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The Seller is Mediatron Ltd, Unit 3 Kingston's Industrial Estate, Eastern Road, Aldershot Hampshire GU12 4YA UNITED KINGDOM. The Buyer is any person or company who buys or has agreed to buy Goods from the Seller. Goods means any goods provided by the Seller (or any instalment of the goods or parts) in accordance with the Seller's standard Terms & Conditions of Sale.
Conditions means the Standard Terms and Conditions of sale set out in this document. These Terms & Conditions of Sate supersede any previous Terms & Conditions of Sate of the Seller. Any variations of these Terms & Conditions must be confirmed in writing by the Seller and will not otherwise be valid. Any waiver by the Seller of these Terms & Conditions of Sale on any occasion shall merely act as a waiver on that occasion, and shall not affect the Seller's right to enforce these Terms & Conditions on any further occasion, no Terms & Conditions stipulated by the Buyer shall have effect unless otherwise agreed in writing from the Seller. Please note the Buyer accepts by these terms and conditions that the Seller may make a search with a credit reference agency, which will keep a record of that search and will share the information with other businesses. We may also make enquiries about the principal directors owner proprietors with a credit reference agency at any time in the interests of the business.
Unless otherwise stated any prices quoted by the Seller are:
(I) Exclusive of value added tax and any other taxes and duties,
(II) Exclusive of carriage, packaging and insurance,
(III) Exclusive of any release certificates, The Seller shall charge extra in respect of these items, Prices to the Buyer are subject to change without notice after the date of the Seller's acceptance' of the Buyer's order where the Seller has incurred increased costs due to currency exchange rate change, Import duty change, Increased freight charges. Increased prices from supplier or surcharges, Where agreed call-off are not adhered to, the Seller reserves the right to amend the price structure In accordance with quantities delivered. In any event the Seller retains the right to invoice at the price ruling at the time of delivery, The Seller reserves the right to amend prices to correct errors or omissions.
(iv) All prices quoted are on an ex works basis and valid for no more than 28 days, however the seller still reserves the right to give notice to the buyer and amend prices at any time before delivery.
Strictly net cash with order unless a credit account has been established with Mediatron Ltd. but payments must in any case be made no later than thirty days from the relevant invoice. We will exercise our statutory right to claim interest (at 8 per cent over the Bank of England base rate) and compensation for debt recovery costs under the Late Payment legislation if we are not paid according to our agreed credit terms, for the time being in force calculated on a daily basis. The Seller reserves the right to suspend deliveries where payment is not received in accordance with these Terms & Conditions of Sale, The Seller reserves the right at the Seller's complete discretion to refuse to establish a credit account for any Buyer, to refuse credit to any Buyer notwithstanding that a credit account may already have been established, and to withdraw credit account facilities, Without prejudice to the Seller's other rights. A minimum charge of ten pounds will be levied on all returned cheques. For security all initial or first time orders shall require upfront payment before the starting of a credit account shall apply.
All despatch dates are estimated and are not guaranteed and do not form a term of this contract. Whilst every endeavour will be made to comply with these dates, the Seller shall have no liability whatsoever for delay in despatch or delivery, or for any loss occasioned thereby. Late delivery does not entitle the Buyer to cancel the order, Any shortages, incorrect products and/or damages in delivery must be notified in writing to the Seller within two days of receipt.
TITLE & RISK
(a) Risk of damage to or loss of the Goods shall pass to the Buyer at the time of delivery of the Goods.
(b) Delivery of the Goods shall be deemed to take place at the time the same are posted by Mediatron Ltd in a package addressed to the Buyer, placed in the hands of any delivery agent or service or, if the Buyer collects the goods, when Mediatron Ltd notifies the Buyer that they are available for collection.
(c). At the Seller's discretion, ownership of the Goods may not pass from the Seller to the Buyer until the Buyer has made a payment in full thereof (and any other monies owing to the Seller). If payment is not made in accordance with these Terms & Conditions of Sale, the Seller shall have the right (without prejudice to the obligation of the Buyer to purchase the Goods, and to any other remedy that may be available to the Seller) to retake possession of Goods not fully paid for, and to go upon any premises occupied by the Buyer.
Even if delivery has been made title and property ownership in the Goods shall not pass from the Seller until:
1. the Buyer has paid the agreed contract goods price including VAT in full; and
2. no other sums whatever shall be due from the Buyer to the Seller
3. Where the items to be supplied in terms of the contract are delivered in instalments this clause will apply to each instalment as if it formed the subject matter of a separate and independent contract.
(d) Until title / property ownership of the Goods passes to the Buyer in accordance with condition (c.1) the Buyer shall hold the Goods and each of them on a fiduciary basis as agent/bailee for the Seller. The Buyer shall store the Goods (at no cost to the Seller) separately from all other goods in its possession and marked in such a way that they are clearly distinguished or clearly identified as the Seller's property.
(e) Notwithstanding that the Goods (or any part of them) remain in the property of the Seller the Buyer may sell or use the Goods in the ordinary course of the Buyer's business at full market value for the account of the Seller. Any such sale or dealing shall be a sale or use of the Seller's property by the Buyer on the Buyer's own behalf and the Buyer shall deal as principal when making such sales or dealings. Until title/property ownership in the Goods passes from the Seller to the Buyer the entire proceeds of sale or otherwise of the Goods shall be held in trust for the Seller and shall not be mixed with other money or paid into any overdrawn bank account and shall be at all material times identified as the Seller's money.
(f) The Seller shall be entitled to recover said "Funds" Price (plus VAT) notwithstanding that title/property in any of the Goods has not been passed from the Seller.
(g) Until such time as title/property in the Goods passes from the Seller the Buyer shall upon request deliver up such of the Goods as have not ceased to be in existence or resold to the Seller. If the Buyer fails to do so the Seller may enter upon any premises owned occupied or controlled by the Buyer where the Goods are situated and repossess the Goods. On the making of such request the rights of the Buyer under Clause (e). shall cease.
(h) The Buyer shall not take or in any way charge by way of security for any indebtedness any of the Goods which are the property of the Seller. Without prejudice to the other rights of the Seller, if the Buyer does so all sums whatever owing by the Buyer to the Seller shall immediately become due and payable.
(i) The Buyer shall insure and keep insured the Goods to the full Price against 'all risks' to the reasonable satisfaction of the Seller until the date that property in the Goods passes from the Seller, and shall whenever requested by the Seller produce a copy of the policy of insurance. Without prejudice to the other rights of the Seller, if the Buyer fails to do so all sums whatever owing by the Buyer to the Seller shall at that time become due and payable.
(j) The Buyer shall promptly deliver the prescribed particulars of this contract to the Registrar in accordance with the Companies Act 1985 Part XII as amended. Without prejudice to the other rights of the Seller, if the Buyer fails to do so all sums whatever owing by the Buyer to the Seller shall then become due and payable.
Sub clauses a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i and j of this clause shall each be construed and receive effect as a separate clause of these conditions.
Unless otherwise stated, if any Goods being hardware are or become faulty or defective by reason only of use of defective materials or workmanship within a period of one year from the date of delivery. The Seller will at the Seller's option either refund the price of such Goods or replace or repair such Goods provided that the Buyer shall have notified the Seller of the fault or defect in the Goods, and shall have returned the faulty or defective Goods to the Seller, Other than set out in this Condition all warranties, conditions or other terms expressed or implied, statutory or otherwise, are excluded. Subject to the aforesaid the Seller shall be under no liability in contract or tort for any loss, damage, death or injury arising directly or indirectly out of the supply use or misuse of the Goods, to the Buyer or any third party.
ORDERS & SPECIFICATIONS
No order submitted by the buyer shall be deemed to be accepted by the seller unless and until confirmed by the sellers authorised representative.The buyer shall be responsible to the seller for ensuring the accuracy of the terms of any order (including any applicable specification) submitted by the buyer and for giving the seller any necessary information relating to the goods within a sufficient time to enable the seller to perform the contract in accordance with those terms. The quality, description and quantity of and any specification for the goods shall be those set out in the sellers quotation (if acceptable by the buyer) or the buyers order (if accepted by the seller). Where cable lengths are mentioned or worked to they are to a tolerance of +/- 10 % as is believed the industry standard for cable suppliers unless otherwise agreed to any other tolerance or specification. For any goods manufactured or any works carried out, the buyer shall indemnify the seller against all claims, loss, damages and expenses incurred or for any infringement of patent, copyright, design, trademark or other intellectual property rights for which the seller may become liable by following the requirements or specification supplied. The seller reserves the right to make any changes to the specification for goods, which are required to conform to, any statutory or safety requirements. Every effort is made to confirm the specification of products on our website as clear and correct, however in case of any product specification errors we also recommend that the manufacturer's latest published website specification is also checked for important specific points encase of product changes, modifications or additional information.
This clause applies if: - the buyer makes any arrangement with its creditors or becomes subject to an administration order or (being an individual or firm) becomes bankrupt or (being a company) goes into liquidation (otherwise than for the purpose of amalgamation or reconstruction) or an encumbrance takes possession, or a receiver is appointed for any of the property or assets of the buyer, or the buyer ceases, threatens to cease, to carry on business, or the buyer reasonably apprehends that any of the events mentioned above is about to occur in relation to the buyer and notifies the buyer accordingly. If any of the above applies then without prejudice to any other right or remedy available to the seller, the seller shall be entitled to cancel the contract or suspend any further deliveries under the contract without any liability to the buyer, and if the goods have been delivered but not paid for the price shall become immediately due and payable notwithstanding any previous agreement or arrangement to the contrary
Mediatron Ltd will not be liable to the Buyer or deemed to be in breach of contract because of any delay or non-performance directly or indirectly due to any cause beyond Mediatron Ltd 's reasonable control including without limitation lack of adequate instructions from the Buyer, Governmental regulations or requirements, Acts of God, unavailability of materials, work stoppages, strikes, slowdowns, boycotts or other industrial action and in such case may wholly or partially suspend shipment of Goods.
The failure on the part of Mediatron Ltd to exercise or enforce any rights conferred by the contract shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any such right nor operate so as to bar the exercise or enforcement thereof at any time or times thereafter.
The invalidity of the whole or any part of any of these Terms & Conditions shall not affect the validity of the remaining part of the particular Term or Condition or the provisions of these Terms & Conditions.
BUSINESS CANCELLATIONS, RE-SCHEDULES & RETURNS
Business Procedures (Not applicable to Consumer customers)
Requests to cancel or re-schedule orders must be made in writing to the Seller. The Seller is under no obligation to accept such cancellations or re-schedules. Without prejudice, the Seller reserves the right to make a charge on the Buyer to recover costs upto 100% including loss of profit upto 100% incurred by the Seller due to such a cancellation or re-schedule. In addition in the event the seller is unable to cancel delivery from their supplier to charge upto 100% of those goods or services to the buyer including manufacturing, labour and or material costs. In the event of a partial cancellation of any order Mediatron Ltd. reserve the right to change / increase pricing on the remaining or other items. Goods cannot be returned for credit for any reason after 30 days from date of invoice. Returns are not accepted without an authorised returns RMA number, returns request form upon request.
Some items such as custom sets, custom made or BTO "Build to Order" are non-returnable and possibley non-cancellable once ordered and in process or manufacture. (This may also Include a lead time of 6-8 weeks)
Any return number issued is only valid for 30 days after which time goods cannot be returned with that number.
Any authorised goods returned for credit for any reason may be subject to an admin or restocking charge. Faulty items returned for repair or replacement will be unaffected by this as no fund credit would be required.
Goods are to be returned at the customers cost and must be sent by a carrier or postal service of sufficient value cover and in sufficient packaging as to protect the product. (Original packaging is preferred)
In transportation this method must also obtain a signature on delivery.
Unfortunately we cannot except liability for goods unless signed for by authorised personnel of Mediatron Ltd at our named official address.
CONSUMER CANCELLATIONS, RE-SCHEDULES & RETURNS
Consumer Procedures:(Not applicable to Business customers see business procedures)
In the case of goods consumers can cancel within 7 working days from after the day in which they receive the goods. This includes goods that are not faulty or damaged in any way. These goods and the packaging must be in undamaged and re-saleable condition so that a full refund of the product items original, purchase price can be made. This is provided that the goods were not specially made up to the customer's specifications in any way.
Goods cannot be returned for credit for any reason after 30 days from date of invoice.
Before returning any goods an official RMA Number must be obtained from Mediatron Ltd. This will allow us to deal with your return more efficiently and obviously identify your goods on arrival to our warehouse.
Please contact us either by telephone Tel: + 44 (0)845 899 8998 or Email support@mediatron.co.uk for any assistance. Goods are to be returned at the consumer's cost and must be sent by a carrier or postal service of sufficient value cover and in sufficient packaging as to protect the product in transportation, this service must also obtain a signature on delivery.
Unfortunately we cannot except liability for goods unless or until signed for by authorised personnel of Mediatron Ltd at our named official address.
If any goods are found to be damaged on delivery or appear to be faulty please contact us immediately before returning anything.
We can then provide a return RMA Number if required and record the fault, but sometimes identify the problem if you are in any doubt about the products function.,Goods are to be returned by the customer and must be sent by a carrier or postal service of sufficient value cover and in sufficient packaging as to protect the product. In transportation this method must also obtain a signature on delivery. Unfortunately we cannot except liability for goods unless or until signed for by authorised personnel of Mediatron at our named official address.
ADDRESS FOR ALL RETURNS
Contact us to receive your RMA number, and send the goods clearly marked with this number to:
Mediatron Ltd
Unit 3 Kingstons Industrial Estate,
Eastern Road,
GU12 4YA
For orders made within the UK, 20% VAT is added. All other orders should be made by contacting us directly.
Mediatron Ltd is committed to protecting all its customers, suppliers & associates by taking steps to always comply with any existing UK and new EU rulings. We have checked our procedures to maintain appropriate data protection processes in line with all current UK & EU law including GDPR.
This contract shall be governed by English Law and the English courts shall have jurisdiction in relation thereto.Using standard Ts and Cs helps make all parties aware of their rights and obligations from the outset and allow the parties to focus on agreeing the specifics of a particular order.


