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VanTrust Announces New Industrial Park at Rickenbacker
By VanTrust on September 17, 2020
With plans to break ground on the Rickenbacker Exchange at Commercial Point in September, the project will feature one of the largest industrial buildings in the area
Commercial real estate developer VanTrust Real Estate is pleased to announce the groundbreaking of a one million square-foot speculative warehouse in the Village of Commercial Point near Rickenbacker International Airport. Located at the intersection of Highway 104 and Highway 762, the project will be the first building built on 178 acres acquired by VanTrust earlier this year from K-Nova LLC. The building will be the largest speculative warehouse in the Rickenbacker sub-market and one of the largest in the region. The master-planned industrial park will be known as Rickenbacker Exchange at Commercial Point, and will encompass more than 900 acres of shovel-ready logistics and manufacturing ground. Van Trust's acquisition can accommodate an additional 1.2 million square feet of warehouses. Adding to the exceptional location is the development's attractive incentive package, in which all buildings will receive a 15-year, 100 percent real estate tax abatement.
"We're excited to further expand in the Rickenbacker area as we continue to see a strong demand for distribution centers in Central Ohio," said Andy Weeks, executive vice president in VanTrust's Columbus office. "The one million square-foot building will be especially attractive to companies driven by e-commerce that do a large volume of online business. We anticipate that this development at Commercial Point will bring hundreds of job opportunities to the region."
Jack Tzagournis of Fortress Real Estate Companies worked with K-Nova LLC during the successful entitlement process and sale of the site to VanTrust. "We have seen tremendous interest in the balance of the land and believe this will be a very successful industrial park for years to come," Tzagournis said.
Pepper Ohio, a subsidiary of Pepper Construction Group, is in charge of construction, with RED Architecture handling the design. Michael Linder of Colliers International in Columbus is the listing agent.
"Here in Commercial Point, we are looking forward to working with all of the parties involved to help bring this development to northern Pickaway County," said Allan Goldhardt, mayor of Commercial Point. "We currently have more than six hundred homes slated to be built within one mile of the industrial park, thus providing an excellent workforce for the development. The Village is also in the process of building new utility plants to provide the proper infrastructure needed for a development of this size. We couldn't be more pleased to have the opportunity to have a development of this caliber in our Village."
The first building at Rickenbacker Exchange at Commercial Point marks VanTrust's eighth speculative industrial building in Central Ohio. Previous developments include four in the Rickenbacker area, one in Grove City, and one in New Albany, with a second 253,000 square- foot building to be delivered December 2020. In addition, the Columbus VanTrust development team is managing a number of projects throughout the region, including a 700,000 square-foot building presently under construction in Louisville, and two industrial buildings under construction in Indianapolis.
VanTrust Real Estate, LLC is a full-service real estate development company. The company acquires and develops real estate assets for the Van Tuyl family portfolio and offers a broad range of real estate services including acquisition, disposition, development, development services, and asset management. Product types include office, industrial, multifamily, retail, institutional, governmental, hospitality, and recreational. VanTrust works nationally with regional offices in Columbus, Dallas, Phoenix, and Jacksonville with its headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Council's Strategic Planning area is responsible for:
The consideration and assessment of amendments to the Golden Plains Planning Scheme.
The development of structure plans and urban design frameworks for various towns within the Shire.
The development of strategic plans and policies such as the rural land use strategy or heritage study.
Amendments to the scheme can range from the rezoning of a parcel of land to the incorporation of a new structure plan or policy and may be requested by Council, a landowner or a statutory authority.
Please select from the links below to view details regarding current amendments to the Golden Plains Planning Scheme.
Amendment C88 Bannockburn Shire Hall Rezoning
Amendment C87 Inverleigh Structure Plan
Amendment C85 Northern Settlement Strategy
Amendment C80 Inverleigh Flood Study
Strategic Plans and Policies
Golden Plains Shire is responsible for various plans and strategies which help guide and shape land use planning and development in the municipality. Please click on the link below for a list of these plans and strategies.
Teesdale Structure Plan
Amendments in progress
Council has prepared Amendment C88gpla to the Golden Plains Planning Scheme. The Amendment affects land at 12 High Street, Bannockburn, being the Shire Hall, playground & commemorative forecourt.
The amendment is required as the Shire Hall will no longer be required for local government uses due to the construction of the new Council Chambers in the Golden Plains Community & Civic Centre.
Amendment C88gpla will:
Rezone the land at 12 High Street, Bannockburn from Public Use Zone (Local Government) to Commercial 1 Zone.
Retain the Heritage Overlay which applies to the site (HO95). The Shire Hall and its external appearance, including the war memorial, will continue to be protected by these heritage controls.
Allow a business which is sensitive to the heritage values of the hall, such as a café or restaurant, to operate from the site in the future.
Not grant permission for any buildings or works to occur.
Continue to facilitate the use of the forecourt, playground and war memorial as a public space.
The amendment is currently available for public inspection until 28 October 2019. You may view the Amendment below, or by visiting Council's Main Office at 2 Pope Street, Bannockburn, 3331, or linked below. A copy of the amendment documents may also be mailed to you upon request.
Explanatory Report
Planning Scheme Map
Any person who may be affected by the Amendment may make a submission to the planning authority. Submissions about the Amendment must be received by 28 October, 2019.
A submission can be sent in any of the following ways:
By mail: 'Attn: Strategic Planning, Golden Plains Shire Council, PO Box 111, Bannockburn VIC 3331.'
By emailing enquiries@gplains.vic.gov.au with the subject line 'Attn: Strategic Planning – Submission to Amendment C88'
Should you have any further questions regarding Amendment C88gpla, please contact Strategic Planning on 5220 7111.
Council has prepared Amendment C87 to implement the Inverleigh Structure Plan into the Golden Plains Planning Scheme.
The amendment documents are available below:
Amendment C87 proposed changes to the Golden Plains Planning Scheme.
The process and timing for Amendment C87 is as follows:
Authorisation to prepare Amendment C87 received from DELWP
Amendment lodged with DELWP for exhibition
Exhibition of the Amendment commences 16th August 2019 with the Notice of Planning Scheme Amendment mailed to landowners in Inverleigh and published in the Geelong Advertiser on 17th August 2019.
Receive submissions until 16th October 2019
Close of Exhibition period on 16th October 2019
Prepare and present a Council report with submissions to Councillors for consideration
Request a Planning Panel to consider submissions which are not supported by Council
Directions Hearing tentatively scheduled for mid January 2020
Panel Hearing tentatively scheduled for early February 2020
Council report to present the findings of the Panels recommendations for consideration
Council decides if it wishes to adopt the Amendment, abandon the Amendment or make changes to the Amendment. It is important to note that typically Council would adopt the Amendment as recommended by the Panel. If Council wishes to make changes which do not align with the Panel recommendations then considerable justification is required by DELWP (Minister for Planning)
Submit the Amendment to Minister for Planning for approval (dependent on Council decision)
Background and informaton related to Amendment C87 Inverleigh Structure Plan:
At its meeting on 26 March, 2019 Council resolved to adopt the Inverleigh Structure Plan.
The final Structure Plan brings together the findings and outcomes of open and extended consultation, including surveys, workshops, listening posts, conversations and written submissions.
The Inverleigh Structure Plan document presents this as dialogue to accompany the Framework Plan.
The following timeline outlines the various stages of the Inverleigh Structure Plan project to date:
The Inverleigh Framework Plan is the visual presentation for guiding the future growth and development of Inverleigh. It will become the compass for rezoning and planning applications. The video above explains how the final plan came together.
Together, the Inverleigh Structure Plan and Framework Plan provide capacity for Inverleigh to sustain its current growth rate with sufficient infrastructure to support this.
Some of the key points of the Inverleigh Structure Plan are:
Retaining the town boundary
Removal of the minimum 1 and 2 ha minimum lot sizes in the Low Density Residential Zone (LDRZ) to be consistent with the LDRZ provisions across the shire
Inclusion of new flood mapping.
Incorporating the findings of the feasibility study of the western edge of town for residential growth
Expansion of the township (as LDRZ) in response to the closure of the broiler farm
Responding to the Strategic Bushfire Assessment undertaken for the town
Embedded in the plans are the valued character elements and features of Inverleigh which will endure as the town continues to progress. Things like protection of the natural environment including the rivers, the heritage, the town boundary, the village atmosphere and role as a meeting place.
These features are all expressed in the Plan and accompanying objectives and strategies. They will comprise the formal planning policy to be inserted into the Golden Plains Planning Scheme.
