though, it is filling at 86.72% at a very low average paid admission ticket price of $41.12. This musical, based on an unfinished Charles Dickens novel, rarely gets produced and has a clever gimmick of allowing the audience to choose the ending, so it could easily benefit from positive word-of-mouth as Broadway previews continue. The following are the Broadway ticket sales numbers from the week ending October 21, 2012:
Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE $217,806 3,803 73.82% $57.27
ANNIE $733,956 10,335 77.45% $71.02
BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL $393,195 6,198 58.08% $63.44
CHAPLIN $514,816 6,514 77.92% $79.03
CHICAGO $666,105 7,985 92.42% $83.42
CYRANO DE BERGERAC $249,257 4,243 72.85% $58.75
EVITA $1,198,969 11,206 86.90% $106.99
FRANKIE VALLI AND THE FOUR SEASONS ON BROADWAY $633,900 5,071 96.10% $125.00
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS $703,775 4,279 99.88% $164.47
GRACE $554,173 6,659 77.14% $83.22
JERSEY BOYS $1,058,814 9,685 98.59% $109.33
MAMMA MIA! $854,181 9,760 81.44% $87.52
MARY POPPINS $740,217 10,904 75.85% $67.88
NEWSIES $921,648 9,562 100.02% $96.39
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT $1,105,092 10,762 93.49% $102.68
ONCE $1,063,940 8,547 100.98% $124.48
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER $413,479 6,177 74.39% $66.94
ROCK OF AGES $521,696 4,604 98.71% $113.31
RUNNING ON EMPTY $254,816 2,801 101.05% $90.97
SCANDALOUS $241,613 6,233 65.86% $38.76
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK $1,321,997 13,071 84.66% $101.14
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,655,294 8,752 102.63% $189.13
THE HEIRESS $507,850 5,888 88.08% $86.25
THE LION KING $1,718,718 13,303 99.16% $129.20
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD $176,694 4,297 86.72% $41.12
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $899,485 11,518 89.70% $78.09
WAR HORSE $662,956 7,578 88.61% $87.48
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? $322,346 4,156 75.92% $77.56
WICKED $1,717,002 14,458 99.90% $118.76
Total: $22,023,787 228,349 86.84% $93.09


