As President Obama and others commemorate lives lost and progress made in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina, competing narratives about the city's recovery and its beneficiaries will emerge. Yet, most agree that the work to reinvent New Orleans remains unfinished.
That's true, especially because post-Katrina New Orleans is trending back toward its old self—a sluggish regional economy with high inequality and not enough opportunities for its residents.
That was certainly not the vision. Mayor Mitch Landrieu often says that Katrina's "near death experience" forced clarity about the need to rebuild the city and region better and stronger following the storm and the levee breach. And when Brookings launched the Katrina Index 10 years ago (now the New Orleans Index run ably by The Data Center), our goal was to measure not just rebuilding activities but the extent to which the billions of government, philanthropic, and corporate dollars—and citizen sweat equity—were resulting in a more prosperous and sustainable region.
Ten years on, we wanted to know if post-Katrina New Orleans is breaking away from its prior path of economic distress and deep social divides. Is the region steadily improving on metrics of growth, wealth creation, and inclusion since the 1980s, not just measured from the nadirs immediately following Katrina or the recession? If you do the latter, the New Orleans metro area "ranks #1 on job growth," as boosters will tell you as they cite Brookings data.
What we found is sobering.
First, job growth in metro New Orleans is slowing, and the new jobs are predominantly low-quality. The average annual rate of job growth from 2010-2014 has waned since the years immediately after Katrina with the slowdown of rebuilding activities; it now matches the average rate of growth during the 1990s. Yet, seven out of 10 jobs being added in the metro area have occurred in low-wage industries like tourism, administrative services, and retail. In contrast, job growth in good-paying industries like transportation and distribution, energy and petro-chemicals, and durable manufacturing lags their peers nationally.
Second, the economy has stalled and is not generating enough income to improve living standards. Output, a standard measure of the value of goods and services being produced in the economy, declined in greater New Orleans by an average of 0.89 percent per year between 2010 and 2014, a worse rate than in the 1980s and 1990s. Output per capita shrank as original residents and newcomers returned to the New Orleans area, a sign that the regional economy lacks capacity to produce higher wages, grow good jobs, or support public services in line with population growth.
Lastly, metro New Orleans' sluggish economy has been accompanied by growth in poverty and a decline in median household incomes. The share of the region's poor climbed to 19.3 percent in 2013, up from 17.4 percent in 1979. Median household income in 2013—at $45,981—is lower in real terms than in 1979. Meanwhile, many white households in greater New Orleans are better off, having expanded their ranks in the middle- and upper-class since 1999 while the corresponding share for black households shrank.
These numbers are a stark reminder that the last 10 years of reforms represent only a down payment on the harder work ahead.
For New Orleans to change economic course, leaders must make diversifying the economy and workforce development top priorities. To date, leaders and citizens have justifiably focused their reforms on fixing the basics—good schools, safe streets, accessible health care, and strong coastal protections from future hurricanes. These are essential to a functioning economy and healthy markets.
Going forward, leaders must adopt bold reforms to lessen the region's overreliance on tourism and the boom-and-bust oil and gas sectors to increase prosperity. This does not include giving away wasteful film tax credits or reviving a medical corridor that predominantly provides local services. Instead, leaders should cultivate emerging competitive advantages, like water management. They can help existing industries, such as metal manufacturing and insurance and finance, innovate and move up the value chain. As these industries produce good-paying jobs for workers without a college degree, leaders must expand efforts within the k-12 education system, community colleges, and other training programs to prepare and connect low- and mid-skill workers, especially workers of color, to these jobs. And finally, future efforts must be regional. While some of the most exciting reforms have been in the core city, most low-income residents and jobs are in the suburbs.
Putting a region on a better economic trajectory can be done. Louisville, Pittsburgh, and San Diego are cities that experienced dramatic turnarounds as a result of decades of deliberate civic focus and collaboration. Whether prompted by the collapse of manufacturing and steel or over-reliance on military and defense spending, each of these cities and regions are now known as centers of innovation and entrepreneurship in advanced manufacturing, hi-tech robotics, and life sciences, anchored by applied research capability and strong industry partnerships with universities. They also think and act regionally. Louisville not only merged their city and county to unify behind a common economic vision but they are also collaborating with nearby Lexington to solidify shared advanced manufacturing strengths. Their manufacturers, led by Ford, Toyota, and GE Appliances, have forged their own regional collaboration around apprenticeships and workforce training.
After the anniversary frenzy fades, the people of greater New Orleans have the chance to set the next bar for collective action—quality jobs, growing incomes, and better opportunities for every segment of the community. That would be progress from pre-Katrina New Orleans.


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Q: Flash AS3 not loading the xml when accessed online Helo
I am getting the xml data in my flash envronment by Test Movie. But when uploaded it does not displays the data. Note that here I have not loading a physical file with .xml extension rather i am loading a url reference which creats an xml structure for this flash object to use.
The code is given below:
var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, showXML);
xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest("http://www.warraq.cc/Core/waraq/quiz-getcurrentexam"));
function showXML(e:Event):void {
XML.ignoreWhitespace = true;
var songs:XML = new XML(e.target.data);
trace(songs);
b.text = songs; //b is the name given to the text box which is a TLF text box
}

/// code ends
the uploaded url is :
http://evuae.com/desben/quiz/tst2.html
It loads the data during Testing the swf but fails when accessed via the link above.
Any help much appreciated.

A: It seems that http://evuae.com doesn't have a crossdomain.xml policy file. Accessing your link returns a Security Error
For testing purposes , create a file called crossdomain.xml and copy this , then load it to your public folder so that it can be accessed at http://evuae.com/crossdomain.xml
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <!DOCTYPE cross-domain-policy SYSTEM
     "http://www.adobe.com/xml/dtds/cross-domain- policy.dtd">
 <cross-domain-policy>
   <site-control permitted-cross-domain-policies="master-only"/>
   <allow-access-from domain="*"/>
 </cross-domain-policy>

Please note that this is the most permissive policy file, so you should get more information about policy files and learn how to make it more restrictive.
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/how-to-develop-secure-flash-platform-apps/crossdomain-policy-files/

A: I have the same problem and i managed to solve it.
The problem was simply about that i have the xml file with the name "Gallery.xml".
But i was loading it with non-captlized G letter like this:
myXMLLoader.load(new URLRequest("gallery.xml"));

and that will always works offline (on your own pc) - but not online.
so I just change the code like this:
myXMLLoader.load(new URLRequest("Gallery.xml"));

and everything worked very awesome.

A: var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, showXML);
xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest("http://www.warraq.cc/Core/waraq/quiz-getcurrentexam.xml"));

function showXML(e:Event):void
{
XML.ignoreWhitespace = true;
var songs:XML = new XML(e.target.data);
trace(songs);
b.text = songs;
//b is the name given to the text box which is a TLF text box
}

your fault is your link got no extention !!

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Hawthorne and ScottsMiracle-Gro Make In-Kind Donation for Hurricane Florence Recovery
Donation of fans, dehumidifiers and heaters will help residents begin rebuilding
Two weeks after Hurricane Florence made landfall, residents of coastal communities in the Carolinas were just beginning their recovery efforts. Severe flooding still had many residents under water and left with little hope.
Meanwhile, 3,000 miles away, Hawthorne Gardening associates in Vancouver, Wash., (Sunlight Supply) were putting together one of the largest donations in ScottsMiracle-Gro's history. With a retail value of more than $1.2 million, eight trucks full of Hurricane fans and Hurricane space heaters as well as Ideal-Air dehumidifiers were sent across country — four trucks each to North and South Carolina.
A dual use for hydroponic gardening products
Hawthorne Gardening Co, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ScottsMiracle-Gro, manufacturers and sells products to help people grow plants indoors. The Hawthorne products that were donated are typically used to aid airflow and to control moisture in greenhouse environments. And they can do the same for those recovering from the flooding and water damage after the hurricanes.
Time is crucial when it comes to restoring a home after damage like this. Mold can start growing immediately, which is a big health concern. Moisture needs to be removed from the walls and flooring before repairs of a home can begin.
This donation was made before Hurricane Michael hit the Florida Panhandle; however, those affected in Florida may also receive items from this donation when the time is right. The American Red Cross has stored donated items in a regional warehouse. Our fans, dehumidifiers and space heaters will be available for distribution to those affected by Hurricane Michael when they are needed.
Not the last hurricane unfortunately
Sunlight Supply made a donation of similar items to those affected by Hurricane Harvey in Texas in August 2017.
Hurricanes are getting worse. Through Hawthorne and ScottsMiracle-Gro, we are hoping to work with first responder organizations to make additional donations in advance of hurricane season next year.
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BlackSky Awarded 10-Year Electro Optical Commercial Layer (EOCL) Contract with U.S. Government
Post By: Olivia May 25, 2022
HERNDON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BlackSky (NYSE: BKSY) was awarded a contract from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), which includes a comprehensive set of imagery services from current and future satellite capabilities. The award demonstrates the commitment of the U.S. Government to leverage the capabilities of next generation commercial providers in support of its most critical missions.
The Electro Optical Commercial Layer (EOCL) contract validates BlackSky's high-revisit constellation strategy and represents a substantial expansion in the NRO's relationship with BlackSky. It also creates a significant catalyst for the long-term utilization of BlackSky's satellite imagery services.
The contract was awarded with a five-year base and five 1-year options for additional services spanning a period of performance of base and options over 10 years. The award commences in the second quarter of 2022 and includes multiple options with additional growth potential for BlackSky through 2032.
"This contract is a pivotal moment in the expansion of the partnership between commercial space and the U.S. Government. We're proud to be selected as a long-term trusted mission partner of the NRO," said Brian O'Toole, BlackSky CEO. "We will continue to enhance our Spectra AI platform and advance our satellite constellation in support of the NRO and our growing customer base around the world."
By incorporating an advanced SaaS customer platform and combining a 14-satellite constellation, BlackSky offers one of the highest dawn-to-dusk revisit rates over the most critical regions in the world. BlackSky's technology results in an average collection time of less than 90 minutes from the moment a customer places an order to product delivery.
"Supporting both our joint warfighters and the intelligence community with rapid, all-domain real-time intelligence is BlackSky at its best," adds BlackSky Chief Revenue Officer JR Riordan. "BlackSky provides highly accurate, decision-quality data directly to those who need it most—from senior leaders to those in the field. We are proud to be a part of the NRO mission."
About BlackSky
BlackSky is a leading provider of real-time geospatial intelligence. BlackSky delivers on-demand, high frequency imagery, monitoring and analytics of the most critical and strategic locations, economic assets, and events on Earth.
BlackSky designs, owns and operates one of the industry's leading low earth orbit small satellite constellations, optimized to capture imagery cost-efficiently where and when our customers need it. BlackSky's Spectra AI software platform processes data from BlackSky's constellation and from other third-party sensors to develop the critical insights and analytics that our customers require.
BlackSky is relied upon by U.S. and international government agencies, commercial businesses, and organizations around the world. BlackSky is headquartered in Herndon, VA, and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange as BKSY. To learn more, visit www.blacksky.com and follow us on Twitter.
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws with respect to BlackSky. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words "believe," "project," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," "strategy," "future," "opportunity," "plan," "may," "should," "will," "would," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections, and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this document. If any of these risks materialize or underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements reflect our expectations, plans, or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this communication. We anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause their assessments to change. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any subsequent date, and we do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. Additional risks and uncertainties are identified and discussed in BlackSky's disclosure materials filed from time to time with the SEC which are available at the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov or on BlackSky's Investor Relations website at https://ir.blacksky.com.


