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Bandits invade house of Pouderoyen family; cart off with $1.4M cash
The family's security cameras managed to capture one of the suspects breaking into the house through the window
By Editor On Dec 3, 2020
By Isanella Patoir
A Swan Street, Pouderoyen, West Coast Demerara family remains traumatised after three masked men, armed with a handgun, a knife and a cutlass, invaded their home on Monday last.
Akat Ally, 53, a businessman, along with his two elderly parents, were robbed of $1.4M in cash and a cellphone. Ally owns and operates a variety shop while his parents are pensioners.
"They came in and one had a gun, one had a knife and one had a cutlass and when they gained entry, they asked for money and gold and they took my cellphone. Some of the money was mine and some was my mom and dad cause they usually collect pension," Ally told the News Room.
Ally explained that about 20:30h on Monday, the men gained entry through one of the top windows of the house. The family's security cameras managed to capture one of the suspects breaking into the house through the window.
The cameras also captured when Ally's older brother, who was sitting by the gate at the front of the house, was dragged inside.
The cameras also captured when Ally's older brother was dragged inside.
"My brother was outside sitting down by the gate and one of the guy rushed at him and pulled him and dragged him into the home. I was in the shop and my mom and dad was in the kitchen….he was the only one outside, so they had to get him in the home so nobody would make any noise and say anything.
"Everybody is okay but we are traumatised and a little shaky," Ally said.
Once inside, the bandits threatened to harm the family if they did not hand over the cash; they then proceeded to ransack the house.
"The one with the knife said if they don't get what they want, he gonna take it [knife] and slit my mother throat and with all these threats, you gotta comply cause you don't know what can happen," the businessman told the News Room.
When contacted, Regional Commander, Superintendent Errol Watts said ranks are out canvasing the area for more CCTV footage as the investigation continues.
This is the second time that bandits invaded Ally's house; three bandits robbed the household in August 2019 and carted off with about $400,000 in jewelry and cellphones. No one was arrested or charged for the first robbery.
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Erdogan Urges Obama to Extradite Fethullah Gulen Suspected of Coup Attempt
© AP Photo / Selahattin Sevi, File
https://sputniknews.com/asia/201607161043132790-erdogan-gulen-extradition/
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday requested his US counterpart Barack Obama to extradite Turkish opposition cleric Fethullah Gulen, who has been reportedly linked to the coup attempt, to Turkey.
Erdogan's Opponent Gulen Denies Military Coup Attempt Links
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Late on Friday, Turkish authorities said that an attempted coup took place in the country. Erdogan urged Turkish citizens to take to streets, stating that the coup attempt was carried out by a small group within the military. Later, Erdogan and other officials have blamed Gulen staying in self-imposed exile in the United States and his supporters for the coup attempt.
Gulen himself denied the allegations.
"I hereby call on US President Obama to extradite that person living on a 400-acre compound in Pennsylvania," Erdogan said, as quoted by the Daily Sabah newspaper.
The coup attempt was suppressed by early Saturday, with Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim stating that all coup supporters were identified and would be apprehended as the country was returning to normal life. Over 180 people were killed and 1,470 were injured during the events, while nearly 3,000 people have already been detained, according to the prime minister.
Turkish Police Detain 17 Gulen Movement Activists in Izmir Province
Turkey Arrests 12, Detains 71 Linked to Oppositionist Cleric Gulen
extradition, attempted coup, Fethullah Gulen, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, US, Turkey

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There may come a time when you want to work on a website before the URL goes live/DNS is updated either through the A record or nameserver record. The website does not need to be "live" as soon as you buy a web hosting package and you can take your time setting up your new website before unleashing it to the world. When developing a website before you make it live, you can change your computer's HOSTS file. Or you can go the easier route of changing two lines in your WordPress database. In this tutorial, we'll walk you through how to set up a WordPress development environment with cPanel and phpMyAdmin.
The first few things that needs to be done is to install WordPress. When you purchase a Skookum Monkey hosting plan, you can easily install WordPress in your cPanel dashboard with Softaculous, long before you make the site live. If you have more than one domain on your hosting plan, be sure to make note of the database name when installing WordPress.
The IP address associate with your hosting account.
1. In your cPanel dashboard, locate the "phpMyAdmin" button. You should find it in the "Databases" area. Click it.
2. Once "phpMyAdmin" loads", locate the name of the database in the left side menu and click it. On the right, the database tables will load.
3. In the list of tables on the right, locate the options table. It is highlighted above. Your database table prefix will be different than rzwpof_. Click it.
1. To do so, click the "edit" link that is right beside the pencil on the first line. It's the one that reads "siteurl" under "option_name".
3. Click the "go" button to save and then go back to previous.
4. Repeat steps 1 -3 for the second line that reads "home" under "option_name".
5. And you're done. Your WordPress admin dashboard will now be found at http://IPADDRESS/~cPanelUsername/wp-login.php, where you are free to develop your site at your leisure, not worrying about people visiting it before it is ready and not having to worry about search engines crawling your site.
6. When you are ready for your site to go live, go through steps 1 – 4, and edit lines 1 and 2 in the options tables to the real URL, then update your DNS records as necessary to make your site live.
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I Turn to You is the first solo studio album by American country music artist Richie McDonald, following his departure from the band Lonestar in 2007. It was released on June 3, 2008 by Stroudavarious Records. The album peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart.

Track listing
"Carry the Cross" (Richie McDonald, Frank J. Myers, Greg Rausch) – 4:21
"I Turn to You" (Jeff Kohen, Myers) – 3:35
"Stay with Me Lord" (Myers, Rausch) – 3:41
"He's Alive" (McDonald, Myers) – 3:41
"Faith" (Jason Eustice, McDonald, Myers) – 3:59
"Handle with Prayer" (Steve Diamond, McDonald) – 3:55
"What Would He Do" (McDonald, Myers, Rausch) – 4:00
"Walls" (Gary Baker, Matt Johnson, Karen Kingsbury, McDonald) – 3:56
"Blessed Are the Hands That Give" (Baker, Johnson, McDonald) – 3:51
"Hey God" (Tommy Lee James, McDonald) – 3:41
acoustic

Personnel

 Tim Akers - Hammond B-3 organ, piano, strings
 Walt Aldridge - acoustic guitar
 Bruce Bouton - steel guitar
 Spady Brannan - bass guitar
 Steve Brewster - drums
 Jim "Moose" Brown - Hammond B-3 organ, piano, strings
 Mickey Buckins - percussion
 Robert Collier - electric guitar
 Eric Darken - percussion
 Billy Davis - background vocals
 Chip Davis - background vocals
 Tommy Harden - drums
 Matt Johnson - background vocals
 Jeff King - electric guitar
 Troy Lancaster - electric guitar
 Paul Leim - drums
 Kevin "Swine" Grantt - bass guitar
 Richie McDonald - lead vocals
 Jerry McPherson - electric guitar
 Greg Morrow - drums
 Jimmy Nichols - Hammond B-3 organ, piano, strings
 Billy Panda - acoustic guitar
 Gary Prim - piano
 Jimmie Lee Sloas - bass guitar
 Doug Stokes - background vocals
 Ilya Toshinsky - acoustic guitar
 Wanda Vick - fiddle
 Jerry Williams - string arrangements, conductor
 John Willis - acoustic guitar

Chart performance

Awards

The album was nominated for a Dove Award for Country Album of the Year at the 40th GMA Dove Awards.

