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English Honors Theses
The Forgotten Women of Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye and Song of Solomon
Rachel Rest, Skidmore CollegeFollow
Mason Stokes
In the afterword of The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison writes that, in the novel, she sought to focus "on how something as grotesque as the demonization of an entire race could take root inside the most delicate member of society: a child; the most vulnerable member: a female" (210). Through Morrison's close-readings of her own novels, we know that—at the level of form—Morrison painstakingly crafts her novels with particular goals in mind, that the gaps she leaves are just as important as the stories she tells. Morrison's female characters exist in these gaps, sometimes filling them and sometimes getting obscured by the literary shadows. The women on the margins of Morrison's novels—mothers, daughters, and sisters—buttress plot development and provide necessary subjectivity in regard to their gendered and raced experiences. Toni Morrison's treatment of certain female characters in The Bluest Eye and Song of Solomon simultaneously mirrors societal marginalization and elevates the voices of these "vulnerable" members of society. In the pages that follow, I explore the significance of these female characters by analyzing how Morrison's narrative form ignores or neglects certain social actors, and by taking a closer look at the rarer moments in which Morrison gives these actors the opportunity to speak. Through an exploration of both novels, I suggest that Morrison's character development and narrative form challenge the reader to become more aware of one's own forgetting. By giving these characters limited space—in paragraphs, chapters, or entire sections—Morrison reminds us how utilizing different female voices and stories is necessary in representing the multitudes of standpoints and experiences that constitute American Blackness.
Rest, Rachel, "The Forgotten Women of Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye and Song of Solomon" (2018). English Honors Theses. 7.
https://creativematter.skidmore.edu/eng_stu_schol/7
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Where do I Find the Workers Comp Claim Form?
On January 12, 2020 by Raul Dinwiddie
Hi, I'm Christian Foyle, I'm the director of Foyle Legal. Today I'm going to show you how to complete the workers compensation claim form which is an essential part of completing a workers compensation claim. The first step to do is to go to the WorkCover WA website. I placed a link to that down Read More
Workers Compensation Western Australia Prescribed Amount 2016
On January 9, 2020 by Raul Dinwiddie
In the Workers Compensation and Injury Management act 1981 it sets down maximum amounts that workers can receive for weekly payments of compensation, money for their disability, money for medical expenses and money for rehabilitation. In the 2016-2017 year, the maximum amount for weekly payments of compensation and money for a person's disability was 221,891 Read More
Building a giant telescope in the outback – part 2
On December 16, 2019 by Raul Dinwiddie
(dramatic orchestral music) We're really ramping up preparations for the construction of the SKA-low antennas here in Australia in 2021. The test arrays currently deployed at the site will inform the decision as to which antennas we will choose. There will be tens of thousands of antennas out at the site. This will be the Read More
Workers Compensation Claims WA: Payments to Award and Non Award Workers
On October 13, 2019 by Raul Dinwiddie
I'd like to talk to you about the difference in payments between award workers and non award workers in the West Australian workers compensation system. The workers compensation weekly payment in Western Australia vary based on whether a worker is a person whose earnings are prescribed by an industrial award, when the injury occurs or Read More
Sport psychology – inside the mind of champion athletes: Martin Hagger at TEDxPerth
On August 29, 2019 by Raul Dinwiddie
Translator: Mohand Habchi Reviewer: Elisabeth Buffard When we look at Olympic sport, sport at the highest level, there are clearly some athletes who always seem to get it right. For example, Usain Bolt: Olympic 100m, 200m champion, twice over, in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and in the London Olympics. Michael Phelps: the most bemedaled Olympian Read More


Gwyn McCormack from Positive Eye shares simple activities you can do using everyday items to help children with vision impairment (VI) develop an understanding of objects, numbers and letters.
Learning objectives: To support understanding the qualities of objects.
Ideas: Collect items from around the house and explore the qualities and characteristics of each object thoroughly with the child. For example, explore the "woodeness" of the wooden spoon – how it's made, where it's kept, what it's used for, where it's bought from; make sounds with it; explore the textures and feel of the object, smell it, taste it, feel it, look at it!
Experience and maximise the learning opportunities by organising items from shortest to longest, thinnest to widest, or smallest head to biggest; or measure using the spoon as a unit of measurement.
Variations: Have fun exploring whisks, objects that roll, drinking vessels such as cups (paper, plastic, metal, thermos, china), objects that can be used to store other objects (vary shape and/or size), or use objects from around the house and the garden.
Learning objectives: To develop counting, matching and sorting, categorising and discriminating skills.
Ideas: Using different textures, make sounds, play and extend the learning – rattle the spoon in the cup, fill the cup and the jug with water and find out which holds the most, squeeze water from the sponges, match the socks or categorise the brushes, such as toothbrushes and paintbrushes.
Variations: Children with VI need lots of reinforcement and a wide range of experiences to support concept development. Change the objects in the basket, use objects beginning with the same letter, texture or sound, or use natural objects from outside and man-made objects.
Learning objectives: To sort and match objects by the material made of by their texture.
Ideas: The concept hanger makes a great base to hang on your wall. Items can be secured with pegs, string or cable ties. This will need to be supported by an adult. Change the collection each week and encourage all family members to participate in the activity. Add objects to the hanger and encourage exploration, for example with a range of chunky, bright coloured bracelets made of wood, beads and metal.
Variations: Collect wooden spoons, metal objects such as keys and padlocks, cups and mugs, and brushes and sponges. Record a message about the objects saying the name of the object and why each person likes it. This assists the child to link the object with its name. Count the number bracelets and how many fit up the child's and adult's arm. Make bracelets with wooden beads. Think about what bracelets are used to signify, for example a baby is given a name bracelet at birth, bracelets are given as gifts to celebrate a special occasion or entry to a festival. Explore jewellery boxes and find all the bracelets.
Learning outcomes: To pair same numbers together and support understanding of number bonds up to five.
Ideas: Make two sets of matching shapes with five in each set (they can be any shape you like, such as squares, triangles or circles – or even rocket men!). Add a number from one to five to each shape in each set.
Place one set of shapes in front of the child and Velcro the other set to the five positions on the Lazy Susan.
Roll the dice. When the dice lands on a six, the child can press the buzzer and spin the Lazy Susan. The buzzer makes the activity exciting and provides some feedback when the child is successful in rolling a six. The buzzers are available from the Learning Resources website. When the spinner stops, the child then reads the number on the shape that stops in front of them and finds its matching pair from their set of shapes.
Variations: You can support your child's learning in many ways by using this Lazy Susan as a base, for example change the numbers for initial letter sounds or braille code signs, match braille word sign to its full word, or match textures, shapes or colours.
Learning outcomes: To understand the concept of one, two, three, four, five etc.
Ideas: Label box lids with the numbers 1, 2, 3 and so on, and provide the child with a box of objects for them to sort and categorise into each number box. For example, place one car in the box with the number one on the lid, place two fans in the box with a number two on the lid, and place three bottles in the box with number three on the lid. Alternatively, you could encourage the child to explore a drawer or cupboard and to find objects to add to the boxes.
Variations: You could change the range of objects used; use a theme familiar to the child, for example base the activity on Frozen or Star Wars by adding characters from the films to the box, one character in the number one box, two characters in the number two box etc.
Learning outcomes: To match object to the word's initial letter sound.
Ideas: Decorate the bucket with textured, glittery sticky-back shapes, which you can purchase from places like Hobbycraft or Amazon (use peel-off sticky shapes for ease of application). Add everyday objects to the bucket, for example a book, pencil or key ring. Make individual tickets (use sticky labels on blank ID cards), write or type out words on each label and add them to each blank ID card. Add Velcro to the back of each one and put them on the outside of the bucket.
To do the activity, the child chooses a ticket from the outside the bucket, reads the word's initial letter sound, then places their hand in the bucket to find/match the object. The activity is completed when the child has matched all the word tickets to the correct objects.
Variations: Use a theme that the child likes, for example cars, animals or shapes. Match textures or match shapes, for example match a 3D shape to its 2D equivalent.
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Margaret Laureme Measells Penn went to be with the Lord on Wednesday afternoon, February 6, 2019, after a nearly twenty-year bout with Parkinson's disease. She was 84 years old and at her death was surrounded by her beloved husband Roger and family. Born August 22, 1934, to B. C. and Nelita Measells, she was the older of two children, and was preceded in death by her younger brother, John Willey Measells. Affectionately known by her family as "Mause," she is survived by her husband Roger William Penn; four children, Debbie Case (Mark), Linda Chaney, Mark Penn (Denise), and Michael Penn (Myra); eleven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Margaret accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior by faith as a young girl, and she kept her faith to the very end. Having grown up in the northeast Rankin County area, she has known her husband since childhood, to whom she was married for nearly 64 years. Roger testifies that they never had a single argument and that she never spoke an unkind word about anyone. Many people will recall that Margaret served faithfully as a gracious hostess at their family restaurant, Penn's Fish House, in Canton.
At home, she was an excellent cook. Some of her recipes are still being shared with others. Also, she was admired for her exceptional green thumb and seemed to do wonders with beautiful plants both inside and outside her home. Most importantly, she was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother, and will be affectionately missed by everyone who knew her.
Visitation is from 6:00 – 8:00 PM, Thursday, February 7, at Ott and Lee Funeral Home (3555 Highway 80, Morton, MS 39117) and also from 1:00 – 1:45 PM on Friday, February 8. The funeral service will begin at 2:00 PM Friday at Ott and Lee, Morton, followed by a brief graveside ceremony at the Penn Family Cemetery (1153 Midway Road, Lena, MS 39094).


