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What Is The Future Of The Internet? Web 3.0
In a quest to understand what Web 3.0 truly is, here's a layout of how the internet began and how Web 3.0 came about.
Web 3.0 – the next version of the Internet. Web 3.0 has been a talking point in many tech conversations, but where did it all begin? First, let's take a look at how the internet has evolved.
The Internet's initial objective was to enable automated information sharing between scientists at universities and institutions worldwide. A British Software Engineer called Tim Berners-Lee developed the World Wide Web in 1989 and caused a dramatic shift in technology. At this stage, Web 1.0 connected people across the globe.
Berners-Lee created Web 1.0 whilst working for CERN, an international scientific organisation based in Geneva, Switzerland. CERN developed the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), which standardised communication between servers and clients. Scientists from all over the world came to use CERN's accelerators, but Berner's noticed that they had difficulty sharing information. At the time, one would need to learn different programmes to use a computer, so it was much easier to walk over to a colleague to ask a question. However, the demand for scientists to connect with institutions grew steadily in Switzerland and globally – fortunately, Berners-Lee's innovation supplied the much-needed solution. Berners-Lee handed over a proposal, documenting his idea to create Web 1.0, which was described as 'vague but exciting' by his superior at the time, Mike Sendell.
The Internet wasn't a CERN project, but Sendall gave Berners-Lee some time to develop his idea on a NEXT PC, one of Steve Jobs' first products.
In 1990, Berners-Lee wrote the first three technologies, namely:
HTML 'Hyper Markup Language' – The markup formatting language for the web,
URL 'Uniform Resource Identifier' – An address that is unique and identifies the source of information and
HTTP 'Hyper Transfer Protocols' – It gives the ability to retrieve linked resources worldwide.
The world's first website launched in 1991, 'WorldWideWeb.ap' and the first web server, 'httpd'. When HTML was created, the first HTML description was made publicly available, and people outside of CERN received access to the Web.
The internet evolved from simply being a means to share information globally to become a participatory tool. Thus, followed the creation of Web 2.0, a term that was first introduced in 1999. Web 2.0 refers to the development phase of the Web – examples are social networking sites, web forums and photo or video sharing portals. Web 2.0 emphasises content generated by users, primarily via social networking sites. As the internet continued to evolve, businesses saw Web 2.0 as the perfect platform to grow their businesses. Facebook, MySpace and Twitter (Microblogging) became increasingly popular. Facebook offered users a superior user experience than most, particularly Myspace. The idea was to connect users to their friends on the web and to allow them to make new friends via these types of platforms.
Web 2.0 was all about social interaction – but soon, Facebook Ads offered businesses the opportunity to target and sell to their desired audience. Facebook had become more than just a social networking site; it also provided companies with the opportunity to connect with their customers. Users could set up live events, which became increasingly popular during the global pandemic. The rise of social media applications became particularly prevalent during this time.
The global pandemic ushered in an urgency for technology to evolve. Users relied on social media apps like Facebook and Google Hangouts to stay connected.
Initially, Web 3.0 formed part of the vision World Wide Web founder, Tim Berners-Lee, had for the future of the semantic web. Referred to as a component of the semantic web, Web 3.0 would have contributed to making internet data machine-readable.
Web 3.0 has been used as a broader term to refer to the decentralisation of information on the internet – a version of the internet where a single source does not own power and content ownership; instead, it is shared among many. Gavin Wood, the co-founder of Ethereum and founder of the Web3 Foundation, allegedly coined the term "Web 3.0" in 2014, defining this version of the web as, "...a re-imagination of the sorts of things we already use the web for, but with a fundamentally different model for the interactions between parties. Information that we assume to be public we publish. Information we assume to be agreed upon, we place on a consensus ledger."
When will Web 3.0 be released?
Considering that Web 3.0 is currently still closer to an idea than a reality, the exact definition of what it will entail has yet to be determined. However, despite that, the term "Web 3.0" has sparked the interest of many individuals online.
According to the website of Signal co-founder, Moxie Marlinspike, Web 3.0 is "...a somewhat ambiguous term, which makes it difficult to evaluate what the ambitions for Web 3.0 should be rigorously, but the general thesis seems to be that Web 1.0 was decentralised, Web 2.0 centralised everything into platforms, and that Web 3.0 will decentralise everything again."
The topic of Web 3.0 raises many interesting questions about how the concept will be actualised. In addition, we are fascinated by the various technologies involved and what the future holds for players looking to enter the Web 3.0 industry.
In the meantime, while we wait to see what version 3.0 of the World Wide Web holds, we are staying on top of the latest industry news through regular reading. Here is a list of articles we thought thoroughly explained the concept of Web 3.0:
Moxie Marlinspike >> Blog >> My first impressions of web3
Web3? I have my DAOts - by Jay Pinho - networked
What is Web3? Here Are Some Ways To Explain It To A Friend | ConsenSys
The hype around Web3 and how it can transform the internet | World Economic Forum.
What Is Web3 All About? An Easy Explanation With Examples
What Is Web3?
What Is Web3, Anyway? | WIRED


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Created in 1965 it is composed by engineers, architects, geologists, geotechnicians and transport economists.
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Image: Haze from Wildfires Hangs Over West Coast
By Live Science Staff 25 September 2012
The Suomi NPP satellite snapped this photo of haze from wildfires throughout the northwest United States hanging over the West Coast on Sept. 24, 2012.
(Image: © NOAA/NASA)
A dingy blanket of smoke now hangs over the Northwest — as seen in this image captured yesterday (Sept. 24) by the Suomi NPP satellite — due to wildfires throughout the region.
These fires have released a lot of smoke and particulate matter into the air, causing unhealthy conditions in parts of Washington and Oregon, according to the Smog Blog at the University of Maryland. This has been a continuing problem this year; smoke from wildfires has repeatedly reduced air quality throughout the country, as winds have easily blown the smoke to the Atlantic Ocean and beyond.
It's been a bad year for wildfires, partially due to the intense drought gripping much of the country that turns plants into tinder. If current rates continue, wildfires will burn more acres in 2012 than in any year since records began being kept in 1960, according to NASA.
Wildfires raged in Colorado and throughout the Southwest earlier this summer, before the flames shifted west and north.
The Northwest is now the hardest hit area. As of today (Sept. 25), there are 17 large wildfires burning in the states of Washington, Montana and Idaho, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.
In the entire U.S., there are 24 large fires in eight states. Altogether the blazes have charred 13,594 square miles (35,210 square kilometers). That's above the 10-year average for this date, which is 10,250 square miles (26,550 square km).
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package se.marcuslonnberg.scaladocker.remote.models.json

import play.api.libs.functional.syntax._
import play.api.libs.json._
import se.marcuslonnberg.scaladocker.remote.models._
import se.marcuslonnberg.scaladocker.remote.models.json.JsonUtils._

trait MessagesFormats extends CommonFormats with CreateImageMessageFormats with BuildMessageFormat with RemoveImageMessageFormats {
  implicit val createContainerResponseJson =
    ((JsPath \ "Id").format[ContainerHashId] and
      (JsPath \ "Warnings").formatWithDefault[Seq[String]](Seq.empty)
      )(CreateContainerResponse.apply, unlift(CreateContainerResponse.unapply))
}

trait BuildMessageFormat extends CommonFormats {

  import se.marcuslonnberg.scaladocker.remote.models.BuildMessages._

  implicit val buildMessageOutputFormat = JsonUtils.upperCamelCase(Json.format[Output])
  implicit val buildMessageErrorDetailFormat = JsonUtils.upperCamelCase(Json.format[ErrorDetail])
  implicit val buildMessageErrorFormat = JsonUtils.upperCamelCase(Json.format[Error])

  implicit val buildMessageFormat: Format[BuildMessage] = Format(Reads { in =>
    buildMessageOutputFormat.reads(in)
      .or(buildMessageErrorFormat.reads(in))
  }, Writes[BuildMessage] {
    case v: Output => buildMessageOutputFormat.writes(v)
    case v: Error => buildMessageErrorFormat.writes(v)
  })

