A lot has changed in the 14 years I've been working in Investment Banking IT. Back in 1996, Technology was just a "nice-to-have" tool, replacing paper tickets with spreadsheets or simple screen-based batch-oriented systems. These days IT is critical to the success of any large bank, as it plays a part in every step of a financial product's life. However, the last decade's organic and largely ungoverned application explosion has resulted in a rigid and hugely complex technology landscape, which cost firms vast sums of money to support, change and retire.
After many years trying to tackle this problem, Enterprise OSGi looks to offer practical solution. In combination with technologies such as service fabrics, it could finally be possible to create a lightweight application platform that separates the concerns of infrastructure from those of the business, while at the same time encouraging reuse and modularity.
What Investment Banking desperately needs is an agile, modular platform that allows services to scale on demand and automatically recover when necessary, whilst meeting performance constraints. Dependencies need to be clear and interface changes governed at the right level. Enterprise OSGi maybe have arrived just in time.
In my presentation I will summarise the events that have led to the complexity we are struggling with today, and show how I approached building an Enterprise Strategy proposal based on OSGi.
Gary Field is a Director of Credit Suisse, working in the CIO division, based in London. He currently works in IT Research, specialising in the area of application tools, technologies and platforms. Prior to this he has held a number of positions in the CIO division, including Global Head of Engineering & Architecture in Fixed Income IT, Global Head of FX e-Commerce, Architect in Prime Services IT and Senior Developer in Equities IT, developing an Exchange Connectivity platform. Gary joined Credit Suisse First Boston from BZW when it was aquired in 1997. Prior to that, he worked at Logica for two years. Gary holds a MEng in Software Engineering from Imperial College, University of London.


That's certainly one way to do your object source lighting.
Admiral JCJF wrote: Looks good!
That looks awesome! Are there different colors available for the lights? Also could you put a resister in line to tone down the amount of light?
Could you maybe give us a little "how to"?
My question is, how are you going to do that base?
Pirannha wrote: That looks awesome! Are there different colors available for the lights? Also could you put a resister in line to tone down the amount of light?
i make drilled Deep hole and insert optical fiber.
Then, make another drilled hole at those insertion portions side and add another optical fibers join and adhesion.
Finally, make optical fibers contact with LED light.
I apologize for the lack of English skills!
Mike Mee wrote: My question is, how are you going to do that base?


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"THE WITCHING SEASON" Music by Randin Graves and Slasher Dave. American horror anthology series created by Michael Ballif, written and directed by Ballif and James Morris, and produced by Morris, Allen Bradford, Jordan Swenson, and Parker Marcroft. The series consists of five interlocking segments that revolve around the Halloween season. Each episode, fueled by nostalgia, pays tribute to a different genre of horror. The score for The Witching Season is composed by Randin Graves and Slasher Dave.
"THEY LIVE INSIDE US" Music by Randin Graves. American independent horror film adaptation of episode #4 of The Witching Season anthology series. The feature film is directed by Michael Ballif and produced by Ballif, James Morris, Allen Bradford, and Jordan Swenson. A father and daughter spend Halloween night in the notoriously haunted Booth House with the father hoping to find inspiration for a new writing project, only to discover hidden secrets more sinister than either could imagine. The score for They Live Inside Us is composed by award-winning composer and multi-instrumentalist Randin Graves.
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Q-created phenomena. Rift caused by anti-time particles in the future. Anomaly grows backward in time endangering all life in the past.
Plays on table. Kills literally ALL personnel in play (both players' cards) at the end of your third full turn, unless anti-time anomaly destroyed first.


The Co-operative Group is set to offer 3,000 new jobs in its legal services arm, creating what it claims will be "the largest consumer law business in the country". Ninety percent of the new positions at Co-operative Legal Services (CLS) will be legal roles, with the remainder of the jobs in its support team.
The Co-operative Group is set to offer 3,000 new jobs in its legal services arm, creating what it claims will be "the largest consumer law business in the country".


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Luca Stefani (* 22. února 1987 Asiago) je italský rychlobruslař.

V roce 2004 poprvé startoval na juniorském světovém šampionátu, ve Světovém poháru závodí od roku 2006. Na Mistrovství světa 2008 získal s italským týmem stříbrnou medaili ve stíhacím závodě družstev. Zúčastnil se Zimních olympijských her 2010 (5000 m – 25. místo, stíhací závod družstev – 6. místo). Na MS 2015 skončil s italským týmem ve stíhacím závodě na páté příčce.

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Narození 22. února
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Pace University Opens New Learning Space Bringing Computer Science Projects to Life
Pace University's Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems and Assembly Member Deborah J. Glick celebrated the opening of an upgraded computer science educational space with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The event included students, and university officials along with Assembly Member Glick and unveiled the new space at 163 William Street in lower Manhattan. Renovations were supported by a $500,000 government grant, which is part of the State and Municipal Facilities Program, also known as a "SAM grant."
Preparing to make Pace history!
Assembley Member Glick cuts the ribbon officially opening the Seidenberg ThinkTank classroom on at 163 William Street
New features of the computer science learning space include a think-tank style classroom, and a dedicated space for the NYC Design Factory, an undergraduate program that pairs Pace students with outside companies and tasks them with developing projects and innovative apps for the companies. Reinforcing the latest research in team and group strategies for problem solving, the space provides communal areas for students to study and work in teams. The creation of these new modular meeting and training spaces provides students with collaborative learning spaces where projects can come to life.
Assembly Member Deborah J. Glick, who helped secure the grant said, "I was very happy to have the opportunity to allocate this money because Pace is comprised of a group of strivers and helping to get some resources is a great joy for me." Glick is also chair of the Committee on Higher Education.
Pace University Provost Vanya Quiñones, Ph.D., said, "We cannot do all of this alone. It is important to our institutional success and student success to have a champion like Assembly Member Deborah Glick fighting for us."
Provost Quiñones, Seidenberg Dean Jonathan Hill, Assembley Member Glick, and Government and Community Relations' Vanessa Herman, in Seidenberg's new collaboration space
Dean of Pace's Seidenberg School, Jonathan H. Hill, D.P.S., said, "At Pace University's Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems, we are educating the next generation of New York City Tech industry employees and the founders of new companies. Assembly Member Glick's assistance has made all the difference in allowing us to create cutting edge, technology-driven collaboration spaces for learning, designing, researching, and playing for these students."
Author Katie ToddPosted on October 29, 2018 Categories Fall 2018, FeaturedTags construction, Events, press release, provost, ribbon cutting, space


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Q: NotificationCenter obersever not called in swift 4 i am trying to post notification NotificationCenter from appdelegate and receive notification in another view but notification not received.
Post notification :-
func xmppStream(_ sender: XMPPStream, didReceive message: XMPPMessage)
{
    print("did receive message  isss-->\(message)")

    NotificationCenter.default.post(name: Notification.Name("MessageReceived"), object: message)

}

Received Notification in viewdidload :-
 NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(self.messagereceived(notification:)), name: Notification.Name("MessageReceived"), object: nil)

Method :-
@objc func messagereceived(notification:Notification)
{
    let message = notification.object as? XMPPMessage
    print("chat conversion message is----->\(message)")
}

My "messagereceived" Method not called.
so any one have solution related to this then please help me.
Thanks in advance.

A: In my case i can't get NotificationCenter in some situation in my app .
and problem was that using
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(btnRegister(_:)), name: Notification.Name(rawValue: "btnRegister"), object: nil)

in my viewDidLoad() func, And when i set above code in my viewWillAppear() func, that's work perfectly.
According to your code logic , move above code to other func or other section of your code and try to fix your problem.

A: Change the notification post from
 NotificationCenter.default.post(name: Notification.Name("MessageReceived"), object: message)

to
NotificationCenter.default.post(Notification(name: Notification.Name(rawValue: "MessageReceived"),object: message))

and the observer from
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(self.messagereceived(notification:)), name: Notification.Name("MessageReceived"), object: nil)

to
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(self.messagereceived(notification:)), name: NSNotification.Name(rawValue: "MessageReceived"), object: nil)

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Q: How to build one docker image for multiple projects? In my project I am using .net core 2.2 , recently I am using additional class library inside my project.
When I am trying to build my image it can not found my dll.
My docker file looks like:
FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/sdk:2.2 AS build-env
WORKDIR /app
# Copy csproj and restore as distinct layers
COPY *.csproj ./
RUN dotnet restore

COPY . ./
RUN dotnet publish -c Release -o out
# Build runtime image
FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/aspnet:2.2
WORKDIR /app
EXPOSE 80
COPY --from=build-env /app/out .
ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "LibvirtManagement.dll"]

I am getting error like this:
 The project file "/JenkinsService/JenkinsService.csproj" was not found.
 [/app/LibvirtManagement.sln]
The command '/bin/sh -c dotnet publish -c Release -o out' returned a non-zero code: 1

A: The error message is pretty straightforward, you're missing JenkinsService.csproj and other files from this project in docker container where you build it. You need to copy these files as well.
If you're using Visual Studio the easiest way to do it is to right-click executable project file (LibvirtManagement in your case) and then select Add -> Docker Support.... It will auto-generate correct Dockerfile for you
EDIT: this is what this tool created for me:
#See https://aka.ms/containerfastmode to understand how Visual Studio uses this Dockerfile to build your images for faster debugging.

FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/aspnet:2.2-stretch-slim AS base
WORKDIR /app
EXPOSE 80
EXPOSE 443

FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/sdk:2.2-stretch AS build
WORKDIR /src
COPY ["LibvirtManagement/LibvirtManagement.csproj", "LibvirtManagement/"]
COPY ["JenkinsService/JenkinsService.csproj", "JenkinsService/"]
RUN dotnet restore "LibvirtManagement/LibvirtManagement.csproj"
COPY . .
WORKDIR "/src/LibvirtManagement"
RUN dotnet build "LibvirtManagement.csproj" -c Release -o /app/build

FROM build AS publish
RUN dotnet publish "LibvirtManagement.csproj" -c Release -o /app/publish

FROM base AS final
WORKDIR /app
COPY --from=publish /app/publish .
ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "LibvirtManagement.dll"]


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Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XXXI, Foreign Economic Policy, 1973–1976
90. Memorandum From the President's Assistant for Economic Affairs (Seidman) to President Ford 1
Washington, June 10, 1975.
Negotiating Strategy on Gold
The central question regarding our negotiating strategy on gold at the International Monetary Fund Interim Committee meeting in progress in Paris is whether IMF countries should be allowed to freely trade gold between themselves.
Secretary Simon and Chairman Burns had reached agreement on a compromise based on attempting to secure Chancellor Schmidt's support for the original U.S. position that such gold trading should be done only in emergencies. However, Chancellor Schmidt declined to support this position and instead is supporting the French position that intercountry trading of gold should be allowed under a global limit.
We have received a joint call from Secretary Simon and Chairman Burns asking direction on which of two recommended options should be supported by the U.S.
Option 1: Gold should be traded between countries only on an emergency basis.
This position is supported by Chairman Burns and the central bankers of almost all countries on the basis that it is the most certain way to prevent gold returning to the center of the international monetary system.
Secretary Simon and Paul Volcker would support this position if they felt agreement on it was attainable but the French remain intransigent on the issue.
Option 2: Gold could be freely traded between governments under a global limit.
This is essentially the French position and is supported by most other European finance ministers. Secretary Simon is willing to accept such an arrangement in order to obtain an overall agreement. All other issues on the agenda at the meetings (quotas, etc.) have been agreed on by the participants. Secretary Simon believes that failure to reach an agreement on the gold issue will prevent any overall agreement.
This position is supported by Secretary Dunlop and N.Y. Federal Reserve Director Paul Volcker. Alan Greenspan also supports this option on the assumption that no deferral can be obtained to negotiate this matter at a later date.
A decision on this matter is needed today.
Option 1 Gold should be traded between countries only on an emergency basis.2
Option 2 Gold could be freely traded between governments under a global limit.
Source: Ford Library, President's Handwriting File, Subject File, Box 19, Finance—Gold. No classification marking. A stamped notation on the memorandum indicates that Ford saw it.↩
President Ford initialed this option.↩
Foreign Economic Policy
International Monetary Policy; Economic Summitry (Documents 1-152)
Negotiating the New Rules, May 1973–June 1975 (Documents 38-90)
Trade Policy (Documents 153-241)
Commodity Policy; North-South Relations (Documents 242-310)
Burns, ArthurDunlop, JohnFord, Gerald R.Greenspan, AlanSchmidt, HelmutSeidman, L. WilliamSimon, William E.Volcker, Paul A.


will be Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at 6pm.
Rocket players will recognized for their outstanding efforts during the season and receive their trophys.
Sparta Team-6 will have a separate season ending gathering where they will receive their trophys. Contact coach Hall if you have any questions.


"MY FRIEND ARJUN SINGH" This is a hand-drawn "Water Color Portrait Painting". The person smiling in this painting is, my Friend Arjun Singh.
Keep a smile on your face and let your personality be your autograph…!


That is how many USCG Engineering Exam Questions we have collected over the last few years. We also constantly update the question bank with the new engineering exam questions as they are released.
This should be great news for you! You might have heard from your friends how hard it can be passing the U.S. Coast Guard Engineering Exam.
That is because often the questions asked in the exam covers very obscure facts or are designed to trick you. The only real way to be prepared for the exam is to do as many of these Coast Guard Engineering Exam Questions as you can.
USCGQ.com makes it super easy for you to study these questions in many ways.
You can search for a specific question and find the answer to any question. This is useful if you wrote a test at your maritime training school and want to check your answers.
More often though you would simply browse all the questions for a specific module and answer the multiple-choice question. You will instantly see if your answer is correct and will be show the correct answer if you were wrong. This is an awesome way to not only test your knowledge, but learn the correct answer at the same time.
Once you feel confident that you can answer every question you should test your knowledge with a real USCG Engineering License Exam simulation. Generate a test and complete the test. In test mode you will only be able to see your results at the end of the test.
You can also print a generated test if you wish to study the questions offline or take a paper based test.
We know it is hard work. Hopefully our system will make it a bit easier for you. We have helped over 15,000 students with studying for their exams and we are looking forward to also helping you!


I love coming up with new ideas. How cool would it be to see companies with these names?
For any company that delivers or does on-site work like Nails on the Run.
For any company that helps to organize life or even a psychologist tag line.


LCI is the world's largest service club organization : more than 1.3 million members in more than 45,000 clubs worldwide.
Lions are everywhere : active men and women in more than 200 countries and geographic areas.
Lions have a dynamic history : founded in 1917, we are best known for fighting blindness. But we also volunteer for many different kinds of community projects – including caring for the environment, feeding the hungry and aiding seniors and the disabled.
Lions award grants : since 1968, the Lions Clubs International Foundation has awarded more than $660 million in grants to support Lions humanitarian projects around the world. Together, the Foundation and Lions are helping communities following natural disasters by providing for immediate needs such as food, water, clothing and medical supplies and aiding in long-term reconstruction.
Lions are active : our motto is "We Serve." Lions are part of a global service network, doing whatever is necessary to help our local communities.
TO PROVIDE a forum for the open discussion of all matters of public interest provided, however, that partisan politics and sectarian religion shall not be debated by club members.
TO ENCOURAGE service-minded people to serve their community without personal financial reward, and to encourage efficiency and promote high ethical standards in commerce.


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Neokomunizm − nieformalna nazwa nurtu społeczno-politycznego. Reprezentuje on zasadnicze teorie społeczno-gospodarcze zawarte w dziełach Karola Marksa i Fryderyka Engelsa. Odcina się częściowo lub całkowicie od metod działania dyktatury komunistycznej. Polega on na realizacji idei komunizmu w nowych warunkach, zasady i poglądy są adaptacją komunizmu i marksizmu do nowych warunków społecznych.

Pochodzenie słowa
Określenie "neo-komunizm" w języku rosyjskim, według dostępnych danych, po raz pierwszy zostało użyte przez A. N. Tarasowa w listopadzie 1973 roku w jego dziele "Zasady neokomunizmu", która stała się teoretycznym dokumentem tajnej Partii Nowych Komunistów (NCP), a następnie Neokomunistycznej Partii Związku Radzieckiego (NCSPS). Ideowo "Zasady neo komunizmu" są związkiem ortodoksyjnego marksizmu, leninizmu, trockizmu i koncepcji nowej lewicy, często anarchistycznej.

Współczesne użycie pojęcia
W tej chwili nie ma jasnej koncepcji neo-komunizmu. Neo-komuniści nazywają siebie jako tych, którzy mają negatywny stosunek do modelu sowieckiego, a ci, którzy są pozytywnie nastawieni do Związku Radzieckiego to partie polityczne, które są spadkobiercami KPZR (Komunistyczna Partia Federacji Rosyjskiej Rosyjska Partia Komunistyczna, Liga Komunistyczna i inne). Do grupy tej zaliczają się także zwolennicy anarchizmu i kapitalizmu państwowego.

Jeden z autorów "Manifestu neo-komunizmu" proponuje koncepcję neo-komunizmu jako systemu społecznego z organizacją sieci społeczeństwa, którego wszystkie elementy są zjednoczone w mikro-Zjednoczone – Gminy, które w imieniu swoich członków współdziałają z rządem federalnym i biorą udział w gospodarce.

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Neokomunistyczna Białoruś
Mianem neokomunistycznej określana jest czasem Białoruś rządzona przez Aleksandra Łukaszenkę, która odcina się od Związku Radzieckiego, ale systemem gospodarczym kraju jest socjalizm rynkowy i 80% PKB kraju wytwarza sektor państwowy. System Białorusi nie jest podobny, ani do kapitalizmu, ani do radzieckiej wersji komunizmu i z tego też powodu bywa określany jako neokomunistyczny.

Partie neokomunistyczne jako partie nie odwołujące się do totalitaryzmu lub eurokomunistyczne
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Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Stanisław Szuszkiewicz. Neokomunizm na Białorusi: ideologia, praktyka, perspektywy. – Scythian, 2002. – 284 str. – , .
 James Lewis Dowody na neokomunizm http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2007/10/the_evidence_for_neocommunism.html American Thinker, 25 sierpnia 2010

Nurty komunizmu


The 31 March 2007 build is out.
Re: The 31 March 2007 build is out.
I have a question about virtual folders. When I add lets say two files for a class, a *.cpp and *.h file Into a virtual folder it stays in there fine. But when I restarte C::B it creates two copies of the virtual folder, one in the source directory and header directory in the file tree, which defeats the purpose of a virtual folder. Is there an option to fix it so that What I put in a folder stays in that one folder always?
edit, Ok I found out how, maybe there could be a "categorize by file types, except for virtual folders" option.
Cursor blinks by changing color between black and background color.
If you set black as your background color -> between black and black -> cursor is invisible.
Settings > Editor > Margins and caret and change the caret colour there.


