At Helvetia & Bristol, the culture of excellence extends to the gourmet restaurant and its bar, two distinguished, discreet environments where guests can experience the art of authentic Italian taste. The discerning selection of exquisite wines and special ingredients, the passion of local producers, and the promotion of the territory come to the fore in the expertly crafted cocktails and the rich menu, inspired by tradition.
The new restaurant will bring you in a journey through the authentic flavors of Italy. Opening soon in the exceptional winter garden of the hotel.
The Bar, with its refined yet casual atmosphere, has always been a meeting place for a select international clientele to relax and enjoy expertly crafted cocktails.


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Asalah Hatem Mostafa Nasri (, também conhecida ou grafada como Asala, Assala Nasry e Assalah) é uma cantora síria nascida em Damasco a .

Biografia e carreira
O pai de Asalah, Mostafa Nasri, era um reverenciado compositor e cantor sírio. Asalah começou sua carreira musical quando ela tinha quatro anos. Ela cantou a música-tema "Qessas Al Sho'oub" (em árabe: قصص الشعوب), do desenho animado Hekayat Alamiyah (em árabe: حكايات عالمية). Em 1986, Mostafa Nasri morreu depois de sofrer uma hemorragia interna causada por um acidente de carro. Aos 17 anos ela ajudou a cuidar de seus irmãos, Reem, Amani, Ayman e Ayham com sua mãe. Seu primeiro CD, Lei Ta'rafou (em árabe: لو تعرفو), foi lançado em 1991 e assim ela rapidamente consolidou sua presença na música árabe.

Asala tem dois filhos de seu primeiro casamento com Ayman Al Dahabi, de quem se divorciou em 2005 após seu escândalo de adultério. Ela atualmente tem a guarda dos dois filhos, Sham e Khaled. Ela agora está casada com o famoso diretor americano-palestino Tarek Al Eryan . Ela estava grávida do filho Tarek no início de 2007, mas sofreu um aborto. Asala é muçulmana sunita.

Discografia

Álbuns

 Ya Sabra Yana (1991)
 Asala Performs (1992)
 O'zorni (1992)
 Ghayar Awi (1993)
 Taw'am Al Rouh (1994)
 Ighdab (1994)
 Wala Tessadda''' (1995)
 Rahal (1996)
 Erja' Laha (1996)
 Al Mushtaka (1997)
 Albi Biyertahlak (1998)
 Ya Magnoun (1999)
 Moshtaqah (2001)
 Ya Akhi Es'al (2002)
 Yamin Allah/Haqiqat Waqe'i (2001)
 Ad El Horouf (2003)
 Awgat (2004)
 Aadi (2005)
 Hayati (2006)
 Sawaha Galbi (2007)
 Nos Halah (2008)
 Qanoon Kaifik'' (2010)

Ligações externas
 Asala Fan website
 Asalah Fan blog
 Listen to all Asala Albums
 Download Asalah Albums

Cantores da Síria
Naturais de Damasco

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U.S.|Ex-Television Evangelist Bakker Ends Prison Sentence for Fraud
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Ex-Television Evangelist Bakker Ends Prison Sentence for Fraud
By Ronald Smothers
December 2, 1994, Section A, Page 18Buy Reprints
Five years and two months after he went to prison for bilking thousands of contributors to his PTL ministry, Jim Bakker, the former television evangelist, became a free man today.
But Mr. Bakker, now 54 and divorced from his wife of 30 years, Tammy Faye, stayed out of sight in the modest ranch-style house he has been renting for the past three months while under house arrest.
He has refused all requests for interviews. On Tuesday he called the sheriff to have television camera crews removed from his property on the outskirts of this Blue Ridge city of 7,380 people.
"He's waited five years to gain his freedom," said Chris Nichols, a lawyer whose firm represents Mr. Bakker, "and a few extra days of waiting in the house for the press to leave won't hurt him."
A statement released by James H. Toms, a close friend and also a lawyer for Mr. Bakker, only hinted at the future. "Jim looks forward to rebuilding his life and being of useful service to others," it said. "He will remain in western North Carolina."
Friends who have spoken to Mr. Bakker in the last few days said he was overjoyed about his new status. He must still report periodically to probation officials.
Some friends said he was working on a book about his life. Others said they were urging him to return to the ministry in some form, even though he is barred by the terms of his sentence from conducting a ministry on television.
Mr. Bakker has reportedly told these friends that prison has been a humbling experience, one that has given him insights he wants to share.
Some who say they were victims of Mr. Bakker's excesses in his ministry are feeling charitable now.
"I was hurt like many others -- beside myself with anger and dismay," said Don Edwards Jr., a resident of Heritage USA, the 2,300-acre Christian-oriented retreat and entertainment complex in Fort Mill, S.C. Mr. Edwards became president of PTL Ministries after Mr. Bakker found himself facing Federal fraud charges.
"But I have healed," Mr. Edwards added. "He is most welcome in our home any time."
Others have found it harder to forgive. "It's a shame that anybody who took millions of people's savings should get off so easy," said Charlie Truax, 68, a retired postal worker. "I don't think he has paid his debt to society."
Mr. Bakker was convicted in 1989 of 24 counts of mail and wire fraud in bilking 116,000 supporters of $158 million they had contributed to buy shares Heritage USA.
Adding to the financial collapse of the ministry was the shock of the disclosure that Mr. Bakker had a sexual encounter with a church secretary, Jessica Hahn, and had diverted some $265,000 of church money to buy her silence.
Mr. Bakker was originally sentenced to 45 years and fined $500,000, but an appeals court reduced that sentence twice, first to 18 years and then to 8 years.
Many people here are still skeptical about Mr. Bakker.
Rebecca Castroman, a hostess at the Po'Folks Restaurant, recalled the Bakkers in their heyday, when they stopped here while traveling to one of their vacation homes in Tennessee and posed with big smiles for a photograph in the local newspaper while standing in front of their Lincoln Continental under a sign that blazed "Po'Folks.

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Happy New Year! If eating healthy is one of your New Year resolutions, then use the New 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans to help you get started and to become more mindful about what you eat.
Every 5 years a new edition is jointly published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The goal is to make evidence based recommendations with clear guidance for individuals to enhance eating and physical activity patterns. It has evolved to allow Americans to choose foods that provide a healthy and enjoyable diet.
Start with small changes. You're more then likely to stay on track throughout the year. It becomes more manageable to incorporate changes over the course of the week, daily, or even a meal.
Don't forget about oils. Try canola, corn, olive, peanut, soybean, and sunflower oils when preparing foods. Oils are also found in avocado, nuts, and seafood.
What do I like about the new 2015 Dietary Guidelines?
2) The guidelines also acknowledge the Mediterranean-Style and Vegetarian-Style Eating Patterns. One style does not fit all and it's important to consider personal preference and cultural backgrounds. The eating patterns can all be used as an adaptive framework that can fit together a healthy diet in many different ways.
3) There is no longer a 300-milligram (mg) per day limit on cholesterol. Many factors affect blood cholesterol such as physical activity, body weight, and intake of saturated and trans fat, and heredity. Eggs are a whole food source of nutrition and are now being seen in a new light.
Remember to think of a "diet" as a way to nourish your body and eat more of what's good for you.


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January 15, 2013 Movies » Movie Reviews & Stories
'Rust and Bone'
Jacques Audiard's stark and compelling love story succeeds in spite of itself
By Rob Boylan
RUST AND BONE (R)
★★★ (out of 5 stars)
Opens Friday, Jan. 18, at Regal Winter Park Village
With his new film Rust and Bone, French director Jacques Audiard returns to play in the same sandbox where he created his last film, the intense prison drama A Prophet. You could call them cousins, both films about trying to eke out a life in the margins of society, but Audiard goes about it in a slightly different way here than he did in his previous movie: Unlike Malik in A Prophet, Rust and Bone's Stephanie (Marion Cotillard) doesn't begin the story in the margins; instead she is marginalized by a horrific accident at work, a small miscalculation that leaves her a double amputee. The loss of her legs becomes her movable prison.
Stephanie is a whale trainer and performer in a sea park in the south of France – a place much like SeaWorld here in Orlando. The orcas can be unpredictable, and the difference between a great show and calamity can be measured in inches with such large creatures. In the middle of a routine one day, something goes wrong. One of the whales slides onto the platform incorrectly and brings the whole thing down with him – on top of Stephanie, leaving her afloat in a cold pool of her own blood. There is no blame to apportion, it just happens, but Stephanie's life will never be the same.
Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts) meets Stephanie before the accident. He's an immigrant from Belgium with a 10-year-old son, Sam (Armand Verdure), and he's always lived life in the margins. He is poor; he crashes on his sister's couch and works at odd jobs that don't pay enough to provide for Sam. Ali and Stephanie meet when he is working as a bouncer at a club, where he pulls her out of a fight that she caused, rescuing her from harm. But their places in life are too different for Stephanie to see it as anything but a moment of calculated gallantry. She sees Ali as nothing but a tough guy who she can use to scare her abusive boyfriend.
But she is sunk in depression after her accident, unable to keep a connection to her old life alive. Suddenly, Ali is on her level – or rather, she is suddenly on his level – and the two begin to sort out their shortcomings. For Ali, it's continuing the tough-guy persona as he reluctantly falls into a bloody back-alley kickboxing circuit, where he excels. The pay for winning is great, providing him with the means to a better life for his son, but the frenzy he builds himself up to for the fights keeps real growth in his life on pause. Stephanie grows, seemingly by force of will, but she also takes some painful steps back as the relationship she has with Ali evolves and plays on the edge between dependency and something more.
I suppose I could be excused for initially feeling somewhat cynical about the film, which, like Monster or The Reader, seems to be designed less as a film than as a role to give Cotillard a chance at an Oscar run. It didn't reach that objective – Cotillard was snubbed – but it's still a compelling character piece framed impeccably by Audiard, whose flair for beautiful imagery comes to the fore here. So it works anyway, even if in spite of itself.
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Mozambique: Leading the struggle for LGBT rights in Mozambique
Imagine a beautiful table setting in a tropical garden next to a meticulously renovated historic home. Reminisce as selections of classic jazz and R&B from our hosts' personal collection set the mood. Enjoy the breeze as it carries hints of a feast all gathered shall soon enjoy and sweet scents from the garden.
The event was a big gay Easter brunch in Africa where homosexuality is outlawed in 32 of 55 states. Our hosts, Danilo da Silva and his husband Igor were married in South Africa under Portuguese law but live openly in Maputo, Mozambique. I was there with my partner Mike and our friends James and Jeff who were married in Washington, D.C., right before they were posted to Maputo. In addition to an engagingly eclectic mix of straight and (mostly) LGBTQ friends from Africa and Europe, Danilo's mother and younger brother were there; and the couple cares for Igor's father who lives with them.
Danilo da Silva is executive director of LAMBDA Mozambique, founded in 2006 and supported by 164 full-time staff and volunteers across Mozambique. Da Silva is one of the co-founders and has been director for about eight years.
da Silva spoke on LGBTQ rights in Mozambique, living as a bi-racial couple, criminalization, and the state of coming out vs living in secrecy. Read more via Washington Blade
Tagged: Mozambique, activism, criminalization, race, employment, sex work, drugs, transgender, family
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A Neimoidia (a gyarmataitól való megkülönböztetés céljából Pure Neimoidiának is nevezték) a Csillagok háborúja elképzelt univerzumának egyik bolygója.  A Sith-ek bosszúja című filmben jelenik meg. Ezen a bolygón alakult ki duros telepesekből a Köztársaság korára befolyásossá vált neimoidiaiak faja, akik a "prequel" mozifilmektől kezdve (Baljós árnyak, A Klónok támadása, A Sithek bosszúja) fontos szerepet kaptak a Csillagok háborúja univerzumában.