}

trait CreateImageMessageFormats extends CommonFormats {

  import se.marcuslonnberg.scaladocker.remote.models.ImageTransferMessage._

  implicit val createImageMessageStatusFormat = JsonUtils.upperCamelCase(Json.format[Status])
  implicit val createImageMessageImageStatusFormat = JsonUtils.upperCamelCase(Json.format[ImageStatus])
  implicit val createImageMessageProgressDetailFormat = JsonUtils.upperCamelCase(Json.format[ProgressDetail])
  implicit val createImageMessageProgressFormat = JsonUtils.upperCamelCase(Json.format[Progress])
  implicit val createImageMessageErrorFormat = JsonUtils.upperCamelCase(Json.format[Error])

  implicit val createImageMessageFormat: Format[ImageTransferMessage] = Format(Reads { in =>
    createImageMessageProgressFormat.reads(in)
      .or(createImageMessageErrorFormat.reads(in))
      .or(createImageMessageImageStatusFormat.reads(in))
      .or(createImageMessageStatusFormat.reads(in))
  }, Writes[ImageTransferMessage] {
    case v: Status => createImageMessageStatusFormat.writes(v)
    case v: ImageStatus => createImageMessageImageStatusFormat.writes(v)
    case v: Progress => createImageMessageProgressFormat.writes(v)
    case v: Error => createImageMessageErrorFormat.writes(v)
  })
}

trait RemoveImageMessageFormats extends CommonFormats {

  import RemoveImageMessage._

  implicit val removeImageMessageUntaggedFormat = (JsPath \ "Untagged").format[String]
    .inmap[Untagged](in => Untagged(ImageName(in)), _.imageName.toString)
  implicit val removeImageMessageDeletedFormat = (JsPath \ "Deleted").format[String]
    .inmap[Deleted](in => Deleted(ImageId(in)), _.imageId.toString)

  implicit val removeImageMessageFormat: Format[RemoveImageMessage] = Format(Reads { in =>
    removeImageMessageUntaggedFormat.reads(in)
      .or(removeImageMessageDeletedFormat.reads(in))
  }, Writes[RemoveImageMessage] {
    case v: Deleted => removeImageMessageDeletedFormat.writes(v)
    case v: Untagged => removeImageMessageUntaggedFormat.writes(v)
  })
}

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Speaking at the launch event, Mr. James Mutuku – Director of Treasury at equity bank, indicated that the birth of EazzyFX emanated from the bank's commitment to offer its customers a futuristic world class platform for making forex trading decisions. He also added the bank was leveraging on its digital solutions to drive efficiency in accessing and distributing foreign exchange liquidity in a more seamless and convenient manner.
To use the service, users/businesses first need to register at https://ke.equitybankgroup.com/EazzyFX/ by providing necessary information such as Business Name, Contact Name, Mobile Number and Email Address, after which you'll receive a call back at specified preferred call time.
N/B: EazzyFX Platform needs java support on your browser to run.


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Q: Can't establish a ROS2 network I'm starting working with ROS2 (currently in alpha7 state). For this I build up a small network with an Raspberry Pi (Raspbian Jessie) connected to an router via LAN and an host PC (Ubuntu Gnome 16.04) connected to the same router via WLAN. Inside the host are  some virtual machines (using VirtualBox) installed with Debian Jessie and connected via a bridged network (wlp4s0). I can also use ping, ssh and scp between all my machines (Rasp, Host, VMs).
I found that the Rasp doesn't connect to the VM's but the VM's are in contact to each other. So I can send messages between the VM's. But a talker-listener-connection between the Rasp and the VM's doesn't work.
Can anyone give me some suggestions to find out what the reason is to this behaviour?

I do some studies using the talker and listener from the sources (alpha7).:
(all ros users are on virtual machines)
Talker on Raspberry Pi
pi:bin$ export OSPL_URI=file:///usr/etc/opensplice/config/ospl.xml
pi:bin$ ./talker

  > pi@192.168.1.40
  > pi:bin$ export OSPL_URI=file:///usr/etc/opensplice/config/ospl.xml
  > pi:bin$ ./listener                                  > yes
  > pi:bin$ ./listener__rmw_opensplice_cpp              > yes
  > pi:bin$ ./listener__rmw_fastrtps_cpp                > yes after restarting talker
  > pi:bin$ ./listener_best_effort                      > yes
  > pi:bin$ ./listener_best_effort__rmw_opensplice_cpp  > yes
  > pi:bin$ ./listener_best_effort__rmw_fastrtps_cpp    > yes

  > ros@192.168.1.20
  > ros:bin$ export OSPL_URI=file:///usr/etc/opensplice/config/ospl.xml
  > ros:bin$ ./listener                                 > no
  > ros:bin$ ./listener__rmw_opensplice_cpp             > no
  > ros:bin$ ./listener__rmw_fastrtps_cpp               > no
  > ros:bin$ ./listener_best_effort                     > no
  > ros:bin$ ./listener_best_effort__rmw_opensplice_cpp > no
  > ros:bin$ ./listener_best_effort__rmw_fastrtps_cpp   > no

pi:bin$ export OSPL_URI=file:///usr/etc/opensplice/config/ospl.xml
pi:bin$ ./talker__rmw_opensplice_cpp

  > pi@192.168.1.40
  > pi:bin$ export OSPL_URI=file:///usr/etc/opensplice/config/ospl.xml
  > pi:bin$ ./listener                                  > yes after restarting talker
  > pi:bin$ ./listener__rmw_opensplice_cpp              > yes
  > pi:bin$ ./listener__rmw_fastrtps_cpp                > no
  > pi:bin$ ./listener_best_effort                      > yes
  > pi:bin$ ./listener_best_effort__rmw_opensplice_cpp  > yes
  > pi:bin$ ./listener_best_effort__rmw_fastrtps_cpp    > yes

  > ros@192.168.1.20
  > ros:bin$ export OSPL_URI=file:///usr/etc/opensplice/config/ospl.xml
  > ros:bin$ ./listener                                 > no
  > ros:bin$ ./listener__rmw_opensplice_cpp             > no
  > ros:bin$ ./listener__rmw_fastrtps_cpp               > no
  > ros:bin$ ./listener_best_effort                     > no
  > ros:bin$ ./listener_best_effort__rmw_opensplice_cpp > no
  > ros:bin$ ./listener_best_effort__rmw_fastrtps_cpp   > no

pi:bin$ export OSPL_URI=file:///usr/etc/opensplice/config/ospl.xml
pi:bin$ ./talker__rmw_fastrtps_cpp

  > pi@192.168.1.40
  > pi:bin$ export OSPL_URI=file:///usr/etc/opensplice/config/ospl.xml
  > pi:bin$ ./listener                                  > yes
  > pi:bin$ ./listener__rmw_opensplice_cpp              > yes
  > pi:bin$ ./listener__rmw_fastrtps_cpp                > yes after restarting talker
  > pi:bin$ ./listener_best_effort                      > yes
  > pi:bin$ ./listener_best_effort__rmw_opensplice_cpp  > yes
  > pi:bin$ ./listener_best_effort__rmw_fastrtps_cpp    > yes

  > ros@192.168.1.20
  > ros:bin$ export OSPL_URI=file:///usr/etc/opensplice/config/ospl.xml
  > ros:bin$ ./listener                                 > no
  > ros:bin$ ./listener__rmw_opensplice_cpp             > no
  > ros:bin$ ./listener__rmw_fastrtps_cpp               > no
  > ros:bin$ ./listener_best_effort                     > no
  > ros:bin$ ./listener_best_effort__rmw_opensplice_cpp > no
  > ros:bin$ ./listener_best_effort__rmw_fastrtps_cpp   > no

Talker on Virtual Machine
ros@192.168.1.20
ros:bin$ export OSPL_URI=file:///usr/etc/opensplice/config/ospl.xml
ros:bin$ ./talker

  > ros@192.168.1.21
  > ros:bin$ export OSPL_URI=file:///usr/etc/opensplice/config/ospl.xml
  > ros:bin$ ./listener                                 > yes
  > ros:bin$ ./listener__rmw_opensplice_cpp             > yes
  > ros:bin$ ./listener__rmw_fastrtps_cpp               > yes after restarting talker
  > ros:bin$ ./listener_best_effort                     > yes
  > ros:bin$ ./listener_best_effort__rmw_opensplice_cpp > yes
  > ros:bin$ ./listener_best_effort__rmw_fastrtps_cpp   > yes

  > pi@192.168.1.40
  > pi:bin$ export OSPL_URI=file:///usr/etc/opensplice/config/ospl.xml
  > pi:bin$ ./listener                                  > no
  > pi:bin$ ./listener__rmw_opensplice_cpp              > no
  > pi:bin$ ./listener__rmw_fastrtps_cpp                > no
  > pi:bin$ ./listener_best_effort                      > no
  > pi:bin$ ./listener_best_effort__rmw_opensplice_cpp  > no
  > pi:bin$ ./listener_best_effort__rmw_fastrtps_cpp    > no

ros@192.168.1.20
ros:bin$ export OSPL_URI=file:///usr/etc/opensplice/config/ospl.xml
ros:bin$ ./talker__rmw_opensplice_cpp

