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Nacerdes melanura és una espècie de coleòpter de la família Oedemeridae. És originari d'Europa, però ha estat introduït per l'home als Estats Units, Austràlia, Sud-àfrica i moltes altres parts del món. El seu cicle vital dura un any. Les larves s'alimenten de fusta humida, i fins i tot amerada d'aigua salada, per això són considerats una plaga per als molls de fusta (el "warf borer" dels anglosaxons).

Descripció
Les femelles ponen els ous en fusta en descomposició, els ous són de color crema i lleugerament corbats. Les larves també tenen aquest color i disposen de mandíbules marronoses per alimentar-se de la fusta i fer-ne forats. Els adults fan de 10-12 mm de llargada de color groc a vermellós o taronja. El cos és prim i les antenes mesuren la meitat de la llargada del cos. Els adults poden emergir en gran nombre del terra dels edificis semblant que la casa estigui envaïda per la panerola rossa amb la qual hi tenen certa semblança de color.

Hàbitat
És una espècie cosmopolita que es troba arreu on hi hagi fusta humida en descomposició. A més de fusta en descomposició, s'han trobat en el terra de gasolineres apartaments i pals de telègraf mullats amb orina

Distribució
S'ha constatat la seva presència a Austràlia i al Regne Unit, però no s'han trobat a Irlanda. A Amèrica del Nord on causen seriosos problemes no se sap del cert si són autòctons o introduïts a través del comerç de la fusta. S'ha constatat la seva àmplia presència a Catalunya a la zona litoral del Montsià, Baix Llobregat, Barcelonès, Maresme, Baix Empordà i Alt Empordà. Encara no es disposa d'informació publicada sobre la seva presència en les comarques d'interior.

També s'ha trobat al Magreb (Radès, La Goulette i Kef)

Impacte humà
Nacerda melanura afecta a professionals com pescadors, destrueix les barques de fusta velles, i mariners, els forats que fan les larves disminueixen les propietats de resistència de la fusta. El roure, el pollancre i el pi són algunes de les fustes atacades. L'època dels pitjors atacs és entre juny i agost.

Referències

Bibliografia

 James R.Busvine- Insects & Hygiene third Edition 1980
 A.R.Brookes BSc(Biol),FRES-Observation while working in pest control industry
 The Woodworm Problem by Norman E. Hicken Second edition 1972
 Handbook of Pest Control - Edited by Arnold Mallis Sixth Edition 1982

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Don't open 'Pandora's Box' in Middle East, China warns
The Chinese government's top diplomat warned on Tuesday that the world should not open a "Pandora's Box" in the Middle East, as he denounced U.S. pressure on Iran and called on it not to drop out of a landmark nuclear deal. Fears of a confrontation between Iran and the United States have mounted since last Thursday when two oil tankers were attacked in the Gulf of Oman. The United States blamed Iran for the attacks, more than a year after President Donald Trump withdrew from a 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
Iran 's initial moves do not appear to violate the nuclear deal yet. But Iran has warned that unless the world powers protect Iran 's economy from U.S The European Union and the foreign ministers of Germany, France and Britain said they were still committed to the deal but would not accept
France , Britain and Germany have sent an official diplomatic warning to Iran about the serious consequences "The more the Iranians do things that potentially violate the accord, the less It was unclear whether Iran had responded to the European demarche, although Deputy Foreign Minister
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PARIS, June 25 (Reuters) - France's foreign minister warned Iran on Tuesday that a violation of the 2015 nuclear deal would be a serious mistake and that France, Britain and Germany were working to ensure Tehran understood it was not in their interest to do so.
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Los Angeles, CA (Monday, November 16, 2020) – The International Documentary Association (IDA) has announced that executive director, Simon Kilmurry, will step down in mid-2021. Kilmurry joined IDA in 2015 after serving as executive director of American Documentary and executive producer of the PBS series' POV and America ReFramed.
During his tenure at IDA, the organization launched the Enterprise Documentary Fund with funding support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and established the Logan Elevate Grants to support emerging women filmmakers of color with support from the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation. IDA's annual grantmaking now exceeds $1.3 million annually. Grantees have included Ramona Diaz (A Thousand Cuts), Loira Limbal (Through the Night), Jim LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham (Crip Camp), Nanfu Wang and Lynn Zhang (One Child Nation), Marjan Safinia and Grace Lee (And She Could Be Next), amongst many others.
IDA's Getting Real filmmaker conference grew to become a cornerstone event in the industry serving as a venue to explore challenges and opportunities faced by the documentary community. Attendance at IDA's 2020 virtual edition of Getting Real was the highest ever with over 3,100 participants from 50+ countries. In addition, IDA's membership grew by 300% and its annual budget increased 175%.
IDA's advocacy work also expanded in support of filmmakers' rights internationally, including serving as the plaintiff in an ongoing lawsuit against the Trump administration's visa requirements in partnership with Doc Society, the Knight First Amendment Institute and the Brennan Center for Justice.
The IDA Documentary Awards has continued to grow in stature and is seen as a bellwether during awards season identifying which documentaries will garner the attention of the Academy. (The IDA Documentary Awards will take place virtually in January 2021.) IDA's screening series grew in scale and expanded to New York in 2019.
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The IDA Board of Directors has established a committee to search for a new executive director chaired by James Costa and Lauren Lexton, co-vice presidents of IDA's Board,
"I'm incredibly proud of what we have accomplished over the past few years," said Kilmurry. "IDA's reach and impact has grown exponentially thanks to the incredible contributions of my colleagues and the board of directors. I'm happy to leave IDA as a more vital and stronger organization on every measure and know it will continue to have an immense impact on our field."
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A Hyperolius kivuensis  a kétéltűek (Amphibia) osztályába, a békák (Anura) rendjébe és a mászóbékafélék (Hyperoliidae) családjába tartozó faj.

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Angola, Burundi, a Kongói Demokratikus Köztársaság,  Etiópia Kenya, Malawi, Ruanda, Tanzánia, Uganda és Zambia területén honos. Jelenléte bizonytalan Mozambikban és Szudánban.

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A hím testhossza: 22–33 milliméter, a nőstény 33–39 milliméter.