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One of the best-selling rock bands of the 21st century, two-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated, Pandora Billionaires Club recipients, multiplatinum Wisconsin quartet Skillet—John Cooper [lead vocals/bass], Korey Cooper [guitar/keys], Jen Ledger [drums/vocals], and Seth Morrison [lead guitar]—write the soundtrack to triumph. An undying spirit humbly asserted and affirmed the band as one of this generation's most successful rock acts. However, as all classic underdog stories do, it happened quietly under the radar. By 2019, they not only garnered a pair of GRAMMY® Award nods and sold over 12 million albums worldwide, but they also took home a Billboard Music Award for the double-platinum Awake. Its breakout single "Monster" remains "one of the most-streamed rock songs of all-time" with over 3 billion global audio streams. 2016's Unleashed bowed at #3 on the Billboard Top 200. Going #1 on Rock Radio, the lead single "Feel Invincible" cracked 150 million global audio streams and went platinum. Meanwhile, the gold-certified Unleashedbecame their fourth consecutive album to receive either a gold, platinum, or double-platinum. To date, nine original tunes earned RIAA recognition in tandem with high-profile syncs by everyone from WWE and Marvel to ESPN and NFL. Between selling out arenas on four continents, the group performed on CONAN and graced the pages of USA Today and New York Times, to name a few. In 2018 alone, the band clocked 1 billion streams. This momentum continues on their 2019 tenth full-length, Victorious. With the bulk produced by Korey and John, it lives up to its name for Skillet as their most triumphant body of work yet.
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Nancy Cooperstein Charney is an American award-winning director and producer of both stage and screen. Career highlights as a producer include the original Broadway production of Lanford Wilson's Pulitzer-prize winning play - Talley's Folly - and the Emmy-nominated and Wilbur Award-winner - Snow in August - based on the book by Pete Hamil. She produced Viet Rock, written by Megan Terry in 1966, which was the first of the anti-Viet Nam plays produced in New York City. As a director of television, Ms. Cooperstein Charney's work includes the LA Emmy award-winning film –Pioneer Women - The Wonder Years and the ABC Afternoon Special - UNDER THE LIMIT. Cooperstein Charney's film work includes the short film – Private Debts - that was featured at Sundance, London, Deauville and Toronto Film Festivals. It won the Chigago Film Festival's Golden Hugo Award, was shown on SHOWTIME and was hailed by Variety as a "classic tragedy (whose) direction is right on the mark, going for the rich subtext of feeling."
Cooperstein Charney's latest work showcases her as both producer and director of the feature-length documentary film WHO'S NEXT? due to be released in 2019. This powerful and timely film shines a light on how Muslim Americans have suffered from bigotry post 9/11, while encouraging viewers to choose knowledge over ignorance, take action to prevent hate speech, and get to know those who are different from them so that the challenges of marginalized communities can be effectively addressed. "WHO'S NEXT? is the type of artistic expression essential to those who cherish the concept of democracy." David Rothenberg, Host of ANY SATURDAY, WBAI
Cooperstein Charney grew up in Fall River, Massachusetts where she began her professional acting career at age 11, appearing opposite Edward Arnold in The Apple of His Eye. She then went on to produce, direct and narrate the weekly radio program, Juniors Speak. Later in New York City, she continued her radio career on WEVD, where she wrote, directed and produced a weekly program called Women in the News.
Her acting credits include Elaine May's Name of a Soup and A New Leaf, Jean Claude Van Itallie's King of the United States and Mystery Play and Connie Kaiserman's My Little Girl. She was an acting member of Andre Gregory's Manhattan Project, and an acting/teaching member of The Working Theatre, a project of Joe Chaiken and Kristin Linklater. As such she was awarded the title of "Master Teacher" from the Rockefeller Foundation. Cooperstein Charney has taught acting to prisoners on Riker's Island and taught teachers how to use acting as an instructional tool through the Teachers and Writers Collaborative. A graduate of Bennington College, Cooperstein Charney continued her studies at The Neighborhood Playhouse, The Berghoff School and Columbia University.
Cooperstein Charney lives in New York City with her husband, actor Jordan Charney. They have 2 children and 5 grandchildren.
Academy Award-nominated Luke Geissbühler has been called upon to film some of the most challenging projects in the world including Borat, Fahrenheit 11/9, Buck, Helvetica, a Muppets movie, an OKGo video, and Patrick Stewart's dramatic feature Match. He has also been a trusted cinematographer for Victoria's Secret for over 15 years. In 2010, Luke became unexpectedly world renowned when he and his eight year old son launched a homemade space capsule into the stratosphere and captured video of the curvature of Earth and blackness of space. A native New Yorker and consummate tinkerer, Luke received a BFA in Film and Television from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before starting his career at R/GA doing visual effects and tabletop photography. Since then, he has traveled the globe many times over to orchestrate shoots for Adam McKay, Katherine Bigelow, Doug Liman, Barry Levinson, Sacha Baron Cohen, Michael Moore, Jim Gaffigan, David Wain, Joe Berlinger, HBO, Netflix, Showtime, PBS, Universal, 20th Century Fox, and many others. Luke just completed filming Street Gang, a documentary on the founders of Sesame Street for HBO and Focus Features.
Lynn Stern has been working as a black-and-white fine art photographer for 40 years. She is known for her mastery of light and the subtlety of her prints, as well as her long-time use of translucent scrims or veils as a means of dematerializing her 'subjects,' with the aim of capturing what is felt rather than seen. Her work has been exhibited in both the United States and Europe, and is in the permanent collections of The Whitney Museum of Art, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Yale University Art Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, among others. Her work will be featured in a solo show at 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel in New York opening October 10, 2019, and a two-person show at Erin Cluley Gallery in Dallas, Texas opening October 12, 2019. Stern has published six monographs of her work. Her Archive is located at the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson.
Jay Keuper has been working as an editor of primarily documentary films for more than 25 years. His love of non-fiction filmmaking was cemented during a lengthy stint as an assistant editor and editor at Maysles Films. As a freelancer he has worked on a wide variety of projects including Michael Moore's award- winning satiric news magazine show TV Nation. He served as supervising editor on the WNET series City Arts, and began producing when that project morphed into the Emmy and Peabody award winning EGG, the arts show, on PBS. He worked as producer and editor on numerous projects for New York Times Television where he won an Overseas Press Club award for Terror's Children, which he edited and co-produced. Some of his more recent editing projects have been Henry Louis Gates' Reconstruction: America After the Civil War for PBS and Truth and Lies, Monica and Bill for ABC News, both of which aired in 2019. Additionally, he has edited the independent documentaries
Addiction Incorporated about the tobacco industry and Electoral Dysfunction, an examination of America's voting laws. He is extremely pleased to have been part of Who's Next?