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La monarquia hereditària és la forma més comuna de monarquia. La corona es passa entre membres de la mateixa família o dinastia. Aquest sistema compta amb els avantatges de l'estabilitat, la continuïtat i la previsibilitat. Quan el rei o la reina mor o abdica, el poder passa a mans d'algú de la propera generació, usualment per ordre d'edat. Normalment l'ordre de successió es fixa mitjançant una llei específica. Prima l'edat, però en el passat es van emprar altres paràmetres com la rotació o el tanistry irlandès.

Una qüestió específica és l'ordre dels homes i les dones. La llei sàlica, per exemple, fixa que tenen preferència els barons de la família, tot i que no exclou l'accés al tron de les dones, com sí que passa en l'anomenada successió agnatícia. Per contra, la successió cognatícia no té en compte el sexe de l'hereu sinó només qui és el fill o la filla gran dels actuals reis.

La monarquia hereditària pot ser electiva, en el sentit que es pot elegir monarca però només entre els membres de la família que compleixin determinats requisits. Aquest mètode, usual en el passat, solia consistir en el fet que el rei elegia el seu successor ja en vida i influïa la voluntat de la cort, de manera que en morir aquests escollien el candidat desitjat. Aquest sistema va ser freqüent a l'edat mitjana, si bé les regles de la majoria de països es van fixar a començament de l'Edat moderna per garantir una monarquia hereditària sòlida.

Formes de govern


Here's an idea to kick around. There are plenty of games conventions in the UK, as discussed previously. There are plenty of puzzle conventions around the world. However, unless you know something I don't, there isn't a puzzle convention in the UK. Why not? What might one include?
Disclaimer: nothing here is anything other than the very earliest, roughest form of speculation.
* are there other subgenres I'm missing here...?
* what other contests do existing puzzle events feature...?
* professionals for networking, " " " " " " " "
* media partners, " " " " " " " "
What am I missing? How does this sound to people? Is there anyone reading this with enough time, resources and expertise to devote to leading the project? I'd be interested and have some experience, but some parts interest me more than others.
Please redirect any comments here, using OpenID or (identified, ideally) anonymous posting. Thank you!


We met because we were placed in the same room at City Wide Open Studios. I was drawn to your work because it was representational but with strong abstract components. My work was primarily abstract, but I was (and still am) toying with hinting at representational aspects, at least in terms of suggesting three-dimensional geometries.
Your works contain very concrete representational images, areas that suggest three-dimensional spaces, and other areas that seem alive with color and texture, but don't seem to have representational elements. Can you talk about your goals in combining elements from both the representational and abstract traditions?
Yes. I really enjoyed that time at City Wide Open Studios. It was my first time participating and your first time showing your work publicly. I remember being very surprised by that because it was very developed–you had obviously been creating for quite some time.
When discussing my work I often refer to something that Francis Bacon said about contemporary painting. He likened it to painting a wall–which almost everyone has done at some point and probably had the experience of creating those first few marks with a brush or roller and enjoying how dynamic and energetic they are. However it always reaches a certain tipping point where enough of the wall is filled in that the energy gets lost. So I thought about that a lot for a time and it's probably internalized to some degree now. What I know also influenced and influences me a great deal is the work I grew up appreciating which was typically representational images and often realist or at least somewhat realistic painters that created works that left the meaning (at first glance at least) open to the viewer. These are the works that usually stayed with me long after actually seeing them. They enter through the eye but remain with you more as an idea, if that makes sense. So most of my early work was very realistic and detailed but at a certain point I found that there was a lot that I appreciated about abstract work when actually in the moment of experiencing the physical works themselves. So where the ideas and intellectual side were stimulated by one type of work maybe even more after the fact, the emotions are stoked by the other immediately. So in my work I'm looking, in varying degrees, to combine the two. I've said I'm interested in energy and dynamism in the moment but hopefully with a lasting psychological hangover.
Now in looking at your work I've noticed perhaps a greater openness developing over time. The earliest work I saw of yours was very detailed and I would say very tightly structured. There was interesting use negative space throughout but I think more now. Also in the years since you've introduced color into your work. Could you speak a little to that and how much of an impact adding that dimension has had and your feelings about the role of color in your work?
The piece your have in this show is quite different from what I first saw–still you but I'd say quite different. I'm interested to know if you are pushing your work in a particular direction? Do you feel it being pulled in a particular direction? And maybe talk a bit about how it has evolved especially in regard to what you mentioned about your interest in the line between abstract and representation.
Also I think I remember you discussing ideas about patterns and the breaking down and intersecting of patterns. Could you talk about the role this plays in your process? I'm particularly interested to know, given the role that intuition, patterns, and the breakdown of patterns plays in your work, and given the unforgiving nature of your preferred medium, your ideas about "mistakes?"
Interestingly, the answer to many of your questions about my work relates strongly to what you said about the excitement of beginning to paint. I am wondering how that plays out for you--how you maintain that sense of excitement after the midpoint of a piece.
For me, I still start my pieces with a relatively simple plan that involves lines. But I began discovering that my work often looks most intriguing when I am in the middle of a pattern. So over the last few years, I increasingly stop myself halfway through a pattern and then make myself change gears--start a new pattern. And then when that one begins to take hold, I again stop and attempt to disrupt it. That furthers my interest in the tension between order and chaos, and it also throws many implied patterns into the piece, either through negative space, or through the way the different patterns complement and complete each other. And it means that I am constantly starting over again, with Beginner's Mind.
Your comments about the psychological hangover helps me think about your pieces--they do indeed often linger in my memory, as if I had dreamed them myself. Can you talk about your process--both how you start, and how you maintain your creative energy as you continue to develop a piece?
I appreciate that you said that–about feeling as though you had dreamed them yourself.
The process always varies from piece to piece, at least to some degree, and I like that so far it does but there are definitely things that are typical in my process. My work begins with ideas. I often group artists by whether their work begins with an idea (the internal or internalized) or through observational looking/drawing/painting (the external) with obviously varying degrees of overlap between categories. Some of these ideas I paint relatively quickly and others stay with me for months or years before it feels like it's the right time to begin them. I do a lot of little drawings and usually the refinements involve removing as much as possible and very rarely adding elements. Once the painting begins I work as loosely as possible but I do keep in mind the image I'm working toward. My process involves a lot of layering so once I graduate a piece from the acrylic and spray paint stage to oil then you really cannot easily go back. Therefore there is a lot of mental planning involved in imagining the piece three dimensionally–how each layer will work with those subsequent. I plan as much as I possibly can before I begin but often, perhaps always, once paint is brought into the equation things are bound to go in unexpected directions. That's one of the most beautiful things about painting for me. I like being in a place where I'm steering the medium toward a goal but allowing for detours along the way.
And I agree completely about work looking most interesting with elements some might call incomplete. I think the biggest mistake artists make today is over-finishing their work. Whenever I see work in progress there's always a point where I want to grab their hand and stop them. Edvard Munch understood this very well in his paintings. It sounds like in your work you're seeking balance and not "finish." I'd be curious to know what percentage of the works you begin do you end up keeping as completed pieces?
Well, I never discard a piece. Instead, I set it aside. I have a growing collection of pieces that I don't like, became bored with, or don't know how to finish. But I often go back, find one that has been fallow for a year or so, and add new ideas and patterns--many of my favorite pieces were created that way. I'm amazed at how you envision your pieces when you begin, because my initial vision usually bears little relationship to the finished product!
It's been fascinating talking with you--thank you!
Excited to have updated my website with more recent works and a good selection of my work from 2012-2015: Check it Out! Easy to remember: www.robertbienstock.com.
And yes, many of these pieces will be on display at the Gallery in a few weeks: September 10, 4-7, 873 Whitney. Hope to see you there!
These three pieces have sold, but are still up for viewing at River Street Gallery through May 22!
People sometimes tell me they are curious about art, but don't know how to engage the artist at a gallery opening. Saturday night there will be 5 of us showing our work, just waiting to talk with you. You can always come up to any of us and just us to tell you something about the work.
How did you create that technique in this part of the drawing?
How much of this piece was planned ahead of time?
For something that is partially realistic and partly unreal: Why did you ... (paint the sky red; give her 4 eyes; etc.)?
For something realistic: Is that something you actually saw or a scene you made up? Why did you choose that scene?
For something abstract: Does this represent something? If not, what were you trying to do?
What motivated you to do this piece?
So, armed with these questions, come on down to the River Street Gallery Saturday evening and talk to us!
Art Show this Saturday--myself and 4 other artists, at a unique gallery space!
Nasreen Mohamedi--Great Line-Oriented Artist at the Met Breuer!
Nasreen Mohamedi at the Met Breuer: Line Art!
www.RobertBienstock.com is live! Comments and suggestions invited!


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Die Marquise vom Pompadour ist ein 1930 entstandener, deutscher Ausstattungs- und Historienfilm von Willi Wolff. Die Titelrolle übernahm Anny Ahlers, ihr königlicher Liebhaber wurde von Kurt Gerron verkörpert.