When it comes to Chicago Bears ace wideout Alshon Jeffery, the narrative of his still young career has remainded steady throughout. Supreme game-breaking talent who is a WR 1 in fantasy football terms but who also deals with constant injuries and missed games which was an especially major problem in 2015. Well only two games into the 2016 season, Jeffery is hurting once again and this time it is a knee problem that threatens to keep him out for Week 3. This on top of the fact that starting QB Jay Cutler might sit with a thumb injury suffered in last Monday's loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Jeffery did take part in a portion of practice on Wednesday but Thursday he was completely off the field which heightens the alarms for Week 3. To make matters more dicey for fantasy owners of Jeffery, the Bears play Sunday night which takes away most of the slate of prospective receiver replacments if he does sit. The best thing to do if you are a Jeffery owner is to pick up Eddie Royal if available and use him as Jeffery's replacement. We think Jeffery should be able to go versus Dallas but this is one of the biggest injury items to focus in on tomorrow.


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Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume VIII, Vietnam, January–October 1972
237. Memorandum From the President's Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Haig) to President Nixon 1
Washington, August 14, 1972.
Today's Paris Meeting
Dr. Kissinger has reported the following results from today's Paris meeting:2
—The meeting lasted 7½ hours and was essentially a holding action until our side tables a U.S. political proposal. Kissinger tabled and explained the U.S. view on general principles and on all substantive points except the political issue.3 (These were essentially a repackaging of the other side's proposal and the U.S. proposal of August 1).4
—Kissinger informed the other side that he was proceeding to Saigon to discuss the negotiations. Le Duc Tho, in turn, told Dr. Kissinger that he was returning to Hanoi in a few days to review the North Vietnamese position and it was then clear that he was not about to give anything away prior to that review. Kissinger emphasizes that the PR effect of the nearly simultaneous visit of Kissinger to Saigon and Le Duc Tho to Hanoi should be significant. Kissinger emphasized that the fact of Tho's trip must be held most closely until it surfaces through North Vietnamese sources.
—During the discussions, Le Duc Tho was somewhat negative but when Kissinger noted that his attitude could not but influence his mood for the Saigon negotiations, Tho immediately became more conciliatory and emphasized that all other issues could be immediately settled if we could solve the political situation.5
—Tho again attacked the U.S. for stirring up speculation on private talks and dragging out negotiations for domestic reasons.6 Kissinger retorted sharply pointing out that they could not play the game of public stalemate and private progress.
—The North Vietnamese acquiesced reluctantly in a simple confirmation of the fact of Kissinger's meeting providing that there be absolutely no elaborations of any kind (Ziegler followed this strategy precisely in making his announcement this morning).
—The next meeting was set for September 15 since Le Duc Tho will not be back until September 10.
—In sum, the meeting was a holding action pending review in the capitals by both sides, especially on the political issue. We did accomplish the tabling of forthing [forthcoming?] documents on all other points and elicited some unreasonable responses from them on the political issues which could be used for the record subsequently if necessary.7
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Henry A. Kissinger Office Files, Box 22, HAK Trip Files. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. A stamped notation on the memorandum indicates the President saw it.↩
Message Hakto 3 from Paris, August 14; ibid., Box 869, For the President's Files (Winston Lord)—China Trip/Vietnam, Camp David Cables, August–September 1972. The 7½-hour meeting between Kissinger and Le Duc Tho and Xuan Thuy generated a 65-page memorandum of conversation, which is ibid., Box 864, For the President's Files (Winston Lord)—China Trip/Vietnam, Sensitive Camp David Memcons, May–October 1972 [4 of 5]. See also Document 246.↩
See Documents 238 and 239.↩
See Document 225.↩
The President highlighted this sentence, circled the word "political," and wrote the following comment to Haig in the margin: "Al—which means we have no progress in 15 meetings!"↩
The President highlighted this sentence and wrote the following comment in the margin: "They just use this as a pretext."↩
The President wrote the following comments to Haig on the last page:
"I. Al—It is obvious that no progress was made & that none can be expected—Henry must be discouraged—as I have always been on this front until after the election.
"We have reached the stage where the mere fact of private talks helps us very little—if at all. We can soon expect the opposition to begin to make that point.
"II. Disillusionment about K's talks could be harmful psychologically—particularly in view of the fact that the Saigon trip, regardless of how we downplay it—may raise expectations.
"What we need most now is a P.R. game plan to either stop talks or if we continue them to give some hope of progress."
Vietnam, January–October 1972
Note on U.S. Covert Actions
Vietnam, January–October 1972 (Documents 1-284)
The Parties Move Toward Agreement, July 19–October 7, 1972 (Documents 207-284)
Haig, Alexander M., Jr.Kissinger, Henry A.Le Duc ThoLord, WinstonNixon, Richard M.Xuan Thuy
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KBS Names New Vice President of Asset Management for Two West Coast Markets
KBS Realty Advisors has announced that it has promoted one of its own to a position of management.
Alex Girda
By Alex Girda, Associate Editor
KBS Realty Advisors announced that it promoted one of its own to a position of management. As of this month, the real estate investment company named Clint Copulos as the vice president of asset management for the Portland, Oregon and Sacramento, California markets.
Clint Copulos – Vice President, Acquisitions / Asset Management at KBS
Copulos will henceforth handle the management of numerous KBS properties located in the two metros. The new VP is also in charge of acquisition and disposition activities in the two markets, as he oversees a portfolio of around one million square feet of office space. Formerly responsible for the performance of assets in downtown San Diego for a Dutch real estate investment trust, Mr. Copulos has been with KBS since 2013.
According to the CEO of KBS, Charles Schreiber, "Clint brings a strong background of relevant experience to our asset management team and we're confident that he will help lead the way with solid knowledge of the real estate market in these regions." A University of California, Irvine alumnus, Mr. Copulos' experience with the company, where he has been involved with acquisitions worth $650 million during the last year, has determined his rise as a part of KBS.
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More than 30 firefighters worked to extinguish a large fire at a St Andrews University building.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was alerted at 4.58pm on Sunday, February 10 to reports of a fire involving suspected hazardous materials on North Haugh Street, St Andrews.
At its height, Operations Control mobilised eight fire engines including a height appliance and specialist resources.
The building was fully evacuated and there were no casualties.
Crews currently remain on the scene and are expected to remain so for some time as they work to make the area safe and extinguish any remaining hotspots.


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Le syndrome TRAPS (pour TNF ) est une maladie génétique autosomique dominante rare, caractérisée par des crises récurrentes de fièvre et douleurs généralisées.

Ce syndrome fait partie des diagnostics différentiels du syndrome de fièvre périodique. Les crises durent habituellement 2 à 3 semaines contre 2 à 3 jours dans la FMF.

Synonymie, vocabulaire
Parce que décrite pour la première fois dans une famille irlandaise en 1982, les anglophones l'on d'abord nommé «  » ( « Fièvre hibernienne familiale » ou « fièvre familiale irlandaise », à ne pas confondre avec la « fièvre irlandaise » qui désignait le « typhus irlandais » quand il s'est répandu en Angleterre). Hibernia, ancien nom de l'Irlande explique le qualificatif d'hibernien.

