The prediction: Prices will fall further before year-end.
(Money Magazine) -- Forget the old saw that all real estate is local. What's pummeling housing prices in your nabe is the same thing that's hurting them around the country: the credit crisis.
You know the drill - banks' troubles have made it harder for many home buyers to get mortgages, and those who do qualify have to pay more. A borrower with good credit and a 20% down payment recently got charged an interest rate of 6.7%, on average, according to HSH Associates.
It's true that this rate is not historically high (rates often surpassed 9% in the early 1990s). But it's more than the 6.2% that the same borrower would have paid at the beginning of 2008.
The fact that mortgage rates have remained stubbornly elevated despite the government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac leads some experts to believe that those rates are not headed down anytime soon.
Then look at the fact that 18.6 million homes in this country are now sitting vacant, more than at any other time since the Census Bureau began tracking that figure in the 1960s. And that 2.8% of U.S. mortgage loans are now at least three months in arrears, up from 1.4% a year ago. That rate is projected to peak in early 2009.
But if a recession lasts for three-quarters of the year, as some economists are predicting, the number of foreclosures could remain high longer. Add it all up and you have another lousy year for real estate.
Home prices are down 20% nationwide since their peak in July 2006, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller home price index. Economist Nouriel Roubini of New York University, who accurately predicted the housing slide and credit crisis, expects another 20% decline in home prices next year. Patrick Newport of economic forecasting firm Global Insight projects a 15% drop.
The damage will likely hit even areas that have so far escaped many problems, such as New York City (see the chart on the previous page). "We don't see the market turning until late 2009," says Newport.
If they go so low that investors can start renting out homes for enough to cover their mortgage payments, we could see a wave of people snapping up bargain houses in 2009 - which could push prices higher by the time the next 12 months draw to a close.
In many markets, sellers will face the toughest competition not from fellow homeowners but from banks and builders. Both will be willing to cut prices dramatically to sell a foreclosed or new home.
To convince buyers that your house is worth paying up for, make sure that it's in move-in condition (foreclosures almost certainly won't be). Point out unusual qualities like wide-plank floors or stained glass that cookie-cutter new construction lacks.
Sound painful? A recent study by a New Jersey appraiser found that houses priced below market ended up selling for more than similar houses listed above market. That's because lower prices attract more buyers.
In many areas of the country, such as Phoenix, San Diego and Washington, D.C., it's common for perfectly good homes to linger on the market for six months or more. So start your search by looking for properties that have been up for sale for at least three months: At that point most sellers will be willing to deal.
Drive a hard bargain when you find a house you're interested in. Sellers know you have a lot to choose from. They also know that if they wait they will probably get less. So offer less now.
Barry Miller, a buyer's agent in Denver, suggests you make your first offer as much as 13% below the seller's asking price. "You might not get the house for that, but it's a good starting point," he says.
More than ever, that three-digit number could cost you. Lenders have begun imposing fees for everyone who doesn't fall into the top tier of credit - and that's a whole lot of people.
"Let's say 680 got you the best rate on a mortgage 24 months ago," says John Ulzheimer, a credit expert with Credit.com. "Today you need to shoot for 780 to 820 to get the best deal."
Boosting your credit score from 660 to just 740 can lower your mortgage rate by a quarter of a point. To improve your score, focus on paying down debt, which will bring your crucial debt-to-credit ratio down.
-What do the pros think?


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Q: How do I implement custom iterators so that I can nest them? I was just looking up some stuff about python iterators and stumbled across thisW3School iterator example example from w3school:
class MyNumbers:
  def __iter__(self):
    self.a = 1
    return self

  def __next__(self):
    if self.a <= 20:
      x = self.a
      self.a += 1
      return x
    else:
      raise StopIteration

myclass = MyNumbers()
myiter = iter(myclass)

for x in myiter:
  print(x)

The code prints the numbers from 1 to 20 to the console.
I was wondering if the code works for nested iterators, as it uses an attribute for keeping track of the number of iterations that have already passed.
So I set up a small example (with only three iterations instead of 20) and indeed, it does not work as expected:
class MyNumbers:
  def __iter__(self):
    self.a = 1
    return self

  def __next__(self):
    if self.a <= 3:
      x = self.a
      self.a += 1
      return x
    else:
      raise StopIteration

myclass = MyNumbers()
myiter = iter(myclass)

for x in myiter:
  for y in myiter:
    print('outer value: ' + str(x))
    print('inner value: ' + str(y))

print("*"*50)

for x in myclass:
  for y in myclass:
    print('outer value: ' + str(x))
    print('inner value: ' + str(y))

print("*"*50)

for x in iter(myclass):
  for y in iter(myclass):
    print('outer value: ' + str(x))
    print('inner value: ' + str(y))

Output:
outer value: 1
inner value: 1
outer value: 1
inner value: 2
outer value: 1
inner value: 3
**************************************************
outer value: 1
inner value: 1
outer value: 1
inner value: 2
outer value: 1
inner value: 3
**************************************************
outer value: 1
inner value: 1
outer value: 1
inner value: 2
outer value: 1
inner value: 3

I can see how these results occur; the attribute that keeps track of the number of iteration is increased by the inner iterator which immediately fails the self.a <= 3 check for the outer iterator once the inner iterator is done.
I then tried a similar example with lists and they behaved differently:
a = [1, 2, 3]
for x in a:
  for y in a:
    print('outer value: ' + str(x))
    print('inner value: ' + str(y))

Output:
outer value: 1
inner value: 1
outer value: 1
inner value: 2
outer value: 1
inner value: 3
outer value: 2
inner value: 1
outer value: 2
inner value: 2
outer value: 2
inner value: 3
outer value: 3
inner value: 1
outer value: 3
inner value: 2
outer value: 3
inner value: 3

This version works as one would expect from nested iterators. My question is now: how could I rewrite the given example so that it works as intended? I thought about a factory that generates iterable objects but that seems really complicated (and I'm not sure if it would work either). Does anybody know an easy/easier way?

A: A quick and dirty example to show how this might be achieved:
class MyList:

    def __init__(self, ls):
        self.ls = ls

    def __iter__(self):
        class MyListIter:
            def __init__(self, ls):
                self.ls = ls.copy()
                self.n = -1

            def __next__(self):
                self.n += 1
                if self.n >= len(self.ls):
                    raise StopIteration
                return self.ls[self.n]

        return MyListIter(self.ls)

x = MyList([1, 2, 4, 8])

for i in x:
    for j in x:
        print(i, j)

Outputs:
1 1
1 2
1 4
1 8
2 1
2 2
2 4
2 8
4 1
4 2
4 4
4 8
8 1
8 2
8 4
8 8

The trick is that we need to keep track of the iterations separately for each, so I've added another object here to take care of this.
There are a few other ways this can be done as well, but this is probably the simplest pattern.

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Valentine's Day is all about showering love all day long! And gifts are an integral part of the celebration that enthralls lovers all over the world. Have you decided what to give your better half this time? How about a gadget? Guys love gadgets and you should already know that! So to clear your doubts as to what kind of gadget you should be gifting him, here are some awesome ideas which you could use in deciding what gift to give him this Valentine's Day.
You will hardly find a guy who does not love listening to music. Guys love music so much that even the guy who says he does not, likes music secretly (and sings in the bathroom)! So gift him a good set of speakers this Valentine's Day to enhance his music experience. Rest assured, speakers will just make him fall in love with you all over again! You could choose between good quality small portable speakers or large home theater-styled ones, depending upon his requirement and utility.
Another option to gift your music-loving boyfriend is a good pair of headphones. You could choose between the customary headphones or the ear-buds variety, whichever he will like more and depending upon what he prefers. Ensure that you select a good brand because as far as headphones are concerned, quality matters.
Tablets are one of the best gadgets around in contemporary times and you could consider gifting one to your man this Valentine's. Tablets are available in a variety of price ranges and styles. Choose between the high-end models and the relatively low utility ones depending upon what your boyfriend will be doing with it, and this could be the best Valentine's Day gift ever!
A Google glass is a remarkable gift that you could give your boyfriend this February 14th. This wearable computer will just make his day, beyond doubt! With amazing Android-like applications, and other photo and video capturing and sharing options, this handsfree device is sure to bring a sparkle in his eyes and in your relationship!
Who does not like to play video games? And now that we have the option of Playstation, everyone would like to own one. If your boyfriend does not already have one, consider gifting it to him this Valentine's Day. However, a Playstation can turn his attention away from you for a considerable amount of time! But it is worth it, isn't it?
A camera or a camcorder is always a very good option to gift your boyfriend, no matter what occasion it is. And do you really need another occasion when you have Valentine's Day coming up? If your boyfriend is the mock professional photographer type, a semi-professional DSLR camera will delight him beyond doubt. If he loves movies and is somewhat of a filmmaker, you could consider a camcorder.
Smart cameras are relatively new in the digital arena. You may have heard about it, but may not know much about. The concept is simple – a smart camera is basically a smartphone and a camera combined as one device. It does not have all facilities of a phone, like you cannot make a phone call from it, but it enables sharing of photos and videos captured in it on social networking sites instantly using operating systems like Android.
Though a smartphone in today's time is nothing new, it never goes out of fashion. If your boyfriend knows his way well around a smartphone and all its applications, you can brighten up his day by gifting him one this Valentine's Day.
As often said, guys love gadgets, so by gifting him one on Valentine's Day, you not only make him happy, but also earn respect in his eyes as someone who understands him well.