Kuat bolygótól mindössze hat parszek távolságra van, ez fokozta a versengést a két hajóépítő világ között a Klónok háborúja alatt.

Jelleg

A bolygót sok helyen dzsungel és gőzölgő pára borítja, máshol felszíne sivatagos és száraz.

Élővilága
 Fő szócikk: neimoidiaiak

Nagyrészt ismeretlen. Ismertebb élőlényei: manax fák, aratóbogarak, gombafélék, a fátyolszerű szárnnyal rendelkező "tűrepülők", és egy membránszerű tarajáról ismert énekesmadár (aminek kicsi, de izmos teste és széles szája van).

Értelmes őslakosok nem fejlődtek ki a bolygón. Azonban a Magvilágokból érkező durók kolonizálták, melyekből idővel külsőleg alig-alig különböző új faj fejlődött ki, melyet neimoidiainak neveztek. A kifejlett felnőtt egyed magassága kb. 2 méter.

Figyelembe véve, hogy a legtöbb rátermett neimoidiai elhagyja a szülőbolygóját, hogy a Kereskedelmi Szövetségben szolgáljon, nem meglepő az a tény, hogy a bolygón a neimoidiai lakosságot a leggyengébbek alkotják.

Történelme

Körülbelül Y. e. 25 000 -ben alapították, az egyik legelső duro kolónia volt a Duro bolygó mellett. A durók ekkor már túl voltak a rakata hiperhajtómű rekonstruálásán, ez a technikai tudás sokat segített a kolónia létrehozásában.

A rendkívül párás, kellemetlen éghajlat hamar tovább űzte már az első telepeseket is, így jöttek létre Koru Neimoidia, Deko Neimoidia és Cato Neimoidia. Kezdetben ezek Neimoidia kereskedelmi ellenőrzése alatt működtek, de befolyásuk és csillagközi kereskedelmük hamarosan túlszárnyalta anyabolygójukét. A bolygót a későbbiek során megkülönböztetésül a Pure Neimoidia névvel illették (pure = tiszta, hamisítatlan, angol szó).

Ezer év elmúltával a bolygó unalmas hellyé vált hernyókeltetőivel és automata farmjaival, amit az izgalmat keresők messze elkerültek. Forró dzsungeleiben, amik tele voltak óriási bogarakkal és a rothadás párájával, jobbára csak a különféle gombák tenyésztek és manax fák nőttek. Koto-Si, a főváros közeléből szinte óránként szálltak fel a mezőgazdasági termékeket szállító járművek.

Y. e. 15 000  körülre a durók és a neimoidiaiak annyira más fejlődési utat jártak be, hogy már külön fajnak tekintették magukat. A neimoidiaiak folytatták a csillagközi kereskedelmet, míg a durók a navigáció és a felfedezések terén lettek kiválóak.

Y. e. 350 -ban, több évtizeddel a naboo-i csata előtt a neimoidiaiak létrehozták a Kereskedelmi Szövetséget, abban a reményben, hogy az növelni fogja a kereskedelem volumenét a Külső Perem világaival, és ugyanakkor egyensúlyt alakít ki a Perem szegényebb világai és a Magirány gazdagabb világai között. Ez a tevékenység a bolygójukat minden képzeletet felülmúlóan gazdagította.

Amikor azonban a Régi Köztársaság elkezdte megadóztatni a kereskedelmi útvonalakat a Külső Perem és a Mag között, a neimoidiaiak és a Kereskedelmi Szövetség felháborodott, de panaszuk semmilyen engedményt nem ért el.

Szokatlan szövetségest találtak Darth Sidious személyében, a Sith Lord azonban csak eszközként használta fel őket a saját cselszövéséhez.

A Kereskedelmi Szövetség részvétele a naboo-i csatában visszafelé sült el, a neimoidiaiakat mindenütt megvetették a galaxisban. Az összeomlás után a neimoidiaiak a Klónok háborújában is a vesztes oldalon találták magukat. Miután Nute Gunray helytartó meghalt a Mustafaron, a Birodalom feloszlatta a Kereskedelmi Szövetséget. Ekkorra már sok neimoidiai önértékelése olyan mélyre süllyedt, hogy duróknak álcázták magukat, abban a reményben, hogy így átvészelhetik a kétszeres veszteség nyomasztó súlyát.

Megjelenése a filmekben
Maga a bolygó egyik filmben sem jelenik meg.

A neimoidiaiak láthatók a következő filmekben:
 Csillagok háborúja I: Baljós árnyak,
 Csillagok háborúja II: A klónok támadása,
 Csillagok háborúja III: A Sith-ek bosszúja.

Megjelenése könyvekben
 Cloak of Deception
 Yoda: Dark Rendezvous

Forgatási körülmények
A neimoidiaiakat ténylegesen színészek játszották el, megjelenítésüknél nem alkalmaztak digitális trükköket. Az arcuk előtt hordott maszkot, hogy a mimikát és szájmozgást érzékeltessék, a kamera látószögétől távol, rádióvezérléssel mozgatták.

Források
 Star Wars – The Essential Atlas, Del Rey kiadó (2009)
 The Completely Unofficial Star Wars Encyclopedia, Version 12.0, April 2010

Jegyzetek

Kapcsolódó szócikkek
 Cato Neimoidia

További információk
 starwars.wikia.com: Neimoidia

Csillagok háborúja helyek


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The MicroClimed Project suggest tackling this Mediterranean challenge through developing an innovative design approach to reduce the UHI, that will be tested numerically and demonstrated on existing public buildings.
The specific objective of the project lies in the development of a scientific platform having the role of linking Local and regional Universities and Research Centers to Industry and entrepreneurs. The platform will act as an interface partnering local and regional Researchers with businesses.
The project which will last for 2.5 years and shall initially be involved in identifying the minimal criteria for the project the platform infrastructure or form which could vary from country to country and could be part of a research in institute, a University or a cluster.
MIAO will act as issuing authority for innovation vouchers. Open calls will be launched for SMEs to develop new products / services, to access research results, and to improve their equipment and facilities capacity. The technical support will be provided through online and offline training sessions / workshops, a mentorship program will be launched and a mentor network will be integrated to ICT platform for ease of access. Finally MIA will generate two types of alliances one with universities and research centers to facilitate the access of research results to SMEs. The second between cross border SMEs for joint Research and Development activities.
The main idea is to analyze the state of the art of the energy performances of the public buildings in different climate contexts among the Mediterranean area in which has become priority to reduce the overheating.
The approach chosen could be represented by a selection of representative (from the building typology point of view) public constructions, as seats of small scale pilot interventions. Public buildings should be subject to likely provide crucial hints related to feasibility and efficiency of that interventions.
Mediterranean Ecosystem for Science and Technology (MESTe) is the cross borders project aiming to transform scientific findings in wealth over the whole cooperation area. The MESTe mechanism can be simplified in the process to transport a scientific finding from low Technology Readiness Level (TRL) to higher TRL levels and on the market, using the living labs as governance ecosystems and quadri-helix as stakeholders geometry. The main challenge is creating over the transnational area a shared set of rules, methodologies and instruments to bring innovation and high technology form R&D spaces to market, considering the vocations of the territories. The project shares goals with others EU funded measures (Erasmus+, SME Instruments, FastTrack) suggesting, when possible, the conjunct with EU support program to final beneficiaries. Reaching the mentioned goal means to involve the main stakeholders: public bodies, Universities and Research Centres, other R&D institutions, industrial parties, final customers to share methodologies and knowledge. Meste gives huge attention to 3 specific relationships driving the innovation path: the relations between Industry and R&D; Customer Vs Innovator; Public institution Vs Innovator. The importance of those 3 relationships deals with the main features of all non performing technology transfer ecosystems. In fact, too often the efforts to bring on the market are applied to research results absolutely no connected with industrial state of the art or forecast. On the other hand, too often, once the whole investments towards maturity of a new product/service are made, the Innovator face difficulty to sell (and make business) because of aspects important for customers. Finally, the Public institutions play a crucial role to stimulate the engagement of Industry and R&D. Our intention is to build 2 Living labs, where supplying instruments, services devoted to TT pathway to: researchers, public staff, organizations, SMEs involved on TT process.
GREEN SCHOOLs goes beyond a traditional approach, aiming at an energy efficient, renewable and eco school building, where responsible behaviours in energy consuming of the people living in the school represents a strategic element for improving the energy performance.
Main overall objective of the project is the promotion of innovative business models in the area. This through the establish of business networks between the local South Mediterranean implementers and the European technology developers in the field of innovative micro/mini-grids. Therefore the "MAIA-TAQA" project aims to develop such networks starting from an early promotion stage, through a testing phase till the final creation. This would be developed through several stages.
1. Improvement of the degree of energy and water self-sufficiency of several areas through the integration of RES sources in micro-grids, energy efficiency in water supply and reduction of water waste.
2. Building the conditions to let such business model to be developed in a enabling environment.
D.I.M.A. – Digital Incubator of Mediterranean Area Project is centered on the creation and the development of an institutional Digital Incubator for the Mediterranean Area, with the aim of reinforcing stability and safety in international relationships and at the same time guarantee a sustainable, inclusive and intelligent growth of the all Area, in line with Europe 2020 strategy and the Overarching Objective of the programme. D.I.M.A. will stimulate and support the creation and the development of new MSMEs with particular focus on young and women entrepreneurs. The peculiarity of the Digital Incubator is that it will offer its services also remotely, thus ensuring a comprehensive and extensive coverage of support, also in those countries where travels and communications are difficult because of the socio-economic context.
The overall goal of this project is to consolidate a Mediterranean strategy that supports EE and RE use in public buildings, promoting exchange and raise of innovative methods and improving the capacity of stakeholders and the effectiveness of policies and strategies.