Handlung
Frankreich zur Zeit König Ludwig XV., Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts. Die Marquise von Pompadour ist eine kunstsinnige, geistreiche und sehr ehrgeizige Frau. Und am wichtigsten: sie ist die Geliebte des absolutistischsten Herrschers des Landes. Diese neue Macht hat sie zu einer gefährlichen und bei einigen ihrer Widersacher wie dem Dauphin und dem Staatsminister Maurepas verhassten Person werden lassen. Eines Tages wird der junge Adelige Gaston de Méville wegen eines Spottliedes verhaftet und im Eilverfahren zum Tode verurteilt. Die Pompadour wünscht den Delinquenten zu sehen … und verliebt sich sogleich in den eloquenten Spötter. Um ihn vor dem Schafott zu retten, lässt die Pompadour Gaston mit Hilfe ihrer Gesellschafterin, Madame l'Estrade, in derjenigen Kadettenschule verstecken, in der die Gesellschafterin auch schon den aufschneiderischen Marcel de Clermont, den Neffen ihrer Jugendliebe, untergebracht hat. Dort, in Saint-Cyr, beginnt Gaston umzudenken und entwickelt allmählich Gefühle für seine Retterin. Da er sich jedoch seinen männlichen Stolz bewahren will, meldet er sich nicht bei der Pompadour, die eines Tages derart von Sehnsucht nach ihrem jugendlichen Liebhaber erfüllt wird, sodass sie nach Saint-Cyr reist, um Gaston wieder zu sehen. Die Marquise erdreistet sich sogar, ihren Liebhaber an den Hof von Versailles mitzunehmen, ohne dass dort jemand von seiner Existenz weiß. Gemeinsam proben sie unter den Augen des dicken Königs eine Liebesszene zu einem Stück, das demnächst im Schlosspark im Rahmen eines Festes aufgeführt werden soll.

Kadett Marcel hat sich mal wieder in Schwierigkeiten gebracht, denn gegenüber einem Kameraden hatte er behauptet, der geheime Liebhaber der Pompadour zu sein. Um nicht als Prahlhans und Lügner dazustehen, muss er nunmehr den Beweis antreten und steigt daher nächtens heimlich in die Kemenate der Marquise ein. Prompt wird er von der Bewohnerin überrascht und stammelt Worte der Erklärung für seine blöde Tat heraus. In einem Versteck bekommt Gaston dies mit und missversteht diese Worte als Untreuebekenntnis seiner Liebsten. Daraufhin kehrt Gaston enttäuscht in sein Versteck, die Kadettenanstalt von Saint-Cyr, zurück. Hier wird er Zeuge einer peinlichen Befragung Marcels, der seine Pompadour-Prahlereien kleinlaut zugibt. Ebenso schnell, wie Gaston den Hof verlassen hatte, eilt er Hals über Kopf nach Versailles zurück, um seine Geliebte um Verzeihung zu bitten. Mittlerweile ist dem König zu Ohren gekommen, dass Madame de Pompadour einen jugendlichen Geliebten habe und der sei ausgerechnet ein wegen Majestätsbeleidigung zum Tode verurteilter Schuft. Maurepas und der Dauphin glauben nun daraufhin, ihre Chance sei gekommen, die Pompadour stürzen zu sehen. Doch sie irren sich. Der König hat eine Idee, die ebenso galant wie genial ist: Um nicht als Gehörnter dazustehen und Gaston lautlos wie andauernd loszuwerden, ernennt er ihn kurzerhand zum Gouverneur einer fernab gelegenen Insel und lässt diesen augenblicklich seine Reise dorthin antreten.

Produktionsnotizen
Die Marquise von Pompadour entstand, mit Außenaufnahmen im Schloss von Versailles, zwischen dem 3. November und dem 13. Dezember 1930 und wurde am 8. Januar 1931 in Berlins UFA-Theater Kurfürstendamm uraufgeführt.

Willi Wolff übernahm auch die Produktionsleitung. Robert Neppach gestaltete die Filmbauten. Die musikalische Leitung hatte Alfred Strasser, Fritz Rotter lieferte die Gesangstexte. Bruno Lopinski und Max Paetz waren bei dieser Produktion die Aufnahmeleiter. Jimmy MacArley choreographierte die Tänze, Peter A. Becker entwarf die Kostüme.

Von diesem Film wurde auch eine französische Sprachfassung mit dem Titel Un Caprice de La Pompadour mit französischen Darstellern hergestellt.

Musik
Folgende Lieder wurden gespielt:
 Erst hattest du mich ausgelacht (Musik: Rudolf Nelson, Text: Fritz Rotter und Willi Wolff)
 Kadettenparade: Augen rechts, vorwärts marsch (Musik: Rudolf Nelson, Text: Fritz Rotter und Willi Wolff)
 Marquise von Pompadour, du liebtest ja nicht einen nur (Musik: Robert Stolz, Text: Fritz Rotter und Willi Wolff)
 Schöne Frau, ich wär' so stolz, ihr Adjutant zu sein (Musik: Robert Stolz, Text: Fritz Rotter)
 Wir hätten uns vielleicht geliebt (Musik: Eduard Künneke, Text: Fritz Rotter und Willi Wolff)

Die Titel erschienen im Alrobi-Musikverlag (Berlin).

Kritiken
Wiens Die Stunde meinte in ihrer Besprechung: "Die hier von Regisseur Willy [sic!] Wolff … geschaffene Filmoperette stützt sich zwar nicht auf Leo Falls fast klassisch zu nennende Pompadour-Operette, ist aber nichtsdestoweniger sehr wirkungsvoll. Robert Stolz, Nelson und Künnecke [sic!]  haben eine Anzahl frischer, ins Ohr gehender Melodien beigesteuert und das übrige tut schöne Ausstattung und ausgezeichnete Besetzung."

Friedrich Porges lobte Ludwig-Darsteller Kurt Gerron als einen vortrefflichen Schauspieler und befand, dass die Pompadour-Interpretin Anny Ahlers "im Tonfilm noch nicht recht daheim" sei. Weiters heißt es: "Leider vom Regisseur mit der Ambition inszeniert, mehr als eine Operette zu geben. Und darum nicht einheitlich im Stil und nicht lustig genug. Mit Theatereffekten aufgeputzt. Trotz dem mit viel äußerem Prunk bedachter reinlicher Publikumsfilm, der seinen Zweck, Auge und Ohr des Kinobesuchers angenehm zu beschäftigen, erfüllt. Mit mehr Humor ausgestattet, wäre die Tonfilm-Operette "Die Marquise von Pompadour" sicher noch wirksamer geworden und man hätte obendrein die schiefe Charakterisierung des Königs und seiner Maitresse nicht ernst nehmen müssen."

Die Österreichische Film-Zeitung ging vor allem auf das prachtenfaltende Dekor ein und urteilte: "Der Glanz und Prunk des Bourbonenhofes sind in stilechten Bildern voll prachtvoller Ausstattung festgehalten, in denen sich, von einer Fülle reizvollster Details umrahmt, das Intrigen- und Liebesspiel mit der schönen Marquise als Mittelpunkt vollzieht. Sowohl die Bilder als auch der Dialog sind von Grazie und charmanten Humor getragen, häufig von einem Schuß anmutiger Pikanterie gewürzt. (…) Es wird durchwegs hervorragendst gespielt."

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This is a photograph taken during the exhibition Amid The Deepening Shades which took place at the Deer Park hotel in Howth back in November 2014 and was curated by the artists Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty. The Deer Park is no longer in use as a hotel and occupies a spectacular location in the grounds out the back of Howth Castle. The photograph was taken during a music performance by the drone/noise group mvestle which happened inside the drained hotel swimming pool one Sunday afternoon. I'm sure I was not the only person to feel echoes of Kubrick's The Shining from the whole event. As if the location of the abandoned hotel was not enough, when I went for a stroll around some of the empty corridors, I came across a child's bicycle lying on the floor outside the door of one of hotel rooms. They assure me they didn't put it there on purpose but I don't think I believe them.