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Q: Show button after click on banner I want to hide banner and show button (form):

A: Banner Click:
I assume you have banner [it may be button or any other element] and form.
<button id="banner">Banner</button>
<form id="form1" method="POST">
  //Elements goes here...
</form>

$('#banner').click(function(){
   $('#form1').show();
});


I saw this movie when it first came out during Christmas holiday 1985. Loved it...cried through the whole thing! Then I learned it was a book and couldn't wait to read it. The book is lush and spellbinding! I've read it a dozen times and it just gets better with each reading. Imagine my surprise when I realized the book was different! So, I found the movie at Blockbuster and watched it again. What a disappointment. Bits and pieces are the same, but for the most part, it was like the script writers hadn't even read the book! Maybe they read the Cliff's Notes! I'm sitting here watching it now, and still just as disappointed as I was 30 years ago. What a disservice to Rosamund Pilcher!!


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OREGON'S ONLY YEAR-ROUND SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS WITH AUTISM
Victory's Board
Inside Victory
Admissions Process: How to Apply
Hailey Hepperle
Hailey graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2018 with a bachelor's degree in Sociology and a minor in Applied Psychology. At college, Hailey found her love for education and psychology. Taking a non-traditional route through college as a transfer student from a community college, Hailey became determined to help others navigate their own disparities to have access to education.
Hailey began working in an ABA clinic part-time in Northern California after returning from her internship with Disney World in 2018. Not too long after, she was offered an opportunity to work full-time doing early intervention and parent training in-home. She was amazed at the progress she saw through data and found a passion in evidence-based practices.
The following year, Hailey knew it was time to leave her small hometown once again and relocated to Portland where she found a teaching assistant opportunity at Victory. She finds comfort in belonging to a supportive community that represents her values, and she is looking forward to learning as much as she can, in the years to come, from her students and fellow staff.
In her free time, Hailey enjoys cuddling with her kittens Zelda and Loki. She is always looking for and planning an opportunity to spend time with her friends who now live all over the country. Hailey practices yoga and meditation, and she will go to a theme park or museum any chance she gets.
Gratitude, Thanks, and Cheers
to Victory Academy's Extraordinary Community of Supporters! Together we raised $700,000! We are humbled by your incredible generosity and kindness. Thank you!
Watch the virtual event here.
Victory Academy is proud to announce an $180,000 grant award from the Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation. This generous three-year gift will support Victory's programs and creative efforts to serve Oregon's students with Autism - specifically in the areas of art, music, recreation, and transition services. We are grateful for the Foundation's trust and belief in Victory's mission and vision. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! These funds will change the lives of Victory's students, their families, and our local communities.
Victory is now accepting applications for the 2021-2022 school year on a space-available basis only.
Applications submitted after April 16, 2021, will be reviewed every two weeks by the Admissions Team. Families will be notified via email regarding next steps.
Click here to learn more about the admissions process.
Victory Academy seeks to hire a variety of teaching and specialist positions for the 2021-2022 school. Some positions may have an earlier start date. Click here for more information.
Victory thanks you for your generosity and support.
Your donation makes a big difference to our students, their families, and our entire community.
We are grateful!
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System.InvalidOperationException : Assembly version mismatch: main assembly 'Xtensive.Orm 5.0.0, Net40-Release, c01021ad7734:2014-08-15', extension assembly 'Xtensive.Orm.sqlite 5.0.0, Net40-Release, 90a2c92c1c27:2014-08-15'.
Thank you very much for your report. We will fix it. But now you can download it from our site. I will write a comment when nuget package will be correct.


Fallsikkerhet is a Norwegian company offering modern fall protection solutions for civil engineering. The website provides basic information about the company, provided services and contact information. It is fully responsive – looking attractive on any device. We've also provieded the customer with website content editing functionality by creating content management system based on WordPress. You can visit the website by clicking here.


It is, to my mind, in some ways worse than the housing bubble. There are a few things that make it worse. One is that when people make a mistake in taking on an education loan, they're legally much more difficult to get out of than housing loans. With housing, typically they're non-recourse you can just walk out of the house. With education, they're recourse, and they typically survive bankruptcy. If you borrowed money and went to a college where the education didn't create any value, that is potentially a really big mistake.
There have been a lot of critiques of the finance industry's having possibly foisted subprime mortgages on unknowing buyers, and a lot of those kinds of arguments are even more powerful when used against college administrators who are probably in some ways engaged in equally misleading advertising. Like housing was, college is advertised as an investment for the future. But in most cases it's really just consumption, where college is just a four-year party, in the same way that buying a large house with a really big swimming pool, etc., is probably not an investment decision but a consumption decision. It was something about combining the investment decision and the consumption decision that made the housing thing so tricky to get a handle on and I think that's also true of the college bubble.
It is Thiel's foundation that is paying twenty young people $100,000 each to start a business instead of attending college.


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Hand Tool School #37: The Beginner Workbench
Made from construction lumber and just a few tools
By Shannon Rogers - July 6, 2017
in Hand Tool School | Hand Tools
"What is the best beginner workbench?" is a loaded question, and one I get all the time.
I usually tell beginning woodworkers to hold off on building a bench right away because they don't know what they don't know yet and a workbench isn't actually needed to get started. For example, I've built a few things in the garage of my in-laws' place in Maine using a sawhorse and a rickety table. But the time has come to build a proper workbench in that space.
This workbench is designed to be possibly the first bench that a new woodworker would build. Though it could also end up being the workbench you use for many years as it is rock solid and highly functional. It is built using just construction lumber, seven boards to be exact, and just four tools.
The beginner's workbench should be simple to build, yet highly customizable for the future. It should be a rock solid, blank chassis that doesn't require a lot of lumber or tools to build.
Its a straightforward built that introduces the new woodworker to some key concepts while not sweating the details that could make this project drag on for months and months. While hardly a new design, I think the approach I took to it could enable the brand new woodworker with no tools and no bench to actually get started building, and come out of this experience a better woodworker.
The full build is coming up soon. Semester 5 at The Hand Tool School will be a back to basics course designed to speak to the brand new woodworker who has no tools and has possibly never picked up a saw or plane. It will consist of a few introductory lessons and then many applied lessons in the course of building three essential projects for their shop.
It's in production now and scheduled to be released this Fall. Watch this space or subscribe to my email list to be the first to hear about it when it becomes available.
This "Hand Tool School" series is provided courtesy of Shannon Rogers, a/k/a The Renaissance Woodworker. Rogers is founder of The Hand Tool School, which provides members with an online apprenticeship that teaches them how to use hand tools and to build furniture with traditional methods.


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Judge to allow 'hit-man' testimony at Drew Peterson murder trial
August 21, 2012 (JOLIET, Ill.)
Kathleen Savio's body was found in a bathtub in 2004. Originally ruled an accident, the case was reopened after Peterson's fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, went missing in 2007.
At issue- testimony from Jeff Pacther, who says Peterson asked him to kill Savio just months before her murder. The prosecution had left that information out of a pre-trial document, apparently an oversight, and the defense had argued it should stay that way.
Previously, Judge Burmila had not allowed the hit-man allegation to be raised in front of jurors, but Tuesday's decision allows prosecutors to introduce the evidence for a narrow purpose.
"The issue is not whether he wanted to hire a hit man," Judge Burmila said. "The issue is: Did the defendant intend to kill his wife? ... This evidence goes to that matter."
"It's excellent for the state, I think it should be. It really ties into the motive that Drew was looking for someone to kill Kathleen," Pam Bosco, Stacy Peterson family spokesperson said.
Peterson's attorneys dismissed the importance of the state's big legal victory.
"If that is what they are relying on in this case, it's weaker than I thought," Peterson defense attorney Joel Brodsky said.
At a 2010 hearing, Pachter testified that - as the two rode in Peterson's squad car - Peterson asked if he could find someone to "have his third wife taken care of." Pachter said he took that to mean he wanted her murdered, though Peterson didn't use that word.
Pachter said he didn't take Peterson's offer seriously, saying he simply responded, "OK," but did nothing about it.
Peterson explained to him that he asked Pachter partly because Pachter worked in a dangerous area, and Pachter understood that to mean Peterson believed he would be able to find a drug dealer or gang member to carry out the job.
At the hearing two years ago, Pachter said he hadn't heard about Savio's death in March 2004 until he telephoned Peterson the following July about another matter. He said Peterson said during the call, "By the way, the favor that I asked you, I don't need it anymore."
Pathologist: Savio's wound wouldn't cause her to pass out, drown
Because it is a circumstantial case, prosecutors are relying on everything, especially testimony from their forensic pathology experts. On Tuesday, Dr. Mary Case countered the defense theory that Savio died from hitting her head after she slipped and fell in the bathtub.
Showing close-up photos of Savio's brain, Dr. Case told the jury Savio's head injury is not the type that would cause her to lose consciousness and drown.
Case also said the injury could not be caused by the smooth surface of a bathtub and that in her opinion, Savio's death was a homicide, meaning, "some other person did it." She ruled out accidental or suicide as cause of death.
"She is obviously tailoring her opinion for the result she wants to get. That's she gets paid," Brodsky said.
Peterson has pleaded not guilty in the 2004 death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. He is also a suspect in the disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, but no charges have been filed. He maintains his innocence in both cases.
Peterson jurors wear color-coordinated outfits
There's apparently a daily color-coordination memo circulating the jury room at Drew Peterson's murder trial.
Jurors hearing the case outside Chicago have entered court each day for at least a week wearing the same colored clothing.
Tuesday, virtually all wore some shade of green. Before starting a three-day break Friday, they wore black. On Thursday, it was blue and Wednesday it was red.
The unusual display has left courthouse observers scratching their heads. But there's no way to tell what the jurors are thinking. They're barred from communicating with reporters or other trial participants.
Defense attorney Joel Brodsky says he noticed the color coordination but it doesn't bother him.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved.