Council has also prepared the following list of Frequently Asked Questions related to the Inverleigh Structure Plan:
How long will the Inverleigh Structure Plan last?
Council may at some point decide to develop a new structure plan, however this is likely to be at least 15 years into the future. The most likely reason for a new structure plan would be a lack of land supply in Inverleigh.
Will the boundaries change?
The boundaries of the Structure Plan (2019) are very similar to the earlier version of the Structure Plan.
The 'Rural activity and Rural Industry Area' has been removed due to changes in the Farming Zone whereby many rural activities/industries can now be considered under the existing zoning.
What does 0.4 ha look like?
This is considered a large lot by residential standards, at approximately 9 times the average 450sqm size of lots being subdivided on the fringes of Melbourne. In Bannockburn, the majority of new lots being created are generally between 500 and 700 sqm. The lot size of 0.4 ha is therefore 6-8 times the size of new lots being created in Bannockburn. Below is a diagram illustrating the current minimum lot size (1ha, yellow) compared with the proposed minimum lot size (0.4ha, red) and the average lot size in Bannockburn (500m2).
Will I be able to subdivide?
If your lot is situated in the Low Density Residential Zone and is one hectare or more, then you may be eligible to apply for a planning permit to subdivide the land, however approval would depend on the detailed assessment of the application.
A number of factors would be taken into account in the assessment, including whether there are any constraints applicable to the land, such as susceptibility to flooding, capability of the soil for effluent disposal, the extent of native vegetation on the site, potential impacts on existing neighbourhood character and whether there are any covenants applicable on the title that may prevent a subdivision.
Note: Covenants are legal conditions that form part of some land titles. In many cases they are applied by the developer when the land is first subdivided. A number of properties in Inverleigh are subject to a restrictive covenant which will be of interest should the minimum lot size in Inverleigh change. More information on restrictive covenants can be found in Council's fact sheet here.
What will happen in the Future Investigation Area?
The area is identified as a Future Investigation Area based on preliminary work undertaken to determine the feasibility of future residential development.
There is no single clear residential scenario (considering zoning, layout and density outcome) that has been identified. The area has therefore been earmarked for future possible residential development. It will be up to landowners and developers to put forward proposals for a residential zone and development scenario based on further investigation and analysis of the land capability, infrastructure requirements, constraints and land supply amongst other relevant considerations.
A number of outcomes for this area are considered possible. It is plausible that land owners may make applications to rezone the land into the future, but it is also possible that no such applications would be made. Council's consideration of a proposed rezoning application would take into account factors such as land use constraints, infrastructure, character and residential land supply.
Further information on this area can be found in Attachment K – Development Feasibility Package, in the Inverleigh Structure Plan (Golden Plains Shire, 2019).
Will the school and kindergarten be able to cope with the growth?
Discussions were held with the Primary School and kindergarten in the early stages of preparing the Inverleigh Structure Plan and updated demographic and growth figures have continued to be provided as they have become available. The Inverleigh Structure Plan 2019 takes into account the discussions and advice from these agencies and provides scope and alignment with their strategic directions.
If additional land is required for educational purposes into the future, it is noted that the School Woodlot on McCallum Road is owned by the Department of Education and could provide an additional site for future needs.
What will the impact be on roads and infrastructure?
Inverleigh will continue to remain a small town.
Rezoning of growth precincts will be required to be supported by a traffic impact assessment, identifying any necessary traffic infrastructure upgrades for the developer to pursue.
The Inverleigh Structure Plan identifies future development contributions for infrastructure projects on a precinct basis.
What if there is a fire in the Inverleigh Flora/Fauna reserve?
On days of high bushfire risk, the CFA state that 'Leaving early is the safest option to protect yourself and your family. Leaving early means leaving the area before a fire starts – not when you can see flames or smell smoke. Leaving early means avoiding panic, being trapped, making the wrong choices and risking serious injury or death. Talk to your family and friends about how you'll know when to leave and where to go to stay safe.'
Unfortunately bushfires are a fact of life in the South East of Australia, however by building your house to the correct specification (BAL rating), maintaining your property to a high standard within the Fire Danger Period and preparing and activating a bushfire plan, there is a reduced risk of Fire impacting you property.
The Inverleigh Flora and Fauna Reserve, commonly known as the Common, is managed by Parks Victoria. The team from Parks Victoria maintain fuel breaks and are responsible for managing fine fuel loads.
There is a bushfire management overlay which extends at least 120 metres from the Inverleigh Flora and Fauna Reserve. All houses must be built to a certain standard within this area. A comprehensive assessment of the bushfire risks has been undertaken as part of the Inverleigh Structure Plan and the key recommendations, have been included in the implementation requirements of the Inverleigh Structure Plan (Golden Plains Shire, 2019). See Attachment L, Strategic Bushfire Risk Assessment for Inverleigh.
What if I support changing the minimum lot size?
You may wish to consider lodging a submission in support of the amendment.
What were the results of the survey undertaken at the start of the Structure Plan process for Inverleigh and how are they included in the Structure Plan?
The link to the survey results is provided here. A summary of the results is provided in Section 4 of the Inverleigh Structure Plan 2019.
The results of the survey, as well as feedback and comments provided in the workshops and listening posts are included in the range of considerations which form the basis for strategic planning directions. Other considerations include census figures, growth projections, local and state policies, constraints, infrastructure capacity and advice from referral authorities and relevant agencies.
Why does the Inverleigh Structure Plan 2019 still refer to the draft Inverleigh Streetscape Masterplan?
The Inverleigh Structure Plan 2019 was adopted by Council in March 2019 prior to Council's decision in May 2019 to set aside the Draft Streetscape Masterplan for review in the future.
The intention had been to align preparation of the Inverleigh Streetscape Masterplan and the Inverleigh Structure Plan, however given the change in approach and the current status of the Draft Streetscape Masterplan, it will be recommended that all reference to the Streetscape Plan be removed from the Inverleigh Structure Plan 2019.
Information Regarding the Panel Hearing Process
Planning panels allows the public to participate in the planning and environmental decision making process.
They independently assess planning proposals by considering submissions, conducting hearings and preparing reports.
Planning panels provide advice and make recommendations. The final decision is made by the appropriate statutory bodies, or the Minister.
Planning panels are established either under the Planning and Environment Act 1987 or the Environment Effects Act 1978.
Planning panels are administered by Planning Panels Victoria, located within the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning.
A comprehensive list of guides produced by Planning Panels Victoria on their processes and hearings can be found here.
What if my question isn't in the FAQ?
You are welcome to call the Strategic Planning Department on 5220 7111.
The Inverleigh Structure Plan and all relevant attachments can be found below.
Inverleigh Structure Plan
Attachments A to J Maps and Plans
Attachment K Development Feasability Study
Attachment L Strategic Bushfire Risk Assessment
Attachment M Townships Clause
Council will consider submissions to Amendment C87gpla at the Council meeting being held on Tuesday 26 November, 2019, from 6pm at the Bannockburn Shire Hall, 12 High Street, Bannockburn. A copy of the agenda will be made available online the Friday evening prior to the meeting at:
https://www.goldenplains.vic.gov.au/residents/my-council/about-council/meetings-minutes-and-agenda
Please note that if the concerns raised in your submission cannot be resolved, Council will request that your submission be considered by an independent Planning Panel appointed by the Minister for Planning. In the event that a Panel is requested, submitters will be invited to present to the Panel Hearing scheduled for the week commencing 10th February 2020. A Directions Hearing will precede in the week commencing 13th January 2020. The Panel will provide a report with the recommendations to Council.
Officers from the Strategic Planning team can be contacted on 5220 7111 to discuss the details of the Structure Plan.
Council adopted Amendment C85 on 22 October 2019. The Amendment incorporated key elements of the Northern Settlement Strategy (NSS) into the Golden Plains Planning Scheme.
The NSS is a high level strategic framework which directs future growth in the north of the Shire.
The NSS:
Accommodates an additional 2,000 people in the north of the Shire by 2030
Supports infill development in Smythesdale
Identifies the need for a new Structure Plan for Haddon
Supports the investigation of land for greenfield development within close proximity to the City of Ballarat
Provides guiding principles for how development should be considered
Provides a framework for how growth should be accommodated
The Northern Settlement Strategy is available here
The Background and Issues Report is available below in two parts