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A Different Kind of Service
The healing efforts of Vets With a Mission
The organization formed in 1988. In January of 1989, VWAM began its first outreach project in a polio orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City. Credit: VWAM screenshot. License: https://goo.gl/vkaTTm.
by Cameron Vest
Summary: Some returning veterans of the Vietnam War find it difficult to fully come home from the battlefield. By returning to that war-torn country to help the South Vietnamese continue to rebuild, the nonprofit organization Vets With A Mission helps many former soldiers find healing through service.
"It just always felt like unfinished business. To me, Vietnam, personally, felt unfinished." – Phil Carney, (USMC 1969-1971)
The Vietnam War, even a half-century after the final, chaotic evacuation of Saigon that marked the end of U.S. military involvement, remains a difficult topic for many older Americans.
But if you were born in the 1990s like me, the Vietnam War is history, a distant event of no particular importance to daily life in the age of the Internet. What impressions I have of the conflict come from its portrayal in films like Apocalypse Now, snippets of '60's pop songs, and a few dry textbooks. Sure, the major dates were tossed into an AP history exam or two back in high school: If pressed, I can still rattle off the highlights—Guerrilla warfare, Viet Cong, Tet Offensive, protest marches, and violent political divisions at home; Lieutenant Calley and the My Lai Massacre.
I'm no military historian, but I can tell you what became clear to me about our war in Vietnam when I worked on Paladin Pictures' By War & By God—an award-winning documentary directed by Kent C. Williamson and produced in partnership with Vets With A Mission (VWAM). I learned the Vietnam War makes an unsatisfying narrative. It's a complex, half-forgotten story many Americans have eschewed in favor of a simpler one, in part because we can't agree on why we lost the war in the first place, and in part, I hope, because we're ashamed. We should be ashamed. And we should talk about why.
By War & By God and its accompanying podcast trace the stories of several Vietnam veterans from the moment they first heard about the war, to the moment they first set boots on the ground, through their tours and service, and their traumatic return Stateside. The difference between By War & By God and, say, a John Wayne war flick is that our film doesn't end with our fighting boys safe and happy at home. As Chuck Ward, Executive Director of VWAM, observed: "It's a difficult thing coming back from war, whether you did just a little bit or you were there for two or three tours. And when you come home it's different, and you're different."
The difference between By War & By God and, say, a John Wayne war flick is that our film doesn't end with our fighting boys safe and happy at home. Clip courtesy of Cameron Vest.
Now, imagine it's 1975 and you're on your way home. You've watched friends and enemies die horribly. You've been ambushed, shot at, bombed; you've done some shooting. You've protected your flag and your comrades with necessary violence and sometimes in ways that might gnaw at your conscience. But all that's over with now. So you're on the carrier USS Oriskany, approaching San Francisco Bay; almost home after years spent fighting for your country. The proud ship sails under the Oakland Bay Bridge, and you can see people with signs on the catwalks above. At first you think they're friends and family members welcoming you home. But as you get closer you realize these are not friends at all, but antiwar protestors. Now you can see what's written on their signs: They say things like "Baby Killer!" and "Welcome Home Murderers." Suddenly muck of the most disgusting sort begins to fall on you: The protesters are actually dumping buckets of urine and fecal matter off the bridge! After all the grit and blood and bravery, after all those young lives lost on the battlefields of Vietnam in an attempt to keep the South Vietnamese free from Marxist-Communist oppression, this insult is what you come home to.
This story is not an embroidered fantasy, not a hypothetical. It's Chuck Ward's real story. And his words still sound a note of bewilderment after all these years: "How in the world do you treat people that way?" he said. "It was disgusting…I mean, talk about angry!"
Talk about angry, indeed. It boils my blood just to hear Chuck tell his story. So what does a returning veteran like Chuck do at that point? How do you talk about your service? In a country run amuck, where the average liberal doesn't see returning heroes but baby killers, how do you seek the help that every returning veteran needs to readjust to civilian life? History tells us, sadly, that a lot of veterans didn't readjust at all. Bob Peragello, another veteran interviewed for the film, says "All of us were emotional basket cases…[W]e were some of the first returning vets from the Vietnam War. I had a really messed up life for the next two or three years—drinking, carousing, fighting…just an angry, angry person." Roger Helle, also interviewed, says of his own traumatic return home: "I was in an emotional, psychological wilderness of not understanding PTSD, not understanding survivor's guilt. I was proud of serving my country, of being a Marine, so I wore that mask for about four and a half years…unfortunately my life began to unravel."
Some veterans turned to booze, some to drugs. While suicide rates among Vietnam veterans are still debated, the Military Times reports that suicide rates among veterans in general are 21 percent higher than among the civilian population. A few vets, like Cal Dunham, "couldn't shake the fact that [they] needed to be responsible in some way to help correct what war does." That flash of inspiration led him, like other men profiled in By War & By God, to turn to faith to pull him through his dark night—and, because faith must be supported by deeds—to a different kind of service.
