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Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant is a 1955 jazz album by singer Betty Carter and pianist Ray Bryant both debuting here on record as leading artists. Although Carter is mentioned first, she is only featured on half of the tracks. On three of the six songs Jerome Richardson is also heard on flute. The other half is recorded by the Ray Bryant Trio alone.

The six tracks with Betty Carter were reissued under her name in 1980 on the compilation album Social Call together with previously unreleased material from a 1956 recording session with Gigi Gryce.

Track listing (original LP release)
"Sneaking Around" (Ray Bryant)  – 3:16
"Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf)  – 3:23
"What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter)  – 2:52
"Thou Swell" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)  – 1:40
"Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell)  – 3:34
"I Could Write a Book" (Hart, Rodgers)  – 2:37
"Threesome" (Ray Bryant)  – 2:44
"Gone with the Wind" (Herbert Magidson, Allie Wrubel)  – 4:10
"Old Devil Moon" (Yip Harburg, Burton Lane)  – 3:59
"The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern)  – 2:41
"No Moon at All" (Redd Evans, David Mann)  – 2:51
"Can't We Be Friends?" (Paul James, Kay Swift)  – 2:25

Track listing (1996 CD reissue with bonus tracks)
"Let's Fall in Love" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)  – 1:58
"Social Call" (Gigi Gryce, Jon Hendricks)  – 2:37
"Runaway" (Cy Coleman, Peggy Lee)  – 2:28
"Frenesi" (Alberto Dominguez, Leonard Whitcup)  – 2:31
"Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf)  – 3:23
"Thou Swell" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)  – 1:40
"I Could Write a Book" (Hart, Rodgers)  – 2:37
"Gone with the Wind" (Herbert Magidson, Allie Wrubel)  – 4:10
"The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern)  – 2:41
"Tell Him I Said Hello" (Jack J. Canning, Bill Hagner)  – 2:32
"Can't We Be Friends?" (Paul James, Kay Swift)  – 2:25
"Sneaking Around" (Ray Bryant)  – 3:16
"Old Devil Moon" (Yip Harburg, Burton Lane)  – 3:59
"Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell)  – 3:34
"What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter)  – 2:52
"Threesome" (Ray Bryant)  – 2:44
"No Moon at All" (Dave Evans, Redd Mann)  – 2:51
"Bryant's Folly" (Bryant)  – 4:49
"Get Happy" (Arlen, Koehler)  – 4:20

Personnel
Recorded May 13, 1955, New York City, New York, USA:

 Betty Carter - vocals
 Ray Bryant - piano
 Jerome Richardson - flute (on tracks 6, 9, 11)
 Wendell Marshall - double bass
 Philly Joe Jones (or possibly Jo Jones, personnel listings are inconsistent) - drums

References

1955 albums
Betty Carter albums
Columbia Records albums
Ray Bryant albums
Albums produced by Sid Feller
Vocal jazz albums

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Lilya Wagner
Director, Philanthropic Service for Institutions; Adjunct Faculty Member, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
coplilya@cs.com
http://www.philanthropicservice.com
13412 Hathaway Drive
Received an M.A. in journalism from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Doctorate in education from University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Major area of emphasis was curriculum and instruction, with additional areas of study in bilingual education, social and psychological foundations in education, and educational leadership.
Master's in music
Certification in fundraising, the Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE)
Lilya Wagner is director of Philanthropic Service for Institutions, a consulting office specializing in services for faith-based organizations, including universities, schools, healthcare organizations and social services.
From 2005-2008, Lilya was Vice President for Philanthropy at Counterpart International in Washington, D.C., an international development organization. Prior to joining Counterpart, Lilya completed fourteen years of association with the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University serving as associate director for public service and director of the Women's Philanthropy Institute. She is on the philanthropic studies faculty of the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and also teaches in the graduate program at St. Mary's University in Minnesota.
Her published writings include articles and book chapters on philanthropy, fundraising and the nonprofit sector, along with books and numerous articles on a variety of interest and professional topics. Some areas of specialty are fundraising and philanthropy, nonprofit management, culture/diversity and philanthropy, personality and thinking styles.
Previous experience includes serving as vice president at the National Association for Community Leadership and at Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska. She has received various awards for her publications as well as fundraising and marketing programs.
When still on campus (left full-time employment in 2005) taught graduate courses in fundraising and proposal writing.
Have conducted research about giving in various population groups. Also have researched homelessness in Europe.
Have a book contract with Praeger for Diversity and Philanthropy.
Received awards from CASE for fundraising.
Numerous and in a variety of topics. This is part of my current work and a major portion of my responsibilities when working full-time at the Center on Philanthropy. Also have done a great deal of training globally.

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Murchison is one of the biggest steel jacket platforms installed in the North Sea. Image courtesy of Bilfinger Salamis UK.
CNR International started the decommissioning planning for the Murchison field in 2009. Image courtesy of CNR International (UK) Limited.
The Murchison field lies in Block 211/19 in East Shetland Basin in the Northern North Sea. Image courtesy of CNR International (UK) Limited.
CNR International awarded a three-year contract to Aker Solutions in 2013 for the first phase of Murchison decommissioning. Image courtesy of CNR International (UK) Limited.
The Murchison field is located in the Northern North Sea in East Shetland Basin in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). The field is situated to the north of Aberdeen and spans the UK/Norwegian sector median line. It lies in the UK Block 211/19 and extends into the Norwegian Block 33/9.
CNRI initiated plans to decommission the field in 2009 that involved surveys, data collection and extensive studies. A cessation of production application was submitted to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) in 2011 and the same was approved in 2012.
"CNRI initiated plans to decommission the field in 2009 that involved surveys, data collection and extensive studies."
The project includes decommissioning of the offshore platform, and the associated subsea pipeline and production well infrastructure.
The decommissioning began in the fourth quarter of 2013 and is expected to continue for approximately five years. Plugging and abandoning of the 33 platform wells that have subsea tie-backs to three remote wells began in late 2013. The field, meanwhile, permanently stopped producing in March 2014.
Discovered by Conoco Philips UK in 1975, the field produced first oil in 1980. CNR International (CNRI) became the operator in 2002 with Wintershall as its partner. The field produced peak oil of 150,383 barrels per day (bopd) in December 1982, whereas the total oil produced during its production phase stood at 400 million barrels.
The Murchison platform was installed in 1979 and became part of an intricate framework exporting oil onshore to Sullom Voe through a pipeline. Import and export of gas was carried out through the Far North Liquids and Gas System (FLAGS) line.
Lying in 156m of water, the platform is supported by an eight-legged steel jacket and has topside modules for drilling, production & accommodation (263 beds).
Murchison is one of the biggest steel jacket platforms in the North Sea, with its topside weighing 24,500t and consisting of 26 modules that can be easily dismantled and transported onshore.
In agreement with the Oil & Gas UK's directions, the platform and subsea wells will be plugged and abandoned. The topside modules will be dismantled and brought onshore to be reused, recycled or disposed off.
The jacket footings will remain in place although the jacket will be removed to a height of approximately 44m above the sea bed and brought onshore for reuse, recycling or disposal purposes.
The drill cutting piles will be left in their original location, the jacket footings, to decay naturally over a period of time.
A seabed survey will be conducted on the completion of the decommissioning programme to ascertain any oil field-related debris. The survey area will cover a 500m zone within the platform and a 200m-wide corridor along each pipeline. It will be followed by a categorisation of the debris and establishing a recovery plan.
Production pipelines and related subsea equipment will be detached and transported onshore for either recycling or disposal. The principal oil export line will be left in place on the surface, while the uncovered segments will be covered by rocks.
The gas export/import pipeline, a part of the Northern Leg Gas Pipeline (NLGP) system, will not be a part of the Murchison decommissioning programme as it is owned by the NLGP associates.
CNR International awarded a three-year contract to Aker Solutions in 2013 for the first phase of the Murchison decommissioning. Aker Solutions will provide engineering design, procurement services and offshore execution, to ensure sage removal of facilities.
Scottish industrial services contractor Bilfinger Salamis UK was subcontracted by Aker Solutions in 2014 for the supply of the fabric maintenance services support and access solutions for the first stage of the decommissioning. The company will provide alternative system scaffold, multi-discipline rope access teams and fabric maintenance services over three years.
Heerema-AF Consortium comprising Heerema Marine Contractors Nederland SE and AF Decom Offshore UK has been contracted for the removal and disposal of the North Sea installation.
The contractual scope includes engineering, preparation, removal and disposal (EPRD) of both the topsides and the jacket structure weighing approximately 37,000t. Engineering work under the contract began in 2014, while the offshore work is scheduled to begin in 2016. The removal and disposal work is expected to continue until 2020.
Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) designs, transports, installs and removes all types of offshore fixed and floating facilities, complex subsea infrastructures and deepwater pipelines.
AKD Engineering provides the global offshore energy market with fabrication, machining and engineering services.