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Sam Bird has won the 2019 Santiago ePrix, taking advantage of Sébastien Buemi crashing out of the lead of the event in what was the hottest race in Formula E history.
From fourth on the grid Bird jumped ahead of Daniel Abt into third, while Buemi led away from pole and Mahindra's Pascal Wehrlein held second place.
Early race contact was common up and down the field in the early laps of the race, leaving debris on the circuit, some of which was collected by Tom Dillmann's NIO, damaging the car and forcing the Frenchman into the first retirement of the race.
Further contact occurred between the Techeetahs of Jean-Éric Vergne and André Lotterer, and the BMW i Andretti of António Félix da Costa. Lotterer hit the rear of da Costa's car, who in turn hit the rear of Vergne, with da Costa and Vergne tumbling down the order as a result of the incident.
Pole-sitter Buemi led the Santiago ePrix until he dramatically threw away victory by crashing in the final 15 minutes of the race.
In an awkward coincidence, it is the second year in a row the Santiago ePrix has featured contact between both Techeetahs, with Vergne and Lotterer having also come together during the 2018 event before going on to claim an historic 1-2 finish.
Despite the spin for Vergne, there was no Safety Car intervention at the time, and instead the first full course yellow of the race occurred with around 20 minutes of the race completed when Maximillian Günther's Dragon stopped on track and required recovery.
Before this Safety Car period however, Bird had used Attack Mode to make his way past Wehrlein at Turn 1 on Lap 11, and used the bunched field at the restart to start to challenge Buemi for the lead.
The battle at the front was soon interrupted again, however, as Stoffel Vandoorne ran wide and hit the Turn 3 wall heavily while defending his position from Edoardo Mortara, damaging both the front and rear of his HWA. With 18 minutes remaining, the race resumed again and the top three of Buemi, Bird and Wehrlein resumed their fight.
It wasn't long before one of the three faltered under the pressure, and it was Buemi as the leader who made the mistake. With around 15 minutes remaining in the race, the Nissan e.Dams driver overshot the Turn 6/7 complex, clouting the wall on the exit of the corner and damaging his left front suspension.
Bird and Wehrlein immediately passed Buemi as the incident occurred, and while the Swiss driver limped his car back to the pit lane, the damage forced his retirement from the race.
Scorching track temperatures pushed the cars and drivers to their limits.
Now the leader and under increasing attack from Wehrlein, Bird took his second attack mode two laps later, the Brit eking out a small gap over his rival. The tables turned with six minutes to go, however, as Wehrlein in turn took his final attack mode, ranging up on the rear of the Virgin Racing car.
Bird withstood the pressure through the four minutes of the German's extra power but soon after had a far more comfortable lead as the Mahindra team urged Wehrlein to ease up to manage increasing battery temperatures.
With on-track temperatures hitting 45⁰C – higher than even seen before in the championship's history – Wehrlein's batteries were critical, and the Mahindra driver obliged his team's directions and backed off to hold second place in just his second Formula E race, 6.489 seconds behind Bird.
Alexander Sims, having started eighth for BMW i Andretti, finished third on the road but was handed a time penalty for spinning Edoardo Mortara on Lap 14 – this promoted Daniel Abt to the final podium position and demoted Sims to seventh.
This was one of several post-race penalties handed down by the stewards: José María López dropped from seventh to ninth for exceeding the maximum power usage, Lucas di Grassi slipped to twelfth for causing a collision with López while Jean-Éric Vergne and Jérôme d'Ambrosio were penalised for speeding during the full course yellow periods.
While Vergne's penalty meant little – the reigning champion had his aforementioned spin at Turn 3 and retired from the race soon after – d'Ambrosio's penalty has championship ramifications.
By falling from eighth to tenth in the final race result, the Belgian loses the championship lead to Bird – the Briton having 43 points to d'Ambrosio's 41.
Behind the podium finishers Mortara claimed fourth position, coming out on top in a battle with the second Envision Virgin Racing car of Robin Frijns. Mitch Evans finished sixth for Jaguar, ahead of Sims, NIO's Oliver Turvey, López and d'Ambrosio.
Bird and d'Ambrosio now have a gap over the chasing field in the Drivers' Championship standings, with António Félix da Costa (28 points) failing to finish and falling to third, 15 points off the lead. Equal with da Costa is both Frijns and Vergne, ahead of Evans on 22 points and Abt, who now sits seventh on 21 points after also scoring the bonus point for fastest lap in Santiago.
Envision Virgin Racing (71 points) have jumped to first in the Teams' Championship, ahead of Mahindra (59) who remain in second while Techeetah's score of zero at this event see them fall from first to third on 47 points. BMW i Andretti sit a single point behind in fourth, while Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler (30) have moved into fifth position.
The FIA Formula E Championship will remain in the Americas for the fourth round of the 2018/19 series, with the Mexico City ePrix to be held on Saturday February 16.


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Mike Westbrook's Bigger Show
The great English jazz composer and bandleader Mike Westbrook turns 80 next month — on March 21, to be exact. His long career is studded with extended works of great ambition and achievement: Marching Song, Metropolis, Citadel/Room 315, The Westbrook Blake, The Cortège (his masterpiece, for my money), On Duke's Birthday, London Bridge Is Broken Down, Mama Chicago, and others. What began in the late 1960s as a distinctively Westbrookian conception of jazz — with undertones of the approach Ellington and Mingus took to blending composition and improvisation — was broadened by an engagement with street theatre and brass bands, and by a collaboration with his wife, the singer and librettist Kate Westbrook, on pieces that reflected the influence of Berlin theatre song and British music hall.
And now there's another magnum opus to celebrate. A Bigger Show is a piece in eight sections, lasting almost two hours, performed by Westbrook's latest large ensemble, the Uncommon Orchestra, a 21-piece unit based around his home in Devon. Due to its size, it doesn't often show its face. But last summer a recording of the piece was made at Exeter's Barnfield Theatre, and the results — produced by Jon Hiseman — are out now on a 2CD set.
The suite was inspired by the old St Bartholomew's Day fair, which took place in Smithfield, in the City of London, continuously between the 12th and 19th centuries until it was closed down in 1855 on the grounds of excessive rowdiness and debauchery. Back in 1975 Westbrook's Brass Band took part in a production of Ben Jonson's play Bartholomew Fair, and the idea grew into its present incarnation.
Once again the Westbrooks' vision of modern life finds powerful expression in a work featuring rousing and often turbulent ensemble work with instrumental solos of real substance from such familiar figures as Alan Wakeman on soprano and tenor saxophones and Dave Holdsworth on pocket trumpet and Sousaphone, and newer names like the altoist Roz Harding, the trumpeter Sam Massey and the tenorist Gary Bayley. As has been the case with Mike Westbrook since the beginning of his career, the improvisations emerge from the arrangements in an organic and dramatically satisfying way — the work of composer who has paid close (but never imitative) attention to the lessons handed out by Ellington, Mingus and Gil Evans.
The tone is variously raucous and tender, celebratory and scathing. Kate Westbrook's lyrics, sung by herself, Martine Waltier and Billy Bottle, are etched in acid (particularly in a song satirising the social media). Human nature and human behaviour, they suggest, are little altered since the days of Blake and Hogarth: in an era when the gap between affluence and poverty is widening rapidly, only the superficial symptoms of excess and deprivation differ.
All this is achieved with a courage, a vigour and a generosity of spirit always characteristic of Mike Westbrook's work. A Bigger Show is ambitious, thought-provoking, and exhilarating; when it ends, you feel as though you've been on a journey. Perhaps one day his extended pieces will be acclaimed as belonging among the most acutely relevant cultural artefacts of our time. Until then, here's a new one to treasure.
* A Bigger Show is released on ASC Records. Westbrook and the Uncommon Orchestra will perform the piece at the Brewhouse Theatre in Taunton on April 1, Kings Place in London on May 20, and the Plough Arts Centre in Torrington on June 10.
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Are you certain about the Kings Place show on May 20, Richard? I've never seen Westbrook – I'd love to, but that means booking flights, and the event isn't listed on the Kings Place website!
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Colin H – I hope you don't mind me responding to your enquiry about the Kings Place gig; I've just booked my ticket on their web site to see the Uncommon Orchestra gig on 20 May at an uncommonly reasonable price and I recommend that you do the same and book that flight!
Richard – thanks for the heads-up. I've seen a couple of Mike Westbrook's recent smaller group London gigs – at Wilton's Music Hall and the performance of 'Great Days' at St Giles Church (with choir) – but the chance to see a larger ensemble performing his music at such a superb venue must surely be one of 2016's essential music events.