Étiologie
La maladie est causée par une mutation du gène codant le récepteur du TNF. Le défaut génétique concerne le codage d'une protéine connue sous le nom de  (TNFR), qui se trouve sur la surface des cellules et se lie au facteur de nécrose tumorale (TNF), une protéine des qui provoque l'inflammation. Le gène mutant TNFR favorise l'inflammation sans facteur de nécrose tumorale.
Une seule copie anormale du gène suffit pour développer la maladie. Un épisode peut être déclenché par une infection ou un stress.

De nouvelles études laissent envisager un autre mécanisme physiopathologique : la mutation du TNFR1 l'empêcherait de se rendre à la membrane. Il resterait bloqué dans le RE ce qui entraînerait un stress réticulo-endoplasmique responsable d'une surproduction de ROS, toxique pour la cellule a fortes doses, conduisant à une inflammation à base d'interleukin-1 beta.

Symptômes
Ils apparaissent le plus souvent dès l'enfance.

Cette maladie est caractérisée par des crises (accès fébriles et douloureux) récurrentes (paroxystique) espacées d'intervalles variables, en moyenne toutes les 5 à 6 semaines. Une crise peut aussi être déclenchée par un traumatisme, ou une infection.
Durant les épisodes le patient est atteint de fièvre, arthralgies, myalgies (souvent d'abord à la racine des membres puis progressant en quelques jours vers les extrémités), rash, douleurs abdominales constantes, nausées, vomissements, diarrhées… Des douleurs thoraciques sont parfois présentes, ainsi - chez l'homme - que de douleur testiculaire. La peau est rougie au niveau des myalgies, avec un œdème qui garde le godet.
Le rash cutanée épargne le visage, mais un œdème peut cerner les yeux qui peuvent par ailleurs être touchés par une conjonctivite.

Diagnostic
Il est confirmé par l'analyse de l'ADN si elle met en évidence une mutation du gène TNFRSF1A sur le chromosome 12 (12p-13)

Évolution
La maladie évolue par poussées qui peuvent parfois être séparées de plusieurs semaines voire de plusieurs mois ou années et peut conduire à une amyloïdose rénale aboutissant à l'.

Traitement
Corticoïdes (Cortisone), Inhibiteur du TNF (etanercept / Enbrel) qui réduisent la durée des épisodes

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes

 maladie auto-immune
 Maladie génétique
 Maladie rare

Liens externes
 Sur Orphanet

Maladie génétique
Maladie en rhumatologie

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3 Reasons to Avoid Probate. In today's video, we examine the 3 reasons you might want to avoid an Oklahoma Probate.
There is no doubt that in some situations a simple will, certain medical documents and a durable power of attorney are all that is necessary. However, today we will discuss the pitfalls of not have a complete estate plan and how it affects your estate and family.
- Today, we'll discuss the three reasons why you want to avoid probate.
You know, when you pass away, unless you have a trust, your family most likely will need to go to the probate court to get their inheritance and to pay debts. This is especially true if your assets like your house, car, or bank account are only in your name. For some reason, a lot of people think if they have a will then their assets magically are transferred somehow to their heirs, and that is simply not true.
Although having a will is a good basic form of estate planning, a will does not avoid probate or the probate court. Instead, a will simply informs the probate court of your wishes, but your family still has to go through the probate process to make those wishes legal. So here are three reasons why you want to avoid probate.
First, it's a public record. Everything that goes through the probate court becomes a matter of public record. This means that when your estate goes through the probate, all your family and financial information becomes public record. All your nosy neighbor needs is an internet connection to find out about your stuff.
They don't even have to go down to the courthouse anymore to access your probate records. That means that the value of your assets, creditor claims, the identity of your beneficiaries, and even family disagreements that might come up will all be a mouse click away. Now, I would imagine that if you are like most people, you would prefer to keep this type of information private. And the best way to keep things private is to keep your estate out of probate and out of the probate court.
Second, probate can be expensive. Thanks to court costs, attorney fees, executor fees and other related expenses, the price tag for probate can easily reach into the thousands of dollars. We regularly see even small estates with no disputes costing a minimum of around $3500, but usually it's around five thousand.
These costs easily skyrocket into the tens of thousands if family members start fighting and creditor claims come up. The money from your estate should be going to your beneficiaries, but if it goes through the probate process, a significant portion could go to court costs and legal fees instead. Now creating an estate plan that avoids probate does cost money up front, but with proper planning, you can minimize the risk of conflict, reduce or eliminate certain costs, and create a plan that does exactly what you want to happen to protect you and your family.
Third, probate can take a while. It's not unusual for estates, even small ones, to be held up in probate court for six months to a year. During that time, your beneficiaries may not have access to funds or assets for their needs and to pay debts. Bypassing probate can significantly speed up the distribution of assets, so beneficiaries can benefit sooner rather than later.
The good news in all this is that with proper trust-centered estate planning, you can avoid probate and simplify the transfer of your assets. To learn more, give us a call for an appointment. Remember, our initial estate planning consultation is always free here at the Cortes Law Firm.
Well, that's all for today. If you enjoyed this video, then please like it below and hit the subscribe button and share it with your friends. We provide new videos every Tuesday on our Youtube channel. We appreciate you watching, and I'll see you next time. Thanks again.


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Celebrating Dr. Nina Kraus
by Samira Anderson Marshall Chasin Steve Aiken
Setting a Great Example
Memories of Times Past
by Trent Nicol Anu Sharma
by Jane Hornickel
Listening, Learning and the Brain of Nina Kraus
by Gabriella Musacchia
The Dynamic Range of Nina Kraus
by Erika Skoe
Nina Kraus and Individual Differences in Auditory Processing
by Karen Banai
Nina's Passion for Science and Family
by Kelly Tremblay
Sound Impressions. Sound Guidance.
by Ann Bradlow
Nina Kraus and the Art of Mentorship
by Bharath Chandrasekaran Daniel A. Abrams
Brainvolts and Nina Kraus
By Amineh Koravand, PhD
Of Sound Mind. How Our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World
By Nina Kraus, Ph.D.
The MIT Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts | London, England. ISBN 9780262045865 (hardcover). This book has 368 pages, including the index.
Reviewed by: Amineh Koravand, PhD
Dr. Nina Kraus is the Hugh Knowles Professor at Northwestern University, exploring the neural encoding of speech and music.
Professor Kraus' Of Sound Mind. How Our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World is designed for anyone who desires an understanding of the long journey of sound, beginning with air vibrations outside of the ear to the neural pulses in the auditory brain. The book resembles a good story; Dr. Kraus effortlessly explains complex and advanced scientific concepts that can be easily understood by any reader and further develops these concepts with engaging art-based illustrations.
The book explains the nature of sound, the ways by which sound travels inside the auditory system, and the way we as human beings learn to make sense of sound based on our life-long experiences. It demonstrates that the act of "hearing" is multi-dimensional and actively involves sensing, moving, thinking, and feeling. Readers learn to appreciate that outstanding human achievement like speech and music result from deep connectivity between our sensory systems.
Dr. Kraus offers a clear and logical introduction to hearing mechanisms and the connection between "signals outside the head" and "signals inside the head." These mechanisms and connections are explored in detail, and Dr. Kraus expands on these notions to highlight both the positive and negative impacts that environmental sounds can have on our brains. For example, the partnership between music and language is introduced, exploring how an enriched sensory processing, such as might occur in bilinguals, can positively modify the way our brain processes auditory information. In contrast, the book presents the negative impact that noise, aging, and even brain trauma can have on how our auditory brain or "sound mind" processes sound. Having extensive (past) experiences with sound can positively shape the auditory brain. At the same time, a less favourable environment, such as having a language disorder, can have opposite or adverse effects.
Throughout the book, readers explore how the effects of our experiences on the "sound mind," whether rich or adverse, can be measured using highly sophisticated tests.
Brain electricity, in the form of positive or negative waves, can manifest differently in individuals based on their previous auditory experiences, and this is especially true of musicians, bilingual people, older adults, and individuals in clinical populations such as those with autism spectrum disorder, and concussion, etc. Moreover, Dr. Kraus identifies the importance of the Frequency Following Responses, or FFR, as one of the best neurophysiological measuring methods to record brain activities.
Of Sound Mind is strongly recommended to any reader, whether they possess extensive, little, or no previous background in this field. Every person who enjoys learning and expanding their knowledge of sound, hearing, listening, the adaptive auditory brain, how "every sound mind is unique", and how "the sounds of our lives shape our brain" will enjoy this book. It may also greatly benefit undergraduate and graduate students looking to gain insight into various neuro-audiology research possibilities. Dr. Kraus' narrative writing style and incorporation of personal experiences and anecdotes, including those from her childhood and travel, provide a refreshing perspective by exploring the scientific subject matter in a more approachable way. The information and knowledge presented in this book are highly valuable and will engage all readers.
Koravand Kraus Of Sound Mind
Amineh Koravand, PhD
Amineh Koravand, PhD is an associate professor in the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology program of the School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa. Prof. Koravand's research deals with the relationship between the peripheral and central auditory systems in children. Her goal is to develop neurophysiological measures (biological neuromarkers) to assess the central auditory processing at subcortical and cortical level of children during early childhood, to prevent disorders while brain plasticity is still significant. Moreover, she is interested to investigate the effects of enriched auditory environment, such as musical training, singing lessons, bilingualism and/or multilingualism, on the auditory processing.