The Background and Issues Report is supported by a number of studies including
Area Profiles (GPS 2016)
Residential Land Demand and Supply Assessment (Spatial Economics Pty Ltd 2016)
Land Use Economic Modelling (HillPDA Consulting 2016)
Amendment C80 - Inverleigh Flood Study
The Amendment has been approved and became part of the Golden Plains Planning Scheme on 05/09/19.
The amendment implemented findings from the Flood Risk Management Study Barwon Rivers at Inverleigh (Water Technology Ptd Ltd, 2018) by providing for more accurate flood mapping in Inverleigh. The location and extent of the mapping for the Land Subject to Inundation Overlay (LSIO) and the Floodway Overlay (FO) were varied, as summarised below.
The Land Subject to Inundation Overlay (LSIO) and the Floodway Overlay (FO) were applied to eighty five additional properties not previously affected by the Overlays.
Forty five properties that were partially affected by the LSIO and FO were subject to an increase in the extent of the Overlays over the property.
In a small number of areas the extent of the LSIO and FO mapping was reduced.
In the case of some properties areas previously affected by LSIO mapping was replaced with FO mapping and vice versa.
In addition the LSIO1 and FO1 Schedules were applied in Inverleigh (replacing the existing LSIO and FO Schedules). This had the effect of varying the Planning Permit exemptions under these Overlays.
Minor policy neutral changes also came inte effect under Clause 22.11 (Floodplain Management).
The Golden Plains Planning Scheme and associated maps now include content updated through Amendment C80.
A current list of planning projects are provided below.
Golden Plains Shire Council is working towards the preparation of a new Structure Plan for Teesdale and wishes to understand community preferences that may affect its content.
The Structure Plan preparation process will seek to:
Review the existing 1997 Teesdale Structure Plan.
Guide long term development in Teesdale.
Review commercial development opportunities.
Review the need for new community and development infrastructure, where not already considered in existing Council Strategies.
Initial consultation has been completed. Thank you to everyone who provided feedback or who participated in one of our drop in sessions. There was high levels of engagement from the Teesdale community, with over 160 surveys received. The Teesdale Structure Plan Community Engagement Report is available here. A full version of the infographic below can also be found here.
The Structure Plan is expected to be finalised in early 2020.
An outline of the structure plan process and indicative timeframe for events is provided below.
Survey opened/mail out/conversation posts held. Past/Completed
Survey Closed Past/Completed
Structure Plan Completed Early 2020
Planning Scheme Amendment to implement the Structure Plan commences (subject to Council decision). Early 2020
Community engagement on Structure Plan/Planning Scheme Amendment Mid 2020
Independent Planning Panel for Planning Scheme Amendment held. This will provide a forum where submitters to the Amendment can argue their position if there are objections to the Amendment that cannot be resolved with Council. Late 2020
Reciept of Panels report with recommendations on the final form of the Amendment Late 2020
Amendment Approved (subject to Council/State Government decision) Early 2021
The background report to help inform the development of the structure plan is available here.
Please contact the Strategic Planning Department on 5220 7111 if you wish to discuss this project in more detail.
Bannockburn Transport Strategy
Golden Plains Shire Council, with support from the Victorian Planning Authority, have developed a Transport Strategy to provide a 20 year traffic, car parking, pedestrian, cycling and public transport strategy for the Bannockburn township.
The purpose of the Strategy is to identify future transport usage and requirements and consequential infrastructure requirements. This has arisen due to Bannockburn's population growth and the effect from: future residential development; proposed commercial development; the Bannockburn Heart Project; new schools; the Emergency Management Precinct and increased traffic.
The Strategy outlines the required network upgrades to support Bannockburn's population for the next 15-20 years.
The Strategy was endorsed by Council on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. The Strategy is available below, together with other reports used to inform the Strategy.
Existing Conditions and Opportunities Report
Traffic Modelling Report
Regional Growth Plans
G21 Geelong Region Plan
The G21 Geelong Region Plan is a sustainability plan for the region that looks toward 2050. It identifies and addresses the challenges the region will face in the areas of environment, settlement, land use, community strength and economy as well as the need for change in the way we make things happen.
The plan was developed during 2006/07 and represents the work and opinions of hundreds of people and organisations including G21 Councils, the State Government, peak bodies and environmental, community and business organisations of the region.
G21 is the alliance of a variety of independent organisations with a shared vision for the Geelong region.
Members of the alliance include the municipalities of Colac Otway, Golden Plains, Greater Geelong, Queenscliffe and Surf Coast, the Victorian Government and over 100 community and business organisations committed to securing a bright and sustainable future for the region.
The alliance is not an authority, it is a collaborative voice for the region that provides:
A platform for the region to speak with one voice to all levels of government.
A forum to discuss 'big picture' regional issues across interest groups and municipalities.
Efficiency through facilitating multi-agency collaboration and sharing of information and resources.
More resources from all levels of government and the private sector through the co-ordination and prioritisation of regional projects, and
Alignment of the objectives of major regional organisations with those for the sustainability of the region.
Find out more about the G21 Regional Growth Plan.
Central Highlands Regional Growth Plan
The Central Highlands Regional Growth Plan provides a regional approach to land use planning in the Central Highlands. It covers the municipalities of Ararat, Ballarat, Golden Plains, Hepburn, Moorabool and Pyrenees and identifies opportunities to encourage and accommodate growth and manage change over the next 30 years.
Find out more about the Central Highlands Regional Growth Plan.
Bannockburn Urban Design Framework
Bannockburn Urban Design Framework.
Bannockburn Urban Design Framework Figure 1 Study Area
Bannockburn Urban Design Framework Figure 2 Overall Principles
Bannockburn Urban Design Framework Figure 3 Land use and Activities
Bannockburn Urban Design Framework Figure 4 Entries, Connection, Open Space Network
Bannockburn Urban Design Framework Figure 5 Population Projections
Batesford Structure Plan
Batesford Structure Plan
Gheringhap Structure Plan
Gheringhap Structure Plan (Adopted December 2012)
Inverleigh, Meredith, Lethbridge and Napoleons Structure Plans
Inverleigh Structure Plan (2005)
Meredith Structure Plan
Lethbridge Structure Plan
Napoleons Structure Plan
Rokewood, Corindhap & Dereel Urban Design Framework
The Rokewood, Corindhap & Dereel Integrated Urban Design Framework is made up of three key documents, including:
A Community Action Plan, including a plan for community facility and service provision for the three towns
Town Structure Plans for Rokewood, Corindhap & Dereel that will ultimately be included in the Golden Plains Planning Scheme
A Town Place Plan for Dereel that identifies township improvements, complementing the Town Place Plans that already exist for Rokewood & Corindhap
These documents can be accessed via the links provided below:
Corindhap
Rokewood
Rokewood Corindhap Dereel Urban Design Framework
Shelford Structure Plan
Smythesdale Urban Design Framework
Other Strategic Publications
Inverleigh Flood Study
Heritage Study Volume 1
Other useful resources and links
Investing in Intensive Agriculture
Residential and Industrial Land Supply
Rural Land Use Strategy
Southeast Land Use Planning Review
Golden Plains Renewable Energy webpage
Amendments Online - view current and past planning scheme amendments
Golden Plains Planning Scheme
Planning Scheme Amendment Fee Structure
Bushfire Planning
Planning Applications currently advertised
Update on the MSS and LPPF
Building works and permits
Golden Plains Shire Standpipes
Recycling and Rubbish (Garbage)
Native vegetation and wildlife
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A couple who are mad about cricket are celebrating after they stumped up for two Lucky Dip lottery tickets in the August 26 draw and ended up catching a £2,436,040 share of the jackpot.
Annette and Terence Rook, who live in Reading, were already planning to visit Australia later this year, but their big win has meant that they can now upgrade to first class with all the trimmings.
Annette works as an assistant with accountancy company Ernst & Young, so she is no stranger to dealing with financial affairs. She discovered their good fortune whilst her husband was working outside in the garden, and now she has considerable finances of her own to think about.
"We always buy two Lucky Dips," she says, "but we never thought we would win. I checked the numbers on Teletext and had to go and get Terence from the garden, where he was mixing cement to lay a new patio. Neither of us could believe it, so we just kept checking the numbers over and over again. It is really only just beginning to sink in."
Apart from the holiday upgrade, the couple still haven't thought about what they intend to do with their fortune.
Annette explains: "We are thrilled and emotional. It's still a shock, so we haven't celebrated yet and it's hard to really think what we'll spend the money on. We will treat ourselves though. For a start, we had been planning to visit family in Australia at the end of the year. We'll definitely fly first class and we can have a longer trip."
And will the couple continue to stump up a few pounds for lottery tickets every week?
"We fully intend to keep on playing Lotto," Annette says. "We'll do Lucky Dips still - we used to have regular numbers but recently changed. It's worked for us!"
Well, it wouldn't be cricket to stop playing now, would it?