alf Tauri b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a K-type star. Its mass is at least 6.47 Jupiters, it takes 1.7 years to complete one orbit of its star, and is 1.46 AU from its star. Its discovery was announced in 2015.


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Кьюзанико () — коммуна в Италии, располагается в регионе Лигурия, в провинции Империя.

Население составляет 607 человек (2008 г.), плотность населения составляет 44 чел./км². Занимает площадь 14 км². Почтовый индекс — 18027. Телефонный код — 0183.

Покровителем коммуны почитается святой первомученик Стефан, празднование 26 декабря.

Демография
Динамика населения:

Города-побратимы
  Вилоби-дель-Пенедес, Испания (2003)

Администрация коммуны
 Официальный сайт:

Ссылки

 Национальный институт статистики
 http://www.istat.it/english/

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Fundacja Mozilla () – organizacja non-profit powołana 15 lipca 2003, której celem jest zapewnienie organizacyjnego, prawnego i finansowego wsparcia dla projektu Mozilla i jego pochodnych.

Powstanie fundacji było konieczne dla dalszego istnienia projektu po tym, jak AOL zwolniła wszystkich programistów Netscape Communications Corporation nad nim pracujących. Do fundacji Mozilla należy Mozilla Corporation – ta powstała 3 sierpnia 2005 firma przejęła obowiązki rozwijania i wydawania produktów: Firefox oraz Mozilla Thunderbird. 19 lutego 2008 za dalszy rozwój Thunderbirda odpowiedzialność przejęła nowo utworzona spółka zależna fundacji, Mozilla Messaging.

Pieniądze na prowadzenie swojej działalności fundacja Mozilla jako organizacja non-profit czerpie głównie z funkcji wyszukiwania w przeglądarce Firefox – właściciele wyszukiwarek internetowych płacą za ustawienie swoich wyszukiwarek jako domyślnych. Inne źródła dochodów to m.in. sklep z ubraniami i maskotkami z logo swoich produktów oraz dotacje od osób prywatnych i firm. Na początku działalności fundacja otrzymała także dwa miliony dolarów od AOL.

Aktualnym przewodniczącym fundacji Mozilla jest Mark Surman. W radzie dyrektorów znajduje się także m.in. Mitchell Baker, która pełni funkcję prezesa wykonawczego.

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
 Oficjalna strona Fundacji Mozilla
 Personel Mozilli

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Organizacje wolnego i otwartego oprogramowania
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MotoGP 2021 Monday, March 22nd 2021
Marc Marquez to miss opening Qatar race
Marc Marquez, together with his medical team from the Hospital Ruber Internacional, have considered it prudent not to re-join competition this weekend in Qatar.
In the review carried out on the Spanish rider by the medical team led by Doctors Samuel Antuña and Ignacio Roger de Oña, and made up of Doctors De Miguel, Ibarzabal and García Villanueva, 15 weeks after surgery for an infected pseudoarthrosis of the right humerus, a good clinical response has been found after the intensification of his training.
However, considering the time period and the current state of the bone consolidation process, doctors consider it prudent and necessary not to accelerate Marquez's return to the track after such an inactive time, and to avoid putting the humerus at risk in intense competition. Marquez will undergo another medical check on Monday, April 12.
"After the last review with the medical team, the doctors have advised me that the most prudent thing was not to take part in the Qatar Grand Prix and to continue with the recovery plan that we have followed in recent weeks. I would have loved to be able to participate in the opening race of the World Championship, but we will have to continue working to be able to recover the optimal conditions that allow us to return to competition."


