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The fog burning off this mid-July morning makes way for a hazy humid day today. The temperature as of 840 AM on July 14, 2013 at the Causeway was 74.9 degrees and the ocean temp was 72.8 with a calm - gentle breeze out of the south. We are beginning to lose daylight as we approach the Fall Equinox 70 days away. By the end of the month sunsets will be before 8 PM. We have plenty of Summer to go! Photo by MLBaron - looking northwest from the causeway.


My life to date has been a series of left turns that have somehow always moved me closer to what it is I enjoy about being alive. I never had a plan other than to follow my instincts. One thing I have always embraced is the collaborative experience with other creative souls. It interests me much more than the solitary act of creation. My interest in photography began when at 9 years old I took a nine week darkroom activity at summer camp in my hometown of Santa Cruz, CA. I remember being utterly fascinated by the whole process. The magic that happened under the safe lights is something I will never forget. When camp was over and I returned to school and found an old Brownie camera of my Dad's and began capturing images of my friends and family. My parents encouraged my interests and soon allowed me to use the family Rolleiflex with which I learned the basics of exposure and aperture settings. Soon I had talked my next door neighbor, Richard, into starting a photo developing and printing company to service our neighborhood. Ri-Mac Photo wasn't a giant success but we did get the dark room built in my parents garage and we had some killer business cards.
On my 12th birthday my parents gave me a Kalimar 35mm fixed focus camera and that same year I persuaded my elementary school to install a B&W darkroom in a rarely used storage room. In high school I upgraded to a 35mm Exacta single-lens reflex and shot pictures for the year book. The summer of 1967 found me in Afghanistan mountain climbing and trying my best to take the perfect "National Geographic" shot. My artistic epiphany came in 1969 when I was an exchange student at an all-black college, Tougaloo in Jackson, Mississippi. When I arrived at the college there was a package waiting for me from my father - a brand new 35mm Pentax single-lens reflex camera. The combination of a good tool, a new experience and probably a little personal maturation started me thinking about using the camera more as tool of artistic expression and less a method of chronicling what was happening around me.
After college I hitchhiked around the country and spent time on various communes in New Mexico and I always had my camera with me. Late one afternoon in 1970 I was hitchhiking outside of Albuquerque and was picked up by the production manager for Crosby, Stills & Nash, Steven Cohen. As it turned out he was heading for Pescadero, CA which was 30 miles from my destination, Santa Cruz. We hit it off immediately and by the time he dropped me at home 3 days later we had formed a tight friendship. He was involved in producing the Big Sur Folk Festival the following weekend and offered me a job as a "runner". I leaped at the opportunity and threw every ounce of my being into it. The result was a 20+ year career in rock 'n roll. My first official job on tour in 1971 was as an assistant truck driver and my last in 1991 was as tour manager for Crosby, Stills & Nash.
I first met Graham Nash one evening in San Francisco when the lead truck driver and I stopped off at Graham's house to pick up his guitars on our way to the bands first performance in Portland, OR. I was a huge fan of Crosby, Stills and Nash and didn't know what to expect. He was instantly and genuinely friendly and gracious. He was having a party that night and I will never forget him taking me around the room and introducing me as "my friend, Mac Holbert". That night I met Joni Mitchell, Arthur Garfunkel, Michael Douglas, Dave Mason and others. But what impressed me more than anything else was what an interesting and truly remarkable human being Graham was. I think both of us knew at that first meeting we were destined to be best of friends.
After that first tour I moved to San Francisco to an apartment next door to Graham's house. Graham house was former 4 story Victorian that four years of remodeling had turned into a work of art. There was a large recording studio, a billiard room, a movie theatre and a high-end darkroom. When we were off the road much of our time was spent in the darkroom experimenting with various "traditional" processes. I remember the night when Graham and I won a bet with some friends visiting from Los Angeles when we created a camera, used it to create a negative and then printed an 8" X 10" B&W print in less than half an hour. The camera was a match box with a pinhole for a lens and we did it all, from no camera to finished print, in 21 minutes!
It was around this time that we began to notice that many of the papers and films we preferred were being discontinued. Graham's refrigerator was quickly being filled up with photographic materials as we bought up as much of the discontinued stock as we could. Luckily for us, the digital revolution was just around the corner.
Hanging with Graham has always been a creative experience. On tour the two of us were prone to avoiding the late night partying in favor of plenty of rest so that our days were available for hitting the local museums, bookstores and galleries. In addition to his passion for photography Graham also had a voracious appetite for fine art prints from M.C. Escher to German Expressionist wood-cuts. We both appreciated how the paper the image was printed could contribute to the aesthetic appreciation of that image. The right combination could enhance an image significantly. "Surface" was something that we both felt was limited in the world of the darkroom.
I had stopped carrying my camera full time when I got involved in rock 'n roll. The all-encompassing nature of my work made it difficult to do both. I still took an occasional shot but I spent much more time looking at images. I learned more about image making in my 20 years on the road than I did in the previous ten years of shooting.
In 1979 I was introduced to computers and my world changes. My job at the time was creating the budgets necessary for a successful musical tour. Everything was done by hand with a pencil, an eraser and a sheet of accounting paper. One thing that was constant in rock 'n roll was change. Everyday things changed. Musicians and crew were added to the tour, vendors fell out, shows were added, shows were cancelled. Any alteration had to be updated by hand over the entire budget. A fellow tour manager, Stephen DePaul, visited my office one day and brought with him an Apple IIe with an upgrade CP/M card that allowed it to run an early spreadsheet program called VisiCalc. This piece of software performed miracles! If you added or subtracted an employee from the tour budget the financial implications of that alteration automatically updated – hotels, salaries, travel expenses, per diem – EVERYTHING! Budgets now were capable of being updated frequently, accurately and easily. One could quickly calculate the cost of adding an extra employee or the implication of adding in a day off. The computer and it's "killer application" fundamentally changed the way we did business! From this point on computers became part of my daily life. New applications became available and began to handle other aspects of running a tour. By 1983 the Tandy TRS 80 Model 100 became standard issue and was used, in conjunction with a private fee-based entertainment network, to communicate with the management, travel agents and agency personnel. Tour updates could be "emailed" and box office figures could be sent electronically to business managers.
My first encounter with digital imaging happened in the Spring of 1985 when I purchased a Thunderscan scanner. This clever device converted a printer into a scanner. By replacing the ink cartridge of an Apple ImageWriter with the Thunderscan module your dot-matrix printer could be temporarily transformed into a high-resolution (for the times) scanner! The device was excruciatingly slow but it created a remarkably high quality scan. I started scanning everything in sight including photographs. Our normally bland itinerary covers now sported humorous takeoffs of Crosby, Stills & Nash as the 3 Stooges or as Los Angeles's famous Pep Boys, Manny, Moe and Jack. It didn't take long for Graham to become curious about how I was capturing and manipulating images. He soon purchased a ThunderScanner of his own and began doing rudimentary scanning and imaging on his own images. By Fall of 1988 Graham had begun to realize the shortcomings of his existing system and he asked me to help him put together a high end scanning and imaging system. I did some research and suggested that he purchase an Apple IIx , a RastorOps 24 bit Color monitor and a Truvel Scanner. It was a very expensive but very cutting edge setup for the time. He immediately began scanning in existing B&W darkroom prints and colorized them using a French software (Graphis?} whose name now escapes me. Soon after we set up his system he acquired a copy of "Digital Darkroom" by Silicon Beach which provided him with unprecedented control over his monochromatic scans. He continued to edit and manipulate his images for several months and then he confronted a problem that he had not foreseen. He had created an image that he felt particularly proud of and wanted me to see it. I was living in Santa Cruz, CA at the time, 350 miles north of Graham's studio in Encino, CA. He called me one evening and expressed great frustration about not being able to share his images with me. He wanted my advice in "getting the image out of the computer". What followed not only solved his problem but became the foundation and the genesis of Nash Editions. That night we discussed various possibilities from photographing the screen to outputting on wax thermal printers. Over the next few months Graham investigated numerous ways of outputting his "trapped" images. Although most of the methods allowed one to see the image, it was not an aesthetic translation. Just when it seemed like nothing was going to work Graham stumbled across JetGraphix at UCLA. JetGraphix had been set up by UCLA professor Mits Kataoka. On one of his trips to Japan he saw a new Fujix printer at the Fuji factory. Fuji later donated three of the machines to UCLA, which formed the basis of JetGraphix. Although JetGraphic was set up as a service bureau for graphics a few artists including Robert Heinecken utilized it's services. The first attempt to print one of Graham's, a portrait of Neil Young was very encouraging. The Fuji process allowed one to print on what appeared to be a fine art paper which was far more aesthetically pleasing than the "slick" stock all the other digital processes required. The dot pattern was coarse and the color gamut was limited but for the first time we were able to partially realize our vision on paper. It was a great step forward and in many ways truly the beginning of Nash Editions.