  > ros@192.168.1.21
  > ros:bin$ export OSPL_URI=file:///usr/etc/opensplice/config/ospl.xml
  > ros:bin$ ./listener                                 > yes
  > ros:bin$ ./listener__rmw_opensplice_cpp             > yes
  > ros:bin$ ./listener__rmw_fastrtps_cpp               > yes
  > ros:bin$ ./listener_best_effort                     > yes
  > ros:bin$ ./listener_best_effort__rmw_opensplice_cpp > yes
  > ros:bin$ ./listener_best_effort__rmw_fastrtps_cpp   > yes

  > pi@192.168.1.40
  > pi:bin$ export OSPL_URI=file:///usr/etc/opensplice/config/ospl.xml
  > pi:bin$ ./listener                                  > no
  > pi:bin$ ./listener__rmw_opensplice_cpp              > no
  > pi:bin$ ./listener__rmw_fastrtps_cpp                > no
  > pi:bin$ ./listener_best_effort                      > no
  > pi:bin$ ./listener_best_effort__rmw_opensplice_cpp  > no
  > pi:bin$ ./listener_best_effort__rmw_fastrtps_cpp    > no

ros@192.168.1.20
ros:bin$ export OSPL_URI=file:///usr/etc/opensplice/config/ospl.xml
ros:bin$ ./talker__rmw_fastrtps_cpp

  > ros@192.168.1.20
  > ros:bin$ export OSPL_URI=file:///usr/etc/opensplice/config/ospl.xml
  > ros:bin$ ./listener                                 > yes after restarting talker
  > ros:bin$ ./listener__rmw_opensplice_cpp             > yes
  > ros:bin$ ./listener__rmw_fastrtps_cpp               > yes after restarting talker
  > ros:bin$ ./listener_best_effort                     > yes
  > ros:bin$ ./listener_best_effort__rmw_opensplice_cpp > yes
  > ros:bin$ ./listener_best_effort__rmw_fastrtps_cpp   > yes

  > ros@192.168.1.21
  > ros:bin$ export OSPL_URI=file:///usr/etc/opensplice/config/ospl.xml
  > ros:bin$ ./listener                                 > yes
  > ros:bin$ ./listener__rmw_opensplice_cpp             > yes
  > ros:bin$ ./listener__rmw_fastrtps_cpp               > yes after restarting talker
  > ros:bin$ ./listener_best_effort                     > yes
  > ros:bin$ ./listener_best_effort__rmw_opensplice_cpp > yes
  > ros:bin$ ./listener_best_effort__rmw_fastrtps_cpp   > yes

  > pi@192.168.1.40
  > pi:bin$ export OSPL_URI=file:///usr/etc/opensplice/config/ospl.xml
  > pi:bin$ ./listener                                  > no
  > pi:bin$ ./listener__rmw_opensplice_cpp              > no
  > pi:bin$ ./listener__rmw_fastrtps_cpp                > no
  > pi:bin$ ./listener_best_effort                      > no
  > pi:bin$ ./listener_best_effort__rmw_opensplice_cpp  > no
  > pi:bin$ ./listener_best_effort__rmw_fastrtps_cpp    > no

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Microsoft Appoint...
Microsoft Appoints New Chairman and CEO of Greater China Region
In his new role at Microsoft, Hou will oversee strategy, as well as sales and operation for the company in the Greater China region.
Former Qualcomm SVP will take over as chairman and CEO of Microsoft's Greater China Region. Courtesy of Microsoft.
By Sarah Hallam
Yang Hou, former SVP of Sales and Business Development at Qualcomm, will be taking over as chairman and CEO of Microsoft's Greater China Region. The company announced Monday that Hou will be taking over for Alain Crozier, who has served in the role since 2016. Crozier will continue to lead the team until July 1.
In his new role at Microsoft, Hou will oversee strategy, as well as sales and operations for the company in the Greater China region.
Hou spent eight years at Qualcomm where he worked in business and sales development in both the U.S. and China. He most recently served as SVP of Semiconductor Business, Qualcomm's largest revenue generator in China. During his tenure at the company, Qualcomm more than tripled in revenue and Hou collaborated with leading Chinese corporations across industries to forge partnerships and develop new wireless technologies.
Prior to working at Qualcomm, Hou also worked as an Engagement Manager at the consulting firm McKinsey.
Crozier has been with Microsoft for 27 years. He's held a host of international leadership positions in the company, such as President of Microsoft France and CVP and CEO of the Sales and Marketing Group in the U.S. As chairman and CEO of the Greater China region, Crozier worked to develop high-growth cloud startups and doubled Microsoft's cloud capacity in China twice.
Crozier's next role has not been made public yet, but the company notes that it will be announced in the near future.
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5/11/2017 Update: We had no idea this perfect pizza dough recipe would ever be as popular as it is! We've officially updated our images! Thank you for the love and support!
This perfect pizza dough recipe is literally perfect every single time as long as you following the directions. Yeast dough that rises needs to be pampered a bit and it's important that the directions don't get messed with. I promise it's not super difficult to make perfect pizza dough if you keep working on it. I've been making this dough recipe for what seems like forever. It literally works, without fail, for us every single time. I'd encourage you to try it for yourself and let us know how it turned out!
I wanted you to be able to look at the amazingness that is making pizza dough without any interrupting words or thoughts on my part.
I didn't really learn to start cooking at all until I was in college. Being transparent, I didn't start learning to make food from scratch until I had our first child. So much of what we ate before having her was processed, boxed foods. I've done a lot of trial and error since then. I was always daunted at the thought of making pizza dough, but surprisingly it's one of the first things made from scratch that I perfected.
For a long time it was always too stiff or too runny. I couldn't figure out the balance to get it just right forever it seemed. Finally, I have perfected the combination of ingredients and it's the most simple homemade perfect pizza dough.
As stated above, it's really important to follow the directions to a tee, so let's get to those.
Add the warm water and oil.
Beat with a whisk until a thick pancake like batter forms.
Add 1 more cup of flour to the mixture and using a wooden spoon, stir together, enough so the mixture holds together by itself.
Lightly flour a flat surface and with a little flour on your hand, remove the dough mixture from your bowl onto the surface.
Knead in another 1/4 cup flour (may need to add up to 1/2 cup) stopping once the dough is lump free. Do not overwork your dough.
Let the dough in the bowl sit, covered, for approximately 45 minutes.
Lightly flour pizza stone or lightly greased baking sheet.
Roll dough out onto floured surface.
Place in oven for 8-12 minutes. Thin crust - 8 minutes, Thick crust - 10-12.
Remove the dough from the oven and place desired toppings on top of the crust.
Place back into the oven for an additional 8 minutes or until the cheese has completely melted and is bubbly.
1. Make sure you are adding warm water. This is what activates the yeast.
2. Do NOT overwork the dough. Each step should be just enough that you can move to the next one. This is especially important when you are kneading.
3. If you want to make a personal pizza size or very thin crust, you may cut the dough into two equal parts after kneading. You can make two pizzas this way or freeze half for later use.
4. You could technically use the dough after 20 minutes of rising, but it's really ideal to let it sit for at least 45 minutes, up to 2 hours.
5. Don't put a lot of sauce in the center of your dough or it will get soggy.
Comment below and let me know! 🙂 Thanks for reading! Share & enjoy!
**The pictures below were the original pictures for this Perfect Pizza Dough recipe, posted on 6/16/2012, which you may have seen floating around Pinterest. It's the same recipe, we've just gotten a lot better at photography!


