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Hi, I'm Jane Ruljancich.
After completing a Bachelor of Arts (Craft) from Monash University, Melbourne, in 1992, I went on to do a two-year traineeship at The Jam Factory Craft and Design Centre, Adelaide. In 1997 I was a co-founding member of Zu Design-jewellery+objects (Adelaide) Exhibiting nationally and internationally from 1992 onwards, it was in 1997 that I had my first solo show, "TableWear", at the Jam Factory Craft and Design Centre Gallery Two.
My designing/making career has been developed in parallel to my teaching and curatorial work. From 1998 to 2000 I taught at University of South Australia and in the period from 1997 – 2001 I curated and co-curated a number of craft/design exhibitions across a number of venues.
Returning to Melbourne in 2001, I operated my independent practice out of Melbourne's iconic Nicholas Building before taking some time out of my career to raise my two children.
I teach short course from my workshop, in combination with my work on privately commissioned jewellery. I am the sole operator of Jane Ruljancich Jewellery and am an Accredited Member of Craft, the peak body for professional craftspeople in Victoria.
See My CV
With nearly thirty years experience in designing and making in metal, I have produced a vast array of jewellery and objects. I strive to achieve thoughtful work. I make jewellery that responds honestly to the qualities of the metals, and I aim for a simplicity and timelessness of design. I specialise in working with clients to develop a design that is personalised by their involvement in the design process.
Working With Clients
I work flexibly with clients to fulfil their jewellery needs.
Whether you need a new piece or would like to remodel an existing piece I am confident that I can help.
My workshop is also a teaching workshop. I take small groups to ensure the swift (and fun!) acquisition of new skills.
a: 39 Felix Grove, Mooroolbark VIC
p: 0403 151 615
e: jane@janeruljancich.com
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Brunch is great, but it's not paired with wine. Xanadu fixes everything, with a gourmet degustation brunch, matched with the delicious wines they're famous for. Your epic brunch is served in the cosy confines of Xanadu's restaurant, amidst one of the most stunning vineyards in the South West. Don't want wine with breakfast? No worries; choose the Food Only option. But most of all, enjoy!
Your ticket includes 5 courses of food with the option of matching wines.
This event is suitable for guests over the age of 18. Please bring ID to be admitted.
This event is located approximately 10 minutes south of Margaret River town site. Please contact the Margaret River Busselton Tourism Organisation on [email protected] if you wish to arrange group transport to this event.
A special shiraz museum wine tasting.
A dark and lavish eve.
It's a battle of the brews.
The unknown tastes so good.
Location: Shh, it's a secret!
Fortified delights paired so right.
It's make your own wine time.
A beer battle is brewing.
All hail the champions of cheese.
The love child you always wanted.
Taste wine like a pro.
Paddock to plate with heart.
Leave your dislikes at the door.
A red wine tasting masterclass.
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All your favourite street food eats.
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6 SENIORS NAMED SEMIFINALISTS IN SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Laura WerderSUN-SENTINEL
Six Palm Beach County high school seniors have qualified as semifinalists in the National Achievement Scholarship Program.
They are Malcolm Haynes of Lake Worth High, Jabari Morris of Pahokee High, Steve O'Connor of Palm Beach Lakes High, and, from Suncoast High, Regina Bain, Deetta Irby and Roxanne Spence.
The program, a privately financed competition for black Americans, is conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corp.
Semifinalists can compete for some 800 scholarships worth about $3 million, to be awarded next spring.
More than 90,000 black students nationwide entered the 1994 program by requesting consideration when they took the 1992 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/MNSQT).
Semifinalists represent the highest scoring entrants in their regions.
St. Joseph School and Palm Springs Elementary schools have elected student-council officers for 1993-94.
At Palm Springs Elementary, the are: president, Matthew Conrad; vice president, Stephanie Hruby; secretary, Alyssa Brannon; and treasurer, Shalonda Parrish.
At St. Joseph's: president, Mark Stowe; vice president, Kelley Lake; and secretary/treasurer, Taylor Gwathmey.
The Whispering Pines PTA announced that Dr. Joseph Rabinovitz will give a lecture on "Parenting in the '90s."Rabinovitz is a licensed psychologist who specializes in working with children and families.
The two-hour lecture begins at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the school cafeteria, 9090 Spanish Isles Blvd., Boca Raton.
Call 241-2286 for more information.
Calusa Elementary School holds its third annual Pasta Night today. Baked ziti, salad, rolls and cheesecake will be provided byt he Olive Garden restaurant.
Seatings at 5:30 and 7 p.m. will be in the school's cafeteria. Tickets are $5 for children and $7 for adults. Proceeds will benefit the Calusa PTA.
Call 241-2255 for information.
U.S. Rep. E. Clay Shaw, R-Fort Lauderdale, is accepting applications to the four U.S. service academies from high school seniors who live in the 22nd Congressional District.
The district includes the eastern portions of Palm Beach, Broward and Dade counties.
Application deadline is Nov. 15.
For more information, call 930-7429.
The Board of the Palm Beach County Youth Honors Orchestra will hold auditions for the Palm Beach County Youth Honors Orchestra and the Prepatory String Orchestra.
Musicians 8 to 18 years of age are may try out for these orchestras, which have been invited to perform in a "Spotlight on Young Musicians" presented by the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts on May 7.
Auditions for both orchestras will be on Nov. 6 at Wellington High School, on Nov. 13 at Palm Beach School of the Arts, and on Nov. 20 at Olympic Heights High School.
For more information, call Millicent Duvall at 1-407-479-0449.
For $10 to $100, you can help make 1993-94 Olympic Heights High School's best drama year ever.
Donors' names will appear in the program, and those give $25 or more will receive complimentary tickets to two performances this year. All donations are tax deductible.
To appear in the Friends of the Theatre program, send donations to: Theatre Program, Olympic Heights High School, 20101 Lyons Road, Boca Raton, Fla. 33434 or call 852-6955.
Forest Hill Elementary School will hold a "Car and Dog Wash" from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 23. Cars are $3 each and dogs are $2 each, vans and larger trucks are $5 each.
All proceeds benefit the Forest Hill Elementary School Student Government Community Outreach and Service Program. The school is at 5555 Purdy Lane, West Palm Beach.
Class Notes is featured on Wednesdays in Palm Beach/Plus. Information on everything from awards and scholarships to upcoming events may be sent to the Sun-Sentinel, 3333 S. Congress Ave. Delray Beach, Fla. 33445.