Come enjoy a free two night hut rental at Midcoast Conservancy's Hidden Valley Nature Center. HVNC comprises of 1,000 acres, rich with a variety of habitat and terrain including over a mile of shore front on Little Dyer Pond. 30 Miles of multi-use trails, rolled groomed XC ski trails, several rustic huts and tent sites are available for you.
Enjoy spring hiking or mountain biking in the beautiful western Maine mountains, and end your day in the comforts of one of our huts.
Maine Huts & Trails would like to offer your club a discounted overnight at one of our our huts during our spring self-serve season (March 26th-June 21st). You have use of all hut facilities including a fully equipped commercial kitchen. There will be a hut caretaker to answer any questions and tell you more about the area. Cost is $12 a person, for your Outing Club.
Join Salt Pump Climbing Co. this fall for a 3-hr climbing event for 10-12 students. $15/person including 1.5 hours for climbing safety/technique instruction.
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Will Zionist pipeline project bind Greece and Cyprus to Israel?
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Netanyahu's proposals seeks to sell Palestinian gas to Greece and Cyprus
By Paul Antonopoulos On May 8, 2018
NICOSIA, Cyprus – The important Fourth Tripartite Summit between Greece, Cyprus and Israel, was held in Nicosia yesterday, which included Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Cyprus President Nikos Anastasiades and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israeli strongman Netanyahu is expected to present the plans for the construction of the East Med pipeline, which will pass from Israel and through Cyprus and Greece and will reach Italy and the rest of Europe.
Policy analysts view these moves as an initiative meant to compensate for Israel's failing campaign in Syria, which sought to oust the present Syrian government for a number of reasons, including Israel's desire to have a willing partner, that would see Syria as a transit country for Israeli energy interests.
Netanyahu already announced his intention to move on the pipeline project.
At the summit, the very good relations of cooperation between Greece and Cyprus with Israel are expected to be confirmed at the highest possible political level, which would upgrade the role of the three countries at the political and geostrategic level in the eastern Mediterranean.
Today's meeting is expected to send out a strong message that will be heard in Turkey by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
According to government sources from Athens, in the tripartite talks between the leaders of Greece, Cyprus, Israel, a series of issues related to regional developments in the wider East Mediterranean region and energy issues will be discussed.
In particular, the following issues are expected to be discussed:
Turkey's role in relation to the issues of Cyprus, Syria, the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean.
The Middle East.
The role of Iran.
Developments in Syria.
In addition, as estimated by Athens, special attention is being paid to the cooperation on energy and the promotion of the East Med gas pipeline, a project of great geopolitical importance for the country, which the Israeli prime minister supports.
The table is expected to sign an intergovernmental agreement this year between the governments involved, which would exploit the pipeline as a springboard for the three countries' security cooperation.
Of particular importance is the agreement to be signed by the Deputy Minister for the Environment and Energy, Socrates Femmelos and his counterparts, to deal with extraordinary incidents of marine pollution, a project that has been actively promoted by the Greek side for a year and a half.
Also, the Digital Policy Minister, Nikos Pappas, will sign with his counterparts co-operation memoranda on issues of new technologies, both on a tripartite level (with Cyprus and Israel) and bilaterally with Israel. The Greek delegation is attended by Ministers: Foreign Affairs Nikos Kotzias, Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Information, Nikos Pappas, Environment and Energy, Giorgos Stathakis and Deputy Minister of Environment and Energy Socrates Famellos.
Natural gas in Israel is a primary energy source in Israel. As of 2014, Israel produced over 7.5 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas a year and exported natural gas only to the 'Palestinian territories'. Israel had 199 billion cubic meters (cu m) of proven reserves of natural gas as of the start of 2016. Critics of this distinction, however, point out that Israel – as an illegal settler-colonial project – maintains that it has all mineral and energy rights in the area historically considered Palestine.
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Home » News » News by category » Secure Jobs Better Future » Portable entitlements scheme on union agenda
Portable entitlements scheme on union agenda
20 February 2013 By ACTU
ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver has declared unions are in for the long haul to campaign for better job security in Australia, beginning with a national portable entitlements scheme.
Delivering a major address to the National Press Club in Canberra on 6 February, Oliver said job and income security would be over-riding themes for unions in the 2013 election year, but the campaign would not stop on 14 September.
He also called on Opposition Leader Tony Abbott not to shut the door on people if he is successful in this year's election, warning that almost 300,000 union members in marginal seats would be mobilised in coming months to hold all political parties to account.
"We believe that the policies that have made Australian jobs the best jobs in the world need to be defended," Oliver said.
"Australians see the standards we had built up collapsing, and they fear not only for their own jobs, but for the jobs they worry might not be there for their children.
"So the union movement's agenda will be focussed on job and income security, and the things that have always been a part of the Australian fair go at work."
Oliver said reversing the trend towards insecure work would take many years – as did the historic creation of a universal superannuation guarantee – but unions had identified some priorities that they would be pursuing this election year.
One of these will be a national scheme for portable leave entitlements that can be transferred from one job to the other.
"We live in a world where many people have two or three employers one week, and the next week just one," Oliver said.
"In this world, entitlements that we all agree should be the right of everyone with an Australian job – things like annual leave and sick leave – don't translate very well.
"If you're doing nine hours at one childcare employer and 18 hours at another, and you get sick, at the moment, you probably have no right to sick pay from either boss.
"Now, some industries have solved this problem. In many parts of the construction industry, those entitlements travel with you, across employers from job to job, accruing regardless of who's paying you.
"We go into this election saying that all Australians should have this. As Australians, we work hard, and we deserve our holidays. When we get sick our bills don't stop – we need to know that we'll still be able to make rent or cover the mortgage. They are things that every working Australian should have.
"And the way to achieve that is through a national scheme to make those entitlements available to everyone, by making them portable."
Unions have already been campaigning for several months on the other priority: protecting the weekend and penalty rates, which have been under attack both in Parliament and from employers in the Fair Work Commission.
Oliver said the next step would be seeking to have weekend penalty rates enshrined in legislation so they can never be taken away.
Looking ahead to the election, Oliver said Tony Abbott had shown time and again that he was no friend of working people.
He said an Abbott Government would be unwise to "come after unions" but if they did, the ACTU and its affiliates were ready for the battle.
The ACTU is adapting the Your Rights At Work model of broad-based community campaigning into a permanent campaigning infrastructure that would exist not just for the election, but for years beyond it.
"This election period is simply the first step for unions to begin building our capacity to campaign together across all industries for common issues," Oliver said.
"During the next eight months, union members will mobilise and get the message to all workers in our workplaces about the things that we want government to do to improve our jobs and our lives outside of work."
Oliver said Tony Abbott would be very unwise to ignore the interests of working people, and called on the Coalition to make a commitment not to attack pay and conditions.
"Will you make a commitment to Australians, to Australian jobs and to working with the Australian unions that defend them?" Oliver said.
Name: David Smith, ASU National Secretary
Email: info@asu.asn.au


Are you looking to gain more attention for your business on social media? Has your brand been lost in the weeds lately, and you're trying to figure it all out? If so, there's no reason to run away screaming. Many people fail to recognize three small, yet effective tweaks to their marketing strategy which can help them stand out from the pack.
You may have heard of these before, but you may not completely understand how they can work. I want to show you how powerful they can be for your brand. Let's get into it.
While it may seem like a good idea to share your sales pages and opt-in links to your audience continuously, in reality, you're hurting yourself more than helping. Always remember: Your audience is paying attention to everything you do and will be judging you based off your actions and promises online.
The Law of Reciprocity is the idea that you should give before you get, particularly when it comes to your followers. While your end game should still be in sight, reciprocity can be another avenue down which you direct them towards your goals.
One great example of reciprocity in action is giving away your best ideas. Jay Baer told a story about the CEO of Geek Squad, who explained to people how to fix their computers for free in various content distribution platforms like articles and videos. Someone came to their CEO and told him they thought this was a bad business idea. However, the CEO explained that when his audience finally couldn't fix their computers by themselves, who were they going to call to fix it for them? Some random person out of the Yellow Pages, or the company who had been giving them free information consistently?
Not only will this free information help your audience, but it will also establish a sense of expertise which connects them to your business. This experience will draw your audience closer to your brand.
Don't keep your ideas to yourself. Give them away! This will influence your audience's buying decisions in the future.
Another company which comes to mind is FreeeUp. They make sure to give their clients and customers all of the tools needed to complete the job. However, when the time comes, they understand their audience knows who to come to when they can't complete the job. They give their audience the tools to succeed, but when those won't cut it, they make themselves available.
In fact, FreeeUp is so sure of this technique, they have compiled all of their best ideas into one book for business people to look over and create their own success using their thoughts. Brilliant.
I used to think social proof was when you had a lot of social shares on an article. While this is part of what I'm talking about, social proof goes even deeper than share counts on your blog.
Social proof is the essence of your brand, and it builds bridges from one person to the next. Psychologically, social proof influences our behaviors whenever we clock a person's actions online, whether they are talking about a certain brand like Social Media Examiner or a new book they just purchased.
One great example would be Jay Baer's book, Hug Your Haters.
Testimonials are a great way to establish trust and build confidence in your product or brand across your audience. Who wouldn't take a leap of faith and grab this book right now because of the many positive testimonials praising it so well?
On the other hand, negative social proof can destroy your brand just as quickly. Social proof is a powerful motivator to influence your community, and it helps to always have them in mind when you release something from your business.
Have you ever seen scarcity used to its fullest potential? The results are amazing: people rushing to get one of the five books you have just released, or whatever it is you're selling.
If you're still unsure about scarcity, let me explain it quickly: Scarcity places a limitation on a product or service, bringing out FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) in your audience.
Scarcity is a powerful psychological motivator because no one wants to be left out. When someone feels like they're being left out, their brain will go into "fight or flight" mode, causing high emotional distress. The only way to relieve the distress is to completely themselves from the scenario or simply give in to the urge to do whatever it is you're wanting them to do.
Scarcity is an art form, and Groupon employs it well. Groupon takes a specific coupon and places a time limit on it.
Notice the $60 coupon for catering is already gone. This creates a sense of urgency within your audience and will trigger them to react to what you're trying to do.
Scarcity is effective; however, you must know and understand your audience and what they want or need in order for it to work well. This is done by lots and lots of research and communication within your community. Take your research, and build a product or service around your community. Place a time limit or product limit on it, and send it out to your followers you know need it. Done right, scarcity can be a great way to gain attention for your business on social.
There are many social media strategies you should always be testing. These three are some of the most effective I have ever seen when placed in front of an audience correctly.
Have you ever created any of these strategies effectively? I'm sure there is someone out there who would love to know your results in the comment section!


I recently took a trip to the Steens Mountains and Alvord Desert in the extreme southeast corner Oregon for a week. On my way, I took a little side trip and stopped by Brownsville, OR. The reason I stopped? Major scenes of the movie Stand By Me were filmed there.
Despite the movie being 31 years old, this movie is an icon of my childhood. It hearkened me back to a time when I wasn't absorbed in digital entertainment and still had adventures in real life with real friends with real tree forts and camping adventures.
The city still has a majority of the locations easily spotted right on the main drag. The town is very tiny – only 1 or 2 main streets really and a central core that's about 1000 feet square. Spotting all the sites can be done in just a small 20 minute stroll. Seeing all the sites in town can easily be done in a couple of hours (depending on how long you want to stroll around).
Here's a really good guide if you're planning on making a trip.