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Amid growing criticism, Atlanta increases snow response fleet from 10 to 58 pieces
The city of Atlanta expanded its fleet of snow response equipment from 10 pieces to 58 Tuesday amid mounting criticism over what many considered the city's failure to adequately prepare and respond to the biggest snow event in at least a decade.
So far, city crews have focused on clearing high priority routes, such as bridges and roads leading to hospitals, and providing emergency and essential services to residents, Mayor Kasim Reed said Tuesday. Of those 200 miles of high priority roadways, 150 have been cleared, and crews worked on clearing neighborhood and side streets Tuesday night after obtaining more equipment from private contractors.
Many of those streets are maintained by the Georgia Department of Transportation, which is partnering with the city to clean the streets tonight.
"The City of Atlanta is working tirelessly to ensure that the roads are clear of ice and snow and I want to thank our residents for staying off the roads to help facilitate this process," Mayor Reed said. "In one of the worst snow storms in a decade, we have expanded our fleet from 10 to 58 pieces of equipment and have been coordinating seamlessly across city departments and partnering with other jurisdictions to keep our streets safe."
Reed said the city had attempted to prepare for the snowstorm, which left most major roads, interstates and sides streets covered in ice, paralyzing the city with widespread closures of schools and businesses. Residents are still being encouraged not to drive tomorrow to allow cleanup crews to effectively clear the roads.
He acknowledged, however, that preparations before the storm that grew the fleet from 10 to 22 pieces of equipment was not enough, as officials had hoped it would be based on previous snow events.
Read more about the winter storms heading up the Eastern seaboard
Post by: CNN's Emanuella Grinberg
Filed under: Weather • Winter weather
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed emergency legislation into law.
The day's most popular stories
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Arizona enacts funeral protest legislation: Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed emergency legislation Tuesday that bars protests within 300 feet of a funeral and within an hour from its beginning or end. Earlier in the day, the state legislature passed the measure, which targets a Kansas church whose members announced they planned to picket the funerals of the victims of Saturday's shootings in Tucson.
Suspect's parents: 'We care very deeply' about victims' families: The parents of Jared Lee Loughner, suspected in the Tucson, Arizona, shootings that left six people dead and U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords critically wounded, said Tuesday they do not know why the incident occurred and that they are "very sorry" for the loss felt by victims' families.
The cost of leaving AT&T for a Verizon iPhone: What would it cost for iPhone users to buy out of their AT&T contract to get Verizon Wireless' iPhone? That depends on when you signed up. But no matter how you cut it, it's not cheap.
Brisbane braces for more flooding as 90 people reported missing: Brisbane, Australia, awoke Wednesday to sunny, clear skies amid renewed warnings that a wave of water was sweeping through the city's main river system, threatening to exceed the damage done by the record 1974 floods.
Arizona's back-to-basics sheriff: A sheriff whose comments following Saturday's shooting at a Arizona political event brought him criticism has a history of taking a stand when he believes in something strongly - without much care for consequences.
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Relatives, friends remember 6 slain in Tucson
[Updated at 5:58 p.m. ET Wednesday] President Barack Obama will speak at Wednesday evening's memorial service for the victims of Saturday's shootings that killed six and wounded 14 at a political event in Arizona.
The memorial will be at the University of Arizona in Tucson, four days after the shooting outside a Tucson supermarket at an event held by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The congresswoman was shot in the head and was in critical condition at a hospital Wednesday.
In the days since the shooting, relatives and friends of the slain have spoken about who they were.
Christina Green, 9
A neighbor brought Christina to the event to meet Giffords because the girl had recently been elected to the student council at Mesa Verde Elementary School. The neighbor, Susan Heilman, was shot three times and is recovering, but is struggling emotionally with the girl's death, said her husband, Bill Heilman.
Born on September 11, 2001, Christina entered the world "on a tragic day and she went out on a tragic day," said her father, John Green.
"There's going to be a lot of those kind of moments that - I had one this morning, just waking up. She comes up and says, 'Daddy, it's time to get up.' She didn't do that this morning," Green told CNN on Sunday.
Filed under: Arizona • Crime • Gabrielle Giffords
Jared Lee Loughner is accused in a deadly shooting at a constituents meeting in Tucson, Arizona, held by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
Accused shooter's poems evoke his daily routine, scenes from Mauritius
Jared Lee Loughner, the man accused of shooting 20 people Saturday at an Arizona political event, attended a poetry class last year at Pima County Community College, a man in the class said.
Student Don Coorough provided CNN's Special Investigations Unit with copies of two poems purportedly written by Loughner for the spring semester class. They have been transcribed below with the same spelling and line breaks as the original copies.
Meat Head
Awaking on the first day of school
Pain of a morning hang over
Attending a weight lifting class for college credit
Attempting to exercise since freshman year of high school
Crawling out of bed and walking to the shower
Warm water hitting my back
Post by: CNN's Scott Zamost
Filed under: Arizona • Gabrielle Giffords
A shrine to the victims of a shooting rampage Saturday in Tucson, Arizona, grows larger Tuesday.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signs bill limiting funeral protests
[Updated at 9:15 p.m. ET] Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed emergency legislation Tuesday night setting limitations on protests at funerals. The bill is aimed at the Westboro Baptist Church, which plans to picket the funerals of those who died in Saturday's shootings.
[Posted at 5:50 p.m. ET] The Arizona Legislature unanimously has passed a bill meant to stop church from protesting at funerals of Tucson shooting victims.
The vote was 29-0 in the state Senate and 58-0 in the state House. A spokesman for Gov. Jan Brewer earlier told CNN that she was prepared to sign the bill.
Read more about the legislation
Filed under: Arizona • Gabrielle Giffords • Politics
Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's doctor, is accused of causing his death from an overdose of prescription drugs.
Manslaughter case against Jackson doctor Conrad Murray will go to trial
The involuntary manslaughter charge against Dr. Conrad Murray in the death of Michael Jackson will be sent to trial, a Los Angeles judge ruled Tuesday.
Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor also prohibited Murray from using his California medical license until the trial is completed. The state medical board requested that be made a provision of his bail.
While Michael Jackson was Murray's only and last California patient, Murray's lawyer argued a suspension in one state would prompt Texas and Nevada, where he sees patients, to also take action.
Pastor denied the prosecution's request to increase Murray's bail, which is now set at $75,000.
Filed under: Conrad Murray • Crime • Michael Jackson • Showbiz
Family of accused Arizona shooter expresses sorrow over 'heinous' events
The family of Jared Lee Loughner issued a statement Tuesday regarding Saturday's shooting rampage in Tucson, Arizona.
"There are no words that can possibly express how we feel. We wish that there were so we could make you feel better. We don't understand why this happened," the family said in statement handed to members of the media keeping watch outside the family's Tucson home.
"It may not make any difference but we wish that we could change the heinous events of Saturday. We care very deeply about the victims and their families we are so very sorry for their loss."
Loughner, 22, is accused of opening fire Saturday morning at an constituents meeting held by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords outside a Tucson Safeway.
Read more about the latest developments in the shootings
Snow blanketed much of New York in December, paralyzing traffic and blocking streets and sidewalks.
New York City issues emergency weather declaration to keep streets clear
New York City has issued a weather emergency declaration ahead of a winter storm expected to dump between 8 and 14 inches of snow in the region, according to a statement from emergency management spokesman Chris Gilbride.
The move restricts parking and allows authorities to remove vehicles that block roadways or impede snow plows, the statement said.
Filed under: New York • Weather • Winter weather
Verizon customers will be able to pre-order an iPhone starting February 3.
Dollars & Sense: Verizon's iPhone; 15 hot cars of the future
A roundup of today's CNNMoney news:
Verizon iPhone will go on sale Feb. 10: If you're a Verizon lover who has been craving an iPhone, the wait is over. Starting February 3, Verizon customers will be able to pre-order their phones. For everyone else, the Verizon iPhone will launch Feb. 10. The cost: $199 for a 16 GB device and $299 for the 32 GB version, the same prices AT&T offers. One cool feature: A built-in ability to use it as a wireless hotspot and connect up to five additional devices. The downside: No 4G…yet.
Your smartphone could be your most valuable possession: A few years ago, if your phone was stolen, the worst that would happen was the thief could make prank calls or read your text messages. Today, that same person can destroy your social life and steal your bank account.
Maserati SUV with Ferrari engine: Built on the platform of Jeep Grand Cherokee at the Chrysler Group plant in Detroit, the new SUV is expected to make its debut in 2012. As the Detroit Auto Show comes to a close, check out the 15 hottest cars of the future.
Attack of the inflation hawks: The Fed started a $600 billion bond-buying program in November and not everyone is on board with it. Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher wasn't a voting member at the time, but he and two other outspoken critics have rotated into voting position.
Do or die for Illinois tax hike: The state is facing a $13 billion shortfall that must be resolved by June 30. Plus, Illinois has $6 billion in unpaid bills to social service agencies, health care providers, contractors and others. State lawmakers are scrambling to pass massive personal and corporate income tax hikes before the Democratic majority lose some seats to Republicans on Wednesday.
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Filed under: Dollars & Sense • Politics • Taxes • Technology
Brady Hoke is returning to a program he helped as an assistant from 1995 to 2002.
Michigan hires San Diego State's Hoke
After the University of Michigan fired head football coach Rich Rodriguez this month, some fans clamored for a "Michigan man," someone - unlike Rodriguez - who was previously connected to the storied program. If that was their main condition, they have gotten their wish.
Michigan said Tuesday it has hired Brady Hoke as its 19th head football coach. Hoke, who most recently spent two seasons coaching San Diego State, was a defensive line assistant coach at Michigan from 1995 to 2002. That span includes Michigan's 1997 national championship season.
"We are pleased to announce the hiring of Brady," Michigan Athletic Director Dave Brandon said in a statement. "He is a terrific coach and will be a great ambassador and leader for our football program. We look forward to having him build a championship program on the field and in the classroom."
Filed under: Michigan • Sports
Snow present in 49 of the 50 U.S. states
After big snow and ice events in the Southeast, Plains, and Midwest this week, 49 out of the 50 states currently have snow on the ground - yes, even Hawaii, where snow falls in Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea all winter.
The only state that has avoided this icy blast is Florida. Does that make you want to go on a nice, warm vacation to the Sunshine State? You're not alone.
Put another way, that means snow is present in 69.4 percent of the lower 48, which is more than double than December. This is extremely unusual, though it's hard to put a date on when this last happened because records aren't kept on this kind of event.
The National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center combines ground reports and images from satellites in space to determine how much of the country is covered in snow. That's what you see in the image above. The images tell how deep and widespread the snow is, and that's important not only for images like this one, but also for computer weather models, which use the data to generate accurate forecasts. Such forecasts were very useful in predicting this week's winter storms.
Earlier this week, two storms began to churn: one in the northern Plains and Midwest, and one in Texas. The southern winter storm took a track across the Gulf Coast, pulling warm, moist air over an extreme arctic blast that set up over the eastern half of the United States late last week. This provided fuel for the storm to carve a path of snow, sleet, and freezing rain from Texas to the Carolinas.
Here in Atlanta, we're still coated in snow and ice and probably will be for the next couple of days. No one in the Southeast escaped the wrath except, of course, Florida.
But it's not over. Now that the southern-track storm has moved into the Atlantic and is moving north, the other Midwest storm is going to merge with it, creating a Nor'easter event that could dump up to two feet of snow in the Northeast. Winter storm warnings and advisories have been posted for the event - 32 states have winter storm advisories issued, by the way.
Here's how the snow forecast breaks down for some major cities:
Washington DC: 2-4 inches
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 4-6 inches
New York, N.Y.: 6-12 inches
Hartford, Connecticut: 15-20 inches
Boston, Massachusetts: 12-16 inches
The snow and cold started early this winter and has been extreme for most of the country. Usually the Southeast avoids the blast, but not in 2011. We're all feeling a little "snowed in" this winter.
Post by: CNN meteorologist Angela Fritz
Passengers wait for buses at Atlanta's Greyhound terminal Tuesday morning.
Stranded bus riders go hungry for 24 hours
The icy roads that have paralyzed much of the Southeast since Sunday left more than 100 passengers stranded without food for more than 24 hours at a Greyhound terminal in Atlanta, Georgia, CNN affiliate WSB-TV reported.
The food crisis was alleviated when passengers took the initiative to call the Atlanta mayor's office and McDonald's corporate headquarters in Illinois, WSB-TV reported.
A McDonald's restaurant delivered food to the station early Tuesday morning, and the city jail provided sandwiches, bottled water and blankets that were delivered by police.
"The riders were orderly and grateful for receiving the food," police spokeswoman Kim Jones told the TV station.
Filed under: Georgia • Travel • U.S. • Winter weather
The number of jaguars in the wild is unknown.
Habitat proposal for endangered jaguar put off
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has put off for a year proposing a critical habitat area in the Southwest for endangered jaguars.
The proposal was supposed to be made this month, but the agency lacks sufficient data on the animal's habits and needs, it said Monday in a news release.
Designation of critical habitat merely identifies areas where endangered species can survive. It does not affect land ownership or establish a refuge or preserve.
Jaguars in Arizona and New Mexico, part of a population that is based in northern Mexico, rarely are found more than 40 miles north of the border, the wildlife service says. No females or breeding have been seen in the U.S. in more than 40 years, it says.
The greatest threat to jaguars in the United States is killing of individual animals, not habitat loss, the wildlife service said in January 2010.
According to the conservation group Defenders of Wildlife, jaguars stand about 2.5 feet tall, are 5.5 to 8 feet long from nose to tip of the tail, and weigh 100 to 250 pounds. The number surviving in the wild is unknown.
Filed under: Animals • Arizona • Environment • New Mexico • U.S.
Arizona federal court judges won't hear shooting case
A federal court in Arizona has issued an order recusing all district and magistrate judges from hearing Jared Lee Loughner's criminal case "to avoid the appearance of impropriety."
Loughner is accused of shooting 20 people Saturday outside a grocery store in Tucson. Among the six killed was federal District Judge John Roll. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was severely wounded.
Post by: CNN's Bill Mears
Filed under: Arizona • Courts • Crime • Gabrielle Giffords
Navajo Nation to swear in new leaders
Ben Shelly will take the oath of office Tuesday in Window Rock, Arizona, to become president of the Navajo Nation.
Shelly and Vice President-elect Rex Lee Jim have been shadowed by criminal charges stemming from an investigation into alleged misuse of discretionary funds.
The two announced Monday that they had reached an agreement with prosecutors to repay about $11,000 in exchange for dropping the charges, the Daily Times of Farmington, New Mexico, reported. A judge has to sign off on the agreement.
The nation's new 24-member council also will be sworn in Tuesday. The council formerly consisted of 88 members.
Organizers are expecting as many as 5,000 people to attend the swearing-in festivities, all of which will be held outdoors on a day the high is expected to be 35 degrees, the Daily Times reported.
Shelly takes over for Joe Shirley Jr., who was Navajo president for eight years. Shelly was vice president the last four years.
Filed under: Arizona • Crime • Native Americans • Politics • U.S.
A children's welfare center worker in Nagano poses with donations that say the gifts are from "Naoto Date," the ring name of a comic character.
Gifts from 'comic heroes' help Japan's orphans
Children's homes and other social service facilities across Japan are reporting a rash of donations in the name of a 1960s comic superhero and other fictional characters.
Most of the anonymous donations are being made in the name of "Naoto Date," a hero of pro wrestling comics in the "Tiger Mask" series, which dates to the 1960s, according to media reports. In the series, the hero, an orphan himself, make donations to children's homes, according to a Reuters report.
The donation flurry began on Christmas Day, when 10 leather school backpacks, valued at several hundred dollars each, were left at a Tokyo child care facility.
Post by: CNN's Brad Lendon
Filed under: Japan
Suspsect Jared Lee Loughner seen in his mugshot.
In Arizona case, experts say planning undermines insanity plea
The alleged shooter in Saturday's deadly Tucson massacre may have difficulty making the case for a successful insanity plea, experts said Tuesday.
Jared Lee Loughner, 22, who authorities say shot up a gathering held by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Arizona, outside a supermarket, has been anecdotally regarded as very troubled and perhaps mentally unbalanced because of his ramblings spotted on the internet and the ways he has been described by acquaintances.
But Paul Callan, a criminal defense attorney and a former prosecutor, and Jeff Gardere, a clinical and forensic psychologist, told CNN's American Morning Tuesday they have doubts that an insanity plea would stand.
With the "amount of planning that went into this assassination," Callan believes "it's highly unlikely he will meet the legal insanity defense threshold."
A postman braves a snowy path to try and deliver mail in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Winter storm cripples South, heads north to deliver more misery
A winter storm that paralyzed the South churned up the Atlantic coast Tuesday, destined to merge with another system from the Midwest and spell more misery for the Northeast.
The National Weather Service predicted 5 to 8 inches of snow in the Philadelphia area, 4 inches or more in northern New Jersey and 2 to 6 inches in southern Delaware from Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday morning.
It will be all snow as well for the 1-95 corridor Tuesday night and Wednesday, with 8 to 14 inches predicted for the New York City area and 9 to 15 inches for Boston.
Filed under: Air travel • Alabama • Delaware • Georgia • Louisiana • New York • North Carolina • Pennsylvania • South Carolina • Travel • Weather • Winter weather
Emergency responders attempt rescues after the Deepwater Horizon exploded in April 2010.
Report: Preventable failures were 'immediate causes' of Deepwater disaster
Several "specific and preventable human and engineering failures were the immediate causes" of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster last year, the presidentially appointed Oil Spill Commission said in its much-awaited report Tuesday .
The event "was almost the inevitable result of years of industry and government complacency and lack of attention to safety. This was indisputably the case with BP, Transocean, and Halliburton, as well as the government agency charged with regulating offshore drilling - the former Minerals Management Service," said commission co-chairman William K. Reilly.
"As drilling pushes into ever deeper and riskier waters where more of America's oil lies, only systemic reforms of both government and industry will prevent a similar, future disaster."
The report, "Deep Water: The Gulf Oil Disaster and the Future of Offshore Drilling," proposed "comprehensive" government and industry actions "to overhaul the U.S. approach to drilling safety and greatly reduce the chances of a similar, large scale disaster in the future."
Filed under: BP • Gulf Coast Oil Spill • Gulf Coast Oil Spill economics • Gulf Coast Oil Spill environment • Gulf Coast Oil Spill politics
In a galaxy far, far away: The Hubble Space Telescope has captured this image of Hanny's Voorwerp.
Hubble finds ghostly object in deep space
There's a green blob in space, but unlike a bad science fiction movie, it's not coming to take over Earth. Probably.
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of a green cloud of gas about 650 million light-years from Earth. It's been named Hanny's Voorwerp, Dutch for Hanny's Object.
Filed under: Space