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Christmas-baking burnout lasted a little longer than usual this go-round. By the time Boots was begging for cookies Saturday, it's been going on six weeks since I'd last seen an Air Bake.
At least I think he was begging for cookies. When he says it, it sounds more like "kooky," so maybe he's just one of the many people who question my sanity.
Giving him the benefit of the doubt, though, I hit the recipe box and dug up this gem from a long-ago roommate.
It's crunchy on the outside and almost brownie-like on the inside even though it's not thick at all. My roommate used to make them the size of saucers, but not wanting to deal with a kooky sugar buzz, I shoveled mine out with a standard melon scoop.
Cream shortening and sugar, then add egg replacer and vanilla and mix well. Combine dry and add alternately with milk. My cheapy hand mixer was barely able to do this, and I might well have burned it out. I suggest a stand mixer if you have one.
Drop on greased cookie sheets and bake 10 to 12 minutes at 350 degrees. Mine took 15 minutes on Air Bake. I put the sprinkles on before baking, smooshed the cookie just enough to flatten it so everything didn't roll off.
Another easy to bake eggless cookie recipe. I too love crispy exterior and soft centred cookies. Have you tried sugar cookies using EnerG? I have to try it out.


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De Geereweg is een voormalig waterschap in de Nederlandse provincie Groningen. Het schap is ontstaan uit
de Walstermolenkolonie (1802) en
de Gerewegstermolenkolonie (1830).

Het schap lag ten oosten van Nieuw-Scheemda en ten westen van Midwolda aan weerszijden van de Gereweg (N362) in de hoek tussen het Termunterzijldiep en het Nieuwe Kanaal. De molen sloeg uit op het Termunterzijldiep en stond dicht bij de T-splitsing Pastorieweg-Zijdwende.

Waterstaatkundig gezien ligt het gebied sinds 2000 binnen dat van het waterschap Hunze en Aa's.

N362
Het waterschap is genoemd naar de Geereweg of Groene weg, een oude ontsluitingslaan annex ontginningslijn die tussen Midwolda en Nieuwolda over de kwelders liep. Deze laan wordt voor het eerst genoemd in 1601 als Gerdtlandtsweg. De naam is ontleend aan gerende verkaveling, die taps toeliep tegen de weg. Over het tracé van de Geereweg werd omstreeks 1960 de provinciale weg 362 aangelegd. Deze autoweg staat tegenwoordig bekend als Gereweg. De achternaam Gaarlander is sinds het begin van de 17e eeuw bekend.