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using System;
using Quidjibo.Misc;
using Quidjibo.Models;

namespace Quidjibo.Attributes
{
    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class, AllowMultiple = true)]
    public class DailyScheduleAttribute : ScheduleAttribute
    {
        public DailyScheduleAttribute(string name, int hour, int minute)
            : this(name, hour, minute, "default")
        {
        }

        public DailyScheduleAttribute(string name, int hour, int minute, string queue)
            : this(name, hour, minute, queue, typeof(DefaultClientKey))
        {
        }

        public DailyScheduleAttribute(string name, int hour, int minute, string queue, Type clientKey)
            : base(name, Cron.Daily(hour, minute), queue, clientKey)
        {
        }
    }
}

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Bow Lake Golf Course is a Public 9 hole golf course located in Barry, Illinois.
Bow Lake Golf Course was designed and built by Bill Bainter and Terry Oitker. Construction started in spring of 1991 and opened their doors for business in May of 1993. In 2003 the course was sold. It went under a 6 year era of miscare and neglect. In 2009 Bill Bainter, Eric Oitker and family(son of the late Terry Oitker), Nathan Bainter and Family, and Coy Bainter and family bought the course back and have been restoring and making new improvements ever since. Currently Greens have been reconstructed to the new Hybrids A1 and A4 bentgrass, new clubhouse bar area with 4 big screen tvs, new putting green, out door Shelter house, and massive concrete cart path new construction.
Par for the course is 35. From the back tees the course plays to 2,887 yards. From the forward tees the course measures 2.327 yards. The longest hole on the course is # 7, a par-5 that plays to 566 yards. The shortest hole on the course is # 9, a par-3 that plays to 142 yards from the back tees.
The layout has 2 par 5s, 3 par 3s and 4 par 4s. It is a very unique layout that can fit all levels of any golfer. The course is not a super long course so it plays well for miniors and short hitters. However, with lots of out-of-bounds, and multiply water hazards a long hitter can gain a small advantage if and only if he can stay out of trouble. This hilly course features elevated tees and greens. Water hazards (two lakes) come into play on three holes. The medium-sized greens are well-bunkered and vary in shape.


Nine of us left the car park at 8.30 in chilly temperatures and light drizzle, bound for Sunrise and Top Maropea huts. The tops looked pretty murky and our hearts sank as we envisaged a there-and-back trip with no views, no Armstrong Saddle, no Top Maropea and maybe no snow either (the whole point of going there at this time of year).
We scampered up to Sunrise with no mucking around. It was wet and muddy underfoot in places and they'd clearly had a lot more rain than in town. Smaller branches littered the track after the previous night's high winds. Patchy snow and swirling sleet met us higher up and the raincoats went on. Misty views down to the farmland below and a decent covering of snow surrounded the hut. As promised by the two lots of overnighters we'd passed on the way, the fire was still smouldering.
A bellbird was heard – a lost bellbird perhaps! Several people popped their heads over to check on the saddle and reported an icy breeze but nothing worse. After a leisurely morning tea, enhanced by Pauline's yummy rocky road, we layered up and trudged across the saddle – it was looking all black and white and grey up ahead, quite broody with the snow clouds – while we averted our heads to avoid the stinging sleet. The tarns were slushy and partly frozen.
We clambered up to the signpost to survey the route up ahead (at least we could see it). We agreed it was possible but wouldn't be pleasant so we reluctantly conceded and retraced our steps, along with yelps and laughter as the rearguard hurled a few snow balls around.
It snowed while we ate lunch, making a pretty picture outside and obscuring our earlier footsteps. Another lump of wood on the fire and it was time to hightail back down again, passing 14 people heading up for the night, a few kids among them.
Before 3pm, we were enclosed in the warmth and comfort of the Sawyers Arms at Tiko, pleased we'd found snow, got across the saddle – and Top Maropea would just have to wait for another day.


Luckily, over the past few years - and countless flights later - I've narrowed down my essentials to the items I actually reach for while I'm on the plane, or just after I've landed. I often think about packing in categories, so I don't miss anything.
Comfort: I have come to realize that comfort is above all else when traveling. I used to be concerned with my outfit choice, when in reality...looking put together is important, but being comfortable? Even moreso. There is nothing worse than wearing stiff jeans for 14 hours straight, so I typically opt for yoga pants with a long cardigan and tank top, or leggings and a drapey, long sweater. This way, I am comfortable, but presentable enough for landing. I also tend to bring a pair of luxe socks and my Slip Silk Eye Mask, which is the most comfortable way to block out the light, ever.
Entertainment: I'm that person who will watch movies nonstop throughout the flight, so that I'm not tempted to pay attention to the clock (and how slow it seems to be moving). After a few incidences where I was left wearing uncomfortable headphones for 10 hours (ouch!), I invested in a pair that fit well and provided great sound quality. I also like to bring a journal and pen with me, as some of my most creative ideas come to me while flying.
Beauty: Now for the fun part. I do like to make sure I care for my skin while flying, so as to prevent my skin from going awry before my trip begins. I try to limit what I bring on board to my essentials, because, like I said, things can get heavy fast. I tend to wear only mascara and spot-conceal for flights, so my skin isn't suffocating beneath layers of makeup.
Oddly enough, my t-zone gets super oily when I fly (probably from all the dirt and grime that I come in contact with when traveling), so I like to limit my skincare to a swipe of balancing toner right when I get situated (the Sisley Grapefruit one is my favorite) and a hydrating mist spritzed throughout the flight to keep my skin refreshed and plumped. I also keep my lip balm on hand, because if I don't reapply often, my lips will be in horrible shape upon landing! The ByTerry one (expensive, but worth it) is absolutely perfect for this purpose, because it creates a barrier and stays put for hours. I love that it comes in crayon form now, so you don't have to put your fingers in the pot.
For hair, I tend to keep a mini texturizing mist like my favorite Oribe or Ouai ones in my bag, along with a detangling brush, so that right before landing I can head to the bathroom and give things a refresh. I also always make sure to bring a hand sanitizer, which I use before eating or drinking anything. Don't forget a good hand cream too because after all that hand sanitizer things start to feel dry!
Lastly, when I finally get off the plane, I like to have a mini perfume with me to spritz on. I really like a fresh or fruity scent for this purpose because it smells cleaner and not overwhelming.
Also, saving up sample sizes and minis from GWP's is a super helpful tip for your next trip...because who wants to lug around full sizes when you don't have to?!
Necessities: While beauty products are "essentials", you won't get very far without your...wallet, passport, phone charger, camera & chargers, converters/adapters.
What do you like to bring with you on long-haul flights? Share your essentials below!