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Walter Dietze (* 22. Mai 1926 in Leipzig; † 11. September 1987 in Weimar) war ein deutscher Germanist und Hochschullehrer an der Universität Leipzig. Er war von 1975 bis 1982 Generaldirektor der Nationalen Forschungs- und Gedenkstätten der klassischen deutschen Literatur der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik (DDR) in Weimar.

Leben
Dietze, Sohn eines Schriftsetzers, besuchte von 1932 bis 1936 die Volksschule und dann bis 1943 die Wilhelm-Wundt-Schule, ein Oberrealgymnasium in Leipzig. 1943/44 war er als Luftwaffenhelfer zum Flak-Hilfsdienst dienstverpflichtet. 1944 wurde er in die deutsche Wehrmacht eingezogen und kämpfte im Zweiten Weltkrieg. 1945 geriet er in sowjetische Kriegsgefangenschaft, wurde in die Sowjetunion gebracht und besuchte dort mehrere Antifa-Schulen. Er kehrte nach Leipzig zurück und legte 1950 das Abitur ab. Bis 1954 studierte er Germanistik, Slawistik, Geschichte und Philosophie an der Universität Leipzig. Dort war Walter Dietze ein Schüler von Martin Greiner. 1951 trat er in die Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands (SED) ein.

Nach einer wissenschaftlichen Aspirantur und der Promotion 1954 wurde Dietze 1959 Wahrnehmungsdozent und 1961 im Forschungsbereich Deutsche Literatur- und Geistesgeschichte des 17. Jahrhunderts habilitiert. Von 1963 bis 1975 war er Professor mit Lehrauftrag für Neuere und Neueste Literaturgeschichte und Leiter der Abteilung für Geschichte der neueren deutschen Literatur des Instituts für Deutsche Literaturgeschichte und zusätzlich Fachrichtungsleiter für Germanistik an der Universität Leipzig. 1967 wurde Dietze Ordentliches Mitglied der Akademie der Wissenschaften (AdW) der DDR. Von 1971 bis 1975 war er Dekan der Fakultät für Sprach-, Kunst- und Erziehungswissenschaften der Universität Leipzig. 1975 wurde er Ordentliches Mitglied der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.

Von 1975 bis 1982 war Dietze Generaldirektor der Nationalen Forschungs- und Gedenkstätte der klassischen deutschen Literatur in Weimar. Dietze war zeitweise Gastprofessor in der Sowjetunion und in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika. 1982 wurde er emeritiert.

Werk
Dietzes Forschung widmete sich Problemen der Zeit des Barock, der deutschen Aufklärung und Klassik. Er publizierte besonders über Johann Wolfgang von Goethe sowie zur neueren deutschen Literatur und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft. Er war ab 1964 Mitherausgeber der Reihe "Neue Beiträge zur Literaturwissenschaft". In den 1970er und 1980er Jahren war er auch Redakteur der russischen Ausgabe der Fachzeitschrift "Geschichte der Deutschen Literatur" im Maxim-Gorki-Institut für Weltliteratur in Moskau.

Ehrungen
 1959 Ehrennadel der Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig
 1963 Medaille für ausgezeichnete Leistungen
 1964 Pestalozzi-Medaille in Bronze
 1966 Johannes-R.-Becher-Medaille in Silber
 1969 Ehrennadel der Gesellschaft für Deutsch-Sowjetische Freundschaft (DSF) in Silber
 1972 Kunstpreis der Stadt Leipzig
 1973 Nationalpreis der DDR für Wissenschaft und Technik III. Klasse
 1974 Pestalozzi-Medaille in Silber
 1980 Kunstpreis der Stadt Weimar
 1984 Ehrendoktor der Universität Leipzig

Schriften (Auswahl)
 Junges Deutschland und deutsche Klassik. Berlin 1958.
 als Hrsg. (mit eigenen Beiträgen): Erbe und Gegenwart. Aufsätze zur vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft. Aufbau, Berlin 1972.
 333 Limericks. Ausgewählt, importiert, übersetzt, kommentiert & herausgegeben von Walter Dietze; Edition Leipzig, 1977
 Johann Gottfried Herder. Berlin, Weimar 1980.
 Kleine Welt, große Welt. Aufsätze über Goethe. Berlin 1982.
 Poesie der Humanität. Berlin 1985.
 mit A. Dietze: Ewiger Friede? Dokument einer deutschen Diskussion um 1800. Leipzig 1989.

Literatur

 H.-H. Emons (Hrsg.): Germanistische Forschungsprobleme. In memoriam Walter Dietze. Berlin 1989.

Weblinks

 Walter Dietze In: Professorenkatalog der Universität Leipzig / Catalogus Professorum Lipsiensium, herausgegeben vom Lehrstuhl für Neuere und Neueste Geschichte, Historisches Seminar der Universität Leipzig, 2014.
 Walter Dietze, Professoren der Universität Leipzig 1945–1993, abgerufen am 20. November 2017

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Hochschullehrer (Universität Leipzig)
Mitglied der Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR
SED-Mitglied
Träger des Nationalpreises der DDR III. Klasse für Wissenschaft und Technik
Träger der Johannes-R.-Becher-Medaille
Ehrendoktor der Universität Leipzig
Person (Weimar)
Deutscher Kriegsgefangener der Sowjetunion
Deutscher
DDR-Bürger
Geboren 1926
Gestorben 1987
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I first rode an adorable palomino pony when I was 7, I didn't get to ride much because of school and stuff at weekends. We moved into town and had a tiny garden and there was no hope of having a horse now. I'm still living in the house with the tiny garden and hope we move to a place with miles and miles of grass, well at least a few fields.
My dream pony is a bay welsh, but that dream has a long way to go until its reality. In the meantime I've been pleading my mum and dad to arrange riding lessons for me, but even that hasn't gone to well. I'm still a pro at knowing things about horses and ponies so if you have any questions, comment!


A new analysis found that the $613 million Colorado has tucked away is still less than half of the rainy day funds it needs to weather even a moderate downturn.
Sunrise over the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver on Oct. 18, 2015.
The success that has given Colorado one of the strongest economies in the U.S. has masked a troubling reality: Its state government is, by one key fiscal benchmark, among the least prepared for the next recession.
The deficiency isn't for lack of trying. Under Gov. John Hickenlooper, state lawmakers have more than tripled the size of the state's rainy-day fund from its 2010 low. And he has requested an even larger reserve next fiscal year.
But a new analysis from Moody's Analytics found that the $613 million Colorado has tucked away is still less than half of the rainy-day funds it needs to weather even a moderate downturn — much less a full-on financial storm on par with the Great Recession.
The state's relatively low reserves, coupled with other factors, have left Colorado in the sixth-worst shape of any U.S. state under the Moody's analysis.
In his 2018-19 budget proposal, Hickenlooper asked lawmakers to sock more money away next year and to steadily increase the statutory reserve requirement for the future.
But even increasing, as Hickenlooper suggests, the required reserve to 7 percent of general fund spending — up from 6.5 percent under current law and 2 percent at the depths of the recession — would fall well below the 15 percent mark that Moody's now says is needed.
There's no widely adopted national standard for how much a state should keep in reserve.
In the 1980s, rating agencies suggested setting aside 3 to 5 percent of revenue, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. In recent years, the Government Finance Officers Association recommended up to 15 percent. In practice, states have set targets of anywhere from 2 to 10 percent — and the amount they actually save varies even more wildly than that.
On average, Moody's says, states need about 10 percent of their general fund spending saved up to withstand a moderate downturn without layoffs or other significant cuts. But their analysis also suggests that a one-size-fits-all standard isn't a good idea, anyway.
Colorado, for instance, is more susceptible to economic shocks than most. During the last two downturns, Hickenlooper said the state saw its revenues drop by about 16 percent — partly a product of Colorado's reliance on the oil and gas industry and other volatile sources of revenue, such as income and sales taxes, which can go through extreme dips during bad economic times.
Colorado also spends more than most states on Medicaid, the health care program for the poor, the costs of which go up when the economy tanks and people lose their jobs.
Moody's says the drop in revenue, combined with higher Medicaid expenses, would add up to a $1.7 billion fiscal shock for Colorado in a moderate recession. That would jump to $2.9 billion in a severe recession — the equivalent of a whopping 25.9 percent reserve. Only Alaska and Wyoming have that much set aside today.
A separate study from Pew Charitable Trusts casts Colorado in a slightly better light relative to its peers, but it still saves less than the 10 percent the average state keeps in reserve. Colorado ranks 36th on the Pew list, up from 45th in the Moody's analysis.
The implications extend beyond what happens in a recession — if credit ratings agencies adopt something close to the new Moody's guidance, it could harm the state's credit rating, leading to higher borrowing costs.
Hickenlooper's argument is simple: In a good economy, Colorado should be saving — and when will the state have a better economy than it has now?
But the state government for years has seemed to lurch from one financial crisis to the next, even in good economic times. Funding for hospitals, schools and transportation have dominated the debate of the last few legislative sessions. Next year, lawmakers can expect to add the state's badly underfunded pension to the list of outsized needs competing for limited dollars.
Against that backdrop, Democratic Rep. Millie Hamner and Republican Sen. Kent Lambert, the chair and vice chair of the Joint Budget Committee, respectively, praised Hickenlooper for making the reserves a priority.
But even some conservatives think the money could be put to better use.
State Rep. Paul Lundeen, R-Monument, last session proposed cutting the statutory reserve to 5.5 percent to free up an additional $104 million that he says would go a long way toward alleviating traffic congestion on Interstate 25.
On average over the last 30 years, Lundeen says, the state kept about 3.5 percent in reserve. He suggests something between that and Hickenlooper's proposed 7 percent.
"We managed as a state not to fold up and blow away like a tumbleweed under a 3.5 percent reserve," he said.