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Mandate Trade Union members in Dunnes Stores have today (Friday, 6th March) voted by more than two thirds in favour of industrial action.
The Union says a national strike committee will convene on Tuesday to determine the type of industrial action and the date of that action.
Addressing the issues in dispute, Ms Mcloughlin said: "We have bills to pay and children to feed but we don't know what hours we'll get from week to week. We can't live like this anymore.
"Despite Dunnes Stores threatening job losses and cuts in hours, our members have taken the remarkable and very brave decision of voting in favour of industrial action.
The close result of this ballot is a reflection of the nervousness felt by staff members over their security of income and security of their jobs," continued Mr Light.
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As a teenager, Edwin Meredith worked for his grandfather's newspaper, "The Farmers Tribune." It was heavily in debt and the grandfather gave young Meredith controlling interest in the publication as a wedding gift, which he turned around and sold for a profit. With the proceeds, in 1902, at the age of 25, he started E. T. Meredith Publishing Company with his own publication, the "Successful Farming" magazine. Meredith Publishing Company became a publishing empire including such magazines as Better Homes and Gardens," "Ladies Home Journal," "Country Life," "Family Circle" and "Parents," plus owning a string of both radio and television stations across America.
E. N. Hopkins joined Successful Farming magazine in 1916. Already a committed enthusiast for boys and girls club work, by 1917 Hopkins had inspired E. T. Meredith to offer a $250,000 loan fund [value of over $5 million in 2015] to farm youngsters to start a business for themselves. Over the years, Meredith made over 10,000 loans to club members so they could buy purebred livestock or hybrid seed corn or any number of other farm and home project requests, pledging only their character as collateral. These low rate loans for $10, $20 or $50 were almost always paid off by the due date, if not before. The loans were always made directly to the boy or girl, not to their parents, and were officially set up as a contract between the youth and Mr. Meredith. The hundreds of stories and testimonials Mr. Meredith received from the loan recipients made him a strong supporter of boys and girls club work and its potential. Additionally, it brought the parents "on board" and served as an example picked up by hundreds of local bankers and other businessmen across the country who also started making loans directly to 4-H members.
The subscription publication was billed as the only paper published exclusively for farm boys and girls. The publication carried many local news stories, excellent features, and hundreds of testimonials from the young Meredith loan recipients, or from their parents, letting Mr. Meredith know what a value the loan had meant. It is believed that the September 1922 issue may have been the last one published. However, if it had not been for these issues of the Meredith Publishing magazines, much of the history of 4-H for these years would, indeed, be unknown.
Edwin T. Meredith was always interested in politics, running for statewide office in Iowa twice. During the same period as the issuing of the "Farm Boys and Girls Leader" publication, in January of 1920, Meredith became President Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of Agriculture.
Edwin T. Meredith was a strong supporter for the creation of the National Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work to help supplement public dollars for Extension with funding and programs from businessmen in the private sector. He served as the first president of the National Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work, predecessor to National 4-H Council, from 1921-1924. Meredith continued to serve as a member of the National Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work until 1927. Early in 1924 Meredith allowed his name to be put forward as Iowa's favorite son at the Democratic Convention. Early in 1928, he was considered as a Democratic nominee for President, however his health began to fail and he died that same year, at his home on June 17 at the age of 51.
Edwin T. Meredith, with support from staff member E. N. Hopkins, provided the young 4-H movement tremendous visibility over a relatively short period of time, and opened up doors for other support that otherwise may never had been opened. Between the Meredith loan fund and the creation of the first national publication for rural boys and girls club work, plus being Secretary of Agriculture and the first president of the National Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work, he brought public relations and visibility of 4-H to a whole new level. The Meredith Foundation and the Meredith family continue support of 4-H today at state and national levels.
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Metro police are looking for an Easter Bunny imposter that has been on the loose Numerous sitings have been reported around the Nashville area.
In a statement made today by Det. Wiggum of the Metro Police department, "Anyone spotting the Easter Bunny Bandit should call Metro Police immediately. He has been spotted at the Walgreens location in Green Hills, the Costoc location in Coolsprings and the downtown postoffice in Nashville."
A giant candy bar fell from the sky and landed on a local man's head today. Witnesses said the candy bar "came out of no where and landed on Robert's head". When asked what he was going to do with the giant bar of chocolate, he said that he was "going to give it to a friend who collects misc. oddities and junk, or he was just going to eat it himself".