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Properties / Interiors & Decor
Your Gateway to Global Design at FIND — Design Fair Asia
This major design event between Italy and Singapore is a testament to both nation's commitment to foster new talents in design to the world.
Sep 22, 2022 | By Joe Lim
Italy says "Ciao!" to Singapore at the upcoming FIND — Design Fair Asia — taking place from 22 to 24 September 2022 at Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre. FIND will be the key highlight for the reimagined Singapore Design Week with the aim of creating a global design moment in our tiny Red Dot. FIND will accommodate physical and virtual visitors where 500 of the leading brands in the industry come together across three design-inspired days.
FIND — Design Fair Asia. Image: FIND Design Fair Asia.
FIND hopes to bring some of the best in Italian design to our shores and showcase some of the innovative concepts designed by preeminent Italian furniture and lighting brands. FIND will also present some of the new and emerging Asian designers to display at the EMERGE @ FIND pavilion. Here, through the help of DesignSingapore council, some 50 fledgling designers will showcase their work to a global audience, too.
Part of the esteemed audience includes tastemakers and key opinion leaders such as Tony Chambers, founder of creative agency TC & Friends and former editor-in-chief of Wallpaper*, not forgetting Yoko Choy, creative consultant and China Editor of Wallpaper*. These individuals will curate FIND's content and contribute to its positioning as the definitive platform for design in Asia. In their presence, they will also be joined by architect André Fu on FIND's global advisory board. The famous Hong Kong designer will be a keynote speaker at the fair. There's also Interni magazine editor Gilda Bojardi who has come on board as another curator and collaborator of FIND.
Outdoor design concepts. Image: FIND Design Fair Asia
This collaborative effort would not be possible for Italy's and Singapore's deep commitment to trade and investment. The Italian government is always a vital ally of Singapore as it endeavours to forge a new wave of partnerships and collaborations in Asia. This helps to provide necessary good work to also drive progress in sustainability, innovation, and the community.
This unique design fair will showcase a capsule collection of the icons of Italian design put together by Andrea Cancellato, the Director of the Milan-based ADI Design
Museum. ADI, the Italian Association of Industrial Design, known for hosting the highly prestigious and longest-running Compasso d'Oro ADI Awards — since 1954 — will be presenting the awards at FIND this year.
Furniture creations to ogle at. Image: FIND — Design Fair Asia.
As a hallmark of Italian quality, the "Made in Italy" is a commitment to the nation's belief in creating timeless, inimitable design with a nod to using high-quality materials and tapping on artisans to create intriguing objects. Italy always celebrates good design across many industries such as fashion, automobiles, art, furniture, and lighting, to name a few. This Italian collaboration with Singapore's design scene also fosters a deep exchange of trade as well as sharing of ideas between the East and West.
Discover many new furniture and decor creations. Image: FIND — Design Fair Asia.
"Fiera Milano is thrilled to bring excellent Italian design to the world. Being able to collaborate with dmg events as well as the Italian government and Ministry of Foreign Affairs allows us to
continue the work we have done in broader and more accelerated ways. FIND — Design Fair Asia is a world-class event that should be on the calendar of every design and architecture professional," says Luca Palermo, CEO of Fiera Milano.
If you love design and respect the icons of Italian design, FIND — Design Fair Asia will be a perfect time to explore all these arresting creations between Italy and Singapore.
For more information about FIND — Design Fair Art, click here.
For other decor reads, click here.
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Onafhankelijke Label Markt 2019
September 6, 2019 Uncategorizedstefanbreuer
Like every year, we are present at the Onafhankelijke Label Markt in the Tolhuistuin in Amsterdam. It's this Sunday! We'll bring some goodies, like 'sold out' stuff that we found somewhere in a box in the attic. It'll be good. You can listen to all the records at our stand, and we'll be happy to talk to you about music.
There will also be lots of friends and other great labels. We'll be sharing the stand (harmless Dutch tradition) with Snowstar, but with Subroutine, Coaster, Moving Furniture, Winter-Light, Geertruida and Narrominded you can't really go wrong either. Just come over and enjoy these releases with us!
Moonchy & Tobias – Atmosfere (new single)
September 6, 2019 Releases, Videostefanbreuer
Behold! It's the first single and title track taken from 'Atmosfere', the forthcoming second album by art-rock duo Moonchy & Tobias. The album will see release on the 18th of October 2019 through Tiny Room Records and Hidden Shoal.
The World of Dust will tour Japan with I am Oak
September 4, 2019 Event, Livestefanbreuer
The World of Dust is going on tour in Japan! The album Samsara is coming out on Moorworks October 1, 2019. Right after that, he will play 7 shows in 7 cities, all together with I am Oak.
Astral Swans plays support for I Am Oak!
July 19, 2019 Livestefanbreuer
Our own Canadian psych-folkie Astral Swans is gonna play as the support for I am Oak, on their release show in hometown Utrecht… Awesome news!
If you saw Astral Swans perform during his Dutch tour in December '18, you know you're in for a treat. If you didn't, now is your chance. The new I am Oak album is called Osmosis, and it's fantastic (pleonasm, I know). So head on over to De Nijverheid on September 15!
Pre-order 'Circus Devils: See You Inside' book
July 5, 2019 Uncategorizedstefanbreuer
Between 2001 and 2017, Circus Devils – the Ohio freak-rock trio founded by Robert Pollard (Guided By Voices) – released 14 full-length albums, each containing its own distinct sound and story-world. Remaining firmly under the radar throughout its run, the band provoked head scratching from music critics while providing fans with experimental cinema for the ears.
In 'Circus Devils: See You Inside', band member Todd Tobias offers a personal glimpse into the band's playfully dark, psychedelic world. The very well-written A5 book has 204 pages, is in full colour, and has stories and images that every fan of Circus Devils, Todd Tobias or Robert Pollard will enjoy.
This is the first book released on Tiny Room Records. We are beyond psyched! It will see the light of day in September, but you can pre-order it by going here.
LOGOUT Release Show
June 8, 2019 Event, Releasepartystefanbreuer
This Sunday, we celebrate the beautiful new release of LOGOUT in De Ruimte in Amsterdam. LOGOUT presents the story and music of the electronic folk concept album N91 during this special event. Don't miss it!
Event link: https://facebook.com/events/354395648594270
June 9 / € 5 / 20h00
Toby Goodshank – "untitled" out now!
May 17, 2019 Releases, Reviews, Videostefanbreuer
Toby Goodshank – "untitled" out today! A must-listen if you like antifolk, The Moldy Peaches, Jeffrey Lewis, rap, folk, indie rock, acoustic music, humor, vulgarity, and music in general.
untitled by Toby Goodshank
We're super happy with this weird and awesome slab of vinyl. It was released on CD ten years ago, and a few months ago Lousy Moon Records (from Frankfurt) and Toby asked us if we wanted to co-release it with them. Fuck yeah! We have been superfans of Toby's music for a long time, so here we are. Cool yellow vinyl, an inlay with new artwork and lyrics, and a short tour coming up (with the release show 22 May in De Kromme Haring in Utrecht).
You can order the vinyl here:
https://tinyroomrecords.bandcamp.com/album/untitled
All tour dates:
https://lousymoon.com/myspace-toby-goodshank/
Some cool quotes from the press so far:
De Subjectivisten: "raw, spontaneous and extremely varied"
WoNo Magazine: "not just special, also impressive"
Keys and Chords: "unconventional and timeless"
Mpodia: "wonderfully varied with excellent songs"
Proglog Afterglow: "an intriguing and special album"
Toby Goodshank release show
May 15, 2019 Live, Releaseparty, Releasesstefanbreuer
We celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Toby Goodshank's untitled album with a re-release on LP on Tiny Room Records and Lousy Moon Records. Release show is next week, May 22, in Brewpub De Kromme Haring. Boo Hoo (DE) and Oliver Oat (NL) are the supports. Come on over for this celebration of beautiful indie music. FB event here!
Toby Goodshank (Brooklyn, USA) made his high-profile musical debut as a guitar player in The Moldy Peaches. He started a prolific solo career, recording and self-releasing 14 albums in a five-year span and touring Europe with artists including Jeffrey Lewis and Kimya Dawson. Goodshank's style draws from a variety of pop, underground art and musical influences and employs many instrumental textures. Unconventional song structure, humor, innuendo and wordplay are staples of his music and artwork. He co-founded the 3MB art collective with Adam Green and Macaulay Culkin. Toby is on tour for 2 weeks in The Netherlands and Germany, and this is the first date.
LOGOUT – N91º out now!
May 10, 2019 Artwork, Releasesstefanbreuer
N91° is here. The new LOGOUT album is now available for streaming on all platforms.
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LzO6y2
Apple: https://apple.co/2Hbh2H2
YouTube: https://bit.ly/2VT151D
The album is also available on vinyl in our Bandcamp store and in limited stores in Athens, Amsterdam and Utrecht: Syd Records, Homcore, Synthesizers & Vinyl in Athens (GR), Velvet Music in Amsterdam and Koffie Leute in Utrecht.
N91° by LOGOUT
Athens Voice (official) premiered the album last Wednesday, while Here Comes The Flood kicked off album reviews yesterday, naming the album "a true desert island disc, with no set rules, making it impossible to pigeonhole".
The album will be presented live in a series of forthcoming concerts in Utrecht 12 & 18 of May, Any Other + Logout | EKKO in Brewpub de Kromme Haring and Logout – Instore at Koffie Leute and in De Ruimte on the 9th of June, with a date for Athens currently being confirmed.
N91° is the story of a desert island outcast waking up on a sandy beach, without any recollection of the past. Gradually he starts remembering what brought him there, by the little things he finds on his torn clothes: a plane ticket, a handwritten note saying "love me like there's no tomorrow", a part of cloth from a kite. A motionless woman is lying close to him on the sandy beach. Logic and time unwind, as the memory of the accident returns. In reality or in a dream, the woman awakes and the two of them sail in wild waters beyond the 90 latitude parallels of the map.
This story is composed through the accumulation of songs written between 2007 and 2016. The songs were recorded and mixed between 2016 and 2018. All instruments were played or programmed by LOGOUT, with additional vocals on 'Bayorsai' by Nalyssa Green, Zoe Lianou and Themis Tsitsos. The album was mastered at Sweetspot Productions in Athens, GR in early 2018 by Dimitris Papadimitriou. The album artwork as well as pre-release digital art videos for "Pesssoan Odyssey", "Love Me", "Bayorsai" and "When It Was Not Too Late" were designed by metaphorms.
LOGOUT – When It Was Not Too Late
April 18, 2019 Pre-order, Videostefanbreuer
Today, LOGOUT releases the fourth single from his new album N91º, to be released May 17. Pre-orders of the 12″ vinyl record are up on our Bandcamp as well.