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My Interpretation of Bach's Minuet in D Minor, BWV Anh. 132
November 22, 2013 Cory Hall
This is in my opinion one of the finest pieces in J.S. Bach's Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, an almost 300-year staple of beginning to intermediate level keyboardists and pianists. I have much different opinions concerning this Minuet (or "Menuet" in the original German) than most teachers and performers. For the sake of this discussion, I have considered the measure numbers as if there were no repeats but rather all 32 measures have been written out (that is, instead of a total of 16 measures with two sets of repeats). The first thing you will notice in my performance is that I play it predominantly legato with no non-legato or portato. ("Portato" is a mode of articulation somewhere in between staccato and legato. Composers often indicated this by using staccatos accompanied with slurs, which often implies playing staccato along with some damper pedal coloring.) It seems to be in vogue now among teachers and students to play this as well as other minuets with mostly non-legato quarter notes, the reason being that a minuet is a dance which implies a staccato or non-legato touch. This assumption is ludicrous. Since when does "dance" music necessarily imply staccato or non-legato playing? Piano teachers who make students play this minuet in a hacked-up fashion because it is "dance" music are apparently mistaken about the definition of "dance music." Furthermore, they are doing a disservice to their students, who first and foremost need to learn how to play in a legato and cantabile fashion as Bach himself instructed his students. (Bach highly valued the ability for keyboardists to play in a "cantabile" fashion.)
Personally, I think this non-legato approach ruins this particular minuet, although some more lively or cheerful sounding minuets may benefit from such articulation. This minuet is pensive and lyrical in character rather than lively or cheerful, which suggests that a legato touch is best. I try to play it as seamlessly legato as possible with the exception of some slight phrase breaks or breaths after measures 4, 12, and 16. In order to achieve a total legato, it is necessary sometimes to use finger substitutions, for example, a 5-1 on the first "D" in measures 24 and 32. It is also permissible to put a slight break between the two Ds in measure 24, although I prefer a total legato and finger substitution.
I have developed my own unique system of fingering which had developed on its own over the 44 years I have played piano. Often, my fingerings deviate from the norm; however, they are almost always better and more "finger friendly." For example, in measure 3 I do not play the "normal" 1-2-3-5-4-3 but rather 1-2-1-4-3-2. Hence, my right-hand fingering for the first four measures is: 1 5-4-3-2 | 3 1 4 | 1-2-1-4-3-2 | 1 2-3 1. The thumb is an exceptionally efficient finger and using it two times in measure 3 seems more comfortable and "open" than having to scrunch up the fingers into a 1-2-3-5-4-3 position. I also use untraditional fingering in the next four-measure phrase: 1 3-2 4-3 | (2-3)4 3-2-1-3 | 2-3-4 1 2 | 3. The use of the two-finger groups 3-2 and 4-3 virtually guarantee accurate two-note slurs here, which imbue the music with grace and elegance. measures 17 and 19 are difficult for pianists with small hands, since it is musically best to connect the 10ths. I advice stretching the tenths and even "over holding" the bottom "F" and "D" for an extra eighth note. That is, do not let go of the bottom notes until the third beat, and in addition, play them softer than the top high notes. This gives the music added expression.
After much deliberation and thought, I have chosen the tempo of 96 per quarter for this minuet. I used to play it faster than this; however, I now believe that the beautiful and lyrical character is enhanced by this slightly slower tempo. Also, you may notice in my performance that I vary the dynamics slightly for added expression. Most notably, I play the identical measures 9-16 a little softer than measures 1-15, as a sort of echo effect, as well as measures 19-20 softer than 17-18. And since this is such a beautiful piece, I have chosen to simply play it two times through because once seems too brief. Thank you for reading this article, and please enjoy my performance below!
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categories Baroque, Piano Lessons via Skype, Practice & Technique, YouTube Videos
tags Bach, baroque music, BWV Anh- 132, classical music, classical piano, Cory Hall, J-S- Bach, Minuet in D Minor, Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, performance practice, piano instruction, piano lessons, piano music, piano teaching


Okay, I think they held well, Al. The—I think they were good. I can't tell you what was wrong about them because the gyros were not quite right. But retrojettison—3 fuse switches are on.
Roger. We should have retrojettison in about 10 seconds.
That was a nice gentle bump. All three have fired. Retroattitude was red.
Roger. Should have retrojettison now.
Ah, right then at 34 10, on time.
Roger. How much fuel do you have left both tanks?
I have 20 and 5 [percent].
—-on reentry, unless ASCS holds you in reentry attitude.
Yes, it can. I'll have to do it with manual.
Roger. Recommend you try Aux Damp first; if it's not working, then go to fly-by-wire.
Okay, I'll have to do that.
The balloon is gone [out of sight]. I am apparently out of manual fuel. I have to go to fly-by-wire to stop this tumbling.
Tumbling here refers to low rates of all axes; however, the spacecraft was returned to proper attitude by the pilot before it had made 1/4 revolution.
Roger. Using fly-by-wire to stop tumbling.
Aurora Seven. Understand RSCS did not work.
I am out of manual fuel, Al.
.05 g should be when?
You have plenty of time. Take your time on fly-by-wire to get into reentry attitude.
I was just looking over your reentry checklist. Looks like you're in pretty good shape. You'll have to manually retract the scope.
No. I didn't. The scope did come in, Al.
Roger. I didn't get that. Very good.
How are you doing on reentry attitude? Over.
Stowing a few things first. I don't know yet. Take a while.
Going to be tight on fuel.
Roger You have plenty of time; you have about 7 minutes before .05 g so take . . .
Okay. I can make out very, very small—farm land, pasture land below. I see individual fields, rivers, lakes, roads, I think. I'll get back to reentry attitude.
Roger Seven, recommend you get close to reentry attitude, using as little fuel as possible and stand by on fly-by-wire until rates develop. Over.
Seven, this is California. We're losing you now. Stand by for Cape.
Aurora Seven, Cape Cap Com. Over.
Hello Cape Cap Com, Aurora Seven. Loud and clear.
Hello, Cape Cap Com. Go ahead.
Roger. Do you have your face, faceplate closed?
Negative. It is now. Thank you.
Roger. Give me your fuel, please.
Fuel is 15 [percent] auto. I'm indicating 7 [percent] manual, but it is empty and ineffective.
Roger. You have a few minutes to start of blackout.