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On mask mandate, governor says state to keep evaluating
by Andy Davis | July 16, 2020 at 7:30 a.m.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson (left) and state Health Secretary Nate Smith confer before the start of Wednesday's briefing, held at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway. More photos at arkansasonline.com/716briefing/. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Thomas Metthe)
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Wednesday that the need for a statewide mask requirement in Arkansas "will continue to be evaluated" as the state's count of coronavirus cases increased by 564, raising the total to more than 30,000.
"Yes, there's a lot that are saying we need a statewide mandate," the Republican governor said. "There's a lot that's saying that's an infringement on freedom. The next thing they will say is it's unenforceable."
In defending Arkansas' lack of a requirement, Hutchinson has said that most states don't have one.
On Wednesday, however, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, issued an order requiring people in her state to wear masks while in public and in close contact with other people. Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, a Democrat, later issued a similar order for his state.
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According to a count by the news website Axios, that made Montana the 26th state to require people to wear masks in public. Washington, D.C., also has a mask requirement.
Walmart and Kroger also announced Wednesday that they will require customers to wear masks, with Walmart's requirement taking effect Monday and Kroger's starting next Wednesday.
Hutchinson said a mask requirement "remains a tool that we can implement as we need it."
"We're making enormous progress in terms of our education, our usage effort," he said. "I think the fact that Walmart went that direction of requiring it with not just the employees but also the patrons and customers, I think that indicates that they're seeing the education effort work very well, where it's more acceptable in the public.
"So we're moving in the right direction. As to whether we need a statewide mandate, that will continue to be evaluated, and if we do it, you'll know about it."
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The state has had 30,297 cases of the virus since March 11. Of those, 6,439 were active on Wednesday. Most of the overall total have recovered, but some died.
The state's death toll from the virus, as tracked by the state Department of Health, increased on Wednesday by four, to 335, while the number of patients hospitalized with covid-19 increased by 13, to 458.
Ninety-four of the patients were on ventilators, up from 91 a day earlier.
Among those who have called for a statewide mask requirement is University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Chancellor Cam Patterson, who indicated on Arkansas PBS' "Arkansas Week" on Friday that the lack of a uniform requirement has created confusion.
Hutchinson has said a statewide mandate wouldn't be appropriate, noting that some of the state's 75 counties have few active cases.
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Earlier this month, however, he issued an executive order allowing cities to adopt limited requirements for people to wear masks.
Rules issued by the Health Department require customers and employees to wear masks in certain types of businesses across the state, such as restaurants and hair salons.
The department has also issued guidance recommending that people wear masks in all places in which they could come within 6 feet of people who are not from their households.
CHANGE CALLED PUZZLING
At his daily news conference on the pandemic, held Wednesday at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, Hutchinson also said he didn't understand why the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services had directed hospitals to start sending data on hospital capacity and coronavirus patients to a federal contractor working for that agency instead of to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"My reaction to that is that, why did that happen? What was the necessity for it?" Hutchinson said.
"We had a system here that works very well, so I don't really understand all the reasons for it," he said. "But we've had a lot of support [from the federal government], from the supply of material, [personal protective equipment] as well as reagents, and so we're in a position that we need to comply to make sure that we continue to get that supply of materials that we desperately need."
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Health Secretary Nate Smith said he hopes the CDC will continue to have access to the data.
He noted that the CDC had been collecting the information through a system designed for reporting data on infections that happen inside hospitals.
"If this gets the data more quickly to where it's actionable, then I have no objection to it," Smith said. "But it is important that all those who need to be looking at those data have access to it and can have input on it."
Health Department spokeswoman Danyelle McNeill said the department is "working with the hospital association and also with the new data collection process."
"We will still receive the same data that we have been receiving," she said in an email. "All of the data we receive regarding hospitalizations, etc. already comes directly from the hospitals putting in their own data."
TESTING DELAYS
U.S. Rep. French Hill, who appeared with Hutchinson at the news conference, said he's "committed to pressing the vice president for answers" on increasing the supply of reagents that laboratories use to perform coronavirus tests.
On Monday, Hill, a Republican from Little Rock, and the other five members of the state's congressional delegation sent a letter to Vice President Mike Pence saying that a shortage of the materials had caused Arkansas to consider lifting its requirement for hospitals to test patients for the coronavirus before performing elective procedures on them.
They said a reference lab, identified by a spokesman for Hill as American Esoteric Laboratories in Memphis, had canceled its contracts with many of the state's hospitals to perform the tests.
"We know specifically that CHI St. Vincent and Baptist [Health] have been affected, but were told that there are a number of other Arkansas hospitals that use this lab as well," the spokesman, Jeff Naft, said in an email Tuesday.
In a statement Wednesday, CHI St. Vincent said it "and many other healthcare providers were given 30-days notice for the cancellation of our contract with one of our COVID-19 testing vendors citing supply and capacity limitations. Our healing ministry has already secured additional vendors and is reviewing alternative resources to meet our testing needs."
"CHI St. Vincent does not anticipate this change will in any way affect our ability to support our patients and remains confident that we can continue to meet testing guidelines as put forth by the Arkansas Department of Health."
Baptist Health has "current contracts with several reference labs, one of which is AEL in Memphis," spokeswoman Cara Wade said in an email.
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"All of these are experiencing greater delays in turnaround time," Wade said.
"As with many other healthcare providers in the state, Baptist Health has had challenges dealing with the shortage of reagents and testing supplies since the beginning of the pandemic. Sufficient reagent and supplies would greatly improve turnaround time for patients.
"Consistent with the letter, the pre-operative testing requirement has been a challenge and there have been times that patients' surgical procedures have been delayed."
SCHOOL CONCERNS
Also on Wednesday, a spokesman for the state Department of Education's Division of Elementary and Secondary Education said the division will assemble 2,000 kits with equipment that schools can use to screen employees for coronavirus symptoms.
Each kit will include an infrared thermometer, 50 "patient care" gloves, 50 disposable masks, a guidance document and log sheet, the spokeswoman, Kimberly Mundell, said in an email.
The division will spend $113,000 in federal Medicaid funds on the equipment and prepare one kit for every 50 school employees, Mundell said. She said it is also spending $425,000 to buy 275 GenEon Technology electrostatic foggers, along with a starter kit of solution for each one, that schools can use to disinfect buildings and buses.
The foggers and kits will be provided to education service cooperatives, which will distribute them to schools, Mundell said.
She said the division expects to receive the kits and devices by Aug. 15.
Meanwhile, the Arkansas Education Association released the results of an online survey of 6,140 people, including 5,432 of the state's more than 30,000 teachers. The respondents also included 310 support staff members, 61 retirees and 337 others who were surveyed July 7 through Sunday.
Almost 57% of the respondents said they opposed returning to in-school instruction this fall, with 26% saying they supported it and 17% saying they were neutral on the issue.
More than 84% said they were concerned about the health risks to themselves from returning to in-classroom instruction, including 52% who said they were very concerned.
Almost 88% said they were concerned about the health risks to their families, and 90% said they were concerned about the risk to students.
Nearly 98% said it would be very or somewhat difficult to implement social distancing and take other public health precautions inside schools.
Almost 7% said they were leaving their jobs in public education as a result of the pandemic, including just over half of those respondents who said they were retiring earlier than they originally planned.
An additional 41% said they were considering leaving their jobs, such as by retiring early.
The teachers union said it had formed a "Return to Learn" committee that is analyzing the survey results and health guidance and will create a "list of expectations that must be met before students and educators can return to the classroom."
"The message from the vast majority of responding Arkansas educators is clear: we must assure the health and safety of students and educators before our schools are ready to reopen," union President Carol Fleming said in a news release.
"We need supplies, support and clearly communicated safety protocols before our students, teachers and education support staff can consider returning to in-person learning."
Hutchinson, who has called for schools to reopen to in-classroom instruction as early as Aug. 24 and no later than Aug. 26, said he hadn't seen the survey, but he encouraged people to look at the schools' plans for reopening and guidance from the Education Department.
"I think it's natural that whenever people look at the future and there's any uncertainty, they get nervous about it," Hutchinson said.
He added, "If we continue to make progress on the cases, that's going to increase the comfort level as well. If it goes up, they'll get more nervous."
The cases added to the state's total on Wednesday included 78 in Pulaski County, 52 in Sebastian County, 46 in Washington County and 38 in Benton County.
Smith said the state's count of cases among prison or jail inmates increased by 78. Such increases can reflect new cases as well as ones that were added to the statewide total earlier but that weren't immediately classified as coming from a correctional facility.
At the Ouachita River Unit in Malvern, the number of inmates who were listed in a Health Department report as having tested positive increased by 66, to 1,228.
The department's count of cases also increased by one, to 11, among patients at the Arkansas State Hospital in Little Rock, and by four, to 88, among residents at the Conway Human Development Center, which houses people with developmental disabilities.
Despite the new cases added to the statewide total, the number of cases that were considered active fell by 119, to 6,439, as 679 people were newly classified as having recovered.
A chart from the Health Department showed that an average of just over 10% of the coronavirus tests in the state were positive over a seven-day period ending Tuesday.
Hutchinson often says he wants to keep the number below 10%.
Health Department spokesman Gavin Lesnick said recent outbreaks at prisons and jails have contributed to the higher-than-usual rate.
Information for this article was contributed by Cynthia Howell of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
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The Johnny Mac Foundation is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization formed by John's wife, Jennifer after his death in August 2009 of 9/11 related cancer. John was an FDNY Firefighter and caring for others was what he did. In a list of final wishes, John asked to have a community center built in Blue Point, NY. In accord with John's motto "whatever it takes," the Foundation now works tirelessly to fulfill that wish. In addition, the Foundation supports other 9/11 first responder organizations. John's last wishes were written down and electronically scanned.
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Jennifer K. McNamara
Jennifer McNamara is the widow of John McNamara who, with her 16 year old son Jack, lives in Suffolk County, New York. When John died, Jennifer began to fulfill her deathbed promise to him to continue his mission. To that end, Jennifer has been a voice on behalf of 9/11 responders, appearing at various public events and doing numerous interviews to raise awareness about sick and dying men and women. She also created and is the driving force behind the FDNY Firefighter John F. McNamara Foundation. Email Jen
Janet Borowski
Executive Vice-President
Janet currently works as an electrical engineer and project manager for Jacobsen & Horan Engineering in Ronkonkoma. She works on various medium to large commercial projects ranging from multi-family housing to critical utility infrastructure, and everything in between. She graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2005 with (2) Bachelor's degrees. While at SUNY Buffalo, she was also a member and team captain of the Division I girls swimming team. She has continued her passion for swimming through coaching for several USA Swimming Club teams throughout the years. She moved to Blue Point in the summer of 2016 with her husband, Jason, and their daughter, Elaina. Janet and her entire family are heavily involved in local civic organizations. She is currently an active member of the middle school PTA and SEABBS, the school district arts and music booster club. She met Jen McNamara and became familiar with the Johnny Mac Foundation through a local event. Charity and voluntary contribution (both via time and funding) are extremely important to Janet as she believes they are the most fruitful way to locally impact the community and help those in need. She is excited to be on a board of an organization that does so much for the Blue Point community and beyond. Email Janet