Voormalig waterschap in Groningen
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@davebrowning @dr-shorthair On point 1: no I don't remember why it was there, and I agree it's not a useful formulation.
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Home > News > Administration > Companies May Reduce Hedging Due to Higher Costs
Administration April 23, 2013
Companies May Reduce Hedging Due to Higher Costs
April 23, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Increased transaction costs associated with new regulations on banks and swaps markets could cause companies to reduce hedging activity, says a report from Greenwich Associates.
By Kevin McGuinness
The report, "Commodity Swaps: Corporations Face Rising Transaction Costs," also found that as a result of higher expenses, companies could assume more risk from direct exposures to energy and other commodities.
While corporate users of derivatives have thus far been isolated from the direct impact of new regulations in the United States and Europe by end-user exemptions, according to the report, new rules included in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the Bank for International Settlements' Basel III standards will change the economics of the commodities derivatives business for banks.
Increased capital costs associated with new reserve requirements will have a significant impact on these businesses. At the same time, changes in derivatives rules will make it more expensive for banks themselves to hedge risks and will also force banks to incur the substantial costs of developing and operating the infrastructure needed to trade in newly created Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs) and Designated Contract Markets (DCMs). There will also be an increase in cost related to additional margin.
For banks that specialize in these products, these rising costs will eat into overall returns on equity, already substantially down from pre-2008 levels, Greenwich said. According to the report, some institutions that are already adapting a more conservative stance are likely to pull out from offering capital to some commodity-linked transactions. These changes could prompt some large banks to exit the commodities derivatives market or scale back, which would limit competition and narrow companies' choice of dealers.
Companies now hedge 53% of their commodities exposure financially, declining from 56% in 2009. "The likely result of regulatory changes is that corporates, facing higher costs to hedge, will hedge less and risk their own income statements," said Greenwich Associates consultant Andrew Awad.
Copies of the report can be requested here.
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Q: How to cluster a large dataset based on similarity? I would like to cluster a huge dataset into clusters based on similarity. How can I approach this problem? I have tried MinBatchK means and DBSCAN but I am not getting great results. The problem I am facing with MinBatchKMeans is I have to specify the number of clusters beforehand and with DBSCAN most are classified as Noise. Can someone please guide me on how to approach this problem? I am using TFIDF to convert text into vectors
For eg : When i am using a dataset of 80000 records it takes around 2-3 hours to form a cluster of size 500. This makes it very difficult to find optimal number of clusters with MinBatchK  K means as i have to change values of K and then find out optimal number with approaches as Elbow Method. Can someone who has experience please let me know how to approach this problem ?

A: The problem of clustering large datasets without knowing the number of clusters is something really hard to tackle, as pinpointed by the scikit-learn algorithm cheat-sheet. But some workaround exist which are dataset dependent, if you can provide some a priori on your data.

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*Is your data relatively stationary – that is, if you randomly select a subset of your data, will it have approximately the same properties that the full dataset?

*Do you expect a large cluster imbalance, e.g. do you expect a large variability of cluster population sizes?

*Do you have a rough idea or intuition on the number of categories (even an overestimate)?
(In the following lines, I illustrate my point with the scikit-learn Python library syntax, but the statements are general and can be adapted to most of machine-learning libraries.) Depending on your answers to the above questions, you can try to apply the clustering on a subset of your data with model.fit(x_subset) in order to reduce the computation time, and then predict on the full dataset categories with model.predict(x_full). If the data is stationary, the class inference made on the subset will have a chance to work on the full dataset. If the cluster sizes vary a lot, you may need to go with hierarchical clustering (for instance with scipy hierarchical tools). This last tool may also be a good way to estimate the number of categories before going further with DBSCAN or any other strategy.
In any case, you are facing a problem often met in unsupervised machine learning. Note that you are trying to have an exploratory strategy (which is good), and if  no exact solution emerges for your dataset, you will always learn something from your data by extracting intermediate-level information (like the answers to the three questions above) that can drive you in the next steps to cluster the full data.

A: Usually one of the effective ways dealing with large datasets is preliminary make a dimensionality reduction, i.e. PCA (Principle component analysis). Good examples could be found here: PCA in ML
After apllying PCA clusters methods usually works much faster.

