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#include "HandlerBase.h"
#include <boost/bind.hpp>

#include <cassert>

#include "LogUtils.h"

DECLARE_LOG_OBJECT()

namespace pulsar {

HandlerBase::HandlerBase(const ClientImplPtr& client, const std::string& topic)
        : client_(client),
          topic_(topic),
          connection_(),
          mutex_(),
          creationTimestamp_(now()),
          operationTimeut_(seconds(client->conf().getOperationTimeoutSeconds())),
          state_(Pending),
          backoff_(milliseconds(100), seconds(60)),
          timer_(client->getIOExecutorProvider()->get()->createDeadlineTimer()) {
}

HandlerBase::~HandlerBase() {
    timer_->cancel();
}

void HandlerBase::start() {
    grabCnx();
}

void HandlerBase::grabCnx() {
    if (connection_.lock()) {
        LOG_INFO(getName() << "Ignoring reconnection request since we're already connected");
        return;
    }

    LOG_INFO(getName() << "Getting connection from pool");
    ClientImplPtr client = client_.lock();
    Future<Result, ClientConnectionWeakPtr> future = client->getConnection(topic_);
    future.addListener(
            boost::bind(&HandlerBase::handleNewConnection, _1, _2, get_weak_from_this()));
}

void HandlerBase::handleNewConnection(Result result, ClientConnectionWeakPtr connection,
                                      HandlerBaseWeakPtr weakHandler) {
    HandlerBasePtr handler = weakHandler.lock();
    if (!handler) {
        LOG_DEBUG("HandlerBase Weak reference is not valid anymore");
        return;
    }
    if (result == ResultOk) {
        ClientConnectionPtr conn = connection.lock();
        if (conn) {
            LOG_DEBUG(handler->getName() << "Connected to broker: " << conn->cnxString());
            handler->connectionOpened(conn);
            return;
        }
        // TODO - look deeper into why the connection is null while the result is ResultOk
        LOG_INFO(handler->getName() << "ClientConnectionPtr is no longer valid");
    }
    handler->connectionFailed(result);
    scheduleReconnection(handler);
}

void HandlerBase::handleDisconnection(Result result, ClientConnectionWeakPtr connection,
                                      HandlerBaseWeakPtr weakHandler) {
    HandlerBasePtr handler = weakHandler.lock();
    if (!handler) {
        LOG_DEBUG("HandlerBase Weak reference is not valid anymore");
        return;
    }

    Lock lock(handler->mutex_);
    State state = handler->state_;

    ClientConnectionPtr currentConnection = handler->connection_.lock();
    if (currentConnection && connection.lock().get() != currentConnection.get()) {
        LOG_WARN(
                handler->getName() << "Ignoring connection closed since we are already attached to a newer connection");
        return;
    }

    if (currentConnection) {
        currentConnection.reset();
    }

    switch (state) {
        case Pending:
        case Ready:
            scheduleReconnection(handler);
            break;

        case Closing:
        case Closed:
        case Failed:
            LOG_DEBUG(handler->getName() <<
                    "Ignoring connection closed event since the handler is not used anymore");
            break;
    }
}

bool HandlerBase::isRetriableError(Result result) {
    switch (result) {
        case ResultServiceUnitNotReady:
            return true;
        default:
            return false;
    }
}

void HandlerBase::scheduleReconnection(HandlerBasePtr handler) {
    if (handler->state_ == Pending || handler->state_ == Ready) {
        TimeDuration delay = handler->backoff_.next();

        LOG_INFO(
                handler->getName() << "Schedule reconnection in " << (delay.total_milliseconds() / 1000.0) << " s");
        handler->timer_->expires_from_now(delay);
        //passing shared_ptr here since time_ will get destroyed, so tasks will be cancelled
        //so we will not run into the case where grabCnx is invoked on out of scope handler
        handler->timer_->async_wait(boost::bind(&HandlerBase::handleTimeout, _1, handler));
    }
}

void HandlerBase::handleTimeout(const boost::system::error_code& ec, HandlerBasePtr handler) {
    if (ec) {
        LOG_DEBUG(handler->getName() << "Ignoring timer cancelled event, code[" << ec <<"]");
        return;
    } else {
        handler->grabCnx();
    }
}

ptime now() {
    return microsec_clock::universal_time();
}

int64_t currentTimeMillis() {
    static ptime time_t_epoch(boost::gregorian::date(1970, 1, 1));

    time_duration diff = now() - time_t_epoch;
    return diff.total_milliseconds();
}