As we are leading up to the draft I thought I would list my favorite draftee's from the first 10 years of Lionbacker (2004-2014) by position. This has nothing to do with how they played in the NFL, just what I thought of them coming out of college. Feel free to rip apart or share yours.
QB - JaMarcus Russell (LSU/Raiders 2007) - at 6'6", 260 he had a huge arm and was bigger than any linebackers trying to bring him down. Crushed Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl and had the best pro day of a QB I've ever seen. Had a 167 QB rating his final year at college. I've taken flack for my JaMarcus love post NFL career but he looked like an unstoppable force heading into the draft. Second pick would have been Andrew Luck (Stanford/Colts 2012).
RB - Adrian Peterson (Oklahoma/Vikings 2007) - living in Texas where football was king the hype on Peterson in HS was the most I've ever heard where he averaged 11.8 ypc and scored 32 touchdowns his senior year. He was a punishing running with a rare combo of size, speed, agility and power that looked liked he would terrorize NFL defenses for year if his upright running style didn't get him hurt early in his career. Reggie Bush (USC) was an amazing smaller/shifty RB who was an electrifying talent in college.
WR - Calvin Johnson (Georgia Tech/Lions 2007) - at 6'5" 240-lbs Megatron was just a beast of a receiver at Georgia Tech with nearly 3,000 yards in his 3 years that ended with the Biletnikoff Award and a school record 15 touchdowns as a junior. He was also squeaky clean off the field, a guy you just knew would represent his team well in every aspect. When he decided at the last second to run the 40 at the combine, he borrowed someones shoes and ripped of a 4.35, unheard of for a player of his size (his 11'7" broad jump was unbelievable). There have been many WRs I really liked out of college, I really made the case for the Lions to take Julio Jones but CJ was simply the best.
TE - Vernon Davis (Maryland/San Fran 2006) - a workout monster, Davis benched 480-pounds in college with good size and excellent speed (4.38 40) who averaged over 17 ypc his final season at Maryland. Honestly, I haven't been overly impressed with the tight end position during these draft year which is interesting given what a mismatch the position can cause in the NFL.
OT - Jake Long (Michigan/Miami 2008) - of course I watch a lot of Michigan games and was always a jealous Spartan when I saw Long eat up DEs in the maze and blue. He stood out with his size (6'7", 300+ lbs). Him and Joe Thomas (Wisconsin) both in the Big Ten at the same time was a treat to watch unless they were playing my Spartans.
G - Jonathan Cooper (North Carolina/San Fran 2013) - probably the hardest of all positions for me to pick as I typically like the mid rounder guards that I think the Lions will have a shot at. Ideal size for a guard at 6'2", 308 pounds, Cooper opened great holes for Giovani Bernard in the few games I watched the Tar Heals play in 2012.
C - Maurkice Pouncey (Florida/Pittsburgh 2010) - played in college with his twin brother Mike and just looked like one of those centers that you picked and he would give you a very good 10 years snapping the ball. Was the highest center selected since former Lion Damien Woody (New England 1999).
DE - Mario Williams (NC State/Houston 2006) - Jadaveon Clowney (South Carolina) also taken by Houston was very close hear as well but I'd give a slight edge to Williams who had great speed off the edge for the Wolfpack and set their all-time sack record. He had great size 6'6" for his speed which made him a no brainer #1 overall draft pick.
DT - Ndamukong Suh (Nebraska/Detroit 2010) - the most intimidating defensive player I've ever seen in college with an incredible first step and the raw power to throw his double teams around with ease. I focused on him in the Big 12 Championship game against Texas when he looked like an early first round prospect and the Lions picking high in the draft. Texas won 13-12 but the future Lions DT was a monster with 12 tackes (7 for loss, yes seven tackles for loss oh my including 4.5 sacks). I've only ever bought two Lions rookie uniforms, Barry Sanders and Suh.
LB - Patrick Willis (Ole Miss/San Fran 2007) - a tackling machine in college with 11.7 tackles per game. I didn't watch Ole Miss much so it was the Senior Bowl where Willis caught my eye where he looked like the best player on the field. His workout numbers matched what we saw in the game where he ran an impressive 4.38 at his pro day which was crazy for his 240-lb frame. I also really liked Aaron Curry out of Wake Forest in 2009 but he never lived up to how I projected him in the pros.
CB - Patrick Peterson (LSU/Arizona 2011) - I wasn't as even high on Peterson as many others on the Lionbacker board but there was no denying his physical attributes coming out of college as the corner position. At 6'1" with a 4.34 40-yard dash at the combine Peterson was about as sure of a thing at corner as we have seen. His return ability in college put him over the top.
S - Sean Taylor (Miami/Washington 2004) - the first year of Lionbacker we were really into this first draft and Taylor was the guy I really wanted. The first time I watched Miami that year I was just couldn't believe how much this safety seemed to dominate the game. He won pretty much every award a DB can and finished his final season with 10 picks (3 returned for TDs). I remember being excited to see the Miami game versus Pittsburgh in 2003 to see Larry Fitzgerald play WR, Taylor shut him down with just 26 yards receiving.
I don't think you can argue with anyone on that list.
It's kind of crazy to look back on how many freak athletes with actual college production came out in 2007. You could almost make this this whole list from just the 2007 draft.
My fave is Jonathan Cooper. He's a top guard.
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I still remember it clearly. I can't say what day or month it was, but I can tell you exactly how it felt: like swallowing a huge rock. Like having a heavy weight in my stomach pulling me towards a deep dark hole.
Here I was, 1600 km away from family and friends, staring at the floor of a cold subway station. My lifelong dream shattered, with no backup plan, and only one thought on my mind. I have failed.
How could this happen? How is it even possible? Ever since kindergarten, I've always achieved whatever goal I set for myself — and then some! Not succeeding was to me just a theoretical possibility, like getting struck by lightning. Until now.
What do you do when failure stares at you?
I was in a foreign country, earning barely enough money to survive, and had no idea what my future would look like.
So what do you do in a situation like this? I mean, besides drinking, crying, and stuffing yourself with ice cream.
They don't teach you this at school. Most friends won't tell you how they recovered from their biggest failures. And I don't know what family dinner looked like at your house, but our discussions never got near this topic.
So how are you supposed to know what to do?
If you're asking yourself this same question, then you're in luck. Because I've been there. I went through this. And I came out smiling.
I didn't know it back then, but this was the most important failure of my life. In fact, it was the beginning of the happiest and most fulfilling period of my life. That's why I want to share with you the things that helped me get through it.
Sylvester Stallone was turned down by talent scouts over 1000 times.
Carrie by Stephen King was rejected 30 times before it was published.
Michael Jordan missed over 9000 shots in his career.
2. Don't let failure define you. Failure only means it didn't work this time. It doesn't mean it will never work. You've had some big successes in your life (read this in case you forgot) and you will have some more in the future. Just remember: failure is something that happens to us, not something that defines us.
3. Talk about it with a friend or a therapist. Humans are social animals. We've evolved in groups, hunting together and sitting around the fireplace together. And what do you do around the fire while roasting a wild boar? You talk. Talkin a defense mechanism we've developed through the ages. Use it. Sharing our problems with someone releases tension and is a great way to find solutions. Inspiration strikes when the mind relaxes. So call a friend, grab a large cup of tea, and share your experience. You will feel better after it, I promise.
4. Reframe it. Don't let your mind wander on the path of self-loathing and depression. Keep looking for new paths. Whenever one door closes another one opens. If you've lost the opportunity of doing something, you now have more time for something else. Maybe something better. Just keep searching. You never really fail until you give up.
5. Take away what you can and use it. Whenever you invest time and effort in a project, you inevitably grow. You acquire skills, build connections, and develop new ways of looking at things. Nobody can take these qualities away from you. So even if the project failed, you're now better than before. Use your new skills as a stepping stone for your next project.
6. See the bright side. No matter how big the failure, you now have a lot more time. And you probably have nothing to lose. Suddenly a whole new world of possibilities opens in front of you. It's a chance to turn your career or even your life around and do that thing you've been dreaming of for so long. Which sounds a lot better than being stuck in a project that's not moving forward.
Have you ever seen a baby starting to crawl? I'm watching one right now. And guess what? It's slipping and falling, and mostly failing. But the baby doesn't give up. She keeps getting back up, trying again and again. And, eventually, she will succeed.
We are programmed to keep at it, to not give up, no matter how hard it gets.
Babies know this instinctively. You knew it too. But somehow, along the journey of growing up, this instinct got suppressed. It now lies dormant, buried under experiences of shame, doubt, and fear.
It's time to bring that baby back to life.
Because life is full of failures. Whenever we try something new, failure is guaranteed. It's our reaction in the face of failure that defines who we are. And it's this reaction that will shape our future. So how will you react?
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As part of theSwachhta Pakhwada held from 1st to 15th November, 2018, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) organized a Swachch Bharat Grand Challenge.This was organized to reward innovative solutions by DIPP recognized Start-ups in the country. Four areas of sanitation, waste management, water and wastewater management and air management were selected for thegrand challenge.
During the SwachhtaPakhwadaobserved by DIPPinNovember this year various activities were also undertaken like cleaning of corridors, office premises, quadrangles and parking areas of UdyogBhawan, moping of glass partitions and cleaning of sections/records/library.Along with the Horticulture Department of CPWD the cutting of hedges, pruning of tree branches, mowing the lawn, display and colouring of plant pots, removal of weeds and repairs andreplacement of broken pots was undertaken.
Further, in order to encourage proper upkeep and maintenance of records, Swachhata awards were given to the best maintained sections of DIPP. A committee checked every room during the SwachhtaPakhwada.
The awards were given away by Secretary DIPP, Ramesh Abhishek in New Delhi today.


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Q: Regularity of the set of orbits through a submanifold under a tangential flow Let $M$ be a smooth manifold, and $\mathfrak{X}$ be a global smooth vector field. Let $D \subseteq \mathbb{R} \times M$ be the flow domain of the maximal flow $\Phi$ of $\mathfrak{X}$, and for any $p \in M$ let $D_p = \{ t \in \mathbb{R}: (t,p) \in D \}$ and  $\mathcal{O}_p = \Phi(D_p)$ (i.e., the maximal orbit of $p$).
It is easy to come up with examples showing that, in general, if $N$ is a smooth embedded submanifold of $M$ then the set
$$ \mathcal{V} = \bigcup_{p \in N} \mathcal{O}_p $$
is not a smooth embedded, or even immersed, submanifold. However, the only examples I've come up with involve $N$'s on which $\mathfrak{X}$ fails to be tangent.
I was wondering to what extent, if at all, the situation is improved by having $\mathfrak{X}$ everywhere tangent to $N$. Is this sufficient to demonstrate that $\mathcal{V}$ is an immersed submanifold of $M$? Or even an embedded one? Are there simple further conditions one can impose on the pair $(N, \mathfrak{X})$ to ensure that $\mathcal{V}$ is even embedded? If $\Phi(D_p) \subseteq N$ for all $p \in N$ then this is trivial, so I'm concerned about the situation where $N$ is not invariant under the maximal flow.
Any help or pointer to a reference would be much appreciated!

A: Consider the torus $T^2$, it is the quotient of $R^2$ by the group $G$ generated by two translations $t_a, t_b$ of respective directions $a$ and $b$, consider $\alpha$ an irrational number. The vector field $X(x)=a+\alpha b$ on $R^2$ is invariant by $G$, it induces a vector $Y$ on $X$. The orbits of $Y$ are dense in $T^2$. Take $x\in T^2$, you have a morphism $f:[0,1]\rightarrow  T^2$ such that $f$ is injective and $f([0,1])$ is contained in the orbit of $x$ by the flow of $Y$, the saturated space $V$ of $N=f((0,1))$ is the orbit of $x$ so it is a dense subset of $T^2$, thus it is not a submanifold of $T^2$.