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Here are African elections to watch out for in 2019
Photograph — huffington post
In 2018, different presidential elections took place around Africa, and for many, it was the continuation of the status quo. Elections in Cameroon and Egypt resulted in re-elections for usual suspects Paul Biya and Abdel Fattah El-Sisi respectively, while the ruling party in Zimbabwe, ZANU-PF continued its reign in the country's politics as Emmerson Mnangagwa was elected president after his former boss Robert Mugabe stepped down in 2017. In others, it meant the end of the status quo, as the people of Sierra Leone, Madagascar, and the Democratic Republic Congo voted in new leaders.
As 2019 kicks off, many consequential and important elections are set to hold on the African continent. Although many of the democratic systems on the continent are weak and vulnerable to political instability, there is this 'assertion' that since elections hold across many countries in Africa, it is proof that democracy is still alive and thriving.
There will be more than 10 general elections around the continent in 2019, each as important as the other. Here is a list of the elections to watch out for:
Senegal will this year be holding its 11th presidential election after its independence from France in 1960. The elections are scheduled to hold on the 24th of February, 2019
Senegal's incumbent president Macky Sall is hoping for re-election as he recently announced his decision to run again.
Contesting for the post of president in Senegal alongside President Sall is Abdoulaye Wade, a former president of Senegal too who recently returned to the country's political scene and Khalifa Sall Dakar's popular mayor, who has been in detention as he awaits trial for the alleged misappropriation of 2.85 million USD public funds.
General elections in Botswana have been scheduled for October 2019. Its electoral laws are quite unique; the constitution provides for the indirect election of a president and the popular election of a National Assembly.
The Botswana Democratic Party has been in power since 1966 and has established a politically legitimate succession plan that maintains the incumbent's power. The presidential term ends more than a year ahead of the national election, meaning a new president is elected by parliament before the popular vote takes place, and effectively giving the BDP's presidential candidate, current president Mokgweetsi Masisi, an almost guaranteed lead. Incumbency in African elections grant the incumbent president almost all the powers to be re-elected: opposition candidates have a 12 percent chance of winning presidential elections when contesting against incumbents.
Despite the weakness of Botswana's opposition parties, they have come together to form a coalition in hopes of challenging the ruling party effectively at the elections. The four parties – the Botswana National Front, the Botswana Movement for Democracy, the Botswana Congress Party, and the Botswana People's Party – split 53.55 percent of that people's vote between them and the BDP in the last elections for the first time ever in 2014. The coalition has already started fielding a candidate in by-elections after 2014, essentially securing wins for them.
Though the Arab spring resulted in the overthrow of many regimes in North Africa, there was relative peace in Algeria. Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika who has been in power since 1999, could stand for a fifth term at elections this year. The president makes only rare public appearances, during which he is usually seen sitting in a wheelchair as he has been weak since suffering stroke, which diminished his mobility and forced him to work from his residence.
However, if Bouteflika does not opt for a fifth stay in office, the same bloc would remain in power. As the next president will likely be chosen from a score of candidates running for the election, such as PM Ahmed Ouyahia, former PM Abdelmalek Sellal, and former Energy Minister Chakib Khelil. Algeria's Ministry for Interior announced on its website this week that it had received more than a hundred applications from 13 parties wishing to field candidates for the elections. Strongest opposition candidates include Abdelaziz Belaid, the head of the Front El-Moustakbal party; the leader of the Society of Peace, Abderrazak Makri; and Abdelkader Ben Grina, the head of El-Binaa El-Watani.
The decline in oil prices since 2015 has resulted in a reduction of revenues for the government, putting pressure on the government's ability to sustain the delivery of social services to its people. Education and healthcare have been affected, while unemployment and underemployment remain high. Security in the Sahel region is still precarious; owing to terrorism, open borders and the low level of state country. The next president would need to create an alternative source of revenue for the Nothern African country while also ensuring its borders are more secure.
Malawi's incumbent President, Peter Mutharika, the flag bearer for Democratic progressive party (DPP), has been tipped to be the most likely winner of the general election set to hold on the 21st May 2019.
The president was tipped to emerge the winner from a survey carried by Malawi's Institute of Public Opinion Research (IPOR) on the political environment towards the tripartite election.
Mutharika is going to be closely competing with Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) as the survey reveals that the DPP presidential candidate enjoys only a slight edge in the presidential race compared to opposition candidates. Former President Joyce Banda also revealed plans to contest in this year's elections when she returned to the country last year, after five years in a self-imposed exile for alleged corruption. Mutharika's former Vice-President Saulosi Klaus Chilima resigned from office last year amidst corruption allegations against the president. He signalled intentions to also contest against the president this year by leaving the ruling party. Chilima has promised a crackdown on corruption if he is elected as president.
Amidst negotiations on consolidating peace between the government and former rebels, the Mozambique National Resistance (Renamo), Mozambique, will hold presidential, legislative and provincial elections on October 15, 2019, as announced by the country's President, Filipe Nyusi.
Official results of Mozambique's local authority elections announced on October 14 provided a boost to the prospects of the ruling Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo) ahead of national and presidential elections scheduled for 2019. The scale of the victory suggests Frelimo and President Filipe Nyusi face no serious electoral threat next year. Son of former president Samora Machel, Samora Machel Junior, has also signified his intentions to contest at the polls. Samora Machel is referred to as a revolutionary in Mozambique and was the country's president from independence in 1975 to his death in 1986. Hence,
Parliamentary and Presidential elections are set to hold in October and December respectively in Tunisia, and already, political tension is high in the North African country.
President Beji Caid Essebsi broke up ties with coalition Ennhadha Party, at a time when power shift is taking place and many parliamentarians also switching loyalties. There are indications that he is planning to sift the elections until 2021.
With Tunisia said to be the most successful Arab spring democratic state, the North African nation will want to re-affirm its political and economic stability by holding crucial presidential and parliamentary elections this year.
President Hage Geingob, current Namibia's president is most likely to retain his seat as there seems to be no serious opposition contesting against him in the coming election to hold November 2019.
However as unemployment, poverty and social inequality continue to be key challenges for the country, alongside slow progress with land reform and limited access and availability of land to a major part of the population, this has stirred growing political oppositions to government policies.
A new political movement, The Landless People Movement, a new political party has registered to run against the incumbent President, Hage Geingob in the 2019 elections. The party advocates for land restitution back to Namibians who were dispossessed of their lands.
Mauritania's history has been marred by repeated military coups, and its President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has committed to be law-abiding, assuring the country that he will not be contesting for a third term during the 2019 presidential elections.
However, analysts predict he will be replaced by a loyalist from the ruling Union for the Republic party, barring any major political and economic changes. A likely replacement could be Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid, a very vocal activist against slavery, one of the societal scourges in Mauritania. The foremost opposition party in the country, the Tawassoul party, will also be hoping to take advantage of the incumbent president stepping down.
Scheduled for May 2019, the election will be the sixth presidential election held since the end of the apartheid system in 1994.
This election will determine who will become the next President of South Africa. Incumbent President Cyril Ramaphosa will lead the ruling African National Congress in the election, attempting to retain majority status and a full term in office as president.
Cyril Ramaphosa succeeded Jacob Zuma after the latter resigned amidst corruption allegations in 2017. Ramaphosa's popularity will be tested alongside Mmusi Maimane of Democratic alliance and Julius Malema of Economic freedom fighters (EFF) as South Africans pick who heads affairs of the government for the next five years.
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package org.code.pomelo.key.tech.ioc.agent;

import lombok.Data;

/**
 * Created by ruyin on 2017/6/3.
 */
@Data
public class Agent {

    private String type;
}


The above rates refer to principal and interest loans.
For more information on comparison rates5 please refer to our important information below.
Variable rate home loan - The option to have a variable home loan and enjoy the flexibility.
Fixed rate home loan - Enjoy certainty of knowing your repayments by having the option to fix your home loan.
Split home loan - Take out two different loans for the same property with just one application fee.
Fixed rate home loan - Make additional repayments up to $20,000 without economic cost to help you save interest on fixed home loans.
Variable rate home loan - Make every dollar count and save on interest with a 100% offset arrangement. You can also make additional repayments to help you get ahead faster.
Repayments are flexible. They can be made weekly, fortnightly or monthly (interest-only paid monthly only).
If you're ahead with your repayments you can access funds of $500 and above at the end of your fixed rate period and anytime if you have a variable rate home loan1. Access these funds easily through Internet Banking.
Up to five years interest-only (in arrears) for owner-occupiers and up to 10 years interest-only (in advance or in arrears) for investors3.
Lets you get into your home sooner so you don't have to save such a large deposit. Lenders' Mortgage Insurance applies if you borrow over 80% of the property value.
The loan is available with building conditions to let you make progressive payments to your builder. Interest-only repayment options only with terms of one or two years.
Available to Australian and New Zealand citizens and permanent residents, as well as selected temporary VISA holders who reside in Australia.
Information current at 01 August 2016, subject to change.
1 Withdrawals at any time up to the approved limit, and only available at the end of a fixed rate period (ie. when the rate becomes variable).
Your debt doesn't reduce while you only pay your interest charges because you're not paying any of the principal.
You may owe more than your property is worth if its value decreases during an interest only period.
Your scheduled repayments will increase once your interest only period ends.
4 Maximum 95% loan to value ratio (LVR) for principal & interest owner occupied home loans. Maximum 80% (LVR) for all interest only home loans. Maximum 90% (LVR) for construction loans.
5 Comparison rates are based on a loan of $150,000 over a term of 25 years.


I pray for things in my every day life, but then there are times when I get so busy with the daily-ness of it all that I don't necessarily notice when a prayer is answered.
The big ones, yes. Of course.
Healing. Saved marriages. Job stuff. Church stuff. Dream stuff.
But, the daily ones, not always.
Last night we prayed for something very specific concerning doctors and Brit's long-broken foot and appointments and such.
This morning I made one phone call and that prayer was answered.
The prayer that last week seemed like a ginormous long shot.
The prayer that we prayed anyway over the weekend.
But, I was so caught up in my daily-ness that when it happened I pretty much said, "Awesome!" and moved on to the next thing.
It was Brittney who stopped, realized what had happened, and said, "Mom! That was our prayer! That was exactly what we prayed. Mom, God answered our prayer!"
"Brit. You're right." And we stopped and thanked Jesus that He heard and that He answered.
I'm so thankful for children who wake our attentions to greater things.


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Une thermofrigopompe (TFP) est une pompe à chaleur qui fournit simultanément chauffage et réfrigération. Physiquement, son énergie utile est ainsi la somme de celle rejetée sur la source chaude et de celle prélevée à la source froide.

Fondamentalement, toute pompe à chaleur est potentiellement une thermofrigopompe.

Coefficient de performance d'une thermofrigopompe
On définit l'efficacité  d'une thermofrigopompe idéale par le rapport de l'énergie « utile » sur le travail  fourni à la thermofrigopompe au niveau du compresseur, équivalent au coefficient de performance d'une pompe à chaleur. L'énergie utile est celle restituée à la source chaude  et celle prélevée à la source froide  ; l'efficacité est définie ainsi :

Le rendement d'une thermofrigopompe est donc par définition plus élevé que les rendements des systèmes frigorifiques ou des systèmes de chauffage par pompe à chaleur, pour un même écart de température entre source froide et source chaude, et un même rendement de compression.

Références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Pompe à chaleur
 Réfrigérateur
 Coefficient de performance

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Thermodynamique
Réfrigération
Technique industrielle

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


How many years have you been at Unity Christian?
What is your college Alma Mater?
What are some of your favorite hobbies away from school?
Golfing, traveling and spending time with my wife and three young sons.
How is Unity Christian a special and unique place to you?
Unity is a place of love, faith and trust. I see a community of believers that love their students and truly want them to grow in their faith and academics. It's a place where I would trust the faculty with my own children to pursue academic excellence in a Christian community.