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And carpets have eyes, or Ian Yushin's Wool Bestiary
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If your childhood coincided with the fashion for carpets, then you probably considered the fancy colored patterns decorating the wall before going to bed. The artist and designer from Kharkov, Yan Yushin, was also among such "contemplators", but unlike others, he did not forget a childhood hobby, but gave him life in his project. Jan finds monsters in carpet ornaments and collects them into the world's only "Carpet Bestiary".
Jan is interested in old Soviet carpets, which can still be found in the vast expanses of the CIS countries. The artist carefully studies the patterns on them and finds strange creatures and monsters. After that, it remains only to transfer them to paper, give them a name and make a description.
Yushin publishes stories of "carpet beasts" on his Instagram, and this summer an artbook was released in which the artist introduces the world to the best of his works.
And it all started a few years ago, one might say, by accident. Yang Yushin himself describes it like this:
But do not think that Jan jumped up at the same moment and started working on a new project. For almost six years, he did not think about carpet monsters, as the idea, in his opinion, was superficial. In addition, Yushin was sure that someone had already done something similar and the secret carpet life would not be interesting to anyone.
The artist remembered about carpets only during the pandemic, when he was forced to sit on self-isolation. Jan tried to find similar projects on the web, but, to his surprise, he did not find any. There was enough free time and he launched his project "Carpet Bestiary".
Jan was looking for the first monsters on the carpets of his grandmother, friends and acquaintances. When the material for the work was over, he and his wife started going to carpet shops, hoping to find inspiration there. But it turned out that modern carpets are unable to shelter strange creatures in their patterned wilds – they were beautiful, but completely lifeless.
Unexpectedly, Yushin's Instagram followers came to his aid. They started sending him photos of their carpets and even ready-made ideas. The work began to boil again and soon there was enough work for a full-fledged artbook. The circulation of a unique book is quite small and this is natural for a unique publication. Each copy of the "Carpet Bestiary" is enclosed in a red velvet cover with embossed and stitched with threads.
The first 100 copies of the artbook were sold out in just a month and now Yan Yushin is preparing for the release of the second edition, already with a circulation of 200 copies. The secret of the high demand for a very unusual book, the author explains simply:
After the release of the artbook, Yan and his wife tried to create author's carpets themselves and they succeeded! The artist, using his extensive experience in working with ornaments, draws sketches, and his wife brings them to life. It turns out very beautiful and mystical things, quite unlike either Soviet or modern carpet products.
Now Jan is thinking about launching his own line of "carpet merch", for example, bright sweatshirts with embroidery. Yushin's work helps him in his work – he is responsible for brand design in one of the major IT companies, and in addition creates posters and covers for musicians. Among his regular customers are Anacondaz, "Leather Deer" and Noize MC.
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The death of Geoffrey Perkins has left a huge gap in the world of British television. He was one of the greatest comedy producers of the last twenty years and his death on Friday in a road accident, at the age of just 55, is a blow that will be felt right across my industry. Geoffrey was the original producer of Father Ted, and later, as head of comedy for the BBC, was responsible for countless hits such as The Fast Show, Catherine Tate, My Family, Coupling and 2 Pints of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps. Before that he worked in radio, where he produced The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He's also credited with creating the hysterical 'Mornington Crescent' game in my favourite radio programme I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue; sometimes, when it comes on the car radio, I can laugh so much I have to pull over for fear of crashing.
Geoffrey's death happened in the same week that both the BBC and ITV announced they were looking for more situation comedy – that is, narrative shows filmed live in front of a studio audience. A few years ago people thought sitcom had lost its sell-by date, overshadowed by the new shaky, single-camera style of such masterpieces as The Office. Studio comedy is notoriously difficult to get right, partly because of the presence of the audience sitting, arms crossed, demanding a great gag every twenty seconds or so. A good sitcom also needs two or three classic moments every episode – that's a lot to ask. Audiences also have to grow to love the characters; perhaps that's why some of our greatest sitcoms, like One Foot In The Grave, have needed two or three series to really take off with viewers. The pool of good British comedy producers is pretty shallow, so imagine how great the loss of a really fine talent will be.
Unlike Geoffrey, who sat immersed in comedy throughout his career, I've been a butterfly in television, flitting between drama, music, entertainment, arts programmes and documentaries. After 30 years of trying, I have no doubt that of all television, comedy is the hardest to nail. I don't know whether I find everything funny, or don't find new work funny enough but, for whatever reason, I've never felt entirely comfortable in the genre.
I've been given plenty of opportunities: I produced a series for the BBC called A Kick Up The Eighties. It was the show that brought Rik Mayall to television as the weird "reporter" Kevin Turvey, dressed in a cheap C&A anorak we bought together in Glasgow; it also discovered Tracey Ullman. I spotted her in a studio theatre play and she auditioned for me, finally getting the job over another newcomer I'd seen in the Cambridge Footlights that year, Emma Thompson. Later I worked with Lenny Henry, David Jason, and even the great Stanley Baxter. I've loved every second of these experiences, but somehow I always felt a bit of an imposter. I'm probably not strong enough to cope with the pressure and the precision. Comedy is a pretty serious business. The audience, both at home and in the studio, can be utterly unforgiving. The difference between funny and dull is often a single word, a split second in timing, or a wrong camera angle. As the producer, you have to worry about every line, every nuance, and at the end of the day, when the script has been printed and the actors rehearsed, all you can do is just wait for that reassuring chuckle or, if you're very lucky, a belly laugh.
To me Perkins, and comedy creators like him, are the gurus of my industry. The ability to predict what other people will find funny is one of the secret magic arts, and one that I've never managed to properly crack. I wish I had half that man's talent.
I was very sorry to hear about the death of Geoffrey Perkins. So often the names behind the shows are the unseen and unsung heroes. You brought us "Kevin Turvey"..I wish we could see repeats of that. Funnily enough I was just telling my husband about good old Kev and he looked at me blankly. He did spend x numbers of years in the desert (i.e. Egypt) so he missed a masterpiece there. Any chance of some reruns?