}

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Advanced Liberal Arts
Information for term Advanced Liberal Arts
Application deadline, and cost information.
Select a Term Spring 2023Fall 2023
Program Deadlines and Pricing Info
Tentative Dates: Sep 4 – Dec 22, 2023 (16 weeks)*
Credit: 15 - 18 semester hours / 22.5 - 27 quarter hours
Eligibility: 2.5 Overall GPA
$19,950 See full breakdown
The application deadline has passed.
Dates: Jan 31 – Jun 1, 2023 (17 weeks)
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Destination & Activities
Put your advanced Spanish skills to work in the lively Mediterranean city of Barcelona! Considered Spain's most popular city, Barcelona is the perfect place to dramatically improve your Spanish language skills.
Designed for students from all areas of study, the Advanced Liberal Arts program immerses you in the Spanish education system, where you'll have opportunities to practice your Spanish with local university students. Your courses will be delivered at CIEE's partner school, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), where you'll find a wide range of courses to enroll in across UB's 16 different colleges. Additionally, you'll choose from electives through CIEE Barcelona to round out your academics.
Outside the classroom, you'll participate in exciting co-curricular activities and excursions organized by CIEE to enhance classroom learning and develop intercultural understanding. These outings will give you firsthand experience of the city's countless cultural wonders to bring your academics to life!
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a local Spanish student ready to help you settle into your new life and academic culture and introduce you to new friends at University of Barcelona.
Bite into Barcelona's culture
with small-group cooking lessons, foodie tours, and a wine-tasting night.
Gain valuable experience
with an internship. You might update a website at the Centre of Discourse Studies or manage the Language Lab at the UB.
Location & Culture
Culture, sport, fashion, finance, media, and entertainment – Barcelona is brimming with it all. The largest city on the Mediterranean Sea, Barcelona is home to 1.6 million in the city proper and 4.5 million in the broader metro area. It is edged with a river on either side and backed by the Serra de Collserola mountains to the west.
Castilian Spanish and Catalan are the official languages. Both are regularly used in all aspects of life and Catalan is not imposed. Taxi drivers, shopkeepers, professors, and host families all speak clear Castilian when Spanish speakers are present. Spanish is widely used at the university. Students don't need to speak Catalan but learning a few words can open doors to making new friends.
CIEE Barcelona is conveniently located in a historical pedestrian passageway in the heart of the city. It houses staff offices, classrooms, and open-air terraces. It is close to the host universities and to the city's main attractions.
CIEE wants all our students to feel welcomed, supported, and empowered to succeed while studying abroad. Local CIEE staff have provided details about conditions and cultural attitudes that students with specific identities might encounter in Barcelona.
EXCURSIONS & ACTIVITIES
One of our popular day trips takes you to Montserrat, a Benedictine monastery retreat high atop one of the most spectacular mountain ranges in Catalonia. Not only is its history of significant religious importance, but the surrounding natural beauty is nothing short of breathtaking. There you can visit the monastery to see La Moreneta (the black Madonna), listen to the world-renowned Boys' Choir (whose history dates back to the 14th century), and trek any of the numerous mountain trails where you'll take in incredible countryside views and see the most unusual rock formations in all of Catalonia. Are you ready? Let's go!
Discover the Gràcia neighborhood, famous for its bohemian and artistic style and streets filled with color and culture.
Visit the oldest preserved garden, reflecting both Neoclassical and Romantic styles – and try your luck in the park's labyrinth maze!
Eat like a local and try popular traditional dishes like churros, patatas bravas, tortilla de patata, tapas, and pinchos.
See a flamenco show!
Hike the Carretera de les Aigües for amazing views over the city.
Gain valuable experience, put your talents to good use, and get a real feel for everyday life in Barcelona with an internship. Past students have updated the website for the Centre for Discourse Studies, managed the Language Lab at the Centro de Autoaprendizaje de Lenguas at UB; and helped staff in the UB Office of Mobility and International Programs.
HERITAGE LEARNERS TRACK
Heritage learners take the CIEE Advanced Spanish language course "Spanish for Heritage Learners*" in addition to other CIEE and elective university courses chosen from the entire Universitat de Barcelona curriculum. CIEE provides a list of recommended direct-enrollment courses.
*Students who place at the near native speaker level, or prove they are Spanish-heritage students with a bilingual level during the on-site placement test will be exempt from this language course requirement.
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All housing is within a 30-minute commute to CIEE.
Homestays: Live with a Spanish family, with or without another CIEE student, and immerse yourself in the city's language and culture. Each student has an individual room.
Apartments: Students can live in apartments shared with other CIEE students. If local health and safety regulations permit, most students live in double or triple rooms. Each apartment will have shared common spaces, including kitchen and bathroom.
Residence Halls: Students usually live with a mix of CIEE students and other local and international students. If local health and safety regulations permit, students live in single, double, or triple rooms. Students usually share kitchens and common areas.
Housing is tight in Barcelona. If we can't accommodate your first housing choice, we'll let you know before you arrive.
Homestay students have breakfast and dinner with their host families, and they are responsible for lunch. Meals are not included at residence halls or apartments.
Where You'll Study
CIEE Barcelona
Near Barcelona's main square, Plaza Catalunya.
University Plaza, walking distance from CIEE Barcelona.
Students use public transportation to get from their lodgings to CIEE Barcelona – no more than a 30-minute ride. Students get to UB classes by walking or taking the metro.
"They offer lots of support & cultural activities. They're also very flexible. They truly want you to succeed & they'll personally work with you to make sure you do."
Genevieve B., University of Iowa
"The classes, facilities, excursions and support overall as well as the experience was amazing, even in such a hard and weird time."
Nicole C., Vanderbilt University
The Advanced Liberal Arts program in Barcelona is geared toward students with advanced Spanish language skills – at least six semesters of college-level Spanish (or equivalent). The program allows students to take courses at Universitat de Barcelona (UB) across a wide range of topics, and become part of the vibrant UB campus community, as well as take courses at CIEE Barcelona with other CIEE students. All students take an advanced Spanish language course in preparation for their courses at UB. During the first week of the program, students meet individually with the CIEE Barcelona Program Manager to select their UB courses. Each term, one or two University of Barcelona graduate students intern at CIEE Barcelona helping the program participants with the Spanish language and the CIEE and UB courses.
Students agree to speak only Spanish to encourage language and cultural acquisition.
Important Note about Exam Dates: Students are required to stay in Barcelona until they have completed their University of Barcelona exams. Official UB Fall exams are in January, and official UB Spring exams are in June. However, early exams in December and May may be possible, and they should be confirmed on an individual basis with the professor at the start of the regular semester session, during the add/drop period. Please note that it is up to the discretion of each professor to allow the taking of final exams before the start of the official examination period. You will be provided with housing until all your exams are completed. As it is impossible to confirm your exam schedule prior to your arrival, if your priority is to leave Barcelona as soon as your university finals are finished, please book an airline ticket with a low change fee or a flexible departure date.
On-program Requirements
Academic Culture
Language Prerequisites
6 semesters of college-level Spanish (or equivalent)
Individual courses may have additional prerequisites; for CIEE courses, these are listed in the syllabi below. Students are responsible for having their own course approval conversations with their advisors.
Students take five courses for 15 credits:
One CIEE Advanced Spanish language course
One to two CIEE culture courses
CIEE culture courses
Internship (optional)
Two to four Universitat de Barcelona courses
Program Credit
Total credit: 15-18 semester/ 22.5-27 quarter credits
CIEE courses: 3 U.S. semester/4.5 quarter credits; 45 contact hours
CIEE Internship: 3 U.S. semester/4.5 quarter credits; 15 seminar hours, 100 internship placement hours
Universitat de Barcelona courses: 3 U.S. semester/4.5 quarter credits; 45 contact hours, unless otherwise noted.
UB classes involve less guidance than U.S. students are accustomed to: syllabi are less detailed and there are fewer assessments. CIEE courses are more typically American, with carefully monitored attendance, regular assignments and exams, and participation all important factors in grading.
Class Format
University of Barcelona (UB) classrooms may be traditional or modern and may include up to 80 students. CIEE classrooms are smaller and have 10-25 students on average.
Spanish professors grade on a 10-point scale, and points are converted to letter grades.
Host Institution Courses
UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA COURSES
The following list is a sample of the types of regular UB host institution courses that are available to CIEE students.
The CIEE Program Manager meets with each student during orientation to help him or her choose and register for classes.
The Department of Biology offers scientific training in the basic and applied aspects of biology; molecular biology and genetics; cell biology and physiology; and evolution, ecology, and biodiversity. Courses: Aquiculture, Algae and Bryophytes, Applied Animal Biology, Bases of Organic Reactions, Biological Anthropology, Biology of Marine Invertebrates, Cellular and Molecular Biology of Microorganisms, Environmental Microbiology and Sustainable Processes, Human Biodiversity, Biochemistry.
The Department of Chemistry offers scientific training in the basic and applied aspects of analytical, general, organic, inorganic, and physical chemistry. Courses: Biomaterials, Biochemistry, Materials Science, Biological Documentation, Chemical Engineering, Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Inorganic Materials, Environmental Chemistry.
Department of Communication & Cultural Industries
The Department of Communication and Cultural Industries offers training in the strategies and practices of the media and communications industry, government policy makers and the third sector. Courses: Mechanisms and Production of Online Communication, Semiotics of Communication, Text Production in Spanish, The Contemporary Thought, Mechanisms of Communication and Production in the Net.
Department of Economic Sciences/Business/International Affairs
Throughout its various departments, the Diagonal Campus (a 20-minute metro ride from the city center) offers a broad spectrum of courses in economics and techniques in the analysis of local, European, and world economies, international affairs, as well as classes in business. Courses: Conflicts and Social Problems, Cultural Studies, Development Economics, Econometrics II, Economic Growth and Location of the Economic Activity, Economics and Business Statistics II, European Integration, Financial Instruments and Markets, Financial Management, Game Theory and Application in Economics, Human Resources, Industrial Organization, Management Control, Microeconomics II, Principles of Marketing, Social Control, Social Research Techniques IV, Sociology of Global Processes, Sociology of Professions, Spanish Economic Policy and EU Policy, Spanish Economy, Strategic Marketing.
Department of English (all courses taught in English)
Located in the city center, the English Department is housed in the historic building of the Universitat de Barcelona. The English Department brings together three different areas of study: Literature, Drama and Theatre, and Cultural Studies. Courses: Contemporary Narratives in English, Contemporary Theater in English, Descriptive English Grammar I, English Narrative and Cinema, English Phonetics and Phonology I, English Semantics, English Teaching as a Second Language I, History and Culture of the British Isles, History of the English Language II, Literature and Conflict, Literature in English in the 20th and 21st Centuries, New Trends in Literature of the United States, Literatures of the United States in the 19th Century.
Department of Fine Arts