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01 Oct 2010 A Wake Up Call to Anti-Mining Environmentalists: We Need Copper, by Caroline May
Posted at 16:50h in Environment and Enterprise Institute, Global Warming, National Policy Analysis by The National Center
President Barack Obama heralds green renewables as key to a strong economy and energy independence, but without vigorous domestic copper production, his goals will be difficult to reach.
Copper, the world's preeminent electricity and heat conductor, is a necessity. The average American home contains an estimated 400 pounds of copper in wire, plumbing, and fixtures; the average automobile requires 50 pounds.1,2 The Northwest Mining Association estimates that a typical child born today will use 1500 pounds throughout the course of his lifetime.3
The United States is one of the most copper-rich countries in the world, second only to Chile.4,5 America sits on an estimated 550 million tons of copper and presently is self-sufficient in the material.6,7
Copper is becoming increasingly important as technological advancements and "green" technologies demand more of this metal and its byproducts. Hybrid cars, for example, use double the copper of their fossil fuel predecessors. Wind energy turbines require over a ton of copper each, and the new transmission lines needed to deliver renewable energy to our homes will require millions of pounds of copper.8
China, the world's largest copper consumer and America's best copper customer, has long recognized the future indispensability of the material.9 China has in recent years been buying up the metal in quantities that exceed its current need.10
Nobu Su, CEO of eastern shipping giant Taiwan Marine Transport, explained the strategy to the UK Telegraph, "China has woken up… the next industrial revolution is going to be led by hybrid cars, and that needs copper. You can see the subtle way that China is moving into 30 or 40 countries with resources."11
America's copper production should keep up not only with domestic demand, but world demand. Furthermore, increased U.S. copper exports could help reduce America's current trade imbalance with China.
The Congressional Research Service in 2007 reported that the "U.S. trade deficit with China is large and growing… from the U.S. perspective, its bilateral trade deficit with China more than trebled in value over the last eight years, from just over $83 billion in 2001 to over $266 billion in 2008."12 In 2009, the most recent annual statistic, America's trade deficit with China was $226.8 billion.13 (The reduction in 2009 was largely attributed to the reduction in imports due to the economic downturn.14)
Although copper is 100% recyclable, there is still not enough market-ready copper to meet growing demand.15
Despite copper's undeniable value, its promising environmental qualities, and the dangers of further trade imbalances with China, the very organizations and individuals promoting the carbon-free technologies that require copper are hindering domestic production.
Environmentalists and special interests in Alaska, for example, are currently trying to block development of Pebble Mine,16 which could become one of the largest copper mines in the world. They claim the mine represents a threat to the region's ecosystem. They say this despite the fact that a mine site plan has yet to be developed.
In addition to raising their voices, Pebble Mine opponents have been creative in their obstructionism. In 2007 the movement pushed two pieces of state legislation designed to halt the project: Senate Bill 67, or "The Jay Hammond State Game Refuge Act," which sought to block off the area from resource development by establishing a state fish and game refuge,17as well as House Bill 134, "An act relating to conservation and protection of wild salmon production in drainages affecting the Bristol Bay Fisheries Reserve."18 Both lost momentum and died with the end of the 25th Alaskan Legislature.19
Pebble Mine opponents then got an initiative known as Ballot Measure 4, or the "Alaska Clean Water Initiative," on the 2008 ballot. The initiative would have imposed debilitating regulations on mines in Alaska, but was soundly defeated.20,21
Opponents then turned to the state legislature, promoting another antagonistic piece of legislation: House Bill 242 or "An Act relating to the protection of wild salmon, wildlife, water, and other resources in or near the Bristol Bay Fisheries Reserve and to large-scale mining in the headwaters of the Reserve."22 They also are asking the federal Environmental Protection Agency to block development of the mine under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.23Apparently to this end, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson visited the area in July 2010.24
Environmentalists also have taken the matter to the courts. Our Bristol Bay, an online clearinghouse for Pebble Mine opposition, highlights the legal challenges facing the mine: "Pebble Limited Partnership will need to secure regulatory approval for an estimated 60 permits from a variety of federal, state, and local permitting authorities. Furthermore, pending state legislation and numerous legal challenges may increase regulatory requirements for Pebble, or preclude development altogether."25
Acutely aware of the long permitting processes Pebble Partnership (a joint venture owned by Anglo-American PLC and Northern Dynasty) must endure, hostile groups also have filed numerous lawsuits challenging the issuance of Pebble's exploration permits, water rights, and land-use plans.26
Pebble Partnership has spent the last eight years and over $132 million conducting an extensive range of environmental and socio economic impact studies of the site.27
Cynthia Carroll, CEO of Pebble Partnership's Anglo-American PLC, has asserted, "We will not be associated with the development of a mine that damages Alaska's fisheries and wildlife… If the mine cannot be planned in a way that provides proper protections it will not be built."28
The Partnership has – at least so far – been backing these words up with action.
To minimize its footprint, the Partnership has committed to using helicopters while conducting a series of studies to determine environmental baselines, including "Fisheries, and Aquatic and Marine Habitat," "Surface and Groundwater Quality," "Terrestrial Wildlife/Habitat," "Wetlands, Climate (Meteorology) and Air Quality," "Soil and Rock Geochemistry and Trace Elements," and "Socioeconomic considerations, including Recreation, Subsistence, and Cultural Resources." It has made its data available to the public online,29 providing an extraordinary level of transparency.
With its estimated 80 billion pounds of copper, 100 million ounces of gold, and 5.6 billion pounds of molybdenum, Northern Dynasty CEO Ron Thiessen believes Pebble Mine "has the potential to be one of the great metal producers of the 21st century."30,31 Despite the wealth of this green energy necessity, environmentalists remain steadfast in their opposition.
Copper is essential not only to today's economy and America's competitive edge over China, but also to the renewable future environmentalists envision. Mines such as Pebble ought not be impeded by self-defeating environmentalists in constant search of a corporate interest to decry.
Caroline May is a policy analyst at the National Center for Public Policy Research in Washington, D.C.
1 "Copper Hitting Goldman's Target Year Early Means Drop (Update1)," Bloomberg, January 11, 2010, available at http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-01-10/copper-hitting-goldman-s-target-one-year-early-means-20-drop.html as of January 22, 2010.
2 "Copper In Transportation & Industry," Copper Development Association, 2010, available athttp://www.copper.org/education/c-facts/c-trans_industry.html as of January 22, 2010.
3 "Copper," Northwest Mining Association, available at http://www.nwma.org/education/copper_facts.htm as of January 22, 2010.
4 "The 1872 Mining Act," Rosemont Copper, 2009, available at http://www.rosemontcopper.com/mining_act_1872.html as of January 22, 2010.
5 "Copper: Statistics and Information," U.S. Geological Survey, 2009, available at http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/copper/ as of January 22, 2010.
7 "Copper," P&H Mining Equipment, 2010, available at http://www.phmining.com/en/PHMining/Resources/Mineral-Information/Copper.htm as of October 20, 2010.
8 "Copper is Essential to the Green Economy," Rosemont Copper, 2009, available at http://www.rosemontcopper.com/why_copper.html as of January 22, 2010.
9 "Economy Statistics>Trade With U.S.>U.S. Copper Exports (most recent) by Country," Nation Master, 2004, available at http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/eco_tra_wit_us_us_exp_of_cop-economy-trade-us-exports-copper as of February 5, 2010.
10 Melinda Peer, "Is China Hoarding Copper," Forbes, April 15, 2009, available athttp://www.forbes.com/2009/04/15/copper-prices-china-markets-commodities-metals.html as of January 22, 2010.
11 Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, "A 'Copper Standard' for the World's Currency System," The UK Telegraph, April 15, 2009, available at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/5160120/A-Copper-Standard-for-the-worlds-currency-system.html as of February 5, 2010.
12 Michael F. Martin, "CRS Report for Congress: What's the Difference Comparing U.S. and Chinese Trade Data," Congressional Research Service, April 10, 2007, available at http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RS22640.pdf as of February 5, 2010.
13 "Goods and Services Deficit Decreases in 2009," U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services Highlights, U.S. Census Bureau, February 10, 2010, available at http://www.census.gov/indicator/www/ustrade.html as of February 19, 2010.
14 Jack Healy, "Trade Deficit Narrows as Imports Fall Sharply," The New York Times, April 9, 2009, available at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/10/business/economy/10econ.html as of February 19, 2010.
15 "Copper Supply and Demand," Copper – The Vital Metal, The Association for Science Education available at http://resources.schoolscience.co.uk/CDA/16plus/sustainability/copper2.html as of January 22, 2010.
16 Elizabeth Bluemink, "Pebble Mine had Stake In Case," Anchorage Daily News, June 22, 2009, available at http://www.adn.com/money/industries/mining/story/839267.html as of April 2, 2010.
17 "Senate Bill 25," The Alaska State Legislature, 25th Legislature (2007-2008), Feb 2007, available at http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=SB0067A&session=25as of May 19, 2010.
18 "Protection of Salmon Spawing Water," the Alaska State Legislature, 25th Legislature (2007-2008), February 2007, available at http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_complete_bill.asp?session=25&bill=HB134 as of May 19, 2010.
19 "Journal Text for HB134 in the 25th Legislature," Alaska State Legislature, 25th Legislature, February 2007, available at http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_jrn_page.asp?session=25&bill=HB134&jrn=0224&hse=H as of May 19, 2010.
20 Elizabeth Bluemink, "'No' Votes Take Early Lead in Measure 4 Battle," Anchorage Daily News, April 28, 2008, available at http://www.adn.com/2008/08/26/506917/no-votes-take-early-lead-in-measure.html as of May 19, 2010.
21 "Alaska 2008 Primary Election Results – All Four Ballot Measures Rejected, Ted Stevens Renominated, Don Young Barely Ahead of Sean Parnell," Alaska Pride, August 27, 2008, available at http://alaskapride.blogspot.com/2008/08/alaska-2008-primary-election-results.html as of May 19, 2010.
22 "An Act relating to the protection of wildlife, water, and other resources in or near Bristol Bay Fisheries Reserves and large scale mining in the headwaters of the Reserve," Alaska State Legislature, 25th Legislature (2008- 2009), April 2009, available at http://www.legis.state.ak.us/PDF/26/Bills/HB0242A.PDF as of May 19, 2010.
23 "Fishermen, Tribes Near Pebble Condemn Young Bill," Mary Pemberton, Associated Press, August 9, 2010, available at http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/hawaiialaska/Fishermen-tribes-near-Pebble-condemn-Young-bill-100343279.html as of October 20, 2010.
24 Ibid.
25 Anglo-American's Pebble Mine Investor Advisory: Reputation Risks, Regulatory Challenges, and Legal Uncertainties," Anglo American, October 2009, available at http://www.ourbristolbay.com/pdf/PebbleInvestorRiskReport_FINAL.pdf as of May 19, 2010.
27 The Pebble Partnership "Frequently Asked Questions," The Pebble Limited Partnership, 2010, available at http://www.pebblepartnership.com/pages/project-information/FAQs.php#What_studies__environmental_and_otherwise__are_being_conducted as of February 5, 2010.
29 "Environmental Documents," The Pebble Partnership, 2010, available at http://www.pebblepartnership.com/pages/environment/environmental-documents.php as of February 19, 2010.
30 Mary Pemberton, "Estimates of Mineral Deposits at Pebble Mine Continue to grow," The Associated Press, February 2, 2010, available at http://www.adn.com/money/industries/mining/story/1119819.html as of February 5, 2010.
31 Bruce Sands, "Alaska Site Said to be Rich with Precious Metals," Superior Gold Group, February 4, 2010, available at http://www.gold101.com/goldnews/19596462/Alaska-site-said-to-be-rich-with-precious-metals/ as of February 5, 2010.