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I recently got to accompany Big Arrow on his first school field trip. We had a great time experiencing one of fall's classic activities: the pumpkin patch.
But I saved a few of my favorite photos to share today as we head into one of our last October weekends. I hope it gives a good sense of why fall in Indiana is so special to me.
Crawling through the straw maze.
A view of the corn maze. Luckily some last minute rain saved their crop from the terrible summer drought.
I loved these old tractors.
And my favorite memory of the day came toward the end. While Big Arrow was most excited to spend an entire morning with me, but WITHOUT Little Arrow tagging along, the minute he picked his pumpkin has asked to go home so he could give it to his little brother.
Perhaps, after all the hair pulling, pinching, crying, and tattling, they just might end up loving each other afterall.
It was a special "mom" moment, for sure.


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Farmington man accused of choking man unconscious, raping him
The suspect was being held without bond
Joshua Kellogg
Marquiz Litsuie, 34, is accused of a first-degree felony count of kidnapping, a second-degree felony count of criminal sexual penetration and third-degree felony counts of aggravated battery and child abuse.
He is accused battering a male then sexually assaulting him during the early morning hours of June 15 in the 700 block of North Allen Avenue.
His preliminary hearing is set for the morning of June 26 in Farmington Magistrate Court.
FARMINGTON — A Farmington man is accused of battering another man by choking him unconscious then raping him at a Farmington residence.
Marquiz Litsuie, 34, is accused of a first-degree felony count of kidnapping, a second-degree felony count of criminal sexual penetration and third-degree felony counts of aggravated battery and child abuse, according to court documents.
He is accused battering the man then sexually assaulting him during the early morning hours of June 15 in the 700 block of North Allen Avenue, according to the arrest warrant affidavit.
Ruth Wheeler, Litsuie's attorney, declined to comment on the case.
A Farmington Police Department detective was dispatched around 3:18 a.m. on reports of a possible sexual assault.
The detective spoke with a male who stated his friend and Litsuie got into an argument while they were hanging out at the residence.
The male then went into Litsuie's room to try and calm him down.
Litsuie, who the male claimed was intoxicated, allegedly became extremely aggressive and reached around the male's neck with one of his arms and began squeezing his neck until he lost consciousness.
"If you yell for help, I will kill you," Litsuie said in the affidavit.
While the male was unconscious, Litsuie is accused of raping him, according to court documents.
When the alleged victim woke up, a relative was pulling him out of Litsuie's room by his ankles.
The male told the detective his friend was fighting with Litsuie in the front yard after the alleged incident.
The detective observed scratches and redness around the alleged victim's throat. He was transported to San Juan Regional Medical Center, where a Sexual Assault Nurse Exam was completed.
The alleged victim's friend told the detective he got in a fight with Litsuie in the front yard and kicked him multiple times while he was on the ground.
Litsuie then left the area and started walking barefoot south from the residence. The suspect was located by police near the hospital. He told an officer he was "jumped" by five guys because he was gay.
A DNA sample was collected from Litsuie after he was transported to the emergency room.
Litsuie was treated for injuries sustained while fighting the alleged victim's friend.
Litsuie was being held without bond on the morning of June 24 at the San Juan County Adult Detention Center.
Joshua Kellogg covers breaking news for The Daily Times. He can be reached at 505-564-4627 or via email at jkellogg@daily-times.com.


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J&B backs #DontBeATosser campaign
J&B News & Updates
A campaign from Keep Britain Tidy aims to encourage car owners not to be a 'tosser' and stop throwing their rubbish from their cars. The campaign was started in April when new laws were introduced across the UK which meant anyone caught tossing rubbish from their vehicles could face up to £150 in fines.
Keep Britain Tidy Chief Executive Allison Ogden-Newton said: "The mindless act of tossing plastic bottles and fast-food wrappers out of car windows is doing damage to our environment and our wildlife.
"Research published recently in Keep Britain Tidy's Journal of Local Environmental Quality showed that millions of small mammals – voles and shrews - were dying after being enticed into bottles and cans thrown on to grass verges.
"We need to get the message out there that being a tosser is socially unacceptable and, regardless of who throws the rubbish, if it comes out of your vehicle you are responsible."
Many councils from around the UK have also backed the campaign including Newcastle City Council and North Tyneside Council.
Mark Penny, Commercial Manager at J&B Recycling said: "Every day when I drive along the A689 between A1 and A19 I see similar examples of litter at the side of road"
"I have also noticed an increase in face masks and gloves by the side of the road and dropped in our streets in general
"It's important that people are not throwing any rubbish from their cars, especially personal protective equipment, nor should ppe be put in recycling bins it must go into general waste to look after our workers and keep our roads and rural areas clean too."
For more information on the #DontBeATosser campaign, click through to Keep Britain Tidy's website.
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Working with Petrotechnics as a Senior Operational Excellence Consultant, Andy Bartlett brings with him more than 40 years of experience in the energy industry. Andy is responsible for helping organisations better integrate technology, people and processes to enable them to achieve Operational Excellence.
With over 30 years of experience with Saudi Aramco, Andy was responsible for implementing a number of processes and initiatives which improved the HSE culture within the organisation. Throughout his time at Saudi Aramco, Andy led the downstream OpEx EH&S business plan. He was also part of the Operational Excellence Team, The Model Risk Assessment Team, The Terminal SMS Team and lead the Downstream HSE Team.
Andy also brings with him, a BSc in HSE, qualifications in Advanced Risk Assessment and Management of Emergencies. Andy's list of published papers include; "Reliability & Safety, Hand in Hand to Protect Our Assets" (WRA Plant Maintenance in the Middle East, January 2011), "Refining Process Safety, Keys to a Successful Program" (ASSE Middle East Chapter January 2010) and "If Only We Knew What We Knew" (NSC Conference Florida, USA September, 2005).