The Department of Fine Arts shapes plastic artists, professionals, and artistic directors in image and design. The department also provides an environment for building theoretical knowledge; conceptual formation, aesthetics and critique; a formation of artistic practice; and an adequate professional capacity for a degree in Fine Arts. Courses: Art, Technology and Printing, Artistic and Cultural Policies: Intellectual Property, Artistic Spaces: Light and Ambient Mutations, Arts in Movement: Nomad Visions, Contemporary Visualities, Cross-roads in a Personal Journey: Spaces for Creation and Spaces for Diffusion, Drawing of Movement, Information Design, Media Arts, Models, Miniatures and Prototypes, Painting vs. The End of Art, Photography, Sculpture and Earth Materials: Clay, Stone, Wood and Natural Fibers.
Department of Geography, History & Art History
Located in the city center, the Department of Geography, History and Art History offers basic and applied scientific training in the methods and techniques of geography, history, history of art, and social and Cultural anthropology. Courses: Ancient Hispania, Ancient History, Applied Physical Geography, City and Metropolitan Region, Classicism and Mannerism in the 16th Century, Climatology, General Cartography, Geography and History, Geography of Spain, Global Change, History, Culture and Society in Modern and Contemporary Ages, History of Avant-Garde Art (1905-1960), History of Rome, Local and Regional Development, Medieval History of Spain, Methodologies and Principles of Historic and Artistic Research, Migrations and Transnational Processes, Natural Hazards, Prehistory, Principles of History of Aesthetics, Social and Cultural Geography, Social Theory, Trends in Modern and Contemporary Cinema, World Regional Structure.
Department of Hispanic Philology
Located in the city center, the Faculty of Hispanic Philology is housed in the historic building of the Universitat de Barcelona. The department offers courses in Spanish language and literature. Courses: Applied Linguistics, Castilian Literature of the Middle Ages, Contemporary Literary Theory Methods: Introduction to the History of the Spanish Language, Introduction to Linguistics, Introduction to Latin American Literature, Literary Commentary, Literature and History, Literature and Holocaust, Panorama of Spanish Literature (Middle Ages and Golden Age), Panorama of Spanish Literature (Modern and Contemporary), Realism and Naturalism in Spain: the Novel, Sociolinguistics of Spanish, Spanish Morphology and Lexicography, Spanish Literature of the Renaissance: Poetry and Prose, Spanish Theater of the Golden Age: Text and Performance, The 20th Century Spanish Poetry (1940-2000), The 20th Century Spanish Poetry: from Modernism to Avant-Garde, 20th Century Latin American Literature.
Department of Law & Political Science
The Department of Law & Political Sciences enables students to pursue areas of interest in Spanish and European government and politics, international relations, comparative politics, and political theory and philosophy. Courses: Bioethics and Law, Civil Law, Constitutional Law, Economic and Social History, Economic International Law, Economics and Social Welfare State, Environmental Law, European Law of Open Circulation, European Union Law and Administration, Fundamentals of Criminal Law and Crime Theory, History of Law, Immigration, Nationality and Status of Foreigners, Institutions of European Community Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Legal Regulations of Work, International Organizations, International Protection of Human Rights, Introduction to Law, Labor and Social Security Law, People Management and Administration, Political Economics, Psycho-Social Hazards, Public International Law and International Relations, Social Structure, Sociology of Law, Sociology of Work, Spanish Economy, System of Rights and Liberties.
Department of Mathematics & Computer Engineering
The Department of Mathematics & Computer Engineering offers scientific training in the basic and applied aspects of calculus, linear algebra, and mathematical structures. Courses: Algebraic Variables, Complex Analysis, Differential Equations, Harmonic Analysis and Signal Theory, Integral Calculus in Diverse Variables, Introduction to Commutative Algebra, Introduction to Integral Calculus, Multivariate Analysis, Projective Geometry, Robotics.
Department of Medicine & Health Sciences
The Department of Medicine & Health Sciences has three campuses (Hospital Clínic, Bellvitge and Sant Joan de Déu), three tertiary level university hospitals, eight hospitals associated with high-quality care, teaching and research, and 22 primary care centers with the necessary teaching and research infrastructure in libraries, dissection rooms, research and practical laboratories, computer rooms, study rooms, communication skills laboratories, clinical skills laboratories and facilities to simulate critical care. Courses: General Pathological Anatomy, Medical Genetics, Medical Microbiology, Medical Psychology, Medical and Radiotherapy Oncology, Endocrine and Nutrition System Diseases.
Department of Modern Language
Located in the city center, the Department of Modern Language is housed in the historic building of the Universitat de Barcelona. The department offers courses in modern language and literature, literary theory, classic languages and literatures. Courses: Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Catalan, Galician, Basque, German, French, Italian, Hebrew, Arabic, Dutch, Swedish, Romanian, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, and Slavic languages.
The Department of Philosophy offers a historical and critical study of the fundamental ideas of the western tradition and present world with courses on the history of philosophy and science, logic and philosophy of the sciences, and moral and political philosophy. Courses: Contemporary Theories of Art and Literature, History of Aesthetic Ideas, History of Ancient Philosophy II, History of Modern Philosophy II, History of Science, Metaphysics II, Logics Topics II, History of Contemporary Philosophy Topics II, History of Science Topics II, Metaphysics Topics II, Philosophical Anthropology, Philosophy of Language II.
This department offers scientific training in the basic and applied aspects of physics. Courses: Algebraic Equations, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Differential Equations and Vectorial Calculus, Electromagnetism, General Relativity, Calculus of Diverse Variables, Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Physics, Thermodynamics.
Department of Psychology and Education
This Faculty offers scientific training in the basic and applied aspects of psychology and pedagogy as well as socio-educational intervention and mediation. Courses: Behavior and Immunity, Clinical Psychology, Cultural Psychology, Developmental Psychology: Investigation Design, Maturity and Senescence Development Disorders, Group Psychology and Collective Behavior, Learning, Motivation and Sensitivity, Memory and Representation, Mental Health and Mental Disorder from an Evolutionary Perspective, Organizational Psychology, Psychological Assessment, Psychological Intervention, Psychology and Marketing, Sex and Gender Psychology, Sexual Psychology, Social Psychology.
Note: This course listing is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a contract between CIEE and any applicant, student, institution, or other party. The courses, as described, may be subject to change as a result of ongoing curricular revisions, assignment of lecturers and teaching staff, and program development. Courses may be canceled due to insufficient enrollment.
"(GI)" denotes courses that originated at CIEE's Global Institutes and that are offered at multiple CIEE sites.
Ping Scholarships for Academic Excellence
Global Access Initiative (GAIN) Grants
CIEE Gilman Go Global Grant
To be considered, submit the CIEE Scholarships & Grants application within your CIEE program application. Learn more at the Scholarships & Grants section of our website.
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You get more for every dollar when you study abroad with CIEE, because our high-quality programs include everything from excursions to insurance. There are no hidden charges, and no disappointing surprises when you arrive.
Application Due
Fees & Housing
Spring 2023 17 weeks Deadline Passed Jan 31, 2023 Jun 1, 2023
CIEE offers the most student support of any provider in its program fee, including an airport greeting, full-time leadership and support, orientation, cultural activities, local excursions, pre-departure advising, and CIEE iNext travel insurance with benefits.
Participation Confirmation = $300 *
Educational Costs = $15,133 **
Housing = $4,350 ***
Insurance = $167
Total Fees = $19,950
Estimated Costs
Students are responsible and manage costs related to travel, meals, books, and personal expenses. Below are estimates for consideration.
Meals not included in program fee = $1,768 †
International Airfare = $1,200 ††
Local Transportation = $135 †††
Books & Supplies = $100
Visa Fees = $160
Potential travel to consulate for visa = $500
Personal expenses = $1,280 ††††
Total Estimated Costs = $5,143
CIEE offers the most grants and scholarships of any study abroad organization, including $8 million/year in travel grants, merit-based scholarships, institutional and MSI grants, and Gilman Go Global Grants.
See Scholarships
This breakdown has been prepared from the program budget for the purpose of calculating eligibility for financial aid. During the course of program operations, actual figures may vary. It should not, therefore, be used as a basis for calculation of refunds. CIEE reserves the right to adjust fees at any time.
Students required by their US home institution to study abroad via CIEE's School of Record will be charged a $500 administrative fee in addition to the Program Fees listed.
* non-refundable
** direct cost of education charged uniformly to all students
*** homestay includes two meals daily; no meals are included for students in the Residencia option
† Homestay includes two meals daily; no meals are included for students in the Residencia and Shared apartments options. Homestay students Fall & Spring should budget $885 for meals not included in fees
†† round-trip based on U.S. East Coast departure
††† "Local transportation: t-jove (3 months) = 85€ ($90) / t-usual (1 month) = 40€ ($43)
†††† "Personal expenses: minimum social life twice a week ($45 aprox)
Fall 2023 16 weeks Apr 1, 2023 Sep 4, 2023* Dec 22, 2023*
International Airfare = $850 ††
Local Transportation = $65 †††
Personal expenses = $167 ††††
Other = $0 †††††
† Homestay includes two meals daily; no meals are included for students in the Residencia and Shared apartments options. Homestay students should budget $600 for meals not included in fees.
††† Local transportation: t-jove (3 months) = 40€ ($43) / t-usual (1 month) = 20€ ($21)
†††† Personal expenses: $100 emergency fund and cell phone expense + estimated cost of toiletries for one month
††††† Covid test fees for entry to the US, if required
*Dates for this program are provided as tentative dates. Please consult with your study abroad advisor to confirm dates before purchasing your flights.
To help you budget, keep in mind that students are responsible for the cost of international airfare, local transportation, books and supplies, visas, and personal expenses. In addition, your college or university may charge additional fees for study abroad, or may require you to receive a transcript via CIEE's School of Record, which carries an additional fee of $500.
Looking for funding?
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Andrés Tabárez
Andrés Tabárez is Center Director at CIEE Barcelona. Andrés holds a Ph.D. in Classical Studies from the University of Barcelona (UB).
Fernando Janeiro
Nando holds a Master's Degree in Humanities from Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona) and is certified as a Spanish as a Second Language instructor (International House/ Universitat de Barcelona).
José Luis Espinosa
José Luis holds a Ph.D. in Modern Languages and Gender Studies from the University of Salamanca (USAL).
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Gear up to join the global economy with international experience from one of the Europe's major hubs – Barcelona.
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Intriguing courses, homestays, internships, and cultural exploration.
Communications, New Media + Journalism English
Learn the nuts and bolts of communication.
Communications, New Media + Journalism Spanish
Advance your Spanish language skills
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Host of the 1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona is an ideal place to explore the impact of one massive event on its host's economy.
Program Business: STUDY
Program Type: Study, Part-time Internship
Program Language: Spanish
Program Fields of Study: Business & Management, Communications & Journalism, Legal Studies & Law Enforcement, Humanities & Social Sciences, Health and Medical Studies, Foreign Languages & Area Studies, STEM Fields, Visual & Performing Arts
Program Disciplines: Economics, Engineering, Law, Management, Philosophy, Psychology, Spanish Language, Finance, Medicine, Fine Arts
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Q: How to give SQL access to NETWORK SERVICE account? I am trying to create a schema and a table that is accessible by a Windows Service that I wrote, but my service is unable to gain access to it...
USE [tempdb]
GO