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A couple of weeks back, I mentioned on my Instagram that I might have a couple of MAC lipstick dupes up my sleeve, and wondered if you wanted to see them. The response was an overwhelming yes! Which I wasn't surprised by - if someone told me that they had a few EXTREMELY close drugstore dupes for some of my favourite lipsticks ever that cost a bomb, I would for sure want to know.
I have a post here on my favourite MAC lipsticks here, if you'd like to read more on some of the colours I own. Honestly, from last count, I have 22 of them! I won't be writing a lot in this post - the swatches and colours will speak for themselves. Obviously they won't all be the exact same - the colour may be slightly off or the finish may be different, but these are all extremely close to the real deal IMO.
Also, some photos are a little blurry/my lip swatches get a little sloppy. I'm sorry about that, but my lips were so sore by the end that I just wanted to get it on to show you and then take it straight off and take comfort in my favourite lip balm. But, I still believe that the colour is true in all of the photos - even if they are a little blurry.
Read on to see some great dupes and alternatives to some of your favourite MAC lipsticks!
And that's it! As I said, they may not be exact but hey - if you can get close without spending $36AU, that's a pretty good deal. I really hope you guys enjoyed this and found some dupes that you can go and use instead of breaking the bank!
Do you have any other MAC dupes you think I should find? Let me know in the comments!
These are scary close, I might have to pick these up! I still don't own a MAC lipstick but I will one day!
I love the way the Wet n Wild Lipsticks look and I will have to pick some up. They look like great quality. Thanks for all the amazing dupes and suggestions!


I was surprised to find that Sports Illustrated had been to Singapore recently. Apparently Singapore is one of the 9 countries chosen for their Swimsuit edition, which has a readership of over 79 million worldwide! I think it's good that Singapore is getting more coverage, even if it's a magazine featuring minimal coverage of the models, heh!!
And is it just me or do you think that the model seems to be awkwardly positioned?


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How can Europe explore further, understand more and prepare better for adverse Space Weather effects?
A special report from international experts, spearheaded by the European Science Foundation's European Space Science Committee, explains the challenges and provides a set of recommendations
Based on two years' continuing assessment of European activities in the realm of Space Weather, the European Space Science Committee (ESSC), an Expert Board on Space Sciences hosted by the European Science Foundation (ESF), presents a set of workable recommendations about how the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Union (EU) and their respective member states can face Space Weather risks and incorporate future activities into a global scheme.
The 11-members international study committee was co-chaired by Hermann Opgenoorth and Robert Wimmer-Schweingruber of the ESSC and included ex-officio advisors of the European Space Agency (Space Situational Awareness Programme / European Space Operations Centre), the European Commission's Directorate - General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, and the European Commission's Joint Research Centre.
Prof. Hermann Opgenoorth explains: "Space weather is one of these areas where scientific knowledge, societal aspects and economic interest are intrinsically linked". Commenting on the output of the report, Prof. Opgenoorth, adds: "From observations, modelling and refined understanding of Solar, heliospheric and geospace plasma processes on one side and user requirements and the definition of the principles of an operational network on the other, our study committee identified actionable recommendations that would strengthen Europe's knowledge and preparedness".
"Space Weather is strongly associated with modern societies. European citizens' daily life depends to a great extent on assets and services that can be impacted by disruptions caused by solar activity", emphasizes Dr. Athena Coustenis, Chair of the ESSC. "I am glad that the European Space Sciences Committee decided to address this important issue and to facilitate the definition of robust recommendations", Dr. Coustenis attests.
Why Space Weather matters
Over the last 10-20 years there has been an ever-increasing international awareness about space weather risks. Simply stated, space weather refers to the environmental conditions in space as influenced by solar activity. Much like normal weather, space weather is dynamic. In extreme events, space weather can be highly disruptive, causing radiation hazards for satellites and health risks for astronauts, problems with electric power grids, orientation problems in satellite and airline operations, interference in radio communication systems (including mobile phones), loss of accuracy of GPS navigation, etc.
With industry, businesses and households heavily reliant on power and communications, a critical question arises: how can we better prepare and coordinate our efforts, so that space weather risks are assessed, foreseen and confronted effectively across Europe?
Space weather effects
Image credit: European Space Agency / Science Office, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
Connecting the dots: six domains requiring coordinated action
Undoubtedly, Space Weather risks constitute a global threat, demanding a global response. At the same time, however, they require tailored regional or trans-regional response and coordinated action. Many individual countries and international organisations, like the United Nations, have begun to increase their activities in preparing for and mitigating effects of adverse Space Weather.
Europe should strive for a consolidated and coordinated approach to meet Space Weather risks and furthermore, to contribute to the on-going global efforts to mitigate Space Weather impacts, argues ESSC in its report. The need for coordination of such efforts applies both in member states level as well as in and among European bodies and organisations, such as the ESA. As such, the ESSC experts have identified six essential and indispensable activities, which urgently require coordination at European level:
Enabling critical science to improve our scientific understanding of Space Weather. Support must be provided for the next generation space missions and the maintenance and augmentation of ageing ground-based infrastructure.
Development and coupling of advanced models by applying a system-science approach which utilises physics-based modelling.
Assessment of risks at national, regional and European levels. This requires close cooperation between decision makers, Space Weather scientists, service providers, and end-users.
Consolidation of European User Requirement on a regular basis, considering regional and societal differences and needs.
Supporting continuous iteration and feedback between Science Weather scientists and candidate organisations for Space Weather services (transition from Research to Operations).
Definition and implementation of an operational network for future Space Weather observations, leading to predictions that will allow us to protect the society's infrastructure.
Given that many countries are developing increasingly sophisticated infrastructure, which at this point can still be better prepared against Space Weather risks, this is a crucial step towards making our modern and technology-reliant society sustainable and resilient.
The full report titled "Assessment and recommendations for a consolidated European approach to Space Weather – as part of a global Space Weather effort"[1] is featured in the Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate (JSWSC) – Agora section, a dedicated place for space weather community. It is available here without charge under a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 licence.
[1] Opgenoorth HJ, Wimmer-Schweingruber RF, Belehaki A, Berghmans D, Hapgood M, et al. 2019. Assessment and recommendations for a consolidated European approach to space weather – as part of a global space weather effort. J. Space Weather Space Clim. 9, A37.
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Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi make history as the first women to lead Senate at US President Joe Biden's first address to Congress (photos)
US Vice President, Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have made history after they shared the stage during President Joe Biden's first joint session to Congress.
On Wednesday, April 28, President Joe Biden delivered his first joint address to Congress, with both Harris and Pelosi sitting behind him throughout his speech.
It was the first time two women have led a joint session of Congress in the United States' nearly 245-year history. In her role as second in command, Harris presides over the Senate, while Pelosi oversees the House of Representatives.
"Madam Speaker, Madam Vice President," Biden said at the start of his speech. "No president has ever said those words from this podium. No president has ever said those words. And it's about time."
Harris, who is also the first Black person and first South Asian person to hold the role, is sitting on the President's right as he delivers remarks. And Pelosi, who became the first woman in her role in 2007, is on the President's left.
White House chief of staff Ron Klain noted the historic nature of the dais seating as he previewed the speech last week.
"For the first time in American history, behind the President when he speaks, will be two women: a woman vice president, and woman speaker of the House. Presidents have been addressing Congress since George Washington did it," Klain said during a conversation with Georgetown University's Institute of Politics and Public Service, adding, "It wasn't until 14 years ago that the first time one of those seats was filled by a woman. So it took a long time to get to that milestone. Fourteen years later, for the first time, there'll be two women behind the President."
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Posted by aquillam in Astronomy, poetry.
If you pay much attention to amateur astronomy, you've undoubtedly heard of comet ISON. Last fall, it was getting press as the "comet of the century", despite the fact that it was still a year from perihelion.
Yesterday on my internet wanderings I came across an article that said ISON is already falling well below predicted brightness values, and I thought of comet Kohoutek, the infamous non-event of 1973.
Today I am looking for a good quote or poem for an activity on finding exoplanets, and I stumbled upon The planets : a cosmic pastoral by Diane Ackerman, which includes "The Other Night (Comet Kohoutek)". It is not what I need, but it needed to be shared. Here is the first stanza.
Posted by aquillam in poetry, writing.
I'm not actually very fond of the smell of Geranium, but I had one on the kitchen windowsill in college, so it is a scent I came to associate with that lull in the day that (hopefully) falls between the end of work/class and the start of evening tasks. I'm pretty sure the armchair enjoys that lull too.
Place your feet between my feet.
Lay your arms along my arms.
Rest your head on my back.
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I think I'll spend my evening after dinner next week looking for poems in my text books. I wonder if it helps if the text in more than a century old.
Also, I wonder if I could turn this into a discussion activity.
H/T to @pfanderson for tweeting this to me.