Doug Gordon and I shared the room last night to share some of the most important differences and similarities in our businesses and photographic style. Each time I work with Doug, I appreciate what he does even more. He's a fantastic educator and amazing business man, not to mention he's a great photographer. It was a pleasure to do a little public banter with him :-) Doug also has his disturbing to some, wallpaper for others, new Animoto ad photo on his blog. Check it out.
Here are the program notes, and don't forget to use the password we gave you at the workshop!
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Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., does an on-camera interview in the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 5, 2020. Photo: Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ImagesRep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., does an on-camera interview in the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 5, 2020. Photo: Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
Adam Schiff's Tough-On-Crime Background Complicates His Push to Be California AG
Dozens of racial and criminal justice groups wrote an open letter to California Gov. Gavin Newsom opposing a possible Schiff appointment.
Akela Lacy
February 11 2021, 5:48 p.m.
As California Gov. Gavin Newsom considers who to appoint as attorney general, criminal and racial justice groups are pushing back against Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff's pitch for the job, citing his record of being "not only supportive of, but deeply invested in, creating our current system of incarceration."
Schiff is lobbying Newsom to be appointed as the state's next attorney general, with help from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, as first reported by Axios. The House Intelligence Committee chair rose to national stardom for his role leading former President Donald Trump's first impeachment trial.
Early this month, as rumors swirled that Schiff was being considered for the role, 36 criminal and social justice groups wrote an open letter to Newsom expressing their "strong opposition" to Schiff's appointment. The letter cited Schiff's record authoring and supporting legislation that would have grown the system of mass incarceration and increased the criminalization of poverty, both as a California state senator from 1996 to 2001 and as a U.S. representative since 2001. Signatories include the Black Lives Matter Los Angeles and Long Beach chapters, the Anti Police-Terror Project, the California Public Defenders Association, the National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area chapter, and Sunrise Movement Los Angeles.
"We are standing at a crossroads of either advancing progressive justice reform or really entrenching systemic and institutional racism, classism, and oppression," Melinah Abdullah, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, a professor and former chair of the department of Pan-African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles, and one of the signatories, told The Intercept. "And we believe that Adam Schiff represents the latter."
Jockeying for the seat began after President Joe Biden nominated California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to lead the Department of Health and Human Services on December 6. The Senate Finance Committee is expected to hold Becerra's confirmation hearing in the coming weeks, though a date has not yet been set. He is expected to be confirmed, after which Newsom will announce his pick for attorney general.
The letter focuses on Schiff, whose record trends toward being more tough on crime than most of the other top contenders, but the signatories ask that readers "do not take this as an acceptance of all other potential appointees" and ask Newsom to appoint "someone who has an understanding of the impact of policing and incarceration on people's lives and on our communities." Schiff's office and campaign did not respond to requests for comment.
Other contenders for the position include state Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu, state Sen. Anna Caballero, state Assembly Member Rob Bonta, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton, and Rick Zbur, director of Equality California, a nonprofit civil rights group focused on LGBTQ+ advocacy.
"Many voters heard that message, that we needed serious criminal justice reform, we needed to hold police more accountable than we had been, we needed to be less draconian in our punishment practice."
After nationwide protests against police brutality last summer, voters in California sent a clear message that they want a new approach to criminal justice and systemic racism, said Jody Armour, a signatory on the letter and the Roy P. Crocker professor of law at the University of Southern California. "Many voters heard that message, that we needed serious criminal justice reform, we needed to hold police more accountable than we had been, we needed to be less draconian in our punishment practice."
In Los Angeles, Armour noted, reformer George Gascón was elected as district attorney over old-school prosecutor Jackie Lacey in November, and the Los Angeles City Council voted in July to cut the budget of the Los Angeles Police Department by $150 million, largely in response to demands from protesters. That followed Chesa Boudin's 2019 election as San Francisco district attorney on a decarceral platform.
Over the last decade, California has been a national leader in efforts to reduce mass incarceration, after the Supreme Court ordered the state to reduce its prison population. The state's criminal justice system was a focal point of last year's Democratic presidential primary, with Vice President Kamala Harris, who was attorney general from 2011 to 2017, facing criticism for policies that failed to hold police officers accountable for misconduct and overcriminalized poor communities and Black and brown people.
As a state senator, Schiff authored legislation to create the Department of Juvenile Justice to administer prisons for kids; establish "boot camps" for kids who committed certain offenses during school time; make it easier to terminate parental rights for children who were wards of the court; and allow kids age 14 years and up who are "truant or disobedient" and wards of the court to be punished by being held in a secure facility when they aren't in school.
Schiff also authored bills that would have made it easier to try as adults kids age 14 years or older accused of serious crimes and for the Los Angeles district attorney to prosecute minors. Other measures Schiff introduced would have allowed the fingerprints of minors who had been arrested to be entered into a federal database and would have increased funding for the federal Community Oriented Policing Services program to fund construction of jails and expand funding for law enforcement agencies and district attorneys. The COPS program has long been criticized for funneling billions of dollars to police departments and flooding communities with cops under the banner of promoting community engagement in policing. He also authored a bill that would have made it a felony to hire an undocumented immigrant.
"He was not merely a 'yes' vote on bad legislation; he was the author of so many bills that were aimed directly at poor people, Black people, and people of color."
Some of the bills died in committee, but others were vetoed by Republican Gov. Pete Wilson and Democratic Gov. Gray Davis, including bills creating the Department of Juvenile Justice and giving courts more power to terminate parental rights.
"In his single term of four years," the letter reads, "Adam Schiff made increased incarceration and punishment for poor parents the focus of his legislative agenda. He was not merely a 'yes' vote on bad legislation; he was the author of so many bills that were aimed directly at poor people, Black people, and people of color."
Schiff served as a state legislator at a time when the Democratic Party as a whole was pushing a tough-on-crime platform. "People can change," Armour said, but Schiff continued to support similar policies even after many in the party, most notably President Joe Biden, apologized in early 2019 for the damage those policies wrought on Black and brown communities.
As a member of the House of Representatives, Schiff voted for tough-on-crime measures unpopular even among some Democrats aimed at increasing protections for law enforcement agencies and cracking down on certain forms of protest. Schiff was one of only 48 House Democrats who voted for the Thin Blue Line Act of 2017, which would add killing or targeting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responder to the list of offenses under consideration for the federal death penalty. Criminal and racial justice groups like the NAACP Legal Defense Education Fund and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights opposed the bill, noting that law enforcement officers already have protection at the federal and state level against such crimes.
Schiff also voted for the Protect and Serve Act of 2019, introduced by former Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Rep. John Rutherford, R-Fla., which would have created new penalties for crimes that target law enforcement. The bill passed the House with support from 162 Democrats and 220 Republicans and did not advance from the Senate. The same year, Schiff introduced a broad anti-terror bill. The American Civil Liberties Union opposed the bill and said that it would give the attorney general discretion to treat property damage seen during protests last summer as terrorism, The Intercept previously reported. The bill has nine Democratic co-sponsors and has not moved out of committee.
Last year during negotiations over reauthorization of the PATRIOT Act, Schiff lobbied to exclude Dreamers and undocumented people from an amendment shielding U.S. Citizens who aren't suspected of having committed a crime from having their web histories surveilled without a warrant. Civil liberties groups accused Schiff of pushing the exception to impede efforts by other members of Congress to strengthen protections against online surveillance.
Schiff's recent support for the Thin Blue Line and Protect and Serve acts helped to feed a right-wing narrative that Black Lives Matter and police accountability movements are "somehow lawless and police-hating," Armour said. "It's, in other words, a dog whistle that he was contributing to. To put someone like that in this position at this time would be surprising to me. It would be surprisingly politically tone-deaf."
The attorney general position is particularly important for Los Angeles, said Abdullah of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, especially because the city had, until recently, a tough-on-crime district attorney in Lacey. The group, working with other advocates, has succeeded in bringing the attorney general's attention to policing issues in their community. In January, Becerra launched a civil rights investigation into the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for reports of excessive force, misconduct, and retaliation for whistleblowing. "We don't think that we would have been able to get Adam Schiff to do that."
Akela Lacy[email protected]theintercept.com@akela_lacy


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Love using your phone while on the road but don't want to put your life or others in danger with distractions? Well now you can have your cake and eat it too with the Motorola Roadster. The Motorola Roadster is a Bluetooth speakerphone solution that clips easily where ever you have space in your car and allows hands free use of your cell phone but is it really worth the investment?
The Motorola Roadster is one of the most features packed Bluetooth solutions available. It features the familiar speaker and mic combo great for speakerphone calls but also packs in much more. One example is the FM mode, which with the touch of a single button allows you to stream music through any car audio system with an FM tuner. The Roadster also lets you speak the name of the person you wish to call so you can make calls without fumbling through your phone on the road. Perhaps the most impressive feature is that the Roadster will read your text messages to you and allow you to speak your reply making this the only safe way to text while driving.
Performance on the Roadster was simply top notch all the way around. The speaker is compacted enough to fit in any car yet powerful enough for you to hear it in traffic. The mic was simply amazing picking up even the most complex phrases and being able to transcribe them into text messages. Battery life lasted about 12 hours of nonstop use so if you spend a lot of time on the road a car charger may be a good investment.
If your in the market for a hands free solution for your cell phone than you absolutely cannot go wrong with the Roadster.
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Q: R noetherian is factorial This is exercise 2.2.27 / 72 from Cohen Macaulay Rings, Bruns & Herzog
Let R be a Noetherian ring over which every finite module has a finite free resolution. Show R is a factorial domain.

A: This is well-known and references are presumably easy to find. Let me just give a few pointers.
It is enough to show that prime ideals of height one are principal. Let $I$ be such a prime ideal. Thanks to our hypotheses on $R$, the ideal $I$ has a finite free resolution. Hence, if $I$ is a projective module, then it is stably free, and thus principal. In order to show that $I$ is projective, we look at the cokernel $X$ of $\operatorname{Hom}(I,M)\rightarrow\operatorname{Hom}(I,N)$ when $M\rightarrow N$ is a surjection, and to do so it is enough to localize at a maximal ideal $\mathfrak{m}$. The residual field $k$ of the local ring $R_{\mathfrak{m}}$ admits a finite free resolution by $R$-modules by our hypothesis so admits a finite free resolution by $R_{\mathfrak{m}}$-modules. So the ring $R_{\mathfrak{m}}$ is regular so the ideal $IR_{\mathfrak{m}}$ is principal so $IR_{\mathfrak{m}}$ is a projective $R_{\mathfrak{m}}$-module so $X_{\mathfrak{m}}$ vanishes. So $X$ is zero, so $I$ is projective and hence principal. And so $R$ is factorial.


[photopress:MBA_ceibs_1_2_3_4.jpg,full,alignright]One of the key challenges of operating a successful business school in China is simply keeping up with the fast-changing needs of executives.
How does CEIBS deal with this?
The CEIBS EMBA program is the largest in the world, accepting nearly 700 executives per year. The CEIBS EMBA requires a two-year commitment of studying four days per month, and is open to experienced mid-level managers.
Negotiating effectively with Chinese which is taught in English on the CEIBS Shanghai campus. This program aims to provide new expatriates in China with knowledge about how to be effective with Chinese when negotiating.
Global CEO program which is taught in English at the campuses of CEIBS, Harvard, and IESE. These three business schools have joined academic forces to design, develop, and deliver a program which specifically addresses the challenges facing CEOs in China today.
CEIBS maintains a strong alumni network. (It is better to refer to it in that way rather than guanxi cross-fertilization. After 14 years of operations, CEIBS' alumni database includes 6,000 graduates from the MBA and EMBA programs, as well as more than 50,000 graduates of the Executive Education programs.
Such contacts are invaluable as a source of connections with fellow China-based business leaders.
The campus is worthy of considerable note. Part was designed by IM Pei, the great architect who designed the glass pyramid which is the entrance to the Louvre. CEIBS is easier to get into than the Louvre. Less queues.
JPMorgan buys Bear… but what about CITIC?