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China: Sunrain Group Goes Public
After more than a year of preparation, solar thermal heating manufacturer Sunrain Solar Energy has finally gone public on 21 May 2012. At exactly 9 am, company founder and President Xinjian Xu (right) hit the big gong together with the mayor of Lianyungang (Jiangsu province) where Sunrain´s headquarters are located. Under order code 603366, a total number of 80 million stocks were offered on the Main Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange at a price of RMB 21.50, with a maximum order quantity of 80,000 stocks.
Photo: Sunrain
The company that was founded in 1989 runs several factories and is present throughout the entire production chain, from raw glass tubing to vacuum tubes, tanks, flat plate collectors and complete solar water heater kits. All in all, the Sunrain Group produced 29.8 million vacuum tubes in 2010, which corresponds to a vacuum tube collector area of 4.68 million m².
At the end of 2011, Sunrain employed 5,298 people, of which 2,003 are sales representatives and 1,914 are working in production. The group has set up a professional and highly efficient sales network, including around 3,000 dealers which have at least one distributor with a solar store covering 31 provinces all around the country.
Sunrain is the first "solar thermal only" company in China which succeeded in becoming listed on the stock market. According to Chinese market research company Sun´s Vision, there are five companies – Sangle, Sunshore, Himin, Sunrain and Fivestar – which are planning to enter the stock market. "It, however, is very difficult to get government approval if you are only producing and supplying solar water heaters," Hongzhi Cheng, Head of the Sun´s Vision, explained in an interview with solarthermalworld.org (see www.solarthermalworld.org/node/3372). " Sunrain succeeded: This February, the China Securities Regulatory Commission approved the company's application to be listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
According to Sunrain's profile, which was published in February 2011, the group was able to double its turnover between 2009 (RMB 1.54 billion) and 2011 (RMB 3.1 billion). The second figure corresponds to a turnover of EUR 378 million dedicated exclusively to solar water heater technology. In comparison: The renewable energy section of Bosch Thermotechnik – Europe's largest manufacturer of heating boilers and renewable heating solutions - claimed total sales of EUR 465 million during the same year.
In 2009, at the company's 10th anniversary, Sunrain stated its vision for the next five years, called 533100. Each number stands for one target the company group wants to achieve. In 5 years, it wants to directly employ 30,000 people, offer 300,000 job opportunities across the value chain, and triple its turnover to RMB 10 billion.
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Dannie Earl Spoone, age 74, passed away Monday, June 26, 2017, in a Laurens County Healthcare facility. He was a native of Griffin Ga., and was predeceased by his wife, Shirley Marie Spoone, and his parents.
Mr. Spoone was a veteran of the United States Army and retired as an over the road truck driver. Survivors include his 2 daughters, Ellen Adams (David) of Macon and Beverly Chambers (Reverend Barry) of Meansville; 3 Grandchildren, Tommy Adams, Jeremy Bell and Melissa Adams; 2 Great Grand Children, Larry Jay Norris and Hunter David Bell.
Funeral services for Mr. Dannie Earl Spoone were conducted Thursday, June 29 at 2 p.m. in chapel of Williams Funeral Home. The family received friends at Williams Funeral Home in Barnesville on June 29 from 1 p.m. to the service hour.
Williams Funeral Home of Barnesville was in charge of arrangements.


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El barbudo elegante o barbudo de cuello dorado (Psilopogon pulcherrimus) es una especie de ave piciforme de la familia Ramphastidae endémica de Borneo.

Distribución y hábitat
Se encuentra en las selvas del noreste de la isla de Borneo, distribuido entre Malasia e Indonesia.

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The Rebellious Prince
By Norman Gilliland
Monday, December 9, 2019, 11:30am
King Frederick the Great of Prussia was one of the great patrons of music, but in his early years he suffered for his art–and so did others.
His father, Friedrich the First, was so steeped in military matters that he tried to squelch young Frederick's fondness for the fine arts. The prince was supervised constantly, and when he dared to stray from his father's prescribed routine, the punishment was both verbal and physical.
Despite the dangers, and with the help of his mother and sister, Frederick read forbidden books and played flute duets with a servant. In 1730, at the age of eighteen, Frederick tried to escape to England, but was caught and imprisoned; and in his presence one of his alleged accomplices was beheaded. From then on, Frederick took his military studies seriously, but continued to nurture his interest in music.
In 1740, when his father died, the new king, soon to be known as Frederick the Great, wasted no time in expanding Prussia culturally as well as geographically. He composed flute sonatas and concertos by writing out the melody and the bass line and leaving the details to others. By all accounts, his abilities as a flutist were far above average. He wrote 122 flute sonatas, four flute concertos, and four symphonies, which–like his army and his government–were efficient and regimented.
He brought some of the best composers and performers of the day into his court and paid them royally. His boyhood flute teacher, Johann Joachim Quantz, came from a position in Dresden–at eight times the salary. One singer received higher pay than that of a cabinet minister. And while Frederick's musical tastes became increasingly conservative and restrictive, he made a lasting contribution to music by supporting some of its best practitioners.
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My Sunday Funday included gaming with friends and the strangest ending to an Oscars broadcast ever.
Over on boardgamegeek.com. W. Eric Martin posted photos from the New York Toy Fair, which offered glimpses of the upcoming Pandemic Legacy Season 2, Firefly Adventures, Star Trek Ascendancy: Borg Assimilation, and more.
Not news, but I thought this was really cool: type in a board game and melodice.org will create a playlist for your next play.
March 2-5. Emerald City Comicon. Seattle, Washington.


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Most developers face the same problem when using a tab control with a tab alignment other than Top: when visual styles are enabled, the tabs are drawn incorrectly (to say more precisely - in top orientation only). The same thing happened to me one day. I had a task to convert an old .NET 1.1 application to run under .NET Framework 2.0. I wanted to add visual styles support, and oops - we have a known tab problem. I had been searching the web and had found some solutions, but none of them satisfied me fully. I decided to write my own control UxTabControl by subclassing System.Windows.Forms.TabControl.
You might find my control useful because I think many of you still use Windows Forms and not WPF, and Microsoft hasn't added correct tab drawing for SysTabControl32 even in Windows 8.1. Those guys just require only the top tabs for you to get your application Microsoft certified (by the way, Apple has implemented their tabs correctly in any orientation from stock; you know what I mean if you used Interface Builder deep enough at least once).
I've used the Adi DEDIC article here on CodeProject as a starting point so you can read the Background section from there. Adi explains how to rotate tabs and draw them. My control uses a similar technique. But Adi's control is written in C++ and uses MFC, mine is written mostly in managed code though it uses some platform interops. I have also used some tips about the tab scroller from Mick Doherty's site. You can find the bottom tab control there also in his implementation, but without the source code.
The simplest way of using the control is to add it to your toolbox. To do this, just right-click on the preferred section of the toolbox and then select "Choose items..." in the popped up menu; click "Browse" in the ".NET Framework Components" tab and look for UxTabControl.dll. You're done! Now, you should see UxTabControl in your toolbox, and you can drag it on your form like any other control.
The recommended way to open all the projects and solutions is to use Visual Studio 2013. They all target .NET Framework 4.0 Client Profile (except C++/CLI). If you don't happen to have Professional or more advanced edition of the IDE available, you can download the express edition for Windows desktop from the Microsoft website.
.NET Framework 4.0 or newer is required to run the code. Still, after certain modifications, I believe that it's possible to compile the code with older versions of the framework, but not older than 2.0.
Custom drawing is not guaranteed to work properly with visual styles other than Microsoft's ones.
Supported Windows systems: Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 and their server counterparts. Of course, visual styles must be enabled; otherwise, drawing will be done by the default Windows engine (that's the way I've designed it).
Left and right tab alignments aren't supported. I suppose it is not very convenient for a user to lean the head towards the shoulder for a tab's caption to be read, don't you think so? But, if you badly need that feature, you can implement it by yourself.
This article shows how you can subclass some standard .NET controls and override some properties to reach the desired effect.
You will learn how to use the System.Windows.Forms.VisualStyles namespace to draw parts of some controls (tab control, in our case).
Also, the code shows how to override WndProc to react on some Windows messages.
The control now has a sort of a "transparent" background, i.e., it draws its parent's background on its surface before drawing itself.
The RightToLeft and RightToLeftLayout properties are no longer disabled. They were disabled in previous versions due to painting problems.
The control has been renamed to UxTabControl (after uxtheme.dll). The previous name was bound to a particular version of Windows and that is not quite accurate.
The support for Windows XP and 2003 has been dropped. I consider these operating systems obsolete.
Some people didn't like unsafe code used in the C# project. Well, that one has been replaced with the help of the magic structure System.Runtime.InteropServices.GCHangle. It's the unified approach in all the projects you can download from this article.
A C++/CLI project has been added for the complete set.
I've have been programming since 1998. I started from command line applications written in Express Pascal 2.0 under CP-M. In 2002 I learned C++ and was programming using Borland C++ Builder. In 2005 I discovered .NET for myself. I did some occasional Java programming as well. In the end, it's not a language or a technology that matters, it's how you use it. Currently I'm doing Web development.
Well sorry to say but this UI looks like it is 10+ years old. Perhaps its useable in older code but the design is not visually appealing for the modern user. Furthermore you have DevExpress - why not take that path?
Well, this code was initially written in 2008. Back then it was relevant. And there are still some applications using WinForms. Some people find it useful. I absolutely don't mind if you stick with DevExpress if you wish.
I have 4 words for you: I love this company! Yes!
thanks for sharing,keep it up.
My predecessor implemented a very messy window with tabs along the side that selected which book of top tabs should be displayed. Some of those top tabs have a second row of top tabs. Every time I look at it, I thank God that I have not had to modify it. Inevitably, any modification will break it. Heck, even recompiling it might break it!
It works with Windows 7. Will it work with Windows 8? Probably, but I do not know. Thankfully, planning to convert to Windows 8 probably will not occur this year. Will a requirement change cause me to have to modify this mess? Very probably, somewhere in the (hopefully, very far) future. Redesigning this window is politically a non-starter - the Training Department would never agree because of the retraining costs. To be honest, I have not had the courage (or the time) to even look at the source code for this mess.
It would be great for my peace of mind if your tab control would provide a complete solution to side tabs as well as top and bottom tabs.
Lord, grant me the serenity to accept that there are some things I just can't keep up with, the determination to keep up with the things I must keep up with, and the wisdom to find a good RSS feed from someone who keeps up with what I'd like to, but just don't have the damn bandwidth to handle right now.
This is Nice...I like it.
5 radio buttons for you.
It is still working with either customized (hacked) visual styles, or visual styles disabled, on XP. Please don't drop the support. There are still quite a lot of people around using XP or 2003.
However, the tabs are flickering while the mouse is moving around them. Maybe it came from the "transparent background" code. Did you encounter the same issue with an old PC and a cheap slow video adapter?
I suspect the flickering comes from the removal of OptimizedDoubleBuffer style. But if it's present, then RTL layout doesn't work properly, it draws weird black lines of unknown origin. Regarding XP systems, I'm no longer going to test on them. But if you say it still works for you, well, you're lucky then.
I don't need the RTL layout and I have added the following line to the constructor of the UxTabControl.
I also changed the targeting framework to 2.0 and it compiled quite well.
No need to modify any line of code.
Can i use tab control without programing the point? I just thinking of using buttons and groupBoxes to switch between the groupboxes. However, goupboxes don't work when they are over lapped.
Did I get you right: you want to emulate tab control using group boxes and buttons? Set group boxes text to empty, put them in a stack, and then change their Z-order by calling BringToFront/SendToBack. But don't mix them up: you must remember which one you're about to bring to foreground. If they're not working (like you're claiming) then use panels. They should work. In case you need a border badly, you can use one group box with empty text. Just put a stack of panels inside of it (make them small enough so that they don't overlap the border of the group box).
This sounds good, however i found an actual tab control tool in the toolbox of C#, this made regular tabs, at the top, but that is fine.
So you just didn't find tab control on the toolbox initially, did you? And that's why you wanted to emulate it? I tell you this: if tabs on top are OK for you, then standard tab control will do just fine.
I like your control very much and would like to use it in my project but I need to change the background color to white. Right now it seems to use the default windows control color. Can you tell me if there is a way to do this? Unfortunately I am using VS 2005 and I cannot open your code in Visual Studio.
Actually, it's a limitation of current implementation. Someday I will fix that. The control doesn't display parent background. It uses standard control color to erase one.
But instead of * put exact build number of Visual Studio. You can find it in about box.
Very nice control - thank you!
I will study it, because I am very new in programming own controls AND I could need this in my own project.
What about including an "x", to close the tabs. This could be helpful, if you are using the tabs for files.
I could imagine 2 different ways - an "x" for every single tabpage ( I would prefer that) or an "x" on the right side of the whole tab-control, closing the active tab.
I'm glad you like it, but what you asking for is a topic of another article. It's quite rare thing to see standard tabs with close buttons. Mostly, custom tabs are used (just a few examples - Visual Studio, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, etc). My purpose was to do Microsoft's job and control is oriented strictly to that. In fact, they should have done it, but they didn't. For them it would be easy (just some additional bitmaps inside theme file + some additional code to load them instead of top ones).
I understand his request. He is supposed to use this control to make a pseudo-MDI application window.
If you can help implement this feature, I think quite some programmers can benefit from it.
first -> thanks for this article and your control.
second -> is there a way that you implement the right and the left places for the tabs?
BTW the property: Alignment shows the options to place the tabs right or left but they are ignored.