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Ryanair Aims To Double Routes, Passengers To Jordan - CEO
Published on May 6 2019 9:00 AM in General Industry tagged: Trending Posts / Ryanair
Ryanair is aiming to double the number of routes and passengers it flies to Jordan next year following rapid growth since launching flights to the country in 2018, the head of the budget airline told Reuters.
Ryanair currently operates 14 routes to the capital Amman and the Red Sea port city of Aqaba, and will add four new routes for the winter season in Europe.
After talks with Jordanian officials, CEO Michael O'Leary said he expected to reach around one million passengers in 2020 from the roughly 500,000 expected this year.
"We could double the number of routes to 40 routes connecting other cities in Germany, Poland, Italy, Greece and others to Jordan," O'Leary said in an interview in Amman, urging the government to waive a $56 visa at the airport to help boost passenger numbers.
O'Leary said Ryanair in total expected to carry almost 150 million passengers this year, the vast majority on routes in the European Union, although it also flies to some non-EU countries, including Israel and Morocco.
Jordan has courted Ryanair, which flew 300,000 passengers in the first year of its launch, a key factor behind the 13 percent rise in tourism receipts last year to a record $5.2 billion.
The recovery in tourism has been a major economic boost to the cash-strapped country that has been forced to adopt IMF-guided austerity measures, sparking major protests last year.
Jordan's open skies agreement with the EU in 2010 that abolished all restrictions gave the country an edge over other Middle Eastern countries that have sought to protect their national carriers.
"Fastest [Growing] Winter Sun Destination"
"Jordan is Ryanair's by far fastest [growing] winter sun destination. It's growing faster than Morocco, Canary Islands, Southern Italy and Greece. You have an enormous potential here for inbound tourism," O'Leary said.
Morocco is Ryanair's biggest market in the Middle East, with 2.5 million passengers annually, followed by Israel which gets 1.3 million to Tel Aviv airport alone.
In European tourists' minds, Jordan and Israel are less of a security concern than other destinations in the Middle East, such as Tunisia and Egypt, O'Leary said.
"Jordan is very much ahead of Middle Eastern destinations ... In European minds there are no security or safety issues visiting Jordan and Israel," he said.


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'I Killed My Baby!" Hilarbahen Bhavsar Charged With Stabbing to Death 5-Day-Old Daughter
By Barbara Sobel on May 4, 2019 Breaking News!, U.S.
Family members said they were having dinner with 29-year-old Hiralbahen Bhavsar when the woman from Little Ferry, New Jersey, locked the door to her bedroom and stabbed her 5-day-old daughter in the throat who was crying, killing her. Bhavsar told police in a call to 911 on May 2, 2019, at 8:30 pm ET according […]
Deadly Drug Resistant Superbug Fungus Sickens Hundreds in NY,NJ, and CHI
By Barbara Sobel on April 8, 2019 Breaking News!, Health
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a superbug fungus which is drug-resistant had made almost 600 people across the entire United States, with over 300 people in New York. Candida auris can be deadly, especially to people who have immune systems which are weakened. According to CBS New York, an elderly man [...]
Investigators in New York Seeking Answers After Bomb Injured 29 [Updates]
By on September 18, 2016 Breaking News!, Manhattan, New York
On September 17, 2016, at approximately 8:30 p.m. EDT, 29 people were injured in an explosion outside a building in a Chelsea neighborhood in Manhattan, New York. Occurring between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, a building located at 135 23rd Street endured a significant blast from an explosive device. The New York Police Department (NYPD) and […]


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Phidias est un nom propre qui peut faire référence à :

Personnalité
 Phidias (v. 490 av. J.-C. - av. 430), sculpteur, orfèvre et peintre grec.