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Welcome to our Annual Report 2019
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer's review
2018/19 highlights
Operational highlights
Strategic report
Our water cycle
Our work in the North West
Our purpose and strategy
Our economic regulation
Our business plan submission for 2020-25
Our key test areas
If it matters to you, it matters to us
Key resources and the impact of external drivers
Internal drivers
How we create value for stakeholders
Our planning horizons
How we measure our performance
Our operational KPIs
Our financial KPIs
Stakeholder metrics table
Our performance in 2018/19
Our risk management
Principal risks and uncertainties
Emerging risks and issues
Time for a tea break
Nomination committee report
Corporate responsibility committee report
Remuneration committee report
Annual statement from the remuneration committee chair
Review of the directors' remuneration policy
At a glance summary: executive directors' remuneration
Directors' remuneration policy
Annual report on remuneration
Appendix 1: Executive directors' share plan interests
Tax policies and objectives
Energy and carbon
Statutory and other information
Statement of directors' responsibilities
s172(1) statement
Consolidated and company statements of financial position
Company statement of changes in equity
Consolidated and company statements of cash flows
Guide to detailed financial statements disclosures
Notes to the financial statements
Notes to the financial statements - appendices
Five-year summary - unaudited
Full annual report
High quality and sector-leading across a range of areas
Our approach to innovation is deeply embedded throughout the entire organisation and we were the only company to receive the highest possible grade in the sub-test for innovation. We are delivering technology and processes that are not seen elsewhere in the industry.
We have delivered enhanced capabilities through our pioneering Systems Thinking approach, which has delivered both efficiency and improved performance, underpinning the transformation we have delivered in recent years. Our business plan includes significant savings to be delivered from our innovation initiatives.
We are actively working with global innovators, from small start-ups to large, established corporations, reaching far beyond the water sector. Through our Innovation Lab, we have gained unprecedented access to very small businesses with very big ideas – companies across the world that would normally struggle to interact with a large utility.
Read more about our Innovation Lab
We will exit the current regulatory period as a high-performing and efficient company, and we have achieved this in part by being at the frontier of innovation and technology.
United Utilities shows the most embedded innovation culture, with an ambitious and sector-leading approach to innovation capability
Source: Ofwat, PR19 IAP – Overview of company categorisation
Affordability and vulnerability
Our ambitious and innovative approach to addressing affordability and vulnerability is seen by Ofwat as sector-leading and we received the highest available grade in this key test area.
Our plan represents a strong value for money proposition, supported by over 80 per cent of customers. Average customer bills are lower with a real reduction of over 10 per cent between 2020 and 2025 supported by targeted financial assistance for those who need it most, while service and environmental quality continue to improve.
Our region is home to some of the most deprived communities in England and Wales. We have worked hard to put in place some of the most innovative and ambitious affordability schemes in the industry, and have taken a lead on transforming the sector's approach to supporting customers in vulnerable circumstances. Our plan will push the industry frontier through innovative affordability schemes, such as our Lowest Bill Guarantee, which gives confidence to customers that a meter would save money, as well as water.
This year we hosted the second North West Affordability Summit, working alongside charities, local authorities and support agencies to find ways to help customers in need. At this second summit we launched the North West Hardship Hub, a one-stop-shop portal for cross-sector information and financial assistance schemes to help the money advice community find the right support for vulnerable people.
Read more about this North West Hardship Hub
United Utilities' plan includes ambitious, innovative and sector-leading proposals to make customers' bills affordable and on providing support for vulnerable customers
Source: Ofwat, PR19 IAP: United Utilities company categorisation
Our high-quality approach to customer engagement was recognised by Ofwat in its assessment, as was our ambition and innovation in bringing research findings together with other sources of customer data to gauge customer support for our plan. One test area Ofwat asked us to improve was delivering outcomes for customers, with more evidence on some performance commitments and commit to more challenging targets to align with the results of customer feedback and the industry frontier.
Our plan reflected unprecedented engagement with customers, regulators and other stakeholders. Over 140,000 people from all walks of life were involved in informing our plan through over 90 bespoke engagement exercises. We used a range of research techniques, including online surveys, co-creation events and online panels tailored to the target audience. Our use of new techniques, such as immersive research and behavioural economics, to get better insight into customers' preferences and to supplement stated preference approaches, was highlighted by Ofwat as ambitious and innovative. Over 2 million individual data points, from day-to-day interaction with customers, were used to create our plan.
The independent customer challenge group, YourVoice, monitored our performance during the current regulatory period and was deeply involved in challenging our plan for 2020–25.
Read more in if it matters to you, it matters to us about how we used this engagement to help shape our business plan
United Utilities' plan reflects high-quality customer engagement and participation. It uses a range of research techniques . . . tailored to the target audience
Resilience in the round
We have seen record-breaking extremes of weather in the last few years that have tested the industry. Learning from this, we have already made significant progress in enhancing operational resilience, and we are investing an additional £250 million in the current regulatory period to improve this further.
Read more about our response to these challenges
We were assessed as an industry leader in our approach to securing long-term operational, corporate and financial resilience. Our Systems Thinking approach has been fundamental to this assessment, and our robust capital structure, appropriate level of gearing, prudent financial risk management and strong pensions position contribute to the strength of our long-term resilience.
Our plan proposed a major water resilience scheme in Manchester and the Pennines, which will mitigate the most significant operational risk that we face. Ofwat recognises the need for investment to deliver resilience and welcomed the fact that we have embraced the direct procurement approach in our proposal. Given its scale and complexity, this will be addressed outside the constraints of the fast-track timetable.
As a contribution to national resilience, we devised a large-scale north-south water transfer scheme some time ago. Ofwat is proposing to allow up to £25.7 million to further investigate this scheme in collaboration with two other water companies to determine whether it would be a strong value-for-money proposition.
United Utilities has a sector-leading approach to resilience . . . and set the standard for other companies to reach
Aligning risk and return
Our plan provides for a fair balance of risk and return, with rewards available for the delivery of stretching performance. We have a responsible corporate structure aligned with industry-leading environmental performance and strong financial resilience, and we provided strong evidence about the financeability of our proposed business plan.
We committed to provide £71 million of company funding over the period toward financial assistance schemes for customers in need, building on our sector-leading approach to affordability and vulnerability.
In addition, we proposed a clearly defined benefit sharing mechanism through our 'CommUnity Share' scheme, which offers to match benefits for customers if dividends are much higher than assumed in our business plan. We will consult with customers and stakeholders, under the supervision of the independent customer challenge group, YourVoice, about how this funding will be used, with transparency about how this funding would be used for customer benefit.
This builds on the voluntary reinvestment of over £600 million that we have already committed across the current and previous regulatory periods. Ofwat recognises that this approach puts us among the leading companies in terms of voluntary benefit sharing with customers.
United Utilities' plan demonstrates high quality and ambition in its approach to aligning the interests of the company and its investors with customers
Source: Ofwat, PR19 IAP – Summary of test area assessment
Stretching service levels and efficient cost
Driving efficiency is a key focus for management and Ofwat found ours to be one of the most efficient plans when compared with its own view of efficient costs.
Our business plan represented a reduction of over £1 billion in expenditure compared with AMP5 (covering 2010–15), driven by innovation, use of market mechanisms, and the significant improvement that we have made in efficiency in recent years. All three fast-track companies were asked to reduce their cost proposals by about 3 per cent. This compares with the industry average that was 15 per cent above Ofwat's view of efficient costs.
In household retail, we have substantially reduced our cost base in recent years, primarily through tackling levels of household bad debt, and we were pleased to see that our cost projections aligned with Ofwat's own assessment.
There are 14 common Outcome Delivery Incentives (ODIs) for the industry, where targets are based on upper quartile performance expectations, alongside a suite of innovative, company-specific measures. The targets for common ODIs were updated with Ofwat's latest view based on plan submissions, and may change further as the price review process continues for all companies.
United Utilities provides a high-quality plan and made strides towards cost efficiency compared to the last price review
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), any local agency or combination of local agencies overlying a groundwater basin may decide to become a groundwater sustainability agency for that basin.
(b) Before deciding to become a groundwater sustainability agency, and after publication of notice pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, the local agency or agencies shall hold a public hearing in the county or counties overlying the basin.
(A) Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, Zone 7.
(B) Alameda County Water District.
(D) Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency.
(E) Honey Lake Valley Groundwater Management District.
(F) Kings River East Groundwater Sustainability Agency.
(G) Long Valley Groundwater Management District.
(H) Mendocino City Community Services District.
(I) Mono County Tri-Valley Groundwater Management District.
(J) Monterey Peninsula Water Management District.
(K) North Fork Kings Groundwater Sustainability Agency.
(L) Ojai Groundwater Management Agency.
(M) Orange County Water District.
(N) Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency.
(O) San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Groundwater Sustainability Agency.
(P) Santa Clara Valley Water District.
(Q) Sierra Valley Groundwater Management District.
(R) Willow Creek Groundwater Management Agency.
(2) An agency identified in this subdivision may opt out of being the exclusive groundwater management agency within its statutory boundaries by sending a notice to the department, which shall be posted on the department's Internet Web site within 15 days of receipt. If an agency identified in paragraph (1) opts out of being the exclusive groundwater management agency, any other local agency or combination of local agencies operating within the statutory boundaries of the agency that has opted out may notify the department pursuant to Section 10723.8 of its decision to be the groundwater sustainability agency.
(3) A local agency listed in paragraph (1) may comply with this part by meeting the requirements of Section 10733.6 or opting to become a groundwater sustainability agency pursuant to this section. A local agency with authority to implement a basin-specific management plan pursuant to its principal act shall not exercise any authorities granted in this part in a manner inconsistent with any prohibitions or limitations in its principal act unless the governing board of the local agency makes a finding that the agency is unable to sustainably manage the basin without the prohibited authority.
(d) The decision of a local agency or combination of agencies to become a groundwater sustainability agency shall take effect as provided in Section 10723.8.