This was an awesome chat with Faizun Kamal. Faizun is a nationally renowned public speaker and career strategist. As a Franchise Coach with The Franchise Consulting Company, Faizun coaches people nationwide on making the transition from employee to entrepreneur. She provides guidance to embrace chaos, fear, insecurity and uncertainty as doorways of opportunity to help individuals find their "perfect fit" franchise based on an assessment of their personal, lifestyle and income goals. She guides clients to move beyond burnout to build a sustainable career that they love!
During the chat, we spoke about her background, franchising and many of the misconceptions, advice that she has for aspiring franchisees and the ways that she helps out her clients.
This was an awesome chat, so what I want you to do is sit back and enjoy this chat with Faizun Kamal.
Tell us your background and why you took this path?
What is a franchise? What are some of the misconceptions?
Tell us a little about your ideal client or avatar.
Take us through the process of how you help your clients.
Who are good partners or people you like to meet?
What type of speaking topics to do you cover?
Why do you think the DMV is a good place to be an entrepreneur and business owner?
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Havana Cuba All-Stars in ASERE!
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With rhythms and melodies from the Cha Cha to the Rumba, from "Son Cubano" style to the Salsa, the All-Stars will showcase a wide variety of Cuban beats. The group is inspired by and dedicated to promoting the entire tapestry of Cuban music through a fresh, contemporary lens.
In their upcoming "Asere" or "Friendship" tour, the All-Stars will be backed by three of Cuba's finest dancing couples. With the greatest dancers and musicians of Cuba working in tandem, the American encore of the Havana Cuba All-Stars' tour will be a spirited spectacle of song and dance, exemplifying Cuba's greatest musical traditions.
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Zac Anderson might have been expected to make a splash at the Mariners a bit sooner, but the talented defender is ready to grasp his chance with both hands.
In many ways coming to the stability of the Mariners from the uncertainty and the wreckage of Gold Coast United has been great for Zac Anderson, but it-s also been tough at times.
A shoulder injury severely hampered his pre-season and set him back as he fought for a place in Graham Arnold-s side. Many thought he might pick up the spot vacated by former skipper Alex Wilkinson, especially after the form he displayed for Gold Coast United, but it went to Trent Sainsbury, that had to be tough.
Anderson though, says he never expected to be a starter when he first signed on with Graham Arnold-s team though.
"Towards the back end of last season I strung nine-ten games together and it was nice to get that first team football. I felt I grew as a footballer, just getting that week-in-week-out football," Anderson said.
"Coming here I knew it would be tough, Trent (Sainsbury) has really stepped up and taken his chance, but I came here not thinking I was going to start, because I knew Patrick Zwaanswijk was there and Alex Wilkinson was at the time as well.
"I thought the move was a good opportunity for me to learn from some experienced centre halves. There was an opportunity there and I unfortunately had a tough pre-season with a shoulder injury, but I worked really hard and got myself back into a position where I was challenging for a spot.
With the fractured pre-season behind him, Anderson has been training well and become a permanent fixture, albeit from the bench.
His 30 minutes against the Victory were quality, not he has to face the fire of a familiar foe in Brisbane Roar in his full debut, but he has to do so as part of one of the youngest central defensive pairings the Hyundai A-League has ever seen.
It-s nothing new to Anderson though; he-s been in young backlines before and believes he and Sainsbury are capable of getting the job done this weekend against a Roar side, who might just be finding their feet.
Not that Anderson thinks it will be an issue, even though he concedes the loss of Zwaanswijk for the week is a big one.
"Patrick is one of the reasons I came to the club, he has had a fantastic career," Anderson said.
Getting three points is of course easier said than done. The Roar have had the wood on the Mariners in recent times and Anderson is aware he couldn-t be making his full debut in a bigger fixture, but he knows the Roar well and is actually looking forward to renewing hostilities with Besart Berisha.
"There is a great rivalry between the Mariners and the Roar. The Grand Final experience of two years ago lives in the blood of all the players, they don-t like to talk about it, but there is a bit of feeling there and this weekend Brisbane will come here with high hopes of getting three points.
Of course with Berisha back, the Roar have looked more dangerous, and he promptly netted against Sydney FC last week, Anderson though remains unconcerned, insisting the secret is to watch him closely.
"He-s a tough player, but he-s also one of my favourite players to play against, he is unpredictable and hangs off your shoulder and is always trying to get in behind you. I really enjoy rhe personal battles against Berisha.
With all the hoopla surrounding David Beckham and the Mariners alleged bid for him it-s easy to forget one more youngster on Graham Arnold-s production line is getting a big opportunity this weekend, but Anderson himself doesn-t mind one bit.