References

2008 debut albums
Richie McDonald albums
R&J Records albums

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package com.hazelcast.client.impl.protocol.codec;

import com.hazelcast.client.impl.protocol.ClientMessage;
import com.hazelcast.client.impl.protocol.Generated;
import com.hazelcast.client.impl.protocol.codec.builtin.*;
import com.hazelcast.client.impl.protocol.codec.custom.*;

import javax.annotation.Nullable;

import static com.hazelcast.client.impl.protocol.ClientMessage.*;
import static com.hazelcast.client.impl.protocol.codec.builtin.FixedSizeTypesCodec.*;

/*
 * This file is auto-generated by the Hazelcast Client Protocol Code Generator.
 * To change this file, edit the templates or the protocol
 * definitions on the https://github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast-client-protocol
 * and regenerate it.
 */

/**
 * Queries the map based on the specified predicate and returns the matching entries.Specified predicate
 * runs on all members in parallel. The collection is NOT backed by the map, so changes to the map are NOT reflected
 * in the collection, and vice-versa. This method is always executed by a distributed query, so it may throw a
 * QueryResultSizeExceededException if query result size limit is configured.
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@Generated("65514f4601c2175b5a558ce83ce23019")
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    //hex: 0x012800
    public static final int REQUEST_MESSAGE_TYPE = 75776;
    //hex: 0x012801
    public static final int RESPONSE_MESSAGE_TYPE = 75777;
    private static final int REQUEST_INITIAL_FRAME_SIZE = PARTITION_ID_FIELD_OFFSET + INT_SIZE_IN_BYTES;
    private static final int RESPONSE_INITIAL_FRAME_SIZE = RESPONSE_BACKUP_ACKS_FIELD_OFFSET + BYTE_SIZE_IN_BYTES;

    private MapEntriesWithPredicateCodec() {
    }

    @edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings({"URF_UNREAD_PUBLIC_OR_PROTECTED_FIELD"})
    public static class RequestParameters {

        /**
         * name of map
         */
        public java.lang.String name;

        /**
         * specified query criteria.
         */
        public com.hazelcast.internal.serialization.Data predicate;
    }

    public static ClientMessage encodeRequest(java.lang.String name, com.hazelcast.internal.serialization.Data predicate) {
        ClientMessage clientMessage = ClientMessage.createForEncode();
        clientMessage.setRetryable(true);
        clientMessage.setOperationName("Map.EntriesWithPredicate");
        ClientMessage.Frame initialFrame = new ClientMessage.Frame(new byte[REQUEST_INITIAL_FRAME_SIZE], UNFRAGMENTED_MESSAGE);
        encodeInt(initialFrame.content, TYPE_FIELD_OFFSET, REQUEST_MESSAGE_TYPE);
        encodeInt(initialFrame.content, PARTITION_ID_FIELD_OFFSET, -1);
        clientMessage.add(initialFrame);
        StringCodec.encode(clientMessage, name);
        DataCodec.encode(clientMessage, predicate);
        return clientMessage;
    }

    public static MapEntriesWithPredicateCodec.RequestParameters decodeRequest(ClientMessage clientMessage) {
        ClientMessage.ForwardFrameIterator iterator = clientMessage.frameIterator();
        RequestParameters request = new RequestParameters();
        //empty initial frame
        iterator.next();
        request.name = StringCodec.decode(iterator);
        request.predicate = DataCodec.decode(iterator);
        return request;
    }

    public static ClientMessage encodeResponse(java.util.Collection<java.util.Map.Entry<com.hazelcast.internal.serialization.Data, com.hazelcast.internal.serialization.Data>> response) {
        ClientMessage clientMessage = ClientMessage.createForEncode();
        ClientMessage.Frame initialFrame = new ClientMessage.Frame(new byte[RESPONSE_INITIAL_FRAME_SIZE], UNFRAGMENTED_MESSAGE);
        encodeInt(initialFrame.content, TYPE_FIELD_OFFSET, RESPONSE_MESSAGE_TYPE);
        clientMessage.add(initialFrame);

        EntryListCodec.encode(clientMessage, response, DataCodec::encode, DataCodec::encode);
        return clientMessage;
    }

    /**
     * result key-value entry collection of the query.
     */
    public static java.util.List<java.util.Map.Entry<com.hazelcast.internal.serialization.Data, com.hazelcast.internal.serialization.Data>> decodeResponse(ClientMessage clientMessage) {
        ClientMessage.ForwardFrameIterator iterator = clientMessage.frameIterator();
        //empty initial frame
        iterator.next();
        return EntryListCodec.decode(iterator, DataCodec::decode, DataCodec::decode);
    }

}

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Between hanging out with so many talented friends & artists at NAMM, sharing dinner with the guys from Aguilar, Zon, Fodera, and co, finding new homes for every F Bass on display, being blown away by the performances at the Markbass show (Snarky Puppy, Michael Manring, Hadrien Feraud, and Alain Caron), and visiting the Grand Canyon to wrap things up...I'd say this was one of the most fun trips to date.
We'll be displaying at Winter NAMM 2014 in booth 5792, Hall B from Thursday, January 23rd to Sunday, January 26th, 2014. Our booth is situated right beside our German friends at TecAmp.
Amongst the 14 F Basses coming down with us, we'll be featuring our passive VF4-P bass, 3 exotic topped BN5s (including a neck-through), a left handed BN5, a short-scale BN4, the new Roasted Maple fingerboard, and a couple new finishes.


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WEMBLEY DREAMS
Aston Villa last reached the Wembley stage under the management of Martin O'Neill, but they have the opportunity to do the same ones again under the current manager Paul Lambert. The former Norwich city man has said that it would be extremely delightful if Villa managed to reach the final of the Capital One Cup. The club are currently in the semi-final stage of the competition and will be playing against lower league opposition in the form of Bradford city. Hence, Villa are the firm favourites to the final of the competitions where they will face either Chelsea or Swansea.
Lambert has the experience of any major trophies including the Champions League with Borussia Dortmund during his playing days, but he is yet to replicate this achievement with a major trophy like the FA Cup or the League cup as a manager. Even though Villa have been struggling for form and consistency in the league, Lambert has said that reaching the final of the competition will be a major achievement for the club. Even though Bradford managed to knockout Arsenal in the previous stage, they are unlikely to give a lot of trouble to Aston Villa. Villa recently progressed to the fourth round of the FA Cup with a 2-1 win over Ipswich.
"I never look at it like that on my own behalf. It's for the players and fans. I never look at myself and think: 'I'm going to do that,' because it's irrelevant. The most important thing is the club and the players and for us to get to Wembley again would be extraordinary. In a one-off game there you never know what might happen. I think every player would tell you that to get there would be phenomenal," said Lambert. This club will be playing against Bradford on Wednesday night.
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Silchar is a beautiful city, located in the Cachar district, in the Indian state of Assam. Favourably positioned in the Surma Valley, this is a place that is endowed with immense natural beauty. There are a number of scenic and important places of tourist interest in and around the city. Sri Sri Kancha Kanti Devi Temple, located in Khaspur, is one of the most popular attractions near this city. Khaspur is also famous for featuring the ruins of a massive ancient palace, which once flaunted and still flaunts impressive architecture. A trip to Silchar cannot be considered complete without a visit to the Bhubaneswar Temple, located 37 km from this city on Bhuban Hill.Maniharan Tunnel, which is famous for its massive temple complex, is a unique attraction, located few kilometres away from the city. The belief among people that this tunnel was once used by Lord Krishna has made it a place of great religious importance. When spending holidays in Silchar, visitors can explore several tea estates that greatly enhance the beauty and the greenery of the place. There are a few excellent shopping and dining options, as well, in this city. Bestowed with a wealth of natural and cultural wonders, this small city truly presents an authentic experience of Assam. MakeMyTrip offers many cheap travel packages, availing one of which can be highly advantageous on the part of tourists in exploring the city.