Prénom
Phidias est un prénom notamment porté par :
 Phidias Vestier (1796-1874), architecte français.

Zoologie
 Pyrrhopyge phidias, espèce de lépidoptères de la famille des Hesperiidae, de la sous-famille des Pyrginae, de la tribu des Pyrrhopygini et du genre Pyrrhopyge.
 , espèce de coléoptère du genre  et de la famille des scarabaeidae.

Astronomie
 (4753) Phidias, astéroïde de la ceinture principale d'astéroïdes.

Titre

 L'Esclave de Phidias, film muet français réalisé par Louis Feuillade et Léonce Perret sorti en 1917.


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PRESS RELEASE: Do you know what tenants really want?
By Anna Bibby
The majority of tenants asked were looking for access to a garden or balcony, with 46% stating that they were looking for some kind of outdoor space. On-site parking came in at second place with 41.5% of respondents saying that parking was a priority when looking for a rental property. The third most requested feature for a property was modern interiors, with 23% of the 2,000 tenants asked stating that this was important to them.
More luxurious amenities like an onsite gym were less of a priority for the tenants that took part, with only 4.15% of tenants saying that they would prefer a gym in their apartment building.
When asked what factors they would typically consider when looking for a property, 40.8% of the respondents said that affordability was the most important factor they looked for in a property and 24.5% said that location was a priority for them.
When tenants were also asked how long they were likely to stay in a rental property for, the majority had no intentions of staying in their property on a long-term basis, with 29.75% saying that they only stay at their rental property for an average of 19 months to three years. However, 23.50% said that they would stay in their accommodation for five years or more.
In regard to the value for money, 59.30% were satisfied that the property they were renting was good value for money.
Andy Phillips, commercial director at Knight Knox, said: "These results give us an excellent insight and confirm what we already believed to be true. It's clear that tenants put a great emphasis on having the essentials like outdoor space and a good location, whereas features like a gym are regarded as more of a luxury than a necessity. These findings are definitely worth considering when looking at a buy to let investment."
To find out more about Knight Knox, go to www.knightknox.com
Anna Bibby