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What was the actual story of Nanavati's case?
In recent years, nanavati case got limelight when akshay kumar performed the role of nanavati in his movie 'Rustom'. The movie has proven a big hit on box office and people started to talk about the nanavati case. Later on, a series on this case was also streamed on ALT Balaji and ZEE, in which Manav Kaul performed the role of Nanavati. The series had much to show than the movie and it was near to the actual story in comparison to the story of movie.
But still, movies are not able to show the actual story, reason being obvious that they have also keep in mind the production value and profit from the movie.
The actual story obviously was those facts which were stated in the Trials and then in the appeal to High Courts and Supreme Courts.
So we are quoting those facts from the actual case of K.M.Nanavati.
The real story of nanavati case
K.M.Nanavati, at the time of the alleged murder, was second in command of the Indian Naval Ship "Mysore". He married Sylvia in 1949 in the registry office at Portsmouth, England. They have three children by the marriage, a boy aged 9 1/2 years a girl aged 5 1/2 years and another boy aged 3 years. Since the time of marriage, the couple were living at different places having regard to the exigencies of service of Nanavati.
Finally, they shifted to Bombay. In the same city the Ahuja Ahuja was doing business in automobiles and was residing, along with his sister, in a building called "Shreyas" till 1957 and thereafter in another building called "Jivan Jyot" in Setalvad Road.
In the year 1956, Agniks, who were common friends of Nanavatis and Ahujas, introduced Ahuja and his sister to Nanavatis. Ahuja was unmarried and was about 34 years of age at the time of his death, Nanavati, as a Naval Officer, was frequently going away from Bombay in his ship, leaving his wife and children in Bombay.
Gradually, friendship developed between Ahuja and Sylvia, which culminated in illicit intimacy between them.
Nanavati was away with his ship from April 6, 1959, to April 18, 1959. Immediately after returning to Bombay, he and his wife went to Ahmednagar for about three days in the company of his younger brother and his wife. Thereafter, they returned to Bombay and after a few days his brother and his wife left them.
After they had left, the Nanavati noticed that his wife was behaving strangely and was not responsive or affectionate to him. When questioned, she used to evade the issue. At noon on April 27, 1959, when they were sitting in the sitting-room for the lunch to be served, the Nanavati put his arm round his wife affectionately, when she seemed to go tense and unresponsive. After lunch, when he questioned her about her fidelity, she shook her head to indicate that she was unfaithful to him. He guessed that her paramour was Ahuja. As she did not even indicate clearly whether Ahuja would marry her and look after the children, he decided to settle the matter with him. Sylvia pleaded with him not go to Ahuja's house, as he might shoot him.
Thereafter, he drove his wife, two of his children and a neighbour's child in his car to a cinema, dropped them there and promised to come and pick them up at 6 P.M. when the show ended. He then drove his car to his ship, as he wanted to get medicine for his sick dog, he represented to the authorities in the ship, that he wanted to draw a revolver and six rounds from the stores of the ship as he was going to drive alone to Ahmednagar by night, though the real purpose was to shoot himself.
On receiving the revolver and six cartridges, and put it inside a brown envelope. Then he drove his car to Ahuja's office, and not finding him there, he drove to Ahuja's flat, rang the doorbell, and, when it was opened by a servant, walked to Ahuja's bed-room, went into the bed-room and shut the door behind him. He also carried with him the envelope containing the revolver.
Nanavati saw Ahuja inside the bed-room, called him a filthy swine and asked him whether he would marry Sylvia and look after the children. Ahuja retorted, "Am I to marry every woman I sleep with?" The Nanavati became enraged, put the envelope containing the revolver on a cabinet nearby, and threatened to thrash the Ahuja. The Ahuja made a sudden move to grasp at the envelope, when the Nanavati whipped out his revolver and told him to get back. A struggle ensued between the two and during that struggle two shots went off accidentally and hit Ahuja resulting in his death. After the shooting the Nanavati went back to his car and drove it to the police station where he surrendered himself.
However, prosecution case was slightly different on the event of murder or so-called scuffle.
On April 27, 1959, Sylvia confessed to Nanavati of her illicit intimacy with Ahuja. Enraged at the conduct of Ahuja, Nanavati went to his ship, took from the stores of the ship a semi- automatic revolver and six cartridges on a false pretext, loaded the same, went to the flat of Ahuja entered his bed-room and shot him dead. Thereafter, the Nanavati surrendered himself to the police. He was put under arrest and in due course he was committed to the Sessions for facing a charge under s. 302 of the Indian Penal Code.
K.M.Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra (1961)
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Commitment is a rather complicated subject, although in essence, quite simple.
Commitment, for example, is when I set up this blog and figured I would be posting regularly. But, (insert excuse) life happens, and even though I sank a few dollars into it, it was not enough to seriously commit to writing regularly.
However, my life has been full of other commitments lately. My son got diagnosed with high functioning autism (HFA), and after the initial shock and disbelief, came the commitment to make sure I do everything in my power to equip him with all the tools to manage his autism.
Since the last post, a lot has happened in my life. I got divorced from my son's father – a rather tough decision, since I do believe marriage is a life long commitment. Talk about breaking commitment. On the other hand, I found love again with a boyfriend (with whom I have a rather long history) who accepts me as I am. We got engaged and married in June. Commitment!
I also bought a little house that needed more repairs than meet the eye, and through the stresses of it all, I committed myself to a 30 year mortgage and making it the best possible home I can. I'm still working on that one.
I also decided, right around new year, that I would write daily, for the love of writing, to get used to expressing ideas on paper… That lasted a whole 5 days, and none of it made it to my blog.
However, one special kind of commitment I have taken quite seriously is my mental health recovery. Oh yes, there have been moments on which I just want to throw the towel, but it's been around 5 years since I started this recovery journey, and I must say I'm glad I have stayed committed, in spite of days of despair and desperation.
This is why I think commitment can be very complex. Oftentimes, you commit to an idea, to a promise that may not work as you expect. And then commitment comes crumbling down.
When I first committed to my recovery, my attitude was quite hopeful and naively remarkable. I thought I could beat depression in 8 weeks if I just put my mind to it. And for about 2 years I rarely missed appointments, groups, therapy, medication regimens, followed diets, etc. It was almost an obsession. Then one day, reality sank in. I was 2 years into a recovery treatment, and while I had made some strides, I hadn't beat depression or PTSD or psychosis or fibromyalgia and to top it off, my migraines were becoming more frequent, more severe, and quite disabling. My son's father, who at the time was my husband, started questioning whether I would ever get any better… And so did I.
My marriage fell apart (for a myriad of reasons) and had to start over. This was at the very least overwhelming, if not downright maddening. And I questioned commitment… Including my commitment to recovery, but I stuck by it. I knew I wasn't getting the results I expected, but I was getting results.
Three years later, my life is better. Yes, I still struggle with all the aforementioned health issues but I have learned to manage.
And this is something I want to share with you. When you commit to recovering, you will recover. It might take you less time, or it might take you longer… (I'm still on the journey) but you will achieve results. I guarantee it because if you take care of yourself, nobody knows you better than you.


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Q: Firefox Addons: Hidden  in XUL Overlay? I'm trying to load and manipulate a hidden <browser /> tag in my overlay (part of my addon's functionality) in my Firefox Addon. But, I can't access any of the elements I add in my overlay from document.
For example, this isn't working:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="chrome://foxy_bucks/skin/overlay.css" type="text/css"?>
<!DOCTYPE overlay SYSTEM "chrome://foxy_bucks/locale/overlay.dtd">
<overlay id="foxy_bucks-overlay" xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul">
    <browser id="bContainer" src="http://google.com/"></browser>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        window.addEventListener("load", function(){
            alert(document.bContainer.src);
        }, false);
    </script>
</overlay>

Could someone point me into the right direction?

A: Overlays always have to extend an existing element. If you have a tag at the top level of an overlay with an ID that doesn't yet exist in the document then this element is simply ignored (<script> tags being a noteworthy exception from the rule). This happens in your case, the ID bContainer doesn't exist in the document you are overlaying so your <browser> tag is simply ignored. This mechanism allows for example having content for the Firefox and SeaMonkey Tools menu in the same overlay - this menu has a different ID in Firefox and SeaMonkey so the section overlaying the SeaMonkey menu is simply ignored in Firefox and vice versa.
If you want to add an element to the document then you need to overlay its root element. For the Firefox browser window it would look like this (note that main-window is the ID of the root element):
<overlay id="foxy_bucks-overlay" xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul">
  <window id="main-window">
    <browser id="bContainer" src="http://google.com/"></browser>
  </window>
  ...
</overlay>

A side-note: to access an element by its ID you need to use document.getElementById():
alert(document.getElementById("bContainer").src);

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Kingsley joined Clairvest in 2018 and participates in all areas of the investment process. Prior to Clairvest, Kingsley was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company where he led projects in private equity due diligence, and strategy and operations serving clients in the US, Canada and internationally. Kingsley started his career working as an engineer in the electric utility, and oil and gas industries where he earned his P.Eng. designation. Kingsley holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.Eng. from Memorial University of Newfoundland.


Have you ever wanted to take participation in Instagram challenge? In this game you need to help two group of completely different girls to win the challenge. First, take care of monster girls and customize them all separately, then switch to princesses and do the same thing. Take photos and see who wins.


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Norwich City boss Chris Hughton set to pursue European targets
David Cuffley
Norwich City will cast their net abroad in the search for fresh signings under their new boss, according to club chairman Alan Bowkett.
Bowkett said the appointment of Chris Hughton as manager and the return of Ewan Chester as chief scout would help the Canaries step up their overseas pursuit of players.
'I think we need to think a little more internationally now, and with Chris's background we will be able to do that,' said Bowkett.
'I am delighted that Ewan is joining us again, who was a great advocate of young talent when he was with Paul Lambert previously and we would expect to cast our net out a little wider than heretofore.
'We have picked the low-hanging fruit, and I think Paul recognised that as well and, to be fair to him, he was preparing to look at wider horizons as well.'
Hughton brought Ivory Coast international Cheick Tiot� and French star Hatem Ben Arfa into Newcastle's Premier League squad before his shock dismissal in 2010.
But the new manager says the process of strengthening City's squad 'won't be instant'.
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'At this moment it is a period of assessing because it's all happened very, very quickly,' said Hughton.
'I'm happy to be here, happy with the squad that's here and I'm happy to assess what we've got here over the next few days and make the decisions every manager has to make at this time of year.
'On any decisions or areas I feel I need to strengthen I will have my own thoughts, but it's also about learning about the squad and sometimes you can be surprised. It's a different voice that's coming in, a different look. But I know what they have achieved over the last few seasons and I know the strengths they have and it will be my job over a period of time, to assess what I've got, where we can strengthen the squad and that means the ability to bring in players in the right areas, but that's something that has to be done over a period of time.'