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<!DOCTYPE html>

  <meta charset='UTF-8'>
  <title>CoffeeScript API Documentation</title>

  <link rel='stylesheet' href='../../../../stylesheets/application.css' type='text/css'>

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Variables Summary

    map
    =

{
  dom: document.getElementById("map-canvas"),
  last_valid_center: app.current_location,
  options: {
    center: app.current_location,
    disableDefaultUI: true,
    zoom: 13,
    minZoom: 4,
    styles: [
      {
        stylers: [
          {
            gamma: 0.79
          }, {
            saturation: -30
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  last_valid_center: void 0,
  bounds: void 0,
  markers: [],

  /*
  Ставит маркер на координаты
  @param location [LatLng] координаты точки
   */
  set_current_location: function(location) {
    app.google_map.setCenter(location);
    app.current_location = location;
    map.put_marker_on_current();
    return map.reset_markers();
  },

  /*
  В случае успеха определения местоположения юзера, обновляет карту
  @param location [LatLng] координаты местоположения юзера
   */
  nav_geo_success: function(location) {
    var current_location;
    map.reset_location();
    current_location = new google.maps.LatLng(location.coords.latitude, location.coords.longitude);
    return map.set_current_location(current_location);
  },

  /*
  При определении местоположения сбрасывает предыдущее значение и кнопку валить
   */
  reset_location: function() {
    app.current_marker.setMap(null);
    if (app.path_to_evac !== void 0) {
      app.path_to_evac.setMap(null);
      $("#evac_btn").removeClass("hidden");
      return $("#share_btn").addClass("hidden");
    }
  },

  /*
  В случае ошибки получения гео локации выводи лажу
   */
  nav_geo_error: function() {
    return console.log("ти где??? :[");
  },

  /*
  Определяет местоположение юзера по ip
   */
  get_location_by_ip: function() {
    return $.get("http://ip-api.com/json", function(data) {
      var current_location;
      if (data.status === "success") {
        map.reset_location();
        current_location = new google.maps.LatLng(data.lat, data.lon);
        return map.set_current_location(current_location);
      } else {
        return map.nav_geo_error();
      }
    });
  },

  /*
  Спрашивает у пользователя его местоположение
   */
  get_current_location: function() {
    if (geo_position_js.init()) {
      return geo_position_js.getCurrentPosition(map.nav_geo_success, map.get_location_by_ip, {
        enableHighAccuracy: true,
        timeout: 3000
      });
    } else {
      return map.get_location_by_ip();
    }
  },

  /*
  Добавляет маркер с определенными параметрами к текущему месту
   */
  put_marker_on_current: function() {
    var current_loc_marker_options;
    current_loc_marker_options = {
      position: app.current_location,
      icon: "<%= asset_path('map/current.png') %>",
      map: app.google_map
    };
    return app.current_marker = new google.maps.Marker(current_loc_marker_options);
  },

  /*
  Получает расстояние до каждой точки эвакуации и рисует их на карте
   */
  show_places: function() {
    places.objects.forEach(places.get_distance);
    return places.objects.forEach(places.render);
  },

  /*
  Обновляет маркеры для подготовки к новому текущему местоположению
   */
  reset_markers: function() {
    places.objects.forEach(places.get_distance);
    return places.objects.forEach(places.update_infobox);
  },

  /*
  Проверяет, вышел ли пользователь за пределы границ карты. Передвигает в предыдущий "чистый" центер, если да, или записывает новый "чистый" центр
   */
  checkBounds: function() {
    if (map.bounds.contains(app.google_map.getCenter())) {
      map.last_valid_center = app.google_map.getCenter();
    }
    return app.google_map.panTo(map.last_valid_center);
  },

  /*
  Группирует маркеры вместе в один, если они рядом
   */
  cluster_markers: function() {
    var cluster, cluster_infobox, markerCluster_styles;
    markerCluster_styles = [
      {
        url: "<%= asset_path('map/evac.png') %>",
        height: 35,
        width: 35,
        textSize: 1
      }
    ];
    cluster = new MarkerClusterer(app.google_map, map.markers, {
      styles: markerCluster_styles
    });
    cluster_infobox = new InfoBox(app.infobox_options);
    google.maps.event.addListener(cluster, 'mouseover', function(this_clusterer) {
      var fake_marker;
      fake_marker = map.get_fake_marker(this_clusterer);
      cluster_infobox.setContent(map.clusterer_infobox());
      cluster_infobox.open(app.google_map, fake_marker);
      fake_marker.setMap(null);
      return map.update_tooltip(map.clusterer_infobox());
    });
    google.maps.event.addListener(cluster, 'mouseout', function() {
      cluster_infobox.close();
      return $("#tooltips, .news_evac").toggleClass("hidden");
    });
    return google.maps.event.addListener(app.google_map, "center_changed", function() {
      return cluster_infobox.close();
    });
  },

  /*
  Устанавливает контент у инфобокса кластерера маркеров
  @return [DOM] содержимое инфобокса
   */
  clusterer_infobox: function() {
    var infobox_content;
    return infobox_content = "<div class='evac_popup'> <div class='left'> <div class='arrow-left arrow hidden-xs'></div> <div class='multy evac_icon'></div> </div> <div class='right'> <h5>Точки эвакуации</h5> <h4>Сразу несколько!</h4> </div> </div>";
  },

  /*
  Создает фейковый маркер для размещения там иконки кластерера
  @param clusterer [MarkerClusterer] кластерер точек на карте
  @return [google.maps.Marker] фейковый маркер
   */
  get_fake_marker: function(clusterer) {
    var fake_marker_options;
    fake_marker_options = {
      position: clusterer.getCenter(),
      map: app.google_map
    };
    return new google.maps.Marker(fake_marker_options);
  },

  /*
  Отображает тултип и обновляет контент попапа на мобилах
  @param infobox_content [DOM] содержимое инфобокса
   */
  update_tooltip: function(infobox_content) {
    setTimeout((function() {
      return $(".evac_popup").fadeIn(200);
    }), 100);
    $("#tooltips").toggleClass("hidden").html(infobox_content);
    return $(".news_evac").toggleClass("hidden");
  },

  /*
  Инициализация карты и обозначение границ
   */
  init: function() {
    app.google_map = new google.maps.Map(this.dom, this.options);
    map.bounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds(new google.maps.LatLng(41.2, 19.8), new google.maps.LatLng(77.792, 179.9999));
    return google.maps.event.addListener(app.google_map, "center_changed", function() {
      return map.checkBounds();
    });
  }
}

Параметры и функции карты

    places
    =

{
  objects: gon.places,

  /*
  Отображает место на карте: создает маркер для него
  @param place [Object] место
   */
  render: function(place) {
    var place_marker, place_marker_options, place_position;
    place_position = new google.maps.LatLng(place.lat, place.lng);
    place_marker_options = {
      position: place_position,
      map: app.google_map,
      icon: "<%= asset_path('map/evac.png') %>"
    };
    place_marker = new google.maps.Marker(place_marker_options);
    place.marker = place_marker;
    map.markers.push(place_marker);
    return places.create_infobox(place, place_marker);
  },

  /*
  Создает инфобокс для места
  @param place [Object] место
  @param place_marker [google.maps.Marker] маркер места
   */
  create_infobox: function(place, place_marker) {
    place.infobox = new InfoBox(app.infobox_options);
    place.infobox.setContent(places.get_infobox(place));
    google.maps.event.addListener(place_marker, 'mouseover', function() {
      if (!app.time_to_evac || app.places.closest !== place) {
        place.infobox.open(app.google_map, this);
        return map.update_tooltip(place.infobox.getContent());
      }
    });
    google.maps.event.addListener(place_marker, 'mouseout', function() {
      place.infobox.close();
      if (!app.time_to_evac || app.places.closest !== place) {
        return $("#tooltips, .news_evac").toggleClass("hidden");
      }
    });
    return google.maps.event.addListener(app.google_map, "center_changed", function() {
      return place.infobox.close();
    });
  },