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Florida is hit by FOUR 120mph tornadoes that have left hundreds homeless
At least two are killed after 'Saskatchewan screamer' slams into eastern US: 80million Americans are under winter weather alert, 3,000 flights are canceled and 260,000 are left without power as Storm Izzy heads north to New York City
NASA fixes glitch in the 'brain' of SLS megarocket ahead of its maiden flight in March that will pave the way for astronauts to return to the moon later this decade
Humiliated Novak Djokovic lands back in Serbia to a hero's welcome after being deported from Australia: Now faces being ousted from French Open after new law bans all unvaccinated people from entering sports arenas
Tennis legend John McEnroe launches into a BIZARRE pro-Novak Djokovic rant and even questions whether he really DID do a photoshoot while Covid positive - despite the star admitting it himself
Insane moment Novak Djokovic FLIPS a table at Aussie comic Andy Lee after being questioned about his visa in very controversial game of Guess Whom - but not everything is as it seems
'All information about you has become public, be afraid...' Ukraine says Russia is behind a cyberattack that defaced its government websites with menacing messages
Asteroids could be approaching Earth undetected as NASA scientists find a danger zone that allows space rocks to 'sneak up' on telescopes because of a quirk of the planet's daily rotation
Family of charity worker missing in Tongan tsunami says her body has been found: Briton was swept from beach along with her four dogs while her husband survived by clinging to a tree
Donald Trump is accused of meddling in US census to stop undocumented migrants from being counted in bid to water down the power of Democratic states
Best frenemies: Donald Trump is 'trashing Ron DeSantis in private for having no charisma and a dull personality because he fears the popular Florida governor might run against him for 2024 GOP nomination'
Fury as woke LA DA George Gascon prosecutes transgender woman, 26, who admitted sex attack on girl, 10, as a JUVENILE because she committed offense two weeks before 18th birthday: Now faces zero jail time or youth custody
'It's a little bit disturbing': Unvaccinated talk radio host Glenn Beck, 57, says he has COVID for a second time and it's moved to his lungs: Reveals he's being treated with ivermectin and hydroxy
During an appearance on Mark Levin's podcast Beck, 57, confirmed he contracted coronavirus for the second time and it has spread to his lungs
Beck said he is dealing with the Omicron variant and that he is taking the anti-parasite drug ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine
'It's starting to go into my lungs today and a little disturbing. I'm on all the medications and treatments and everything else, so,' he said
Beck and other conservatives have promoted Ivermectin to treat coronavirus, despite doctors saying it has no capacity to treat viruses such as COVID
Unvaccinated conservative talk radio host Glenn Beck has played down the severity of his symptoms after he contracted COVID-19 for a second time but voiced concern about the virus spreading to his lungs.
Beck, 57, confirmed he had coronavirus again during an appearance on Mark Levin's podcast on Wednesday.
'I am great, Mark. I am great, Mark,' Beck told Levin, in between coughing fits. 'Despite having COVID and seeing the destruction of our country.'
'It's starting to go into my lungs today and it's a little bit disturbing. I'm on all the medications and treatments and everything else, so,' he said.
Beck claimed he caught the Omicron variant last week and has been treating the virus with two controversial medications - the anti-parasite drug Ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine.
He and other big-name conservatives - including former President Donald Trump, Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson and Fox host Tucker Carlson - have promoted Ivermectin to fight coronavirus, despite doctors saying it has no capacity to treat viruses such as COVID.
Glenn Beck, 57, confirmed he contracted coronavirus for the second time during an appearance on Mark Levin's podcast on Wednesday
Last week, Beck posted his diagnosis on Instagram, where he said it just feels like a cold and he complained about not getting access to monoclonal antibody treatments
Beck said that he has been dealing with symptoms since last week and is getting better.
'I have had it for about a week,' Beck said, while coughing. 'I'm not going downhill. I mean, I think I'm feeling better. It's just getting into my lungs... you will want to avoid that.'
American fugitive, 34, who faked his own death to escape sex... Mothers-to-be who get Covid within a month of their due date...
Beck assured the right-wing radio host that he is not worried about the severity of his illness.
'Mark, I am not concerned about it. I'm really not,' Beck declared. 'I just am so done with this whole COVID thing. I know it is real.'
Beck acknowledged that because of his weight and health issues he is more at risk.
'I am a fatty-fat-fatso, so that is probably not the best thing, and I got some other issues,' he said.
Last week, Beck confirmed catching the virus for the second time in just over a year in an Instagram post. He said it just feels like a 'cold' and he complained about not getting access to monoclonal antibody treatments.
'My second covid test positive! Crap. So far it is way different than the first time I had it in Dec '20. That time it wiped me out for almost 3 weeks,' he wrote and posted a picture of his positive diagnosis.
'This time it is just the worst "cold" I have ever had. This is really good news if that becomes the dominant variant and almost the same pattern as the Spanish flu.'
He then went on to rail about the lack of availability of the much-sought antibody regimen.
'The big question is: WHY CAN MY DOCTOR GIVE ME THE TREATMENT HE AND MANY OTHER DR's Believe in. Why is it we are out of the Monoclonal antibody treatment?' he wrote.
'Do we still live in America or are we all going to just quietly accept that we just need to get over it and live with less.'
'No Thanks Fidel. If I would become seriously ill it will only be because this administration along with Big Pharma won't allow the free market to actually work,' he added.
Instead, he has turned to treatments that have been discouraged by both the CDC and the FDA, specifically the use of Ivermectin.
The drug can be used in small doses to treat parasitic infections in humans, like head lice and scabies, but in the US is more widely used to combat roundworms and other parasites in livestock.