The Chair of Computer Architecture is now member in the "HSA Academic Centers of Excellence" of the HSA (Heterogeneous System Architecture) Foundation. In a joint project with the "Embedded Systems Group" of TU Darmstadt and the chip manufacturer AMD, the chair members Marc Reichenbach and Konrad Häublein are focusing on a faster and better integration of FPGAs into heterogeneous systems. As a final milestone an FPGA-prototype is developed, which holds a custom designed processor and an image processing accelerator unit and will be able to compute HSA-packets. More information can be found at the News Blog of the HSA Foundation.


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Q: Why does play/pause shortcut not work? When I would like to pause/play my radiotray application used the required shortcut the next window can been seen:

How can I solve this problem? Sometimes the shortcut works, but I do not know why.

A: Your media keys are likely working fine. However, they control your default music player which—judging by the overlay—isn't launched, or has nothing in the playlist.

RadioTray can't be added as the default music player, unfortunately, because it doesn't support the MPRIS API Ubuntu uses for extra-application media controls. The status of that issue can be tracked here, it seems.

A: @Regisz: Same here, I have Audacious as my default media player, but it doesn't work with multimedia buttons on my wireless keyboard or any keys on my headset. As soon as I start Rhytmbox while having Audacious still running, I can "control" both media players with a single Play/Pause button somehow.
Anyway, this question could be a duplicate of:
Can I map the media player function keys to a media player other than Totem?
BTW, I've just found out that the new version of Audacious has own plugin for multimedia keys, so my similar issue has been resolved with it. Now it works!

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And thousands of Tunisians seemed to be feeling good as they took part in their country's first free election in 50 years.
The Guardian reports that 50-year-old shop assistant Samira queued for hours to be the first to vote in Tunisia's elections. "How could I sleep?" she tells the Guardian journalist. "It's the first time I've ever voted in my life…What's one night when we've waited decades for freedom? This ballot box is what we took to the streets for." Undoubtedly Samira's feeling of heightened anticipation and optimistic hope is one shared by the millions of Tunisians who attended the elections. 45-year-old Karina tells Channel 4 "I've asked the boys to make their own lunch. I don't care… Today I am not on duty. Or rather, I am on duty for my country."
The Huffington Post gets an interview with 83-year-old Tayyib Awish who said "the old elections were fraudulent and this one is for our children and grandchildren so that even if I soon die, I will be happy and content."
The BBC reports that 90 per cent of the 4.1 million registered citizens had voted. The sense of delight, joy and optimism amongst Tunisians is almost tangible. Millions were energised by the chance for a new start in their country. Middle East commentator Issandr El Amrani writing on Comment is Free describes the event as "nothing short of a miracle" for a country to move from being a repressive state, to holding free elections in the space of nine months. His blog also reminds us that the path to these elections has not been straightforward as former President Ben Ali's ruling party – RCD 'sowed chaos' when people were shot and neighbourhoods – rich and poor – raided and terrorised.
By no means am I about to rain on Tunisia's parade of glee and celebration. But this wouldn't be an Amnesty blog if it wasn't one moderated with caution and calls. And while this weekend is an historic occasion for the people of Tunisia, it is also a critical moment for them. A free and fair election is certainly a positive step. However in order to ensure fundamental and enduring change, human rights have to be central to the new government's agenda. A rights-based approach has to seep through every element of the government – from the security forces to a robust independent and secure judiciary. Tunisians – it would appear – have been able to vote freely. The new government has to ensure that they are able to speak freely as well. In addition, a full and proper investigation into the historic abuses committed under the previous regime has to be carried out. The country can only substantially move forward if such violations are addressed and the victims of these abuses receive truth, justice and reparation.
So far this year, Tunisia has been the pace setter for the rest of the Middle East and North Africa. Let's hope that these elections set the standard for making way for a new human-rights centric government for this sprightly country.


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DALLAS, March 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Highland Floating Rate Opportunities Fund (NYSE: HFRO) (the "Fund") announced today the Fund will change its name to Highland Income Fund, effective May 20, 2019.
The Fund's CUSIP 43010E404 will not change. The Fund's investment objective – to provide a high level of current income consistent with preservation of capital – will also remain the same. The Fund will continue to invest in floating-rate loans and other securities deemed to be floating-rate instruments; however, the Fund will expand its investment strategy and remove the Fund's policy of, under normal circumstances, investing at least 80% of its net assets in such securities (the "80% Policy").
The Fund will pursue its investment objective by investing primarily in the following categories of securities and instruments: (i) floating-rate loans and other securities deemed to be floating-rate investments; (ii) investments in securities or other instruments directly or indirectly secured by real estate (including real estate investment trusts ("REITs"), preferred equity, securities convertible into equity securities and mezzanine debt); and (iii) other instruments, including but not limited to secured and unsecured fixed-rate loans and corporate bonds, distressed securities, mezzanine securities, structured products (including but not limited to mortgage-backed securities, collateralized loan obligations and asset-backed securities), convertible and preferred securities, equities (public and private), and futures and options.
Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Highland Floating Rate Opportunities Fund carefully before investing. This and other information can be found in the Fund's prospectus, which may be obtained by calling 1-800-357-9167 or visiting www.highlandfunds.com. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest.
Credit Risk: The Fund may invest all or substantially all of its assets in Senior Loans or other securities that are rated below investment grade and unrated Senior Loans deemed by Highland to be of comparable quality. Securities rated below investment grade are commonly referred to as "high yield securities" or "junk securities." They are regarded as predominantly speculative with respect to the issuing company's continuing ability to meet principal and interest payments. Non-payment of scheduled interest and/or principal would result in a reduction of income to the Fund, a reduction in the value of the Senior Loan experiencing non-payment and a potential decrease in the NAV of the Fund. Investments in high yield Senior Loans and other securities may result in greater NAV fluctuation than if the Fund did not make such investments.
Illiquidity of Investments Risk: The investments made by the Fund may be illiquid, and consequently the Fund may not be able to sell such investments at prices that reflect the Adviser's assessment of their value or the amount originally paid for such investments by the Fund.


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Blatterndorf gehört zum Ortsteil Effelder der Gemeinde Frankenblick im Landkreis Sonneberg in Thüringen.

Lage
Blatterndorf befindet sich am westlichen Ortsrand von Effelder, am Bach Effelder.