Vets With A Mission was the particular vision of Bill Kimball, who served with the 1st Cavalry as a Mortarman during the 1968 Tet Offensive. The organization formed in 1988; in January of 1989, VWAM began its first outreach project in a polio orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City. Bill's overwhelming desire was to see American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam to help in the rebuilding of a country that had suffered immense destruction to its infrastructure over the course of the war, and to minimize the effect of this destruction on our former South Vietnamese allies, and on all Vietnamese in general. In the official report of that first mission, VWAM states: "It was not unusual to see a tough former Marine with tears in his eyes, holding one of the [orphaned children] in his arms."
Since its inception, VWAM has built thirty-two rural health stations or medical clinics in Vietnamese cities, established training programs with native doctors, worked with local churches, invested over $3 million in Vietnam, and sent over 2,500 veteran and non-veteran volunteers back to the country to help. "Vets go to Vietnam, with Vets With a Mission," Chuck explains. "They meet their former enemy. They meet the people. And reconciliation comes full circle from the terrible memories of 1968 or 1969, to discovering the war is really over."
Bill Steele—he's also on the VWAM executive board— related a friend's war experience which involved a pitched battle on the Mekong Delta where a number of his fellow soldiers were killed. During his VWAM "tour" of Vietnam the veteran had the opportunity to visit the remote location where that ambush had taken place. Upon returning from the combat zone, Steele says, his friend immediately called his wife. Toward the end of the conversation she said: "You've just said the four sweetest words I've ever heard from you." The friend thought about this for a moment: "But I just said three words: 'I love you.'" "No," his wife replied. "You said something else. You said, 'My war is over.'"
Air Force 1st Lt. Joey Brewer, 16th Airlift Squadron pilot and his wife, Tori Brewer, pose with children in Cambodia, in support of Vets with a Mission, a not-for-profit agency that conducts humanitarian missions in Vietnam and Cambodia. Credit: Staff Sgt. Anthony Hyatt. License: https://goo.gl/r9PdnS.
The stories these vets tell about their military tours in Vietnam are often emotionally wrenching. But the stories they tell about their "Second Service" in that country are something else entirely. Bob Peragallo tells of sitting down to dinner with members of the Vietnamese People's Committee and a small group from VWAM. He describes meeting Mr. Som, President of the People's Committee, who had a wooden leg, having lost his real one to machine gun fire in the war. Mr. Peragallo says:
"And I told the interpreter, I said, 'Will you tell Mr. Som that I was a machine gunner?' The interpreter didn't want to do it. And, you know, it got real quiet and everybody got hushed. And the Vietnamese around us didn't know what was going on. Finally, I said, 'tell him.' And so he told Mr. Som that I was a machine gunner and that I served in the Que Son Valley with the 9th Marines. And I looked over at Mr. Som, and he smiled and kind of grinned a little bit. Then I told the interpreter, I said, 'I'd like to tell Mr. Som that I might have been the one that shot his leg off. But I want Mr. Som to know and understand that the war is over, and at one time we could have been, and probably were, former enemies engaged in combat. But now we're here together, working together to improve the quality of health care for his commune.' And Mr. Som stood up and he shook my hand. And Mr. Som hugged me."
By War & By God, VWAM, and the work of these veterans in Vietnam all hinge on just that kind of redemptive moment: there's the enemy combatant embracing an American soldier; that soldier returning to the scene of former trauma in the name of service. Since the legacy of the Vietnam War is, fundamentally, an unsatisfying narrative, VWAM has been founded to shape it into a redemptive one. Chuck describes those dinners with former enemies as "tense" at first, but "by the time that dinner is over…men who would've never thought of talking to one another [are] talking about their children, saying, 'let's have a beer together, let's get in touch, let's keep in touch.'"
I stated earlier in this essay that, as a nation, we ought to be ashamed about the Vietnam War: Yes, we ought to be ashamed of the way many in our country treated its veterans returning from the crucible of war. But shame is not enough. The caring veterans of VWAM found a greater humanity; a humanity that manifested itself in the desire to serve again, over and above the incredible military service they had rendered so long ago.
We can still learn from these men. Don't be that protester on the Oakland Bay Bridge, bucket of night soil in hand. And don't be quiet. Reach out. Watch our film, available on Amazon Prime. Listen to the podcast at ByWarandByGod.com. Visit VetsWithAMission.com. Donate whatever you can—money, time, words of support and encouragement, but most of all the latter. Support those now serving, and those who have served. Serve however you can. This is a call to action. As Chuck said: Get in touch. Keep in touch.
Cameron Vest works with Paladin Pictures on By War & By God in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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And the nature is very hurt.
Mother Earth can't stop crying.
Destroying the home of many bees.
Let's take the seeds and give it birth.
It gives us a feeling of rest.
And stop the Mother Earth's pain.
So we should not treat this planet as a big trash bin.
Where climate change is becoming a more common thing instead.
Let's clean our planet so that we can change our climate.
For trees are not meant for cash.
Let's clean it before every fish became dead.
But at the end of the day, it won't end up in tears.
Now, destroyed by the human race.
But it will increase the intensity.
Because it's everything we're worth.
Our Earth is getting polluted because of you and me.
Of this planet we're in, so that it will be fair.
But we can save by stopping mass construction.