  /*
  Устанавливает контент у инфобокса места
  @param place [Object] место
  @return [DOM] содержимое инфобокса
   */
  get_infobox: function(place) {
    var infobox_content;
    return infobox_content = "<div class='evac_popup'> <div class='left'> <div class='arrow-left arrow hidden-xs'></div> <div class='" + app.places.types[place.type_id].icon + (" evac_icon'></div> </div> <div class='right'> <h5>Точка эвакуации</h5> <h4>" + place.name + "</h4> <p class='distance'>" + (place.distance.toFixed(1)) + " км</p> </div> </div>");
  },

  /*
  Обновляет контент у инфобокса места
  @param place [Object] место
   */
  update_infobox: function(place) {
    place.infobox = new InfoBox(app.infobox_options);
    return place.infobox.setContent(places.get_infobox(place));
  },

  /*
  Перевод в радианы
  @param x [Integer] число
  @return [String] радианы
   */
  rad: function(x) {
    return x * Math.PI / 180;
  },

  /*
  Добавляет расстояние от места до текущего положения
  @param place [Object] место
   */
  get_distance: function(place) {
    var a, c, cur_loc_lat, cur_loc_lng, dLat, dLong, earth_radius, place_lat, place_lng;
    cur_loc_lat = app.current_location.lat();
    cur_loc_lng = app.current_location.lng();
    earth_radius = 6371;
    place_lat = place.lat;
    place_lng = place.lng;
    dLat = places.rad(place_lat - cur_loc_lat);
    dLong = places.rad(place_lng - cur_loc_lng);
    a = Math.sin(dLat / 2) * Math.sin(dLat / 2) + Math.cos(places.rad(cur_loc_lat)) * Math.cos(places.rad(cur_loc_lat)) * Math.sin(dLong / 2) * Math.sin(dLong / 2);
    c = 2 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt(a), Math.sqrt(1 - a));
    place.distance = earth_radius * c;
    return places.closest_check(place);
  },

  /*
  Проверяет, является ли это место ближайшим к текущему и записывает, если да
  @param place [Object] место
   */
  closest_check: function(place) {
    if (app.places.closest === void 0 || app.places.closest.distance > place.distance) {
      return app.places.closest = place;
    }
  }
}

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The Air Force must be thinking of new ways to innovate over the next decade or two, to make sure it's ready to win a new war, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Kaleth Wright said Thursday.
But airmen have to feel like it's OK to fail as they try to come up with new, innovative ideas, Wright said. If they don't have that freedom to fail, he said, they won't take risks and step outside their comfort zone.
Wright then displayed an image from the horror film "The Shining," portraying Jack Nicholson frozen to death in the snow to illustrate the problem of what he called "the frozen middle" ― airmen who don't feel free to step forward with their ideas due to tradition or culture.
The Air Force is stressed out, stretched thin and tired, says Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Kaleth Wright.
He singled out Tech Sgt. Jeff Curtin, a public affairs photographer at Hurlburt Field, Florida, who came up with a new way to use 360-degree video to enhance flight training at Air Force Special Operations Command, as an example of innovation.


NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2018 /CNW/ - Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. (TSXV: GLXY; Frankfurt: 7LX) ("Galaxy Digital" or the "Company"), a diversified, multi-service merchant bank dedicated to the digital assets and blockchain technology industry, today announced several strategic operational and organizational changes.
"The industry underlying digital assets and blockchain technology continues to evolve. We remain optimistic on the space overall yet recognize we need to reposition our Company to capitalize on the changing landscape," said Mike Novogratz, CEO and Founder of Galaxy Digital.
The Company is adapting to the regulatory framework and the opportunities it is currently seeing, and therefore repositioning its Advisory business from focusing on small ICO advisory and blockchain consulting to instead serve larger, more institutional clients in the space. To that end, the Company is shutting down its Vancouver office, and will be adding to its New York-based team.
Richard Tavoso is transitioning out of his current role as President of Galaxy Digital at the end of the year. He will continue to serve as a trusted advisor and a member of the Board of Managers of Galaxy Digital Holdings GP LLC. Mr. Tavoso has been instrumental in the formation and launch of Galaxy Digital and the Company looks forward to his continued involvement.
David Namdar, Co-Head of Trading, will be leaving Galaxy Digital to pursue other opportunities. Peter Wisniewski, Co-Head of Trading, has been a key part of the Firm's trading business since inception, and will seamlessly assume responsibility and oversight of the Company's day-to-day trading activities.
"I would like to thank Richard Tavoso and David Namdar for all of their work and support in helping to launch and build our Company," added Novogratz. "I look forward to continuing to work with both, Richard as a Director at Galaxy and David, as a key member of the crypto community."
Certain information in this press release, including statements about the Company's plans for the Advisory business, may constitute forward-looking statements, which can be identified by the use of terms such as "may," "will," "should," "expect," "anticipate," "project," "estimate," "intend," "continue" or "believe" (or the negatives) or other variations. Because of various risks and uncertainties, including those referenced below, actual events or outcomes may differ materially from those reflected or contemplated in such forward-looking statements. As a result, you should not rely on such forward-looking statements. Additional information identifying assumptions, risks and uncertainties relating to Galaxy Digital is contained in Galaxy Digital's filings with the Canadian securities regulators available at www.sedar.com. These risks include those discussed in the risk factors section in the Notice of Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders and Management Information Circular dated May 14, 2018. The forward-looking statements in this press release are applicable only as of the date of this press release and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.


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Before he left the Football Association in January, former technical director Dan Ashworth said no association had a better set of results across all its male and female teams over the past two years.
The big prizes for the senior teams eluded England, but reaching the last four of the World Cup and women's European Championship were backed up by World Cup wins for the Under-17s and Under-20s in 2017.
That has given Ashworth, now at Brighton, the "belief" that England can end their major trophy drought at senior level.
And the fact that two members of the Under-17 triumph – Jadon Sancho and Callum Hudson-Odoi – played their part in England's 5-0 win over the Czech Republic on Friday, shows the system is working.
But what gains need to be made to make that final step and what does a future England player look like?
"You put 11 of those players together on a football pitch and they can play any system you want, because they have less chance of losing the ball.
Declan Rice's decision to swap the Republic of Ireland for England might have been controversial but it could be a sign of things to come.
According to Ashworth, 60% of players in England's youth teams qualify for another nation – but that doesn't make them unusual.
"It's a common trend across Europe," he said, before leaving the FA. "Almost 75% of France's World Cup-winning squad had dual nationality eligibility.
Former England Under-16 coach Dan Micciche says dual nationality could benefit England in terms of technical and mental make-up.
"If a player is initially brought up in another country [before playing for England], they might benefit from the playing culture in that country," he told BBC Sport in November. "In some cases, that could add a technical layer they otherwise wouldn't be exposed to in England.
"Where are the leaders?" seems to be a familiar refrain from pundits, who say that the current crop of youngsters lack the backbone of previous generations.
Ashworth, who says the technical improvement in English players will continue, believes there is more to work on regarding "psychological development".
Yet for those who believe younger players are not hardened enough to deal with criticism or win major tournaments, there is hope.
Micciche, who previously worked with Tottenham's Dele Alli while he was at MK Dons' academy and now works with Arsenal's under-15s, said: "In the past, I've asked teams how they would like to be supported and you get about a third of them saying 'I want you to be hard on me, don't let me get away with stuff'.
Ashworth added: "Performing under pressure, players getting too much, too early, keeping that hunger and desire to be all that you can be, that's the last part of the game that's ready to explode.
Ashworth has no doubts about the talent in English football, but he calls it "whispering talent".
The lack of playing time for English players at Premier League clubs is getting worse, year by year. Less than 30% of starters each week are English qualified, which amounts to 58 players manager Gareth Southgate can choose from.
By comparison, Ashworth says France have about 200 starters per week across Europe's top five leagues.
"English players are still getting to the top, but they are getting there in a different way," he said.
Of the teams to make the last 16 at the Russia World Cup, England had the highest number of loan spells accumulated among their squad, at an average of two per player.
Striker Harry Kane had four loans before he made his breakthrough at Tottenham.
Ashworth, who worked as West Brom's technical director before he began at the FA in 2013, added: "Some loan spells don't go quite so well, but actually they can turn out to be the best loans. They can be the experiences that drive into how much resilience that player has.
At a time when youth football can be accused of being too comfortable, maybe it is the ones who go to learn about winning in the lower leagues who will continue to excel at the highest level.
Perhaps the biggest gains will come from the example set by Sancho.
The 18-year-old made his England debut despite never having played in the Premier League. Instead, he chose to leave Manchester City for Borussia Dortmund because he thought he would get more playing time, and he seems to have been vindicated in his decision.
Not only has it proved profitable from a game-time perspective, but he is also benefiting from a more rounded football education.
"If all your players are playing in their home country and have only ever played in that country, there is a big part of their personal and football development missing," Ashworth said.
"Take learning about different languages, or nutrition; there is a huge football element to this as well.
"Players from other countries who play in different leagues get the benefits from different tactical and social experiences, they are more used to travelling, more used to being away from home at World Cups and more used to the tactical changes in world football.
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I was wondering how to better separate the entrance (taking into account a fish tank stand with a large aquarium, 120L) from the other areas.
I found out from surfing on the Internet that doubling the KALLAX 2×2 shelving unit would support my aquarium. So I have bought and installed them by each other to make a wide piece of furniture able to support the weight.
To better visualise the room separation even better, I screwed on at the back of the painted MDF and wood slats. And then behind, screwed some thin and painted MDF panels (1200mm x 6mm) at 4cm from the ground in order to be able to hide the aquarium's wiring system and create a more visual separation from the sofa side.
If you want to see more pictures, you can see the before/after and .
Esther transformed the NaNophotoNics SOCKER plant stand to create some privacy on my balcony, separating her space from the neighbour's. Read more.
Jeanie attached 4 STUVA storage cabinets together and then added plywood and plaster to the back to make a free-standing room divider. Besides dividing the space, it offers plenty of storage. See the NaNo.
Laurence used STOLMEN poles (discontinued, replaced by the ELVARLI system) to create a stunning bookshelf and desk space. It also effectively divides the sitting room and bedroom. Take a look at the NaNo here.
Using a fish tank as a divider is a creative idea, and it looks decorative. thank you for the great tips!
Such a ffish tank is very heavy, too much for Kallax. So find some strong poles.
I am the "NaNoer". The weight of the fish tank is indeed quite high but if you look on the "before" picture, you can see that the standard piece of furniture is very light and was enought.
Why lose the cat? You could have kept the cat.