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Reverend Donald Anthony is a North Carolina native and life-long Lutheran. He graduated from A.L. Brown High School in Kannapolis. He continued his education at Lenoir-Rhyne University with a Bachelor of Arts in religion and earned a Master of Divinity from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, MO.
Rev. Anthony has served as pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in Concord since 1997. He is in his 32nd year as a pastor in the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod. His first parish was Berea Lutheran Church in Baltimore, MD where he served for nine years before returning to North Carolina.
He has been involved in many community organizations and collaborations including the United Way of Central Carolina, Meals on Wheels, Healthy Cabarrus with Cabarrus Health Alliance, City of Concord Planning & Zoning, Multi-Cultural Student Union, Cabarrus Arts Council, Historic Cabarrus Association, Habitat for Humanity, Logan Community Association, Logan's Ministers' Association, My Father's House, and CVAN Men for Change among others.
Rev. Anthony was presented the Old North State award by the North Carolina Governor's Office. The award is given to a person who is nominated by others for their significant local impact on the community over 20+ years.
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The honorable Roger Haas has served the Kannapolis community with distinction throughout his life. He recently retired from the Kannapolis City Council after serving since 1997. He was also appointed Mayor Pro Tem twice for his innovative visions for the city. Haas was on the Kannapolis Planning and Zoning Commission and served on the Concord-Kannapolis Transit Commission.
Haas graduated from Gardner-Webb University with a degree in business and completed additional studies in management at Cornell University.
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He was recently awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, one of the highest honors a North Carolina resident can receive.
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The wonderful Airedale Terrier has heads turning and hearts melting. No wonder this gorgeous breed is winning the praises of thousands across the globe. By Lauren Nethercote.
Personality: A fun-loving, loyal and very sweet breed that adores its family and will happily take all the affection it can get.
Favourite activities: Spending time with the family is top of the list for this pooch. The Airedale will also enjoy a daily outing — be it in the car or going for a walk.
Watchdog qualities: This canine makes an excellent watchdog and will bravely alert you to anyone who approaches your property.
Backyard requirements: This breed will happily exercise in a good-size yard, but will enjoy a daily walk. It needs to be included in family activities and loves spending time in the house.
Hereditary diseases: The Airedale is a hardy breed with few hereditary diseases. Things to watch out for are hip dysplasia and possible dry skin. Buying from a reputable breeder will reduce the chances of getting a pup with health problems.
Daily: Fresh water and a well-balanced diet. Enjoys a daily walk or run in a good-size backyard.
Weekly: A good weekly comb will help keep the coat free from mats.
Monthly: Regular nail trimming and ear cleaning.
Other: Gastrointestinal worming every three months for adults, more frequently for puppies, heartworming and vaccinations.