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Q: how to understand what Apache is busy with? I have Apache on a Linux server, and a Python script inside it (Trac, to be more specific). With a minimum traffic it consumes 99% of CPU and load average is above 3.00. Is it possible to understand somehow what it's doing there - disc, network, which files, etc.? Are the some tools to analyze what a particular process is busy with?
Edit: strace apache2 -X showed me a lot of lines with similar content:
stat("/home/foo/apache/conf.d/trac-XXX.conf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1014, ...}) = 0
open("/home/foo/apache/conf.d/trac-XXX.conf", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 6
mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f6a93021000
fstat(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1014, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f6a9301e000
read(6, "contents of my trac-XXX.conf"..., 4096) = 1014
read(6, "", 4096)                       = 0
close(6)

And the same lines for every file in /home/foo/apache/conf.d/ directory (I have hundreds of them). Do you know how to interpret this information and fix the problem? Looks like Apache is reloading all config files on every HTTP request.

A: You can use strace (man strace). As root try
strace `ps -e | grep apache2 | awk '{ print "-p"$1 }'`

or similar with trac instead of apache2. You might also want to configure LogLevel to debug.
The following edit is a wild shot in  the dark, not being familiar with Trac.
In the comments following Trac ticket 3833 osimons states:

If you for instance don't use mod_python, but use a simple CGI setup instead, the Environment gets completely reloaded for each request. Such a request essentially have no history - a Python process is started, modules loaded, Trac processing started, and when request is done the whole Python process dies.
The reason this also works is because request specific information (like your preview example) gets passed around as arguments to the request object - available inside the req context.

So the question is, are you using mod_python or plain CGI to run Trac? If you are using plain CGI, then it is clear why the Trac configuration files get read on each request.


Sunny is better known as Tammy Sytch now and it seems like she has hit some bad luck in recent years. She was incarcerated for a while and that wasn't good to hear. This put a huge halt to her career.
She also dealt with substance abuse issues which is something she's had to overcome. Relapses can happen in that kind of a situation and it's always unfortunate to hea. It seems that Sunny was recently hospitalized again, but we're not sure why.
We're sending out best to Tammy Lynn as she deals with whatever issues that has been plaguing her this time. Hopefully, she'll be back in great spirits and good health soon enough.