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Bridging the Unbridgeable Divide between Religion and Secular Modernity
To the great Hebrew writer S.Y. Agnon, balance is all—and imbalance, as in the novel Only Yesterday, a devastating calamity.
The Rishon LeZion band in the early 20th century.
Jeffrey Saks, the director of ATID and its WebYeshiva.org program, is the director of research at Jerusalem's Agnon House and the series editor of the S.Y. Agnon Library at Toby Press.
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In 2006, a distinguished American Jewish essayist took the occasion of his 50th high-school reunion to reflect in Commentary on the decisions made a half-century earlier in "a period of my life now hardly recognizable to myself." At the end of eighth grade, he had faced a choice between two divergent educational paths. On the one path lay a yeshiva, regarded by his parents as "the portals of obscurantism" but a logical choice for a young man then flirting with Orthodox Judaism. On the other path lay one of America's most prestigious public high schools. In the end, hearkening to the voice of his "evil inclination," he decided to drop Jewish education entirely and to leave behind the parochial religious velt in order to "be in the world. It had never occurred to me until then that the world was something I felt deprived of."
In picking this path, the memoirist remarks in retrospect, he was acting on the presupposition, common enough at the time, that such a move represented a clear binary choice. In general, he writes, "We were told [then] to think in terms of 'either/or,' not of 'both/and.'" And yet, unbeknownst to him, the wider "world" that he'd chosen to enter was itself in the process of changing—and so dramatically as to make his adolescent self a person "on the verge of becoming an anachronism. By the time I was a student," he observes,
an understanding between Judaism and modernity was already being reached. Religious faith had ceased to be an issue in Jewish literary and even religious life. Orthodoxy, which had been in headlong retreat for over a century, had rallied and was holding the line.
In short, had he stood at the same crossroad just a few years later, he might have found a way to balance both/and.
I recalled this memoir while reading the new essay by Hillel Halkin on S.Y. Agnon's Hebrew novel Only Yesterday (T'mol Shilshom). To many a reader and critic of Agnon over the decades, this peerless fictional portrait of Jewish Palestine during the Second Aliyah (1904-1914) has seemed the quintessential treatment of the tension between religion and secularism, faith and heresy, tradition and modernity.
As Halkin summarizes the novel's plot, Yitzḥak Kummer, a young Galician immigrant to the Land of Israel, is torn between secular Jaffa and religious Jerusalem, between his pious East European upbringing and the bohemian Zionist farmers and artists in the "New Yishuv," between the sexually experienced arms of Sonia and the chaste affections of Shifrah.
Here is Agnon's portrait of the young immigrant rationalizing his abandonment of Jewish religious observance and entry into the secularizing environment of Jaffa:
If Yitzḥak thought about it at all, he was vaguely guided by the notion that the Jews of Palestine were divided into an Old Yishuv and a New Yishuv, each with its customs. Since he belonged to the new one, why keep those of the old one? . . . He was not the only one. Jaffa was full of ex-yeshiva students. Sometimes, when getting together, they waxed nostalgic over ḥasidic tales and melodies or imitations of rabbinic sermons. The generation before theirs had sung songs of Zion. Their generation had had enough of these.
A reader attuned to the biblical cadences of the phrase "songs of Zion" in this passage will recall Psalm 137:
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. …
For there they that carried us away captive . . . required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?
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If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
For the psalmist, songs of Zion could not be sung on foreign soil; the very mention of them was an urgent reminder never to forget Jerusalem. But the young ḥalutsim in Agnon's novel, already dwelling in the new Zion, had indeed forgotten "Jerusalem," now identified as the world of tradition left behind in Eastern Europe and kept alive in Palestine itself only by the anti-Zionist Ḥaredim in Jerusalem.
We're in a universe, in short, of either/or, where all choices are binary choices. Of course, Halkin stipulates, Only Yesterday also offers exceptions to the rule. Among them in Jaffa is the religious Zionist Yakov Malkov who presides over the boarding house in the excerpt presented by Halkin at the head of his essay. Contrarily, even in the holy city of Jerusalem there are "militant secularists . . . such as the students and teachers . . . at the Bezalel School of Arts, or the circle around [the philologist and so-called reviver of the Hebrew language] Eliezer Ben-Yehudah." To these we can add minor characters like the eccentrics Bloykop (an artist) and Arzef (a taxidermist): "religious personalities with a firm compass in life that is not oriented either to Jewish observance or to pioneering Zionism [and who demonstrate] other possibilities of personal and Jewish fulfillment in Palestine than those offered by the New and Old Yishuv."
Still, Halkin insists, all of these remain exceptions. "[T]hough geographically the two cities [of Jaffa and Jerusalem] were only several hours apart by train, the journey between them was one between two worlds."
And that is not all. In the background of this dialectical struggle, played out over 600 pages by a wide-ranging cast of characters, a variety of settings, and dozens and dozens of brilliantly rendered episodes, stands the dog Balak, the novel's perfect supporting actor. Ever since his first appearance in Agnon's writing (in 1934, a decade before his full-fledged debut in Only Yesterday), Balak has led generations of critics—as if pulled along at the end of a leash—to one interpretation after another of his symbolic significance. Most, perhaps, are variations on the reading by the scholar Gershon Shaked, whose Freudian analysis of the text sees Balak as the psychic externalization of Yitzḥak's sinful, rebellious self—a kind of dark alter ego whose pursuit of the young man only intensifies after Yitzḥak returns to traditional observance and weds the pious Shifrah. Chained to Yitzḥak like the rabid dog he has become, Balak will at last deliver the bite that kills him.
To this summary of the novel's action and central "problem" I would, however, add another important exceptional figure whom Halkin does not name. This is Rabbi Menaḥemke, or, as he is called, "Standing" Menaḥem, "because he did everything standing up." Menaḥem is portrayed by Agnon as a living, breathing rebuttal of the supposed contradiction between traditional Judaism and Zionism: a pious farmer working the land of Petaḥ Tikvah (just as Yitzḥak himself had aspired to do upon first arriving in Palestine) with a pitchfork in one hand and a volume of Talmud in the other.
Aside from Yitzḥak himself, Menaḥem is the only other character in the novel to appear both in Jaffa with its nearby settlements and in Jerusalem. But where Yitzḥak is ultimately destroyed by the struggle between the two worlds, Menaḥem finds a way to synthesize the two opposites and inhabit the "both/and" that the novel's "either/or" protagonists are unwilling or, as in the case of Yitzḥak, unable to attain.
Throughout Only Yesterday, the Hebrew term for this "both/and" option is midat hishtavut—a quality of harmonious serenity achieved through equanimity and balance. While the term is mentioned in rabbinic and later in ḥasidic literature, Agnon may have come to it via his long personal relationship with the sainted Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (1865-1935).
Without alluding to the ideal of hishtavut explicitly, Halkin repeatedly puts his finger on the central issue of balance—and on the perils that lie in wait for too-desperate seekers after that elusive condition. In his own return to the world of religious observance, Yitzḥak is in search of that very goal (and also of the hand of Shifrah); in a scene of him reciting kaddish for his mother at the Western Wall, he even seems to have reached it. But not so fast. As Halkin writes,
Yitzḥak's regression to [the ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhood of] Meah She'arim does not come from his inability to "shake off the dust of exile." It comes from shaking off too much of it by throwing religion and its values overboard in a Jaffa in which his friends do not even say kaddish for their fathers. This undermines his Jewish and human equilibrium, [but] in an attempt to regain it, he lurches too far in the other direction.
Indeed, Yitzhak's "Jewish and human equilibrium," sealed by his marriage to Shifrah, is altogether shattered in the novel's tragic conclusion with Yitzḥak bound to a bed, ravaged by the bite of the demonic and diseased Balak, a dog driven mad by words painted on him in the past by none other than Yitzḥak himself. What Yitzḥak has actually discovered in Jerusalem is not hishtavut but the eternal return of the repressed.
Yitzḥak is thus a very different case from Menaḥem. In a piece of dialogue between the two men, Agnon beautifully reveals how Yitzḥak can never achieve the state that Menaḥem embodies effortlessly (the following passage is adapted from Barbara Harshav's somewhat problematic translation):
Said Yitzḥak, When I look at myself, I'm sorry I didn't stand the test and didn't become a farmer. Said Menaḥem, No matter what, you would be sorry. Said Yitzḥak, What reason do you have to say that? Said Menaḥem, Everyone who is sorry about the thing he didn't do will be sorry about every single thing. Yitzḥak asked Menaḥem, And what could a person do not to be sorry? Said Menaḥem, You're asking me? I don't know what sorrow is. Said Yitzḥak, That is, you are happy with your lot? Said Menaḥem, I don't know what happiness is. Said Yitzḥak, That is, you have reached a state of equanimity [hishtavut]? Said Menaḥem, That state I haven't reached, but if a day passes and I'm not ashamed of it, I'm satisfied.
Ironically, while Yitzḥak believes he has attained hishtavut upon settling in Jerusalem and entered into married bliss, the novel's conclusion belies the claim, and shows his achievement to have been, at best, fleeting. Unable to find the desired balance, Yitzḥak is yet aware of its existence, which only sharpens the tragedy of his own failure. Late in T'mol Shilshom, in a symbol-charged dream that follows immediately upon his final encounter with Menaḥem, Yitzḥak sees himself
in the street barefoot without shoes, his head bare. He heard the sound of prayer and followed the sound. He came to a two-story house, the bottom story in ruins and you climbed a ladder to the top story where they were praying. And the ladder stood straight. He leaned the ladder [against the wall] and ascended. When he put his head in, the door closed on him from inside and his body was outside.
Yitzḥak's hatless and shoeless condition—the novel is replete with images of hats and shoes, meant perhaps to remind the reader of "that which is above and that which is below" (cf. Mishnah Ḥagigah 2:1)—telegraphs his disconnection from both the earthly and the heavenly Jerusalem. So, too, does his suspended condition, hanging off the building's second story, at once inside and outside, unable to gain access to the prayers being recited above.
In the novel, this dream stands in for the fate of many young people of the Second Aliyah in their unsuccessful attempt to combine the thesis-and-antithesis, as they persisted in seeing it, of traditional observance and Zionism. Yitzḥak is undone by that struggle.
Halkin's summary is precise. "Only Yesterday's ending," he writes forthrightly, "is aimed at the Labor Zionist ideology that romanticized and mythologized the figure of the ḥaluts, making it a yardstick by which all other forms of Zionism were judged lacking." Indeed, he points out that it is these same Labor Zionists—"our stalwart brothers in Kinneret and Merḥavia, in Eyn-Ganim and Um-Guni, as Degania once was called"— whom the narrator addresses directly in the novel's final paragraph. To them, the narrator holds up the cautionary example of "our friend Yitzḥak" who, although he "never got to plow, sow, and farm," was nevertheless, like "other pious Jews, . . . granted a grave in the Holy Land"—and not only a grave but also, one is tempted to add, the monument that is this very book. (Halkin goes too far, I think, in characterizing this passage as "parody" or "burlesque.")
True, the narrator's caution can be seen as bi-directional: after all, the world of Meah She'arim, especially as encapsulated in the fanatical figure of Shifrah's father Reb Feysh, is itself mocked throughout the novel with both farce and fury. But neither Agnon nor his narrator had reason to fear that the ḥalutsim and kibbutznikim of Degania stood in any danger of reverting to the caftans and prayer houses of Meah She'arim. Even in satirizing the ḥaredi world, Agnon was presenting a back-handed critique of the secular Zionists in whose lives there was too much Jaffa and too little Jerusalem, and whose greatest breakthroughs were in consequence haunted by what they strove to supplant.
One can extend and generalize this point beyond a single group or a single generation. As in so much of Agnon's work, Only Yesterday presents a cunningly intricate study of the multifarious ways in which the past inevitably exerts its pull over the present and the future. Halkin is thus fully justified in ending his essay with this keen statement: "Only Yesterday is a novel about the loss of balance in one young man and its possible loss in an entire people."
But what of that other young man whom I mentioned at the start, the one whose binary choice in the mid-1950s of a public high school over a yeshiva is the subject of a memoir in Commentary by his older self a half-century later, and who came to my mind in reading Hillel Halkin's new essay in Mosaic?
As it happens, like the artist Bloykop and the taxidermist Arzef in Only Yesterday, the young memoirist-to-be would also find other possibilities of personal and Jewish fulfillment in the land of Israel. Fortunately, by the time he arrived there in 1970 (by coincidence, the year of Agnon's death), the choice he'd faced, or thought he'd faced, as an adolescent in New York—the either/or choice between Judaism and "the world"—was no longer so sharply delineated even in his new home.
Indeed, the Israel of 1970 would have been only partially recognizable by Yitzḥak, Menaḥem, Sonia, or others of Agnon's characters. To be sure, Shifrah, her father Reb Feysh, and even the dog Balak might still have felt at home in Meah She'arim, but our memoirist did not head there. Rather, he settled in Zikhron Yaakov, not far from the agricultural settlements that Yitzḥak and "our brethren of the Second Aliyah" dreamed of farming. And there he would forge a new "both/and" identity for himself through a deep commitment to and ceaseless engagement with Jewish life, literature, and learning, distilled over the decades in the form of innumerable translations from Hebrew and Yiddish as well as in English-language books and essays whose insights have redounded to the lasting benefit of devoted readers around the world, especially in Israel and among his many American Jewish friends.
The memoirist's name is of course Hillel Halkin, whose now-concluded ten-part series in Mosaic on the enduring relevance of modern Hebrew authors takes its place among the permanent gifts to Jewish self-understanding from the pen of a unique artist functioning at the height of his powers.
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Home › › Australian Antarctic Magazine › 2016-2020 › Issue 35: December 2018 › Future capabilities
Australian Antarctic Magazine - Issue 35: December 2018
Tractor traverse to support deep field research
Australia will re-establish a traverse system to travel 1200 kilometres inland from Casey research station. In 2016-17 Australia travelled with both British and French traverse teams to gather information on traverse technologies and methodologies to assist with the design of a new Australian capability. (Photo: Todor Iolovski)
A new fleet of heavy tracked vehicles will be harnessed to support Australia's deep field operations, including the search for a million year ice core.
Australian Antarctic Division Traverse Systems Lead Project Officer, Anthony Hull, said the traverse fleet will have five heavy tractors and two snow groomers that will tow sled trains carrying food supplies, accommodation, communal areas, scientific facilities, power generation and up to 160,000 litres of fuel.
"This is a step-change in our ability to rapidly move large quantities of cargo and equipment deep inland in all weather conditions, and into areas that we can't traditionally access by aircraft," Mr Hull said
"It will allow us to deploy scientists and support teams to some of the most remote and extreme parts of the Antarctic ice sheet for extended periods of time."
The traverse will be managed by a team of eight expeditioners and will be able to travel up to 1500 kilometres inland.
The first expedition is planned to depart Australia's Casey research station in early 2021 and set up a mobile research station 1200 kilometres inland at a location known as Dome C.
The station will be able to support 16 people, flying in to undertake scientific research for up to three months.
Australian Antarctic Division glaciologist, Dr Tas van Ommen, said the new capability will open up the Antarctic interior to ambitious science projects, including the search for the Earth's longest continuous ice core climate record (Australian Antarctic Magazine 33: 6, 2017).
"The million year ice core will be a window into a time when a major shift in the Earth's climate system took place, and when the regular pacing of ice ages gradually slowed," Dr van Ommen said.
"We are working closely with our international collaborators to understand what caused this shift, because we believe it can help us better understand present day climate change."
Scientists and engineers at the Australian Antarctic Division have also begun work on a new drill design for the project that is capable of extracting ice cores 3000 metres deep.
"Many of the components we need are specialist designs that have to be constructed and built in-house, and we have the right team to do that here in Hobart," Dr van Ommen said.
"We are incorporating the latest technology that will allow us to recover the best quality core, to drill most efficiently, and hopefully get to the bottom of the ice sheet over a three-to-four year drilling period."
The Australian Government committed $45 million in 2016 to re-establish an overland traverse capability and drill for the million year ice core as part of the Australian Antarctic Strategy and 20 Year Action Plan.
The tender process for the heavy tracked vehicles is currently underway and procurement of other traverse components will occur over the next 18 months.
The new traverse system will meet Australia's scientific and operational needs for the next 20 years.
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Groton Long Point is een plaats (borough) in de Amerikaanse staat Connecticut, en valt bestuurlijk gezien onder New London County.