Geschichte
Blatterndorf wurde am 24. September 1231 erstmals urkundlich erwähnt. Das Dorf wurde 1923 nach Effelder  eingemeindet.

Dialekt
In Blatterndorf wird Itzgründisch, ein mainfränkischer Dialekt, gesprochen.

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks

Ort im Landkreis Sonneberg
Geographie (Frankenblick)
Ehemalige Gemeinde (Landkreis Sonneberg)
Ersterwähnung 1231


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package com.example.android.navigationdrawer;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.Fragment;
import android.app.FragmentManager;
import android.app.FragmentTransaction;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.res.Configuration;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle;
import android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout;
import android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.webkit.WebSettings;
import android.webkit.WebView;

import com.comp4905.jasonfleischer.midimusic.R;
import com.midisheetmusic.ChooseSongActivity;

/**
 * This example illustrates a common usage of the DrawerLayout widget
 * in the Android support library.
 *

 *
When a navigation (left) drawer is present, the host activity should detect presses of
 * the action bar's Up affordance as a signal to open and close the navigation drawer. The
 * ActionBarDrawerToggle facilitates this behavior.
 * Items within the drawer should fall into one of two categories:

 *

 *

 *
View switches. A view switch follows the same basic policies as
 * list or tab navigation in that a view switch does not create navigation history.
 * This pattern should only be used at the root activity of a task, leaving some form
 * of Up navigation active for activities further down the navigation hierarchy.

 *
Selective Up. The drawer allows the user to choose an alternate
 * parent for Up navigation. This allows a user to jump across an app's navigation
 * hierarchy at will. The application should treat this as it treats Up navigation from
 * a different task, replacing the current task stack using TaskStackBuilder or similar.
 * This is the only form of navigation drawer that should be used outside of the root
 * activity of a task.

 *

 *

 *
Right side drawers should be used for actions, not navigation. This follows the pattern
 * established by the Action Bar that navigation should be to the left and actions to the right.
 * An action should be an operation performed on the current contents of the window,
 * for example enabling or disabling a data overlay on top of the current content.

 */
public class AboutUs extends Activity implements PlanetAdapter.OnItemClickListener {
    private DrawerLayout mDrawerLayout;
    private RecyclerView mDrawerList;
    private ActionBarDrawerToggle mDrawerToggle;

    private CharSequence mDrawerTitle;
    private CharSequence mTitle;
    private String[] mPlanetTitles;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.aboutus);

        WebView wv = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.aboutwebview);
        wv.loadUrl("http://202.125.255.1/finaltruetonev1/index.php/user/guestAbout");
        WebSettings webSettings = wv.getSettings();
        webSettings.setJavaScriptEnabled(true);

        mTitle = mDrawerTitle = getTitle();
        mPlanetTitles = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.planets_array);
        mDrawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
        mDrawerList = (RecyclerView) findViewById(R.id.left_drawer);

        // set a custom shadow that overlays the main content when the drawer opens
//        mDrawerLayout.setDrawerShadow(R.drawable.drawer_shadow, GravityCompat.START);
        // improve performance by indicating the list if fixed size.
        mDrawerList.setHasFixedSize(true);
        mDrawerList.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(this));

        // set up the drawer's list view with items and click listener
        mDrawerList.setAdapter(new PlanetAdapter(mPlanetTitles, this));
        // enable ActionBar app icon to behave as action to toggle nav drawer
        getActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
        getActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);

        // ActionBarDrawerToggle ties together the the proper interactions
        // between the sliding drawer and the action bar app icon
        mDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(
                this,                  /* host Activity */
                mDrawerLayout,         /* DrawerLayout object */
                R.drawable.ic_drawer,  /* nav drawer image to replace 'Up' caret */
                R.string.drawer_open,  /* "open drawer" description for accessibility */
                R.string.drawer_close  /* "close drawer" description for accessibility */
        ) {
            public void onDrawerClosed(View view) {
                getActionBar().setTitle(mTitle);
                invalidateOptionsMenu(); // creates call to onPrepareOptionsMenu()
            }

            public void onDrawerOpened(View drawerView) {
                getActionBar().setTitle(mDrawerTitle);
                invalidateOptionsMenu(); // creates call to onPrepareOptionsMenu()
            }
        };
        mDrawerLayout.setDrawerListener(mDrawerToggle);

        if (savedInstanceState == null) {
            selectItem(2);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.navigation_drawer, menu);
        return true;
    }

    /* Called whenever we call invalidateOptionsMenu() */
    @Override
    public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // If the nav drawer is open, hide action items related to the content view
        boolean drawerOpen = mDrawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(mDrawerList);
        return super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        // The action bar home/up action should open or close the drawer.
        // ActionBarDrawerToggle will take care of this.
        if (mDrawerToggle.onOptionsItemSelected(item)) {
            return true;
        }
        // Handle action buttons
        switch (item.getItemId()) {
            default:
                return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
        }
    }

    /* The click listener for RecyclerView in the navigation drawer */
    @Override
    public void onClick(View view, int position) {
        selectItem(position);
        Intent intent;
        switch (position) {
            case 0:
                intent = new Intent(this, com.comp4905.jasonfleischer.midimusic.MainActivity.class);
                intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
                this.startActivity(intent);
                break;
            case 1:
                intent = new Intent(this, ChooseSongActivity.class);
                intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
                this.startActivity(intent);
                break;
            case 2:
                intent = new Intent(this, AboutUs.class);
                intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
                this.startActivity(intent);
                break;
            case 3:
                intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("http://202.125.255.1/finaltruetonev1/index.php/user/tutorial"));
                this.startActivity(intent);
        }
    }

    private void selectItem(int position) {
        // update the main content by replacing fragments
        Fragment fragment = PlanetFragment.newInstance(position);

        FragmentManager fragmentManager = getFragmentManager();
        FragmentTransaction ft = fragmentManager.beginTransaction();
        ft.replace(R.id.content_frame, fragment);
        ft.commit();

        // update selected item title, then close the drawer
        setTitle(mPlanetTitles[position]);
        mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(mDrawerList);
    }

    @Override
    public void setTitle(CharSequence title) {
        mTitle = title;
        getActionBar().setTitle(mTitle);
    }

    /**
     * When using the ActionBarDrawerToggle, you must call it during
     * onPostCreate() and onConfigurationChanged()...
     */

    @Override
    protected void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
        // Sync the toggle state after onRestoreInstanceState has occurred.
        mDrawerToggle.syncState();
    }

    @Override
    public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
        super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
        // Pass any configuration change to the drawer toggls
        mDrawerToggle.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
    }

    /**
     * Fragment that appears in the "content_frame", shows a planet
     */
    public static class PlanetFragment extends Fragment {
        public static final String ARG_PLANET_NUMBER = "planet_number";

        public PlanetFragment() {
            // Empty constructor required for fragment subclasses
        }

        public static Fragment newInstance(int position) {
            Fragment fragment = new PlanetFragment();
            Bundle args = new Bundle();
            args.putInt(PlanetFragment.ARG_PLANET_NUMBER, position);
            fragment.setArguments(args);
            return fragment;
        }
    }
}