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Q: Is there a way using that querying (search) can be case insensitive from firebase? I want to search from firebase/firestore, with case insensitive in the sense Foo,foo or FOO can be searched directly without any case restriction. please if some one has any idea how to do.

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Consider this is your structure of data:
doc 1:
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doc 2:
   field: 'FOO'

doc 3:
   field: 'foo'

You can convert that structure of data to this format:
doc 1:
   field: 'Foo'
   field_insensitive: 'foo'

doc 2:
   field: 'FOO'
   field_insensitive: 'foo'
doc 3:
   field: 'foo'
   field_insensitive: 'foo'

Using this format of data storing you can query for the firestore using the field field_insensitive.


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The Big Match Preview: Barnet vs Wycombe
All you need to know for our trip to The Hive.
The curtain is raised on the Chairboys' pre-season campaign with a trip to National League side Barnet on Saturday.
Former Chairboy Darren Currie sees his side head into the match on the back of a resounding victory over Berkhamstead on Tuesday evening, with a brace from Shaquile Coulthirst and a goal for both Jack Taylor and Medy Elito securing the win.
The Bees have bolstered their ranks ahead of their second successive season in the fifth tier with the signing of former Watford keeper Scott Loach and were boosted when fan-favourite Elliott Johnson extended his contract with the club.
As well as Currie, there will be a few familiar names for Chairboys supporters who are currently with the North London-based side. Former Wycombe midfielder Andre Boucaud signed for the Bees last summer and made 18 appearances during the 2018/19 campaign - whilst Peter Taylor's number two Junior Lewis is Currie's assistant head coach at the club.
Prices are as follows.
Concessions*: £5
Juniors (17 and under): £1
*Concessions are classed as young adults aged 17-21, and seniors aged 65+.
This is pay on the turnstiles, on the day of the match.
POSTCODE: HA8 6AG
Using the car? These are the recommended road directions
From Wycombe take the M40 towards London continuing on to Western Avenue / A40. At the Hanger Lane roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the North Circular Road A406. Take the 1st exit left at Staples Corner roundabout onto the A5 / Edgware Road. Follow the A5 for 3 miles. Turn left into Camrose Avenue, continue along this road and The Hive will be on your right just after the width restriction.
Mileage from High Wycombe = 32 (average journey time 50 minutes)
Suggested car parking area
Barnet FC has on-site parking for up to 500 vehicles on a first-come, first-served basis at a cost of £5 on match days. However with only one exit available then expect some delays after the game. There is some street parking but nothing on Camrose Avenue. There are also 150 car parking spaces at Canons Park Tube Station (a 10-minute walk from stadium).
Fancy using the train?
The nearest Underground station is Canons Parks on the Jubilee Line. It is around a 5 / 10 minute walk to the stadium. As you come out of the station turn left onto Whitchurch Lane. Cross over the road and you will come to some metal railings where there is an entrance to some playing fields which you can walk through to the ground. This brings you out at the North Terrace End of the stadium which is reserved for away fans.
Facilities for away fans
Visiting supporters will be housed in the West Stand - and seating will be unsegregated. The stand does not have any supporting pillars and has a good height between rows, meaning that you get a good view of the game. Within the stand there is Legends Bar where you will be able to purchase refreshments throughout the course of the day.
Spare time before or after match?
The nearest pub is Moranos on Station Road, a short walk from Canons Park Station (come out of the station, turn right and it is in the row of shops further down on the right). This Irish themed wine bar is quite comfortable and has a number of large TV screens. It is about a 10 minute walk to the away turnstiles, cutting through the playing fields (see Fancy using the train? above). Close to Kingsbury Tube Station there is a Wetherspoons pub called JJ Moons. If travelling on the Jubilee Line from Central London, then Kingsbury is only two stops before Canons Park.
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[ G.R. No. 149451, May 08, 2003 ]
REMEDIOS S. PADILLA, PETITIONER, VS. THE HONORABLE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, RESPONDENTS.
CORONA, J.:
Before this Court is a petition for review of the decision[1] dated January 22, 2001 of the Court of Appeals affirming (1) Resolution No. 980256[2] dated February 5, 1998 of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) dismissing petitioner Remedios Padilla's appeal and (2) Resolution No. 981425[3] dated June 10, 1998 of CSC denying her motion for reconsideration.
The antecedent facts, as found by respondent CSC and affirmed by the Court of Appeals, follow.
On January 18, 1982, petitioner Remedios Padilla assumed the permanent position of Clerk II in the then Ministry of Labor and Employment. On May 11, 1983, petitioner was promoted to the position of Labor Development Assistant. Without waiting for the CSC's approval of her appointment, she assumed her new position.
On March 4, 1985, CSC-NCR Regional Director Aurora de Leon sent a 1st Indorsement to the Minister of Labor and Employment disapproving petitioner's appointment as Labor Development Assistant on the ground that she failed to meet the eligibility requirement for the position. Maria Esther Manigque, Officer-In-Charge of the Institute of Labor and Manpower Studies, sought reconsideration of respondent CSC's ruling by pointing out petitioner's satisfactory performance. It was denied. In May 1985, petitioner resigned from the service citing "personal reasons."
On July 28, 1985, petitioner took the Career Service Examination (Professional Level). After passing the same in August, 1985, she re-applied at the respondent Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). She was appointed as Casual Research Assistant on October 17, 1988, effective until November 30, 1988. Upon expiration of her appointment, the same was extended to December 31, 1988. From January 1989 until December 1989, petitioner occupied the position of Casual Technical.
Due to the implementation of RA 6758, otherwise known as the Salary Standardization Act of 1989, casual items such as Casual Research Assistant and Casual Technical were abolished. Petitioner was offered the position of Clerk II (the only available permanent position then) for which the Selection Board deemed her qualified. However, she declined the offer.
On January 2, 1990, petitioner was appointed Casual Clerk III, effective till the end of June 1990. After the expiration of her appointment as a casual employee, petitioner was no longer given any position. She then requested the monetary conversion of her unused sick and vacation leaves which respondent DOLE granted.
Nevertheless, petitioner appealed her alleged termination as casual employee to the CSC but this was dismissed for having been filed out of time. [4]
Thereafter, petitioner filed a letter-complaint addressed to then Secretary of Justice Teofisto Guingona. The letter-complaint was forwarded to respondent DOLE and later to the CSC for appropriate action. Acting on the complaint, the CSC treated the same as a petition to seek relief. In its Resolution No. 980256 dated February 5, 1998, the CSC dismissed the petition and denied petitioner's claim. Her motion for reconsideration was likewise denied in CSC Resolution No. 981425 dated June 10, 1998.