CREATE SCHEMA [blah]
GO

SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
CREATE TABLE [blah].[domains](
    [id] [int] NOT NULL,
    [name] [varchar](256) NOT NULL,
 CONSTRAINT [PK_domains] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
    [id] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]
GO

A very simple table.. When I try to SELECT it via my Windows Service, I'm getting:
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): The SELECT permission was denied on the object 'domains', database 'tempdb', schema 'blah'.
I've tried switching my Service account from LocalService to NetworkService but it gives the same thing.
The connection string I am using for my service:
connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;Database=tempdb;Integrated Security=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=True"

I've also tried to create a new Logins for NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE, then a user NETWORK SERVICE mapped to that Login and then grant permission on blah as well as domains table, but still not working.
PS: The same code was able to access the table when I ran it as a normal executable, but not when is running as a Service.

A: We discussed a few approaches in the comments, but I think your best bet is to:

*

*Create a Windows account (or use an existing one)

*Configure your service to run as that Windows account

*Add the Windows account as a SQL login

*Grant the desired permissions to that SQL login

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Q: Python Anaconda Jupyter notebook doesn't launch I just downloaded and installed anaconda, and I opened the jupyther notebook from the "start" menu, it prompts a black window that looks like a command line window, but instead of opening my browser on the notebook "tree" page, it just closes the black command line window and nothing happens.
I formatted my computer and downloaded the anaconda, before it was fine and now it doesn't launch.
tried to unistall and install again but nothing...
and ideas?

A: I had the exact same problem, and solved it using various answers from various places. Here is what I did:
Open a terminal, then copy paste:

conda update nb_conda nb_conda_kernels nb_anacondacloud

For me it answered that nb_conda wasn't installed, so I added:

conda install nb_conda

From there, jupyter notebook launched properly but it ended up in no folder and stated a "servor error". I solved the problem by running it stating the folder where I wanted it to start:

jupyter notebook C:\Users\YOURNAME\Documents\Python

It is then possible to update directly your shortcut by changing the "target" and "opens in":

Target : C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\Scripts\jupyter.exe notebook
Opens in : C:\Users\YOURNAME\Documents\Python

I hope that it will work all right for you, let me know if you found a better solution...


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BMW Won't Be Like Mercedes And Offer Extra Performance For Yearly Fee
Mercedes recently raised eyebrows when it announced that it was offering an over-the-air performance upgrade for its EQS models, which required a yearly subscription. Interestingly, it was BMW who first introduced the idea of turning EVs' features into subscription services, but according to one company executive, the Bavarians won't be doing the same when it comes to performance.
Unlike Mercedes, which locks some of the EQS and EQE's performance unless you pay the yearly fee, BMW introduced a similar system but for a feature that didn't affect the way vehicles drove. BMW is offering the heated seats option in some models for $18 per month, after all, a move that was met with almost unanimous negative reactions, so don't think that it's not limiting performance because it has a different philosophy compared to its rival from Stuttgart.
BMW's head of technical development, Frank Weber, spoke during a round table at CES 2023 and made it clear that implementing this would bring more problems than it would be worth for the company. It has nothing to do with BMW not being interested in making more money off its customers, but instead it's all about the hassle it would have to go through to get this homologated and legal for road use.
Mercedes currently charges $1,200 plus tax to give its bespoke EVs extra acceleration, enough to cut their acceleration time from standstill to sixty by just under one second. For the EQE 350 4Matic, for instance, the over the air performance update bumps up the power from 288 horsepower to 349 horsepower, while in the EQS 450 4Matic, it rises from 355 horsepower to 443 horsepower. This extra acceleration is only available in the Dynamic (sport) drive mode.
Buyers certainly won't be pleased that the company they're buying the car from wants to squeeze as much money from them as it can, and this may out of principle drive them to look at other brands that don't do this. It will still be interesting to see if automakers will keep these subscription-based features long-term, or if they are just testing the water to gauge reactions – the company is already having problems with this system in Europe.
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Call 1-855-69-MEDI8 (855-696-3348)
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VIRGINIA DIVORCE, CHILD CUSTODY & MEDIATION
VIRGINIA COLLABORATIVE LAW MEDIATION ARBITRATION
Mediation is a form of alternative dispute resolution and is a positive and effective alternative to litigation. Mediation is a process through which parties may resolve any type of dispute, including those issues that arise in the context of divorce.
The mediator is a neutral who assists and guides the parties in the process. The mediator is charged with the duty of creating a safe, non-threatening environment in which the parties may address their issues, discover and express their interests and engage in creative problem-solving. While the mediator is the "keeper of the process", the parties dictate the issues to be addressed, the timeframe for doing so, and the nature of their agreements.
The basis of the mediation process is transparency and integrity. The parties must commit to making full disclosure of all information relevant to the parties' issues and necessary to responsibly addressing and resolving those issues. The process demands that the parties are respectful and considerate of each other. With this foundation in place, the parties experience benefits absent in litigation, including safety, security, confidence, and self-determination. As an added benefit, mediation is substantially less costly than litigation, allowing parties to preserve their funds for their future.
Some people are fortunate to discover and choose mediation right from the beginning. However, mediation is beneficial to those parties who have found themselves unhappy in litigation as well. Whether parties choose to completely abandon litigation or use mediation to focus on limited issues, it is never too late to take control of their future by stepping into the mediation process.
If you need help with a divorce in Virginia or child custody case in Virginia, contact the Virginia collaborative law & mediation center for help.
Our Virginia mediation attorneys have offices in Fairfax County, Prince William County, and Richmond City.
Collaborative law, also known as cooperative practice, divorce or family law is a legal process that allows couples who decided to end their marriage or terminate with working of lawyers according to Virginia law. Sometimes other relatives also include to work out the unexpected outcome of the court to avoid and best meet the specific needs of both parties and their children without the fundamental threat caused by legislation. The process enables the parties to reach a fair settlement.
The collaborative and arbitration law states that it is compulsory (exceptions) that parents must meet a Family Dispute Resolution Appeal to resolve their parenting problems before they have the right to begin legal proceedings for the divorce. Even after the court proceedings began, parents have to attend a conciliation meeting again to solve their parenting problems. Parties who have financial and property disputes must also attend mediation to solve their problems. In addition to mediation, there are other processes to resolve such disputes. Dispute resolution processes include:
Resolution of family disputes; mediation;
Meaning of common law
Collaborative law is a tribal court to resolve disputes. Experiments are long and explain processes that give a complex set of lawmaking. Cooperative Agreements sometimes are situations can sometimes be resolved faster, cheaper, and improved. Through coordination, conflicting parties can work to resolve the problem. There are two main types of collaborative law: negotiation and mediation. During the conflict, the parties or the lawyer directly discuss the dispute and try to resolve the dispute. Mediation is the same, but in mediation, the third person in the mediation mode will help parties in the solution. In both cases, if the parties are agreed, the mediator or one of the parties will normally be allowed by the court and an enforceable court order or arbitrary law.While mediation is not the greatest solution to many people, it is not the case for each situation. Criminal or other criminal cases involving severe crimes do not recommend easy going of victims because they have difficulty confronting their crimes in urgent situations. Additionally, the mediation process is unique to each mediation process and is usually confidential. While some people find this secret, they cannot know that the lawyers are not fair and are not under the influence of law. Everything in this should be recorded, and court records are usually available in court custody or the divorce court. People who have been tried by a prosecutor can always take the information to a lawyer and ask about. Associated laws of meditation are relatively small, such as smaller claims or expulsions, because they often can reach a fair deal unless they are involved in court. For example, if a tenant falls on a rented property on a tenant's estate, the landlord may complain to the court and the tenant will be removed from the apartment if the matter is referred to the judge. However, mediation or negotiation may lead to a tenant who rents a house or a tenant can do a reasonable maintenance work. This is how collaborative law in Virginia works.
Virginia. Code § 20-124.4. Mediation.
In any appropriate case the court shall refer the parents or persons with a legitimate interest to a dispute resolution evaluation session to be conducted by a mediator certified pursuant to guidelines promulgated by the Judicial Council at no cost and in accordance with the procedures set out in Chapter 20.2 (§ 8.01-576.4 et seq.) of Title 8.01. In assessing the appropriateness of a referral, the court shall ascertain upon motion of a party whether there is a history of family abuse. If an agreement is not reached on any issue through further mediation as agreed to by the parties, prior to the return date set by the court pursuant to § 8.01-576.5, the court shall proceed with a hearing on any unresolved issue, unless a continuance has been granted by the court. The fee of a mediator appointed in any custody, support or visitation case shall be $100 per appointment and shall be paid by the Commonwealth from the funds appropriated for payment of appointments made pursuant to subsection B of § 16.1-267.
Virginia code § 8.01-581.21. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
"Mediation" means a process in which a mediator facilitates communication between the parties and, without deciding the issues or imposing a solution on the parties, enables them to understand and to reach a mutually agreeable resolution to their dispute.
"Mediation program" means a program through which mediators or mediation is made available and includes the director, agents, and employees of the program.
"Mediator" means an impartial third party selected by agreement of the parties to a controversy to assist them in mediation.
Virginia Code § 8.01-581.24. Standards and duties of mediators; confidentiality; liability.
A mediator selected to conduct a mediation under this chapter may encourage and assist the parties in reaching a resolution of their dispute, but may not compel or coerce the parties into entering into a settlement agreement. A mediator has an obligation to remain impartial and free from conflicts of interest in each case, and to decline to participate further in a case should such partiality or conflict arise. Unless expressly authorized by the disclosing party, the mediator may not disclose to either party information relating to the subject matter of the mediation provided to him in confidence by the other. A mediator shall not disclose information exchanged or observations regarding the conduct and demeanor of the parties and their counsel during the mediation unless the parties otherwise agree.
However, where the dispute involves the support of minor children of the parties, the parties shall disclose to each other and to the mediator the information to be used in completing the child support guidelines worksheet required by § 20-108.2. The guidelines computations and any reasons for deviation shall be incorporated in any written agreement by the parties.