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package util;

import android.app.Dialog;
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.graphics.LinearGradient;
import android.graphics.Paint;
import android.graphics.RectF;
import android.graphics.Shader;
import android.graphics.SweepGradient;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.Window;
import android.view.WindowManager;

public class ColorPickerDialog extends Dialog {

	 private final boolean debug = true;

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	        ColorPickerView myView = new ColorPickerView(context, height, width);

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	            mPaint = new Paint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG);

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	                int c = mCenterPaint.getColor();

	                mCenterPaint.setStyle(Paint.Style.STROKE);

	                if(highlightCenter) {

	                    mCenterPaint.setAlpha(0xFF);

	                }else if(highlightCenterLittle) {

	                    mCenterPaint.setAlpha(0x90);

	                }

	                canvas.drawCircle(0, 0,

	                        centerRadius + mCenterPaint.getStrokeWidth(),  mCenterPaint);

	                mCenterPaint.setStyle(Paint.Style.FILL);

	                mCenterPaint.setColor(c);

	            }

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	            canvas.drawOval(new RectF(-r, -r, r, r), mPaint);

	            //»ºÚ°×½¥±ä¿é

	            if(downInCircle) {

	                mRectColors[1] = mCenterPaint.getColor();

	            }

	            rectShader = new LinearGradient(rectLeft, 0, rectRight, 0, mRectColors, null, Shader.TileMode.MIRROR);

	            mRectPaint.setShader(rectShader);

	            canvas.drawRect(rectLeft, rectTop, rectRight, rectBottom, mRectPaint);

	            float offset = mLinePaint.getStrokeWidth() / 2;

	            canvas.drawLine(rectLeft - offset, rectTop - offset * 2,

	                    rectLeft - offset, rectBottom + offset * 2, mLinePaint);//×ó

	            canvas.drawLine(rectLeft - offset * 2, rectTop - offset,

	                    rectRight + offset * 2, rectTop - offset, mLinePaint);//ÉÏ

	            canvas.drawLine(rectRight + offset, rectTop - offset * 2,

	                    rectRight + offset, rectBottom + offset * 2, mLinePaint);//ÓÒ

	            canvas.drawLine(rectLeft - offset * 2, rectBottom + offset,

	                    rectRight + offset * 2, rectBottom + offset, mLinePaint);//ÏÂ

	            super.onDraw(canvas);

	        }

	        @Override

	        public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {

	            float x = event.getX() - mWidth / 2;

	            float y = event.getY() - mHeight / 2 + 50;

	            boolean inCircle = inColorCircle(x, y,

	                    r + mPaint.getStrokeWidth() / 2, r - mPaint.getStrokeWidth() / 2);

	            boolean inCenter = inCenter(x, y, centerRadius);

	            boolean inRect = inRect(x, y);

	            switch (event.getAction()) {

	                case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:

	                    downInCircle = inCircle;

	                    downInRect = inRect;

	                    highlightCenter = inCenter;

	                case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:

	                    if(downInCircle && inCircle) {//down°´ÔÚ½¥±äÉ«»·ÄÚ, ÇÒmoveÒ²ÔÚ½¥±äÉ«»·ÄÚ

	                        float angle = (float) Math.atan2(y, x);

	                        float unit = (float) (angle / (2 * Math.PI));

	                        if (unit < 0) {

	                            unit += 1;

	                        }

	                        mCenterPaint.setColor(interpCircleColor(mCircleColors, unit));

	                        if(debug) Log.v(TAG, "É«»·ÄÚ, ×ø±ê: " + x + "," + y);

	                    }else if(downInRect && inRect) {//downÔÚ½¥±ä·½¿éÄÚ, ÇÒmoveÒ²ÔÚ½¥±ä·½¿éÄÚ

	                        mCenterPaint.setColor(interpRectColor(mRectColors, x));

	                    }

	                    if(debug) Log.v(TAG, "[MOVE] ¸ßÁÁ: " + highlightCenter + "΢ÁÁ: " + highlightCenterLittle + " ÖÐÐÄ: " + inCenter);

	                    if((highlightCenter && inCenter) || (highlightCenterLittle && inCenter)) {//µã»÷ÖÐÐÄÔ², µ±Ç°Òƶ¯ÔÚÖÐÐÄÔ²

	                        highlightCenter = true;

	                        highlightCenterLittle = false;

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	                        highlightCenter = false;

	                        highlightCenterLittle = true;

	                    } else {

	                        highlightCenter = false;

	                        highlightCenterLittle = false;

	                    }

	                    invalidate();

	                    break;

	                case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:

	                    if(highlightCenter && inCenter) {//µã»÷ÔÚÖÐÐÄÔ², ÇÒµ±Ç°Æô¶¯ÔÚÖÐÐÄÔ²

	                        if(mListener != null) {

	                            mListener.colorChanged(mCenterPaint.getColor());

	                            ColorPickerDialog.this.dismiss();

	                        }

	                    }

	                    if(downInCircle) {

	                        downInCircle = false;

	                    }

	                    if(downInRect) {

	                        downInRect = false;

	                    }

	                    if(highlightCenter) {

	                        highlightCenter = false;

	                    }

	                    if(highlightCenterLittle) {

	                        highlightCenterLittle = false;

	                    }

	                    invalidate();

	                    break;

	            }

	            return true;

	        }

	        @Override

	        protected void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) {

	            super.onMeasure(mWidth, mHeight);

	        }

	        /**

	         * ×ø±êÊÇ·ñÔÚÉ«»·ÉÏ

	         * @param x ×ø±ê

	         * @param y ×ø±ê

	         * @param outRadius É«»·Íâ°ë¾¶

	         * @param inRadius É«»·Äڰ뾶

	         * @return

	         */

	        private boolean inColorCircle(float x, float y, float outRadius, float inRadius) {

	            double outCircle = Math.PI * outRadius * outRadius;

	            double inCircle = Math.PI * inRadius * inRadius;

	            double fingerCircle = Math.PI * (x * x + y * y);

	            if(fingerCircle < outCircle && fingerCircle > inCircle) {

	                return true;

	            }else {

	                return false;

	            }

	        }

	        /**

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	         * @param x ×ø±ê

	         * @param y ×ø±ê

	         * @param centerRadius Ô²°ë¾¶

	         * @return

	         */

	        private boolean inCenter(float x, float y, float centerRadius) {

	            double centerCircle = Math.PI * centerRadius * centerRadius;

	            double fingerCircle = Math.PI * (x * x + y * y);

	            if(fingerCircle < centerCircle) {

	                return true;

	            }else {

	                return false;

	            }

	        }

	        /**

	         * ×ø±êÊÇ·ñÔÚ½¥±äÉ«ÖÐ

	         * @param x

	         * @param y

	         * @return

	         */

	        private boolean inRect(float x, float y) {

	            if( x <= rectRight && x >=rectLeft && y <= rectBottom && y >=rectTop) {

	                return true;

	            } else {

	                return false;

	            }

	        }

	        /**

	         * »ñÈ¡Ô²»·ÉÏÑÕÉ«

	         * @param colors

	         * @param unit

	         * @return

	         */

	        private int interpCircleColor(int colors[], float unit) {

	            if (unit <= 0) {

	                return colors[0];

	            }

	            if (unit >= 1) {

	                return colors[colors.length - 1];

	            }

	            float p = unit * (colors.length - 1);

	            int i = (int)p;

	            p -= i;

	            // now p is just the fractional part [0...1) and i is the index

	            int c0 = colors[i];

	            int c1 = colors[i+1];

	            int a = ave(Color.alpha(c0), Color.alpha(c1), p);

	            int r = ave(Color.red(c0), Color.red(c1), p);

	            int g = ave(Color.green(c0), Color.green(c1), p);

	            int b = ave(Color.blue(c0), Color.blue(c1), p);

	            return Color.argb(a, r, g, b);

	        }

	        /**

	         * »ñÈ¡½¥±ä¿éÉÏÑÕÉ«

	         * @param colors

	         * @param x

	         * @return

	         */

	        private int interpRectColor(int colors[], float x) {

	            int a, r, g, b, c0, c1;

	            float p;

	            if (x < 0) {

	                c0 = colors[0];

	                c1 = colors[1];

	                p = (x + rectRight) / rectRight;

	            } else {

	                c0 = colors[1];

	                c1 = colors[2];

	                p = x / rectRight;

	            }

	            a = ave(Color.alpha(c0), Color.alpha(c1), p);

	            r = ave(Color.red(c0), Color.red(c1), p);

	            g = ave(Color.green(c0), Color.green(c1), p);

	            b = ave(Color.blue(c0), Color.blue(c1), p);

	            return Color.argb(a, r, g, b);

	        }

	        private int ave(int s, int d, float p) {

	            return s + Math.round(p * (d - s));

	        }

	    }

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	    public interface OnColorChangedListener {

	        /**

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	         */

	        void colorChanged(int color);

	    }

	    public String getTitle() {

	        return title;

	    }

	    public void setTitle(String title) {

	        this.title = title;

	    }

	    public int getmInitialColor() {

	        return mInitialColor;

	    }

	    public void setmInitialColor(int mInitialColor) {

	        this.mInitialColor = mInitialColor;

	    }

	    public OnColorChangedListener getmListener() {

	        return mListener;

	    }

	    public void setmListener(OnColorChangedListener mListener) {

	        this.mListener = mListener;

	    }

}

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Q: Where should you configure Content Security Policy? I have an angular application, that communicates with, depending on the setup, a REST API on Tomcat or a REST API on a Jetty. The angular-app itself is hosted on the same tomcat/jetty as a war.
The Tomcat setup might have an Apache in front (depending on the client)
The application needs to use base64 images (loaded trough css), but right now, if it's hosted on a server I get the following error:
Refused to load the image 'data:image/png;base64,...' because it violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "default-src https:". Note that 'img-src' was not explicitly set, so 'default-src' is used as a fallback.