Petitioner appealed the CSC resolutions to the Court of Appeals. On January 22, 2001, the appellate court rendered a decision, the dispositive portion of which read:
WHEREFORE, in view of the foregoing, the petition is DENIED and accordingly DISMISSED for lack of merit. Accordingly, the assailed Resolution No. 98-0256 dated February 5, 1998 issued by the Civil Service Commission dismissing the petitioner's appeal, as well as its Resolution No. 981425 dated June 10, 1998, is (sic) AFFIRMED.
SO ORDERED.[5]
The Court of Appeals held that the CSC had the power to revoke the appointment of a public officer whose qualification did not meet the minimum requirements of the law. To refute petitioner's contention that respondent DOLE was obliged to give her a permanent position upon becoming eligible, the appellate court ruled that, although the petitioner was a civil service eligible, her acceptance of a temporary appointment as a casual vested her no right to security of tenure. Her appointment depended exclusively on the pleasure of the appointing authority.[6]
On July 4, 2001, the appellate court issued a resolution[7] denying petitioner's motion for reconsideration.
Hence, this appeal based on the following assignments of error:
WHETHER OR NOT THE TERMINATION OF PETITIONER IS LEGAL.
WHETHER OR NOT THE DISMISSAL OF HER COMPLAINT BY PUBLIC RESPONDENT CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION WAS PROPER UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.[8]
Petitioner does not question anymore the disapproval of her appointment as Labor Development Assistant due to her failure to meet the eligibility requirements. However, she invokes her alleged right to be reinstated to a permanent position considering that she has since attained the required civil service eligibility and that she used to hold a permanent position. Petitioner bewails the fact that she ended up as a casual employee despite her civil service eligibility and without any derogatory record during her stint in the government. To support her claim, she cites Section 24 (d) of PD 807, otherwise known as the Civil Service Law of 1975, which states that "(a)ny person who has been permanently appointed to a position in the career service and who has, through no delinquency or misconduct, been separated therefrom, may be reinstated to a position in the same level for which he is qualified."
She also contends that she was not accorded due process when she was removed from her permanent position without prior notice. Neither was she given an opportunity to explain why she should not be removed from office.
Did respondent DOLE violate petitioner's purported right to security of tenure? We do not think so.
The jurisdiction of this Court over cases brought to it from the Court of Appeals via Rule 45 of the Rules of Court is limited to reviewing errors of law.[9] The factual findings of the Court of Appeals are generally conclusive and may not be reviewed on appeal.[10] We have good reason to apply this well-entrenched principle in the instant case because the factual findings of the Court of Appeals affirm the findings of fact of the CSC.
One of the exceptions to the rule is when the appellate court's factual disquisitions are not supported by evidence.[11] In the case at bar, petitioner seeks reinstatement on the ground that she was unjustly removed from the service, which was contrary to the appellate court's finding that she voluntarily resigned. Considering that petitioner's submission was premised on an alleged misapprehension of facts, she had the burden of showing that the CSC and the appellate court's findings of fact were not supported by evidence.[12] However, she fell short of that responsibility and ended up with hollow claims.
On the other hand, the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG), representing respondents CSC and DOLE, adequately proved that petitioner voluntarily resigned and was never removed from the service. The OSG presented as evidence petitioner's own letter in 1990 addressed to Sec. Flerida Ruth Romero,[13] then Special Assistant to the President and Presidential Legislative Liaison Officer, which read:
In 1985, The Civil Service Commission (CSC) disapproved my appointment because the qualification standard for the position of Labor Development Assistant was raised from sub-professional to professional level. Despite my best effort to appeal before the Civil Service Commission, I never got a favorable response. I was hurt so much that I decided to resign in April 1985.[14] (underlining supplied)
Petitioner used to occupy the permanent position of Clerk II before the disapproval of her appointment for Labor Development Assistant, a higher permanent position. Thereafter, she voluntarily resigned and later came back to occupy casual positions only despite passing the eligibility requirement for a permanent position. Like removal for just cause, voluntary resignation results in the abdication of all present and future rights accorded to an employee and in the severance of all work-related ties between the employer and the employee. When she returned to work for respondent DOLE, the same was not a continuation of her previous service but the start of a new work slate. Petitioner could not therefore demand from respondent DOLE her reinstatement to a permanent position under Section 24 (d) of PD 807 inasmuch as she was never unjustly removed.
We agree with the observation of the OSG that when petitioner re-applied for and was offered the position of Casual Research Assistant and later Casual Technical, she readily and unqualifiedly accepted the said offer. Having accepted the position of a casual employee, petitioner should have known that she had no security of tenure and could thus be separated from the service anytime.
We also take note of the fact that in December 1989, after finishing her contract as a Casual Technical, respondent DOLE offered to petitioner the permanent position of Clerk II (the only available permanent position then) for which the Selection Board deemed her qualified. However, she declined the offer and instead opted to accept another casual position as Casual Clerk III. Respondent DOLE therefore gave her the opportunity to re-assume a permanent position but petitioner was apparently bent on acquiring a position equal to a Labor Development Assistant, a position she could not obtain by right due to her earlier resignation. On the ground of estoppel, petitioner is barred from asserting her right to a permanent position.
Not having been unjustly removed from the service, it follows that petitioner's right to due process was not violated. In fact, there was no need to furnish her a notice of termination since, as a casual employee, petitioner was aware of the date of expiration of her temporary appointment.
WHEREFORE, the petition is hereby DENIED. No costs.
Davide, Jr., C.J., Bellosillo, Puno, Vitug, Panganiban, Quisumbing, Ynares-Santiago, Sandoval-Gutierrez, Carpio, Austria-Martinez, Carpio-Morales, Callejo, Sr., and Azcuna, JJ., concur.
[1] Penned by Associate Justice B.A. Adefuin-de la Cruz and concurred in by Associate Justices Andres Reyes, Jr. and Rebecca de Guia-Salvador; Rollo, pp. 27-34.
[3] Id., at 55-57.
[4] Resolution No. 96-0846 dated February 8, 1996.
[5] Rollo, p. 34.
[8] Id., at 18.
[9] Malugcot-Aw v. Malugcot, 329 SCRA 78 (2000).
[10] Republic v. Sodsod, 330 SCRA 400 (2000).
[11] Baסas v. Court of Appeals, 325 SCRA 259 (2000).
[12] Section 1, Rule 131, Rules of Court.
[13] Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.