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// Copyright 2016 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

#include "ash/autoclick/mus/autoclick_application.h"

#include "ash/public/cpp/shell_window_ids.h"
#include "base/macros.h"
#include "base/memory/ptr_util.h"
#include "base/strings/utf_string_conversions.h"
#include "services/service_manager/public/cpp/connector.h"
#include "services/service_manager/public/cpp/service_context.h"
#include "services/ui/public/cpp/property_type_converters.h"
#include "services/ui/public/interfaces/window_manager_constants.mojom.h"
#include "ui/aura/mus/property_converter.h"
#include "ui/base/ui_base_types.h"
#include "ui/views/mus/aura_init.h"
#include "ui/views/mus/mus_client.h"
#include "ui/views/mus/pointer_watcher_event_router.h"
#include "ui/views/pointer_watcher.h"
#include "ui/views/widget/widget.h"
#include "ui/views/widget/widget_delegate.h"

namespace ash {
namespace autoclick {

// The default wait time between last mouse movement and sending
// the autoclick.
const int kDefaultAutoclickDelayMs = 1000;

// AutoclickUI handles events to the autoclick app.
class AutoclickUI : public views::WidgetDelegateView,
                    public views::PointerWatcher {
 public:
  explicit AutoclickUI(AutoclickControllerCommon* autoclick_controller_common)
      : autoclick_controller_common_(autoclick_controller_common) {
    views::MusClient::Get()->pointer_watcher_event_router()->AddPointerWatcher(
        this, true /* want_moves */);
  }
  ~AutoclickUI() override {
    views::MusClient::Get()
        ->pointer_watcher_event_router()
        ->RemovePointerWatcher(this);
  }

 private:
  // Overridden from views::WidgetDelegate:
  base::string16 GetWindowTitle() const override {
    // TODO(beng): use resources.
    return base::ASCIIToUTF16("Autoclick");
  }

  // Overridden from views::PointerWatcher:
  void OnPointerEventObserved(const ui::PointerEvent& event,
                              const gfx::Point& location_in_screen,
                              views::Widget* target) override {
    // AutoclickControllerCommon won't work correctly with a target.
    DCHECK(!event.target());
    if (event.IsTouchPointerEvent()) {
      autoclick_controller_common_->CancelAutoclick();
    } else if (event.IsMousePointerEvent()) {
      if (event.type() == ui::ET_POINTER_WHEEL_CHANGED) {
        autoclick_controller_common_->HandleMouseEvent(
            ui::MouseWheelEvent(event));
      } else {
        ui::MouseEvent mouse_event(event);
        // AutoclickControllerCommon wants screen coordinates when there isn't a
        // target.
        mouse_event.set_location(location_in_screen);
        autoclick_controller_common_->HandleMouseEvent(mouse_event);
      }
    }
  }

  AutoclickControllerCommon* autoclick_controller_common_;

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(AutoclickUI);
};

AutoclickApplication::AutoclickApplication()
    : launchable_binding_(this), autoclick_binding_(this) {}

AutoclickApplication::~AutoclickApplication() {}

void AutoclickApplication::OnStart() {
  aura_init_ = base::MakeUnique<views::AuraInit>(
      context()->connector(), context()->identity(), "views_mus_resources.pak",
      std::string(), nullptr, views::AuraInit::Mode::AURA_MUS);
  autoclick_controller_common_.reset(new AutoclickControllerCommon(
      base::TimeDelta::FromMilliseconds(kDefaultAutoclickDelayMs), this));
}

bool AutoclickApplication::OnConnect(
    const service_manager::ServiceInfo& remote_info,
    service_manager::InterfaceRegistry* registry) {
  registry->AddInterface<mash::mojom::Launchable>(this);
  registry->AddInterface<mojom::AutoclickController>(this);
  return true;
}

void AutoclickApplication::Launch(uint32_t what, mash::mojom::LaunchMode how) {
  if (!widget_) {
    widget_.reset(new views::Widget);
    views::Widget::InitParams params(
        views::Widget::InitParams::TYPE_WINDOW_FRAMELESS);
    params.opacity = views::Widget::InitParams::TRANSLUCENT_WINDOW;
    params.ownership = views::Widget::InitParams::WIDGET_OWNS_NATIVE_WIDGET;
    params.activatable = views::Widget::InitParams::ACTIVATABLE_NO;
    params.accept_events = false;
    params.delegate = new AutoclickUI(autoclick_controller_common_.get());

    params.mus_properties[ui::mojom::WindowManager::kContainerId_InitProperty] =
        mojo::ConvertTo<std::vector<uint8_t>>(
            ash::kShellWindowId_OverlayContainer);
    params.show_state = ui::SHOW_STATE_FULLSCREEN;
    widget_->Init(params);
  } else {
    widget_->Close();
    base::MessageLoop::current()->QuitWhenIdle();
  }
}

void AutoclickApplication::SetAutoclickDelay(uint32_t delay_in_milliseconds) {
  autoclick_controller_common_->SetAutoclickDelay(
      base::TimeDelta::FromMilliseconds(delay_in_milliseconds));
}

void AutoclickApplication::Create(
    const service_manager::Identity& remote_identity,
    mash::mojom::LaunchableRequest request) {
  launchable_binding_.Close();
  launchable_binding_.Bind(std::move(request));
}

void AutoclickApplication::Create(
    const service_manager::Identity& remote_identity,
    mojom::AutoclickControllerRequest request) {
  autoclick_binding_.Close();
  autoclick_binding_.Bind(std::move(request));
}

views::Widget* AutoclickApplication::CreateAutoclickRingWidget(
    const gfx::Point& event_location) {
  return widget_.get();
}

void AutoclickApplication::UpdateAutoclickRingWidget(
    views::Widget* widget,
    const gfx::Point& event_location) {
  // Not used in mus.
}

void AutoclickApplication::DoAutoclick(const gfx::Point& event_location,
                                       const int mouse_event_flags) {
  // TODO(riajiang): Currently not working. Need to know how to generate events
  // in mus world (crbug.com/628665).
}

void AutoclickApplication::OnAutoclickCanceled() {
  // Not used in mus.
}

}  // namespace autoclick
}  // namespace ash


Most investigations of driving records in the state of Alabama involve the Alabama Department of Public Safety. This is the official agency in Alabama that administrates the records for license plate registration, DMV records, drivers license records, and other driving related records.
Be aware that Alabama driving records including license plate records are legally protected and are generally viewable only by the person whose record is being viewed as well as attorneys, governments, legal authorities, and anyone with a warrant. There is usually a fee to access the information as well and in most cases they will take credit cards as well as other forms of payment.
Another resource for researching Alabama license plate records is the Alabama Motor Vehicles Division. This is the agency in Alabama that manages driving records as well as registrations, licenses, and more.
Another Department in Alabama that deals with driving related records is the Alabama Department of Transportation. As with the other government agency departments in Alabama, the Department of Transportation is tasked with the administration of driving related records among other things.
You can contact the Alabama Department of Transportation at 256 582-2254 and their address is 1409 Coliseum Boulevard in Montgomery, AL. Their online address is dot.state.al.us.
The website for the Alabama DMV provides basic and crucial information that is beneficial for drivers and vital statistics for those who need to acquire important documents. The website itself is easy to navigate and has numerous services that are available to you right at the comfort of your own home.
The services that are provided to you through this website are remarkable. As well as very easy to understand and navigate. Like most websites there is a section for general information about office locations, hours and contact information for near your residence. When you first enter the website, you will see many options that are rather self explanatory so you can quickly navigate to what you are initially looking for. If you are a driver then you have the ability to get information on how to renew or replace your drivers license and if you are a new driver you can make an appointment right on the website to get your learner's permit and take your required tests. Again if you are a new driver and have not taken your written test then there are practice test and handbook that you can get from the website to help you along the way.
There is a section for vehicle owners who want to obtain car titles or register their newly purchased vehicle. You have the option to change information like your address and name right from the DMV website so you do not have to go all the way to a ground location.
Another key thing that is available to you is access to your driving and criminal records. Alongside this you can find information on how to get a birth or marriage certificate. You have the option to apply for both from this site.
There is so much more content that is shown on the Alabama DMV website. As you go through the website you will find a great amount of information on how to get plates and tags for your car(s) and exact pricing for each service that is provided by the department of motor vehicles. Extra information is also there to assist you in understanding car insurance and tips for buying your first car. Forms are also uploaded for you to print depending on what application you specifically need. No information is unsaid on this website so you wouldn't even need to call in.


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![split button with secondary styling](./img/secondary-split-button.png)

 We've added a split button variant that has secondary button styling for use in situations where you want a split button with button styling for more consistency with other actions on a page.

### [Description list card variant](https://www.patternfly.org/v4/components/description-list#card-variants)

![description list card variant](./img/description-list-card.png)

Introduces a new variant of the description list that makes items look like a dashboard card but retain description list semantics.

### [Tree view with selectable parent nodes](https://www.patternfly.org/v4/components/tree-view#with-separate-selection-and-expansion)

![tree with selectable parent node](./img/tree-selectable-parents.png)

Parent nodes in a tree view can now have select actions (e.g. for navigation) associated with them as well as being used to expand or collapse the node.