As you probably know, Linux Mint 11 "Katya", the next Linux Mint version that will be based on Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal will not use Unity by default. Well, as it turns out, Linux Mint 11 will move even further from Ubuntu and will ship with GNOME 3.0 by default, even though Ubuntu 11.04 will use Gnome 2.32.x.
But using GNOME 3.0 doesn't mean Linux Mint 11 will ship with Gnome Shell. Linux Mint 11 will use the classic Gnome desktop by default but of course, you'll be able to use Unity or Gnome Shell if you want.
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Council - Wednesday 10th December, 2014 6.30 pm
Agenda frontsheet PDF 66 KB View agenda as HTML
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Venue: Town Hall, High Street, Maidstone
Contact: Debbie Snook 01622 602030 Email: debbiesnook@maidstone.gov.uk
Prayers were said by the Reverend Ian Parrish, the Vicar of All Saints, Maidstone.
Apologies for Absence
It was noted that apologies for absence had been received from Councillors Collins, Edwards-Daem, Newton and Perry and that Councillor Willis had indicated that he would be late in arriving at the meeting.
There were no applications for dispensations.
Disclosures by Members and Officers
Councillor Sams stated that she was a Member of Harrietsham Parish Council, but, having taken advice from the Monitoring Officer, she intended to vote on the recommendation of the General Purposes Group that the number of Councillors on Harrietsham Parish Council be increased from nine to eleven.
Disclosures of Lobbying
There were no disclosures of lobbying.
Exempt Items
RESOLVED: That the items on the agenda be taken in public as proposed.
Minutes of the Extraordinary Meeting of the Borough Council held on 10 November 2014 PDF 75 KB
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RESOLVED: That the Minutes of the extraordinary meeting of the Borough Council held on 10 November 2014 be approved as a correct record and signed.
Mayor's Announcements
The Mayor updated Members on recent/forthcoming engagements.
(1) Notice has been given pursuant to Council Procedure Rule 11 of the intention to present a petition in the following terms:
HarrietshamAgainst Reckless Development has been formed by villagers concerned about the proposed scale of expansion of our lovely village.
This petition calls for our Parish Council and Maidstone Borough Council to:
· Reduce the proposed expansion of Harrietsham to a more proportionate level, similar to other rural villages;
· Refuse any development on greenfield sites of special landscape value and to prioritise brownfield sites; and
· Refuse any major development off minor village roads.
We, the undersigned, object to Maidstone Council's plans for Sutton Valence to be designated a "Larger Village" leading to increased housing development. This threatens to change the cherished rural nature of our Parish, overwhelm local infrastructure and amenities, threaten Greenfield sites, and add to traffic and parking congestion. We further call upon Maidstone Council to recognise the constraints to growth in Sutton Valence and ensure delivery of levels and types of housing which will respond to local population trends and needs.
1. ALLOCATION OF HOUSING SITES – HARRIETSHAM
Mr Mike Williams presented a petition in the following terms:
In presenting the petition, Mr Williams said that Harrietsham was a small rural village with very few facilities. It was not a rural service centre and it was not a suitable or sustainable location for the housing growth proposed. Local residents were concerned about the level and location of the growth proposed and the impact on the character of the village and local infrastructure. The Council should lobby central government to direct growth away from sensitive greenfield sites and small rural villages to more appropriate locations.
During the discussion on the petition, Members made a number of points, including:
· The Council should be doing more to influence national debate and central government policy on planning and other issues.
· It was naive to suggest that there was no connection between the rural service centre/larger village designation and larger housing numbers. There was a connection and it was necessary to consider whether this was the right approach. Consideration should be given to the adequacy of infrastructure in these areas to support the development proposed.
· The absence of a national strategy for the distribution of population and the implications for planning at district level had been debated at the Town and Country Planning Conference, and concerns were being fed back at the highest level. However, whichever approach was adopted the same number of houses would be required.
· The policy regarding rural service centres/larger village designations was underwritten by hierarchical settlement work based upon an assessment of the infrastructure capacity.
· Harrietsham should not be designated as a rural service centre; it was a small village with few facilities. The housing sites proposed in the draft Local Plan, one of which was a designated receptor site, were not suitable and should not be considered.
· This was not just a rural issue. Significant housing development was proposed in deprived urban areas with limited social infrastructure and green spaces.
· In the NPPF there was a presumption in favour of sustainable development. The trajectory of growth for Maidstone was not sustainable and if the current trajectory of growth continued beyond 2031, there was a risk that the character of the Borough would be destroyed and that it would become a southern outlier of the Medway towns.
· The projected level of housing development was unprecedented in this Borough and had implications for quality of life etc.
· The type of development now coming forward (larger houses on greenfield sites) was being promoted by a strong developer lobby of central government, but ... view the full minutes text for item 94.
Question and Answer Session for Members of the Public
Questions to the Leader of the Council
Mr Fergus Wilson asked the following question of the Leader of the Council:
Given the current delays in the delivery of Planning Services is the Mid Kent Partnership fit for purpose and should Maidstone Borough Council withdraw from it?
The Leader of the Council responded to the question.
Councillor Mrs Wilson, the Leader of the Opposition, Councillor Mrs Gooch, the Leader of the Independent Group, Councillor Powell, the Leader of the UKIP Group, and Councillor McKay, the Leader of the Labour Group, then responded to the question.
Mr Wilson asked the following supplementary question of the Leader of the Council:
What timescale are we aiming at to process an application to determination?
Mrs Geraldine Brown asked the following question of the Leader of the Council:
Have Parishes made known to the Leader, other Cabinet Members and Officers their concerns about the 18,600 figure for Objectively Assessed Housing Need?
Mrs Geraldine Brown asked the following supplementary question of the Leader of the Council:
I understand that you have had a lot of meetings with a lot of different organisations, but at the outset you promised regular meetings with the Kent Association of Local Councils representing the Parishes. Can we return to that because it is not happening?
Question to the Cabinet Member for Planning, Transport and Development
Mr John Hughes asked the following question of the Cabinet Member for Planning, Transport and Development:
The GL Hearn report (para 4.117) states that the Borough had a "significant oversupply (of housing) over the past decade", and this recent oversupply has been trended forward to form the basis of the housing needs assessment for the draft Local Plan. Why hasn't a lower, more balanced, longer term trend been used, as allowed by Para 36 of the Government's Planning Practice Guidance?
The Cabinet Member for Planning, Transport and Development responded to the question.
Councillor Harwood, on behalf of the Leader of the Opposition, Councillor Mrs Gooch, the Leader of the Independent Group, Councillor Powell, the Leader of the UKIP Group, and Councillor McKay, the Leader of the Labour Group, then responded to the ... view the full minutes text for item 95.
Questions from Members of the Council
(a) Leader of the Council
(b) Cabinet Members
(c) Chairmen of Overview and Scrutiny Committees
(d) Chairmen of other Committees
Question to the Leader of the Council
Councillor Harper asked the following question of the Leader of the Council:
Could the Leader of the Council please inform me of the current state of progress with the Local Plan and would she agree with the Labour Party that completion of the Local Plan is the Council's top priority and that everything possible is being done to bring it to a conclusion during the first half of 2015?
Councillor Harper asked the following supplementary question of the Leader of the Council:
Could the Leader of the Council please inform me of the support she is receiving from all Political Groups represented on the Council in terms of moving the Local Plan forward?
Note: To listen to the responses to these questions, please follow this link:
http://live.webcasts.unique-media.tv/mbc185/interface
Adjournment of Meeting
The meeting was adjourned from 8.10 p.m. to 8.20 p.m.
Current Issues - Report of the Leader of the Council, Response of the Group Leaders and Questions from Council Members
The Leader of the Council submitted her report on current issues.
After the Leader of the Council had submitted her report, Councillor Mrs Wilson, the Leader of the Opposition, Councillor Mrs Gooch, the Leader of the Independent Group, Councillor Powell, the Leader of the UKIP Group, and Councillor Harper, on behalf of the Leader of the Labour Group, responded to the issues raised.
A number of Members then asked questions of the Leader of the Council and the Leader of the Opposition on the issues raised in their speeches.
Report of the Cabinet held on 8 October 2014 - Local Council Tax Discount Scheme PDF 50 KB
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It was moved by Councillor Mrs Blackmore, seconded by Councillor McLoughlin, that the recommendation of the Cabinet relating to the Local Council Tax Discount Scheme be approved.
RESOLVED: That the Local Council Tax Discount Scheme be maintained from 1 April 2015 at its current level, providing a 13% reduction in the former national Council Tax Benefit Scheme, as set out in Appendix A to the report of the Cabinet.
Report of the Cabinet held on 8 October 2014 - Update on Motions Referred to Cabinet by Council PDF 52 KB
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It was moved by Councillor Mrs Blackmore, seconded by Councillor Hogg, that the recommendation of the Cabinet relating to motions referred to it by the Council be approved.
RESOLVED: That the action taken by the Cabinet in respect of the three motions referred to it by the Council relating to the Bedroom Tax (Spare Room Subsidy), Cycling Safety and the Gyratory System and Over-Development of Inner Maidstone be noted.
Report of the General Purposes Group held on 21 November 2014 - Harrietsham Parish Council - Increase in Number of Councillors PDF 50 KB
Appendix A - Harrietsham Election Results , item 101. PDF 910 KB
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It was moved by Councillor Parvin, seconded by Councillor Black, that the recommendation of the General Purposes Group relating to a request by Harrietsham Parish Council for an increase in the number of Parish Councillors be approved.
RESOLVED: That, in accordance with the adopted scale, the request by Harrietsham Parish Council for an increase from nine Councillors to eleven Councillors be accepted and that the necessary community governance review and consultation under S82 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 be commenced.
Report of the Group Leaders or Nominated Representatives Working Group - Review of Governance Arrangements PDF 176 KB
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Appendix C - Committee Diagram , item 102. PDF 17 KB
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It was moved by the Mayor, seconded by Councillor Mrs Joy, and
RESOLVED: That all of the Council Rules of Procedure (except Rules 19.5 and 20.2) be suspended for this item to enable Members to receive a presentation from the Head of Policy and Communications on the proposals of the Group Leaders or Nominated Representatives Working Group relating to a new scheme of committee governance; to allow a factual question and answer session to take place; and to facilitate a thorough discussion on this important issue. A debate will take place on the recommendation in the report following which Members may speak on any of the alternative options listed in the report. At the end of the debate, the recommendation or any alternative recommendation arising from discussion of the alternative options will be moved, seconded and voted upon by the Council. Members may speak more than once during the debate.
During the debate, following the presentation and factual question and answer session, it was moved by Councillor English, seconded by Councillor Daley, that the recommendation contained in the report of the Group Leaders or Nominated Representatives Working Group be approved.
Five Members of the Council requested that a named vote be taken. The voting was as follows:
For (26)
Councillors Chittenden, Cox, Daley, Ells, English, Fissenden, Mrs Grigg, Harper, Harwood, Mrs Joy, Long, McKay, Moriarty, B Mortimer, D Mortimer, Naghi, Paterson, Pickett, Powell, Mrs Robertson, Sams, Sargeant, B Watson, P Watson, Willis and Mrs Wilson
Against (24)
Councillors Ash, Black, Mrs Blackmore, Burton, Butler, Cuming, Garland, Mrs Gooch, Greer, Mrs Hinder, Hogg, McLoughlin, Munford, Paine, Parvin, Mrs Parvin, Mrs Ring, Ross, Round, Springett, Mrs Stockell, Thick, de Wiggondene and J.A.Wilson
Abstained (1)
Councillor Vizzard
1. That the Council's governance arrangements be changed from an executive to a committee system of governance pursuant to Section 9KC Local Government Act 2000, effective from the Annual Meeting of the Council in May 2015.
2. That the scheme of governance outlined as option 1 in Appendix A to the report of the Group Leaders or Nominated Representatives Working Group and in section 3.3.4 of the report and the terms of reference as detailed in Appendix B to the report be approved.
3. That the Head of Policy and Communications and the Monitoring Officer be authorised to publish the required notice describing the features of the new system and timescales for implementation; to work with Group Leaders to prepare a new Constitution for the Council to adopt; and to deal with any other matters arising from or in connection with the change of governance arrangements.
Note: Councillors English and Fissenden left the meeting during consideration of this issue, but returned shortly after, and continued to participate in the discussion and voting.
Long Meeting
Prior to 10.30 p.m., during consideration of the report of the Group Leaders or Nominated Representatives Working Group, the Council considered whether to adjourn at 10.30 p.m. or to continue until 11.00 p.m. if necessary.
RESOLVED: That the meeting should continue until 11.00 p.m. if necessary.
Oral Report of the Strategic Leadership and Corporate Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on 2 December 2014
It was noted that there was no report arising from the meeting of the Strategic Leadership and Corporate Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on 2 December 2014.
Oral Report of the General Purposes Group held on 8 December 2014
It was noted that there was no report arising from the meeting of the General Purposes Group held on 8 December 2014.
Oral Report of the Community, Environment and Housing Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on 9 December 2014
It was noted that there was no report arising from the meeting of the Community, Environment and Housing Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on 9 December 2014.
Report of the Head of Policy and Communications - Committee Membership PDF 25 KB
It was moved by the Mayor, seconded by Councillor English, that the recommendation contained in the report of the Head of Policy and Communications relating to the membership of Committees be approved.
RESOLVED: That the following changes be approved to reflect the wishes of the Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group:
Community, Environment and Housing Overview and Scrutiny
Delete Councillor B Watson. Insert Councillor Vizzard.
Substitute Members
Delete Councillor Vizzard. Insert Councillor B Watson.
Economic and Commercial Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Delete Councillor Vizzard. Insert Councillor Mrs Wilson.
Delete Councillor Mrs Wilson. Insert Councillor Vizzard.
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The Mayor announced that this report was for information only.
Duration of Meeting
6.30 p.m. to 10.40 p.m.