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Why I am Not a Porter Supporter
When a firm goes to the government for a bailout, it is universally recognized that it must open its books to public scrutiny. But when Porter Airlines goes to the City of Toronto for authorization to fly jets from Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (BBTCA) and to pay for infrastructure, because Porter is privately held, there is no requirement that it open its books. Public scrutiny of Porter's finances and operations should be critical to any decision about whether Porter is allowed to expand its operations by providing jet service from Toronto Island. Let me explain why.
Benefit-cost analysis, which is a robust framework for such decisions, attempts to assess the value to society of public sector decisions and investments. The returns to private sector agents, for example Porter and its passengers, are one component of the value to society, and must be measured to complete the analysis.
Porter has not been forthcoming about either the details of its current operations or about the nature and distribution of the return on invested capital. It has disclosed that its current operations are profitable. Equity investors – EdgeStone Capital Partners, OMERS (the Ontario Municipal Employees' pension plan), GE Capital, and Dancap Private Equity (whose principal is Aubry Dan, a man who chose his parents wisely) – are receiving enough of a return to stay in the game. Management, notably CEO Robert DeLuce, is presumably earning some return to its entrepreneurship. The social costs of these private returns are the noise and air pollution on the island and traffic congestion on access roads.
Porter's business model involves quick airport access by travelers based downtown, low airport fees (since Porter Aviation Holdings controls the airport), a non-unionized workforce, and the operating economies of flying only one type of aircraft. Porter's expansion proposal will likely increase the company's profitability, but it will also increase the level of noise and air pollution and traffic congestion. The City is attempting to determine how much noise pollution would be involved, but that is not yet possible because the plane Bombardier is designing for Porter, the CS 100, has not yet been certified. The other major unknown is the impact of the completion of the Union-Pearson Express next year, which will decrease travel time and expense from downtown to Pearson Airport, hence eroding Porter's advantage over its competitors who use Pearson.
If it were possible to do a benefit-cost analysis of Porter's expansion plans, we could determine if the benefits, which will be shared between Porter's passengers and the company, outweigh the costs, which will be borne both by those who live, work, and play, near Island Airport, and by the general taxpayer. The City of Toronto should demand that, as a precondition to any decision about expanding BBTCA, Porter make available complete data about its travel volumes, costs, and profits. If a comprehensive benefit-cost analysis using this data shows that the benefits do not outweigh the costs – putting a reasonable value on the recreational use of the island and harbour – then the expansion should not go ahead. If the data show that the benefits outweigh the costs, then Porter and its passengers should put up the money to cover the costs, which would include such things as airport access infrastructure and sound proofing affected properties.
An alternative, but not conflicting, approach to the problem is to look at it in terms of urban design. There has been a trend in a number of cities, most notably New York, to designate the waterfront as green space and to enhance its recreational use. Toronto has been following that trend through such initiatives as the revitalization of Ontario Place and the redevelopment of the West Don Lands. Locating an airport in the middle of this evolving green belt is obviously a conflicting use.
From an urban planning perspective, airports are a necessary evil: essential for transportation, but a major source of noise and air pollution and traffic congestion. The residents of the Pickering area realized this four decades ago when they formed People or Planes, the organization that successfully opposed the federal Ministry of Transport's attempt to expropriate their land for a second Toronto airport. (Personal disclosure: my doctoral dissertation was a benefit-cost analysis that compared expansion of Pearson with the construction of a second airport in Pickering and found that Pearson expansion was clearly preferable.) Over the years, Pearson has proven itself a successful airport, with much greater terminal and runway capacity than ever imagined by the transport bureaucrats of the 1970s. The Union-Pearson Express will enhance its capacity on the ground side, replacing a great deal of automobile traffic.
If the benefit-cost analysis of expanding BBTCA were broadened to include the possibility of closing it down entirely, we might discover that the benefits of complete recreational use of the island as part of an overall greening of the waterfront outweigh the costs to Porter's management and passengers. Were that the case, then Porter should take its business plan (Rocky Raccoon, "flying refined," the clinking glasses and leather seats, and the smarmy radio announcer) to Pearson. Maybe it would still be competitive there.
In the absence of comprehensive data and given the uncertainty about the noise profile of the new Bombardier aircraft, as well as the impact of the Union-Pearson Express on reducing BBTCA's locational advantage for travelers based downtown, I say no to Porter's proposal to expand its operations.
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Zaki says:
One thing which may also be considered is that there are benefits to the city and the residents as well in terms of more jobs, more money brought to the downtown core by travellers (food, supplies, etc. on the way to/from the airport), and more money for the city in terms of taxes and fees.
Since Pearson Airport is based in Mississauga I assume the expansion of Pearson will help Mississauga a lot more than Toronto? If that is the case, then Toronto has a completely different equation to consider in bringing more traffic to Toronto as opposed to Mississauga.
Ron Jenkins says:
Thanks for this reasoned view of the Porter AIRLINE expansion proposal. I give it that name consciously, to point out that it is NOT an AIRPORT expansion proposal. That would have (should have) come from the Toronto Port Authority.
As an airline expansion proposal it lacks consideration of all the effects that would result to the airport and the City. The City has gone some way to addressing this deficiency by requiring the TPA to supply an Airport Master Plan before proceeding, but this requirement still does not address the City's exposure and the potential disruption of civic priorities, as this blog post notes.
I would add into the economic consideration that Porter Airlines receives ongoing benefits from the public purse in PILTs that have been waived by the City, in the benefits of airport infrastructure provided under the near-monopolistic conditions of the Porter/TPA CCOA, in the use of ferries and tunnel constructed with their expansion in mind, in land leased to the TPA at a nominal fee, and so on.
Without examination of the real costs, benefits, and financial position of Porter Airlines, the City takes the risk of confusing Porter Airlines' popularity and growth for success on the bottom line.
Kathryn Exner says:
Thank you for this important and insightful article. If BBTCA in its present state were financially viable, why would Robert Deluce refuse to share his numbers to back this up? To allow expansion to proceed and re-industralize Toronto's waterfront is pure folly, particularly when the financial gains purported by pro-expansionists leave so much unanswered in their substantiation. No public money for private greed.


We have a nice in-ad Target coupon coming July 22nd for a FREE $5 Gift Card with Pepsi Soda or Frito-lay Snacks Purchase $20 or more. Products included are Pepsi Soda, Mountain Dew, Aquafina, Starbucks Bottles, Gatorade, Naked Juice, Lifewtr, Lipton & Pure Leaf Bottles, Bubly, Tostitos Chips and Dips, Lay's Chips and Dips, Doritos and Smartfood Popcorn (excludes Target Cafe & Starbucks Cafe).
While this coupon will appear in the actual ad, you will also be able to find it in the Target app or get a mobile version by texting PEPSI to 827438. Unfortunately, there's not much out there to stack with this nice coupon, but we do have a rebate for Mountain Dew Ice & a buy more save more sale to make for for a nice deal….
Or, if you didn't want quite so much soda, you could also mix & match with other qualifying products, and we do have some upcoming sales on Aquafina water, Lipton Tea bottles, Frito-Lay Chips and more. Here are a couple other rebates you can stack with the coupon….


Leeds Building Society has cut rates on select purchase and remortgage buy-to-let products.
Targeted products include the lender's 60 per cent LTV two-year fix, which has been reduced from 1.64 per cent to 1.49 per cent, and the 60 per cent LTV five-year fix, which has been cut from 2.29 per cent to 2.15 per cent.
Both offers include free standard valuation up to £999, 10 per cent penalty free over-repayments per year and have a product fee of £1,999.
Furthermore, the two-year offer has a tapered ERC at 3 per cent in the first year of the mortgage, declining to 2 per cent in the last.
The five-year product also has a tapered ERC, set at 5 per cent for the first two years of the mortgage, declining year-on-year to 2 per cent in the final year.
Leeds Building Society director of products Matt Bartle comments: "The choice and variety of mortgages for landlords in the BTL sector continues to grow.
"Recent years have brought about significant changes for landlords, including increased tax liabilities and new regulations.


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Q: Test if all the Ethernet Cards in the machine has Link How can I check in bash scripting if the ethernet cards are linked in a Linux OS

A: Some form like this may work for you
ip -o link | grep NO_CARRIER

This checks to make sure every network interface (even logical ones) has a connection

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*ip from iproute2

*-o show output on one line (per interface) to simplify for grep

*link show information about links