Alyssa Zuckerman
Alyssa Zuckerman is a Partner at the law firm of Lamb & Barnosky, LLP, located in Melville, N.Y., whose practice focuses on representing employers in both the public and private sectors in education, labor and employment law matters. She received her law degree from St. John's University School of Law and her undergraduate degree from New York University. Alyssa currently serves on the Board of Advisors for the St. John's Law School's Center for Labor and Employment Law and is on the Executive Board for the Long Island Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women Alumni Club. She is also an active member of the New York State Bar Association, where she serves on the Executive Committee of the Labor and Employment Law Section as Co-Chair of the Membership Committee. In addition to serving with the above organizations, Alyssa volunteers as a coach for the St. John's American Bar Association Client Counseling Competition team and supports various other charities including No Kid Hungry, the American Cancer Societyand Big Brothers Big Sisters of Long Island. Email Alyssa
Kathleen Devine, Ed.D.
Kathleen recently retired as an Elementary Principal in the Mattituck-Cutchogue School District. During her seven years as principal, she worked with a variety of non profit organizations involving children and families on the North Fork. Prior to the Mattituck-Cutchogue School District, she served as an elementary assistant principal in the Bay Shore School District and an elementary teacher in the Connetquot Central School District. Prior to her education career, she worked for Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations and the Long Island Rail Road, both in the areas of human resources and labor relations. Kathleen earned her Doctorate in Educational Leadership from St. John's University, along with a Masters in Labor and Industrial Relations from New York Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Arts from Hofstra University. Born and raised in Sayville, Kathleen has lived in Bayport for 36 years with her husband, Ronald Jr. and son, Ronald III. Email Kathlee
Danielle Genova
Danielle graduated Pace University and immediately started her career in Financial Planning at The Hearst Corporation. After 7 years and identifying a strength in networking, she transitioned into the world of recruiting. Leveraging her financial experience into contract recruiting positions at the likes of investment banks such as Morgan Stanley, Danielle ending up at staffing powerhouse Robert Half International's Accountemps division. After leaving the business world to start a family, Danielle combined her networking skills with a passion for promoting – this time for charity. Her then 3-year old son was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis, a life-threatening genetic disease with no cure. To this day she, along with her husband, family and friends, tirelessly raise money to find a cure for CF. She also puts her skills to work for other causes within Garden City such as the Children's Medical Fund, the PTA and the Chamber of Commerce. Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY Danielle currently lives in Florida with her husband Matt. Email Danielle
Mark Massa
Senior Vice President for First Responder Affairs
Born and raised in the Bayport-Blue Point area, Mark Massa had always been involved with the Fire Department. He spent 10 years volunteering at the Blue Point Fire Department, where he met and befriended John. Upon deciding to join the FDNY, John played a very important role in Mark's life. John was a role model and inspiration as he began his career. Mark has been a part of the FDNY for the past 13 years and currently works as a Hazmat Tech at Engine 274 in Flushing, Queens. Mark currently resides in his hometown of Bayport, New York. He is raising his two sons, Luke and Cole with his wife, Kim. Email Mark
Ronni Devine III
A lifelong resident of Bayport, Ron Devine is currently enrolled in the Molloy School Graduate Program in Secondary Education maintaining a 4.0 grade point average. He is also a graduate of Emerson College with a degree in Film and Media while earning placement on the Dean's list. Ron is a graduate of the Bayport Blue School District and has volunteered in community activities related to the Chamber of Commerce including assisting with the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee. He is a parishioner at Our Lady of the Snow Parish and is a member of the Friends of the Bayport Blue Point Library. This past summer Ron volunteered in the annual Johnny Mac Foundation Golf Classic in Hauppauge.
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Jenni Grape
As a native resident of Blue Point, Jenni's roots are firmly planted in the rich soil of Long Island. She has always gravitated towards helping those in need. After the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy, Jenni was inspired to give back to others even more. Whether it was something as small as organizing a holiday toy drive, or collecting items for women's shelters, Jenni has always risen to the occasion. Even during the Covid-19 pandemic Jenni did not waver in her commitment to the community. She organized people online to collect items to make care packages for healthcare workers on the front line and has continued to do so ever since. Alongside these charitable causes, Jenni has spent the last 20 years as a home health aide to a child with special needs. No matter what situation arises, Jenni does Whatever It Takes to get the job done. She is very excited to join the Johnny Mac Foundation and cannot wait to continue to do good things in and out of her community. Email Jenni
Jack G. McNamara
Junior Board Member
16 year old Jack Garret McNamara is the son of 9/11 first Responder FDNY Firefighter John F. McNamara. Jack continues his father's mission of assisting 9/11 First Responders and generally engaging in charitable activities. Jack is a Junior at Long Island Lutheran Middle and High School. Jack has been an advocate for support of the Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. Jack is a Youth Squad member of Patchogue Ambulance, an Explorer with the Patchogue Fire Department, an Explorer Lieutenant with the Mastic Fire Department and a Junior Deputy Fire Coordinator with Suffolk County Fire Rescue and Emergency Services. Jack is a Long Island Administrator for NYC Fire Wire and is an avid photographer. His photos often appear in Fire News. Jack is also a huge Mets fan, a baseball player, and enjoys snowboarding and travelling. Email Jack
Connor Jacobs
17 year old Connor Jacobs is a close friend of Jack McNamara. Connor is a Junior at William Floyd High School. Connor is a Youth Squad member of the Mastic Beach Ambulance, an Explorer with the Mastic Fire Department and a Photographer. Connors photos appear in 1st Responder News Paper. Email Connor
Honorable Rob Calarco
Presiding Officer Rob Calarco was elected to the Suffolk County Legislature in November 2011. In January 2020 his fellow legislators selected him to lead the body as Presiding Officer of the Legislature. Rob has defined himself within the 7th Legislative District as an energetic leader who will deliver solutions to the communities he serves. Rob grew up in Auburn, New York. As the middle son of a first-generation Italian-American employed as a firefighter and a stay-at-home mom who helped support her family as a seamstress, he learned early the values of hard work and respect for all people. Inspired by his father, who served 34 years in the Auburn Fire Department and who lead the effort to unionize the department, and by his grandfather who, as Superintendent of the County Parks Department, helped to lead the restoration of a major county park on Owasco Lake, Rob comes to public service naturally. Rob relocated to Long Island to attend Dowling College in Oakdale where he worked his way through school and earned his Bachelor's Degree in Political Science. He then earned his Master's Degree from SUNY Stony Brook in Public Administration. Since then, Rob has spent over ten years working in county government and to date has helped to deliver a number of projects within the 7th Legislative District. Email Rob
Dr. Errol D. Toulon, Jr.
Dr. Errol D. Toulon, Jr. was born and raised in the Bronx, New York. His parents were both New York City employees. His father is a retired Warden from the New York City Department of Correction after 36 years. His mother retired from the Department of Education as a secretary working in the district office over 30 years. Errol attended Immaculate Conception grammar school in the Bronx and Cardinal Hayes, an all boys Catholic High School. During the 1979 and 1980 seasons, Errol served as a batboy for the New York Yankees. He is a retired captain from the New York City Correction Department having worked on Rikers Island for 22 years. During his career, he was assigned as a Captain to the Emergency Service Unit, Correction Academy, Firearms & Tactics Unit and completed his career at the Office of Compliance Consultants. He earned a Bachelor's in Business Administration from Monroe College; Master's in Business Administration from Dowling College; Advanced Certificate in Homeland Security Management from Long Island University; and a Doctorate in Educational Administration from Dowling College. Dr. Toulon is currently an adjunct faculty member at Dowling College and a Suffolk County Water Authority Board Member. Email Errol
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'He was mad at them, that's why he cheated with Ringo's wife'
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Pattie Boyd was married to George Harrison in the 1960s. Source: Getty.
She was married to Beatles legend George Harrison for the biggest decade of his life – at the height of his fame with the band – and now Pattie Boyd has opened up on her rocky marriage to the musician and how the anger he felt in the band's final years led to him being unfaithful, and their marriage eventually ending.
The former model, 74, met Harrison in 1964 and quickly they embarked on a high-profile romance together in the spotlight. They married in January 1966 and lived in blissful happiness for several years, as the popular musician enjoyed huge tours with the Beatles and international success. Pattie was regularly pictured at public events with him, and was his biggest supporter during the early years.
However, their marriage began to disintegrate around the same time trouble started brewing within The Beatles and George struggled with his mounting anger towards his fellow bandmates. Now, Pattie has opened up on her rocky marriage to the late star in an exclusive chat with Starts at 60 – and reveals her heartbreak as she watched him cheat with Ringo Starr's former wife, Maureen.
"It was really fabulous in the beginning. We were both so young, we were able to go out, hang out, play, I introduced him to my friends," she explained. "We had a wonderful time. He'd go off on tour and I'd hang out with my friends, while we all waited for George to come back. He was really the sweetest guy and my family loved him, my mother particularly adored him."
She explained: "It was very loving in the first few years, before The Beatles became a bit antagonistic to each other. That then reflected in our relationship. It was a big issue for us, it was very difficult to handle."
Pattie Boyd was married to George Harrison for 10 years. Source: Getty.
Read more: It's 48 years since the Beatles split: Remembering McCartney's bombshell
She explained George began to bottle up his anger as his friendship with his Beatles bandmates fell apart. It all began, she claims, after they returned from a tour in India. They tried their hand at a business project – eventually starting their company, Apple Records, but it meant they all got their own individual managers and that led to fiery disagreements between the group.
"The spell began to crumble," she said. Asked how that affected her marriage, Pattie added: "He [George] didn't really confide in me, he was so angry and he would just keep it all in. He was just angry, and didn't want to talk about it. He wanted to digest it properly."
Around that time, she grew close to George's friend and singer Eric Clapton, who had made it known he had strong feelings for Pattie at the time. Her dedication to her husband meant she didn't act on it, and that led to Clapton's highly publicised battle with drugs and alcohol, before he eventually sought treatment and recovered around 1974.
"I realised I felt something but I tried to keep it under wraps. Things were so hard and difficult for George, I didn't want to add to his anxiety about everything. It was very, very difficult."
By the time Clapton was out of rehab, Pattie's marriage to George had hit rock bottom, and he had embarked on an affair with Ringo Starr's former wife Maureen.
Pattie and George pictured in 1966. Source: Getty.
"I became aware [of the affair] when she would turn up at midnight and she'd still be there the next day," Pattie said. "I'd have to be pretty stupid not to notice! Some girls… It was towards the end of our marriage."
Read more: The Beatles final live performance
Pattie herself is claimed to have had an affair with Ronnie Wood around the same time, and she eventually left George in 1974 following, what she claims, were a series of infidelities by her husband. The couple's divorce was finalised on 9 June 1977.
Despite Pattie going on to marry Clapton, she and George remained amicable, and he even attended her wedding to Clapton – before describing himself as their "husband-in-law".
Now, while she says there's no point having regrets in life, Pattie admits: "Maybe I should have left George earlier, I don't know. Or maybe I should never have left him and ignored Eric, that was a possibility too. I didn't know what to do, it was very, very difficult."
The pair remained in touch up until George's tragic death from cancer in November 2001. He had kept his health battle private, and never confirmed it to Pattie at the time. However, he visited her out of the blue just three months before he passed away, and she says she knew instantly that he wasn't well.
"About three months before he died he was in my area. He was going to see Ringo, and he popped in," she explained. "He brought me a few little gifts and some music to listen to, it was really sweet. I knew he wasn't well, I realised that he knew he wasn't well.
"In a way I think he was coming to say goodbye. I could see he was very drawn and he was using energy more than he needed to, to appear up and happy. You could sense he wasn't well."
Pattie is appearing in Sydney and Melbourne in May to tell her life story in an intimate three-hour evening, titled George Harrison, Eric Clapton and Me; An Evening with Pattie Boyd.
Pattie Boyd will appear on her tour on Tuesday, May 15 at Sydney's Four Seasons before heading to Melbourne's Grand Hyatt on Wednesday, May 16. For more information, see her official website.
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package org.springframework.jdbc.core.namedparam;