Jasmin has been finishing things, The Welcome to the Flock sweater for Rex is done. She also picked up a kit for Genevieve , and she did Anna Zilborg's perfect buttonhole out of Splendid Apparel.
Fashion and backing buttons are also sewn on. The author has also published the same sweater sized for adults and children.
The knitting on the Coronation cardigan is done, but it is not photo ready. She is working on the zipper.
Gigi has taken out the last ball of Opal out of the bag of ten skeins of Opal, and cast it on.
Jasmin has been working on the Spock sweater, and she is working on a neck down SPAKAL Harvest cardigan.
We mention how brilliant the Knit Girllls are, because they have encouraged Jasmin into finishing a chest fulls of sweaters.
Gigi had started the Copperplate and has reached the armhole decreases.
Also, she started another preemie hat, and she is getting better at taking pictures of her knitting.
Also, Martina Behm had sent Gigi a set of beads to replace the ones she lost, and so she used them to bind of the 1000 Tulips. Stash dash!
Jasmin discusses how to calculate yardage for stash dash.
This week we talk about using quilt clips instead of pins for securing a zipper.
Gigi had cast on socks for Sam with a 72 stitch cuff and knit about seven inches. For herself she usually casts on 56 stiches. Her own cuffs are too tight for Sam, 72 stitches is too loose for him, so she ripped all of it out, and started over with a 64 stitch cuff.
Jasmin was working on her Spock sweater at night, in the dark, and she dropped a stitch in the black section.
Gigi had four stitches to bind off on the Thousand Tulips shawl with beads. The usual dental floss method of applying beads oriented them in the wrong direction, so she cut the yarn, threaded them on the yarn, and bound off.
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Assignments for weeks' three and four: spin one ounce of your fiber to determine how you want to spin your project.
Check the condition of your tools, bobbins are available, drive band is in good shape, oil for the wheel and a timer to make sure you take breaks regularly.
Gigi has been marking her fitting shell. The polyester content in the gingham makes it resist the dressmaker's carbon paper, so she is using a fine point Sharpie for marking. Also, she has started sewing in the darts.
Jasmin gave an update for #stashdash2016, #teamcuteknitter .
Jasmin has been working on the Spock sweater, and is about an inch away from the sleeves. The Welcome to the Flock is getting close to steeking, but unplying yarn and knitting it with fewer plies did not work.
Jasmin mentions the Anna Zilborg Buttonhole, or Ysolda Teague's one row buttonhole.
Jasmin has picked up the Coronation cardigan again.
Gigi also bound off the Viajante #Behmalong. Jasmin is thinking of blocking and talking about the Beyond Clean Fibre Wash. .
Jasmin is making progress on her Fancy Zebra cowl #zebralong. And she is excited about wearing her Three Color Cashmere cowl when it gets cold again.
Gigi will be attending Spinning at the Retzlaff Winery, with Dr. Gemma.
Gigi mentions Susan B. Anderson's new pattern Sheep!, which are absolutely charming.
#elizalong, #projectsweaterchest, the purpose is to knit a chest full of sweaters for yourself.
about knitting preemie hats. C.C Almon has a pattern.
And we try answering a question about knitting retreats.
Jasmin was knitting the Coronation cardigan and color work and decreases didn't fall in the right spot, so she had to pull out six rows of color work.
Gigi has been swatching for the Copperplate and her swatches are not on target.
This week we really like the Un-KAL from the Twin Set Design podcast.
Gigi will pull out her Ann Norling sweater, a skirt she started, an she will knit a skirt out of the Knit my Skirt book. Also, she will frog part of her Waters Edge. Also she will frog her "Where is the Opaque?" and maybe knit it in a larger size.
Jasmin has made a bit of progress on her teal fiber from the Black Sheep Gathering.
Gigi has been working on her sloper. She needed to mark darts, notches an lines, and needed to use dressmakers carbon paper and a tracing wheel. She usually work with a disappearing marker.


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Q: Reusing server-side models in AngularJS So, I am looking to build something with AngularJS.
Liking what I see so far, but there is something nagging me.
How do I make angular generate forms (and possibly routes) by looking at my model definitions?
I obviously have to translate the Python to Javascript and send it to the client, but can Angular do this? Is it possible to generate CRUD interfaces by looking at the models? I cant seem to find any info on this and I would rather not spend a lot of time on angular if this is impossible or very difficult.
If angular is not well suited for this, any suggestions for a javascript framework that is?

A: I'm not sure what your specific need is (let me know and I can elaborate,) but I think the best way to accomplish what you're looking for is to invest some time developing a REST interface.
Defining each python model as a resource will take the guess work out of the interface. There are even concepts in REST for defining "rel" links which expand upon what states are available to transition to.
Say you have a back end User model that looks like:
{
    id: 1,
    name: "Bob Loblaw",
    email: "bobloblaw@lawblog.com"
}

You could expose this model as a resource accessible at /user
Then in your client code you could create a User service which returns $resource('/user/:userId', {userId:'@id'});
Now that you have your User resource (accessible via a User service you have wired into your module...) All you need is to inject the resource into your controller and hack away:
// grab a user to display
$scope.user = User.get({userId:1});

// perform an update on a user
var user = User.get({userId:1}, function() {
    user.email = 'bob@lawblog.com';
    user.$save();
});

// delete a user
User.delete({userId:1});

// etc...

Rather than automating model & route generation based on back end code, see if developing a restful interface which is self-defining would serve your needs.

A: What you want is what I want but it's not possible. You want to stay DRY by not rewriting models both in client and server. You could write a competent API but there's no client lib/ui to consume it the way you need. Check my comment on this matter:
http://caines.ca/blog/programming/so-i-wrote-a-json-api-framework-and-the-framework-was-the-least-interesting-part/comment-page-1/#comment-1893
Nonetheless, if you find it let me know. Writing server code to make the client happy is bad. Server is boss, rest should follow.


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Q: Automatic append of src folder when injecting the files in temp folder I am currently migrating gulp 3.x to gulp 4.x,
In this gulp html file creates a temp folder. In this there is an automatic update of src/ folder getting appended.
Expected result
.tmp/serve
Inside serve following file structure need to be there.
app/index.css
index.html
Actual Result
1.serve/app/src/app/index.css
2.serve/src/index.html
In this src folder need to be removed.
I will attach the entire gulp build.js file along with this.
  (function () {
      'use strict';

        var path = require('path');
        var gulp = require('gulp');
        var conf = require('./conf');
        var inject = require('./inject');

       var $ = require('gulp-load-plugins')({
pattern: ['gulp-*', 'npmfiles', 'uglify-save-license', 'del']