Demografie
Bij de volkstelling in 2000 werd het aantal inwoners vastgesteld op 667.
In 2006 is het aantal inwoners door het United States Census Bureau geschat op 668, een stijging van 1 (0,1%).

Geografie
Volgens het United States Census Bureau beslaat de plaats een oppervlakte van
1,1 km², geheel bestaande uit land.

Plaatsen in de nabije omgeving
De onderstaande figuur toont nabijgelegen plaatsen in een straal van 8 km rond Groton Long Point.

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Plaats in Connecticut

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Home Viroshana Alwis - senior cricket coach of Moratuwa
Viroshana Alwis - senior cricket coach of Moratuwa
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Viroshana Alwis Pic by Dilwin Mendis, Moratuwa Sports Special Corr
Viroshana Alwis is a senior cricket coach from Moratuwa having represented St. Sebastian's College, as a top all-rounder.
He first played for the Under-12 Team under the guidance of Coach Kanishka Perera and Master-in-Charge Frank Cooray.
He scored over 250 runs with one fifty in the Under-12 Tournament and in the following year he passed the 200-run mark with a fifty in the Under-13 Tournament.
In the Under-19 Tournament he scored over 700 runs with six fifties under the guidance of veteran coach Neil Rajapakse.
After leaving school he played for Old Cambrians CC and Moratuwa SC in the Under-23 Tournament and in 2004 he made a tour to Bangalore, India with the Marian Cooray Academy.
Thereafter, he took to coaching and was in charge of St. Sebastian's College, Kandana in 2018 to 2020 as the Assistant and Junior Cricket Coach.