### [Tabs with overflow](https://www.patternfly.org/v4/components/tabs#horizontal-overflow)

![horizontal tabs with overflow](./img/tabs-with-overflow.png)

If there are too many horizontal tabs to fit within the width of a container, we now support the ability to hide overflowing tabs in a dropdown menu that is opened from the last tab.

### [Responsive progress stepper](https://www.patternfly.org/v4/components/progress-stepper)

Our progress stepper can now change from a horizontal to vertical orientation as the width of the viewport is reduced.

### [Height breakpoint support for sticky sections](https://www.patternfly.org/v4/components/page/react-demos#sticky-section-breadcrumb-with-breakpoints)

We now support breakpoints based on the viewport height as well as width. This will allow sticky page section behavior to be modified when the viewport is shrunk below a certain height, allowing sticky page sections to scroll.

See the [latest release notes](https://www.patternfly.org/v4/developer-resources/release-notes) for a more detailed list of changes.

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## What we're working on...

### 2022.11 (August 26)

* [Truncation/disclosure box with inline "show more/less" action](https://github.com/patternfly/patternfly-react/issues/7780) - will create the ability to truncate a block of text and allow the user to display the full content upon clicking "Show more."

* [Timestamp component](https://github.com/patternfly/patternfly-react/issues/7729) - will add a new component to convert a raw time value into a formatted string for displaying to the user.

* [Number input with status icon](https://github.com/patternfly/patternfly-react/issues/7730) - adds a new variant of the Number input component that allows a status icon to be placed in the input field.

### 2022.12 (September 16)

* [Search input - expandable masthead variant](https://github.com/patternfly/patternfly-react/issues/7380) - adding a variant of the search input that can be used in the masthead and expanded or collapsed inline with other elements.

* [Checkbox - add ability to indicate they are required](https://github.com/patternfly/patternfly-react/issues/7830) - want to add the ability to add the required indicator (red asterisk) to a checkbox label. This is useful when the user must acknowledge certain information (e.g. terms and conditions) before proceeding.

For a complete roadmap showing all items planned in future releases, see our [PatternFly Feature Roadmap](https://github.com/orgs/patternfly/projects/4?fullscreen=true) project board.


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Malawi Cashgate Convict Treza Senzani has been confirmed deed
Former Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Treza Namathanga Senzani dead.
She died on Dec. 12, 2016 at Mwaiwathu Hospital in Blantyre, according to reports. Family members are yet to make a statement on this issue.
She was jailed in 2014 sentenced to three years and nine months imprisonment on offences of money laundering and theft respectively.
She was however let out of prison in October this year having portrayed a 'good character' when she was behind the bars. Her jail term was slated to end October 6, 2017.She had pleaded guilty to stealing around $150,000 (63 million kwacha) from state coffers, part of a broader swindle worth at least $30 million and was convicted on her own guilty plea.She became the first convict sentenced out of the more than 50 people arrested in connection with the fracas.


Peaches McGee: Paper Box or Origami?
What began as a journey of replicating Martha Stewart projects turned into a passion for creating original works of "art."
Another project, another a) not so great finished product, b) even worse set of directions!
Since I was busy with Peaches McGee's first birthday, I thought I would tackle an easy project: paper boxes. The directions were pretty straightforward (and yes I read through all of them before starting the project), and the picture made it look like I'd have a useful set of cute boxes when I was done.
I started with the first box (there are seven total) which is the smallest. Probably not the smartest thing I've ever done, but the picture in the book (here's a link to it which I can't post due to copyright issues, blah blah blah), didn't appear to be too small. Maybe one in which you could put paperclips or something in it.
Try one earring, and a stud earring at that. The thing is frickin' tiny. And the measurements DO NOT WORK. The lid would not fit onto the box no matter what I did. For a tiny box like that, I went through an entire sheet of 12" x 12" scrapbook paper.
However, I outsmarted that woman. I went online and searched for origami box instructions with a lid and found AWESOME step-by-step instructions (check them out here).
I used these instructions for the next three sizes of boxes and they turned out great!
I then decided to try the instructions for a bigger-sized box since I wouldn't have to use tweezers to fold the paper or a magnifying glass to see what I was doing.
Still lame. While I was able to get the measurements to work, it wasn't sturdy and the lid would not stay on the box.
So here are the pictures which totally glorify the project because of the cool "Hipstamatic" app for the iPhone. I'm just tired of looking at all the other craft blogs and seeing these GORGEOUS photos of their projects and mine looks totally heinous in comparison.
Now, can you tell which one used Martha's directions and which used the origami ones?
p.s. It is very annoying to learn that most (if not every) project in the book that I purchased is online. Thanks Martha. I really love spending $35 (okay, I got it through Amazon for less than that, but it's the price on the back of the book) on something that I can get for free!!!
p.p.s. I also am a little irritated that in the book she calls them "Paper Boxes," but on MarthaStewart.com, they're "Origami Nesting Boxes." According to Wikipedia (which is never wrong) ;), "The goal of this art (Origami) is to transform a flat sheet of material into a finished sculpture through folding and sculpting techniques, and as such the use of cuts or glue are not considered to be origami." YOU CALL FOR GLUE MARTHA, so it is NOT origami.
I am impressed with the boxes. You have much more patience than I do. I would have stopped after the first one and gotten rid of the evidence.
I thought about it Aunt Penny... trust me, I thought about it.
I got the stay-at-home mommy blues and realized that I had a creative bone. After only 2 years, I returned to work. This is my journey that vacillates between flexing my creative muscle and running a non-profit in the commercial equipment finance world.
I was a non-creative, very analytically professional business woman who decided to stay home after having my little girl (hereinafter called 'Peaches McGee'). I realized that there was a creative side to me that I needed to explore and decided to pull a "Julie and Julia"-type experiment and take all of Martha Stewart's projects and recreate them. What I found was that I had my own thoughts, ideas and creativeness. This is my blog that explores that.


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IFAD in the thousand hills of Rwanda: Transforming agriculture into business
A model for successful project implementation
Rural people and mobility: How to respond to opportunities in a changing world
People's movement between rural and urban areas is necessary for stable and vibrant modern economies.
Financing Facility for Remittances Knowledge Products
Since its inception in 2006, IFAD's Financing Facility for Remittances (FFR), has produced a large number of publications and information material with global outreach. This pamphlet aims to provide the reader with a quick overview of each, with a link to the dedicated webpage.
Scaling up in agriculture and rural development
The who, what, where, why and how of Scaling Up.
Transforming rural lives Building a prosperous and sustainable future for all
IFAD's vision of inclusive and sustainable rural transformation fits closely with the ambitions of the 2030 Agenda. We work to create the social and economic conditions that can transform rural areas into places of prosperity and hope, where people can build decent livelihoods. Increasingly, IFAD acts as an assembler of development finance, mobilizing resources from a range of sources to fund projects that empower poor rural people to grow, process and sell more food, increase their incomes and determine the direction of their own lives.
The Smallholder and Agri-SME Finance and Investment Network (SAFIN)
The Smallholder and Agri-SME Finance and Investment Network (SAFIN) is an inclusive partnership of actors working in different parts of the global ecosystem for agricultural and related small and medium enterprise (SME) finance and investment.
Resultados relevantes por cada proyecto
Las organizaciones indígenas parte del IPAF han identificado los resultados más relevantes de sus proyectos.
Indigenous peoples' collective rights to lands, territories and natural resources
Efforts to expand and strengthen indigenous peoples' rights over their lands, territories and natural resources have become crucial to achieving the objectives of poverty reduction, more secure livelihoods, environmental sustainability and the preservation of indigenous cultural value systems. With this aim, over the past decades IFAD has worked together with indigenous peoples and their representing institutions to create enabling environments to secure their access to collective rights over ancestral territories, improve the sustainable management of indigenous lands, regulate the community use of natural resources and reduce conflicts over lands and resources.
Global Forum on Remittances, Investment and Development 2018 Asia-Pacific - Outcomes
A set of specific priorities and actionable outcomes resulted from the GFRID 2018. These are directly linked to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.
The IFAD-GEF Advantage II: Linking smallholders and global environmental benefits
In 2014, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) released a report celebrating achievements through its partnership with the Global Environment Facility (GEF). Since then, the world has been responding to critical environmental and climate challenges.
Farmers' Organizations in Africa
The Support to Farmers' Organizations in Africa Programme (SFOAP): Main phase (2013 - 2018) is a continental programme which strengthens the institutional capacities, policy engagement and engagement of value chains of African farmers' organizations (FOs). The programme supports the 5 regional networks of African FOs (EAFF, PROPAC, ROPPA, SACAU and UMNAGRI), their members at national level, and the pan-African FO (PAFO).
International Day of Family Remittances Brochure - Endorsements in 2018
On 12 June 2018, the United Nations General Assembly formally adopted the International Day of Family Remittances as a universally recognized observance. New partners and supporters from private and civil society sectors have endorsed the Day 2018.
Additional languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
Preparing Rural Communities to Cope with Climate Change through South-South and Triangular Cooperation – post-seminar brochure
In March 2018, IFAD and the Government of Pakistan organized a one-day seminar entitled "Preparing Rural Communities to Cope with Climate Change through South-South and Triangular Cooperation".
The Business Advantage: Mobilizing private sector-led climate actions in agriculture
With private contributions becoming increasingly pivotal to global climate finance, it is evident that scaling up and channeling private capital is crucial in meeting the goal of achieving the Paris Agreement and limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial level.
The Smallholder and Agri-SME Finance and Investment Network: Vision, Activity Lines, Commitments and Governance (2018-2020)
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This is a little black dress with a difference! The bright tattoo style sugar skull back will rock up your look, adding smokin' hot alternative edge. From the front, this is a beautifully fitted skater dress that comes in at the waist and flares playfully around mid-thigh. Team this dress with some cool jewellery and killer heels for a wicked party look. Reinvent the little black dress with this fun sugar skull skater back dress!
Style advice: True to size, cut close to body.