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Q-Games has shared a smattering of details from Inc. throughout its development, not the least interesting of which is the game's atypical challenge: craft an incredible machine of pneumatic tubes, robots, and factories in the name of making and selling soup to aliens. Never mind the reason (soup is delicious and valuable); the process is what's important.
Before diving into the complicated mechanics involved in getting your soup base up and running, it's important to note that the control scheme is grounded in simple 2D platforming mechanics. You run, jump, and occasionally plummet to your death, but you also wield a multipurpose laser that can deconstruct objects into pure matter, one of the handful of resources you'll have to manage while fueling the growth of your empire. Prior to establishing your base of operations, you'll spend most of your time clearing paths through subterranean environments in search of readily available ingredients for your soups-to-be. It's not all fun and spelunking, though: poisonous gasses, insidious plant-life, and gigantic rampaging beasts lured to your increasingly noisy activities all pose a threat to your galactic soup empire. Then again, these threats are also potential sources for rare and valuable ingredients when handled with care.
As in real life, the rules of physics and biology can be your greatest enemy, or your best ally. Mushroom spores fall and give rise to a new generation of mycological growth, just as gas-emitting weeds crop up from neglected soil over time. As threatening as a gas-spewing plant sounds, you may be able to channel its intoxicating aroma to lure rare creatures closer to your base to mitigate the burden of the hunt. Managing the conservation of energy is equally as important as bending the world's ecological tendencies to your will, and it's one of the harder processes to automate since it affects every facet of your operation. Your base doesn't run on soup dreams and chowder wishes; every device needs electricity, and generators require a constant supply of matter to keep their wheels turning.
Your ability to farm ingredients and the efficiency of your production line are quite modest at the start, but it's not hard to improve upon these qualities by constructing an assortment of buildings, contraptions, automatons, and vehicles. Every creation begins with a blueprint, of which you possess only a few at the start, but it's enough to take your first steps as a burgeoning soup mogul and bring in some much-needed cash. Reinvesting your profits is a foregone conclusion if you want to grow any business, and in Inc., you have to choose between exploring new avenues for construction and diversifying your soup-folio by licensing exotic and potentially lucrative recipes, among other opportunities.
The potential merits of any investments ultimately lie in your hands, and learning how to manage this nonlinear approach to development looks to be one of the most challenging and exciting aspects of Inc.'s gameplay, especially when group dynamics come into play. You have a surprisingly granular level of control over the scale of your operation and the capabilities of your creations, which enables you to fine-tune the depth and complexity of the overall experience. For example, every building, robot, and object you create serves a single purpose; a robot designed to cut mushrooms is different from a robot designed to gather said mushrooms. In essence, you have the choice to carry out these tasks manually or automate distinct actions one by one.
By adhering to a creed of monotonicity, the base-building system is designed for flexibility. The dual-robot solution in the scenario outlined above is certainly viable, but why not build a pneumatic tube leading to the soup factory immediately above the mushroom patch? It's probable that you've already acquired the blueprint for the ever-useful pneumatic tube, and you can use the funds reserved for your gathering bot on other areas of research and, ultimately, styles of play. Were PixelJunk Inc. strictly a solo experience, it's hard to say how far one mind could take that potential for variety before hitting a wall, but when multiple opinions and visions are involved, it's easy to see how no two instances of Inc. will evolve the same way.
Co-op is handled by a host-client structure, and the limits of your party will probably fall on the strength of the host's PC, but Q-Games' wish is that any machine that meets the minimum specs can at least handle four-player co-op. All resources and lives (clones from the clone factory) are communal, so communication is key when designing and conforming to a particular vision for your base of operations. Of course, you could always troll your teammates by messing with resources and neglecting to preserve the finite stock of clones, but outside of the planned, casual Explorer mode, running out of clones will erase all of your team's progress, and with it, any hope that you'll be invited into the next session.
Aside from the potentially never-ending Explorer mode, Inc.'s endgame is still up in the air. The current plan is to implement something similar to a "wonder" from the Civilization series: an involved construction project that represents the culmination of your hard-earned skills and economic stability. It could be a large spaceship that ferries your team into space in search of new planets and business opportunities, for instance. All of the gameplay shown during the demo at Q-Games consisted of subterranean worlds, but there were plenty of sketches for various extremes, including a series of asteroids with unusually low gravity, and submerged planets that require the use of submarines.
Anyone with a Windows PC can take a stab at Inc.'s genre-bending gameplay when Q-Games sets the alpha version live on Steam later this year, but the big news is the company's commitment to support Mac and Linux versions down the road. Since the game is for the PC, mouse and keyboard support is a given, but Inc. is also optimized for the Xbox 360 controller. Considering this, Inc. could potentially land on other platforms in the future. Q-Games' Rowan Parker was quick to point out that console ports aren't a part of their current vision, but they shouldn't be ruled out as a possibility given proper demand. It's easy to speculate how Inc. might shine on a controller/touch-screen hybrid device, such as the Vita or the Wii U's GamePad, but the Steam version of the game has one advantage over all other platforms: mod support through Steam Workshop. Take one look at the Skyrim modding community, and it's easy to see the potential for modifying a game as modular as Inc. Did someone say "exploding sausage bison"?
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Leshia Knopf says,
Bike lanes are a win on every level. They make cyclists safer, which increases the amount of cyclists, which helps our environment, our health, and our communities. Now is the time to put a lane on Cannon Street - between PanAm, the GO Station and the Bike Share program, there is no better time. The city has already declared it a priority, but has attached no timeline. If we don't get a lane for 2015, it may be 10 years before Hamilton will have a safe East-West corridor for cycling. It's good for our health, it's good for our city, and it's good for the environment. There is no downside! Yes We Cannon - Bike Lanes 2015!
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Kevin Makins says,
My dearest Hamilton City Council,
Bike lanes are the simplest step we can take to make Hamilton a safer and more sustainable city. Can we do it?
... you're damn right we Cannon.
Please give us all another reason to be proud of our great city and work with the city to create bi-directional bike lanes on Cannon Street.
Also: think of how progressive, green, and hip we'll look to all our Pan-Am visitors?
Matt Willard says,
I have recently started to take up cycling again and as someone who lives in the East end but frequents James street north it is vital to me that we have safe convenient routes to get from east to west using active transportation. As a city we need to support this, we need bike lanes. Yes we Cannon!
Reuben Vanderkwaak says,
East/west bicycle access in the north end of the city is desperately needed. On no other major street would it be so simple to integrate significantly useful cycling infrastructure as it is on Cannon.
As blogger Elly Blue recently stated: "The bike infrastructure debate is officially OVER." (see: http://bit.ly/13JTGxJ)
There is nothing left to argue. It is time.
Cannon is ready. The citizens of Hamilton are ready. Lets make this happen and take another step to improve our city.
Cindy Stover says,
I live on Cannon Street, and also bike to work. Bike lanes are extremely important to me both because of accessibility for my chosen mode of transportation, (as I don't feel safe biking on Cannon as it is), and for traffic calming in the area. The 3 lanes make the traffic too fast (even with a streetlight only a block away, cars speed up very quickly), and the noise is loud enough to wake up people whose bedrooms face the street. I believe that bike lanes will help calm the traffic by having a visible reminder of needing to share the road, and will also make my commute to work much safer.
Matthew Sweet says,
Excellent initiative and concept. Cannon is chronically underutilized and can easily accommodate existing traffic volumes with fewer travelled lanes. The street is ideal for a two way cycle track as called for in the petition, as there are limited driveway accesses and excellent sight lines.