The beauty and cosmetic industry is a major driver of international cultural norms, and it's time its prejudices were exposed and erased. Curly hair is normal. I'll venture further into the truth: curly hair is the dominant global hair type. Surprised? I will get to the point through what will surely not be the last of my #necessaryrants. Read on. . .
Just yesterday, while doing my usual social media rounds, I became enraged by a Tweet. No, not him. . . .
While it's perfectly sound advice, it presupposes that the hair in question belongs to a certain type: straight or wavy hair. This is, of course, the default standard of hair beauty.
3/4 of the members of this house belong to the curly standard–everyone except me. The blow dryer comes out on occasion. Usually something to do with some DIY, or when I am in a rush. Otherwise, it's actually a partially broken piece of junk that needs to go in the dump. You see, people with curly hair don't typically use blow dryers. . . not if they want their curls to curl!
So back to my rant. Again, while there's nothing inherently wrong with British Vogue's pitch, would you be surprised to know that the beauty "norm" is a minority demographic? There are, in fact, more curly-haired people in the world than straight-haired ones. Even among Caucasian/"white" people, the curly hair gene is dominant, while the straight hair gene is recessive!
But hey. . . Prejudice in the beauty and cosmetic industry is not news. Let's take a quick look at colour prejudice. Just a few years ago, Thandie Newton publicly criticised Boots for it's "badly stocked" selection of makeup for women of colour. But we're used to it, aren't we? A thick fashion magazine, but only a couple of brown or black models in it. And when they are, they are dressed and decorated in all kinds of "ethnic" ways. Oh, how I deplore that word, this thing. I deplore equally the fact that I am bound to use it. And can someone answer this question: Who in the world is non-ethnic? To be fair, many of the big fashion houses have partly mended their ways in recent decades, offering up diversity and representation. This is arguably more true on the catwalk than in popular fashion, though.
But what I deplore most is that establishing one kind of hair (a minority, recessive kind, remember) as a standard creates the situation in which other kinds of hair then require "specialist" products, "specialist" marketing. This has led to segregated (yes, I said 'segregated') shelves, shops, and when it comes to "ethnic" products, even scents!
Here we are, at the consequence of normalising one standard of beauty over others.
And that's the ugly truth about where we are.
Claim: These products for curly hair are more difficult to make.
Truth: No, they're not. It's the exact same process.
Claim: The market isn't as big, so naturally it will cost more.
Truth: Scroll back up to that bit about there being more curly-haired people in the world than straight-haired ones.
Claim: Caribbean and African people like the smell of coconuts, mangos and pineapples.
Truth: Yes, we do. But we like the smells of other things like lavender, sage, and peppermint just as well. Just because we are of tropical origin does not mean we are restricted in our palette of fragrance to tropical things or smelling always like suntan oil.
You can choose from at least five different kinds of hair straighteners at your local supermarket, but you have to go to a specialist shop to find a curly hair diffuser.
In the UK alone it is estimated that black and Asian women are forced to spend on average £137.52 more per year on beauty products due to lack of choice.
Prejudice and bias translate into discrimination. We judge by first impressions, which are formed by our cultural norms. Here's an article in Business Insider magazine about how curly hair is perceived in the workplace. It is not an opinion piece.
I realise that I have singled out British Vogue in the writing of this piece. I'm not claiming that they are any more guilty than any other party in any or all of the things that I have said. But one does wonder about the ways in which they and other beauty magazines make such a distinction between their 'default' types of beauty and others. Rather, one should wonder. Again, nothing new.
This rant partly inspired by yesterday's Tweet and Chi Onwurah's opinion piece in The Guardian, which you should read.


Whether you're looking to be transported to a world full of ogres and demons, or prefer just a surreal touch, there's a book out there ready to dazzle and delight your imaginative affinities.
Reading Group Choices has compiled a list of books that range from dystopian visions of the future to historical romps with witches and everything in between…including a magical bookshop and a love story spanning space and time. Whether you're looking to escape daily routine for a moment or are interested in exploring new landscapes, these books can take you as far as you're willing to go.
A love story, a mystery, a fantasy, a novel of self-discovery, a dystopia to rival George Orwell's—1Q84 is Haruki Murakami's most ambitious undertaking yet: an instant bestseller in his native Japan, and a tremendous feat of imagination from one of our most revered contemporary writers.
Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart–he struggling to maintain the farm; she crumbling from loneliness and despair. In a moment of levity during the first snowfall, they build a child out of snow. The next morning the snow child is gone–but they glimpse a young girl running through the trees.
"The day I returned to Templeton steeped in disgrace, the fifty-foot corpse of a monster surfaced in Lake Glimmerglass." So begins The Monsters of Templeton, a novel spanning two centuries: part a contemporary story of a girl's search for her father, part historical novel, and part ghost story, this spellbinding novel is at its core a tale of how one town holds the secrets of a family.
From one of the most preeminent writers of our times comes The Buried Giant, an extraordinary new novel that poses powerful questions about love, loss, and mortality. The novel centers around an elderly couple, Beatrice and Axl, who set out on an epic journey through war-torn lands in hopes of finding their son. As they contend with the physical hardships of their journey, they also encounter danger from a variety of mystical elements: ogres, demons, and an ever-present fog that makes memory elusive. With the help of a brash yet determined knight and a mysterious young boy, they travel across lands familiar and strange, ever closer to learning their son's fate. What they end up discovering along the way, though, leads them in surprising directions that will forever alter the fabric of their relationship—as well as the history of their embattled homeland.
A #1 New York Times Bestseller and spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows.
Determined to make a new life for herself, Nina moves to a sleepy village many miles away. There she buys a van and transforms it into a bookmobile—a mobile bookshop that she drives from neighborhood to neighborhood, changing one life after another with the power of storytelling. From helping her grumpy landlord deliver a lamb, to sharing picnics with a charming train conductor who serenades her with poetry, Nina discovers there's plenty of adventure, magic, and soul in a place that's beginning to feel like home… a place where she just might be able to write her own happy ending.
A dazzling novel in the most untraditional fashion, this is the remarkable story of Henry DeTamble, a dashing, adventuresome librarian who travels involuntarily through time, and Clare Abshire, an artist whose life takes a natural sequential course. Henry and Clare's passionate love affair endures across a sea of time and captures the two lovers in an impossibly romantic trap, and it is Audrey Niffenegger's cinematic storytelling that makes the novel's unconventional chronology so vibrantly triumphant. An enchanting debut and a spellbinding tale of fate and belief in the bonds of love, The Time Traveler's Wife is destined to captivate readers for years to come.
Ten-year-old Antoinette has a severe form of autism that requires constant care and attention. She has never spoken a word, but she has a powerful gift that others would give anything to harness: she can heal things with her touch. She brings wilted flowers back to life, makes a neighbor's tremors disappear, changes the normal course of nature on the Kentucky flower farm where she and her mother live. Antoinette's gift, though, puts her own life in danger, as each healing comes with an increasingly deadly price. As Rose—the center of her daughter's life—struggles with her own failing health, and her sister Lily confronts her anguished past, they, and the men who love them, come to realize the sacrifices that must be made to keep this very special child safe.
In a sparkling debut, A Discovery of Witches became the "it" book of early 2011, bringing Deborah Harkness into the spotlight and galvanizing fans around the world. In this tale of passion and obsession, Diana Bishop, a young scholar and the descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript deep in Oxford's Bodleian Library. Its reappearance summons a fantastical underworld, which she navigates with her leading man, vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont. Harkness has created a universe to rival those of Anne Rice, Diana Gabaldon, and Elizabeth Kostova, and she adds a scholar's depth to this riveting story of magic and suspense. And the story continues in Book Two, Shadow of Night.