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The causes of this phenomenon, may come from two aspects: one is the last century, down with Confucianism movement in the overthrow of the old culture at the same time, also subsequently abandoned the fine tradition of respect from the Hermes Belt nationality, The heavier blow came from the cultural revolution that destroyed the school's education. Intellectuals have been spilled on the ground, become everyone can set foot on one foot old teacher - the appellation was reminiscent of the ignorance of the yuan dynasty, the teacher as a member of the intellectuals, natural not immune. Through the baptism of these two great movements, society has lost its reverence and respect for knowledge. Even so, teaching was a popular teaching experience.


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2. Population/ClientsServed - High volume patientpopulations include those experiencing an acute myocardial infarction (MI) withcomplications, complex arrhythmias, heart failure, undergoing Cardiac Surgery,Aortic Abdominal Aneurysm Repair, Thoracic Abdominal Aneurysm Repair,Esophagectomy patients, Thoracotomy, multiple trauma, sepsis, Shock, acuterespiratory failure, renal failure, hypertensive crisis, and CVVH. Low volumepopulations include head trauma, stroke, pneumonia, drug overdose, diabeticketoacidosis, GI bleed, and long term ventilator patients. The average length of stay is 34.71 daysbased on admissions. Age groups served are adult and geriatric.
3. ServicesProvided - Nursing care is provided24 hours a day, 7 days a week by an RN staff that is supported by ancillarystaff of Nurse Technicians and a Nursing Secretary. Nursing care includescardiac and respiratory assessment and monitoring, pharmacological support tothe hemodynamically unstable patient and medical and nursing interventions toachieve physiologic stability and prevent complications. Services also includepatient education related to the surgical procedure, disease process, other procedures,and support services for diagnostic purposes and rehabilitation.
The medicaland nursing directors are responsible for triage of patient admissions. Theyare supported by and collaborate with the Assistant Director (AD), Charge Nurse(CN) and RN IV. Triage is determined by using admission and discharge criteriaapproved by the Critical Care Committee.
RegisteredNurses, Nursing Technicians, and Nursing Secretary. Registered Nurses, Nursing Technicians arescheduled 7 days a week, 24 hours a day and Nursing Secretary are scheduled 7days a week, 16 hours a day. Patient assignments are based upon patient acuityand staff skill. We budget for a ratio of 1.72 patients per RN 24 hours a day.The goal is two Nursing Technician each shift and one Nursing Secretary from0700 to 2330 each day.
Staff arescheduled for 6-week periods and distributed based upon anticipated daily census, shift census, and staff experience.
5. Competency/EducationPlan - Orientation/InitialCompetency - Each role has a defined orientation pathway or competencyvalidation list that is completed prior to the person taking an independentassignment. Key competencies are validated by direct observation by theindividual preceptor or experienced staff. The Department Director determines,with input from the preceptor(s) and by observation, when the orientation iscomplete.
Ongoing Competency - Staff member'songoing competency to provide care on CVICU is determined by direct observationand record review by the Department Director, Assistant Director, Educators,and Shift Leadership. Competency is maintained by skills fairs, routine reviewsof low volume and problem-prone procedures, and EKG revalidation.
ACLS is required for all RNs workingin the following departments across the MCHS: PACU, outpatient surgery, adultcritical care, step-down, telemetry departments in which standing emergencyorders are utilized, maternity admissions unit, emergency departments, andEndoscopy. ACLS is required for family practice and internal medicineresidents, Carelink staff, Administrative Coordinators, Cardiac cath lab techsand cardiac rehab RNs.
2. Weekend Option Premium: Employeeswill receive base pay plus a $5.00 weekend option premium for hours worked upto their FTE commitment each pay period. Hours worked above FTEcommitment will be paid at base rate plus shift differentials and overtime ifapplicable, but not including the $5.00 weekend option premium.
Weekend OptionAllowance hours will be pro-rated for employees entering the plan after October1st. The full or pro-rated allotment is front-loaded and available foruse immediately. Any unused Weekend Option Allowance hours are forfeited at theend of the fiscal year or if the employee leaves employment with Cone Health ormoves out of this Weekend Option Program.
4. Use of Weekend Option Allowance: Front-loadedWeekend Option Allowance will be available upon start date in the program andmay be used in any sequence and at any time with Department Director approval. Refer to departmental process for vacation/time off requests.
5. Unscheduled Absences: Inthe event of an unscheduled absence, the employee is expected to make theirtime up in the current week (or pay period, if no overtime is incurred), orthey may use the time allotted for their weekend option allowance. Unscheduled time off, even if made up, will be managed according to theCone Health attendance policy. Unscheduled absences can only be made upwithin the current pay period.
6. PAL Eligibility: Because employees in theWeekend Option Program are eligible for a generous Weekend Option Allowance,they are not eligible for traditional PAL (Paid Annual Leave) or CatastrophicSick Bank (if applicable).
7. Call-Offs: RNs in this Program will be the lastto be called off for weekend shifts. Weekday call-offs will follow normaldepartmental scheduling guidelines.
8. Benefits: Benefits are based on the employee'sFull Time Equivalent (FTE). Employees holding an FTE status of .60 willreceive Cone Health's benefit package for part-time employees; those with FTEstatuses of .75 or .9 will receive full-time benefits.
9. Holidays: Holidays that fall on a scheduledshift will be eligible for Holiday premium in accordance with HR PolicyER-HRD-2005-29, Holidays. Holiday Premium is 50% of the employee's baserate of pay.
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An innovative urban development program is activating positive change in low-income neighborhoods across Mexico City. Despite winning the World Habitat Award in 2011, the city government's Programa Comunitario de Mejoramiento Barrial (Community Program for Neighborhood Improvement, or PCMB) is surprisingly little-known outside Mexico.
Socioeconomic inequality is deeply engrained in Mexico City's spatial structure, and neighborhood wealth generally corresponds with the quality of public services. The PCMB addresses this problem by funding revitalization projects in economically depressed areas. While living in one such area, El Pedregal de Santo Domingo, I noticed the program's impact on freshly painted buildings that were formerly concrete gray.
Inspired to learn more about the PCMB, I met with economist Manuel Luis Labra Illanes, a member of the Malacate Civic Association who has been actively involved in developing the program. Our conversation is transcribed below.
Can you tell us about how the PCMB came about?
The PCMB came out of the Programa de Mejoramiento de Vivienda (Home Improvement Program, or PMV), which the Mexico City government started in 2000. The PMV helped improve people's houses through loans repayable over eight years, but it didn't address public spaces and other shared resources. So we began planning the PCMB, which launched officially in 2007.
So the main difference between the two programs is that the PMV is for homes and the PCMB is for broader neighborhood projects?
Yes, and the PMV is a credit system while the PCMB is a public benefit program.
What are the core elements of the PCMB? How does it actually work?
The guiding principle is that neighborhood residents decide what to do, how to do it and who will do the work. They administer the government funding. That's what makes the program unique.
Another essential component is that it's a competition — community groups compete for available funds. In 2015, for example, there were 677 entries and roughly 200 projects funded.
Does the amount of funding vary each year?
The city government's Social Development Secretariat (SDS), which is responsible for the program, allocates funds that vary slightly from year to year and average around 100 million pesos. We carried out a study and found that, for a program of this kind in a city like ours, the base budget should be about 300 million pesos.
How many times can a neighborhood group secure funding?
Up to five. Applicants can receive a maximum of 500,000 pesos in the first year and a million pesos after that.
How do you evaluate applications, distribute funds and prevent irregularities?
There's a program committee made up of five civil servants and five civil society members who decide which applications to fund. The most economically disadvantaged neighborhoods take precedence.
The program committee releases funds to a neighborhood representative, and that person has to be on a project committee. Local assemblies elect the members of these committees. If there are no project committees in a given neighborhood, residents have to establish them in order to receive funding. Each project has an administrative committee that monitors project spending and other implementation requirements to prevent irregularities.
What specific issues do funded projects address?
There are three main focal points: public space, infrastructure and neighborhood image. Projects can, for example, establish open squares, community gardens and needed infrastructure. They can also attend to neglected parts of the urban fabric through maintenance and beautification.
Can you share your thoughts on the program's results so far?
About 1,000 projects have been funded, covering each of the neighborhoods most in need and improving government services after decades of neglect. We're especially proud of reaching communities like Tepito, which are known for severe blight and violence.
The Legislative Assembly of Mexico City recently approved a law through which the program budget is set each year and protected against rising inflation. This law also protects against threats to the PCMB's existence under new administrations. You see, there are politicians who don't like the program because grassroots administration makes it hard to control from above.
What's in store for the PCMB in coming years?
A few things. One is a problem with the current model: we have to figure out what happens when neighborhoods reach their funding limit. This is a discussion we're currently having.
We're also discussing ways to fund larger projects — libraries, cultural centers, schools — with broader impact on neighborhood identity. This has real potential for reversing cycles of marginality. Opportunities are often closed to people from high-poverty areas, but social stigma declines with visible signs of progress. So neighborhood improvement signifies many things. We'd like to fund 30 medium-to-large projects a year through the PCMB or create a parallel program for this purpose.
Another thing I'd like to see is a process for building relationships between neighborhoods with similar issues in different cities. There are nation-to-nation links and city-to-city links but I don't know if there are neighborhood-to-neighborhood links.
Do you have any advice for people who are interested in starting a similar program?
It's important to design the program with local communities instead of trying to impose a prefabricated model. The process has to be participatory, emerging through strong relationships with neighborhood residents.
The original vision may be different from the way it develops in practice, and adaptability is key. When we began, we didn't imagine that we'd be attending to basic sanitation infrastructure, because that's the work of the central government. We were very theoretical in our conception of public space, viewing it as a kind of panacea for all the city's problems. When I visited Colonia La Cruz, part of the Gustavo A. Madero borough, I was surprised to see how residents adapted the program to their infrastructural needs.
It's really important to begin where you know people are interested — where there are community leaders and responsible participants. If you start out in a place where residents are apathetic, or where there are extreme social conflicts, the chances of failing increase exponentially. Start with a promising location, ensure the effectiveness of the program, and then you can move to more challenging situations. If not, funders will lose confidence in the project. Social programs come under a lot of fire, so it's critical to build a reputation for successful work.
Wangũi Kamonji is a recent graduate of Wellesley College who researches urban socio-environmental issues in countries worldwide, including Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania and Vietnam. She blogs about her experience at Sustainability from the Roots.
So good to see a program like this take root and grow. I think starting with small projects through which people identify and solve problems in their own community can build momentum for larger projects over time. Thank you for the inspiring interview.
Yes, this seems one of the best ways to unite perfect strangers around a common purpose, making neighbourhoods more attractive in the process.
I understand your interest in expanding the program to fund projects that are more comprehensive. Just the fact that this program exists is a major victory in my view, since investment in low income neighborhoods is too frequently neglected or used as patronage and speculation. Still, if this program's track record can help disrupt that pattern and keep engaging people in local development projects with broader impacts, it would definitely verify the transformative potential in good governance. Your idea about neighborhood-neighborhood links would be another positive step in that direction.
One way to build support for this kind of work is to show that, rather than being piecemeal or limited in scope, it builds a good image for the city as a whole. So you're making the city more livable and attractive from a lot of different perspectives. The most important thing, though, is to make sure it isn't just window dressing.