Evan Fusilier says,
I ride on Cannon Street regularly and will feel much safer if a bike lane is put in.
Sandy Reynolds says,
Like many other people in the GTA, the transformation of Hamilton is something I am watching closely. Our family is seriously considering moving from Burlington to the Hamilton core this year. Moving to a city where we can live in a community without relying on a car to get around is an important factor in this decision. Bike lanes are essential to provide a safe way for people to explore all that Hamilton offers!
Tina Fetner says,
I support bike lanes on Cannon. Why in the world not?
Adam Bentley supports this.
Ben Robinson says,
Hamilton is a dangerous place to be a cyclist. As it stands the city is focused almost entirely on car traffic. Considerations like this need to be made for cyclists and pedestrians.
Eric Brown says,
Great for the city, great for the people.
Justine Lodder says,
Hey I lived in Toronto for a year and biked ALL the time. Felt unsafe on the roads there only once in a while, even in heavy traffic and snowy weather. Maybe that's because drivers in Toronto are much more accustomed to sharing the road with assertive bikers. There's just not as much space on Hamilton roads to share, and drivers can't share as easily while navigating one-way streets and other distractions as well. NOT that Hamilton needs to be more like Toronto, but if a congested city like Toronto can be working toward bike-friendly roadways, then a beautiful city like Hamilton has no excuse for sidelining bikes. With the addition of designated bike lanes on Cannon, Hamilton would be so much more accessible by bike. Let's do this!
Meaghan Makins says,
This is an amazing idea. I feel so unsafe biking on Cannon and this would be the ideal way to get across the city. Yes We Cannon!!
Tyler Roach says,
As an avid cyclist in the city I think it's important that we have as many safe avenues to cycle as possible. It's a struggle at times to safely navigate east-west in the city due to the lack of infrastructure for cyclists along that corridor. Having a two way bike land on Cannon St would be a massive improvement for cycling in Hamilton offering cyclists a safe and convenient route to travel through the north end of the city.
Stephen Siemens says,
Bikers need a lane. By giving them one, this city instantly becomes a more desirable place for everyone but more importantly, it makes Hamilton a safer place.
Bike lanes will connect neighborhoods and will help with growth, local business, and awareness (to see what's happening in our own backyard). Additionally, this bike lane (and others like it) can encourage physical health. There are as million benefits. We have everything to gain so let's give it a shot!
Nolan Grupe says,
Bike lines on Cannon please, any east west (especially two-way) routes would greatly benefit cyclists. Barton St poses unique hazards, including potholes and rushed drivers, which could be avoided by using Cannon as a bike-safe road.
Kyle Ford says,
I support this both as a cyclist and a motorist.
Alison Witt says,
I would LOVE to ride my bike safely along Cannon St. Having a bike lane along Cannon St. would make it possible for me to safely commute to and from work on my bicycle. I say a resounding YES to bike lanes on Cannon!
Michael Hutchings supports this.
Steve Miles says,
Hamilton is in DESPERATE need of an east-west cycling corridor across the city.
Andrea Harvey says,
I don't bike, but I want to! And I think it's really important for cyclists to be safe and to feel safe!
Matt Grande says,
Cannon Street is deserted half the time, and has traffic moving way too fast on it the other half. It's over built and dangerous for pedestrians, cyclists, and the children who attend the several schools in the area.
Let's calm the street. Let's make it safer. Let's show the our visitors in 2015 how progressive we are, and how great we can be. Let's accomplish the goals we set for ourselves in Changing Gears. Let's add a bike lane to Cannon!
Matt Dunn says,
It's ridiculous that Cannon Street doesn't have bike lanes already. I find it embarrassing that this is even an issue that requires signing my name to a petition, and not something that could be accomplished through the proper channels designed to improve the city.
Wendy Milne says,
Downtown Hamilton is attracting the young and energetic, optimistic and practical to live and work in the community. We need to provide environmentally friendly, sustainable transportation solutions now. This is a simple solution to one piece of a very complex problem. Hamilton, let's not wait to act.
Jill weber says,
I would love to cycle to work but my route is Cannon and presently I do not feel safe cycling there.
Laura Herbert says,
I just bought my first bike and started using it to get to work and downtown Hamilton, from where I live in the east end near mount albion rd I try and stay on the sidewalks because cars just don't care that bikers are there, I have to take my bike on a bus to avoid the stretch of road from albion to parkdale because drivers just aren't looking and there is not safe are for bikers to bike except the sidewalk, which I've heard is illegal if your an adult? Would love to see cannon more bikeable, as well as the rest of Hamilton. I used to live in China and the bikeability there is astounding, bike lanes everywhere with medians to protect the bikers from cars.
Dawn Mcilmoyle supports this.
James Arlen says,
Hamilton's North End was the engine of growth in the last century. The road infrastructure for high-speed / heavy traffic has been built around the city. It is time to begin returning the inner city infrastructure to the neighborhoods, the people and the future.
Near the beginning of May 2013, Mayor Bratina publicly stated that the Hamilton of the future will be built upon innovation.
Definitionally, innovation requires that we do things in a way that is different than before.
Stop placing all of our focus on moving cars around the city and start focusing on moving people around our city. People travel best by foot, cycling, transit and then personal automobiles.
Many of today's decision-makers do not see alternatives as worthy, based largely on their own self-focused opinions. It will not be long before many of those decision-makers will be unable to use personal automobiles due to age and infirmity. Of course they will be the loudest voices for alternative transportation methods.
Supporting Yes We Cannon is a tangible way to prove to the many young Hamiltonians that our civic leaders are capable of thinking about tomorrow, or at least beyond the date of the next municipal election. And when you realize that the city is already spending untold millions on public works projects centered on Cannon (stadium and high school) it is reasonable to spend a few thousand more and finish the job properly.
Ambitiously yours,
James Arlen
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Julia Soderholm says,
Active transportation such as biking should be encouraged by the City of Hamilton because it makes for a healthier and happier city and community. Bike lanes on Cannon St. would make cycling downtown easier, safer, and a more feasible option for many commuters!
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I am a downtown resident whose primary mode of transportation is the bicycle. Although I grew up in Hamilton, I adopted urban cycling in Montreal. Although I was terrified the first time I rode a bicycle in traffic as a young adult, Montreal's highly-developed cycling infrastructure has normalized cycling as a viable, clean efficient + healthful mode of transit. This had a direct effect on my behaviour, encouraging me - who considered myself to be somewhat timid + unathletic - to try it out. Now, several years later, I am a devoted urban cyclist who is incredibly thankful that I have discovered this fitness building, economical way to travel through my city.
My own experience has demonstrated the importance of safe cycling infrastructure in building ridership. A safe, dedicated east-west cycling corridor in Hamilton could be a gamechanger in terms of supporting a cycling culture, in which thousands or tens of thousands of Hamiltonians, not just traffic-dodging "road warriors," could enjoy the economic, environmental + health benefits of incorporating cycling into their daily routines. Therefore, I urge Council to take action and provide dedicated, 2-Way cycling lanes on Cannon.
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Yes We Cannon is a citizen's group focused on creating a safe transportation route for cyclists along Cannon Street.
Contact us at [email protected] if you would like to volunteer or donate to support our cause! If you donate $20 or more, you will get a beautiful Yes We Cannon t-shirt!
Cannon street slated for work - so let's make sure we get it right!
With the Pan Am Precinct revitalization plan, part of Cannon Street is already being considered for a redesign and roadwork. While the crews are there, we should make sure that we make Cannon work for all road users the entire length of Cannon - not just in one small section.
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Yes We Cannon Launched with a bang on May 10th, 2013 - starting off with a post on Raise the Hammer!
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On Thursday May 9, 2013, 8-80 Cities Director Gil Penalosa spoke at the Hamilton Economic Summit, urging City decision makers to "be decisive and follow a vision" for creating a more liveable City.
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