After the San Francisco Seals baseball team folded with the rest of the PCL, a hockey frenchise decided to pay honor to the decorated team. From 1961 to 1967 the San Francisco Seals hockey team was a high flying, brawling force in the Western Hockey League, winning back to back championships in 1963 and 1964.
They eventually became the California / Oakland / Golden Seals, then moved to Minnesota and became part of the North Stars. The North Stars were then spun off and became the San Jose Sharks, bringing the original California Seals roots back to the San Francisco Bay.


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News and perspectives › People and culture › Interns share highlights from their summer at KPMG
National intern spotlight
Summer interns share highlights from eight weeks of hands-on experience
By Dylan Scott, James Sowa and Samantha Schwartz
As the summer internship season comes to an end, we celebrate the contributions our interns have made to the firm. Below we spotlight five interns, representing various locations and areas of our business, who share what they will take away from their time at KPMG.
Autonomy, trust and freedom from the very beginning
Rachel Touma (Business Tax Services – Short Hills, NJ)
Touma is a rising senior at Villanova University studying accounting and is a second-year intern with KPMG. She works in Business Tax Services and aspires to get a master's in tax accounting after she sits for her CPA exam next spring. Although it's her second time at the firm, Touma continues to be surprised at "the level of autonomy, trust and freedom given at the intern level." The KPMG internship experience has helped her make key decisions about her education and career goals.
Fun and educational networking opportunities
Steven Williams Jr. (Advisory Marketing – Montvale, NJ)
Steven Williams Jr. is a rising senior at Hampton University majoring in Strategic Communications and minoring in Marketing. He was pleasantly surprised by the close-knit culture of a big office like KPMG Montvale. Williams says the highlight of his summer was being able to network in KPMG's friendly work environment. Through National Intern Training, the Montvale Summer Classic and various other networking events, Williams has been exposed to a wide array of KPMG professionals, who opened his mind to a career in finance and technology.
Connecting with leadership
Emily Brinkmann (Internal Audit – Portland, OR)
Originally from Norway, Brinkmann had an early interest in the firm's global scale and breadth of opportunities. After taking part in the Global Advantage program, a three-day training for future KPMG professionals in Amsterdam, she has yet to look back. Brinkmann is a student at the University of Montana studying Accounting and Management Information Systems. This summer she was an intern in the Internal Audit Enterprise Risk department.
Among the positive interactions she's had on her engagements and volunteer work with fellow interns, access to KPMG leadership is what really stands out to her. Brinkmann recalls grabbing coffee with Karissa Cornell, the director of National Student Programs and Campus Recruiting Innovation: "She offered me advice both professionally and personally, and it really meant a lot. I appreciated her taking the time to connect with me."
Gaining experience in tax and innovation
Kayla Campbell (Tax & Data Analytics – Cincinnati, OH)
Kayla Campbell, an intern in our Cincinnati office, has a double major in Accounting and Women/Gender/Sexuality Studies as well as a minor in African & African American Studies. Hailing from The Ohio State University, Campbell is overjoyed with the work she's accomplished at KPMG this summer as a rotational Tax and Data Analytics intern. The program granted her the opportunity to spend time working in the Denver Ignition Center alongside the Tax Ignition team, and Campbell could not help but boast about the strides KPMG is making to innovate the tax profession within and outside KPMG.
Ultimately, the most surprising aspect of her internship is "realizing how connected everything really is." Having the opportunity to work in both the Denver and Cincinnati offices has allowed Campbell to not only create an impact, but also visualize the collaboration within KPMG.
Travel to new places
Tucker Leneve (Audit – Portland, OR)
A Portland native, Tucker Leneve studies Accounting at the University of Oregon. This summer, he's returned home to intern in Portland's Audit practice. Reflecting on his experience with KPMG, Laneve highlights how impactful relationships have been on his professional development. From expanding his network to praising the firm's transition buddy program, Leneve says, "I made a lot of important connections that I will carry forward throughout my career. KPMG's culture made it easy for me to expand my network and meet professionals who are always willing to help."
Leneve is also pleased with how much he's been able to travel throughout his experience with KPMG. Highlighting National Intern Training, and an upcoming trip to Seattle, he is "ready to serve clients and see the world while doing it."
Dylan Scott, James Sowa and Samantha Schwartz were interns this summer in KPMG's Corporate Communications department.
KPMG internship program gains recognition
KPMG has again been recognized as one of WayUp's Top 100 Internship Programs for 2019. For more information, please contact Rosemary Mariniello.
Rosemary Mariniello
Associate Director, Corporate Communications, KPMG US


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Maryland Chamber of Commerce Promotes Andrew Griffin to VP of Government Affairs
Contact: Eleanor Goedeke
egoedeke@mdchamber.org
ANNAPOLIS, Md.— The Maryland Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce Andrew Griffin, the organization's senior policy analyst, has been promoted to vice president of government affairs effective immediately.
"The Board Executive Committee and Legislative Committee are extremely pleased with the selection of Andrew for this critical role," said Stephen Woerner, Chairman of the Chamber Board. "He is well prepared for this opportunity."
"Andrew has provided insightful and strategic legislative support to the business community these past two years," said Christine Ross, president and CEO of the Chamber. "We have great confidence he is ready to take the helm of the department and are pleased he wanted to step up."
"I am excited about my new role at the Chamber and I look forward to building on the great work I've been a part of these past two years," said Griffin. "The Maryland Chamber will continue pushing the envelope and advocating to make Maryland the best place to live, work and start a business."
In his new role, Griffin will lead advocacy efforts on behalf of the 5,500+ members of the Chamber before the Maryland General Assembly and on a federal level. Griffin will develop, lead and execute the legislative strategy of the organization and maintain the Chamber's positive working relationships with key elected officials and members of the administration in order to build a better understanding of and appreciation for business issues.
The role of vice president of government affairs was previously held by Ashley Duckman. During her tenure at the Maryland Chamber, Duckman provided critical analysis and advocacy for the Maryland business community, aiding the passing of key legislation including a 2020 bill to provide sales-and-use tax exemptions for qualified data centers. The Maryland Chamber and its membership are grateful for her incredible efforts and wish her well in her next role as Executive Director of the Energy Solutions Center.
About the Maryland Chamber of Commerce
The Maryland Chamber of Commerce is the only statewide business advocacy organization and the leading voice for business in the state. Together with their 6,400 members, they form a statewide coalition that is committed to ensuring that Maryland is attracting and retaining quality jobs, developing vibrant, sustainable communities and staying at the forefront of global competitiveness and economic prosperity.