import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.ResultSetMetaData;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.util.*;

import org.easymock.MockControl;

import org.springframework.jdbc.AbstractJdbcTests;
import org.springframework.jdbc.core.RowMapper;

/**
 * @author Thomas Risberg
 */
public class NamedParameterQueryTests extends AbstractJdbcTests {

	private MockControl ctrlPreparedStatement;
	private PreparedStatement mockPreparedStatement;
	private MockControl ctrlResultSet;
	private ResultSet mockResultSet;
	private MockControl ctrlResultSetMetaData;
	private ResultSetMetaData mockResultSetMetaData;

	protected void setUp() throws Exception {
		super.setUp();
		ctrlPreparedStatement = MockControl.createControl(PreparedStatement.class);
		mockPreparedStatement = (PreparedStatement) ctrlPreparedStatement.getMock();
		ctrlResultSet = MockControl.createControl(ResultSet.class);
		mockResultSet = (ResultSet) ctrlResultSet.getMock();
		ctrlResultSetMetaData = MockControl.createControl(ResultSetMetaData.class);
		mockResultSetMetaData = (ResultSetMetaData) ctrlResultSetMetaData.getMock();
	}

	protected void replay() {
		super.replay();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.replay();
		ctrlResultSet.replay();
		ctrlResultSetMetaData.replay();
	}

	protected void tearDown() throws Exception {
		super.tearDown();
		if (false && shouldVerify()) {
			ctrlPreparedStatement.verify();
			ctrlResultSet.verify();
			ctrlResultSetMetaData.verify();
		}
	}

	public void testQueryForListWithParamMap() throws Exception {
		String sql = "SELECT AGE FROM CUSTMR WHERE ID < :id";
		String sqlToUse = "SELECT AGE FROM CUSTMR WHERE ID < ?";

		mockResultSetMetaData.getColumnCount();
		ctrlResultSetMetaData.setReturnValue(1, 2);
		mockResultSetMetaData.getColumnLabel(1);
		ctrlResultSetMetaData.setReturnValue("age", 2);

		mockResultSet.getMetaData();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(mockResultSetMetaData, 2);
		mockResultSet.next();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(true);
		mockResultSet.getObject(1);
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(new Integer(11));
		mockResultSet.next();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(true);
		mockResultSet.getObject(1);
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(new Integer(12));
		mockResultSet.next();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(false);
		mockResultSet.close();
		ctrlResultSet.setVoidCallable();

		mockPreparedStatement.setObject(1, new Integer(3));
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setVoidCallable();
		mockPreparedStatement.executeQuery();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setReturnValue(mockResultSet);
		mockPreparedStatement.getWarnings();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setReturnValue(null);
		mockPreparedStatement.close();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setVoidCallable();

		mockConnection.prepareStatement(sqlToUse);
		ctrlConnection.setReturnValue(mockPreparedStatement);

		replay();

		NamedParameterJdbcTemplate template = new NamedParameterJdbcTemplate(mockDataSource);

		MapSqlParameterSource parms = new MapSqlParameterSource();
		parms.addValue("id", new Integer(3));

		List li = template.queryForList(sql, parms);
		assertEquals("All rows returned", 2, li.size());
		assertEquals("First row is Integer", 11, ((Integer)((Map)li.get(0)).get("age")).intValue());
		assertEquals("Second row is Integer", 12, ((Integer)((Map)li.get(1)).get("age")).intValue());
	}

	public void testQueryForListWithParamMapAndEmptyResult() throws Exception {
		String sql = "SELECT AGE FROM CUSTMR WHERE ID < :id";
		String sqlToUse = "SELECT AGE FROM CUSTMR WHERE ID < ?";

		ctrlResultSet = MockControl.createControl(ResultSet.class);
		mockResultSet = (ResultSet) ctrlResultSet.getMock();
		mockResultSet.next();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(false);
		mockResultSet.close();
		ctrlResultSet.setVoidCallable();

		mockPreparedStatement.setObject(1, new Integer(3));
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setVoidCallable();
		mockPreparedStatement.executeQuery();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setReturnValue(mockResultSet);
		mockPreparedStatement.getWarnings();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setReturnValue(null);
		mockPreparedStatement.close();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setVoidCallable();

		mockConnection.prepareStatement(sqlToUse);
		ctrlConnection.setReturnValue(mockPreparedStatement);

		replay();

		NamedParameterJdbcTemplate template = new NamedParameterJdbcTemplate(mockDataSource);

		MapSqlParameterSource parms = new MapSqlParameterSource();
		parms.addValue("id", new Integer(3));