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Bristol Live
Bristol Live: Breaking news, traffic and travel on Friday, July 14
If it's happening in the city, you'll hear it here, first
Natasha Davies
Welcome to the rolling news live blog where you'll find all the latest news and traffic, travel, sport and weather updates for Bristol and the West on Friday, July 14.
If it's happening in the city, you'll hear it here first.
If it's happening in the wider world and we think you'll be interested, this is where you will find it.
A4174 Avon Ring Road Bromley Heath viaduct roadworks – everything you need to know
We will keep you up to date on all you need to know.
We're hoping you can be our eyes and ears in your own communities so if you spot something going on you can tweet our live blogs editor Natasha Davies @natashabdavies, call us on 0117 934 3237 or email bristolpostnews@localworld.co.uk
Patchway man charged with Burnham-on-Sea murder 16:22
Could Jacob Rees-Mogg be the next Prime Minister? The bookies think so
The odds on the North East Somerset MP becoming Conservative leader have just been slashed- he is being hailed as the right-wing darling of social media, but is having 30,000 Instagram followers enough to become Tory leader?
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/could-jacob-rees-mogg-next-202678
Future is 'uncertain' for Stokes Croft Hamilton House and the Canteen say tenants
Building owners have served notice to managers Coexist to return vacant possession of the building, home to some 200 organisations, in five week's time.
Bristol pub landlord takes on corporate giant Enterprise Inns in battle to keep Gloucester Road independent
A Bristol pub landlord has launched a legal battle against a giant of the pub world, in a bid to keep Gloucester Road independent.
The Prince of Wales pub is due to be taken over by a division of owner Enterprise Inns.
But Anna Gorman, who has been running the Gloucester Road pub for the past 15 years, is determined to keep hold of the iconic pub and has launched a legal battle against them.
Police seek man in connection with domestic abuse
Bristol City Council to consider lowering voting age to 16
Councillors in Bristol are appealing to the Mayor to support a motion to lower the voting age to 16 and 17-year-olds in local council elections.
Led by Ashley councillor Jude English, several councillors will put forward a motion calling for Marvin Rees to lobby the government to change voting legislation.
The current voting age for UK general elections and local elections in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is 18.
Mystery as signs asking 'Why are we [here]' appear around Bristol
Mystery signs asking the deepest of questions have begun appearing around Bristol.
The black and white signs are leaving commuters bemused as they are asked 'why are we [here]' on their daily commute.
That sign has been spotted near the advertising boards on Bath Road, by the Paintworks, and also stencilled onto the pavement on Whiteladies Road. Meanwhile those passing the Clifton Triangle are being asked 'are you [here]'.
Why are we [here] stencil on Whiteladies Road
Bad news if you're using the M5
There are long delays on the M5 southbound this afternoon.
Here's how it's looking near junction 17 for Cribbs Causeway.
This is how the M5 looks right now
Patchway man charged with Burnham-on-Sea murder
Police have charged two men with the murder of Joseph Pearce, the man who was stabbed to death in Burnham-on-Sea.
Joseph, 40, died at a property on Churchill Close at 11.56pm on Monday, July 10.
Police launched a murder investigation after a Home Office pathologist concluded he died from a single stab wound.
Joseph Pearce, 40, was found stabbed to death in Burnham-on-Sea
Road works and closures
Here is the council map of all the current and planned road closures in Bristol.
Take a look at the council's interactive map for more information.
All the current and planned roadworks in Bristol
Suspected drug dealer drove on pavement to flee police then abandoned car
A man who made off from police has been arrested at his Hartcliffe home.
The driver of a black Volkswagen Golf that made off from drugs operation officers was arrested on Friday morning.
The 29-year-old was arrested at his home in Sampsons Road on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs, failing to stop for police and dangerous driving.
Avon and Somerset Police officers saw him carry out a suspected drug deal on Newland Road, before he drove off and mounted a pavement to escape. The car was later seized after being abandoned in Withywood.
Also arrested as part of the same operation was a 34-year-old man from Chaundey Grove, Hartcliffe, for possession with intent to supply. Officers saw him carry out a number of suspected deals from his car which was stopped on Gatehouse Way.
A large plastic bottle containing more than 20 deal bags of cannabis was seized.
Neighbourhood beat manager PC Richard Jeffery said:
We're working hard to keep the pressure up on dealers in the area – local people rightly don't want it happening in their area, nor the crime associated with it.
Please keep the information coming. Anyone with information about people they believe to be dealing drugs should report their suspicions to the police on the non-emergency number 101.
M4 slow - because it's Friday
We've got very slow traffic on the M4 Westbound between J19 M32 (Bristol) and J21 M48.
It looks to be Friday afternoon traffic on the move.
At least it's nearly the weekend!
Watch M4 protest
Lots of residents have turned out for a meeting to discuss a new M4 junction.
You can watch what's happening below:
We're live from Pucklechurch M4 protest
We're live from a protest in Pucklechurch as residents object to proposals for a new M4 junction.
You can watch it on our Facebook here.
M5 very slow
There's stop-start traffic on M5 Southbound between J15 M4 (Almondsbury Interchange) and J21 A370 / B3440 (Weston-super-mare).
Travel time is 30 minutes.
This looks to be Friday afternoon and holiday traffic on the move, it does pick up in places.
Police on their way to drugs raid find £30k stolen digger in back of lorry
Police on their way to a drugs raid were side-tracked after finding a stolen digger in the back of a lorry.
Officers from the Road Policing Unit who were due to support a drugs raid in South Bristol failed to turn up after finding a stolen digger in the back of a lorry.
The stolen £30k digger was in the back of a lorry on false plates.
The stolen digger inside a lorry found in Bishopsworth (Image: Avon and Somerset Police)
Reports of crash in Weston-super-Mare
we are getting reports of slow traffic due to an accident on the A370 Station Road near Graham Road (Petrol Station).
How are the roads this lunchtime?
It's Friday which means the traffic is bound to get worse as the day goes on. Here's how things are looking at the moment:
There's the usual slow traffic on Bath Road inbound near Brislington Park and Ride.
Heavy traffic on Church Road in Redfield.
Heavy traffic on Fishponds Road near Fishponds Park.
Very slow traffic on Wells Road near the Broadwalk Shopping Centre.
Usual congestion on Whiteladies Road near Clifton Down train station.
Park Street is looking slow near College Green.
Rupert Street heading towards the Cenotaph in the city centre is slow.
Primary school teacher used online chatroom which live-streamed rape of child aged 6
An investigation by the National Crime Agency into an online chat room that live-streamed the rape of a six-year-old boy has caught a primary school teacher from Weston-super-Mare.
Wayne Brookes admitted making indecent images of children while using the chat room which live streamed horrific abuse, according to the NCA.
The agency's investigation has seen four men admit offences relating to the online chatroom.
You can read the full story here.
Bristol's 5 most dangerous streets as revealed by latest police crime stats
The latest police figures have revealed the most dangerous areas of Bristol's city centre after more than 400 crimes were committed there in the space of a month.
Many of the crimes recorded are related to anti-social behaviour, drugs and burglaries.
The Home Office data gives the precise figures for crime in each area and reveals the most dangerous streets in the city for the month of April 2017.
It's going to be a lovely day today, with the cloud clearing as the morning goes on. Make the most of the sunshine today because tomorrow looks set to be overcast.
Here's the latest forecast from the Met Office.
It will be a dry day with plenty of sunny spells developing across all parts. In the light winds and sunny spells it will feel pleasantly warm. Maximum temperature 20 °C.
Reports of crash in Bishopsworth
We are getting reports of an accident on A38 Bridgwater Road around King's Head Lane.
It happened near South Bristol Crematorium.
Firefighters called to 'deliberate' car fire
Firefighters were called to a 'deliberate' car fire overnight.
One crew from Bedminster were called to Avon Road shortly before 11pm.
A spokeswoman for Avon Fire and Rescue Service said:
At 22.59 one crew from Bedminster was called to a vehicle fire on Avon Road in Bristol.
Firefighters in breathing apparatus used a high pressure hose reel to deal with the fire which is thought to have started deliberately.
How are the roads looking this morning?
There are a few issues, mainly in the usual places.
Here's a summary:
Rupert Street heading towards the Cenotaph in the city centre.
High Street busy but moving in Keynsham.
Church Road is busy but moving in Redfield.
There's heavy traffic on Fishponds Road near Fishponds Park, travel time is four minutes.
Heavy traffic on Park Street near College Green.
Traffic heavier than normal on the M32 and Newfoundland Way heading Southbound into Bristol City Centre, travel time is four minutes.
Problems on the trains
We understand there are delays on trains this morning due to signalling issues.
This is affecting trains coming into Bristol from Frome, via Bath and Keynsham.
It's due to a signal failure earlier this morning at Westbury, affecting all trains coming into Bristol from Bath, Bradford on Avon and Trowbridge.
Welcome to Friday!
Stay with us as we bring you the latest breaking news, traffic and travel, as it happens.