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Q: how to get access to button in viewPager i would like to ask about ViewPager i had created 2 layouts in viewPager where you can slide between them. but i totaly do not know how to gain access to buttons inside of theese 2 views.
    Button deleteButton;
TableLayout orderTable;
TableRow order;

TableLayout preparedTable;
TableRow prepared;
TextView plus;

JSONObject rows = new JSONObject( );
int last = 0;
private ViewPager tablePager;
private PagerAdapter pagerAdapter;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.sliding_panel);
    getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_HIDDEN);
    getSupportActionBar().hide();

    //orderTable.addView(order);

    List<Fragment> list = new ArrayList<>();
    list.add(new PageFragment1());
    list.add(new PageFragment2());
    tablePager = findViewById(R.id.main_view_pager);
    pagerAdapter = new SlidePageAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager(),list);

    tablePager.setAdapter(pagerAdapter);
    tablePager.setCurrentItem(0);
    setMain();

    /*LayoutInflater getView = (LayoutInflater)getApplicationContext().getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
    View v = getView.inflate(R.layout.main, null);
    plus = v.findViewById(R.id.plus);
    plus.setOnClickListener(this);*/
}

private void setMain() {
    View main = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.main, tablePager, false);

    orderTable = (TableLayout) main.findViewById(R.id.main_orders_table);
    order = (TableRow) main.findViewById(R.id.main_orders_rows);

    preparedTable = (TableLayout) main.findViewById(R.id.main_prepared_table);
    prepared = (TableRow) main.findViewById(R.id.main_prepared_rows);

    plus = (TextView) main.findViewById(R.id.plus);
    plus.setOnClickListener(this);

}
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
    switch (v.getId()) {
        case R.id.plus:
            addOrder();
            break;
    }
}

so how could i call something inside of one of theese views? this does not trigered the onclicklistener.
please help thanks.

A: you should access the button from within the fragment by finding the button id
Button mybtn=getActivity().findViewById(yourbtnid);