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"Take care of the cities and
you take care of the people"
By Christopher Hume, Toronto Star
27 June 2006: As delegates to the 2006 United Nations' World Urban Forum have heard over and over again, cities around the world are overburdened and underfunded. Rich and poor, large and small, the situation is the same: national and state governments starve cities so they can keep valuable tax revenues for their purposes.
The trouble is that more than half the world's population now lives in cities, and one billion of those people inhabit slums. That will double to two billion in 10 years, which means the problems are going from bad to worse. Civic infrastructures everywhere are deteriorating; even getting access to clean water, fresh air and basic safety can no longer be taken for granted.
That's why many sessions at the gathering, held in Vancouver from 19 to 23 June, were devoted to topics related to municipal finance. From around the globe, mayors, ministers, bankers and bureaucrats came to share their stories about raising cash. Though their experiences are wildly different, one theme seemed central to every tale — the future lies in partnering with the private sector. Though this isn't a message Canadians want to hear, they'd better get used to it.
Speaker after speaker, many from places like India, Afghanistan and South America, talked about the need for cities to become credit-worthy and more corporate in their governance.
One Canadian presenter, Pat Jacobsen of the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, spoke about a $5 million railway that involved no less than five partners, public and private.
"It's quite a shift," Jacobsen said. "No longer can one urban area fund the transportation structure it needs. Partnerships are no longer an option; they are necessary to the development of cities. It's important to focus on moving away from traditional sources of funding. And more and more of our funding now comes from users."
In Toronto this is old news; TTC users already pay some the highest fares in North America and service has not kept pace with the city's growing needs.
But then delegates heard the Afghan minister of urban affairs, Yousaf Pashtun, who put things in perspective. Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, which had a population of 1.8 million in 1999, has now increased to 4 million. Most of those new residents, 65 per cent, live in "informal communities" around the city, where they have virtually no services. "There has been a serious failure to invest in the urban infrastructure," Pashtun declared. "I am disappointed by the neglect of the urban sector." According to Pashtun, rebuilding Afghanistan's war-ravaged cities would cost more than $27 billion.
Though cities as disparate as Bangalore and Belize have managed to raise the capital funds they need to build basic services, that doesn't help cover the costs of maintenance and operations. This is another issue that will be familiar to residents of Toronto, where the streets and sidewalks are not as well looked after as many would like.
As one speaker pointed out, in Canada 75 per cent of services are provided by cities, but they receive only 25 per cent of tax revenues. While Ottawa racks up huge surpluses, Canada's cities find themselves unable to fill potholes. Such disparity leads inevitably to civic deterioration, which has been the subtext of political debate in this country for more than a decade.
Regardless, when Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper addressed the forum, he failed to deal with the plight of Canadian cities with anything more than piety and platitudes. Instead, he concentrated on the need for security, which, he said, in this post-9/11 world was our new national priority.
But as Montreal Mayor Gérald Tremblay pointed out yesterday, terrorism is itself caused by larger forces, many of them directly related to the collapse of the civic realm. Keep in mind that the world adds the equivalent of a city of one million every week and the extent of the problems comes clear.
Take care of the cities, Tremblay said, and you take care of the people. That's where they live; that's where the need is. "All cities have similar problems," he told reporters. "We are the true representative of the people. But still we have to convince national governments and institutions that we exist."
Not only do cities exist, they are where the future will unfold.
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PUBLISHED: January 6, 2009 at 7:29 a.m. | UPDATED: June 17, 2021 at 10:57 a.m.
DETROIT (AP) — Nissan Motor Co. has scuttled a plan by some of its Michigan dealers to attend the North American International Auto Show.
Nissan announced in November that it was pulling out of the show. But a group of local dealers said they would provide vehicles and staffing for the space the Japanese automaker planned to occupy.
Doug Fox, auto show co-chairman and owner of Ann Arbor Nissan, tells the Detroit Free Press that before Christmas local dealers were asked by Nissan "to please respect their decision to not have a presence" at the show. Fox said Nissan didn't provide a reason for the request.
A press preview will take place Jan. 11-13, followed by a two-day preview for the automotive industry.
The show opens to the public on Jan. 17 and runs through Jan. 25.


One of quite possibly the most widespread electrical wiring queries is regarding how to wire a change. Even though using switches at your home is kind of quick, wiring just one may not be that easy for everyone. An ON-OFF switch is definitely quite simple to wire. You'll find several types of switches, but for this instance, let us say you're installing a single-pole toggle switch, an extremely widespread change (and the simplest).
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These methods would commonly be enough to help make an average change function without a issue. Nevertheless, in the event you usually are not self-confident you can carry out the job effectively and safely and securely you better let the professionals get it done instead. After all, there is certainly a motive why this process is probably the most commonly encountered electrical wiring thoughts asked by many people.
For some rationale, how to wire a ceiling fan is usually one of quite possibly the most frequent electrical wiring queries. To simplify this job, you can utilize a single swap for your single ceiling fan. To wire the fan, it is really just a subject of connecting the black wire in the ceiling fan into the black wire in the change. If there is a light-weight, the blue wire should be linked for the black wire from the change as well.
You will find factors why they are probably the most frequently questioned electrical wiring concerns. 1, a lot of imagine it truly is basic to try and do, and two, these are the frequent electrical duties in your own home. But you then shouldn't place your protection in danger in your target to economize. The stakes could even be a great deal bigger for those who endeavor to lower your expenses and do an electrical wiring task with out ample know-how or experience.