A latest report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says that population expansion, rising income level and urbanisation will increase the demand for food in developing countries.
Speaking about how increased demand will affect the global food trade, Devinder Sharma, food and agriculture policy analyst, said that in case this trend grew in India, there was likely to be a food crisis both within the country and also internationally.
Rising per capita income will make consumers go in for diet diversification, especially by increasing consumption of animal protein as compared to starches, according to the report.
"In case meat consumption picks up as is being projected, which means more grains would be required to produce animal proteins, developing countries would be faced with a food shock," Sharma added.
However, he said that these were speculations based on what was happening in developed countries.
"I would have expected FAO/OECD to warn developing countries not to follow the disastrous food consumption pattern that the rich countries have laid out. Moreover, the debate on climate change, and knowing the role that livestock and the meat industry play in greenhouse gas emissions, is now bringing (about) a change in (the) dietary habits of Americans. Several studies are pointing to a slow but steady shift in America from red meat. The US National Restaurant Association has estimated that meat consumption is on a decline for nearly a decade now. People are shifting to more vegetable sources," he said.
The report says that the prices of meat and dairy products are expected to remain high as compared to crop prices. Also among crops, the prices of coarse grains and oilseeds, mainly used to feed animals, will rise.
Meanwhile, FAO Director-General José Graziano Silva has welcomed the report's projection that developing countries will likely to improve the caloric intake of their populations.
However, he said that least-developed countries "remain significantly behind advanced economies; this is cause for concern, as it means hunger in these countries could persist".


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Randy Williams is not a member of the PickHoops "Staff", and should not be listed here.


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Rare Tom Kitten 50p piece unveiled: How to get one of the limited edition coins to celebrate 150 years of Beatrix Potter
The Tom Kitten coin is the latest in the celebratory collection in honour of the children's author
Emma Munbodh
Isabel Dobinson
Another limited edition coin to celebrate the 150th birthday of children's author Beatrix Potter is set to be launched by the Royal Mint this month.
The silver piece will feature the mischievous Tom Kitten and will go on sale following the success last year of its Jemima Puddleduck, Squirrel Nutkin and Mrs Tiggywinkle coins.
Peter Rabbit and Jeremy Fisher coins issued earlier this year also got collectors excited.
The sets are part of the Royal Mint's celebratory collection in honour of Beatrix Potter.
Potter is the literary genius behind children's classics The Tale of Peter Rabbit and The Tale Squirrel Nutkin.
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The Tom Kitten coin is expected in just a matter of weeks and will be available to buy in both colour and silver editions through the Royal Mint's online store.
It leaves one final editionm Benjamin Bunny, which is expected to be launched in the autumn.
Where can I buy one?
(Image: Daily Mirror)
If you are hoping to get your hands on one of the precious new coins will have to head to Royalmint.com .
The coins won't enter circulation, so to get one, you'll have to pay and they usually come in at around £60 each.
If you're a new collector, you can still buy a Jeremy Fisher 50p coin or Peter Rabbit 50p at Royalmint.com although all colour editions have now sold out.
When can I buy it?
You can buy the coin on the day of release which will be sometime this month, however a final date is yet to be announced.
You might want to be fast because the last editions sold out almost immediately.
Speaking at the time of the Peter Rabbit release, Anne Jessopp, of The Royal Mint, said: "While we always knew that the Beatrix Potter characters would be a huge hit, the enormous popularity of the 2016 set exceeded everyone's expectations.
New £1 coin: Everything you need to know ahead of it entering circulation
"The coins sold out almost instantly as people raced to collect a complete set of the four friends."
She added: "We're delighted to be able to present another group of her exquisite characters, giving them a new lease of life on our specially-designed coloured commemorative coins."
What will it look like?
The Tom Kitten coin will feature a stunning illustration of the wide-eyed cat and will be available to buy in both standard silver and in colour.
The design was deliberately chosen to reflect the hand-painted illustrations as featured in Beatrix Potter's iconic children's books, which date as far back as 1902.
The reverse side will show the definitive Jody Clark portrait of the Queen - which can be found on many 50p coins currently in circulation.
New plastic £20 banknote to feature iconic artist J.M.W. Turner
What is the story behind the coins?
Royal Mint coin designer Emma Noble was chosen to immortalise Potter's much-loved illustrations in this year's collection.
The designer has previously worked on coins commemorating the 60th anniversary of The Queen's coronation, Remembrance Sunday, and King George I.
Brand manager for Peter Rabbit at Penguin Ventures Thomas Merrington said: "We are so delighted to be working once again with The Royal Mint on a new series of Beatrix Potter coins.
"The success of the original range is testament to the incredible craftsmanship and attention to detail that Emma Noble achieved in her designs and also to the love and affection shown towards Beatrix Potter's characters by the general public."
"We can't wait to see which of the new character designs will be most popular."
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Bought from a store in Times Square, the iPad with the red skin was a modern update on the red notebooks Jarod kept at the Centre. He used the device to document all the reasons for the actions he was carrying out in the world. The red on the case was symbolic to Jarod of tradition, passion, and honour.