So what I've done:
In index.html, I've set:
<meta http-equiv="Content-Security-Policy"
      content="default-src https: http:; script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval' https: http:; style-src http: https: 'unsafe-inline'; img-src 'self' data: https:; connect-src http: https: ws:;">

In a manual Spring filter, I've set:
httpServletResponse.setHeader("Content-Security-Policy",
                                  "default-src https: http:; script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval' https: http:; style-src http: https: 'unsafe-inline'; img-src 'self' data: https:; connect-src http: https: ws:;");

But of course, this has no effect, because I'm not calling the API for the html/js/css.
As I understand, this is not meant to be configured on Tomcat.
Where do you normally configure Content Security Policy / Content-Security-Policy headers?
I need a solution that does not need manual configuration on the server where the files will be installed.
Thanks in advance!

A: Spring Security allows users to easily inject security headers to assist in protecting their application. Here is the Spring Security Reference Document for content security policy. It's important to note that Spring Security does not add Content Security Policy by default. The web application author must declare the security policy(s) to enforce and/or monitor for the protected resources. You can enable the CSP header using Java configuration as shown below:
@EnableWebSecurity
public class WebSecurityConfig extends
WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {

@Override
protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
    http
    // ...
    .headers()
        .contentSecurityPolicy("script-src 'self' https://trustedscripts.example.com; object-src https://trustedplugins.example.com; report-uri /csp-report-endpoint/");
}
}


Survived nazi occupation of hungary, studied at London School of Economics. Founded Quantum Fund 1969; one of nation's first hedge funds. "Broke" British pound in 1992 with Stanley Druckenmiller; shorted England's currency, said to have made $1 billion in one day when Bank of England stopped fixing exchange rate. Not so lucky in Soviet Union: lost several hundred million in telecom investment when Soviet economy collapsed. Since 2000 has closed door to new investors; today the majority of Quantum Endowment Fund's $20 billion in assets are believed to be his. Sons Robert and Jonathan involved in business. Last summer made bearish bets; fund up 32% in 2007. Says U.S. on brink of prolonged recession after 25-year "superbubble." Has given away $6 billion since 1979 via Open Society Institute.
Born in Hungary and is #15 on Forbes 400 richest Americans. Graduated from the London School of Economics. His income has been derived primarily from hedge funds. Soros gave away over $7 billion through his Open Society Institute.
Married and divorced twice, he has three children with Annaliese Witschak (Robert, Andrea, Jonathan) and two with Susan Weber Soros (Alexander and Gregory).
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Al Saud Saudi Prince. With a fortune that Forbes estimates at $19.6 billion, Alwaleed is the richest person in the Middle East and is ranked 26th richest in Forbes 2011 list of the World's Billionaires.


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Hotel Grand Windsor
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Set in what was Auckland's first skyscraper, the Grand Windsor Hotel oozes style and sophistication once again thanks to a recent refurbishment. The Art Deco building dates from 1927 and sits in the heart of Auckland's shopping district and close to Waitemata Harbour.
Inside the narrow building, a sleek hall gives way to a large reception area, hung with a giant chandelier and staffed by effortlessly efficient but consistently discreet staff. Across the property, the balance between heritage styling and modern design and comfort is seamlessly upheld, the marble and parquet floors, velvet upholstery and gilt mirrors matched by the latest technology and food and drink concepts that champion organic ingredients and sustainability.
The rooms range in size but the design is consistently stylish with muted velvets, feature chairs and wallpapers, and large, glitzy bathrooms adding an air of refined sophistication.
The restaurant and bar continue the plush Art Deco theme and a new gym and spa complete the sense of refined indulgence.
Our rating: First Class
Start planning your tailor-made trip by contacting one of our New Zealand specialists
Classically elegant yet contemporary in style, the hotel's rooms are decorated in a palette of soft grays, with dashes of deep purple or teal in headboards, cushions and armchairs. Expect the finest linens, bone china and plush velvets alongside large TVs, Bluetooth speakers and Nespresso machines. The bathrooms are spacious and bright, lined with marble and golden mosaics. Little touches such as the range of organic teas and chocolates at turndown show the attention to detail, while free high-speed Wi-Fi and Sky TV bring amenities bang up to date.
The hotel is set in the heart of Auckland's shopping district, flanked by renowned couturiers and close to restaurants and bars, as well as the waterfront. The Auckland Art Gallery and the Sky Tower can be reached in ten minutes on foot, while the Downtown Ferry Terminal is just a five-minute walk away.
Named after the original restaurant on the site in 1928, and decorated in plush Art Deco style, Cooke's has a focus on organic wholefoods and sustainability and a menu that is designed so that dishes can be shared by the whole table. Choose from modern takes on classic dishes or signature creations by chef Jinu Abraham. For breakfast, the choice is equally wide ranging, taking in all the expected classics as well as Asian-inspired dishes.
A haven of classic style and genuine service that will transport you from the hustle and bustle of downtown Auckland to a world of personalized elegance.
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New Zealand's North Island self-drive tour
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less than 5 miles away Rated first class
Sebel Suites
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Where possible, we like to offer a range of accommodation for each stop of your trip, chosen by our specialists as some of their favorite places to stay. To help you make the right choice, we give each property a rating based on its facilities and service, but we also look for hotels with distinct character or a location that can't be bettered.
Eden Park B&B
Eden Park B&B offers guest accommodation in just four rooms. Each enjoys comfortable, quality furnishings and en suite or private bathroom facilities.
Located in the heart of Auckland's center, Hotel DeBrett is a small boutique hotel. Each of its rooms has been individually designed and features an eclectic mix of furniture, fittings and artwork.
The Sebel Suites is situated right in the heart of Viaduct Harbour. This all-suite property combines the services of a top hotel with the freedom of self-contained facilities.
Sky City Grand is a luxury hotel that blends style and elegance with a central city location.
The SKYCITY Hotel is located right in the center of Auckland. Its bright, comfortable rooms all feature large windows with city or harbor views.
Located in the heart of central Auckland, the Sofitel Auckland Viaduct Harbour is just a short stroll from the many restaurants and entertainments on offer in this vibrant part of the city.
Experiences while staying here
The following activities are designed to give you the most authentic experiences of the area where you're staying. We work with local guides, who use their knowledge and often a resident's eye to show you the main sights and more out-of-the-way attractions. Our specialists can also suggest outdoor pursuits and activities, such as cooking classes, that will introduce you to the traditions of the area's inhabitants.
America's Cup Sailing
This is a two hour excursion offering the opportunity for you to participate in sailing these grand prix racing machines. Passengers become the crew and are encouraged to take the helm, exert energy on the grinders or simply sit back and enjoy the action while sailing around the beautiful Waitemata Harbour.
Auckland City Tastes walking tour
Indulge in a culinary exploration as you visit two of the city's most vibrant foodie locations: Britomart and the viaduct Harbour.
Auckland Highlights Tour
Known as the 'City of Sails', this tour is the perfect introduction to the city as you visit several points of cultural and scenic interest; including Mount Eden with its amazing 360 degree views of the city and the city's oldest park, Auckland Domain.
Tiritiri Matangi Wildlife Bird Sanctuary
Tiritiri Matangi is a world-renowned bird sanctuary off the coast of Auckland. You will hike through the native bush on well formed tracks and boardwalks as your guide identifies fauna, bird species and birdsong, as well as many other points of interest along the way.
Waiheke Island Wine Tour
Enjoy Waiheke's award-winning wines and locally produced gourmet delights, along with gardens and galleries, music and poetry, native birds and bush walks.
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Very primitive accommodation where we are not aware of anything better.
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Omaha's first craft brewery tour company, the Omaha Brew Bus, was started by brothers Dave and Kyle Vannier. Dave and Kyle grew up right across the river in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Both Dave and Kyle graduated from Iowa State University where in addition to obtaining Degrees they also learned to enjoy a beer or two. However, the delicious craft beer love didn't come into play until a few years later. Kyle was visiting Dave in Tennessee and Dave took him to his favorite craft beer market where Kyle realized there was more to beer than what you can buy mass produced across the country.
Fast forward to 2015. Dave had been a golf professional for almost 15 years at courses in Florida and Tennessee sampling his share of craft beers along the way. Kyle is in management in the Council Bluffs area enjoying local craft beer in Omaha. Talking on the phone to Kyle one night after a few craft beers Dave decided to do something crazy. He'd quit his job as a golf professional and move back to Council Bluffs with his family. The brothers decided to go into business together and find a way to share their love of craft beer with others. With so many craft breweries in Omaha the brothers decided that the perfect way to share their love of local craft beer would be to start the Omaha Brew Bus.
Join us on our journey to discover local craft beer!


E-merce reports huge increases in shopping on the web. The numbers vary from 30 to 70 % and appear to be more than the incidental end-of-year increases. The increase also suggests that until now, the volume of sales has still been quite moderate.


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Condat – miejscowość i gmina we Francji, w regionie Owernia-Rodan-Alpy, w departamencie Cantal.

Według danych na rok 1990 gminę zamieszkiwały 1262 osoby, a gęstość zaludnienia wynosiła 31 osób/km² (wśród 1310 gmin Owernii Condat plasuje się na 169. miejscu pod względem liczby ludności, natomiast pod względem powierzchni na miejscu 85.).