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'Upon my word, sir!' said Mr Pecksniff, laying his hand upon his breast, and dropping his eyelids.
'I forgot,' cried the old man, looking at him with a keenness which the other seemed to feel, although he did not raise his eyes so as to see it. 'I ask your pardon. I forgot you were a stranger. For the moment you reminded me of one Pecksniff, a cousin of mine. As I was saying--the young girl whom you just now saw, is an orphan child, whom, with one steady purpose, I have bred and educated, or, if you prefer the word, adopted. For a year or more she has been my constant companion, and she is my only one. I have taken, as she knows, a solemn oath never to leave her sixpence when I die, but while I live I make her an annual allowance; not extravagant in its amount and yet not stinted.


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Q: Max size of slice of string in Go I want to input 200000 space separated strings of arbitary numbers. When taking the input using bufio.Reader it only take a few of them. Here is the code:
package main

import (
    "bufio"
    "fmt"
    "io"
    "os"
    "strings"
)

func main() {
    reader := bufio.NewReaderSize(os.Stdin, 1024*1024)
    scoresTemp := strings.Split(readLine(reader), " ")
    fmt.Println(scoresTemp)
    fmt.Println("---")
    fmt.Println(len(scoresTemp))
}

func readLine(reader *bufio.Reader) string {
    str, _, err := reader.ReadLine()
    if err == io.EOF {
        return ""
    }

    return strings.TrimRight(string(str), "\r\n")
}

The slice length should be 200000, but it only take 410 items. If I increase the size of reader, it would be the same. What is the max size of slice of strings in Go?, How to work on it?

A: I believe you have an issue with your input rather than on your Go code. I've tried your code on my local machine and got this result:
$ for((i=0;i<200000;i++)) do echo -n "x "; done | go run main.go
...
---
200001

A: Your code doesn't iterate on the input very well. The problem isn't with slices.
Try the following code if it does what you want.
package main

import (
    "bufio"
    "fmt"
    "os"
)

func main() {
    inputScanner := bufio.NewScanner(os.Stdin)
    inputScanner.Split(bufio.ScanWords)

    scoresTemp := make([]string, 0, 200000)
    for inputScanner.Scan() {
        scoresTemp = append(scoresTemp, inputScanner.Text())
    }

    fmt.Println(scoresTemp)
    fmt.Println("---")
    fmt.Println(len(scoresTemp))
}

For the explanation:

*

*bufio.Scanner helps "scanning" a certain input and splitting it in whichever way you like. By default it splits be new lines. Which brings us to number 2.

*bufio.ScanWords is a function that splits bytes on spaces (including new-lines). This defines the behaviour of inputScanner.

*Next comes the slice of strings where we store our data. It's initialized with 0 elements, and capacity of 200,000 strings. This optimizes allocation times.

*PRINT !!

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Source: Sputnik, Vijesti.me Wednesday, June 17, 2020 | 12:14
Special units and police patrols are located at almost every city intersection, Sputnik reporter informs. The main highway is blocked for traffic, and the police are redirecting vehicles so that it is not possible to pass through Budva to Jaz and further in the direction of the Bay of Kotor.
There are several hundred citizens in front of the Security Center, and the police forces cordoned off that building, as well as the municipality, which is about 50 meters away.
Sputnik reporter states that the citizens are revolted, as they say, by the brutal force that the police used during the arrest of the municipal leaders. Some eyewitnesses claim that the police beat up the detained local politicians, and an ambulance drove someone in the direction of Kotor under rotation.
Policija blokirala ulaze u centar Budve #nezavisne #budva https://t.co/pNvpUb9HWI
— Nezavisne novine (@NezavisneBL) June 17, 2020
In the meantime, the deputies of the Democratic Front and the Democratic Party managed to join the citizens. Former mayor of Budva, Dragan Krapovic, is also with the citizens, who said that it was unheard of for the police to strangle people with the knees on their necks, like the American police did to George Floyd.
Currently, the situation in the city is extremely tense, according to Sputnik.
Namely, earlier today, Marko Carevic and Krsto Radovic, the president of the Budva municipality and the president of the local parliament, were arrested. RTV Budva reported that, in addition to Carevic and Radovic, the manager of the municipality Milo Bozovic, the secretary of the Secretariat for Investments Mladen Mikijelj, the head of the cabinet of the mayor Nikola Jovanovic, as well as Carevic's brother and son were also detained.
It is also stated that the police took the member of the opposition DF, Djordje Vujovic, out of the building and also arrested him.
Prior to the arrest, the police, they added, tried to introduce an Administrative Inspection in the Municipal building.
"The police used chemical means, and the windows on the municipal building were broken", RTV Budva reports.
#Nazi #Djukanovic #Police unlawfully taking over #Budva #Council from the #elected majority. #EuropeanUnion obviously supports this #oppression . #SerbLivesMatter #NeDamoSvetinje #НеДамоСветиње https://t.co/T5SCFNvfAa
— 🅾рис 🅾ris (@jasenovac600k) June 17, 2020


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Living in a rural area has its advantages, but when it comes to meeting new people, there are not many options available. Of course, you can take advantage of town meetings and church services, but more often than not, the only attendees will be people from the area. Instead of staying single for the rest of your life, you should consider calling a chat line.
Most chat line platforms are absolutely free to use, whether you live in a metropolitan or rural area. Thousands of people participate in these services, because they allow them to meet and communicate with people from all over the world. Many people will utilize dating apps, but these platforms will often require a monthly or annual paid subscription. This money that most young people do not have, especially those living in a rural area, where job opportunities are limited.
Even free services present classic online dating challenges. For instance, it can be difficult to pin down exactly what women look for when dating online. This may also be true in real life, but it's exacerbated online.
Going to a club or bar is not always a good idea, because it can put you in harms way. Instead of taking these risks, you should pick up the phone and join a chat line. Communicating on the phone with strangers is much safer than a one-on-one meeting. However, it is wise to never give your personal information to the person on the other end of the line. When you are utilizing a chat line you will meet all sorts of people. You truly do not know the person you are chatting with. Once you meet the individual, you may be more inclined to provide your information, but in the mean time play it safe and keep it to yourself.
When you are chatting with someone for the first time, you will definitely be able to pick up cues, just by listening to their voice. If you feel uncomfortable with the individual, just excuse yourself and move on to the next prospect. If you do not find a voice that appeals to you right off the bat, do not give up, because may take a while until you meet that special someone. In the meantime, you can have fun just conversing with other users. You can actually learn a lot from the individuals, so take advantage of this opportunity to get to know how other people live.
Everyone that utilizes a chat line service will eventually meet someone special. When it comes time to meet, you should be very cautious and not do it alone. Instead, meet in a crowded area or take a friend with you. Never agree to get in a vehicle with someone you just meet, because this could be very dangerous. If you plan the meeting out, you will have a wonderful time. Now, do not be discouraged, if you are disappointed with the person you meet. There is always room for meeting other people later on down the road.


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Q: Drupal 8 Custom entity Menu Paths When I create a custom entity using Drupal console:
drupal generate:entity:content

then Menu paths are generated by default and they work very nicely, i.e. in the Structure Menu there are two entries for Listing entities and for Managing the Custom entity, and it includes sub-menus for Manage Fields, Manage Form  Display, and Mangage Display.
Now, to avoid cluttering the structure menu, I like to gather all custom enitites uf a module under a SystemController::systemAdminMenuBlockPage under a path
/admin/structure/myCustoModuleGroup/myCustomEntityType
This is easy by inserting 'myCustoModuleGroup' into the paths in the entity annotations and in MyCustomEntityHtmlRouteProvider. Then I update the base_route of the mymodule.links.task.yml
However, then all the submenus for Manage Fields, etc., disappear. This is probably because they no longer have the correct parent.
I would like to end up with Menu entries for:
structure->CustomModule->CustomEntity1Type->Manage Fields
structure->CustomModule->CustomEntity1Type->Manage Form Display
structure->CustomModule->CustomEntity1Type->Manage Display.

structure->CustomModule->CustomEntity2Type->Manage Fields

etc.
Has anybody been able to solve this? I assume there is a way to change the menu link parent in code, since it was certainly declared somewhere, but I cannot find it (spent a whole day trying).

A: I was able to get this working in custom_entity.links.menu.yml like this:
entity.custom_entity.fields:
  title: 'Manage fields'
  route_name: entity.custom_entity.field_ui_fields
  description: 'Manage fields'
  parent: entity.custom_entity.collection
  weight: 1

entity.custom_entity.form-display:
  title: 'Manage form display'
  route_name: entity.entity_form_display.custom_entity.default
  description: 'Manage form display'
  parent: entity.custom_entity.collection
  weight: 2

entity.custom_entity.display:
  title: 'Manage display'
  route_name: entity.entity_view_display.custom_entity.default
  description: 'Manage display'
  parent: entity.custom_entity.collection
  weight: 3