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Q: window.addEventListener not working properly inside a conditional Need some help with mousemove events within a conditional. I've created a variable to track the current state, and want it to trigger additional mousemove events only when active.
Currently, this is the code I have:
let awake = 0;
    window.addEventListener('click', function(e){
        if (awake === 0){
            //Do something
            awake = 1;
            console.log(awake);
        } else {
            window.addEventListener('mousemove', function(e){
                 //Do something else when awake === 1
        };
    });

Problem is, after the first click, a second additional click is required before the mousemove event will start to trigger. I'm not getting an errors in the console or anything so I'm not quite sure what's the issue.
Thanks!

A: Don't add the listener conditionally. Add it immediately, and check inside it whether awake is on or not.

let awake = 0;
window.addEventListener('mousemove', function(e) {
  if (awake) {
    console.log('movement while awake', Date.now());
  }
});
window.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
  awake = !awake;
  console.log('awake now', awake);
});

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Just found your blog. I am enjoying it! Thank you!
So glad you found the site, Kathy.
Oh, how I wish I could have gone with you! Thank you for sharing your pictures – it's the next best thing.
Thanks, Carole! I hope the opportunity for you to visit presents itself one day.
Thanks for this fascinating "armchair tour" of Wilder's long-time home in Missouri. It's an eye-opener for me, as I never realized she and her husband settled and lived such a long time in southern Missouri. Appreciate your bringing their history to life, Love your photos!
So glad you've enjoyed the tour, D! I didn't know about the long Missouri period until I returned to her books and her life about five years ago. They had so many hard times…it's special to see a place where they lived for so long, and loved so much.
Kathleen, I love all of your posts so much. I have read all of the little house books several times. Have you, perchance, read "A Wilder Rose" by Susan Wittig Albert?
My pleasure, Diana! You're kind. It was moving to see Laura's headstone, and also to see that someone had left a letter or note for her.
Do you have any pictures of the house Almanzo built i think in 1894 the one that burnt from Rose doing something to cause it to burn? fire.
Hi Kenneth – I'm sorry, no, I don't.
My husband and I did get to visit the houses and other buildings in DeSmet South Dakota on our honeymoon in 2008! What a great TRIP we had! It was very interesting to see these places we for years watched on TV! As a child I always wanted to visit this Special place! I would definitely return to see this again!
What a fun thing to do on your honeymoon!


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Q: Data Persistence using shared preferences I am a rookie programmer with this being my first real attempt at coding an app. I am looking to code an app then can be triggered remotely via Bluetooth to send a text message to a preset contact in case of emergency.
However, I am stuck at the use of the package shared preferences, where I'm trying to save the contact data to the app for use during a relaunch. I have followed tutorials and ended up with a code with no critical errors, per Android Studio but the data is still not saved. Please advise accordingly.
import 'package:contact_picker/contact_picker.dart';
import 'package:shared_preferences/shared_preferences.dart';

void main() {
  return runApp(Whican());
}

class Whican extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  _WhicanState createState() => _WhicanState();
}

class _WhicanState extends State<Whican> {
  final ContactPicker _contactPicker = new ContactPicker();
  Contact _contact;
  @override
  void initState() {
    getData();
  }

  getData() async {
    SharedPreferences prefs = await SharedPreferences.getInstance();
    setState(() {
      _contact = prefs.get(_contact.toString());
    });
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
        debugShowCheckedModeBanner: false,
        home: Scaffold(
          appBar: AppBar(
            title: Center(child: const Text('WHICAN APP')),
            backgroundColor: Colors.deepOrangeAccent,
          ),
          drawer: Drawer(
            child: ListView(
              padding: EdgeInsets.zero,
              children: <Widget>[
                DrawerHeader(
                  decoration: BoxDecoration(color: Colors.orangeAccent),
                  child: Text(
                    'Settings',
                    style: TextStyle(
                      color: Colors.white,
                      fontSize: 24,
                    ),
                  ),
                ),
                ListTile(
                  leading: Icon(Icons.message),
                  title: Text('Update Emergency Message'),
                ),
                ListTile(
                  leading: Icon(Icons.contacts),
                  title: Text('Update Emergency Contact'),
                  onTap: () async {
                    Contact contact = await _contactPicker.selectContact();
                    SharedPreferences prefs =
                        await SharedPreferences.getInstance();
                    setState(() {
                      _contact = contact;
                      prefs.setString(_contact.toString(), _contact.toString());
                    });
                    print(contact); //TODO: Remove this
                  },
                ),
                ListTile(
                  leading: Icon(Icons.bluetooth),
                  title: Text('Connect Bluetooth'),
                ),
                ListTile(
                  leading: Icon(Icons.help),
                  title: Text('Help'),
                ),
                ListTile(
                  leading: Icon(Icons.feedback),
                  title: Text('Feedback'),
                ),
              ],
            ),
          ),
          body: Row(children: <Widget>[
            Expanded(
              child: Card(
                color: Colors.orangeAccent,
                child: Container(
                  alignment: Alignment.center,
                  child: Column(
                    children: <Widget>[
                      Icon(
                        Icons.contacts,
                        size: 60.0,
                      ),
                      Text(_contact.toString()),
                    ],
                  ),
                ),
              ),
            ),
          ]),
        ));
  }
}