});
      function partials(){
          return gulp.src([
          path.join(conf.paths.src, '/app/**/*.html'),
         path.join(conf.paths.tmp, '/serve/app/**/*.html')
    ])
  .pipe($.htmlmin({
    removeEmptyAttributes: true,
    removeAttributeQuotes: true,
    collapseBooleanAttributes: true,
    collapseWhitespace: true
  }))
  .pipe($.angularTemplatecache('templateCacheHtml.js', {
    module: 'hubble',
    root: 'app'
  }))
  .pipe(gulp.dest(conf.paths.tmp + '/partials/'));
    };
     gulp.task('partials', gulp.series(partials));

     gulp.task('html', gulp.series('inject', 'partials', function html ()
    {
       var partialsInjectFile = gulp.src(path.join(conf.paths.tmp,
       '/partials/templateCacheHtml.js'), { read: false });
       var partialsInjectOptions = {
        starttag: '<!-- inject:partials -->',
        ignorePath: path.join(conf.paths.tmp, '/partials'),
        addRootSlash: false
    };

var htmlFilter = $.filter('*.html', { restore: true, dot: true, matchBase: true });
var jsFilter = $.filter('**/*.js', { restore: true , dot: true});
var cssFilter = $.filter('**/*.css', { restore: true , dot: true});

return gulp.src(path.join(conf.paths.tmp, '/serve/*.html'))
  .pipe($.inject(partialsInjectFile, partialsInjectOptions))
  .pipe($.useref())
  .pipe(jsFilter)
  .pipe($.rev())
  .pipe($.sourcemaps.init())
  .pipe($.ngAnnotate())
  .pipe($.uglify()).on('error', conf.errorHandler('Uglify'))
  //.pipe($.sourcemaps.write('maps'))
  .pipe(jsFilter.restore)
  .pipe(cssFilter)
  // .pipe($.sourcemaps.init())
  .pipe($.replace('Casino_Hand/', '../fonts/'))
  .pipe($.cssnano({
    zindex: false
  }))
  .pipe($.rev())
  // .pipe($.sourcemaps.write('maps'))
  .pipe(cssFilter.restore)
  .pipe($.revReplace())
  .pipe(htmlFilter)
  .pipe($.htmlmin({
    removeEmptyAttributes: true,
    removeAttributeQuotes: false,
    collapseBooleanAttributes: true,
    collapseWhitespace: true
  }))
  .pipe(htmlFilter.restore)
  .pipe(gulp.dest(path.join(conf.paths.dist, '/')))
  .pipe($.size({ title: path.join(conf.paths.dist, '/'), showFiles: true }));

}));
  function other(){
var fileFilter = $.filter(function (file) {
  return file.stat.isFile();
});0

return gulp.src([
  path.join(conf.paths.src, '/**/*'),
  path.join('!' + conf.paths.src, '/**/*.{html,css,js,scss}')
])
.pipe(fileFilter)
.pipe(gulp.dest(path.join(conf.paths.dist, '/')));

};
     function clean(){
return $.del([path.join(conf.paths.dist, '/'), path.join(conf.paths.tmp,
   '/')]);
  };
     gulp.task('clean',gulp.series(clean));

// Still inject GlobalConfig.js (but not minimised) to allow deployment tool to update existing values if required
      function config(){
return gulp.src(path.join(conf.paths.src, '/GlobalConfig.js'))
.pipe(gulp.dest(path.join(conf.paths.dist, '')));

   };

     gulp.task('build',gulp.series(config, 'html', other));

 })();

A: Do not use path.join to provide paths to src and all will be ok.
For example instead of:
gulp.src([
    path.join(conf.paths.src, '/**/*'),
    path.join('!' + conf.paths.src, '/**/*.{html,css,js,scss}')
])

use:
gulp.src([
    conf.paths.src + '/**/*',
    '!' + conf.paths.src + '/**/*.{html,css,js,scss}'
])


It's when two or more people, somewhere in the world, get the same idea without any influence from the other. And it happens. It just happened to me.
For those who've read my story The Thylacine, you may know where I'm going with this.
Not exactly the same thing, but close enough to make my heart stop. No, I don't think I was plagiarized. No, I haven't seen this movie or read the book it's based on (which Amazon tells me was published a decade before I wrote my story, so it's a moot point from my end). But as an unproduced writer, it leaves me feeling eclipsed every time I experience parallel development.
What's to learn from this? Not much. Other than, don't go screaming through the streets that someone stole your idea. Ever. It almost never happens. It may make finding a market for my story that much harder, but I can take some comfort in knowing that I had a very marketable idea. And for you? Enjoy the story, enjoy the film, enjoy the book. I'm sure they're all three very differently executed, so why not have three different forms of enjoyment?
I just rented this on Itunes, gonna watch it on my flight tomorrow/sunday morning. I'm pretty excited.


There's no such thing as "perfect" in farming. Unfortunately, that is rarely obvious — especially to consumers. For every spotless, perfect, uniform piece of fruit or vegetable in the store, there is an ugly, pockmarked, moldy or otherwise entirely unperfect one that stayed in the field or ended up in a compost pile. And it's pretty rare to walk into a grocery store in the U.S. and find the shelves empty.
The overwhelming perception of Americans is that food is bountiful and abundant, every day of the year. That's not an accident — it's the result of a concerted campaign to make sure that citizens of the U.S.A. never have a shortage of food of any kind. But crop failures happen all the time, on our farm and in general. It's not a positive, feel-good subject but it's an important one that gets far too little attention.
Crop failures are often caused by the weather, but they can also be caused by diseases, pests, weeds and occasionally, "operator error". They can happen at any time during the life cycle of the crop, from the moment the seeds sprout in the ground (or don't, when they are supposed to) to the day of harvest. Sometimes a crop failure is tiny in scope, limited to just one farm. Other times, it can happen across a broad geographical area, such as in 2015, when the unusually warm winter led to most pistachio orchards in California aborting their flowers before they produced any nuts.
It can take a while to recognize the extent of a crop failure. Last fall, we planted garlic in mid-October as always. We had purchased the "seed" (actually individual cloves) from the same company we always do. By December, we knew something was wrong: very few cloves sprouted, and the ones that did were spindly and weak. We called around to other farmers who had purchased the same seed and heard the same story.
We ended up with an almost total loss on the garlic, as you probably realize given how little you have received in your boxes this year. You probably also noticed the garlic was tiny, with tiny cloves. We finally learned from the supplier that they had had a crop failure on their own garlic (the "seed") and so had had to source from another grower. That outsourced garlic had ended being somehow "defective" — every farm they had sold it to had also experienced a total failure of their garlic crop.
As we move forward into a future with a changed climate, crop failures large and small are going to become more and more common. This will become a critical issue, not just because of interruptions in supply but also because it is going to put farmers out of business or push them to farming the safest possible crops — commodity crops that are protected by federal crop insurance when disaster strikes.
No one in the U.S. is ever going to starve due to a crop failure, even a massive one. Commodity crops like corn and soybeans are overproduced on a global scale. But at some point in the future, all farmers are going to need to be ensured against the vagaries of the changing climate — especially if we want to continue to enjoy the wonderful variety of fresh fruits and vegetables we have come to enjoy.
We don't know which crop will fail next on our farm — we never do. As far as the garlic is concerned, we were happy to find out that our supplier had a good crop of "seed garlic" this year and we hope it will flourish and produce well for us when we plant it in a few weeks.


This page displays distances from Volgograd, you will find a brief description of wikipedia, images panoramio, and the distances of Volgograd, Volgograd - Russian Federation to the world. The distances between volgograd to major cities, cities in the state in the same country.
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Volgograd: Volgograd (Russian: Волгогра́д, IPA: [vəɫɡɐˈɡrat] (listen)), formerly Tsaritsyn (Russian: Цари́цын ), 1589–1925, and Stalingrad (Russian: Сталингра́д ), 1925–1961, is an industrial city and the administrative centre of Volgograd Oblast, Russia.


Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Anaheim 5th Ward on Lampson Ave in Garden Grove, CA is in the Beach California section(s) Religious Organizations. The map of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Anaheim 5th Ward shows the approximate location in Garden Grove, but you should call them at phone number (714) 971-2852 to verify their address is 12742 Lampson Avenue, Garden Grove, California 92840-5937 and to get hours and driving directions. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Anaheim 5th Ward Garden Grove is part of the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints chain. For more information on Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Anaheim 5th Ward Garden Grove their website URL is www.mormon.org.