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Home » Blogs » JCT Estimates Over $1.2 Trillion in Tax Breaks in 2015
JCT Estimates Over $1.2 Trillion in Tax Breaks in 2015
Dec 22, 2015 | Taxes
The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) recently released its latest estimate of tax expenditures covering the years 2015-2019. Based on the summed cost of each tax break, tax expenditures cost over $1.2 trillion in 2015, about two-thirds the size of total individual and corporate income tax revenue. This total is $50 billion higher than the 2014 total but also $65 billion lower than JCT had previously projected for 2015. The total is also about $100 billion lower than the $1.35 trillion of tax expenditures that the Treasury Department estimates for 2015.
Below are some interesting facts about the tax expenditure estimates and how JCT has changed them compared to previous tax expenditure data from August 2014. Note that these numbers were published before the tax deal was enacted, and that package should increase both the size and number of tax expenditures.
Total Tax Expenditures are $6.7 Trillion Over Five Years
JCT's estimate covers the 2015-2019 period, and the sum of each tax expenditure totals $6.7 trillion over that time period. This sum is 66 percent of income tax revenue for 2015-2019 and the 2019 total of is 68 percent of all the income taxes scheduled to be collected in that year. The cost of tax expenditures grows each year, from $1.2 trillion in 2015 to $1.6 trillion by 2019. Although these tax expenditure totals are the sum of each provision, so they do not account for interactions between multiple provisions and do not reflect the revenue that would be raised from repealing them.
The Health Exclusion is the Largest Tax Expenditure – For Now
The exclusion for employer-provided health insurance is the largest tax expenditure in 2015 at $146 billion. JCT did revise down the 2015-2018 cost of the exclusion by $40 billion (6.5 percent) to $600 billion. Partially due to this revision, JCT estimates that the exclusions for contributions to pension plans will overtaking the health exclusion as the costliest tax expenditure by 2017.
Interestingly, JCT diverges significantly from the Treasury Department, who sees the health exclusion as costing much more: over $200 billion in 2015 and $860 billion for 2015-2018. Treasury also expects the health exclusion to continue being the largest single tax expenditure over the next decade.
Deferral for Multinational Corporations is More Expensive
U.S. multinational corporations may defer taxes on non-financial income earned abroad until they repatriate it to the U.S. JCT considers this deferral as a tax expenditure, counting the income loss compared to a pure worldwide system, where all overseas income is taxed in the year it is earned. JCT significantly revised up its estimate of deferral by one-third over the 2015-2018 period, meaning that it now costs $440 billion instead of $335 billion. It is not clear whether this estimate changed due to more companies holding income overseas, a change in JCT's accounting, or some other reason, but it could catch the eye of lawmakers and others who have been increasingly concerned about inversions.
Health Insurance Subsidies Are Less Expensive
JCT now expects that the subsidies used to purchase health insurance on the exchanges will cost one-fifth less over 2015-2018 at $240 billion rather than the previous $300 billion. This reflects factors we discussed earlier this year as CBO revised down projections of premium growth and enrollment based on recent data.
Housing Preferences Are Slightly Less Costly
Major housing tax breaks – specifically the mortgage interest deduction, property tax deduction, and $500,000 exclusion for gains on home sales – are relatively large tax breaks that collectively had their 2015-2018 cost revised down by 5 percent, from $613 billion to $583 billion. This revision could reflect lower than expected house prices, property tax cuts at the state and local level, and/or other factors.
On a related note, "like-kind exchanges," where taxes are deferred on an exchange of similar properties, were also revised down by 15 percent over 2015-2018 from $82 to $69 billion.
The Earned Income Tax Credit is Slightly More Expensive
JCT has revised up its estimate of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) by 4 percent over the 2015-2018 period, increasing its cost from about $285 billion to $295 billion. This revision may be due to CBO now estimating lower wage and salary growth, meaning that more people qualify for the EITC. Note that a result of the tax deal, the EITC would cost more after 2017 as married couples and families with more than three children get larger credits in the expansions that have been extended.
JCT demonstrates the huge and growing amounts of revenue lost to tax expenditures, losses that are comparable to the revenue raised from the taxes they are attached to. The new data is just the latest reminder of the urgent need for tax reform. By reducing or eliminating some of the $1.2 trillion in tax expenditures and other provisions, policymakers could simplify the tax code, reduce rates, and raise revenue for deficit reduction. Unfortunately, policymakers seem to be going in the opposite direction with the year-end tax deal that increased the number and size of tax expenditures,
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GREATD ECEMBER
By isport on 24 Jan 2014
December 2013 was fantastic for Carlos Vela. He produced top performances for his club Real Sociedad in almost every league outing and ended up becoming the player of the month leaving behind the great players like Cristiano Ronaldo.
This is Vela's third season at Sociedad. He made his way to the club as a loan signing in August 2011 and performed well enough to earn a permanent contract at the end of that season.
In the last couple of seasons, he has been the leading forward for Real. He has rarely failed.
The Mexican international has made 106 appearances for Real in total so far and has found the back of the net 39 times.
As far as Vela's numbers in the 2013-14 Season are concerned, they are fabulous. In the 19 league matches that he has played, he has struck 8 times and has assisted quite a few times as well.
However, in spite of Vela's regular good performances, the position of Real Sociedad in the La Liga points table is not great at the moment. They are at no. 6 with 33 points and aren't looking the favourites to qualify for the Champions League. If they have to move up in the table and end in top 4, they need somebody who can complement Vela on the field.
There are some Mexican fans who are hoping for Vela to make a comeback in international football, but, as things stand right now, it doesn't seem to be happening. There is no doubt that the Mexican Football Association would love to have him especially when he is in this kind of form, but, Vela himself is believed to be unwilling for that.
The last time that Vela had made an appearance for his national side was about 3 years back.


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Memorable Manitobans: William "Bill" McGarva (1906-1991)
Municipal official.
Born at Glenluce, Scotland on 22 June 1906, he came to Canada at age 20. He worked for three years on a farm in Miniota before coming to Winnipeg in 1930 and establishing a market garden in West St. Paul. In 1932, he joined Moore's Taxi and remained there until retirement in 1970 as Superintendant of the Company. He served on Winnipeg City Council for twenty years, being first elected in 1960 and serving as a member of the Executive Police Committe, Police Commission, and Municipal Hospitals Board. He served as Chairman of the Parks Board for five years, having a special interest in improving local parks and community centres. He was a member of several community organizations, particularly curling clubs and organizations related to his Scottish heritage. In 1969, he was the Progressive Conservative candidate for Wellington constituency in the provincial general election but was defeated by Philip Petursson. He died at 13 April 1991.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, Tuesday, 16 April 1991, page 32.
This page was prepared by Kris Keen and Gordon Goldsborough.
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Data Culture – What It Is & Why You Should Embrace It
The biggest challenge facing your digital transformation efforts isn't technology — it's culture.
Surprised? Think about it. If you've spent much time at all in the business world, you can make a list of hopeful corporate initiatives you've seen launch and fall flat in the face of doubt, resistance, and stubborn "that's not the way we do things here" mentality. In other words, you've seen many strategies defeated by culture.
It's a well-recognised fact that company culture matters — especially when it's time for big change. You can't see your company culture, but it shapes everything from how you make decisions and the kinds of ideas people bring forward to who you hire and who gets promoted. Once established, culture is difficult — but not impossible — to change.
As someone who's invested in helping your company thrive in the digital age, you have to accept the challenge of culture change and work to build a company culture supportive of digital transformation. In particular, you must embrace the need to build a data culture.
What's a data culture? We're glad you asked. It's an important question, and we've written this page to tell you everything you need to know about what data culture is, why it matters, and how you can build and promote it at your organisation.
What is data culture?
There are two ways you can think about data culture. Broadly, data culture refers to how your organisation thinks about, manages, and uses your data. In this sense, your company already has a data culture whether you've built it intentionally or not.
However, as data has become more important to modern business operations, data culture has taken on a different and more specific meaning which we'll focus on in this article. The term "data culture" has grown to mean more than what you do with your data and now describes the way your entire organisation makes decisions and conducts business.
When your organisation embraces data culture, you prioritise data-driven decision-making and view data as fundamental to everything you do. This is a stark contrast to other organisational culture models such as hierarchical culture in which decisions are made from the top down and consensus culture which requires broad agreement before finalising decisions.
The main goal of data culture is to enable your organisation to make better and faster decisions. Instead of relying on gut instinct, opinions, traditional best practices, and educated guesses to operate and grow your business, data culture places data firmly at the center of your organisational identity, beliefs, and practices.
Everyone from the newest employee up to the highest manager has access to the data and analytics needed to gain data-driven insights. People are empowered and expected to make decisions based on data and to challenge assumptions and ideas your data doesn't support.
As you'll see in the next section, the shift to data culture brings big benefits for your business and sets you up for success in today's competitive business environment.
Why data culture matters
Data culture represents a new way of doing business designed to meet the complex challenges of the digital age. Companies in every industry are scrambling to complete digital transformations so they can remain competitive now and position themselves for growth in the future.
Data is widely recognized as a key enabler of digital transformation with company leaders proclaiming their plans to become "data-driven" and "treat data as a company asset."
The problem, as more and more CDOs realize, is that it's much easier to announce plans to become data-driven than to make those plans a reality. You need more than words and fancy presentations — nothing short of a company-wide shift to data culture will do.
"Data culture matters because it's impossible to be truly data-driven without it — and that matters because you cannot succeed in today's business climate without unlocking the value of your data and unleashing its power to drive results".
To further emphasise the importance of data culture, let's take a look at some of the benefits of relying on data to make decisions.
Objective basis for decisions
In a data culture, decisions are made based on objective insights supported by data. Your decisions are no longer based on "how we've always done things" or the gut feeling of the highest-paid person in the room. You can move forward confidently knowing you've chosen your course based on facts and logic instead of guesswork.
Better, faster decisions
When your decisions are data-driven, you can make smarter choices based on fact-based insight about what's truly driving success in your industry.
As for speed, data culture enables you to identify new opportunities and act quickly to take advantage of market trends and test good ideas ahead of your competitors. Plans backed by data and tangible evidence also make it easier and faster to get buy-in from key stakeholders.
Increased returns
Smarter, faster, more objective decisions fuel growth and lead to more efficient business operations. This leads directly to increased returns and higher profitability for your organisation.
Constant innovation
Data culture inspires continuous innovation by encouraging team members to find new ways to maximise the value of your data. As people combine different data sets and look at information in creative ways, you gain deeper insight leading to even better decisions.
Highly engaged employees
Employee engagement is one of the least obvious benefits of data culture, but it's also one of the most impactful. In a data culture, every member of your team is empowered to make decisions based on logic instead of company tradition or management whims — and to challenge choices that aren't fact-based. As a result, employees are more satisfied, more engaged, and more invested in the success of your business.
Key components of a data culture
Company culture varies, but all successful data cultures share three key elements. In this section, we'll discuss the key components of a data culture and explain why they're necessary.
1. Executive commitment
Data culture isn't hierarchical, but you can't build one without the whole-hearted support of your company leaders. In a data-driven culture, executives fully understand the value of data, model data-driven decision-making, and invest time and resources in data management and improvement.
2. Business buy-in and alignment
Data culture extends beyond IT and includes every part of the business. It's based on shared goals and the belief that data supports better business decisions and results. Both IT and business team members must be committed to making decisions based on data-driven insights and to treating data as a valuable company asset.
3. Trust & transparency
People will only make data-driven decisions if they trust the data they're using. Trust is built on transparency, which means everyone knows and understands where your data comes from, how it should be used, why it's valuable, and how the company expects them to treat it.
How to create a data-driven culture
Creating a data-driven culture is difficult. You can't buy a do-it-yourself data culture kit or impose it by executive mandate. No, the only way you can create a data culture is to build it patiently and strategically.
Every company is different, and your particular path to being data-driven will depend on factors unique to your company. With that said, our experience has shown us some common steps everyone must take, and we've decided to share them with you here.
Secure buy-in from business and IT leaders
The first step is demonstrating the value of data culture and convincing your company leaders to support the shift. You must firmly connect data-driven decisions to solving business problems and achieving better business results.
Invest in your data foundation
A thriving data culture is supported by a strong data foundation. You must invest time and resources in things like data governance, data condition, data quality, data management, data strategy, and data infrastructure to make sure you're ready to make data-driven decisions.
Expect resistance
Keep in mind you're asking people to completely change their mindset and the way they do business. You should expect some resistance to change and be prepared to help people make the shift.
Listen to criticism and treat it as an opportunity for improvement. Enlist influential business team members to work on data projects, implement their suggestions, and ask them to serve as data ambassadors to skeptical employees.
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Creating a data culture often starts with a few early initiatives. Make sure your first projects focus on high-value data and deliver demonstrable results to the business.
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Data asset management is an approach to data that involves intentionally treating data as a tangible corporate asset instead of a costly intangible business input. When you treat your data as an asset, it's easier to position data as a valuable part of your overall business instead of an IT concern.
Data asset management enables you to give your data a value, set goals, make plans for investment, and measure the ROI of your data projects just as you would for tangible assets such as property, equipment, or products.
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Q: intro.js callback not firing when attached to window - Laravel I am not sure if its because I have attached intro.js to the window but the tour it self and functions work ( .start() .exit() ect ) but the callback functions are not firing.
I am using Laravel 5.5 so in my app.js file that gets complied I have:
import introJs from 'intro.js/intro.js';