Bibliografia

Miejscowości w departamencie Cantal


Weddings have always been an auspicious and sacred occasion for a couple as their lives are intertwined with each other in a lifelong bond of care, love and friendship. As special it is for the bride and groom, so is it equally an occasion of happiness for the guests who attend it to share their happiness and give out their blessings.
In such a situation if someone is pregnant, it is difficult to find the appropriate dress which would fit aptly for her. This is where maternity dresses for weddings play the very key role of allowing the would-be mother to choose freely from a variety of beautiful dresses which she can wear to the event.
It is all about being cosy in what one wears in order to be able to freely participate in someone else's day of love. For this the maternity dresses for weddings are the perfect go to clothes.
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Business News›News›Science›Green groups call for deal to cut down super pollutants
Green groups call for deal to cut down super pollutants
Last Updated: Oct 12, 2016, 05:52 PM IST
Kigali (Rwanda), Oct 12 (IANS) Environmental groups on Wednesday urged world leaders to come together for an ambitious deal to cut down heat-trapping super pollutants like hydrofluorocarbons and reaffirm their Paris commitment to take steps to tackle climate change.
"A success in Kigali can really raise the bar for greater ambition on global climate action in the years ahead," said Wael Hmaidan, International Director for the Climate Action Network, in a statement here.
Though heat-trapping substance hydrofluorocarbons or HFCs -- the refrigeration and air-conditioning coolants -- do not harm the ozone layer, they have a high global-warming potential.
To negotiate amendments to the Montreal Protocol to phase down HFCs to enter a critical stage, nearly 40 Ministers will arrive here on Thursday to attend the 28th meeting of the Parties to the 1989 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer to freeze an agreement as early as possible to eventually eliminate the use of HFCs.
"It's fitting that Ministers will be arriving here at the summit in the coming days because it is their government's credibility that will be on the line, if we don't get a good outcome," Christian Aid's Senior Policy Officer for Africa Benson Ireri said.
"Vulnerable countries do not have time to wait, the climate is changing fast and phasing down HFCs is something we absolutely must do if we're going to honour the pledges of the Paris Agreement," Ireri said.
Avipsa Mahapatra, Climate Campaign Lead with the Environmental Investigation Agency, said: "Although we've made progress on the important issue of baselines in the negotiations, time is scarce, and barely three negotiating days remain to reach the ambition necessary to achieve the 0.5 degree contribution to avoided warming that we desperately need."
Sounding optimistic, Natural Resources Defence Council India representive Bhaskar Deol said: "The technology for transition to energy-efficient and climate-friendly alternatives is already available. As the talks progress, most developing countries are displaying ambition and are ready for a freeze starting in the first-half of the next decade."
"Developed countries are also supporting early action and pledging adequate funding to developing countries through the Multilateral Fund," he added.
India on Tuesday played a crucial role in the ongoing negotiations on the Montreal Protocol by favouring two baseline years for bringing down the consumption of HFCs by the developing countries, provided the developed world "agrees to reduce its consumption by 70 per cent by 2027".
India also demanded transparency and more clarity for the allocation of funds to help developing countries in research and development for smooth technological transition without any delay.
(Vishal Gulati is in Kigali in Rwanda to cover the 28th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol. He can be contacted at vishal.g@ians.in)
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We are a unique 4 stars boutique hotel in the heart of Trentino. Our philosophy is represented by our warm hospitality, an authentic passion for sports & outdoor activities and our 12 beautiful theme Suites.
Just in front of the lifts and slopes of the Paganella 2001 in Andalo and only a few steps from the center, you' ll find in our rooms an authentic refuge of design, comfort and tranquility.
All our rooms are suites and you will have the possibility to choose between 4 different types of accommodation: Junior Suite Nature, Junior Suite Lake, Suite Mountain and Suite Mountain with Sauna!
Luminous and colored, furnished with functional design elements. We chose only quality materials looking for a balance with the harmony of the Nature around us. Indulge in the parfumes and colors of the woods and mountains surrounding the Brenta Dolomites and Paganella.
Room number and peculiarities: we can assure you the room typology you have chosen. Unfortunately we will not be able to confirm definitively the room number and floor at the moment of your confirmation.
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Anita Louise (Anita Louise Fremault) est une actrice américaine née le  à New York (États-Unis), morte le  à Los Angeles (Californie).

Biographie

Filmographie

 1923 : Le Harpon (Down to the Sea in Ships) d'Elmer Clifton (non créditée)
 1924 : The Sixth Commandment
 1924 : Lend Me Your Husband
 1925 : L'École des mendiants (The Street of Forgotten Men) de Herbert Brenon (non créditée)
 1927 : The Music Master
 1927 : Memories
 1928 : 4 Devils - Louise
 1929 : The Spirit of Youth - Toodles Ewing
 1929 : Square Shoulders - Mary Jane
 1929 : Wonder of Women - Lottie
 1929 : The Marriage Playground - Blanca Wheater
 1930 : The Florodora Girl - Vibart Child
 1930 : What A Man - Marion Kilbourne
 1930 : Just Like Heaven - Mimi
 1930 : The Third Alarm d'Emory Johnson - Milly Morton
 1931 : Everything's Rosie - Rosie Droop
 1931 : The Great Meadow - Betty Hall
 1931 : Millie - Constance 'Connie' Maitland
 1931 : The Woman Between - Helen Weston
 1931 : Heaven on Earth - Towhead
 1932 : Le Fantôme de Crestwood (The Phantom of Crestwood) de J. Walter Ruben - Esther Wren
 1933 : Haute Société (Our Betters), de George Cukor - Elizabeth 'Bessie' Saunders
 1934 : The Most Precious Thing in Life - Patty O'Day
 1934 : Are We Civilized? - Norma Bockner
 1934 : Cross Streets - Clara Grattan
 1934 : I Give My Love - Lorna March
 1934 : Judge Priest - Ellie May Gillespie
 1934 : Madame du Barry - Marie Antoinette
 1934 : L'Oiseau de feu (The Firebird) de William Dieterle - Mariette Pointer
 1934 : Bachelor of Arts de Louis King - Mimi Smith
 1935 : Lady Tubbs - Wynne Howard
 1935 : Here's to Romance - Lydia Lubov
 1935 : Personal Maid's Secret - Diana Abercrombie
 1935 : Le Songe d'une nuit d'été (A Midsummer Night's Dream) de William Dieterle et Max Reinhardt - Titania, Reine des Fées
 1936 : La Vie de Louis Pasteur (The Story of Louis Pasteur) - Annette Pasteur
 1936 : Brides Are Like That - Hazel Robinson
 1936 : Anthony Adverse de Mervyn LeRoy - Maria
 1937 : La Lumière verte  (Green Light) - Phyllis Dexter
 1937 : Une journée de printemps (Call It a Day) - Joan Collett
 1937 : The Go Getter - Margaret Ricks
 1937 : Une certaine femme (That certain woman) - Florence 'Flip' Carson Merrick
 1937 : First Lady - Emmy Page
 1937 : Cette nuit est notre nuit (Tovarich) - Helene Dupont
 1938 : My Bill (1938) - Muriel Colbrook
 1938 : Marie-Antoinette - Princesse de Lamballe
 1938 : Nuits de bal (The Sisters) d'Anatole Litvak - Helen Elliot Johnson
 1938 : Le Cavalier errant (Going Places) - Ellen Parker
 1939 : Petite Princesse - Rose Hamilton
 1939 : Le Gorille (The Gorilla) d'Allan Dwan - Norma Denby
 1939 :  - Daphne 'Daph' Graves
 1939 : Hero For a Day - Sylvia Higgins
 1939 : Main Street Lawyer - Honey Boggs
 1939 : Reno- Mrs. Joanne Ryder
 1940 : Wagons Westward - Phyllis O'Conover
 1940 : Glamour For Sale - Ann Powell
 1940 : The Villain Still Pursued Her - Mary Wilson
 1941 : The Phantom Submarine - Madeline Neilson
 1941 : Two in a Taxi - Bonnie
 1941 : Harmon of Michigan - Peggy Adams
 1943 : Dangerous Blondes - Julie Taylor
 1944 : Crime au pensionnat (Nine Girls) de Leigh Jason - Paula Canfield
 1944 : Casanova le petit (Casanova Brown) - Madge Ferris
 1945 : Le Poids d'un mensonge (Love Letters) - Helen Wentworth
 1946 : Les Compagnons de Jéhu (The Fighting Guardsman) de Henry Levin - Amélie de Montrevel
 1946 : Le Fils de Robin des Bois () : Lady Catherine Maitland
 1946 : The Devil's Mask - Janet Mitchell
 1946 : Personality Kid - Laura Howard
 1946 : Shadowed - Carol Johnson
 1947 : Blondie's Big Moment - Miss Gary
 1947 : Bulldog Drummond at Bay
 1950 : Stars Over Hollywood
 1952 :  de Joseph H. Lewis - Ruth Hansen

Télévision

 Your Favorite Story (1953)
 The Ford Television Theatre (1952-1955) - Marie McCoy, Mother
 Lux Video Theatre (1955)
 Mon amie Flicka (My Friend Flicka) (1956) - Nell McLaughlin
 Ethel Barrymore Theatre (1956)
  (1957) - Nancy Wellington
 Playhouse 90 (1957) - Mabel Seymour Greer
 Letter To Loretta (1957) - Laura
 The United States Steel Hour (1962) - Mrs. McCabe
 Mannix (1969) - Althea Greene
 The Mod Squad (1970)

Distinction

 1931 : WAMPAS Baby Stars

Notes et références

Liens externes

Actrice américaine
Naissance en janvier 1915
Décès en avril 1970
Décès à 55 ans
Naissance à New York
WAMPAS Baby Stars
Actrice ayant incarné Marie-Antoinette
Décès à Los Angeles
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Personnalité inhumée au Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)