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Q: T4MVC or MvcFutures for strongly typed links in views I am trying to reduce/eliminate "magic strings" from my MVC3 project and was wondering which approach would be better:

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Thoughts?

A: T4MVC, no contest. It let's you reference views and controller actions using a hierarchy of (code-generated) nested classes and properties. This approach has several benefits - available options can easily be discovered, and it provides the best possible performance (certainly a big win compared to the lambda-approach for strong typing).
It's also very easy to write your own extensions that use T4MVC's dummy ActionResult class. For instance, I have some ActionImage helpers that extract the necessary routing information to generate the resulting markup.
The only downside to T4MVC is that you need to keep the generated code file up to date. You can do this by keeping the .tt file open or by installing an extension that will run .tt files automatically (e.g. Chirpy).

A: T4MVC will perform better. The helpers in MvcFutures that you are interested in use expressions, which should be slower than the built-in methods (one of the reasons why those methods are not in the core MVC assembly). In general you should be aware that MvcFutures may have performance and other functional issues.


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Az Astra 1M egy luxemburgi kommunikációs műhold.

Küldetés
A műhold biztosítja a teljes körű televíziós műsorszóró szolgáltatást, beleértve a HDTV és más fejlett audiovizuális és a széles sávú szolgáltatásokat. Szolgáltatást Európában, Közel-Keleten, Afrikában és a Nyugat-Ázsiában végez.

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Gyártotta a EADS Astrium (francia), üzemeltette a Société Européenne des Satellites-Astra (SES Astra) Európa műhold üzemeltető magáncége. A SES Astra 16 műholdat üzemeltet, öt különböző zónában,  televíziós és rádiós csatornán, elér mintegy 117 millió otthont.

Megnevezései:  COSPAR:2008-057A; SATCAT kódja: 33436.

2008. november 5-én a Bajkonuri űrrepülőtérről, az LC-200/39. számú indítóállványról egy Proton-M (Briz-M) hordozórakétával állították közepes magasságú Föld körüli pályára (MEO = Medium Earth Orbit). Az orbitális pályája  perces, 0,1° hajlásszögű, Geoszinkron pálya perigeuma  kilométer, az apogeuma  kilométer volt.

Alakja téglatest, méretei 4,0 x 2,4 x 2,9 méter, tömege  kilogramm. Szolgálati idejét 15 évre tervezték. Három tengelyesen stabilizált (Nap-Föld érzékeny) űreszköz. 66 televíziós csatorna, valamint videó és internet szolgáltatást végez. Telemetriai szolgáltatását antennák segítik. Információ lejátszó KU-sávos, 32 (26 aktív+6 tartalék) + 4 Ka transzponder biztosította Európa lefedettségét. Az űreszközhöz napelemeket (gallium- arzenid) rögzítettek (kinyitva 35 méter; 10 kW), éjszakai (földárnyék) energia ellátását újratölthető kémiai akkumulátorok biztosítotják. A stabilitás és a pályaelemek elősegítése érdekében (monopropilén hidrazin) gázfúvókákkal felszerelt.

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The suspicion or diagnosis, even if it is nonspecific, of an abdominal mass in a child raises concern and anxiety. The pediatric radiologist may be the first person either to suspect or to diagnose a mass, quite commonly by ultrasonog-raphy (US). Therefore, adequate psychological interaction with the patient and the parent(s) is part of his or her professional competence. The findings should generally not be discussed while the examination is underway. Specific diagnostic statements should be avoided, even by the experienced examiner. Caution should be exercised before giving preliminary histological and prognostic hypotheses. The involved clinician, possibly the oncologist, should be informed promptly about the morphological findings and the information exchanged between the examiner and the patient and/or accompanying parent(s). This regards the situation of a suspicious mass that has been demonstrated and where a malignant process might exist or be likely. If the mass turns out to be a hydronephrosis or a similar obviously benign process, such concerns are less relevant.
Abdominal masses in children are often cystic and almost always benign, especially in the younger child (i.e., newborn and infants). In a majority of these cases, the mass originates from the urinary tract, typically due to some obstructive malformation and/or dysfunction (Fig. 1). Beside neoplasia and malformation, the underlying causes of such masses may be pathological conditions such as inflammation (usually due to infection), trauma (including iatrogenesis) or metabolic or other systemic diseases, including malignancy.
Proper imaging technique includes the correct choice of the imaging tool(s) and, if there is a need for more than one modality, their use in the appropriate order. This will shorten the time to diagnosis, and avoid uncertainty and unnecessary discussion, as well as help to limit costs. The role of the pediatric radiologist, therefore, is not only to make the diagnosis, but he or she also has a consulting duty toward the clinician who might think that, for example, all questions may be answered using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). It is crucial that the examiner be aware of the strengths and limits of the method(s) used and those available for use.