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FEAST OF SAINT MARTIN/VETERANS DAY
Ecclesiastes, Chapter 8, Verse 10-13
10 Meanwhile I saw the wicked buried. They would come and go from the holy place. But those were forgotten in the city who had acted justly. This also is vanity. 11 Because the sentence against an evil deed is not promptly executed, the human heart is filled with the desire to commit evil— 12 because the sinner does evil a hundred times and survives. Though indeed I know that it shall be well with those who fear God, for their reverence toward him; 13 and that it shall not be well with the wicked, who shall not prolong their shadowy days, for their lack of reverence toward God.
Nothing ever changes. The key to living a life fearlessly is to have our hearts close to God's. When we do this we will soon discover that the mind is designed to implement your heart's desire. Is your heart at peace? What are the desires of your heart? What should the desires of our hearts be? The old Baltimore catechism states that our purpose and our desires should be to know, love and serve the Lord.
According to paragraph 1718 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church:
The Beatitudes respond to the natural desire for happiness. This desire is of divine origin: God has placed it in the human heart in order to draw man to the One who alone can fulfill it: We all want to live happily; in the whole human race there is no one who does not assent to this proposition, even before it is fully articulated. How is it, then, that I seek you, Lord? Since in seeking you, my God, I seek a happy life, let me seek you so that my soul may live, for my body draws life from my soul and my soul draws life from you. God alone satisfies.
When our desires are not on God we become spiritually ill. Christ implemented the sacrament of reconciliation to heal our hearts.
Our Holy Father, Pope Francis recently commented that without daily prayer, regular participation in the Sacraments of the Eucharist and Reconciliation, daily contact with God's Word, and a "spirituality translated into charity," we may die spiritually. Pope Francis went on to list 15 spiritual "sicknesses" that are "more usual" in "our life". The 15 include not being self-critical and thinking oneself indispensable, "Martha-ism" (excessive Martha-like busyness), hardheartedness, excessive planning, failing to work with others, "spiritual Alzheimer's" (forgetting one's spiritual journey), and rivalry and vainglory. Other spiritual sicknesses, the Pope added, include existential "schizophrenia" (living a double life that is "often dissolute"), gossip, careerism and flattering superiors, indifference to others, a severe "funeral face" (rather than self-deprecating good humor), the "disease of closed circles," and "worldly profit, exhibitionism" (through "calumniating, defaming, and discrediting others," even in the media "in the name of justice and transparency"). These temptations, he continued, are a danger to every Christian and every community.[1]
MARTIN[2] was born in the year 316 in Pannonia, or Hungary, of pagan parents, but he received secret instructions in the Christian religion, and in his tenth year was received into the number of the catechumens, that is, of those who are preparing themselves to receive holy Baptism. At the age of fifteen he became a soldier, being, as is probable, forced to do so by his father, to whom the religion of the boy had become known. Out of love of God he not only kept himself aloof from the excesses so common in this state of life, but he took advantage of it to practice love for man, by dividing his pay among the poor. Being one day solicited for alms by a beggar, and having nothing but his arms and his cloak, he gave him half his cloak. The following night Christ appeared to him, wearing that half of the cloak, and said to him: Martin, who is yet a catechumen, has clothed Me with this garment. Moved by this comforting apparition, he received holy Baptism, gave up the life of a soldier, and betook himself to St. Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, in France. As he was careful for his own salvation, so also was he careful of the salvation of others, particularly of his parents and relatives, for the sake of whose conversion he undertook a journey to his native land. On his return he built, not far from Poitiers, the first convent in France, into which he received twenty-four monks, with whom he led a strict and virtuous life. His great faith made him like the apostles in regard to miracles, and the fame thereof spread abroad to that degree that, in spite of his refusals, he was chosen Bishop of Tours. This high dignity made no change in his manner of living; rather it increased his humility, his patience under the greatest persecutions, his zeal for the glory of God, his love for his neighbor, and particularly for his enemies. After he had in such manner ruled over his diocese for twenty-six years, being then over eighty years old, the strength of life left him. He thereupon collected his disciples about him, and said: Children, I am dying. They wept and mourned. Moved by their tears, he in his prayers professed himself willing to labor longer if it were God's will. But he had labored for heaven enough, and God desired to place upon him the long-merited crown. With his eyes raised to heaven, he prayed incessantly, allowing himself no relief. At his last moments the enemy sought to confound him by a horrible apparition, but, full of confidence in God, the saint cried out: What do you seek, cruel monster? In me you will find nothing that is yours; and soon after his spirit gently sank to rest. Would that we might learn from this saint truly to love God, and to care not only for our own salvation, but for the welfare of our fellow-men in body and soul! Then we, too, might have nothing to fear in death.
In honor of St. Martin today would be a good day to go through our closets and cut our cloaks in half to donate to the poor.
While serving in Germany myself I have a fond memory of St. Martin Day in which my children participated in the nightime St. Martins Day Parade in the small town of Gersbach, Germany.
On St. Martin's Day, children in Flanders, the southern and north-western parts of the Netherlands, and the Catholic areas of Germany and Austria still participate in paper lantern processions. Often, a man dressed as St. Martin rides on a horse in front of the procession. The children sing songs about St. Martin and about their lanterns. The food traditionally eaten on the day is goose, a rich bird. According to legend, Martin was reluctant to become bishop, which is why he hid in a stable filled with geese. The noise made by the geese betrayed his location to the people who were looking for him.
Today is Veterans Day let us remember to pray today for both our military and veterans. Also ask today's Holy Saint Martin of Tours to intercede for our military and veterans who have born the yoke of service to this nation.
Veterans Day[3]
Veterans Day seeks to honor and give thanks to all the men and women who have served and are serving in the US Armed Forces. Ceremonies are held across the country at Veterans Hospitals, cemeteries, and National Monuments. At 11:00 a.m. EST, the Veterans Day National Ceremony is held at Arlington National Cemetery. At this ceremony the President of the United States, or his assigned ambassador, places a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Veterans Day is observed on November 11th each year.
Veterans Day Facts & Quotes
· In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued a proclamation urging the nation to support the Veterans Day effort in any way possible.
· During World War II, over 16 million men and women served in the military. The war resulted in over 400,000 deaths.
· The War of Global Terrorism, encompassing October 7, 2001 to May 29, 2012, has seen 54,820 casualties of which 6,456 resulted in death.
· This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. - Elmer Davis
Veterans Day Top Events and Things to Do
· Volunteer at a local VA facility.
· Thank everyone you know who has served in the armed forces.
· Take flowers to the grave sites of deceased military personnel.
· Invite local veterans to a special luncheon in their honor.
· Make a donation of time or money to a local Veterans organization.
Remember we are all in a battle…and…
It shall not be well with the wicked
Porn[4]
The most strenuous battles today are that against the ravenous wolf that we call porn. We can safely say, with great sorrow and pain, that one of the most powerful and a prevalent addiction today is that of porn. Because of the easy and all too prevalent availability and access to porn, more and more people—teens and even children—are viewing porn. This being the case, we must have some concrete strategy or game-plan to fight against this powerful enemy of the salvation of our immortal soul. The following are ten positive steps to win the battle. Let us fight the battle, not by ourselves, but with the help of Almighty God and His Blessed Mother!
1. Love of God. First and foremost, I must be convinced of the great love that God has for me. His love for me is infinite, non-changing and eternal. Even when I fall, God still loves me as portrayed in the Parable of the Prodigal Son, or you might even call it "The Parable of the Merciful Father."
2. Battlefield. Our life on earth is a constant battle between good and evil, the spirit and the flesh, light and darkness, the good spirit and the bad spirit. Therefore, we should always be vigilant, prayerful, alert and on guard. "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak." We have to know our weak point, or if you like, our "Kryptonite." For many, it is to view progressively more revealing images—that is to say, porn.
3. Desolation. When we find ourselves in a state of desolation, that is when the enemy or the devil will attack us. By desolation we mean that in our soul we are experiencing sadness, depression, discouragement, lack of faith, hope, and love. We feel like life has no real meaning and it would be best to simply throw in the towel and give up the fight. Review your life now! Before falling into viewing porn, you were probably in a state of desolation. That being the case, what measures should you take? That is the next step!
4. Prayer and Wholesome Distraction. To exit desolation and the temptation that goes with it—often the temptation to view porn—we must take certain steps to conquer the temptation. First, quick and fervent prayer! We cannot conquer temptation by our own human efforts; we need the grace of God that comes through prayer. Then we should move into wholesome, absorbing, and healthy distractions. Examples? Sports, good conversation with a friend, an absorbing book, a hobby… All of these serve to distract our minds from being engrossed in the desire for porn and giving in to it.
5. Failure (and recovering). If we have the misfortune of falling into the trap and temptation of viewing porn, then we should never give into despair and losing all hope. On the contrary, we should be humble, admit our sin, have recourse to the Sacrament of Confession, and trust in the infinite mercy of God! Remember the consoling words of the Apostle Saint Paul: "Where sin abounds, the mercy of God abounds all the more."
6. Self-Knowledge. Saint Ignatius of Loyola insists on our having self-knowledge so as to grow in the spiritual life. The daily examen can be invaluable in overcoming any sin or sinful pattern, especially related to lust and the sin or vice of pornography. Addictions are not easy to conquer, but with the grace of God all is possible. The following are the five steps in making a good daily examen:
· Place yourself in the presence of God who truly loves you totally.
· Give thanks to God for all of the blessings He has given you.
· Beg for the grace to see yourself as God sees you in total honesty.
· Reflect on the events of your life, your failures, and why you fell.
· Resolution, Reconciliation. Resolve to amend your life. Change!
7. Joy and Self-Fulfillment. A very key element in conquering the sin and vice of porn is by experiencing joy in our lives. Joy is one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit. Saint Paul insists on joy: "Rejoice in the Lord; I say it again: rejoice in the Lord." (Phil. 4:4) Joy comes from the Lord, but it also comes from cultivating a spirit of service and going out of ourselves. Here is a short but helpful acronym for joy. J.O.Y. J= Jesus… O= Others… Y= Yourself. If indeed we put Jesus first, others second, and ourselves last, then we will experience joy, and the dark and bad spirit of porn's grip will be weakened. Both Saint Philip Neri and Saint John Bosco insisted on creating a joyful atmosphere for the young people. As the flower flourishes in the sun, so the human soul flourishes under the sun rays of joy!
8. Hard Work. It is so true the proverb or saying: "Idleness is the workshop of the devil." How true this is related to porn! Wherever there is an abundance of free time, which promotes laziness and boredom, then the spirit of lust and the devil of porn work strenuously. Physical labor or sports, mental efforts, and spiritual activities all serve as dams to block the deluge of temptations to seek out porn materials! The saints all agree on this: Let us work hard now and we can rest forever in heaven!
9. Confessor/Spiritual Director. The battle to conquer porn cannot be won alone. Honestly, it has to be fought with the help of a Confessor and Spiritual Director. Both are important and necessary. The following is the reason. Grace and healing come through the Sacrament of Confession which only a priest-confessor can administer. At the same time, a person struggling to overcome and conquer a serious problem with porn needs to be listened to, receive advice and counsel, as well as be held accountable. Therefore, the person of the Spiritual Director is indispensable. The priest-confessor and the spiritual director can be the same person, or they can be two separate persons. Saint Ignatius of Loyola insists that to conquer the enemy, the temptation must be exposed to the light! The devil works in darkness and secrecy!
10. Call on the Blessed Virgin Mary. Experience has proven in the history of the great friends of God—the saints—that a strong, loving, filial devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary has helped immensely to conquer many of the demons, many of the sins, many of the sinful patterns in our lives. Our Lady is especially strong in helping those who entrust their lives to her with the grace to overcome the sins against the virtue of purity. Those who have fallen into porn should consecrate themselves to Mary, pray the Rosary every day, wear the Scapular, and invoke Mary especially in moments of temptation.
"Remember, O gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known, that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession, was left unaided!"
Abortion[5]
Abortion is the worldly cure to the consequences of sexual sin. Yet know that, a shocking new video lays out a diabolical, multi-decade scheme to exterminate the black population in the United States, an agenda that has largely been embraced by the Democratic Party and others on the "progressive" Left. Via abortion, blacks are essentially being exterminated systematically, as statistics demonstrate: Not only is abortion more dominant in black communities, but for every black baby born, three are killed via the procedure. It is, as one African-American pundit called it, "genocide." Via the primary abortion organization in America — the inaccurately named "Planned Parenthood, which was started by eugenics fan Margaret Sanger in the 1920s specifically to target the black community — minorities are being killed at such an alarming rate that one expert said American blacks are the only demographic on earth not replacing itself. "The goal: To rid the country of the feeble-minded, defectives," Sanger has been quoted as saying. Said one pundit: "If they [the powers that be] can keep certain segments of the population from reproducing, then all of the world's problems would disappear." In the video, titled, "The Science Agenda to Exterminate Blacks," Natural News founder Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, documents the pattern of heavy metals poisoning, medical experimentation, organ harvesting, covert fertility task forces and other tactics that seek to eliminate blacks from our planet. He notes that abortion centers are predominantly set up in areas of cities where blacks are the majority demographic, and always under the guise of wanting to 'serve the minority community' with 'reproductive rights' and 'health care.' "Abortion marketing is more aggressive toward black communities than it is toward white communities," Adams said. "The Planned Parenthood/abortion industry needs a steady supply of black women getting pregnant and wanting to terminate those pregnancies in order for them to be able to harvest [fetal] tissue and organs via partial-birth abortions, which are almost all black babies." While Planned Parenthood and supporters of the organization say that harvested organs and tissues are summarily used for "research" — and no doubt some are — many baby body parts are sold for profit, as an undercover media sting by the Center for Medical Progress proved a couple of years ago, via a series of released videos. And many of those tissues, Adams says, are sold to vaccine makers, which they use to grow "biomass for vaccines." He pointed out that Natural News has reported on the ingredients lists of some of the most common vaccines — like the flu vaccine and chicken pox vaccines, which clearly state they use "human diploid cell cultures" and "human embryonic lung cell cultures" from aborted babies.
Remember we are all in a battle…and…the fallen are not just veterans…as we see in the victims of porn and abortion…we must give ourselves up entirely to Him so that He will recognize us on the Last Day.
· Pray the 54 Day Rosary for our Pope and President
[1] http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=23576
[3]http://www.wincalendar.com/Veterans-Day
[4]https://www.catholicgentleman.net/2017/11/ten-ways-win-battle-porn/?mc_cid=7f514a1854&mc_eid=d0e6c934f8
[5]http://depopulation.news/2017-11-09-the-economics-of-the-abortion-industry-save-money-through-depopulation-make-profit-through-sale-of-baby-parts-to-medical-industry-for-experiments-and-vaccines.html