window.introJs = introJs;

Then in my blade template I have
@section('js')

<script type="text/javascript">

  var doneTour = localStorage.getItem('doneTour') === 'yeah!';

  if (!doneTour){
    window.introJs.introJs().start();
  }

  // add a flag when we're done
  window.introJs.introJs().oncomplete(function() {
    alert("end of introduction");
  });

  // // add a flag when we exit
  window.introJs.introJs().onexit(function() {
    alert("exit of introduction");
  });

</script>

@endsection

The the script I use in blade is injected after the app.js. I get no errors and the initial window.introJs.introJs().start(); works and the tour starts. But when I exit or complete it, the other functions do not fire. Does this have to do with Laravel or using window?
I have tried just using introJs.introJs.start() but unless I attach it to the window I cannot use it in a blade files

A: For some reason its not in the docs but you in some cases you need to make introJs.() a variables for the callbacks to work.
var doneTour = localStorage.getItem('doneTour') === 'yeah!';

  var intro = window.introJs.introJs();

  if (!doneTour){
    intro.start();
  }

  // add a flag when we're done
  intro.oncomplete(function() {
    alert("end of introduction");
  });

  // // add a flag when we exit
  intro.onexit(function() {
    alert("exit of introduction");
  })

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Wenzel's Subdivision Request Tabled.
Updated at 8:37 pm on January 7, 2013
01/08/13 Last week, members of the Plymouth Plan Commission ordered developer Del Wenzel of Wenzel Industries of Plymouth to provide an approved drainage plan for a proposed subdivision on State Road 17.
Mr. Wenzel attempted to develop the 10 acre site on the south side of State Road 17 and directly north of Dixon Lake about a year ago. His original plan was for 14 lots but getting the drainage plan was never full approved due to the fact that some of the plan used a NIPSCO easement.
Mr. Wenzel said he was told that if he developed bigger lots a drainage plan wouldn't be necessary in the 2-mile zone. His proposed minor subdivision application is for four lots varying in size from just over an acre to 3 acres. He also wants to keep the roadway private and have the property owners equally responsible for all maintenance with this in their deeds.
A few neighbors spoke during the public hearing. Pau Staples owns a home at the back of the subdivision. He purchased the property in 2000 and built his home in 2008. He and his wife are concerned on the road. He said, "It's basically a one lane driveway built to the court ordered minimum."
Commission member Fred Webster asked if a fire truck would be able to get to their home. Staples said when they had a garage sale the road was almost impassable. He's not sure if the fire truck would get turned around to get out.
Mark Snyder who has property to the east of the proposed subdivision questioned the drainage. He commented that the county is currently working on new drainage for Tall Oaks, Fairfield Farms, and Deer Trail. Snyder wondered if this subdivision's drainage would also be included in the new plan. Del Wenzel said they plan to retain their storm-water on site.
A letter from John and Dina Bradley, neighbors to the west said they felt the request for the subdivision was unreasonable and not needed. They also had concerns for increased children in the subdivision and the liability being near Dixon Lake.
Although the Plymouth Plan Commission is only required to approve the preliminary with the County Plan Commission approving the final and the County Surveyor approving the Drainage Plan, members of the City Plan Commission tabled the request for a drainage plan.


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Q: Nested initializer_list for initializing multidimensional arrays For some reasons I have to implement a multidimensional array class in C++.
The array in question is something like this:
template <typename T, typename = std::enable_if_t<std::is_arithmetic_v<T>>>
class Array final
{
private:
    std::vector<size_t> shape_;
    std::vector<T> data_;
public:
    // Some public methods
}

T is the type of elements stored in the array, and that the dimensions of the array is not templated since the user should be able to reshape the array, for example:
Array<int> array = Array<int>::zeros(3, 2, 4);
array.reshape(4, 6);

Though implementation of the functions mentioned above went quite smoothly, I stuck at the "beginning" of implementing this class, that is to initialize the array...
My questions are as follows:

*

*Is there any method to have an constructor like this, such that nested initializer lists of different depths create different arrays, like:
Array<int> a = {1, 2}; // Dimension: 1, Shape: 2
Array<int> b = {{1}, {2}}; // Dimension: 2, Shape: 2x1

My approach to implement the constructors made these two arrays the same, which is not what I want. Plus, clang complained about the braced scalars, which seem to be the problem. Currently my naive approach which suffers from the problem above looks like this
...
    Array() :data_(0), shape_{0} {}
    Array(std::initializer_list<T> list) :data_(list), shape_{list.size()} {}
    Array(std::initializer_list<Array> lists)
    {
        // Implementation
    }
...

*It's easy for the compiler to deduct the types for the following arrays:
Array c = {1, 2}; // T = int
Array d = {1.0, 2.0}; // T = double

But I failed to write a working deduction guide for multidimensional ones:
Array e = {{1, 2}, {3, 4}}; // Expects T = int
Array f = {{1.0, 2.0}, {3.0, 4.0}}; // Expects T = double

Is there any way to write a type deduction guide for this class?

A: The only possible solution that would only involve initializer_list would be to declare a number of constructors that equals the number of possible dimensions:
template<class T>
Array(std::initializer_list<T>)

template<class T>
Array(std::initializer_list<std::initializer_list<T>>)

...