A: According to my investigation the first problem occurs when getData method inside initState is called. Here your field _contact is always null. So in fact this line of code _contact = prefs.get(_contact.toString()); returns null every time.
Besides you cannot simply save Contact object that way: prefs.setString(_contact.toString(), _contact.toString()); This code will save string value "Instance of 'Contact'" in shared preferences under key "Instance of 'Contact'". If you would like to save Contact object in shared preferences, you could consider converting it to JSON, then saving JSON as string value. Please note this is just one of the possible solutions, maybe you are able to save contact ID or something inside shared preferences and use it to get contact via ContactPicker. However, saving parsed contact code could look like:
Contact contact = await _contactPicker.selectContact();
String contactJson = parseContactToJsonString(contact);
prefs.setString("savedContact", contactJson);

And here is the loading code:
String contactJson = prefs.get("savedContact");
_contact = convertJsonToContact(contactJson);

Of course parseContactToJsonString and convertJsonToContact are methods which you should implement yourself. You could find info about JSON serialization for example here: https://flutter.dev/docs/development/data-and-backend/json


He allegedly tried to smuggle arms into a government-controlled territory.
The head of the Office Corps Centre for Prisoner Release, Volodymyr Ruban, was detained at the Mayorsk checkpoint on the line of contact in Donbas as he was trying to enter the government-controlled territory.According to Deputy Minister for Temporarily Occupied Territories Heorhiy Tuka, an "entire range of arms hidden in furniture" was found in Ruban's car.
Prosecutor-General Yuriy Lutsenko said that his detention was "not by chance".
Army support volunteer Myroslav Hay said that Ruban "appropriated the general's rank and was involved in planting FSB agents disguised as prisoners in Ukraine". "He played a negotiator's role in this," he said.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) banned Ruban from visiting the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic in early March 2017 after he and MP Nadiya Savchenko visited a penal colony in occupied Makiyivka. Ruban then told the press that he went there to negotiate a release of hostages whereas in his formal application for a visit he said he was going to check on his mother-in-law's flat.
On 8 March, Ruban was taken to Mariupol's remand centre.