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By Nick Currie, this is the best I've read today - and it was written in 2005! Thanks to Pat Kane for the recommendation.
........Consider all the extraordinary ways in which Michael Jackson is Yet-Also. He's black yet also white. He's adult yet also a child. He's male yet also female. He's gay yet also straight. He has children, yet he's also never fucked their mothers. He's wearing a mask, yet he's also showing his real self. He's walking yet also sliding. He's guilty yet also innocent. He's American yet also global. He's sexual yet also sexless. He's immensely rich yet also bankrupt. He's Judy Garland yet also Andy Warhol. He's real yet also synthetic. He's crazy yet also sane, human yet also robot, from the present yet also from the future. He declares his songs heavensent, and yet he also constructs them himself. He's the luckiest man in the world yet the unluckiest. His work is play. He's bad, yet also good. He's blessed yet also cursed. He's alive, but only in theory..........
Read the full article, written in 2005, here
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North Lanarkshire approves 300,000 tonnes per annum toxic fag end and the Scottish Government doesn't think that this is of national importance - read this and make up your own mind.
Environmental Campaigner Fiona Sinclair writes.
As someone who fought a campaign against one of Scotland's 2 merchant incinerators and who lived as a teenager within a 5 mile radius of the other, and having gleaned a wealth of informationabout the effects of environmental toxins down the years, I may be one of the best placed people to comment on the planning approval for a 300,000 tpa incinerator at Greengairs in North Lanarkshire.
Given that my own campaign was successful in stopping the incinerator, inspite of retrospective planning permission having been granted centrally by the Scottish Office, there is still hope that the Greengairs incinerator can be stopped in its tracks.
I am sure that there are rather a lot of people who are breathing a sigh of relief that such an incinerator is not going to be in their back yard. The illogicality of that position, given the known pollution fallout from incinerators, has to be challenged, as indeed should the decision by the Cabinet Secretary for the Environment not to call in this permission, on the basis that it is not of national importance. (A golf resort in Aberdeenshire is of national importance, but not a major additional source of environmental toxins.)
The Greengairs campaigners say that the whole `development`, including the incinerator, is contrary to the Structure and draft Local Plans, but because of changes to planning legislation since April, is not being called in. The draft Local Plan was not part of the councillors' consideration, even though the campaigners had spent a great deal of time and effort in their contribution to this. Councillors used the previous plan of 1991 instead. Of course, this fails to take CO2 emissions, let alone anything else, into account. Local campaigners also point out that, if all the council's proposals are implented, Greengairs will be dealing with 1 million tpa of waste per annum. As such, the proposals are clearly of national significance and importance. From experience elsewhere, incineration acts as a disincentive to recycling, re-use or, indeed, to clean production. Therefore, unless the Lanarkshire councils plan to abandon the targets they are set for recycling, they are going to have to import waste from outwith Lanarkshire on a far bigger scale than they are doing at present. Given the economic downturn, it is more likely that such importation will include waste from outwith Scotland. How much of a PR disaster will that be to a naionalist government?.
The Women's Environmental Network, FOE Scotland, Greenpeace, WWF Scotland and the Scottish Green Party should all be asked to add their voices to a call for this planning application to be called in, on the basis that, at 300,000tpa (tonnes per annum), it is clearly both a major additional source of environmental toxins and carbon dioxide and incompatible with a purported`zero waste policy` which seeks to minimise waste and maximise recycling and re-use of resources. Quite how a reduction of 42% in CO2 is to be achieved by 2020 without including transport or incineration in this strategy, beats me. I can only assume that this represents a further entrenchment within the permanent North British government, even to the extent of denying that incinerators emit CO2, pretty much along the same lines of the expressed attitude of waste disposal companies that incineration is a liability-free method of waste disposal.
When I was campaigning on this issue during the late 80s and early 90s, there was no internet, and therefore no cheap or easy way to access information or to lobby. Even more importantly, there was little research on the health effects of incineration and of the environmental toxins that this processcreates. Indeed, Greenpeace specifically warned community campaigners against campaigning on health grounds because of this. Nearly 20 years later, there is plenty of research and scientific consensus on the health effects ofincineration, in spite of what SEPA officials may claim. The early research pointed to cancer as a suspected health effect - concerns are now more focussed on the longer term effects on children and more recent research isproviding evidence of neurological effects. There has been an explosion in the incidence of neurological disorders, and there are established links between these and environmental toxins..
The fact that much research cannot prove causality for specific toxins as regards human health is neither here nor there - we don't live under laboratory conditions. When there has been a 30 year assault on independently funded scientific research within the UK, it's no wonder that it has taken so long to establish a body of research providing clear links between ill health and environmental toxins. Indeed, most of the research is international, not domestic. It is government's job to apply the Precautionary Principle, not to play pass the parcel between suspect pollutants and polluters when it comes to accountability.
No-one can say that this is not a national issue, for the aforestated reasons, and because there are more incinerators planned in Scotland and elsewhere inthe UK. The Scottish Government should dispose of the toxic chalice of incineration and implement a geniune zero waste policy.
Fiona Sinclair undertook all the Scottish research for `Waste Not, Want Not`, by Robert Allen, published in 1992 by Earthscan. This book collated theaccounts of community campaigns throughout the UK against proposals for toxicwaste incinerators and dumps. See Comments section for some useful links
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It would be churlish to call the recommendations of the Calman Commission irrelevant tinkering. Potentially granting the Scottish Parliament £10 billion pounds worth of tax raising powers, plus extending its remit in a number of other important areas is, in Unionist terms, significant.
But first of all, let's be clear: Unionist proposals maybe, but produced in the context of the SNP's historic win in May 2007 and the SNP's subsequent successes. So, even without participating, these concessions are nationalist victories, whatever the spin. Because as Jim Murphy, Brown and co all hail the Commission's recommendation, remember Jimbo's immediate predecessor as Secretary of State for Scotland, Des Browne said he saw no need whatsoever for a review of The Scotland Act, a view endorsed by both Gordon Brown and Tony Blair.
So whatever happened to that "settled will of the Scottish People"? And who are these Unionist appointed Calman commissioners, and now a committee of Unionist party leaders chaired by Jim Murphy to unsettle it?
Remember it was Nulab in 1997 that insisted on a separate referendum question on the new -parliament's tax raising powers when the power on offer was no more that what has turned out to be a theoretical right to vary the basic rate of income tax by 3p. But now Holyrood is to have, not just theoretical power, but the annual obligation to set all rates of income tax, plus the ability to vary these by as much as 10p.
But no referendum to endorse these significant new powers.
How very old politics. How so not 1997. How so not 2009 .....for it all to be down to of a small cabal of polticians to decide. No need for a referendum - incredulously confirmed on Newsnight Scotland last night by Tavish Scott, who leads a party screaming for one on electoral reform. And this morning Labour is making a virtue of having most of the Calman's proposals legislated on before the next UK General election. That's right, disgraced and corrupt MPs like Margaret Moran and Andrew McKay get a say, but the people of Scotland don't.
And whatever happened to the sovereignty of the Scottish People, the claimed DNA of the Scottish Constitutional Convention?
So, well done Calmun Commission, you've done you job within the remit you were given. But now surely it is the job of the people of Scotland. not a cabal of Unionist politicians (half appointed directly from London), and a whipped fag end Westminster parliament containing people that may end up in jail to decide the next steps?
Unionist politicians seem strangely afraid of the people - even on their own proposals!
Got a view - post it here by all means, but why not instead make it on Scots Voices an new broad based blog set up to discuss Calman and related matters? Worth a visit.
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Today's Sunday Herald carries and excellent feature by doyen of diarists, now returned reporter Tom Shields. I recommend a full read , but below for me are the most striking paragraphs, especially as we mark ten years of devolution: The infamous 1998-99 selection process, when a Blairite London appointed committee, chaired by Rosemary MacKenna, supervised by Jack McConnell, and fully endorsed by Donald Dewar and Gordon Brown, ripped the intellectual and independent soul out of the Labour Party in Scotland before the new parly even met. Where it all started to go wrong for Scottish Labour, what in big measure explains where it is today. Tom Shields takes up the story:
"....The party does nothing to encourage or recruit energetic, colourful or independent-minded individuals. The default choice is for the candidate who will be a safe pair of hands. Which usually means docile and biddable. The decline of personality in the Labour ranks is a legacy of the infamous selection process of 1999. The great and good of the party were supposed to choose the brightest and the best for the Scottish parliament. They singularly failed to do so.
"Applicants with a spark were excluded in favour of people who had made no mark and would make no mark. People in their 30s and 40s who had left no fingerprints of achievement were put into our national legislature. We were landed with legislators and tribunes who were ineffectual and unaccomplished, with no track record as strategic thinkers or ability to communicate. They were never going to bloom. It is a legacy which affects Labour and Scotland. ........."
....................Thanks to BCN and Monty
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I've just noticed from Scottish Nulab's web site and associated news releases that the comrades are making a big deal out of Alex Salmond being in Westminster today to vote for his party's Parliament dissolution motion. Why? Because according to Scot NuLab, in doing so he is "snubbing the victims of rape crime", as at Holyrood this afternoon there is a vote on the Sexual Offences Bill.
I'll come back to that in a moment, but can you imagine the furore Scot Nulab would be making if Alex Salmond MP was not at Westminster today? Total Hypocrites.
But on the Sexual Offences Bill, soon to be a Act, why did such an Act never appear on the statute books during the 8 years Scot Nulab had total control of the Holyrood chamber? What about that very real 8 year snub to the victims of rape crime? No, not a snub, a vicious reality - Labour in power left vulnerable women under-protected.
But today the Sexual Offences Bill will sail through - no small part down to the enthusiastic support of the SNP, a party Alex Salmond leads - I mention just in case Nulab - north and south - had forgotten what a leader was.
And I am glad Alex Salmond will lead in London today, one which , if he's successful, will be his last day as an MP . Because if he suceeds, he will grant the people - the people of Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland - the opportunity to elect MPs, a government and ultimately a Prime Minister of their own choosing. One that represents them, rather than one that uses every trick, manipulates every cabal going to deny them their voice.
And what is Nulab so afraid of? Why will it whip its MPs to a man and woman, Blarite and Brownie, left, right and centre, honest and corrupt, into the lobbies to deny the people a say?
We know why.
But London is calling .....and your liberator is on that Shuttle!
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"Even I didn't think a Brown administration would be as inept as this one. The Brownites are attempting to terrorise Labour MPs into inaction. If they succeed then we deserve our fate."
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...............thanks to Man Widdicombe Blog
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I'm kind of trying to keep out of this. Let events run their course, let others thousand times more influential have their say, make it happen.
But I kind of feel the need to say something, commit something to paper if only for my own benefit - a sort of spritual outlet!
Because, thanks to a good blog Ive just read by a Lib Dem Councillor in Grimbsy , I've come across an interview Tessa Jowell gave on BBC Radio 4 today. Here, she said Gordon Brown would quit if he believed it to be in the best interest of the Labour Party.
Now I write as someone who was in the Labour Party with Gordon Brown, active in it from the late 70s to the mid 90s, and can tell you with near certainty the only thing Gordon Brown has ever had the best interests of in mind is - Gordon Brown. Then and now.
And just who , except those on his carefully constructed payroll or the simply deluded, could possibly think it is in the best interests of the Labour Party for him to remain its leader? And who, apart from an egotistical buffoon like Alan Sugar - a man who can judge real bright 25 year olds as not up to running a shoes sales promotion, but think Gordon Brown up to running a country - believe Brown "the best man for the job"? Of leading our country out of a mire of sleaze, recession, immorality and illegality - a mire Brown more than anyone alive has helped create?
A man booed by vets at D-Day....elderly folks who had travelled hundreds of miles to pay their respects to fallen comrades, but who had no respect for the Prime Minister of their country
This man best to lead us? The genuine judgement of Tessa Jowell apparently, and of Mandleson, the Alexanders, Murphy, Balls and his Mrs....and Alan Johnston.........
Who appointed these goons?
Who appointed McBride, Wheelan before him, John Rafferty before him? Thought Tommy Graham ( ex MP for West Renfrewshire and expenses milker par excellence) worth protecting? Who brought back Mandleson? Who feted the bankers?. Who schemed for years against Blair, but now has the hypocrisy to attack schemers, demand "loyalty".
Who - and do look - got Michael Martin elected as Speaker in the first place, and then let him , encouraged him, to develop an expenses system based on chums, patronage and graft? Who kept all these guilty as sin ministers in his cabinet until they walked out or were found out to such a degree even they knew it was time to leave?
Who is so interested in the views of Labour Party members that two years ago he got his goons to strong arm potential supporters of John McDonald out of nominating him? - to stop an election even Brown would have won!
And who is this "man of the people" who, every time the people have been asked - in elections he can't avoid - give their verdict on him as "not wanted". Not remotely wanted.
But still he think he knows best, he alone can lead us out his wilderness. Close to sectionable.
Who is Gordon Brown?
Who ever voted for him? Who ever said he was "brilliant" except his well constructed spin machine that lazy journalists, for a time, bought into?
Why is he running the country? How did he get there? How do we get rid of him?
Posted by Alan Smart at 14:55 , 10 comments
As we wait for the results, let's have one...on the Party Election Broadcasts the parties in Scotland inflicted on us in the run up to them.
For the first time the BBC has helpfully put them all online. You can view them all here.
So if you are bored rigid - or to be serious - are interested in effective political communication - have you say. Vote on the one you think most effective.
I don't mean the one you personally agree with most. I mean the one, from an objective point of view was most effective at getting its point across, was most memorable, had most impact. One that had you saying, " I wish my party had done one as good as that", or maybe even genuinely had you thinking "bang on" , that said what I'm thinking and it said it well.
The four big parties all had three PEB's , so to even it up, I'm only including their most recent one in the poll. So you have ten choices in total. (I'm reluctant to include the BNP, but the BBC has, so I'll go along for just this once)
Get viewing ,
POLL NOW CLOSED:
Result: SNP 46%; SSP. 20% ; LibDems 13 % ; others, nowhere
(turnout suitably low for a euro poll)
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"Palestinians must abandon violence. Resistance through violence and killing is wrong and it does not succeed. For centuries, black people in America suffered the lash of the whip as slaves and the humiliation of segregation. But it was not violence that won full and equal rights. It was a peaceful and determined insistence upon the ideals at the center of America's founding.
"This same story can be told by people from South Africa to South Asia; from Eastern Europe to Indonesia. It's a story with a simple truth: that violence is a dead end. It is a sign neither of courage nor power to shoot rockets at sleeping children, or to blow up old women on a bus.
"That's not how moral authority is claimed; that's how it is surrendered.
"Now is the time for Palestinians to focus on what they can build. The Palestinian Authority must develop its capacity to govern, with institutions that serve the needs of its people. Hamas does have support among some Palestinians, but they also have to recognize they have responsibilities. To play a role in fulfilling Palestinian aspirations, to unify the Palestinian people, Hamas must put an end to violence, recognize past agreements, recognize Israel's right to exist."
That was part of President Barack Obama's message in Cairo to the Palestinians
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"We would go in to Liverpool and we were treated like normal people. There was no segregation and we could go where we wanted and do what we wanted. We went dancing in the Grafton Ballroom and shopping on Whitechapel like everyone else.
"My time in England was the first time I had really felt free in my life. And I wondered why another country was treating us better than our own country, better than the country we were fighting for."
They will never forget,
the events of 'D-Day',
their friends who passed away.
the sound of bagpipes playing,
the thousands of men praying.
the blood red sea,
the courage and the bravery.
We must never forget,
why they had to fight,
and we must never forget,
always to do what's right.
The Piper was Glaswegian Bill Millan of the 1st Commando Brigade.
He played until his bagpipes took a bullet,
the Germans all thought he was mad,
he miraculously never got killed,
our lucky Scottish lad.
But when a German sniper,
put his bagpipes out of action,
he picked up his gun,
a natural reaction.
For if they thought he was mad before,
they just had no idea,
for to deny a Piper his bagpipes,
leaves a man with no fear!
Stanley Bruce
written 6th June 2004
"Gordon Brown is a man at the top of his game"
Sean Woodward, Secretary of State for Nothern Ireland, Newsnight, 3rd June, 2009
"The prime minister demands loyalty, but that has become too much to ask of a party, and a country, that was never given the chance to vote for him. Had there been a contest for the leadership in 2007 - and had Mr Brown called a general election - he would probably have won. He decided not to do these things. And he has largely failed since.
"All must agree that the die is cast and a hard judgment made. Otherwise progressive politics will be dragged down at a general election in May 2010 that could lead to a much bigger defeat than Labour suffered in 1979. ...
"Labour has a year left before an election; its current leader would waste it. It is time to cut him loose."
.....................Song Lyrics