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Hamilton among 1st cities to implement 'health team' under Ontario Health | CBC News Loaded
Hamilton among 1st cities to implement 'health team' under Ontario Health
The 'Hamilton health team' will be among the first 24 teams in the province to serve under the super agency of Ontario Health.
Hamilton is 1 of 24 new health teams across the province
CBC News · Posted: Nov 26, 2019 5:50 PM ET | Last Updated: November 26, 2019
Hamilton has been chosen as one of the first cities to launch its 'health team' under Ontario Health as part of restructuring by the provincial government. (Shutterstock)
Hamilton will be among the first cities in Ontario to undergo the provincial government's major changes to its health system and establish a "Hamilton health team" to deliver care.
The Hamilton health team, the city says, will include representatives from more than 20 health and social services organizations.
Among the organizations involved — which represent areas such as primary care, long-term care, mental health, and Indigenous health — are the Children's Aid Society, Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board, St. Joseph's, McMaster University, city departments, and others.
A full list of the organizations involved is available on the health team's website.
What you need to know about Ontario's new model for health care
Ontario starts merging health agencies, fires 9 LHIN executives
Ontario's Minister of Health Christine Elliott announced Hamilton's acceptance on Tuesday at the David Braley Health Sciences Centre. Hamilton will be one of 24 teams under the new super agency of Ontario Health, which consolidates the province's 14 Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) and six health agencies.
The change, the province said, is to introduce a new way of delivering care to have providers be more connected to patients.
The city echoed this statement, as did the two patient advocates who will co-chair the team — John Fleming and Bernice King.
In the city's media release, Fleming called the team a "remarkable opportunity to redesign and rebuild health care," and improve access for patients, while King noted the potential for patients to address problems in the health care system.
Hamilton's health team submitted its expression of interest to be an "early implementer" of the team model in May 2019, and continued efforts in the fall with a full application and ministry site visit.
Christine Elliott said the health teams, made up of representatives from health organizations across the city, will make a more "seamless experience" for patients. (CBC)
The city said the team will expand on initiatives in progress to address hallway healthcare, including 24/7 navigation and care coordination services for patients and families and increasing access to digital tools, like virtual visits and health records.
The city and province said that the first year of work will focus on the city's three priority populations: adults and children with mental health, addiction concerns and older adults with multiple chronic conditions.
Ford government restructuring Ontario's health ministry
'Extremely concerned': Protesters decry Ontario health-care cuts, changes
No further details on how the team will function have been revealed. In the province's release, Elliott said that patients would benefit from a "seamless experience" where providers work directly with each other.
"The Hamilton Ontario health team will play an essential role in delivering on our commitment to end hallway health care and building a connected and sustainable public health care system centred around the needs of patients," she said.
In an emailed statement, MPP for Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas Sandy Shaw, cautioned that the changes won't necessarily mean that everything will run more smoothly.
"People wait hours in overcrowded ERs, and the wait lists for long-term care have been ballooning. But Doug Ford's health care changes take things from bad to worse," she said. "The creation of the new, massive health regions and a central super bureaucracy is siphoning money away from patient care — even while Ford is under funding health care. That's a recipe for the hallway medicine crisis to get worse."
The city noted that at this time, there are "no immediate changes or impacts for patients or healthcare providers."
Mississauga is the only other Ontario health team that has been announced to date.


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Obituary: Charles Anthony O'Donnell III, 73, of Monroe
HAN Network
Charles Anthony O'Donnell III, 73, of Monroe, electrical engineer, entrepreneur, business owner, died Jan. 3.
Born Sept. 3, 1942 to Irene and Charles O'Donnell II in New York, N.Y.
Survived by his wife, Maureen Ann O'Donnell, his children, Charles IV and Catherine O'Donnell of Shelton, Eileen O'Donnell and Anthony Skrip of Branford, Daniel and Michelle O'Donnell of Sandy Hook, Michael and Corrie O'Donnell of Fairfield, Francis and Jasmin O'Donnell of Stamford, Patrick and Ming Lun O'Donnell of Black Rock, Casey and Stephanie O'Donnell of Stamford, Irene and Jeffrey Baker of Norwalk, and many grandchildren.
Also predeceased by a sister, Roseanne Ellis, of Allentown, Pa.
Friends are invited to an Irish wake and celebration of Chuck's life on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 3-9 p.m., in his home at 9 Holly Place, Monroe. Services: Thursday, Jan. 7, 10:30 a.m., St. James Church, 2070 Main Street, Stratford.
Flowers may be sent to his home at 9 Holly Place, Monroe, CT, 06468.
William R. McDonald Funeral Home, Stratford.


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Kerala Christmas violence: 50 migrant workers held
On Saturday night, Christmas day celebrations by migrant labourers from the north-east part of India at Kizhakkambalam turned violent, resulting in attack on police.
Kochi: Fifty people were arrested in connection with Christmas day violence in Kizhakkambalam area of Ernakulam district and produced before a magisterial court here, police said on Monday.
On Saturday night, Christmas celebrations by migrant labourers from the north-east part of India at Kizhakkambalam turned violent, leading to several policemen being brutally assaulted, and two police jeeps badly damaged, with one set on fire.
Eight policemen, including a Circle Inspector, were injured in the violence and subsequently, police lodged two cases — one for the assault on the officers which also includes attempt to murder charges and the other for destruction of property — and arrested 50 people in connection with the incident.
It had initially taken 150 people into custody on Sunday morning itself.
Rural SP K Karthik had said that two cases have been lodged in connection with the incident on December 25 night and the investigation was going on to identify all those involved in it, and to collect evidence.
Visuals of the violence, which went viral on social media, showed a large group of people surrounding the police vehicles, climbing on top of them, pelting them with stones, and then thrashing them with sticks.
Subsequently, after the policemen retreated to safety, the workers set fire to one of the vehicles.
Kitex Managing Director Sabu Jacob had later told the media over the phone that "the workers had brutally assaulted the police officers, including a Circle Inspector, who had reached the spot to resolve the arguments between two groups of labourers on Saturday night".
He had said that initially the camp security and the supervisors tried to intervene and resolve the issue, but they, too, were assaulted and thereafter, the police were called.
However, when the police arrived, the "uncontrollable" workers brutally attacked the officers.
Jacob had further said that there was no criminal intent behind what happened and claimed that drugs were brought into the camp and some of the workers were probably under its influence, leading to them becoming "uncontrollable".
He had also said that his company would cooperate with the investigation.
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Tagged: Christmas day violence, Christmas day violence in Kizhakkambalam, christmas violence in ernakulam, Christmas violence in Ernakulam district, Kerala Christmas, Kerala Christmas violence


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Confirmed: My UK Tour with HRVY!
However things have no been taken to exciting new heights with this week's HRVY UK tour – most of which has already been sold out! EEK!
I cannot wait to share more of my music with you all as my music career progresses – I already have songs that i'm waiting to release to the world and cannot wait for you guys to hear them!