		List li = template.queryForList(sql, parms);
		assertEquals("All rows returned", 0, li.size());
	}

	public void testQueryForListWithParamMapAndSingleRowAndColumn() throws Exception {
		String sql = "SELECT AGE FROM CUSTMR WHERE ID < :id";
		String sqlToUse = "SELECT AGE FROM CUSTMR WHERE ID < ?";

		mockResultSetMetaData.getColumnCount();
		ctrlResultSetMetaData.setReturnValue(1);
		mockResultSetMetaData.getColumnLabel(1);
		ctrlResultSetMetaData.setReturnValue("age", 1);

		mockResultSet.getMetaData();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(mockResultSetMetaData);
		mockResultSet.next();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(true);
		mockResultSet.getObject(1);
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(new Integer(11));
		mockResultSet.next();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(false);
		mockResultSet.close();
		ctrlResultSet.setVoidCallable();

		mockPreparedStatement.setObject(1, new Integer(3));
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setVoidCallable();
		mockPreparedStatement.executeQuery();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setReturnValue(mockResultSet);
		mockPreparedStatement.getWarnings();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setReturnValue(null);
		mockPreparedStatement.close();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setVoidCallable();

		mockConnection.prepareStatement(sqlToUse);
		ctrlConnection.setReturnValue(mockPreparedStatement);

		replay();

		NamedParameterJdbcTemplate template = new NamedParameterJdbcTemplate(mockDataSource);

		MapSqlParameterSource parms = new MapSqlParameterSource();
		parms.addValue("id", new Integer(3));

		List li = template.queryForList(sql, parms);
		assertEquals("All rows returned", 1, li.size());
		assertEquals("First row is Integer", 11, ((Integer)((Map)li.get(0)).get("age")).intValue());
	}

	public void testQueryForListWithParamMapAndIntegerElementAndSingleRowAndColumn() throws Exception {
		String sql = "SELECT AGE FROM CUSTMR WHERE ID < :id";
		String sqlToUse = "SELECT AGE FROM CUSTMR WHERE ID < ?";

		mockResultSetMetaData.getColumnCount();
		ctrlResultSetMetaData.setReturnValue(1);

		mockResultSet.getMetaData();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(mockResultSetMetaData);
		mockResultSet.next();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(true);
		mockResultSet.getInt(1);
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(11);
		mockResultSet.wasNull();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(false);
		mockResultSet.next();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(false);
		mockResultSet.close();
		ctrlResultSet.setVoidCallable();

		mockPreparedStatement.setObject(1, new Integer(3));
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setVoidCallable();
		mockPreparedStatement.executeQuery();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setReturnValue(mockResultSet);
		mockPreparedStatement.getWarnings();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setReturnValue(null);
		mockPreparedStatement.close();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setVoidCallable();

		mockConnection.prepareStatement(sqlToUse);
		ctrlConnection.setReturnValue(mockPreparedStatement);

		replay();

		NamedParameterJdbcTemplate template = new NamedParameterJdbcTemplate(mockDataSource);

		MapSqlParameterSource parms = new MapSqlParameterSource();
		parms.addValue("id", new Integer(3));

		List li = template.queryForList(sql, parms, Integer.class);
		assertEquals("All rows returned", 1, li.size());
		assertEquals("First row is Integer", 11, ((Integer) li.get(0)).intValue());
	}

	public void testQueryForMapWithParamMapAndSingleRowAndColumn() throws Exception {
		String sql = "SELECT AGE FROM CUSTMR WHERE ID < :id";
		String sqlToUse = "SELECT AGE FROM CUSTMR WHERE ID < ?";

		mockResultSetMetaData.getColumnCount();
		ctrlResultSetMetaData.setReturnValue(1);
		mockResultSetMetaData.getColumnLabel(1);
		ctrlResultSetMetaData.setReturnValue("age", 1);

		mockResultSet.getMetaData();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(mockResultSetMetaData);
		mockResultSet.next();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(true);
		mockResultSet.getObject(1);
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(new Integer(11));
		mockResultSet.next();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(false);
		mockResultSet.close();
		ctrlResultSet.setVoidCallable();

		mockPreparedStatement.setObject(1, new Integer(3));
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setVoidCallable();
		mockPreparedStatement.executeQuery();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setReturnValue(mockResultSet);
		mockPreparedStatement.getWarnings();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setReturnValue(null);
		mockPreparedStatement.close();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setVoidCallable();

		mockConnection.prepareStatement(sqlToUse);
		ctrlConnection.setReturnValue(mockPreparedStatement);

		replay();

		NamedParameterJdbcTemplate template = new NamedParameterJdbcTemplate(mockDataSource);

		MapSqlParameterSource parms = new MapSqlParameterSource();
		parms.addValue("id", new Integer(3));

		Map map = template.queryForMap(sql, parms);
		assertEquals("Row is Integer", 11, ((Integer) map.get("age")).intValue());
	}

	public void testQueryForObjectWithParamMapAndRowMapper() throws Exception {
		String sql = "SELECT AGE FROM CUSTMR WHERE ID = :id";
		String sqlToUse = "SELECT AGE FROM CUSTMR WHERE ID = ?";

		mockResultSet.next();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(true);
		mockResultSet.getInt(1);
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(22);
		mockResultSet.next();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(false);
		mockResultSet.close();
		ctrlResultSet.setVoidCallable();

		mockPreparedStatement.setObject(1, new Integer(3));
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setVoidCallable();
		mockPreparedStatement.executeQuery();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setReturnValue(mockResultSet);
		mockPreparedStatement.getWarnings();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setReturnValue(null);
		mockPreparedStatement.close();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setVoidCallable();

		mockConnection.prepareStatement(sqlToUse);
		ctrlConnection.setReturnValue(mockPreparedStatement);

		replay();

		NamedParameterJdbcTemplate template = new NamedParameterJdbcTemplate(mockDataSource);

		MapSqlParameterSource parms = new MapSqlParameterSource();
		parms.addValue("id", new Integer(3));

		Object o = template.queryForObject(sql, parms, new RowMapper() {
			public Object mapRow(ResultSet rs, int rowNum) throws SQLException {
				return new Integer(rs.getInt(1));
			}
		});
		assertTrue("Correct result type", o instanceof Integer);
	}

	public void testQueryForObjectWithMapAndInteger() throws Exception {
		String sql = "SELECT AGE FROM CUSTMR WHERE ID = :id";
		String sqlToUse = "SELECT AGE FROM CUSTMR WHERE ID = ?";

		mockResultSetMetaData.getColumnCount();
		ctrlResultSetMetaData.setReturnValue(1);

		mockResultSet.getMetaData();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(mockResultSetMetaData);
		mockResultSet.next();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(true);
		mockResultSet.getInt(1);
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(22);
		mockResultSet.wasNull();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(false);
		mockResultSet.next();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(false);
		mockResultSet.close();
		ctrlResultSet.setVoidCallable();

		mockPreparedStatement.setObject(1, new Integer(3));
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setVoidCallable();
		mockPreparedStatement.executeQuery();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setReturnValue(mockResultSet);
		mockPreparedStatement.getWarnings();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setReturnValue(null);
		mockPreparedStatement.close();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setVoidCallable();

		mockConnection.prepareStatement(sqlToUse);
		ctrlConnection.setReturnValue(mockPreparedStatement);

		replay();

		NamedParameterJdbcTemplate template = new NamedParameterJdbcTemplate(mockDataSource);

		Map parms = new HashMap();
		parms.put("id", new Integer(3));

		Object o = template.queryForObject(sql, parms, Integer.class);
		assertTrue("Correct result type", o instanceof Integer);
	}

	public void testQueryForObjectWithParamMapAndInteger() throws Exception {
		String sql = "SELECT AGE FROM CUSTMR WHERE ID = :id";
		String sqlToUse = "SELECT AGE FROM CUSTMR WHERE ID = ?";

		mockResultSetMetaData.getColumnCount();
		ctrlResultSetMetaData.setReturnValue(1);

		mockResultSet.getMetaData();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(mockResultSetMetaData);
		mockResultSet.next();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(true);
		mockResultSet.getInt(1);
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(22);
		mockResultSet.wasNull();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(false);
		mockResultSet.next();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(false);
		mockResultSet.close();
		ctrlResultSet.setVoidCallable();

		mockPreparedStatement.setObject(1, new Integer(3));
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setVoidCallable();
		mockPreparedStatement.executeQuery();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setReturnValue(mockResultSet);
		mockPreparedStatement.getWarnings();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setReturnValue(null);
		mockPreparedStatement.close();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setVoidCallable();

		mockConnection.prepareStatement(sqlToUse);
		ctrlConnection.setReturnValue(mockPreparedStatement);

		replay();

		NamedParameterJdbcTemplate template = new NamedParameterJdbcTemplate(mockDataSource);

		MapSqlParameterSource parms = new MapSqlParameterSource();
		parms.addValue("id", new Integer(3));

		Object o = template.queryForObject(sql, parms, Integer.class);
		assertTrue("Correct result type", o instanceof Integer);
	}

	public void testQueryForObjectWithParamMapAndList() throws Exception {
		String sql = "SELECT AGE FROM CUSTMR WHERE ID IN (:ids)";
		String sqlToUse = "SELECT AGE FROM CUSTMR WHERE ID IN (?, ?)";

		mockResultSetMetaData.getColumnCount();
		ctrlResultSetMetaData.setReturnValue(1);

		mockResultSet.getMetaData();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(mockResultSetMetaData);
		mockResultSet.next();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(true);
		mockResultSet.getInt(1);
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(22);
		mockResultSet.wasNull();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(false);
		mockResultSet.next();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(false);
		mockResultSet.close();
		ctrlResultSet.setVoidCallable();

		mockPreparedStatement.setObject(1, new Integer(3));
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setVoidCallable();
		mockPreparedStatement.setObject(2, new Integer(4));
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setVoidCallable();
		mockPreparedStatement.executeQuery();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setReturnValue(mockResultSet);
		mockPreparedStatement.getWarnings();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setReturnValue(null);
		mockPreparedStatement.close();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setVoidCallable();

		mockConnection.prepareStatement(sqlToUse);
		ctrlConnection.setReturnValue(mockPreparedStatement);

		replay();