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How a Wisconsin legal service for the poor came into an unexpected windfall
Bruce Vielmetti
Funding legal services to the poor is a constant challenge, so for Legal Action of Wisconsin a recent financial windfall from a pair of class-action lawsuits it wasn't even involved in arrived this week like early Christmas gifts.
"We're just happy recipients," said David Pifer, executive director at Legal Action of Wisconsin, which picks up nearly $175,000.
"It's hugely helpful because they are unrestricted funds that allow us to deliver a broad array of services to those in need," Pifer said.
"It provides a tremendous cushion," especially when President Donald Trump has called for the elimination of all funding for the Legal Services Corp., a key source of Legal Action's budget.
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The money resulted from a little-known wrinkle of class-action litigation called the cy pres award. Parties to such lawsuits sometimes agree that any money that can't be ultimately distributed to class members should instead go to a charitable purpose that approximates the goals of the underlying suit.
The term "cy pres" comes from French phrase "cy pres comme possible," which translates to "as near as possible."
Pifer said his organization has received some cy pres awards before, but not for several years, and never this large.
The funds derived from settlements in two cases from federal court in Madison.
In 2014, some of its members sued the WESTconsin Credit Union because it included their driver's license numbers in public court records that were part of loan collection actions, in violation of the federal Drivers Privacy Protection Act.
Earlier this year, the case settled. The credit union agreed to pay 381 class members $1,159 each, and $5,000 to the two named class representatives. The plaintiffs' attorneys would get $231,000 in fees and about $17,000 in costs.
Before the amount was known, the parties had agreed that the recipient of any such unclaimed award would be Legal Action of Wisconsin. But nearly 100 of the recipients never cashed their checks within the deadline, leaving a $112,245 cy pres award.
"Holy cow, that's a lot of money," said Thomas Lyons, one of the plaintiffs' attorneys, way more than anyone expected when a cy pres was negotiated at the start of the process.
Lyons, whose firm is in Minnesota, said the credit union picked Legal Action for any potential award.
"They're good people," he said of the credit union. "It was just a matter of not paying attention" to what information made it into court records.
Legal Action also got a nearly $60,000 award from a case over improper sales calls in violation of the national Do Not Call Registry and Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
Lyons defends the class action litigation, something that is often attacked by businesses and conservative legal reformers.
"Critics always say (class actions) are bad because class members might get less than the lawyers," he said. "Well, the public should know (the cases) tame the conduct of the violator, benefiting not just the class, but the public at large."
Legal Action has about 55 lawyers plus support staff providing civil legal serves in 39 southern Wisconsin counties It finances draw on public and private sources, including Legal Services Corporation.


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