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Q: How can I merge identical rows but create a new column for unique values in R or Python? I am looking to go from A to B on the attached image. I am new to coding and data manipulation and I can quite figure it out.

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*Merge the duplicate first name and last name into one row but...

*Create a new column for the unique values.

Can this be done in R or python?
Thanks for your help!

What I tried:
A %>%
  group_by(`Last Name`, `First Name`) %>%
  mutate(c2 = left_join('Course Name', 'Grade', by = c("First Name", "Last Name")))

A: In R, we can use pivot_wider from tidyr:
library(tidyverse)

df %>%
  group_by(Last_Name, First_Name) %>%
  mutate(row = row_number()) %>%
  pivot_wider(names_from = row, values_from = c("Course", "Grade")) %>%
  select(Last_Name, First_Name, ends_with(as.character(1:4)))

Output
  Last_Name First_Name Course_1  Grade_1 Course_2 Grade_2 Course_3  Grade_3 Course_4 Grade_4
  <chr>     <chr>      <chr>       <dbl> <chr>      <dbl> <chr>       <dbl> <chr>      <dbl>
1 Doe       Jane       English 1      90 Math 1        80 Science 1      95 NA            NA
2 Hope      Pray       Spanish 5      30 Latin 5       40 English 5      50 Math 5        60

Data
df <- structure(list(Last_Name = c("Doe", "Doe", "Doe", "Hope", "Hope",
"Hope", "Hope"), First_Name = c("Jane", "Jane", "Jane", "Pray",
"Pray", "Pray", "Pray"), Course = c("English 1", "Math 1", "Science 1",
"Spanish 5", "Latin 5", "English 5", "Math 5"), Grade = c(90,
80, 95, 30, 40, 50, 60)), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA,
-7L))


BRATISLAVA municipal deputies will probably decide over the sale of Kamenné Square, located near the town's centre, on October 24. The possible buyer, British developer Lordship Real Estate, has offered more than €1.758 million. The firm plans to revitalise the square, the TASR newswire reported on October 18.
The town is to sell the land, encompassing an area of 3,600 square metres, without announcing a public competition. The investor wants, together with Tesco, which owns a shop in the square, to restore the space and "fill it with corresponding functions". The existing buildings, including Hotel Kyjev and the shopping centre, should become part of the new image in a thoughtful and sensitive way, according to Bratislava representatives.
The project will not have a negative impact on the quality of the public space and the image of the locality, which is a gateway to Bratislava's downtown. Kamenné Square lacks green space and places to relax, the city's representatives said, as reported by TASR.
The investor plans to announce two competitions: one to determine possibilities for using the space, and the second to revitalise the public space and the nearby streets, TASR wrote.
According to the survey, which Lordship Real Estate carried out in March, up to 70 percent of people who live in the Old Town city borough and 65 percent of inhabitants of other boroughs are dissatisfied with the current image of Kamenné Square. Only about 10 percent say that it is satisfactory and there is no need to change it, as reported by TASR.


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The origin of "Toast"
The exact origins of the celebratory gesture of raising a toast are lost in the mists of time. There is enough evidence to suggest that cultures as old as those we know performed some version of making a toast. Indeed the exact mechanisms also vary from culture to culture and time to time in history; just as much as the world used to accompany the toast can vary from language to language.
Making contact with a shared alcoholic drink, and wishing your fellow drinkers 'good health', 'long life' or celebrating a particular event, such as a marriage, seems inherent in mankind's nature, and why not?
One proposed origin is that the idea of chinking glasses together would inevitably cause some of the contents of your glass to spill into the other person's, and some of theirs into yours. This might mean that were one glass poisoned, then both would become so. However, apart from the obvious possibility that this process would not actually work – particularly if one party was deliberately trying for it not to – and instead might simply cause wasted drink, or stained floors, clothes or beards, there is absolutely no historical evidence to support the idea. The fact that people over that ages have invented, and promulgated, a made-up story is in itself ample evidence that we simply do not know. A shared drink – which would avoid poisoning, is a hallmark of cultures as ancient and longstanding as the indigenous populations of many parts of the world, including Polynesia, where for example in Fiji, the locally produced Cava, a powdery tea-like drink with allegedly hallucinogenic properties, is passed around the group. It is to be hoped that it works, because the substance really does not taste very nice!
In ancient Greece, perhaps the first place in western culture where the record-keeping can be believed as historically accurate, there is evidence of drinking to someone's health. In The Odyssey for example, where Achilles' health is toasted by Ulysses. The Romans similarly placed a great emphasis on drinking to one another's health, indeed to the degree that the Senate once passed a decree that demanded everyone drink to the Emperor Augustus - at every meal. Attila the Hun is described, in Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, as making at least three toasts with every course of a, presumably exceptionally long drawn out, banquet.
The term "Toast" itself is literal. In medieval times, it was simply not acceptable not to use up all food, and this meant finding ingenious uses for, amongst other things, stale bread. Also the origin of re-cooking bread such as French Toast and Bread and Butter Pudding, adding toasted bread to wine, was considered to improve it, as it would absorb excess acidity and bitterness in the way that ageing wine in oak does these days. Adding spice to the toast would further improve the flavour of the wine. In Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, Falstaff demands – "Go fetch me a quart of sack; put a toast in't." The practice of toasting continued in culture and it was traditional for the person being honoured to receive the wine-soaked toast at the end.
Toasting clubs grew up and often became simply excuses for mammoth drinking sessions, and gave rise to drunkenness and lewd behaviour. Toastmasters became popular, and possibly essential, around the eighteenth century. It was probably around this time that the use of actual toast was lost. As well as proposing toasts - their continued role - they acted as referees, to limit people becoming too over-zealous and continually toasting everyone in the room, thus risking becoming inebriated and consuming far too much alcohol, with all the potentials for disaster that entails! Westerners discovering Chinese ganbei (bottom's up - finish the glass!) for the first time, might consider it something of a shame that this role seems not to have developed in China!
Toastmasters are now as much meeting organisers and directors. They need to be good at public speaking, and part of their job remains the refereeing side of things, but the meetings may not involve alcohol or toasts at all these days.
Plenty of drinking games and ceremonies were established around toasting and many of them were proposed and made to honour particular ladies. Indeed for a man to declare his love for someone, he would often cut himself and allow some of his blood into the drink, then raise it to the lady concerned and drink her health. Shakespeare, again, in The Merchant of Venice: "I stabbed my arm to drink her health." Of course, as with all aspects of alcoholic consumptions, the drunkenness of many toasting sessions created a backlash against them and many anti-toasting movements came into being, possibly the embryo of the prohibition movement that eventually caused the outright banning of alcohol in the United States and parts of Scandinavia. The anti-toasting movements were not initially successful in getting the events banned, but they did lead to a more restrained and civilised approach and ultimately to the toasts we make today.
In France, as in many other European countries, the customary greeting when making a toast is "Santé" or 'health', but also used is "Tchin tchin", which actually comes from the Chinese for please please (a legacy of when the French soldiers returned from the opium wars). Cin Cin is also used in Italy, and Chin Chin in Spain, and occasionally Britain, although you have to wonder whether its users are aware of its history. 'Cheers' itself is originally from the Latin for face or look (countenance), and for many people has come to mean that it is bad luck to say this to someone without looking them in the eye at the same time. Most other cultures have words conveying one or other of these sentiments, although the phrase 'bottom's up' in English is obviously reminiscent of ganbei in Chinese, but without quite the obligation to drain the glass every time!


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