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Professor David Skeie
Professor of Finance
Financial Intermediation, Financial Crises, Interbank Markets, Fintech, Contract Theory and Corporate Finance
Teaching in 2019-2020
IB9370: Corporate Finance
MSc Business and Finance
IB9V00: Corporate Finance
Postgraduate Research Finance and Econometrics
IB9CL0: Corporate Finance I
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Email: david.skeie@wbs.ac.uk Room: 2.114
David Skeie is Professor of Finance at Warwick Business School. He was previously an Assistant Professor of Finance and Mays Research Fellow at Texas A&M Mays Business School and a Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He has held additional appointments as a visiting Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Finance at NYU Stern School of Business. Formerly, he was a trader at the hedge fund Citadel Investment Group and a senior associate at the financial risk management consulting firm Capital Market Risk Advisors. David's research has been published in leading academic finance and economics journals. He has developed and taught undergraduate, masters, MBA, and Ph.D. courses in corporate finance, macroeconomics, and macro finance. David received his Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University and S.B. in Economics from MIT.
Martin, A., McAndrews, J. and Skeie, D. (2016) "Bank lending in times of large bank reserves", International Journal of Central Banking, 12, 4, 193-222
Shapiro, J. and Skeie, D. (2015) "Information management in banking crises", Review of Financial Studies, 28, 8, 2322-2363
Martin, A., Skeie, D. and Thadden, E. v. (2014) "Repo runs", Review of Financial Studies, 27, 4, 957-989
Martin, A., Skeie, D. and von Thadden, E. (2014) "The fragility of short-term secured funding markets", Journal of Economic Theory, 149, 15-42
Freixas, X., Martin, A. and Skeie, D. (2011) "Bank liquidity, interbank markets, and monetary policy", Review of Financial Studies, 24, 8, 2656-2692
Acharya, V. V. and Skeie, D. (2011) "A model of liquidity hoarding and term premia in inter-bank markets", Journal of Monetary Economics, 58, 5, 436-447
Ashcraft, A., McAndrews, J. and Skeie, D. (2011) "Precautionary reserves and the interbank market", Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 43, s2, 311-348
Martin, A., Orlando, M. J. and Skeie, D. (2008) "Payment networks in a search model of money", Review of Economic Dynamics, 11, 1, 104-132
David Skeie (2008) "Banking with nominal deposits and inside money", Journal of Financial Intermediation, 17, 4, 562-584
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Q: React: css Scoping using classSet() I am using a flag to set css classes to true/false, when form fields are incorrectly filled. I would like to display the warning message only for the field which has been incorrectly filled. If I use className={warningInputClass}, both the fields will show warning message.
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Sales revenue from men's underwear and women's lingerie items is expected to grow in the U.S. over the next couple of years owing to factors such as higher importance to personal hygiene, increasing disposable income, evolving lifestyle, improved standard of living, and changing preferences of consumers. Most manufacturers are opting to outsource production in order gain economies of scale, moreover, labour cost and cost of raw materials are relatively higher in the U.S. as compared to developing countries. Hence, low-cost bulk production enabling leading brands to sell underwear at competitive prices.
A study conducted by Persistence Market Research (PMR) reveals that the men's underwear and the women's lingerie market in the U.S. is expected to ride on CAGR of 5.5% and 5.7% in terms of value between 2016 and 2024. In addition, propagation of modern retail formats such as pharmacy stores, discount stores and supermarkets is leading towards higher product visibility.
In 2015, the boxer brief segment accounted for over 30% share, reaching a market valuation of US$ 975.8 Million and is likely to expand at a CAGR of 6.1% during the assessment period. In the women's Lingerie section, brassieres are expected to be the fastest growing segment over 2024.
On the basis of Size, demand for XXXL size is expected to gain maximum traction under men's underwear section. This is primarily attributed to growing prevalence of obesity in the U.S.
Growing popularity of boxer shorts amongst people ageing between 26 and 35 years is expected to represent a higher demand for boxers under men's underwear section as compared to other age groups. The 26-35 years age-group segment is expected to account for a healthy revenue contribution to the market.
The mid-price segment commanded for nearly 42% value share of the market both for men's underwear and women's lingerie items. The premium-price segment under men's underwear section market is expected to witness a CAGR of 6.9% during the forecast period owing to the growing trends of single brand underwear retailing and growing preference of men for sports fits underwear.
On the basis of distribution channels, the mass merchant segment under men's underwear section accounted for nearly 67.4% share in terms of revenue in 2015 and is expected to expand at a CAGR of 4.9% during the forecast period. The segment is expected to maintain its leading position, capturing around 60% share over 2024.
The online store segment of men's underwear and women's lingerie market is projected to command for nearly 19% share by 2024, reflecting a robust CAGR over the assessment period. In addition, online stores are anticipated to emerge as the second largest distribution channel segment by the end of forecast period.
In 2014, The U.S. men's underwear market was majorly controlled by top 5 players in the organized market accounting for a staggering 85% share. Key stakeholder in the US men's underwear and women's lingerie market includes Jockey International, American Eagle Outfitters Inc. Victoria's Secret, Fruit of the Loom, Commando LLC, Hanes brand Inc., Ralph Lauren Corporation, Calvin Klein, Hanky Panky, Cass and Company and Philips Van Heusen Corporation.


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Steelers vs. Jaguars 2014: News and updates leading into Week 5
Steelers open as seven point favorites over Jaguars
A touchdown favorite on the road just a week after suffering an upset loss at home...the Steelers must be playing Jacksonville this week.
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Things really must not be going well as a franchise if a team hosts a 2-2 team and is getting seven points.
The Steelers head into EverBank Stadium Sunday for a Week 5 tilt with the winless Jacksonville Jaguars, and the early line has the Steelers favored by seven points. It's the same Steelers squad that only managed seven points in the second half in a 27-24 loss to Tampa Bay in Week 4. At the same time, it's the same Jacksonville team that hasn't finished a game closer than 17 points to any of its opponents (0-4).
Perhaps the fact rookie quarterback Blake Bortles will be the Jags' starter, his second NFL start, slants the bettors toward the Steelers. It's certainly not their epic meltdown against the fantastically mediocre (and inaccurate) Mike Glennon.
If there's a reason to believe the Steelers can beat Jacksonville by seven points or more on the road, it's likely tied more closely into the prevailing thought the Jaguars can't lose by less than seven points anywhere on the earth. It's a team struggling on both sides of the ball in head coach Gus Bradley's second season at the helm. Issues with former first-round pick Justin Blackmon cost the team a very high draft pick as well as a talented playmaker, and their defense is still transitioning into Bradley's scheme.
They signed free-agent running back Toby Gerhart this offseason, a move praised by the Fantasy pundits but has provided little positive benefit to this point. Really, it's a team in disarray right now. But without a whole lot to analyze from Bortles in terms of game film, and with him making only his second start and third appearance, it could be a benefit for a Jaguars team that really has nothing else to lose at this point.


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Today's World: Research vs. Security
Nearly three years ago, the federal government gave Nancy Connell the green light to investigate how people respond to infection by Bacillus anthracis, the bacterial agent that causes anthrax. With $3 million (US) from the Department of Defense, Connell hoped to learn how to detect the bacteria within hours of infection. But thanks to the hurdles put in her path, it took until this past July for Connell to get her hands on the bacterial strain for her study. Today, her team at the Center for B
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Nearly three years ago, the federal government gave Nancy Connell the green light to investigate how people respond to infection by Bacillus anthracis, the bacterial agent that causes anthrax. With $3 million (US) from the Department of Defense, Connell hoped to learn how to detect the bacteria within hours of infection. But thanks to the hurdles put in her path, it took until this past July for Connell to get her hands on the bacterial strain for her study. Today, her team at the Center for BioDefense at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey works 12-hour days to make up for lost time.
"It was a really long wait and a frustrating wait,'' said Connell, the center's director. Connell's predicament--and similar ones of other scientists--raises questions as to whether the federal government is working at cross-purposes in its effort to fight bioterrorism. As the National Institutes...