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Michel Baudin
Since 1987, Michel Baudin has consulted for such clients as Honda of America, Dell Computer, Canon Virginia, Boeing, Raytheon, Unilever, MetalEurop, the CIADEA automotive group, Hoechst, and others on lean manufacturing implementation, and for high-technology companies like Hewlett Packard, Intel, Motorola. Winbond, and National Semiconductor on production scheduling, process transfer from R&D to production, and computer system architecture for manufacturing applications. He also designed the MS/X OnTime production scheduler marketed by Tyecin Systems and led the EU-funded INRECA research project.
Since 1995, he has taught short courses on the details of lean manufacturing, the management of lean manufacturing implementation, the lean approach to quality, and lean manufacturing for small and medium-size companies, as well as customized in-house seminars for consulting clients. These courses have been offered to the public through UC Berkeley extension, the University of Dayton's Center for Competitive Change, and the Hong Kong Productivity Center, and have been used in house by Honda, Boeing, Canon, Raytheon, Applied Materials, VDO, Siemens, and others.
His prior experience includes being a director of the Menlo Park Technology Center of Teknekron Corporation, leading a group at Schlumberger/Fairchild that designed, tested, and supported maintenance management, production scheduling, and quality control software that is in use in semiconductor factories; giving technical support for CIM installations in Japan on behalf of Consilium corporation; and implementing the OPT scheduling system in two General Motors factories.
Mr. Baudin is author of two books, Lean Assembly , from Productivity Press (2002) and Manufacturing Systems Analysis , from Prentice Hall (1990) as well as 22 articles and papers in various journals since 1977. His academic background includes a Master's Degree in Engineering from the Ecole des Mines , Paris; work at the Hahn-Meitner Institute of Berlin; and research at the University of Tokyo . He is a senior fellow of the University of Dayton's Center for Competitive Change , and a member of the IMSE External Advisory Board of Ohio University . Michel Baudin is fluent in French, Japanese, and German, and is learning Spanish.
Being the former Rocket Scientist of NASA and Ph.D. in engineering from Stanford University, Mr. Smith began specializing in rapid product development since 1984, and earned Certified Management Consultant (CMC) standing in 1990. Preston has consulted on highly effective new product development techniques and time to market over a wide variety of industries in many countries. His client companies span the motor vehicle, power tool, medical electronics, food packaging, chemical, sports equipment, computer, telecommunications, semi-conductor, and industrial equipment industries.
Prior to 1986, Preston gained broad engineering and technology management experience over a period of twenty years through employment with Boeing, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, IBM, Lucent Technologies, General Motors, Ensco (a government transportation safety contractor) and Institute for Defense Analyses & Emhart (Black & Decker). He also has given seminars and workshops in 32 countries, and he has taught product development at renowned universities.
Publications: Amazon.com consistently ranks Preston's book below among the three most popular product development titles. Over 100,000 copies are in use by management in many industries. 1.Developing Products in Half the Time: New Rules, New Tools - John Wiley & Sons, 1998. 2.Proactive Risk Management: Controlling Uncertainty in Product Development - Productivity Press, 2002
Kevin Hop
With 25 years of working experience in manufacturing taking roles in engineering management and plant management, Mr. Hop specializes in the areas of lean manufacturing methods used by Honda and Toyota. He has 11 years working with Honda as a manager in the areas of quality, supplier development, engine assembly, iron casting and motorcycle production.
During this career at Honda, Mr. Hop was a leader of new model development in Parts Quality and Engine Assembly Departments. He learned and applied the methods of new product development that Honda is famous for. All of his product launches were on time, on schedule and on budget. Those products went on to achieve record sales levels and receive a record level of quality awards from organizations such as J.D. Powers and Consumer Reports.
During these new product development cycles, he was responsible for starting up over 100 new suppliers to Honda in North America. This included the development of new processes and systems in their factories to produce new products in development. In addition, he has been a trainer and consultant in the area of lean manufacturing since 1998. He has trained over 1000 people with these methods in North America, Europe and Asia in the past few years.
Jim Ayers
Jim Ayers has 28 years of consulting experience, directed at operations strategy and profit improvement. Through his career, Jim has contributed frequently through professional societies, published articles and books, and speaking to groups from diverse industries. He authored Improving Your Competitive Position , published by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. He recently spoke to Korean CEO's on incorporating supply chain management into strategic planning. He is author of a book titled Handbook of Supply Chain Management published by St. Lucie Press.
Jim has a BS in Engineering with distinction from the U.S. Naval Academy. He served in the Navy aboard nuclear submarines. He also holds an MBA and an MS in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University. He is a CMC and has held partner level positions at Theodore Barry & Associates, Coopers & Lybrand, and Ingersoll Engineers (now the Bourton Group). In these roles, Jim headed major manufacturing and supply chain related consulting practices.
Crispin Vincenti-Brown
Crispin Vincenti-Brown has been a driving force in the Bourton Group's international activities since 1975, and managed French and Italian offices for 10 years before moving to the US in 1989. From the start of 1998 Crispin has been based in Europe where the focus of his activities is on a high-technology international manufacturing clientele.
Crispin's industrial skills are in the strategic and operational management of complex, high technology manufacturing businesses, in commercial aerospace, automotive, and electronics. He is well known for his work in developing strategies for the Agile Enterprise R , and service chain management. Much of his work with clients focuses on improving the responsiveness and robustness of product/service delivery. Crispin utilizes a "make it happen" approach, taking an assignment from conceptualization through implementation. Examples of success for Crispin's pragmatic approach to rapid operational breakthroughs include the following:
Introducing new operational approaches to composites manufacturing in Europe, the U.S., and Canada.
Strategic planning for multinational consortia in the international aerospace industry.
Planning, installation, and start-up of an agile computer assembly facility in France.
Restructuring corporate operations for the largest power generation equipment manu facturer in Italy
Designing and starting a high-volume diesel engine manufacturing facility in Tunisia
Crispin is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical Engineers and an active member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. In addition, he serves on the board of directors of the Operations Management Association and on the advisory board of the American Product Excellence Award. He is widely published in many languages on subjects ranging from energy conservation in manufacturing plants to bank financing of industrial projects. Crispin is a regular speaker and lecturer at international conferences, business schools, and universities.
Following an apprenticeship with a French aerospace machine tool company, Crispin graduated from the University of Birmingham, UK, with an honors degree in engineering production and is a chartered engineer. Prior to joining Ingersoll Engineers, he managed a machine tool manufacturing facility. His US clients include Boeing, BP, Caterpillar, Cessna, Ingersoll-Dresser, Loral, Martin Marietta, Sundstrand, Taylor Made, Textron, and Westinghouse. In Europe, Crispin has worked with Airbus Industries, Alenia, Alfa Romeo, Arianespace, British Aerospace, Bull, Cummins, Fiat, Fokker, MBB, Philips, Rolls Royce, and Unilever, among others.
Hormoz Mogarei
As manufacturing manager in a leading automotive part company for the past seven years, Hormoz Mogarei has implemented JIT/lean production, continuous improvement, assembly line balancing, reductions in lead time and WIP, elimination of finished goods inventory, takt time adjustments, use of Kanbans and of the sequential production system, and one-piece flow. The combination of all these achievements led to the highest level of quality.
Hormoz has been solving daily problems in a high-volume production environment where the absence of finished goods inventory leaves no room for error. His hands-on knowledge of planning and implementation for cost saving and waste elimination projects, together with excellent communication skills have enabled him to be effective and get the work force excited even in a union-shop environment.
Hormoz Mogarei holds a Mechanical Engineering degree and has 11 years of experience.
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Q: Laravel Database Insert Data I have a question about using create method and model for inserting data into database. After I've tried it, I came to a conclusion that the name of the fields in database, the name of the input in forms, and the name of the fields in $fillables, all three of them have to be the same, is this true? Or is there better way to do this?

A: Yes, it is true, but this doesn't mean that this is the only way. this is the best practice you can say because we easily remember it while working on controller and view. we don't need to remember the name that we have given in view.
but you can use different names too for view and controller separately.


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Q: C#/WPF - IsElement as a class property/attribute? I am trying to remake my C#/WPF take on the Simon game by making it more clean and use classes now that I finally understand classes. Before I ask my question - here is some sample code from my old version as a reference.
  public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            RedButton.IsEnabled = false;
            BlueButton.IsEnabled = false;
            GreenButton.IsEnabled = false;
            YellowButton.IsEnabled = false;
        }

        //Use TextBlock clearing to say "Watch the pattern", "Your Turn" and then an empty box between games
        private void StartButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {

            _IsError = false;

            RedButton.IsEnabled = true;
            BlueButton.IsEnabled = true;
            GreenButton.IsEnabled = true;
            YellowButton.IsEnabled = true;

            StartButton.IsEnabled = false;
            if (randomPattern.Count == 0)
            {
                randomPattern.Add(random.Next(0, 4));
                randomPattern.Add(random.Next(0, 4));
            }
            StatusBox.Text = "Watch the Pattern.";
            ShowPattern();
        }

So, my question is: Would it be good practice for me to use IsElement as a property/attribute of class "Buttons" instead of writing all of their statements out individually? And if I should add them to the class, I think my next question comes down to - how would I implement it into the class? I know simply typing only "IsEnabled = <T/F>" won't do anything.
EDIT:
To show you what I mean:
Should I have IsEnabled as a class property like such:
class Button {
     IsEnabled = false;
}

var greenButton = new Button()

//Some code that lets the player start the game by clicking a button

greenButton.IsEnabled = true;

Or should I keep my IsEnabled statements outside of a class like in my old version of the code? Note - my old version of the code, there are no classes that I made - only functions.

A: IsEnabled should be placed into Button class as it is property or feature of button.
public class Button {
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United States Department of State / Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1919
Italy, pp. 413-414 PDF (540.8 KB)
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND ITALY EXTEND-
ING THE DURATION OF THE ARBITRATION CONVENTION OF
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The Italian Embassy to the Department of State
The Arbitration Convention of March 28, 1908 between Italy and
the United States was renewed, by an Agreement between the two
countries signed on May 28, 1913,2 for a period of five years.
The Royal Italian Government, in view of the fact that the said
period will expire on January 22nd, 1919, would be pleased to renew
the Convention again for the duration of five years.
The Department of State to the Italian Embassy
The Department of State acknowledges the receipt of the Royal
Italian Embassy's communication of December 18, in which it in-
forms the Department that the Italian Government would be pleased
to renew for another period of five years the arbitration conven-
tion concluded between them on March 28, 1908. The Department
of State encloses herewith the English text of an agreement 3 renew-
ing said convention for a further period of five years, from Jan-
uary 22, 1919, and would be pleased to receive from the Royal Italian
Embassy the Italian text equivalent thereto.
WASHINGTON, January 15, 1919.
Treaty Series No. 645
Agreement between the United States of Arnerioa and Italy, Signed
at Washington, March 20, 1919 4
The Government of the United States of America and the Govern-
ment of His Majesty the King of Italy, being desirous of extending
1For text of convention, see Foreign Relations, 1909, p. 385.
2Ibid., 1914, p. 388.
8 See infra.
4In English and Italian; Italian text not printed. Ratification advised by
the Senate, July 17, 1919; ratified by the President, July 29; ratified by
Aug. 18; ratifications exchanged at Washington, Oct. 13; proclaimed Oct.