		NamedParameterJdbcTemplate template = new NamedParameterJdbcTemplate(mockDataSource);

		MapSqlParameterSource parms = new MapSqlParameterSource();
		parms.addValue("ids", Arrays.asList(new Object[] {new Integer(3), new Integer(4)}));

		Object o = template.queryForObject(sql, parms, Integer.class);
		assertTrue("Correct result type", o instanceof Integer);
	}

	public void testQueryForObjectWithParamMapAndListOfExpressionLists() throws Exception {
		String sql = "SELECT AGE FROM CUSTMR WHERE (ID, NAME) IN (:multiExpressionList)";
		String sqlToUse = "SELECT AGE FROM CUSTMR WHERE (ID, NAME) IN ((?, ?), (?, ?))";

		mockResultSetMetaData.getColumnCount();
		ctrlResultSetMetaData.setReturnValue(1);

		mockResultSet.getMetaData();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(mockResultSetMetaData);
		mockResultSet.next();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(true);
		mockResultSet.getInt(1);
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(22);
		mockResultSet.wasNull();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(false);
		mockResultSet.next();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(false);
		mockResultSet.close();
		ctrlResultSet.setVoidCallable();

		mockPreparedStatement.setObject(1, new Integer(3));
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setVoidCallable();
		mockPreparedStatement.setString(2, "Rod");
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setVoidCallable();
		mockPreparedStatement.setObject(3, new Integer(4));
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setVoidCallable();
		mockPreparedStatement.setString(4, "Juergen");
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setVoidCallable();
		mockPreparedStatement.executeQuery();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setReturnValue(mockResultSet);
		mockPreparedStatement.getWarnings();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setReturnValue(null);
		mockPreparedStatement.close();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setVoidCallable();

		mockConnection.prepareStatement(sqlToUse);
		ctrlConnection.setReturnValue(mockPreparedStatement);

		replay();

		NamedParameterJdbcTemplate template = new NamedParameterJdbcTemplate(mockDataSource);

		MapSqlParameterSource parms = new MapSqlParameterSource();
		List l1 = new ArrayList();
		l1.add(new Object[] {new Integer(3), "Rod"});
		l1.add(new Object[] {new Integer(4), "Juergen"});
		parms.addValue("multiExpressionList", l1);

		Object o = template.queryForObject(sql, parms, Integer.class);
		assertTrue("Correct result type", o instanceof Integer);
	}

	public void testQueryForIntWithParamMap() throws Exception {
		String sql = "SELECT AGE FROM CUSTMR WHERE ID = :id";
		String sqlToUse = "SELECT AGE FROM CUSTMR WHERE ID = ?";

		mockResultSetMetaData.getColumnCount();
		ctrlResultSetMetaData.setReturnValue(1);

		mockResultSet.getMetaData();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(mockResultSetMetaData);
		mockResultSet.next();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(true);
		mockResultSet.getDouble(1);
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(22.0d);
		mockResultSet.wasNull();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(false);
		mockResultSet.next();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(false);
		mockResultSet.close();
		ctrlResultSet.setVoidCallable();

		mockPreparedStatement.setObject(1, new Integer(3));
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setVoidCallable();
		mockPreparedStatement.executeQuery();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setReturnValue(mockResultSet);
		mockPreparedStatement.getWarnings();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setReturnValue(null);
		mockPreparedStatement.close();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setVoidCallable();

		mockConnection.prepareStatement(sqlToUse);
		ctrlConnection.setReturnValue(mockPreparedStatement);

		replay();

		NamedParameterJdbcTemplate template = new NamedParameterJdbcTemplate(mockDataSource);

		MapSqlParameterSource parms = new MapSqlParameterSource();
		parms.addValue("id", new Integer(3));

		int i = template.queryForInt(sql, parms);
		assertEquals("Return of an int", 22, i);
	}

	public void testQueryForLongWithParamBean() throws Exception {
		String sql = "SELECT AGE FROM CUSTMR WHERE ID = :id";
		String sqlToUse = "SELECT AGE FROM CUSTMR WHERE ID = ?";

		mockResultSetMetaData.getColumnCount();
		ctrlResultSetMetaData.setReturnValue(1);

		mockResultSet.getMetaData();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(mockResultSetMetaData);
		mockResultSet.next();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(true);
		mockResultSet.getDouble(1);
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(87.0d);
		mockResultSet.wasNull();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(false);
		mockResultSet.next();
		ctrlResultSet.setReturnValue(false);
		mockResultSet.close();
		ctrlResultSet.setVoidCallable();

		mockPreparedStatement.setObject(1, new Integer(3));
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setVoidCallable();
		mockPreparedStatement.executeQuery();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setReturnValue(mockResultSet);
		mockPreparedStatement.getWarnings();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setReturnValue(null);
		mockPreparedStatement.close();
		ctrlPreparedStatement.setVoidCallable();

		mockConnection.prepareStatement(sqlToUse);
		ctrlConnection.setReturnValue(mockPreparedStatement);

		replay();

		NamedParameterJdbcTemplate template = new NamedParameterJdbcTemplate(mockDataSource);

		BeanPropertySqlParameterSource parms = new BeanPropertySqlParameterSource(new ParameterBean(3));

		long l = template.queryForLong(sql, parms);
		assertEquals("Return of a long", 87, l);
	}

	private static class ParameterBean {

		private int id;

		public ParameterBean(int id) {
			this.id = id;
		}

		public int getId() {
			return id;
		}
	}

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Controlling everything we do and think, the brain is the most amazing thing. However, diseases that affect the everyday workings of the brain affect millions of people. Come and join us to learn more about how diseases like stroke and Alzheimer's affect the brain and what scientists are working on to stop this happening.
Look at stroke brains under the microscope.
Our brains need a constant supply of fuel to keep them running, just like any car. However, rather than petrol running through pipes in a car, our brains are supplied by oxygen and sugar running through blood vessels. If this blood supply is cut off then the engine begins to fail, and the brain is in trouble. In a stroke, this happens when blood flow to an area of brain is cut off for some reason. This can happen if a blood vessel carrying blood to the brain becomes blocked (ischaemic stroke) or bursts (haemorrhagic stroke). When this happens, brain cells do not receive the essential oxygen and glucose that they need and begin to die. When these brain cells die the abilities controlled by that area of the brain, such as memory and muscle control, are lost.
How a person is affected by their stroke depends on where the stroke occurs in the brain and how much the brain is damaged. For example, someone who has a small stroke may only have minor problems such as temporary weakness of an arm or leg. People who have larger strokes may be permanently paralyzed on one side of their body or lose their ability to speak. Some people recover completely from strokes, but more than 2/3 of survivors will have some type of long-lasting disability.
Join us at Brain Attack to learn more about stroke, how it happens and what areas of the brain are affected. Find out just how much blood flows through your brain any minute. Have a go at pulling out a blood clot from a model blood vessel. Find out how your vision, sense of touch and ability to move your fingers can be affected by stroke. Have your blood pressure taken and learn about the research being done to find ways to lessen the impact of stroke.
Action potential is an exciting new dance work in which performers delve inside a motor neuron to explain how scientists think they work. This interactive performance combines a unique mix of contemporary, urban dance and martial arts to explain how the brain initiates movement to then illustrate the devastating disease MND (Motor Neurone Disease) and its impact on the body and affected and their families. Join the performance and talk to the scientists involved – and get the chance to hear your own action potentials and see what your muscles look like! Watch performances at 11.30, 2.30 and 4.30 in the big hall. Read the MND Research Blog here.
Stem cell-derived neurons under the microscope. Image by Helen Rowland.
Alzheimer's disease is the leading cause of dementia affecting how the brain's nerve cells communicate with each other eventually leading to loss of brain cells. The main hallmark of Alzheimer's disease is the build of two proteins – amyloid and tau – which act together to cause cells to die leading to symptoms such as memory loss, confusion and trouble with perception. Come and see how we use Lego, microscopes and videogames to show how these proteins build up in the brain and have a go at some of the techniques scientists use to research dementia.
One in four people will experience a mental health condition in any given year. For many of these people, the current treatments don't work adequately. See how researchers at the University of Manchester are using animals to model different aspects of mental health disorders such as schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). See how symptoms like poor memory, low mood or communication skills can be tested in both rats and humans. Learn how researchers test potential new medicines. Then have a go at testing your own brain with our myth-busting quiz or memory tests!
Using real surgeons' tools to cut open test skulls and eggs.
On occasion the only option to help treat a disease of the brain is to perform surgery. In such situations the brain surgeon has to open up the skull to allow them to carry out whatever procedure is required. This could be to inject stem cells to help treat stroke, it could be to insert a special device (deep-brain stimulator) to treat Parkinson's disease or it could be to remove a brain tumour. Come along to our brain surgery stand and get to meet real-life brain surgeons and see what special instruments they use to carry out their delicate job. Learn about how the brain surgeon works out which part of the brain they need to operate on. Have a go at using real neurosurgery drills to cut out parts of an eggshell – without breaking it!
Plot your own graphs and statistically compare young flies and their grandparents performing at the climbing wall [LINK] – a simple yet powerful experiment used in contemporary fly research to study the genetics of ageing and neurodegenerative diseases. Want to know why it is done and how it can help understand those diseases: read on here.
See more information about these two contributions in our Arts section [LINK].
The stroke exhibition can be seen in the hall way in front of the Reception and Banqueting Halls.
The NW Stroke Community Choir will perform at 5.30 pm in the Great Hall.