These are the videos from the BSides Columbus Ohio conference. Thanks to Mitch & Mike Spaulding for having me up and those who manned the video rigs such as Cody, Matt, Dillon, Nick, Cole Chris and others whose name I can't seem to remember in my old age..
Wow, it really is always DNS! Becoming a Part of the DDoS Problem ( on purpose ).


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Q: How to get text from two elements, convert them to a number and add them in cypress? I'm moving tests from protractor to cypress.
I have two elements like below. I want to get the number and add them and store them in a variable.

20

In protractor I wrote it like below
var totalCount =
      parseInt(element(by.id('num-1')).getText()) +
      parseInt(element(by.id('num-2')).getText());

I can't figure out how to do it in Cypress.

A: You can achieve aliases/variables and get. The trick is that get, invoke, or similar are effectively async and you can't really effectively await cypress operations. Instead you can get the first number, parse it, get the second number, parse it, add the numbers and assert/expect:
const expectedTotal = 42;

// get element with id #num-1
cy.get('#num-1').then(($num1) => {
  // parse text to int/number
  const num1 = parseInt($num1.text());

  // get element id #num2
  cy.get('#num-2').then(($num2) => {
    // parse text to int/number
    const num2 = parseInt($num2.text());

    // expect/assert number total equal to some expected total
    expect(num1 + num2).toEqual(expectedTotal);
  });
});

Hopefully that helps!


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'Erratic, aggressive' woman drives into US Capitol cruiser
Updated: 1:08 PM PDT Mar 29, 2017
Police say a woman described as "erratic and aggressive" drove a vehicle into a U.S. Capitol Police cruiser and was taken into custody, a disruption that closed down streets near the Capitol for nearly three hours.Capitol Police spokeswoman Eva Malecki says shots were fired during the arrest attempt Wednesday, but the event appeared to be criminal in nature with "no nexus to terrorism." No one was injured, and the Capitol remained open.Malecki described the woman as an "erratic and aggressive driver." As police attempted to stop her, she made a U-turn and fled, nearly hitting officers and striking at least one other vehicle. A brief pursuit followed before the woman was stopped.The incident happened on Independence Avenue SW around 9:30 a.m. ET, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police Department said. Officers noticed an "erratic driver," and when they attempted to stop her, she made a U-turn in an attempt to flee the scene, Capitol Police spokesman Eva Malecki said.
Police say a woman described as "erratic and aggressive" drove a vehicle into a U.S. Capitol Police cruiser and was taken into custody, a disruption that closed down streets near the Capitol for nearly three hours.
Capitol Police spokeswoman Eva Malecki says shots were fired during the arrest attempt Wednesday, but the event appeared to be criminal in nature with "no nexus to terrorism." No one was injured, and the Capitol remained open.
Malecki described the woman as an "erratic and aggressive driver." As police attempted to stop her, she made a U-turn and fled, nearly hitting officers and striking at least one other vehicle. A brief pursuit followed before the woman was stopped.
The incident happened on Independence Avenue SW around 9:30 a.m. ET, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police Department said. Officers noticed an "erratic driver," and when they attempted to stop her, she made a U-turn in an attempt to flee the scene, Capitol Police spokesman Eva Malecki said.


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PDSA
It's called the 'People's Dispensary'—but it's for Cairo's sick animals.
Written by Helen Gibson
Photographed by Nik Wheeler
The tense, age-old drama played itself out in a dusty suburb of Cairo. A circle of faces gazed raptly at the glinting knives, the white-coated surgeons and meek assistants with sponges at the ready.
But this was a hospital operation scene with a difference. Sunlight filtering through green leaves lit the operating table, a canvas-covered platform. And the patient, steadied by thick ropes, was a mule.
The doctors worked through a dense cacophony of sound. The barking of 91 caged dogs and the neighing of two dozen assorted horses, mules and donkeys reverberated across the walled paddock in seeming sympathy with their prostrate colleague. After a large flask of anesthetic, the old brown mule could hardly have cared less. She lay on her side oblivious to everything including her own ugly leg tumor now being scraped and cauterized by head veterinarian, Dr. Wadid Abdel Malek. Later, she might rejoin the two million other draft animals on the streets of Cairo. In the meantime Dr. Wadid had prescribed the first holiday of her working lifetime—a month's recuperation in the adjoining stables.
The mule was just one of seven other draft animals that had arrived unannounced at the permanently open gates of this hospital the day before. These stood now in the stables encircling the paddock, awaiting their turn on the operating table or in the treatment pens, afflicted with the variety of ills that befall animals with a hard-working life on city streets.
Word of the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) has permeated the network of Cairo's cart-owners. They know they can get free treatment for their sick here, and possibly even some compensation for lost working hours. They arrive, sometimes up to 12 in a day, leading their sagging donkeysor even pushing the limping horses before them on flat carts.
The PDSA, a charity organization with about 1,000 clinics around the world, was born in Cairo. A sprightly English matron, a certain Mrs. Dickin, started the first dispensary in 1917 and was subsequently decorated by the King of England.
Now Dr. Wadid's staff is all Egyptian and one of his veterinarians also runs a busy dispensary in the working-class district of Boulac.
Rich and poor alike bring in their animals—47,000 cases were treated last year, of which 1,500 needed serious operations. Any and every animal is taken on, from monkeys to goats with smallpox, chickens with fowl fever and greedy donkeys with whole corn cobs stuck down their throats.
The hospital keeps financially afloat through donations from the PDSA head office in Britain, the Egyptian government and a kind of Robin Hood arrangement where the rich are made to pay for the poor.
Anyone that can afford to board out a pet, can afford to pay, is the vets' rationale. The fees from the 91 dogs, among them the Defense Minister's black poodle, some five cats and the gray parrot of famous singer Nagat Al-Saghira, all contributed toward the brown mule's operation expenses. Even the two dollars paid every month by a small boy for boarding his turtle helped.
The presence of a rich man's dog in the hospital kennels usually means the owner is on holiday, whereas a donkey here could mean semi-starvation for a family. Some Cairenes still depend on the draft animal for their daily bread. Thus when Shenadi Negm's donkey fell strangely sick the man was desperate. He arrived one blazing noon and waited uncertainly at the hospital gates, his donkey rigid on the cart it used to pull. Now, after two weeks in the hospital, the white donkey looked healthier than its owner. Negm, a thin figure in a brown robe and white turban, stood beside the special treatment pen as he had done every day since the donkey was admitted. He smiled happily, and shyly produced a white paper from the folds of his robe.
"Yes, he's laughing now, but you should have seen his face a few days ago," Dr. Wadid said dryly. "The donkey could barely move his head... tetanus, from a nail in the hoof. The paper is the donkey's discharge paper, 10 days from now. Until then, we feed the man, give him some money for his family and treat the donkey free."
Dr. Wadid, who would rather spend his day with the horses and donkeys than with the endless stream of pets that come into the "out-patients" examination room, turned to watch a chestnut mare led towards him. She could barely shuffle, her legs strangely bent apart, stiff as four stilts. Inch by inch she was guided into the shallow trough of healing liquids and tied fast.
"I don't know that we can ever cure her," Dr. Wadid said sadly. "She has laminitis, an inflammation of the hooves. We did manage to save her foal, though, so that is one consolation. He had an infectious catarrh." The colt danced skittishly beside his mother, seemingly unconcerned by the long, healing scar across his neck and unaware of his own destiny of drudgery that might already have proved fatal to his mother. Sometimes Dr. Wadid knows from the start that the broken old case before him will never be able to pull its load again. He then gives it a stable of straw, plenty of good food and tender treatment for a full 10 days. Afterwards he puts it painlessly to death.
"I cannot do this to an animal, however mercifully, without some reward for its working life," he explained. "And all our horses and donkeys in Egypt deserve one good holiday." Before Dr. Wadid can put a horse to death, the owner must first agree. The government will usually chip in with a donation of 25 percent of the animal's value.
Meanwhile, in the out-patient clinic, a yellow mongrel dog belonging to a young army lieutenant was sadly accepting a new series of injections and the indignity of having its temperature taken. It stood awkwardly, its newly-shaved hindquarters paralyzed from being hit by a passing truck.
When an owner cannot bring in his animal himself, a white air-conditioned ambulance goes to the rescue. A foreign donation, like the new X-ray apparatus, it also rounds up the starving stray dogs and cats that too often stalk the streets of Cairo like shadows. These receive an overdose of anesthetic, then are buried in a corner of the hospital grounds. Unlike the rich men's pets such as "Bambino the Faithful" or "Dikxy Baby," with marble slabs to mark their grassy graves, the strays' deaths remain as obscure as their" lives. There is no plaque, either, for the late President Gamal Abdel Nasser's Siamese cat, which is said to have refused to eat on the death of his owner and died himself 15 days later.
Perhaps most important of all is the work being done by the PDSA on the side—educating a new generation of Egyptians into giving animals a fair deal. The hospital insists many of the problems, particularly those of the draft animals, could have been avoided if treatment were given promptly. Mostly it is a question of ignorance—the owner vaguely believes the sickness will cure itself, or he is terrified at the thought he may lose his only source of income. In a few cases, the owner also is indifferent to his animal's plight.
Galal Sirry, nephew of a former prime minister, heads the Egyptian Society for the Extending of Mercy to Animals, as well as the PDSA's board of directors. A big man, he has thrown himself with infectious enthusiasm into promoting their cause. He tirelessly coaxes donations for the hospital in all directions, but his real interest lies in a "mercy to animals" program which, he believes, schools must start "at a very young age." Sirry backs up his crusade with quotations from the Holy Koran: "There is no animal in the earth, nor bird that flies on its wings, but (they are) communities like ourselves...," or from the Prophet Muhammad: "There is no man who kills a sparrow without cause but God will question him for it." At the same time he sends out thousands of "be-kind-to-animals" posters to Cairo's schools.
Sirry's great pride is the overwhelming response he had from children throughout the country to a painting competition organized by the World Wildlife Fund. He interpreted this as a showing of deep interest in animals by Egyptian children, and to his delight, they carried off several of the top prizes. Soon Sirry hopes to see some 750 schools in Cairo devoting 10 minutes in their daily hour of religious instruction to animal care. An animal club, which has enrolled some 700 youngsters, works toward the same end.
"We can only help such a tiny percentage of sick animals at the hospital," Sirry says, "What we need in Egypt is animal education."
Helen Gibson was a UPI correspondent in Vietnam and spent more than a year in the Middle East.
See Also: ANIMALS, CAIRO, EGYPT, PETS, VETERINARY MEDICINE