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← Kruger "blunders" and declares war on the world's Superpower!
An unsung South African hero; Cpl W. Cloete →
The South African fighter ace who allegedly ended Rommel's war
This South African fighter pilot ace shot up the famous General Erwin Rommel's staff car in France in 1944. Rommel was thrown out of the car, suffered a severe skull fracture and it was effectively game over for Rommel's participation in World War 2.
Here is our hero, and there is more to this ace than shooting up Rommel. Squadron Leader J J Le Roux, Commanding Officer of No 602 Squadron Royal Air Force seen in the cockpit of his Supermarine Spitfire Mark IX, "Betty", at B11/Longues, Normandy.
Johannes Jacobus "Chris" Le Roux was born in Heidelberg, in the Transvaal, South Africa, in 1920, and received part of his education at Durban High School. He subsequently joined the Royal Air Force, and served with No 73 Squadron in France as part of the Advanced Air Striking Force (AASF), where he too part in the latter stages of the debacle that was "The Battle of France", the squadron withdrawing from France on the 17 June 1940.
Le Roux was then took part in the Battle of Britain, both opening his account on arial victories and having to bale out of a blazing Hurricane. Le Roux is said to have been shot down on no-less than 12 occasions during 1940, which is incredibly remarkable, and if so, it's a wonder he survived as long as he did.
Le Roux enjoyed better luck with No. 91 "Nigeria" Squadron in 1941 and 1942, shooting down eight enemy aircraft before joining No. 111 Squadron RAF in North Africa. He ended his second tour in command of the Squadron.
Following a rest from operations he was given command of No. 602 Squadron in July 1944. He carried out an incredible number of sorties – 200 in total. He won the Distinguished Flying Cross – not once but three times, here are the citations:
DFC, London Gazette, 4 October 1941, Issue 35312, page 6034:
"Acting Flight Lieutenant Jacobus Johannes Le Roux (42240), No. 91 Squadron.
This officer has carried out over 200 operational sorties which have included shipping reconnaissances, during which much valuable information has been obtained, and numerous attacks on shipping and enemy aerodromes in the face of heavy enemy fire. Flight Lieutenant Le Roux has destroyed 3 hostile aircraft in combat and at least 1 on the ground."
First Bar to DFC, London Gazette, 8 December 1942 (Issue 35819, page 5391):
"Flight Lieutenant Jacobus Johannes LE Roux,
D.F.C. (42240), No. 91 Squadron.
Since being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross this officer has destroyed a further five enemy aircraft. In addition to his air victories he has attacked shipping and targets on the ground with considerable success. At all times Flight Lieutenant Le Roux has displayed a fine fighting spirit."
Awarded 9th July 1943
"Sqn. Ldr. Le Roux's magnificent leadership has played a large part in the many successes attained by his squadron. He has personally destroyed 14 enemy aircraft and damaged many others, and has also inflicted much damage on enemy shipping."
On one occasion Le Roux's aircraft was "so badly damaged by flak after he had strafed a convoy of vehicles that it looked impossible for anyone to have flown it, but he made base successfully". To the airmen of 602 Squadron he was known simply as the "Boss" , "in the air a cool, calculating tactician and disciplinarian, on the ground his personality shone out in the social life of a very happy team", and his "keen vision frequently enabled him to shoot down aircraft which other members of the squadron flying with him had not even seen" (an attribute he shared with fellow South African RAF air-aces "Sailor" Malan and "Pat" Pattle).
Le Roux is generally credited as the pilot who attacked and badly wounded Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel in his staff car on the road between Livarot and Vimoutiers on 17 July 1944, the day on which he also destroyed two Messerschmitt Bf 109s and damaged two more to bring his victory score to 23.5.
In the early morning of July 17, 1944, a staff car left Rommel's headquarters at La Roche Guyon. The passengers included Rommel, his aide Captain Helmuth Lang, Major Neuhaus, Sergeant Holke, and their driver, Sergeant Karl Daniel. The journey was one of Rommel's routine inspections of the front line. By January 1944, Hitler had forbidden Rommel from traveling via aircraft, as several high-ranking officers had been killed in air crashes.
It was unfortunately an air accident that would end the young life of J.J. Le Roux, during a fateful cross-channel flight on 29 August 1944, whilst doing a 'booze run' – taking alcohol back to his squadron at Tangmere – that he crashed into the channel in bad weather. According to Paddy Barthropp, 'Chris' Le Roux was without a dinghy and was sitting on numerous bottles of champagne, which do not float. It was indeed a tragic end to one of South Africa's most popular and gallant fighter pilots.
His cheerful and very happy disposition made him one of South Africa's most popular fighter pilots, and this is seen in No.111 Squadron Operations Record Book which contains the following reference to him, it relating the story of his having made a good landing in very dirty weather and the mud described earlier, and finishes up: "I didn't realise I was down until I heard the ground crew clapping!" He was a very worthy member of "the gayest (happiest) company who ever fired their guns in anger."
Le Roux left behind an English wife and two children, at the time resident in Shropshire.
Photo and caption reference copyright: Imperial War Museum, Wikipedia and The Southern African History Musings of Ross Dix-Peek and Field Marshal Erwin Rommel: the head injury that may have prolonged the Second World War – Heather A. Fuhrman, BS,1 Jeffrey P. Mullin, MD, MBA,2 and Chris A. Sloffer, MD, MBA.
Written and Researched by Peter Dickens
Posted in European Theatre - WW2
Tagged Battle of Britain, General Rommel, North Africa, Royal Air Force
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UH Moores Concert Chorale Bidding Fans Farewell Before International Performances
Send-Off Shows Scheduled in Houston, on Campus
By Mike Emery 713-743-8186
Houstonians are well aware of the talents of the University of Houston's Moores School of Music Concert Chorale. In the past five years, the acclaimed choir – led by Betsy Cook Weber – has taken its talents across the Atlantic three times to dazzle international audiences. Soon , it will return to Europe to perform and compete in the Grand Prix of Nations in Magdeburg, Germany.
The Chorale will perform July 5 – 12 in Germany, but audiences don't have to purchase airfare to enjoy its music this summer. The group is performing a series of free send-off shows prior to its departure. A concert schedule is as follows:
6 p.m., June 29 – Zion Lutheran Church (3606 Beauchamp St.)
7:30 p.m., June 30 – All Saints Catholic Church (215 E. 10th St.)
7:30 p.m., July 3 – Moores Opera House at UH (Entrance 16 off Cullen Boulevard)
During these special concerts, the Chorale will spotlight works that will be performed in Germany. Songs range from country classics ("If You're Gonna Play in Texas") to American folks standards ("Old Joe Clark") and spirituals ("Down in the River to Pray"). Classical masterpieces by the likes of Dutch composer Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck and Francis Poulenc also will be performed.
The Chorale also will spotlight a piece from one of its biggest supporters, David Ashley White, UH professor of composition and former director of the Moores School of Music. UH's singers first performed White's "I Saw Eternity" in 2009 at Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod in Wales.
Earlier this year, Weber was notified of the Chorale's acceptance into the exclusive Grand Prix. Its participation was made possible following a stellar performance at a previous German festival, the 2013 International Chamber Choir Competition in Marktoberdorf. The group earned first prize and the award for best interpretation of a religious work.
In addition to performances in Wales and Germany, the Chorale performed at the Florilege Vocal de Tours in France in 2011.
While the increased support of international audiences is encouraging, Weber said there is no substitute for hometown applause.
"The students have worked very hard to prepare for this important competition, and it is so gratifying to have our community come listen to us and then cheer us on from afar," she said.
The Moores School of Music is one of the premier music schools in America. Offering bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees, it serves approximately 600 students annually. Areas of study include composition, conducting, performance, theory and musicology. Its faculty consists of internationally recognized performers, composers and scholars. Among its ensembles are the Moores School Symphony Orchestra, Moores Jazz Ensemble, Moores Opera Center, Concert Chorale, Concert Women's Chorus, Spirit of Houston Cougar Marching Band, Wind Ensemble and Percussion Ensemble. A majority of the school's concerts are performed in the 800-seat Moores Opera House. For more details on the Moores School of Music, visit http://www.music.uh.edu/.
Categories: Arts, Student Success