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Irish woman attacked by three men in southern France
Police are looking for more information after an Irish tourist was beaten with a chain lock while on holiday in southern France's Avignon.
The attack occurred on Saturday morning in Avignon, southern France. Photo: Karoly Lorentey/Flickr
The victim was attacked on her way home after a night out in Avignon, where she is believed to have rented an apartment for several weeks.
At around 6.30am on Saturday, the woman was walking along Rue des Infirmières when she was approached by three men, who reportedly beat her up with a motorcycle chain lock.
The 25-year-old woman was left with serious injuries to her face, according to reports.
The men fled the scene, but didn't steal anything from the woman nor carry out any kind of sexual assault, reported Le Dauphiné Libéré newspaper.
A local police source told the paper that the woman had been left "in a state of shock".
Police told the paper that the victim may have rejected the advances of one of the men earlier in the night. The victim, however, told police that she didn't know the attackers.
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The Local [email protected] @thelocalfrance
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French ex-minister convicted in fake jobs scam
French tycoon fined €150k for harming tortoises
A French court on Thursday found former justice minister Michel Mercier guilty of embezzlement in a fake jobs scheme he ran for the benefit of family members.
Mercier, 75, who served under former president Nicolas Sarkozy between 2010 and 2012, claimed tens of thousands of euros for his wife and daughter for parliamentary jobs they never carried out.
The court handed him a suspended prison sentence of three years.
Mercier gave "personal gain precedence over the public good", the court said in its verdict, calling Mercier's actions "serious".
As senator, Mercier claimed 50,000 euros ($54,000 at today's rate) in salary for his wife Joelle between 2005 and 2009, and €37,000 for his daughter Delphine between 2012 and 2014.
During that time, Delphine Mercier was living in London and did not set foot in the French Senate, but her father claimed she was acting as his "cultural advisor".
Neither Mercier nor his daughter were able to provide any proof of actual work done.
Joelle Mercier, meanwhile, claimed during the trial that she had served as her husband's representative at village fairs and funerals.
She was found guilty of conspiracy to embezzle public funds and of receiving stolen money and sentenced to a suspended prison term of 18 months and a €40,000 fine.
The court handed the daughter a 12-month suspended sentence and a fine of €10,000.
Prosecutors had asked for the ex-minister to serve one year behind bars, accusing him of "creating smoke screens" in his defence and seeking to mislead the court.
Mercier had based part of his defence on his rural roots, pitting his "common sense" against the "Parisians" of the national financial crimes unit PNF.
Several French politicians have been convicted for similar offences committed before France in 2017 banned National Assembly deputies and senators from employing family members.
The move came in reaction to a public outcry over a high-profile case involving former right-wing prime minister Francois Fillon, who was found guilty of providing a fake parliamentary assistant job to his wife that saw her paid hundreds of thousands of euros in public funds.
The "Penelopegate" scandal, revealed in a media report while he was the front-runner in the 2017 presidential race, torpedoed his political career and cleared a path for then-relatively unknown Emmanuel Macron.
Last year, a court trimmed Fillon's sentence to four years in prison with three suspended — down from five years with three suspended when he was first found guilty in 2020.
Rape case against France's interior minister is dropped
Animal rights group to sue French rail service after cat crushed by train