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The Download/Web Save As permission for the data source. For more information, see Set Permissions on Individual Content Resources.
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HOLDEN CALAIS ZB
"Can a German-built Holden Carry the Commodore Flag?"
The answer, is an emphatic 'NO'. But more of that later, let's get to the good bits.
If the car you see 'On My Drive' was assigned to me as a company car, I would be delighted.
It's a pleasure to sit in, drive, cover the kilometres, and it's practical to boot. Actually, it's a hatchback, but just like the Skoda Superb, it's a cavernous space, so the limo companies will love it.
The new Commodore is quiet, well-mannered, and the control inputs and outcomes are just so responsive and positive. It's a triumph for all the effort expended on the basic Opel Insignia package by the Australian development team.
The interior layout is clean, very well laid-out, with a minimalist touch in terms of the number of buttons and switches.
The instrument pack is a classic layout, well-executed.
The ride is outstanding, the control and drivability is superb, and the handling is not just comfortingly predictable, but truly enjoyable.
From a pricing and value perspective GM-Holden has done well with the model price structure. It's designed to present an excellent value proposition.
By the way, if you're wondering why it only has a three year warranty, well cost-wise, that was a bridge too far. I'm not sure how GM-Holden's internal transfer pricing arrangements work - whether it pays for ZB in US dollars or Euros, but whatever, it's already probably taking a bath on what it pays to import it to Australia.
But, is it a Commodore? Especially because it follows hard on the heels of the locally-built Commodore which is disappearing from view?
Well NO, it's a completely different animal, and herein lies the problem.
When this car was first mooted as the replacement for the Australian-built car, I said that the last thing GM-Holden should do, is call it a Commodore.
It would have made the marketing job far easier if it was badged Holden Insignia, just as it was during a brief sojourn on the Australian market between 2015-16.
The Commodore image is so strong, having been launched in Australia 40 years ago, in 1978. Of course, the early design and development of that car was solely in the hands of the Opel team in Russelsheim, Germany. This 1976 scoop photo (right) of the first Opel Commodore being tested above the Arctic Circle reveals how similar the Holden Commodore was, when it launched two years later.
To make matters worse, GM-Holden was dealt another blow in the presentation of the ZB Commodore, when GM's Chair and CEO Mary Barra offloaded the Opel and Vauxhall companies to France's Groupe PSA.
PSA has now confirmed that the legacy platforms which it inherited, will be phased out quickly, and replaced by cars built using Groupe PSA platforms and powertrains.
This means the brand new, Australian-focussed ZB Commodore is a one-generation car, so if it takes your fancy, buy one now – it'll probably become a collectible!
But, I repeat, as it is now, this new Commodore is a tour-de-force and I defy anyone to not enjoy driving it.
It's different – front wheel drive versus rear wheel drive; transverse four pot versus either a V6 or V8; sedan versus hatchback. However, none of that matters – as the locally-built Commodore was going to disappear, the GM-Holden team has made a hell of a car from Opel's basic recipe.
Yes, the styling looks little different to the European Insignia, apart from various shiny bits and badges; but the real revelation is under the skin. It's lighter, smaller, more economical, just as roomy, and tight as a drum.
But, now to the car 'On My Drive' – the upmarket Calais version.
Holden's pitch for extra profit started back when the HR Holden debuted in 1966, when the company added the 'Premier' version to the range. It was basically identical to every other model except for different trim, shiny bits, Premier badges, and that all-important fatter pricetag.
It was intended to appeal to either the bosses of the business, or those who thought their status in life deserved to be celebrated by a more expensive-looking version of whatever the plebs were driving. As long as cars have been sold, it's been a successful formula to wring a few more percentage points of profit out of the same old thing, albeit with a bit more gloss and glamour.
The 'Premier' became a successful marketing exercise, and each ensuing model change was an important contributor to both sales and profits, that is until the 'highline' Premier morphed into the 'Calais'.
As soon as the ZB Calais arrived home, I couldn't wait to foist it onto some neighbours who were all owners of Calais of varying vintages.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the brand new Calais got the thumbs-down from all of them. They collectively felt that the new car didn't look special, didn't feel special, didn't hold any 'special appeal' and they simply could not see the value which the Calais pricetag commanded.
So, after that I lined up four more neighbours, who all drive varying highline Japanese/German/French sedans. They spent a lot of time analyzing the trim, the fittings, the features, and asking me about performance, powertrain and packaging.
For the GM-Holden suits I'm afraid the answer was, universally, the same.
Actually, I didn't tell any of them it was a Calais, I just told them it was 'a new Commodore' and they thought it was pretty good for the mid-range, high volume model. Some remarked that they'd be keen to see the 'upmarket' version, and when I revealed that this was it – the numbers on the pricetag immediately lost about 40% of their value!
I'm sure the GM-Holden executives, especially its new marketing suit, Mark Harland, already know this. The battle for the company is always how to equip, price and sell the model range-topper for ever-increasing levels of profit.
However, it's my opinion as good as the ZB is, the Calais is definitely NOT special.
I'm not sure what it will take, but most of the attention should be paid to the interior. It's just too plain.
It may be subtle, understated and well built, but there is NOTHING about this car that tells everyone (including the buyers) just WHY they spent the extra dosh.
Still, GM-Holden will only have this car for between 4-5 years, and then the company will have to start all over again - dressing up, and pricing a French-designed range of Holdens! That is, unless Mary Barra ceases her relentless sell-off of GM's far flung empire, and she decides to keep Holden, changing its name to Chevrolet, and bringing in all the new metal from the good old USA.
In my view that would be far more practical, cost-effective, more flexible and most importantly, more profitable – depending on the exchange rate. Regardless of the emotional reaction to the disappearance of the Holden name, it would be a good business decision.
If the Aussie dollar continues the downward slide it's reputedly going to suffer over the next ten years, then Aussies buying Chevys could be a much more profitable exercise for GM - and isn't that's what it's all about.
Oh! What's that? Customers, you ask?
They'll have to suck it up!
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Important tax news – OUG 130/2021
The Emergency Ordinance (OUG) no. 130/2021 regarding some fiscal-budgetary measures, the extension of some deadlines, as well as for the modification and completion of some normative acts was published in the Official Gazette no. 1202 of December 18, 2021.
Please note that the ordinance makes changes in several areas.
It is important to mention that, by OUG 130/2021, the lowering of the limit for employment as a micro-enterprise was not regulated. Initially (in the project) it was foreseen a decrease from 1,000,000 euros to 500,000 euros.
Among the most important, are:
1. Increasing the limit for gifts and non-taxable vouchers:
The value of gifts in cash and / or in kind is increased, including gift vouchers, which employers can offer and be non-taxable, from 150 lei to 300 lei.
The rest of the conditions remain unchanged.
In the case of gifts in cash and / or in kind, including gift vouchers, offered by employers, the income is non-taxable, as long as their value for each person, on each occasion, does not exceed 300 lei:
gifts given to employees, as well as those offered to their minor children, on the occasion of Easter, Christmas and similar holidays of other religious denominations; (ii) gifts given to employees on the occasion of March 8;
gifts given to employees for the benefit of their minor children on the occasion of June 1. (Article 76 (4) (a)
No social contributions are due for them.
These provisions come into force starting with the revenues related to January 2022.
2. Gift vouchers can no longer be given to third parties:
Securities in the form of gift vouchers granted on the basis of nominal records to other categories of beneficiaries are removed from the category of income from other sources according to the provisions of article 15 paragraph (2) of Law no.165 / 2018 on granting securities, with amendments and completions for marketing campaigns, market research, promotion on existing or new markets, for protocol, for advertising and publicity, other than those provided for in Article 76 (3) (h) and (4) (a) of the Fiscal Code .
This exclusion was made in conjunction with the change in the tax treatment applicable to gift vouchers granted to individuals by employers / payers, in order to eliminate the exemption from the payment of compulsory social contributions and include in their calculation the nominal value of gift vouchers granted by to employers / payers, according to the law, in the case of individuals who earn income from salaries or assimilated to salaries, in other situations than those granted on the occasion of Easter, June 1, Christmas and similar holidays of other religious denominations.
3. Application of CASS to pension income exceeding 4,000 lei:
The monthly taxable income from pensions is established by deducting from the pension income the monthly non-taxable amount of 2,000 lei and, as the case may be, the social health insurance contribution due according to the provisions of Title V – Compulsory social contributions.
Currently, the Fiscal Code provides for the possibility of deducting only the amount of 2,000 lei in the context in which pensions are exempt from the contribution to health. By OUG 130/2021, the health contribution is introduced for the pension income that exceeds 4,000 lei.
Also in pensions is eliminated the provision that the payer of pension income is obliged to determine the total value of the annual tax on pension income, for each taxpayer. This was found in Article 101 (11).
They are introduced in the category of income payers at CASS and the National House of Public Pensions, through the territorial pension houses, as well as the sectorial pension houses, for the persons who realize income from pensions and other entities that pay income from pensions.
Individuals who obtain from abroad income from pensions for which the social health insurance contribution is due have the obligation to submit the declaration provided for in Article 122 (Single Declaration), in compliance with the provisions of the applicable European legislation in the field of social security, as well as system agreements. of social security to which Romania is a party. applies starting with the income obtained in 2022.
It is entered in the list of incomes for which there is the obligation to declare the tax withheld at source and for the incomes from pensions.
The new Article 132 (2) is as follows:
Taxpayers with withholding tax are required to file a tax return and withholding tax return for each beneficiary of income with the competent tax authority until the last day of February, including the current year for the expired year, except for payers of income from salaries and assimilated to salaries, payers of income from pensions, payers of income from intellectual property rights, payers of income based on sports activity contracts, income from rent or from associations with legal entities, these having the obligation to submit the Declaration on obligations payment of social contributions, income tax and nominal records of insured persons.