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US Private Giving Field Trip 2014: Day Three
Jenny Wheatley from the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation is reminded that all things in the USA are bigger and meets a unique Australian businessmen, Olympic fencer and cello player who understands the glue family philanthropy provides. Happily too, it seems working in philanthropy keeps you looking young…
Discussions over breakfast with Chuck Harris and "Woody" McCutchen of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (EMCF) introduced the group to collaborative capital funding, New York Style. The group exchanged a wiry smile when with a corpus of $1b, Chuck described EMCF as a "small foundation". Three years ago a strategic review resulted in agreement by the Trustees, which include two nephews of Ms McConnell, to make big bets for the long term. From making 100's of small grants EMCF now partner closely with 18 to 20 organisations. They take on a role similar to the lead funder in a private equity deal and source capacity building funding for ambitious growth targets. EMCF have a rigorous assessment process focusing on leadership capability, operational viability, financial strength, evidence, data and fit with EMCF strategy. An initial grant of circa $250,000 is provided for an external consultant to undertake a detailed business planning exercise with a focus on growth. If the plan as developed retains its alignment with ECMF, the Foundations will then seek partners to joint fund the strategy that implements the plan. This funding may be in the order of $50m to $100m – so it's not just the coffee cups that are bigger. Careful skilled management ensures Program Officers do not "cross the line" when working with the organisation and dealing with conflicts that arise as ECMF acts as an advocate for the organisation when dealing with funding partners. Woody's energy and enthusiasm amazed the group, particularly when we discovered that he was 70 years young (and looked no more than 55).
The corpus of the F.B. Heron Foundation is 63% invested in impact and under the continued guidance of Clara Miller and Dana Pancrazi is moving towards 100%. Questions from the floor helped with understanding the maize of terminology that surrounds social impact investment. We confirmed that you do not need to accept below market returns on mission aligned investments; social investments could be made across all asset classes; social alpha may and should be measured; investments with impact could be made through for profit entities - you just need to follow what the money does. Dana gave examples of low interest loans made during the financial crisis through mortgage brokers that assisted those in crisis who would otherwise have lost their homes. In 2013 a return of 11% was achieved on $300m.
A delicious lunch at the very trendy Locande Verde in Greenwich Street was followed by a visit to the 9/11 memorial where we heard from Michael Bloomberg's philanthropy manger stories of those honoured which touched all hearts. Antony Bugg-Levine enhanced our understanding of different ways finance may be extended to not for profits. As we gazed up Fifth Avenue in peak hour, Anthony provided the sobering insight that the divide between the wealthy and the poor in NYC was wider than ever.
This day of key learnings was followed by a very elegant dinner hosted by Sir James Wolfensohn. "Jim" an 83 year old Australian-American lawyer, investment banker and economist, was the ninth president of the World Bank Group, a member of the 1956 Olympian team and an accomplished cellist, taking up this hobby at 42 years young. Sir James warned us that Australia may fall out of the top 50 countries in the world in economic terms if we do not improve our focus on Asia and education. Of great relevance to a group representing family foundations, Sir James spoke with great humility of how philanthropy provided the glue that bound his four children together and introduced him to people he would otherwise not have known. An exceptional discussion with an exceptional man.
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Celebrate July 4th with Thalian Association Community Theatre at the Hannah Block Historic USO/ Community Arts Center open house! The public is invited to join us between 1:00 – 6:00 pm when staff will be in 1940's era costumes, serving free coffee, and doughnuts courtesy of Burney's Sweets & More with sodas at the WWII price of 5 cents. A documentary celebrating the USO building will be showing all afternoon.
The lobby in the Hannah Block Historic USO Building has been restored to its 1943 appearance complete with reproduction furnishings and WWII exhibits. The exhibits include memorials to Medal of Honor recipients Charles Murray and Billy Halyburton,
a painting of building namesake Hannah Block, WWII memorabilia, a tribute to the 9th & Nixon USO, and the National WWII Memorial Giclee.
The documentary film Home Away From Home – the USO at 2nd and Orange will be shown all afternoon on the Hannah Block 2nd Street Stage. The 5-minute film was produced in 2016 by Emmy nominated filmmaker Rob Hill to honor the 75th anniversary of the Historic USO Building. The film captures the building's rich history beginning with WWII, the transition to a community center and how it continues to serve our community today.
The Second and Orange Streets USO Club was erected by the Army Corps of Engineers at a cost of $80,000 and opened in December 1941. At the height of the war, attendance reached 63,000 per month. Typical events included big band dances, plays, music recitals, art exhibits, hobby shows, guest lectures, wedding receptions, and weekly radio broadcasts. On weekend nights, 600 men crowded into the basement dormitory.
After World War II the City of Wilmington purchased the building for use by the Department of Recreation. In 1973 the building was renamed the Community Arts Center and placed on the National Register of Historic Places the following year. The Community Arts Center was rededicated in Hannah Block's name in 2006, in honor of one of Wilmington's most distinguished civic leaders and WWII veterans, and in 2016 received the James D. & Rosalie Carr Memorial Plaque from the Historic Wilmington Foundation, Inc.
Today the Hannah Block Historic USO/Community Arts Center is one of three Type A USO buildings still standing and serves as a major cultural resource for area residents. Thalian Association has managed the building for the City of Wilmington since 1994.
Classes are offered in a variety of visual and performing arts disciplines and the building is home to the acclaimed Orange Street Potters, the Official North Carolina Azalea Festival Youth Art Contest, the Memorial Day Weekend Festival Orange Street ArtsFest and the Wilmington Art Association Juried Art Show & Sale.
On Sept. 2, 2020, Wilmington became the first city in the country to be designated as a World War II Heritage City by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior. The designation celebrates contributions by Wilmington to the World War II home-front war effort, and efforts to preserve and honor those contributions. The Battleship NORTH CAROLINA Memorial and the restoration of the Historic USO Building are the foundations of those efforts.
"We welcome everyone to visit the Historic USO Building on this very special holiday", said Susan Habas Executive Director of Thalian Association Community Theatre. "Come in, learn about Wilmington's WWII history, and enjoy free coffee and doughnuts."
Established in 1788, Thalian Association Community Theatre is a non-profit, membership organization dedicated to enhancing the Cape Fear region through live community theatre and arts education. Thalian Association Community Theatre produces five major productions annually on the Main Stage at historic Thalian Hall and professionally manages the Hannah Block Historic USO/Community Arts Center for the City of Wilmington. The youth theatre program offers training and performance opportunities for children ages seven through high school seniors. In 2007, Thalian Association Community Theatre was designated North Carolina's Official Community Theater by the state legislature. For more information, go to www.thalian.org.
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