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Q: WCF XML deserialization not populating array I have developed a WCF using VS 2017 Pro (C#) targeting .Net 4.5.1
The service accepts an XML object in the SOAP request.
Problem I am having is that there is an array in the XML that is not deserializing.  The WCF is using the native deserializer.  Code & XML sample below.
XML tag Application->Amount deserializes ok
XML tag Application_SAList->Application_SA->SecurityKey> does not
business logic null check for ApplicationImpl.Application_SAList passes, but length of ApplicationImpl.Application_SAList.Application_SA array is 0
all classes have 'using System.Runtime.Serialization;'
Desperate to figure this out!  Thanks in advance for anyone's help!
IApplicationService.cs
namespace TApplicationService
{
    [ServiceContract(Namespace = "http://xyz")]
    public interface IApplicationService
    {

        [OperationContract(Name="ProcessApplication")]
        string ProcessApplication(ApplicationRequestImpl ApplicationRequestImpl);
    }
}

ApplicationService.svc.cs
namespace ThriventApplicationService
{

    [ServiceBehavior(Namespace = "http://xyz")]
    public class ApplicationService : IApplicationService
    {
        private SDatabase gDatabase = null;

        public string ProcessApplication(ApplicationRequestImpl ApplicationRequestImpl)
        {
          // does a bunch of business logic here
        }
}

ApplicationRequestImpl.cs
namespace ThriventApplicationService
    {

        [DataContract(Namespace = "http://xyz")]
        public class ApplicationRequestImpl
        {
            [DataMember]
            public Application Application;

            [DataMember(Name="Application_SAList")]
            public ApplicationSASingle Application_SAList;
        }
    }

Application.cs
namespace ThriventApplicationService
{
    [DataContract(Namespace = "http://xyz")]
    public class Application : IExtensibleDataObject
    {

        [DataMember]
        public string Amount;
    }
}

Application_SASingle.cs
namespace ThriventApplicationService
{
    [DataContract(Namespace = "http://xyz")]
    public class ApplicationSASingle
    {
        [DataMember]
        public Application_SA[] Application_SA;
    }
}

Application_SA.cs
namespace ThriventApplicationService
{
    [DataContract(Namespace = "http://xyz")]
    public class Application_SA
    {
        [DataMember]
        public string Security_Key;
    }
}

SAMPLE XML
<ProcessApplication xmlns="http://xyz">
    <ApplicationRequestImpl>
        <Application>
            <Amount>50000.0</Amount>
        </Application>
        <Application_SAList>
            <Application_SA>
                <Security_Key>1588</Security_Key>
            </Application_SA>
        </Application_SAList>
    </ApplicationRequestImpl>
</ProcessApplication>

SOLUTION in ApplicationRequestImpl.cs
   [DataContract(Namespace = "http://prosurv")]
    public class ApplicationRequestImpl
    {

        [DataMember]
        public Application Application;

        [DataMember(Name="Application_SAList")]
        //public Application_SAList Application_SAList;
        public Application_SA[] Application_SA;
}

A: After another shot I have found the solution. The problem is with ApplicationRequestImpl class. XML rerader is looking for Application_SA element inside Application_SA which doesn't exist.
[DataContract(Namespace = "http://xyz")]
public class ApplicationRequestImpl
{
    [DataMember]
    public Application Application;

    //Remove these two lines
    //[DataMember(Name="Application_SAList")]
    //public ApplicationSASingle Application_SAList;

    [DataMember]
    public Application_SA[] Application_SAList;
}

Check full working solution

The problem with arrays is that they need know their size. Which during initialization is 0. Which equals to:
public Application_SA[] Application_SA = new Application_SA[0];

Deserialized objects have no room to fit in.
Solution to this will be to switch to:
public List<Application_SA> Application_SA = new List<Application_SA>();

Hope it helps.


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Gilad Hochman is widely considered as one of Israel's most prominent young composers and as an original and innovative voice in the international music scene. Among his many achievements, at age 24 he became the youngest to win Israel's prestigious Prime Minister's Prize. A decade later his work awarded him the S&R Foundation's Washington Award.
Born in Israel in 1982 to an Odessa-native father and a Paris-native mother, Hochman resides in Berlin since 2007. That same year, he graduated with honors from the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University, where he studied composition and musicology under some of Israel's leading senior musicians.
Hochman started studying the piano at the age of six, composing at the age of nine, and at age fourteen he began learning composition under Ilya Heifets. Since then, his music has developed its own language – constantly searching yet, at the same time, presenting a clear aesthetic approach. It uniquely merges classical music traditions with those connected to Jewish culture and other world cultures, while striving for a balance between rational and emotional expressions.
Praised by the New York Times, the BBC, France 24 and in numerous other publications, Hochman's works were performed in venues such as the Berlin Philharmonie, the German Parliament, Carnegie Hall, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, St James's Piccadilly (London) and Henry Crown Symphony Hall (Jerusalem), to name a few. Additionally, his music was recorded on six albums by international orchestras, choirs and ensembles, most recently by Cantor Azi Schwartz of the Park Avenue Synagogue in NYC together with the renowned German choir, RIAS Kammerchor.
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Americans are not fooled into supporting Israel, as Omar seems to imply. America supports Israel because the vast majority of Americans are pro-Israel at our core.
Rep. Omar's tweetstorm included the deception that pro-Israel groups like AIPAC, in addition to the State of Israel itself, are buying politicans' support for Israel with cold hard cash.
"It's all about the Benjamins baby," Omar tweeted Sunday evening.
The truth is that AIPAC does not pay politicians, and Israel hardly does any lobbying whatsoever.
AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, is not a political action committee. As a 501(c)(4) advocacy group, AIPAC does not fund campaigns for office. AIPAC, through support from its many donors, advocates for pro-Israel policies. Its influence in Congress pales in comparison to the major U.S. corporate lobbies in Washington.
Unlike its Middle East neighbors, which are known to shell out tens of millions of dollars in lobbying cash every year, Israel spends virtually no money at all on lobbying. Support for the U.S.-Israel relationship grows thanks to Americans' natural inclination to support Israel, in addition to the several Jewish and Christian pro-Israel groups that bolster awareness about pro-Israel causes in the United States.
The theocrats who rule Iran celebrated their 40th year in power today, the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in which the ayatollahs overthrew the shah of Iran.
What was once a country led by a devoted U.S. ally has morphed into the world's foremost state sponsor of jihadi terrorism. Today, Iran remains committed to the expansion of its radical ideology and to the acquisition of nuclear weapons.
Of course, regime-led events started and ended with chants calling for "Death to America" and its allies.
American and Chinese negotiators have commenced another round of talks over a possible trade deal that would dissolve economic tensions between the two superpowers.
The American negotiators reportedly want to address China's intellectual property (IP) theft, while China's team is seeking assurances on tariffs related to Chinese imports.
"U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will join higher principal-level talks Thursday and Friday," Fox Business reports.
The United States and China have until March 1 to strike a deal to avoid the imposition of reciprocal tariffs, which some fear could result in a full-blown trade war between the two states.
U.S. and North Korean officials will hold a series of meetings, starting February 17, to make final preparations for the coming Trump-Kim summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, February 27-28. The U.S. side continues to seek evidence of progress on stabilization and denuclearization efforts, while Pyongyang seeks economic aid and American recognition of Kim Jong Un's supposed right to rule over the country.


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Il Giro dei Paesi Bassi 1979, diciannovesima edizione della corsa, si svolse dal 13 al 18 agosto 1979 su un percorso di 947 km ripartiti in 5 tappe (la quinta suddivisa in due semitappe) e un cronoprologo, con partenza da Steenwijk e arrivo a Beekse Bergen. Fu vinto dall'olandese Jan Raas della squadra Ti-Raleigh-Mc Gregor davanti al suo connazionale Gerrie Knetemann e al belga Daniel Willems.