Thus, it is established the obligation to submit the Declaration regarding the obligations to pay the social contributions, the income tax and the nominal record of the insured persons (D112) by the payers of such incomes.
At the same time, the obligation for taxpayers to submit the Informative Declaration regarding the withholding tax, income from gambling income and investment gains / losses on income beneficiaries (D205) has been eliminated.
4. Modifications on the basis of calculation of CAS:
The provision is introduced that the monthly basis for calculating social security contributions does not include the amounts representing interest and the update with the inflation index, established based on final and irrevocable court decisions / final and enforceable court decisions, including those granted according to the first decisions of courts, executors of law, or according to law, as the case may be, granted in connection with salaries, balances, pensions or other social insurance rights, including their differences.
5. Completion of categories exempted from payment of CASS:
The list of persons exempted from the CASS payment is completed: the natural persons who have the quality of pensioners, for the incomes from pensions up to the amount of 4,000 lei per month inclusive, as well as for the incomes realized from intellectual property rights.
6. VAT 5% for thermal energy:
The measure of 5% VAT for thermal energy will enter into force earlier, respectively from January 1, 2022. In addition, the scope will be extended by including, in addition to the population, other categories of consumers with a low degree of affordability.
At the same time, considering the budgetary impact of the introduction of the reduced VAT rate of 5% for the delivery of thermal energy, it is necessary to limit the application, only in the cold season, respectively for the period of 5 months between November 1 of this year and March 31 of the following year.
7. VAT 5% for dwellings under 140.000 euro:
According to the amendments to the Fiscal Code, individuals will be able to purchase with a reduced VAT rate of 5%, in addition to homes with a maximum value of 450,000 lei, excluding VAT, and a single home, individually or jointly with another individual / other natural persons, whose value exceeds the amount of 450,000 lei, but does not exceed the amount of 700,000 lei, representing the equivalent in lei of approximately 140,000 euros.
Thus, the application is limited to a single home purchased by a natural person, individually or jointly with another natural person / other natural persons.
We mention that a Register is introduced in which all the transactions with housing that benefit from a reduced quota are registered, regardless of the value.
Based on this register, the fulfillment of the condition regarding the acquisition with a reduced VAT rate of 5% of a single home whose value exceeds the amount of 450,000 lei, but does not exceed the amount of 700,000 lei, excluding VAT, is verified.
8. Suspension of early education grants up to 31.12.2022:
Application of the provisions of Article 25 paragraph (4) letters i1) and i2), Article 76 paragraph (4) letter x) and Article 142 letter z) of Law no. 227/2015, with subsequent amendments and completions, is suspended starting with January 1, 2022 and until December 31, 2022 inclusive.
Thus, at the end of this year, the suspension of the granting of the amount of 1,500 lei for the expenses with early education will expire and in this context the government has decided to extend the measure until December 31, 2022.
"Given that the regulated suspension period is nearing completion and the pre-suspension situation is maintained in the face of unresolved inadvertencies and gaps that do not allow application, taking into account the significant budgetary implications, and to give effective regulation and prevent damage Negatively of the state budget, it is necessary to temporarily remove this situation, quickly, by adopting the measure to extend the period of suspension of incidental regulations, for the period beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31, 2022 ", it is shown in the substantiation of the draft emergency ordinance.
We remind you that several legal loopholes have led to the need to suspend the provisions of Law no. 239/2021 regarding the fiscal incentive for expenditures on early education, through the provisions of Article II of the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 19/2021 regarding some fiscal measures, as well as for the modification and completion of some normative acts in the fiscal field, for the period April 1 – December 31, 2021.
9. Facilities for nursery or kindergarten are suspended in 2022:
The 1,500 lei facility for the nursery or kindergarten is still suspended (for the whole year 2022).
During the suspension period, in case of expenses for the operation of the nurseries / kindergartens under the administration of the taxpayers, the continuation of the applicable fiscal regime is established and during the suspension period regulated by the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 19/2021, respectively of social expenses deductible when calculating the fiscal result, within the limit of 5% applied on the value of the expenses with the salaries of the staff, according to Law no. 53/2003 – Labor Code.
It is extended until January 1, 2023 the date of entry into force of Law no. 154/2021 for the amendment and completion of the Government Ordinance no. 105/1999 on granting rights to persons persecuted by the regimes established in Romania starting from September 6, 1940 until March 6, 1945 for ethnic reasons.
The fine point remains capped at 145 lei in 2022.
Law no. 195/2020 on the status of railway staff enters into force in 2023 (extended).
The law on minimum inclusion income will be applied from September 1, 2023.
Special pensions for mayors will be suspended until January 1, 2023.
Re-incrimination of tax evasion:
According to OUG 130/2021, the deed of withholding and non-payment is re-incriminated, respectively the deed of collection and non-payment is incriminated, or, as the case may be, of non-withholding or non-collection, within 60 days from the due date provided by law, of taxes and / or withholding contributions.
Thus, in order to ensure the predictability of the incrimination norm, the categories of taxes and contributions subject to the withholding or collection regime and the payment or transfer were expressly provided, specifying the normative act and the articles that regulate them.
We mention that the limits of the punishment provided are imprisonment from 1 year to 5 years.
The measure will apply on March 1, 2022.
Tickets will be issued only on an electronic basis:
Valuable tickets (holiday vouchers, social vouchers for educational support and social vouchers for hot meals) will be issued exclusively electronically.
Basically, the provisions regarding the issuance of securities on paper are repealed.
We specify that the securities on paper, issued until January 31, 2022, remain valid until the expiration of the validity date written on them.
According to the legal regulations, starting with February 1, 2022, the authorizations to operate as units issuing securities on paper lose their validity, and these units will remain responsible both to the units that accept securities and to the employers with whom they have concluded contracts, thus ensuring the observance of all the obligations deriving from the concluded contracts in the case of paper securities on the expiration date.
10. e-Invoice also for products with high fiscal risk:
OUG 130/2021 provides for the establishment of urgent measures to strengthen the capacity to track and collect amounts due to the state budget for deliveries of products with high fiscal risk, by sending invoices in the RO e-Invoice system, by derogation from the provisions of Government Emergency Ordinance no.120 / 2021.
Thus, the suppliers can, between April 1 and June 30, 2022, send the invoices issued in the national system regarding the electronic invoice RO e-Invoice, regardless of whether or not the recipients are registered in the Register RO e-Invoice.
The suppliers are obliged, starting with July 1, 2022, to send the invoices issued in the national system regarding the electronic invoice RO e-Invoice, regardless of whether or not the recipients are registered in the Register RO e-Invoice.
The ANAF order must be issued within 30 days from the publication of the ordinance in the Official Gazette.
Public sector salaries are frozen at the current level, with two exceptions:
– Salaries for teaching staff, auxiliary teaching staff, management teaching staff and educational guidance and control staff. Thus, starting with January 1, 2022, the basic salaries are increased by 1/4 of the difference between the basic salary provided by the Framework Law no. 153/2017, with subsequent amendments and completions for the year 2022 and those of December 2021.
– For the personnel occupying the functions provided in annex no. II "Occupational family of budgetary functions" Health and social assistance ", starting with January 1, 2022, the basic salaries are increased by 1/4 of the difference between the basic salary for 2022 and the one from December 2021.
11. Maintaining, in 2022, the amount of bonuses, allowances, compensations, bonuses and other elements of the salary system that are part, according to the law, of the gross monthly salary at most at the level of the amount granted for December 2021, insofar as the staff holds the same position and carries out their activity under the same conditions.
Maintaining, in 2022, the amount of the food allowance at the level established for 2021.
The extra work of public servants will be compensated only with appropriate free time:
Exceptions are the military personnel, the police, the penitentiary police and the civilian personnel from the public institutions of defense, public order and national security that carry out activity on the days of weekly rest, of legal holidays. For them, the rights provided by the legislation in force in June 2017 are granted, thus ensuring a continuation of the measures adopted in this regard starting with 2014.
These rights are to be granted within the limit of 3% of the sum of function balances / function salaries, grade balances / salaries of the professional grade held, graduations and order balances / order salaries, at the level of chief credit officer.
In the case of penitentiary police, the limit of 3% is established at the level of the centralized budget of the National Administration of Penitentiaries.
As an exception, during the state of alert established by Government decisions, the specialized personnel within the public health directorates may benefit from the payment of overtime.
12. Minimum wage for 24 months:
The minimum gross basic salary in the country guaranteed in payment can be applied for an employee for a maximum period of 24 months from the moment of concluding the individual employment contract.
After the expiration of the respective period, during which the employee will be qualified or not, he will be employed with a basic salary higher than the minimum gross basic salary in the country guaranteed in payment.
The above provisions also apply to the employee with the minimum gross basic salary in the country guaranteed in payment, who has already concluded an individual employment contract with a duration of over 24 months.
– OUG no. 130/2021 regarding some fiscal-budgetary measures, the extension of some terms, as well as for the modification and completion of some normative acts.
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Q: Insert new item using Web API AngularJS with model class I have created an application using AngularJS and Web API. I am able to insert country record using parameters in web api and angular js. But it is not working when I use model class to pass the value between Web API and Angular JS.
Here is the Country class:
public class Country
{
    ///
    /// Country id
    ///
    public int ID { get; set; }