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Winter Seminar Series continues with talk by vice president of GE Renewable Energy
The Environmental Science, Policy and Engineering Winter Seminar Series continues Thursday, Feb. 2 with a talk by Victor Abate, vice president for Renewable Energy at General Electric in Schenectady.
Abate's talk, "The Future of Alternative Energy," begins at 7 p.m. in the Nott Memorial.
The theme of this year's interdisciplinary series is "New York's Energy Future." The series is sponsored by the Environmental Science, Policy and Engineering (ESPE) program, with support from the Mellon Foundation.
Since November 2005, Abate has headed one of the leading global providers of wind and solar energy products and support services. With manufacturing and assembly facilities in the U.S, Germany, Spain, China and Canada, the company's current renewable product portfolio includes wind turbines with rated capacities ranging from 1.5 to 3.6 megawatts, and solar electric power systems for on- and off-grid applications.
Prior to his current role, Abate was vice president of technology for GE Energy's power-generation segment, which includes gas, steam, wind, solar and hydro-turbine generators, gasification technologies and integrated gasification combined cycle.
The 15th annual Speaker Series kicked off Jan. 18 with a talk by William Schlesinger, a prominent carbon biogeochemist and president of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, N.Y.
Future speakers in the series (all at the Nott, 7 p.m.):
Wednesday, Feb. 15: Frank Murray, president and CEO of New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
Thursday, Feb. 23: Andrew Revkin, an environmental journalist for the New York Times and author of the blog, Dot Earth, where he reports on natural resources, the environment, climate change and sustainability.
Wednesday, Feb. 29: Kathleen Segerson, professor of economics at the University of Connecticut and a member of the Environmental Protection Agency's Science Advisory Board. Segerson's research focuses on the incentive effects of alternative environmental policy instruments, including applications in groundwater contamination, hazardous waste management, workplace accidents, land use regulation, climate change and nonpoint pollution from agriculture.