Tappe

Dettagli delle tappe

Prologo
 13 agosto: Steenwijk > Steenwijk (cron. individuale) – 2 km

1ª tappa
 14 agosto: Steenwijk > Amsterdam – 216 km

2ª tappa
 15 agosto: Amsterdam > s-Heerenberg – 203 km

3ª tappa
 16 agosto: s-Heerenberg > Sittard-Geleen – 223 km

4ª tappa
 17 agosto: Sittard-Geleen > Heesch – 195 km

5ª tappa - 1ª semitappa
 18 agosto: Heesch > Beekse Bergen – 86 km

5ª tappa - 2ª semitappa
 18 agosto: Beekse Bergen > Beekse Bergen (cron. a squadre) – 22 km

Classifiche finali

Classifica generale

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

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NDP leader Burrill addresses hot button topics while in Antigonish
Richard MacKenzie · Journalist | Posted: Oct. 17, 2018, 11:13 a.m. | Updated: Oct. 17, 2018, 1:03 p.m. | 5 Min Read
Nova Scotia New Democratic Party leader Gary Burrill was in Antigonish Oct. 16 as part of a province-wide tour he is conducting, following the wrap-up of the fall session for the Nova Scotia Legislature last week. Richard MacKenzie - Richard MacKenzie
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - With the Nova Scotia Legislature wrapping up its fall session Oct. 11, Nova Scotia New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Gary Burrill decided to hit the road for a coast-to-coast tour the province. His travels had him landing in Antigonish on the morning of Oct. 16.
"To talk about some of the main issues which were raised [during the session]," Burrill said about the objective of his travels.
"Some of the things we brought forward which we think would be a better path for the province, and some of the things the government brought forward and where those could be improved. I was in Cape Breton yesterday, the northern mainland today, and I'll spend the rest of the week in the south-western part of the province."
Improving care
The topic list includes the availability to, and quality of, long-term care facilities across the province. Burrill said it's not an area where government should look to cut; it should be a priority.
"A combination of not opening any new nursing homes and cutting funds on the ones we do have has put the whole sector under major pressure," Burrill said. "From our point of view, the NDP's, this is not the place to squeeze. There are a lot of places in the world to squeeze but don't squeeze the people who are living in nursing homes; we can surely do better than that."
He said that point of view is sometimes challenged in regards to costs.
"I think we have to say, there are some things that, as a people, we recognize as a priority," he said. "If we have to cut, we're not going to cut here. This is something we're going to do well, we're going to be proud of how we do it and we're not going to say, 'well, we couldn't do as well by the residents in nursing homes because we actually didn't have the money.' This is the kind of thing for which you find what is needed, because you put it on the top of the list … I think it's a big thing."
Burrill talked about the NDP introducing a bill called the Care and Dignity Act which stipulated a ratio be maintained between staff and residents in long term care facilities.
"It says there should be in law, not just in rules or guidelines, the percentage of continuing care assistants (CCAs), LPNs and RNs who are available at the ratio of those people in residence at every long-term care facility," he said, noting, as an opposition party to a majority government, it's not the expectation a bill is passed but, at least, "shapes a conversation."
In talking about some of the rationale, Burrill noted changing trends for the facilities.
"People go into nursing homes now much older and more in need of help, than they used to," he said, recalling that when he first started visiting nursing homes, as a United Church minister, there would be parking spaces for residents.
"There is no one in a nursing home I know today who has a parking space for their car, they're in a different stage of life," he said.
"This isn't hard to understand; it's partly because of homecare that people are able to stay in their homes longer, so they come into nursing homes later. And partly, too, because we're living longer. But it means that we can't have the ratio of staff to residents that we had 25 years ago. People who come into long-term care now, they need, on average, a much higher level of support than people needed 20 years ago."
Increasing minimum wage
Seeing Nova Scotia's minimum wage jump up to $15 an hour was another area Burrill went into detail about, while in Antigonish.
When asked about the difficulties small businesses may face with the number, Burrill said it's actually the small and medium-sized businesses in the province which need the increase.
"What is the greatest challenge for small and medium sized businesses in Nova Scotia? They don't have enough customers," he said, answering his own question. "Why don't they have enough customers? Because one third of the people who work for wages in Nova Scotia work for less than $15 an hour; that means they don't have the money to buy things.
"There is no magic about this. In order for businesses to prosper, people have to have enough income to buy things, once in a while. People who work for $11 an hour don't go to stores and buy things. To a great extent, they can't even go to the store to buy their groceries."
Burrill said $15 is a "benchmark" which has been reached by Alberta and B.C. is on the path towards.
"There has been a move towards $15 an hour across the country," he said. "We need to remember too where we are in Nova Scotia. We're not in the middle of the pack about this, we're at the rock bottom; 10 provinces in the country, who is number 10 – Nova Scotia," he said.
He also talked about Nova Scotians carrying a lot of credit card debt.
"How can you develop your GDP, economic growth, when your consumer purchasing power at this level is in the tank? So, from my point of view, small business needs the $15 an hour."
Legalization of cannabis
Speaking a day before cannabis is legalized across the country, Burrill said, first and foremost, this wasn't a "Nova Scotia deal."
"This is an Ottawa deal; a deal out of our hands, passed to us and we have to deal with it," he said.
"From my point of view, I think we would be in a better situation to enter into legalized cannabis if the government had made, and I'm hoping they'll do this in the future, a wider number of places where it's available.
"At the moment, we have 12 stores. What's the objective here? The objective is to put the illegal market for cannabis out of business through a legal market. I can't see how you can do that with 12 stores. Imagine if we only had 12 liquor stores in Nova Scotia, who would be making money – bootleggers. So if we want to put the cannabis bootleggers out of business, we have to have more than 12 stores to do it."
When he took over the leadership and throughout last year's election, Burrill talked about returning the NDP to their core values. He said their election platform represented that objective and he feels there is a "hunger" for what they prioritize.
"I think the platform we ran on in last year's election was one that addressed the income crisis, income inequality, and the environmental crisis, in a way as bold, probably more bold, than the platform of any major party in Canada we've seen in the last 25 years," he said.
"I think there is a real hunger in the present world, that we haven't seen for years and years, to see these issues be addressed. And, in my view, it's the mission and purpose of the NDP to stand for that hunger."
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After New Order split up in 2007, Hook retained a 25 percent stake in Vitalturn Company Ltd, a company the band created following the demise of Factory Records in the early Nineties. However, prior to New Order's return in 2011, Sumner, Morris and keyboardist Gillian Gilbert transferred the band's assets and trademark to a new company – New Order Limited – owned by the three of them, paying a five percent royalty to Vitalturn Ltd., of which Hook receives 1.25 percent.
"The reports so far take a number of things out of context. Peter still, for instance, receives his full share of all back catalogue royalties. This dispute relates only to the share of income he takes from our work without him since 2011," New Order clarified of the lawsuit. "Not much more we can say as nothing has been decided by the Court on the facts other than he has a right to proceed with the claim, so this matter is still in play."
The band added, "We're getting on with life and concentrating on touring and promoting our new album."
Less than two years after former New Order bassist Peter Hook sued ex-bandmates Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert over their business practices, both sides have reached an agreement.
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Media and marketing scribes in Australia were ignited somewhat last week with news of the imminent awarding of one of the largest outdoor media contracts in Australia — the City of Sydney's street furniture and outdoor advertising assets. The official timetable quotes February as the expected announcement date. Comprising over 2,000 physical assets, the City of Sydney contract has been held by JCDecaux since 1999, and the tendering process has been underway for over 12 months.


Arguably the oldest magic trick in existence, the Cups and Balls trick has lost none of its magic with age.
The magician, standing behind a table, displays three identical cups and three small balls. Setting one cup down, the magician puts one of the balls on top of it and then covers it with the other two cups. A tap of the top cup and the magician removes the stack of cups to show that the ball has penetrated the cup and is now lying on the table. Covering that ball with a cup the magician repeats the process, showing after the tap there are two balls on the table. A third time and the last ball is penetrated, showing all three balls on the table.
A fourth ball, cleverly kept hidden, allows this mystery to take place.
Stack two cups, put the fourth ball inside the second, and put the third cup on top. You are now set to perform the basic routine of Cups and Balls.
This trick can be done close up or on stage and while the basic trick explained here will certainly amaze the audience, the magician can add infinite variations to the routine to continue to amaze.
The magician should place three balls in the top cup and the stack on the table and he is now ready to begin. Picking up the cup stack, the magician spills the balls into his hand and then places them in a row on the table, roughly six inches apart.
Holding the stack of cups in his left hand, the magician should keep it tilted slightly towards his body, so the audience can not get a clear view of the bottom of the cup on top. Removing this cup with the right hand, the magician places it on the table behind the right-most ball. The motion should be smooth and fluid. The stack of two cups left in the left hand has the hidden ball in the top most cup. In the same motion as above, the magician takes that cup and places it on the table behind the middle ball. The smooth motion will keep the fourth ball hidden.
The third cup is placed behind the left most ball. The middle ball is picked up and placed on top of the middle cup. The end cups are picked up and stacked on the middle cup. A tap and a magic word, and the magician explains he will cause the ball to penetrate the bottom of the cup. Lifting the stack the hidden ball is revealed, apparently having passed through the cup.
The stack is already set to perform again. This time the middle cup is placed over the ball already on the table and the right most ball is put on top of it. The process is repeated, and when the stack is lifted there are two balls on the table. The magician repeats this process with the last ball and shows his mastery over nature for a third time.
This is the most basic form of Cups and Balls- the magician should master this first and then begin to add to the routine, such as vanishing a ball with a finger palm and then "tossing it" invisibly through the air to appear under a cup.


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