    ///
    /// Name of country
    ///
    public string Name { get; set; }

    ///
    /// Status
    ///
    public int Status { get; set; }

    ///
    /// CreatedDate
    ///
    public DateTime CreatedDate { get; set; }

    ///
    /// CreatedUser
    ///
    public int CreatedUser { get; set; }

    ///
    /// Updated Date
    ///
    public DateTime UpdatedDate { get; set; }

    ///
    /// Updated User
    ///
    public int UpdatedUser { get; set; }
}

Below is the CountryController.cs for web api service definition,
[HttpPost]
    [Route("api/Country/UpdateCountry")]
    public bool UpdateCountry(Country country)
    {
        var uttCountry = UserDefinedTableTypeGenerator.GetCountry(country);
        var parameters = new[]
        {
            new Parameter("@Country", uttCountry)
        };
        return CommonContext.SqlHelper.ExecuteScalar<long>("[dbo].[spUpdateCountry]", parameters.ToArray(), storedProcedure: true) > 0 ? true : false;
    }

CountryController.js file,
(function () {
angular.module("HRMSApplication").controller("countrycontroller", ["$scope", "$filter","$http", "countryservice", function ($scope, $filter,$http, countryservice) {

    $scope.add = function (Country) {
        alert('controller save');

     var data = {

            Name: Country.Name

        };

        $http.post('http://localhost/HrmsApi/api/Country/UpdateCountry', data).success(function (data) {
            $scope.returnValue = data;
            alert('hi');
        }).error(function (data) {
            $scope.error = "An Error has occured while Saving person! " + data;
            $scope.loading = false;
        });

}
Country.html code,
    <form class="form-horizontal" method="post">

View

                Country Name

                    <input type="text" data-ng-model="Country.Name" class="form-control" placeholder="">

                Status

                    <input type="checkbox" checked data-toggle="toggle" data-on="Active" data-off="Inactive" data-onstyle="success" data-offstyle="danger">

                Cancel
                <button type="submit" ng-click="add(Country)" class="btn btn-success">Save</button>

    </form>

While passing Country model through Web API service from AngularJS control is not happening.

A: If I remember correctly, property names from the JavaScript side need to be lowercase.
var data = {
    name: Country.Name
};

instead of
var data = {
    Name: Country.Name
};

You should set some breakpoints so you can see what IS happening compared to what you think out to be happening.
Does the WEBAPI get called at all?  Does it have any data?  What errors come back, if any?


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Forward in Faith welcomes reference to the Independent Reviewer
Forward in Faith welcomes today's statement from the Archbishops that they have asked the Independent Reviewer, Sir Philip Mawer, to address the concerns that have arisen in the Church following recent events relating to the See of Sheffield.
We are grateful for their formal statement that, as Archbishops, Primates and Metropolitans, they reaffirm their commitment, and that of the House of Bishops, to its Declaration and to the Five Guiding Principles.
We stand ready to engage with Sir Philip as he reviews the operation of the Declaration in respect of what was done over the last two years to inform and educate clergy and laity about the 2014 settlement, and also in respect of the recent nomination to the See of Sheffield and reactions to it. We trust that his report will correct the misrepresentation of the Declaration and of the Five Guiding Principles that has occurred.
The Archbishops' call to pray openly for those with whom we disagree, and to demonstrate the mutual love which we are called to share, is something that all should take to heart.
+TONY WAKEFIELD
Forward in Faith's information about the House of Bishops' Declaration and the Five Guiding Principles, first published in January 2015, is available here.
The See of Sheffield - Update
The See of Sheffield – Update
The predominant responses to last week's news regarding the See of Sheffield have been dismay at the nature of the campaign that was mounted against the outcome of the Church's process for discerning God's call to the See of Sheffield, and sorrow at the result of that campaign.
We are encouraged that so many – women and men; bishops, clergy and laity; liberals, evangelicals and catholics – have gone further, pointing out that, as the Archbishop of York said in his statement, what has happened "clearly does not reflect" the 2014 settlement that paved the way for women to be ordained as bishops while securing an honoured place within the Church of England for those who, for theological reasons, are unable to receive their sacramental ministry. This strong and widespread affirmation of the 2014 settlement gives us hope that, in the providence of God, some good may yet come out of an awful situation.
In his statement, Archbishop Sentamu stressed that when we disagree, we should "disagree Christianly, remembering at all times that our identity is in Christ alone". The response of the clergy and people of The Society in the Diocese of Sheffield to the provocation they have experienced has been exemplary. We wish to assure them of our full support at this difficult time. We are grateful to all of the bishops of The Society for their ministry in building up those of their clergy and people across the Church of England for whom this has been a bitter blow.
The need now is to build on the growing consensus in support of the Five Guiding Principles. The statements made by Archbishop Sentamu and a number of other diocesan bishops are very helpful indeed. In due course they will need to be accompanied by action to restore confidence in the House of Bishops' Declaration and to correct definitively the false statements that have been made about the Declaration, the Five Guiding Principles, and the beliefs of traditional catholics. The Executive Committee of Forward in Faith has begun to consider what actions need to be taken, and by whom. We are engaged in discussions with others and will report further as plans develop.
The See of Sheffield
Forward in Faith wishes to echo all that the bishops of The Society have said in their statement following the announcement of Bishop Philip North's decision to withdraw acceptance of his nomination to the See of Sheffield.
We are grateful to those of different views from our own, including many female clergy, who have publicly expressed support for his nomination and for the Five Guiding Principles and the House of Bishops' Declaration. In particular, we wish to express our gratitude to those female bishops who have honourably defended the settlement that was agreed in 2014. As they have emphasized, the continued possibility of traditional catholics being chosen as diocesan bishops was an integral part of that settlement: the House of Bishops' Declaration imposes no stained-glass ceiling on mutual flourishing.
In the coming weeks, we shall be considering what action now needs to be taken – and by whom – to restore confidence in the House of Bishops' Declaration, and to correct definitively the false statements that have been made about the Declaration, the Five Guiding Principles, and the beliefs of traditional catholics. We hope that this can be done in partnership with those who bear responsibility for the Church of England at national level.
We envisage making a further statement in due course.
LINDSAY NEWCOMBE
Dr Lindsay Newcombe
Lay Vice-Chairman
ROSS NORTHING
The Revd Ross Northing SSC
Clerical Vice Chairman
The Archbishop of York's statement is published here.


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Cebu Pacific targets to boost ancillary revenue
By Mavis Toh2019-02-04T02:53:33+00:00
Cebu Pacific Air is targeting up to a 10% increase in ancillary revenue over the next three years, and has set up a new team to focus on driving that business.
Close to 20% of the airline's revenue now comes from ancillary sales, and the aim is for the figure to hit 26-30% over the next three years, the airline's vice-president of marketing and distribution Candice Iyog tells FlightGlobal.
"We've done a pretty standardised approach where everybody pays the same for everything," she says, giving the example of how passengers would pay the same for baggage on domestic flights, regardless of sector length and the day of travel.
"So I think one of the things we need to be better at, like the EasyJets of the world, is how do you revenue manage ancillary revenue based on routes, sector lengths, time of day, type of market and seasonality."
The Filipino low-cost carrier also has no intention of putting a premium economy or business section on its widebody aircraft, since its "core value" is to use the aircraft's high seating density to bring down the cost per seat. Cebu Pacific's Airbus A330-300s are tightly-packed with 436 all-economy seats, compared to AirAsia X's 377 seats across two classes.
The airline is also looking for a connectivity solution for its aircraft, but does not expect this to come to fruition in the short-term. The solutions have so far been unstable and far from seamless, with frequent drops in coverage.
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