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Open Government Partnership: Go Russia?
Alexander Konkov
© Ekaterina Shtukina, RIA Novosti
By the end of the latest electoral cycle in Russia, the Open Government was put forward as a key principle of Medvedev's government. It was argued that such an endeavor would qualitatively improve the effectiveness of the executive branch, as it was considered that it would bind the government to the emergent activated society and its demands.
Leaving his presidency to take on the post of prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev introduced an Open Government initiative last year to make the executive branch more transparent and "user-friendly." As part of this initiative, in April 2012 Russia declared its intention to join the global Open Government Partnership (OGP), and its full membership is expected to commence in spring 2013.
The OGP is a global community which was launched in September 2011 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly by eight countries, led by the United States. The idea was to promote the availability of information about government activities, broader civic participation, higher ethical standards for public officials, and new technologies for openness and transparency. In order to become a member of the Partnership, an aspiring country must agree with the basic principles set forth in the Open Government Declaration, and work out a plan for the country on the basis of a broad public consultation, with certain commitments needing to be fulfilled at the outset.
By the end of the latest electoral cycle in Russia, the Open Government was put forward as a key principle of Medvedev's government. It was argued that such an endeavor would qualitatively improve the effectiveness of the executive branch, as it was considered that it would bind the government to the emergent activated society and its demands. The main problem was to arrange and support an issue-oriented and ongoing dialogue between officials and society on their bilateral needs and expectations. In this sense, the OGP is likely to be considered a workable framework that will provide all the necessary tools.
Since its launch in Russia in May 2012, the Open Government has manifested itself in the form of a selected minister, a government office unit, a council of experts for the prime minister and a series of discussions on topical issues. All year, the country's plan, as laid out by the OGP, has been taking shape through various public mechanisms. In December 2012 it was presented by the working group, and as far as can be gleaned from the final draft, the key contributors to it after the presupposed broad public consultation consist of only four organizations. It is difficult to say if at least some of them might not be considered affiliated.
However the OGP is different from other international endeavors, as it does not involve legally binding obligations (the OGP declaration is considered voluntary and the country's plan is considered to be a country's sovereign self-commitment). That means there is no need to ratify the membership agreement through the legislative procedure in the parliament. And even though the OGP itself is aimed at public discussion of the country's prospects within the Partnership, it defines neither the scale nor the conclusion of such a discussion. In terms of the non-participation of the parliament in this process, and still underdeveloped civil society, Russia is challenged with some political obligations without going through the only legitimate public procedure in the representative body.
In fact the Open Government initiative is a very modern and quite topical issue on the global agenda. It was one of the initial projects of the first Obama administration four years ago. Then it went external: in 2011 the OGP was formed and in 2013 open governments became one of the pillars of the UK presidency of the G8, along with open economies and open societies. That is the situation in which Russia does not seem to be falling too far behind, but rather, is promoting this trend very actively. In a global sense, this is a convenient subject for Russia to push the dialogue when its reset policy with the US is, in fact, over, and the overall relations with the West lack any positive passion.
The problem is that the people of Russia, who are indeed the essential prospective beneficiaries of the Open Government, do not seem too enthusiastic, or at least sufficiently aware of the idea. Unfortunately it remains a discourse for the elite, and even they are not reasonably supportive of it.
As for international cooperation on open governments, this has not yet provided observers with clear definitions. What is open government in the general sense, which could be applied in every case? What are the limits for openness, both acceptable and unacceptable? How do we balance openness with sovereignty, in terms of sensible information for whatever reason? The OGP risks being perceived as a virtual framework – which in addition is not entirely democratic due to its non-parliamentary character – if it fails to "open" open government itself and demonstrate any synergy of such a partnership. Now the world has experienced Wikileaks. Isn't it a global opening of some governments?
The Russian bid to join the OGP is not very media-attractive, and it could never compete with its bids to join the WTO or the OECD. Instead, it is likely to result in a nice two-part news hook: externally it maintains its dialogue with the West, and internally at least it legitimizes the Open Government activity in the country with some objective check-points. That is quite in keeping with the political context.
I recommend you this article on the Valdai Club website: https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/open_government_partnership_go_russia/
By the end of the latest electoral cycle in Russia, the Open Government was put forward as a key principle of Medvedev's government. It was argued that such an endeavor would qualitatively improve the
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As one of the largest landowners in the Chesapeake watershed, the federal government wants to set a stewardship example through its actions, both on the land and in the Bay.
To emphasize that point, senior officials from a score of agencies and departments signed the "Federal Agencies Chesapeake Ecosystem Unified Plan" committing them to 50 specific actions to improve the Bay, from restoring wetlands to bringing space-age technology to the cleanup effort.
Combined, federal agencies control nearly 2.2 million acres of the the Bay watershed — nearly 5 percent of all the land in the drainage basin. Most of that is owned by the U.S. Forest Service, the National Park Service and the Department of Defense.
On those lands, agencies promised to take specific actions to reduce nutrient runoff, plant streamside forest buffers and restore at least 100 acres of wetlands a year, beginning in 2000.
But the agreement recognizes that even federal agencies that don't manage land can play a role in protecting the Bay.
"I came here today in an electric vehicle," said David Barram, administrator of the General Services Administration. Barram went on to say his agency was working to improve the energy efficiency of government buildings, championing telecommuting for employees and promoting the use of alternative fuels.
Under the agreement, the GSA pledged to minimize the loss of natural areas at new and rehabilitated federal facilities, use low-impact development techniques that minimize runoff and reduce impervious surfaces, and promote environmentally friendly landscaping, such as BayScapes, at government buildings.
The agreement follows up a 1994 document that committed many federal agencies to try to incorporate restoration and protection efforts in their management, but contained few specific tasks. It also stems from the Clinton administration's Clean Water Action Plan, released earlier this year, which directs federal agencies to work together to improve watershed management around the country.
Most of the commitments in the new agreement have dates by which they are to be achieved and charge a specific agency with responsibility to oversee the activity.
Several agencies are, for the first time, charged with specific actions. The Federal Highway Administration will study the impacts of road construction on growth and development within the Bay watershed. The review will look at how roads influence storm water flows, increase nutrient and toxic runoff, spur land use changes and affect air pollution.
In some cases, the commitments are already projects agreed to in other Bay Program commitments, such as restoring 200 miles of streamside forest buffers on federal land, or in other federal documents, such as the Clean Water Action Plan.
But the agreement, signed by agency and department heads, will help give projects within the Bay watershed a higher priority, said Bill Matuszeski, director of the EPA's Chesapeake Bay Program Office.
Restore 100 acres of wetlands a year on federal land within the watershed beginning in 2000.
Complete two habitat restoration projects a year on federal lands within the watershed beginning in 2000.
Identify blockages to fish migration on federal lands by the end of 1999, and open at least 50 miles of those streams to migration by the end of 2003.
Identify four areas for aquatic reef siting in locations adjacent to federal facilities by the end of 1999.
Complete a conservation landscaping and BayScapes guide for federal land managers by the beginning of 2000, and integrate conservation landscaping into federal agency design criteria by July 31, 2001.
Develop nutrient management plans for federal lands within the watershed by the end of 2000.
Implement comprehensive integrated pest management programs, which help reduce the use of pesticides, on 75 percent of all federally owned lands in the watershed by the end of 2000.
Compile and provide information on the occurrence of toxics in wildlife in the Bay ecosystem by the beginning of 2003.
Increase federal support to the states for pfiesteria research, monitoring and response.
Open at least 200 additional miles of federally owned shoreline and tidal waters to new, or enhanced, public access opportunities by 2005.


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Syria: Can We Remain Indifferent?
Ombretta Fumagalli Carulli
Facoltà di Giurisprudenza
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Peace is a good to which all religious people and people of good will aspire, and it is thus necessary to make every effort to ensure that this good triumphs over every kind of hatred and violence. The horror of violence and death in Syria has brought the world to a renewed reflection, and thereby to a new chance for peace.
Syria With a death toll of 126,000 and 300,000 orphans in 36 months of war, can we remain indifferent?
Syria: with a death toll of 126,000 and 300,000 orphans in 36 months of war, can we remain indifferent? - Citta' Del Vaticano
Durata: 13 gen 2014 → 13 gen 2014
Syria: with a death toll of 126,000 and 300,000 orphans in 36 months of war, can we remain indifferent?
Crisis in Syria
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Fumagalli Carulli, O. (2014). Syria: Can We Remain Indifferent? In Syria With a death toll of 126,000 and 300,000 orphans in 36 months of war, can we remain indifferent? (pagg. 7-9)
Fumagalli Carulli, Ombretta. / Syria: Can We Remain Indifferent?. Syria With a death toll of 126,000 and 300,000 orphans in 36 months of war, can we remain indifferent?. 2014. pagg. 7-9
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package org.springframework.test.context.junit4.aci.annotation;

import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextInitializer;
import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.aci.FooBarAliasInitializer;

import static org.junit.Assert.*;

/**
 * Integration tests that verify support for {@link ApplicationContextInitializer
 * ApplicationContextInitializers} in conjunction with annotation-driven
 * configuration in the TestContext framework.
 *
 * @author Sam Brannen
 * @since 3.2
 */
@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
@ContextConfiguration(classes = { GlobalConfig.class, DevProfileConfig.class }, initializers = FooBarAliasInitializer.class)
public class SingleInitializerAnnotationConfigTests {

	@Autowired
	protected String foo;

	@Autowired(required = false)
	@Qualifier("bar")
	protected String bar;

	@Autowired
	protected String baz;

	@Test
	public void activeBeans() {
		assertEquals("foo", foo);
		assertEquals("foo", bar);
		assertEquals("global config", baz);
	}

}


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