The reason is given in [temp.deduc.call]/1: (P the template parameter)

If removing references and cv-qualifiers from P gives std::initializer_list [...] and the argument is a non-empty initializer list ([dcl.init.list]), then deduction is performed instead for each element of the initializer list, taking P' as a function template parameter type and the initializer element as its argument [...]
  Otherwise, an initializer list argument causes the parameter to be considered a non-deduced context

So if the function parameter is std::initializer_list<T> the nested element of the initializer list argument can not be itself an initializer list.
If you don't want to declare that many constructors, the other option is to explictly specify that the argument is of type std::initializer_list in order to avoid template argument deduction. Below I use a class named "nest" just because its name is shorter:
#include<initializer_list>

using namespace std;

template<class T>
struct nest{
  initializer_list<T> value;
  nest(initializer_list<T> value):value(value){}
  };
template<class T>
nest(initializer_list<T>)->nest<T>;

struct x{
   template<class T>
   x(initializer_list<T>);
   };

int main(){
  x a{1,2,3,4};
  x b{nest{1,2},nest{3,4}};
  x c{nest{nest{1},nest{2}},nest{nest{3},nest{4}}};
  }

A: i might be a bit late but its 100% possible without multiple constructors below is the source code to extract the data from the initilizer_list its a bit hacky. The whole trick is that the constructor are implicitly called with the correct type.
#include <initializer_list>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

class ShapeElem{
public:
    ShapeElem* next;
    int len;

    ShapeElem(int _len,ShapeElem* _next): next(_next),len(_len){}

    void print_shape(){
        if (next != nullptr){
            cout <<" "<< len;
            next->print_shape();
        }else{
            cout << " " <<  len << "\n";
        }
    }

    int array_len(){
        if (next != nullptr){
            return len*next->array_len();
        }else{
            return len;
        }
    }
};

template<class value_type>
class ArrayInit{
public:
    void* data = nullptr;
    size_t len;
    bool is_final;

    ArrayInit(std::initializer_list<value_type> init) : data((void*)init.begin()), len(init.size()),is_final(true){}

    ArrayInit(std::initializer_list<ArrayInit<value_type>> init): data((void*)init.begin()), len(init.size()),is_final(false){}

    ShapeElem* shape(){
        if(is_final){
            ShapeElem* out = new ShapeElem(len,nullptr);
        }else{
            ArrayInit<value_type>* first = (ArrayInit<value_type>*)data;
            ShapeElem* out = new ShapeElem(len,first->shape());
        }
    }
    void assign(value_type** pointer){
        if(is_final){
            for(size_t k = 0; k < len;k ++ ){
                (*pointer)[k] =  ( ((value_type*)data)[k]);
            }
            (*pointer) = (*pointer) + len;
        }else{
            ArrayInit<value_type>* data_array = (ArrayInit<value_type>*)data;
            for(int k = 0;k < len;k++){
                data_array[k].assign(pointer);
            }
        }
    }
};

int main(){
    auto x = ArrayInit<int>({{1,2,3},{92,1,3}});
    auto shape = x.shape();
    shape->print_shape();
    int* data = new int[shape->array_len()];
    int* running_pointer = data;
    x.assign(&running_pointer);
    for(int i = 0;i < shape->array_len();i++){
        cout << " " << data[i];
    }
    cout << "\n";
}

outputs
 2 3
 1 2 3 92 1 3

The shape() function will return you the shape of the tensor at each dimension. The array is exactly saved as it is written down. It's really import to create something like shape since this will give you the ordering in which the elements are.
If you want a specific index out of the tensor lets say a[1][2][3]
the correct position is in 1*a.shape[1]a.shape[2] + 2a.shape[2] + 3
if you are not looking to create tensors or multidimensional arrays i would recommand storing everything as a list,the referencing of entries in a 1D array is then really complicated. This code should then still be a good starting point.
Some minor details and tricks can be found in: https://github.com/martinpflaum/multidimensional_array_cpp


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Q: Function with object as argument, as argument of another function I have troubles fixing a little problem I have. I have two classes. One is called MenuBar, in this class there is a vector array of the other object (MenuOption). MenuBar contains a method that create a new MenuOption and add it to the array. The constructor of MenuOption needs two arguments: a string(for the name) and a function(the action that this option performs). I want the function received to be of that form:
void method(SDL_Surface* arg1, MenuBar* arg2);
So I repaired the double inclusion problem by adding "class MenuBar;" just after my #include "MenuBar.h". But I still have an error, it says "error: invalid use of void expression" at the line I marked in the below code of main.cpp.
Now my complete code looks like that:
main.cpp
void connect(SDL_Surface* arg1, MenuBar* arg2);
void about(SDL_Surface* arg1, MenuBar* arg2);

int main()
{
    SDL_Surface* screen;
    MenuBar menu(/*initialization*/);
    menu.addOption("Connect",connect(screen,&menu));//<---------
    menu.addOption("About",about(screen,&menu));    //<---------
}

void connect(SDL_Surface* arg1, MenuBar* arg2)
{...}

void about(SDL_Surface* arg1, MenuBar* arg2)
{...}

MenuBar.h
#include "MenuOption.h"
class MenuBar
{
    public:
        ...
        void addOption(string optionName,void (*f)(SDL_Surface*, MenuBar*) );
    private:
        vector<MenuOption> optionList;
}

MenuBar.cpp
void MenuBar::addOption(string optionName,void (*f)(SDL_Surface*, MenuBar*) )
{
    MenuOption tempOption(optionName,f);
    optionList.push_back(tempOption);
}

MenuOption.h
#include "MenuBar.h"
class MenuBar;

class MenuOption
{
    public:
        MenuOption(string optionName,void (*f)(SDL_Surface*, MenuBar*) );
        void (*run)(SDL_Surface*, MenuBar*);
    private:
        string name;
}

MenuOption.cpp
MenuOption::MenuOption(string optionName,void (*f)(SDL_Surface*, MenuBar*) )
{
    name = optionName;
    run = f;
}

Thanks for the help!
Philou231

A: menu.addOption("Connect",connect(screen,&menu));

You're passing the result of connect, which is void, as the second parameter to addOption. Try:
menu.addOption("Connect",connect);

--
I think you're looking to send both a function and some parameters for that function, so consider adding two extra parameters to addOption such that it's signature is like:
addOption(string optionName,void (*f)(SDL_Surface*, MenuBar*), SDL_Surface*, MenuBar*)

And call f with the parameters given inside addOption. Then you call addOption like so:
menu.addOption("Connect",connect, screen, &menu);


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It is a good time to grab a copy of the game as a new map, set in Louisiana in 1895, is on the way. Watch a preview of the map here
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Stranger Things' Noah Schnapp gets summer job as a lifeguard
24 August 2022, 12:09 | Updated: 24 August 2022, 13:51
By Katie Louise Smith
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Imagine pulling up to the pool and finding out Noah Schnapp – aka Will Byers – is your lifeguard.
Noah Schnapp is undoubtably one of the most recognisable teenagers on the planet right now thanks to his role as everyone's favourite D&D-loving, Upside Down boi Will Byers in Stranger Things. But that hasn't stopped the actor from picking up a casual summer job during the filming hiatus.
In his time away from Stranger Things this summer, and ahead of enrolling at the prestigious University of Pennsylvania where he'll soon go to college, 17-year-old Noah has been working as a lifeguard at a pool at a summer camp.
In fact, there's several videos all over TikTok showing Noah having the time of his life at camp with the rest of the counsellors and lifeguards.
Noah Schnapp has been working as a lifeguard. Picture: Daniele Venturelli/Getty Images for Fendi, @noahschapp via TikTok
Speaking to FLAUNT about the part-time summer gig, Noah said: "It's kind of a 'just for fun thing.'"
"I've kind of grown up with a normal life and normal friends and stuff outside of Stranger Things, so it's kind of kept me grounded," Noah added.
It's not the first summer where Noah has spent his days chilling with his "normal life and normal friends" either. Over the past few years, Noah has also spent his summers at sleep-away camps. Back in 2018, he explained that he was away at camp when Stranger Things blew up and changed his life.
"I went to camp and I came back, and I saw that people from across the world were watching the show, and everyone was interacting with us on social media. I was so happy and amazed by how far the show had gone," he told Teen Vogue in 2016.
Even after a record-breaking fourth season, Noah is still pretty keen to spend his summers in a similar way.
Working as a lifeguard at Camp Hillard during summer was unexpectedly fun! Met a new family and invested a whole energy during summer break was quite an experience ⛱ pic.twitter.com/KybZrmqOj7
— (Not) Noah. (@shvitz) August 21, 2022
It also sounds like Noah's upcoming college experience is set to be pretty "normal", too. He will be actually moving to college, sharing a dorm and starting his studies at UPenn's business school programme.
"Acting was just kind of repetitive, and I wanted to try something new," he told the publication about his decision to study something other than his profession. "Millie [Bobby Brown] is doing the same thing with her schooling—she's kind of learning about other things. I thought it would make more sense to do something different. And business was a pretty clear next thing for me."
With Stranger Things 5 on the horizon, and his character Will set to take centre stage in the final fight against Vecna and the Upside Down, Noah's got a busy few years ahead of him.
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