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Fat Tony is good for your health
The Houston rapper on his Texas lineage, the importance of owning up to your mistakes, and his new album, 10,000 Hours.
By Paul Thompson
Photographer Keith Oshiro
Fat Tony moves swiftly, and mostly on foot. On a late summer afternoon in the tranquil east Los Angeles neighborhood of Los Feliz, the Houston rapper born Anthony Lawson Jude Ifeanyichukwu Obiawunaotu or Anthony Lawson Obi is lingering outside of a vegan restaurant before returning to the bright, airy bungalow he shares with his girlfriend.
"I just love being able to walk everywhere," he says, opening the gate that surrounds the idyllic home. "Cars don't mean much to me. I'd buy one if I had children and needed to lug them around somewhere, but I'm happier walking everywhere I go." Tony, 30, has recently settled down from a nomadic period. There were stretches in Brooklyn, Houston, and Mexico City, where he became a lynchpin in the city's rap scene with a series of parties that brought major American artists to the capital. That stretch was capped by the release of his fourth LP MacGregor Park, named after a corner of his native Third Ward and representing the deepest mining yet of Tony's psyche.
His latest album, 10,000 Hours, was written and recorded in Los Angeles; produced in large part by childhood friend HevIn, the record is intensely personal and musically propulsive, with moments verging on straight-up dance music. There's incisive reckonings with whisper networks and sexual misconduct ("Rumors"), pointed subversions of regional stereotypes ("Texas"), and an updated version of the song "Charles" –– which was previously on Urban Hall of Fame, Tony's album with producer Kyle Mabson as Charge It To The Game –– about Tony's younger brother, who is autistic and has never spoken to his family.
In person, Tony reflects the same duality as his music: he's thoughtful and considered as well as open, present, and enthusiastic. He talks eagerly about music he's currently listening to, from Detroit rapper and producer Quelle Chris to formative artists from his childhood like E-40, UGK, and especially Prince. Tony has the late artist's logo and name tattooed on his left arm, as well as what he describes as a bedroom "shrine" comprised of memorabilia and rare magazine covers. The front sitting area of Tony's home is littered with back issues of publications like SPIN and The Source, as well as a copy of a local Venice magazine from 1991 with Boyz N the Hood on the cover. There's also a bookshelf that amalgamates Tony's taste with his girlfriend's: biographies of Texans Pimp C and Scarface, Lil B's Takin' Over: By Imposing the Positive! My Personal Rap to You, Ling Ma's Severance.
Tony gives a lot of thought to how he can inject his beliefs and principles into his music without resorting to diatribe or street preaching. "Real people have real opinions — they state them and they move on," he says. "A good conversation is when you get to touch on a bunch of different topics and it just flows. That's how I want my music to be."
Tell me about the making of 10,000 Hours.
The foundation of this record started when I moved back here at the end of 2016. I was living with HevIn, who's been living here for a few years. Every time I'd come visit, I'd stay with him and tell him, "If you ever get a room open in your house, I'd consider moving back here and living with you." He came to Houston for this festival where we both played, and when it ended he was like, "I'm gonna leave in a couple days — do you wanna come?" I packed up my stuff, kinda spur of the moment. I didn't tell a ton of people that I was moving, I just saw the opportunity and took it, which is how I move — just going with my gut and not letting it slip away.
Did you start working on these songs right away?
Yes. He's been a musician as long as I've known him. I grew up being friends with his little sister, and we were really into punk music — we'd hang out, go to shows, and cover Ramones songs. He was her cool older brother who was the real musician, and every time we'd jam at her house he'd be like, "You need to hurry up and get out the way because me and my friends are gonna come play some real music." Living with him, we just started making songs for fun while I was working on MacGregor Park and Charge It To The Game. Some of the songs were jokey, some were serious. We were able to craft some music that was really honest, and it was great to make music with no direction.
I didn't think we were gonna make an album, but after a year we were like, "Yo, we kinda have something here." We picked the best songs along with a few other songs I made with other producers like my long-time producer Golden Eye, Nate Donmoyer, and Charles Moon. We found that a lot of these songs had similar themes and sounds. After we decided to make an album, we recorded the last batch of songs that make the core of what the album's about.
When people think of Houston rap, I think their minds go to the production and Screw, but not to the character of the songwriters, lots of whom have intensely regular, everyman personas. To me, you're very much in the lineage of someone like Devin the Dude.
Hero. Devin the Dude is the first major artist that I opened up for. This dude paid me like $300, and I was like, Woah. This is a shit-ton of money. Yo, I'm about to get a nice sack of weed and a whole lot of fast food with this. He was one of the first rappers I met who was humble, welcoming, open, and cool in the sense that he spoke to me. I was like, You're a legend, what're you doing humbling yourself down to speak to me? He was just a regular guy.
A lot of your music subverts expectations or assumptions people make about Houston, especially "Texas."
There's a big world out there, and it's hard to reach everybody. I'm always gonna be a new artist to someone, even in Houston. There are times I go back to Houston and people are like, "I never heard of you." I'm an underground artist. I'm not on the radio, I'm not backed by people with a ton of money. Most of my exposure has been through my own grind and dedication, and my own loud mouth. It's my duty to always have something in my records like a greeting. If you've never heard of me before, there's at least one song on here that can define who I am. "Texas" does that really well on this album. I talk about the industry, politics, and the history of Texas culture — from Selena to Juneteenth to the trail riders.
"Rumors" has a verse about online rumors you suffered through in high school.
It's totally true, and I talked about it not because it's something I'm stuck on but because it was a moment in my life early on where I first experienced being trolled. Getting to see what it's like having a bunch of people diss you — especially people who don't know you well — was really funny for me. I remember the night the website went up, my friend called me and was like, "Yo, did you see this thing about you? It's crazy." I remember thinking, Ah man, I'm gonna be the biggest loser, no one's gonna like me.
But funnily enough, it lowkey kinda made me popular. I started meeting people. It got my name out a little bit, and it just so happened it was right around the time that I was trying to be a rapper amongst my school, passing out CDs and getting people to really know me for that. A gift and a curse, you know?
The song is also about an acquaintance being accused of sexual misconduct.
I've had several friends who have been called out for their misconduct. Some of them aren't even friends — just artists I've worked with. I collaborate constantly, and some of my collaborators have been called out, publicly and privately — mostly privately. I felt the need to address that. There are a lot of layers to this. A lot of guys are being taught the wrong things when it comes to dealing with women, what it means to date, what sex is really about, and how to behave yourself — especially artists and entertainers who are told that sex can be a sign of success or that "it goes along with the job." A lot of guys think they can take advantage of or mistreat people — it isn't even just about assault, it's [also] ghosting people, misogyny, a lot of stuff that's normalized if you're an artist.
It really fucks with me. I have a lot of women friends. I'm dating a woman. I've had a lot of women tell me they've been hurt –– even before this #MeToo thing happened. This isn't nothing new. I've known so many scumbags in my day. Even stuff that I've done to hurt women — I've definitely been a jerk before. But what I'm talking about in this song is straight-up assault. I did some music in the last couple of years with this guy that I didn't know really well. I had a close friend of mine tell me that he assaulted her and I just had to sever ties with him. I had to tell him, "Dude, I'm not trying to put you on blast or anything but not only have you done this, but you did this to a good friend of mine, and I just can't rock with you anymore."
You also get at the layers of hearing more nebulous rumors about people you know.
I'm supportive, too. There are friends of mine have who have been called out who are making a true effort to rehabilitate themselves, apologize, and make up for the terrible stuff they've done. I can at least stand back and support that, even if I don't wanna be in their lives constantly. But in the case of the guy that I'm talking about in this song, when I spoke to him about it, he just straight-up denied it. He wanted to be like, "Yo who told you that, I think I know who you're talking about, just tell me, is it this person?" It's like, dude, just be straight up with me. I didn't come here to argue with you or to get in a fight about it. Somebody that I trust told me that you did this to them. I believe them. I'm giving you the floor to be honest about it — it's not anybody else's business, this is purely between us.
I was honestly offended that they didn't fess up to it. I can see how it's hard, but just keep it real, man. Anything you do in the dark is gonna come to the light. If you've hurt somebody and you get called out for it, just own up to it. Even if you don't get called out for it — own up to it.
Did it make you wary about collaborating with people you don't know as well?
Totally. I really try to trust my gut when I'm meeting someone, [but] I don't do that all the time. A lot of times I'm on the go and just trying to work with as many people as possible. But after that happened, I decided to reel it back. That's why, on this album, most of my collaborators are just my good friends. I wanted to keep it in a small circle, and that's how I wanna do music moving forward.
The older I get, the more I feel like it's about remaining as true to yourself as possible and part of that is in the people you associate with. I wanna be really mindful about every move I make. Even on "Texas" — it was so important to me to have an anti-gun stance, because that's something I want as part of my legacy. When I saw what happened at Santa Fe, I thought to myself, It'd be really fucked up if I put out this album as a Houstonian at this time and didn't even mention gun violence.
On this album, you have a new version of "Charles," the song about your brother who is non-verbal. What made you revisit it?
I wrote an essay for the Talkhouse that gave me a better understanding of what I thought of family, and me and my brother's relationship. I wanted to revisit that same theme musically. I thought that I did a really fine job of making a song about him with my group Charge It To The Game, but I felt like I could put those same words in a different context and have them hit in a more effective way. I wanted to make that song feel more straightforward — this is me speaking clearly about how I feel about my brother, and I thought that it was something people should know about me.
I want people to understand that this is a big part of my dynamic and how I view the world. It's something I think I'll always be working through. How I feel about my brother and our communication has always been something that kinda bothered me. I really felt like I missed a connection with him because we weren't able to speak the way that most people do. But I knew we had a way of communicating that was just ours, through body language and just my gut. When I started to write that essay, all these feelings came about, and it just felt much clearer to me. It opened up a dialogue with my mom about my brother, and it's something that I think I'll be working through for the rest of my life.
One passage from the essay that resonated with me was how foreign sibling relationships on TV and in movies seemed. My brother's speech development was delayed, and it definitely complicated our relationship as kids.
It's complicated, but it's positive. It made me really happy to revisit it. Talking about my brother with my parents is a different conversation than what I would say in that essay or my song. I don't have friends who have shared that same experience. I have no one to relate to. I felt like a lot of these thoughts I had about my brother and our relationship were things I could only keep to myself, but this is the first time I've been able to get it out in a way that felt really positive. He doesn't get the recognition he deserves for being a great person because he's not in the public eye — he doesn't speak, he doesn't hold a job, and he lives with my parents, you know? He's sweet, lovable, and charming in his own way, and I want something out there that can honor that.
In that essay, you also talk about how, as a child, you really valued privacy and alone time, and that you consumed a lot of media in a sort of isolated setting. What qualities drew you to art as a kid? What would make you connect with a specific artist or work of art?
I was always into artists that said something I'd never heard before, or used language in a way I'd never heard before. The E-40 song that blew me away by him was "Flashin," from Element of Surprise. He says some shit on the song that I feel like no one has ever said before. It's not the idea he's putting across, it's the way that he's saying it. UGK, Devin the Dude, all these artists I love say things that I've never heard somebody else say. They've literally put words together that I've never heard or read in my entire life. I'm a sucker for a good melody, too. That's why as a teenager I was so into pop-punk — the melodies are pushed to the front, and they're really obvious.
I've seen you play a number of times in a handful of different cities. You're really good at connecting with crowds, including ones where people aren't familiar with you. What's your history with being on stage?
From day one, being a performer was my favorite part of doing music. When I was in eighth grade, I was walking to my seventh-period history class. I had a Walkman with me at all times and for the first time ever, I heard Cam'ron and Juelz Santana's "Oh Boy." I stopped outside of that history class to let the song finish and I was blown away. The beat was great, the melody was super catchy, they were really funny, they had some great bars. I walked into class and sat down with my three friends, and we all talked about wanting to be a rap group. I sat down and was like, "You're gonna rap, you're gonna rap, you're gonna manage us, and I'm gonna be the producer. I'm gonna come back in a few days with some beats."
Now, I'm… not a producer, so I got home and was like, How do I get some beats? I found out about Soundclick.com. I didn't have a CD burner, so I took a Fisher Price tape recorder and held the mic up to my computer speakers and recorded some beats I liked, dubbed them to a tape, took them to school, and was like, "Come to my house later, we'll listen to these and write some songs to them." Me and my friend Keith had a group called Dangerous by Dezign, and the crew was going to be called Simply Throwed Entertainment. I wanted to be a producer-slash-rapper, but I got more into rapping because I didn't have the equipment to produce and didn't know where to start. If I'd known how to make beats at that point, I probably would have tried to learn more about it, but I just fell in love with writing.
In tenth grade, we were going to play a talent show and do songs over Mobb Deep's "Win Or Lose" and a T.I. beat — I wanna say it was "Bring 'Em Out." We were practicing for weeks. I remember being at home and rapping in my mirror to the beat, getting words down. I was feeling really good. The day of the show, my friend brought me a new fitted hat and it was too big, I couldn't wear it. We were on stage and our DJ equipment started fucking up, the beats were skipping. My two friends who were also rapping were mad, and I knew in that instant that I had to save the show. I started to do a freestyle and I shouted out all the graduating classes, and that became the bulk of our performance because our music didn't work. The crowd liked it because I was playing to the crowd. I felt kinda shy before that — I wasn't the kind of person who was super vocal or wanted to be in the spotlight, I valued being behind the scenes more. [But] from that moment on I was like, Yo I love performing.
Fat Tony's 10,000 Hours is out now.


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