The Le Sigh: Premiere: Romantic States - "Ronnie"
Premiere: Romantic States - "Ronnie"
Romantic States tackles nighttime anxiety on "Ronnie."
You can practice all of the self-care on the planet, but anxiety can still find a way to sneak up on you. No one's immune from the panic that loves to manifest at the most inopportune times, especially when you're trying to fall asleep. You can innocently be drifting off when a laundry list of stress starts zipping through your brain. Did I finish everything I needed to do at work? Did I say something stupid today? What am I doing with my life? There's no better time to ponder existential dread than the middle of the night, right? On "Ronnie," minimalist rock duo Romantic States tackles this familiar experience and turns it into hypnotizing poetry.
Jim Triplett and Ilenia Madelaire are the Baltimore-based pair behind Romantic States, and have been one of our consistent favorites since back in 2013. The duo have been putting out music and showing up at both house shows and massive theaters for almost a decade. "Ronnie" is the second single from the upcoming LP, Corduroy in Italy, which will be out on Gentle Reminder Records in May. "Ronnie" has Madelaire taking lead on vocals, calmly translating late night fears over a repetitive drum beat. "What have I done to regret this / ...it's the devil / I'm the devil / I care," she thinks outloud to herself, as if she's attempting to exorcise what haunts her through song. Listen to "Ronnie" below and keep it under your pillow for the next time you find yourself contemplating life at 2 a.m.
"It's about waking up in the middle of the night with crippling uncertainty."
Listen to Romantic States on bandcamp.


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Heritage Foundation President Kay C. James Applauds Choice of Mark Meadows as White House Chief of Staff
heritage.org
Mar 7, 2020 1 min read
WASHINGTON—Heritage Foundation President Kay C. James made the following statement about President Donald Trump's selection of Rep. Mark Meadows as White House chief of staff:
"Congressman Mark Meadows is a strong leader, principled conservative, and excellent choice to serve as President Donald Trump's chief of staff. In this new role at the White House, he will be in a position to advance the president's agenda and promote conservative policy ideas.
"Throughout his tenure in the House, Congressman Meadows represented his district honorably and became one of the most visible conservative lawmakers on Capitol Hill. His leadership of the House Freedom Caucus elevated conservative ideas and defenders of liberty.
"The Heritage Foundation has worked closely with Congressman Meadows and our team is excited as he steps into this important new role at the White House.
"We are grateful for the leadership of Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, who helped bring new ideas to the White House and played a pivotal role in several major policy victories, including the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. We look forward to working with him in his new role as special envoy for Northern Ireland."
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Q: How to do redirect instead of response to Get method I have a Get method
[Route("login/{code}")]
public class LoginController : Controller {
  [HttpGet]
  public void Login(string code) {
    bool resp = TryToLogin(code);

    if (resp == true) {
      redirectToSiteOne;
    } else {
      redirectToSiteTwo;
    }
  }
}

And I don't understand how to make redirect to another site (there is must be redirect from api.example.com to example.com maybe it's important)

A: I found 2 methods to do that :
Method 1 - change void return type to HttpResponseMessage
var res = Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.Moved);
res.Headers.Location = new Uri("https://www.google.com");
return response;

Method 2 - change void return type to RedirectResult
return RedirectPermanent("https://www.google.com");

A: You can use:
Response.Redirect(url)

At the end the api is simply a web page and it can redirect to another web page instead of returning values.


Battery reach and availability of car chargers are, next to car prices still among the most important factors due to which drivers decide not to buy electric cars. While reach is growing by the day, number of chargers is, generally speaking, still too small and not only that, they are commonly spread without any real logic. This is a true challenge for car industry, one Ford decided to face with.
They have taken the whole issue quite scientifically. They have made an algorithm, which would help them deliver an optimized web of electric chargers. This would be based on data, gathered over few million kilometers made by couriers and will also include data on when they have made stops. According to those data they have eventually made an optimized network for British capital of London, which would have relatively small number of chargers but would be fully used even by users on the go.
The whole project has started in 2018 and was using 160 hybrid driven Ford transit vans with a help of which drivers have made over 500 million stops and thus gathered equal number of data spots. All those information was in the next step uploaded into the cloud, becoming available to researchers. And just by the nature of vehicle themselves it was clear, that they were used accordingly to the way couriers would use them on a daily basis, who are also covering the biggest number of kilometers in city centers.
It turned out, that the first task al drivers had to do in the morning was to plug their cars into chargers as they had on average only some 45 percent of 'juice' it their battery packs. With an optimized web of chargers, they would easily be able to charge their cars on the go, especially with fast chargers that full in about half an hour fill them to 80 percent of their capacity.
"Here at Ford we are determined to bring smart vehicles to smart world – along with electric vehicles, which will contribute to cleaner and quieter cities. At the same time, with the usage of those data, we want to help people at their investments in required infrastructure, needed with such approach," said John Scott, leader of the project City Data Solutions at Ford Mobility.
According to a survey by Nissan, Japan today has more electric car charging stops than traditional petrol stations.