Both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have repeatedly warned Americans against using it to treat COVID.
'Ivermectin has not been authorized or approved for use in preventing or treating COVID-19 in humans or animals,' the FDA released in a statement earlier this year.
'Ivermectin is approved for human use to treat infections caused by some parasitic worms and head lice and skin conditions like rosacea.'
'Adverse effects associated with ivermectin misuse and overdose are increasing, as shown by a rise in calls to poison control centers reporting overdoses and more people experiencing adverse effects,' the CDC echoed.
However, despite these warnings, Ivermectin has become popularly used by many to treat the virus, and was prescribed 88,000 times in one week, a 24-fold increase over a typical pre-pandemic week, according to the CDC.
The FDA has repeatedly urged people of the dangers posed by self-dosing.
'You can also overdose on Ivermectin, which can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, hypotension (low blood pressure), allergic reactions (itching and hives), dizziness, ataxia (problems with balance), seizures, coma and even death,' the FDA warned.
Calls to U.S. poison control centers about Ivermectin exposures have increased five-fold from before the pandemic, with a drastic rise in July, according to the CDC.
Unvaccinated Glenn Beck has Covid again and treating it with ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine
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Archive | January 29, 2014
in Aviation Alert, Emergency Landing
Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Loosing A Wheel In Flight, California, USA
A small plane that lost its nose wheel in flight has landed safely at a Southern California airport.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says the single engine Diamond DA40 touched down at El Monte Airport around 11 a.m. Wednesday.
Television news footage showed the plane upright on the runway.
Gregor says the wheel fell off during the approach and landed in Pioneer Park, about a mile southwest of the airport.
No injuries are reported.
It's not immediately known whether anyone besides the pilot was on board the four-seat plane, which is equipped with three wheels.
The FAA is investigating.
El Monte is about 15 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.
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Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Field After Mechanical Problem, USA
A plane made an emergency landing in a field near Parker Tuesday afternoon.
After experiencing mechanical problems, a plane registered to Flying Fools, LLC in Colorado Springs landed in a field near the intersection of Inspiration Drive and Rocking Horse Parkway, said the Aurora Fire Department.
The aircraft stayed upright and landed with only minor damage, fire officials said. They added that both the pilot and passenger got out of the plane safely and did not sustain any injuries.
Aurora fire officials said the National Transportation Safety Board was notified of the accident.
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in Landslide Alert, Structural Damage Alert
Massive Landslide Sees Tree Left On Kitchen Roof, Cornwall, UK
A family had a lucky escape after a landslide caused several tonnes of earth and asphalt, and a tree to crash down behind their home in Mevagissey.
The Smith family were awake and inside their rented home on School Hill when the drama unfolded yesterday at about 7am.
Val, 56, was in the kitchen when she heard what she thought sounded like a thunder clap.
Her son David, 20, was upstairs and called out to alert his mum and dad Ray, 56, about what was going on.
Mrs Smith said: "It was still dark outside and we thought the noise was the result of a tree coming down.
"As it became lighter we could see that most of the bank above had fallen into our backyard. It had landed right outside the kitchen and there was a tree stuck on the kitchen roof."
It's thought heavy rain could have caused part of the access road on Prospect Terrace to fall into the garden.
Mrs Smith added: "I suppose the tree and the bank came down and brought the rest of the debris with it.
"There is a great big gap in Prospect Terrace, which is worrying for them."
Neighbours leapt to the aid of the family and called the fire service, who attended the scene, and calls were also made to Cornwall Council.
"We were really lucky – it could have been a lot worse.
"Hopefully we will not have to move out," Mrs Smith added.
A Cornwall Council spokesman said it had made the area safe but because it was a private road it was not the authority's responsibility to make repairs.
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East Bay Woman Dies Suddenly From H1N1 Flu Virus, USA
The flu outbreak has claimed the life of a woman from the East Bay who once worked at KPIX 5. Nancy Pinnella became sick last week and died a few days later.
People who knew Pinnella thought she was extraordinary and taught others the joy of giving. Friends and family told KPIX 5 that she was kind and also had a sweet tooth.
But in other ways, she was like so many of us and never got a flu shot.
"And I'm equally guilty of not getting a flu shot. I'm not old, I'm not young. So why get one," said Rich Pinnella, one of Nancy's brothers.
Nancy's family got the tragic answer to that question over the weekend, when the otherwise healthy 46-year-old woman died in a Sacramento hospital after contracting the H1N1 flu virus.
"You can sleep the flu off in three or four days. This thing took my sister's life in that same time frame," Rich Pinnella said.
According to her family, she left work feeling ill last Tuesday. On Wednesday morning she went to the doctor, and by that night she was on life support. Nancy Pinnella died on Saturday.
"It is vicious, fast, and that's why my brothers and I are really pushing to get a flu shot. Because it's not something you get sick and then get your shot. You need to have the preventative before," said John Pinnella, also a brother of Nancy.
KPIX 5's Ann Notarangelo went to school with Nancy in Danville and worked with her for some time at the station.
Nancy's brother Tom Pinnella said, "If her death helps someone else that would have made a very big impact for her."
Tracy Pierson was one of Nancy's best friends and has always been afraid the vaccine would make her sick, until now. "Before, it was just in the news. And now, it's real," she said.
Pierson will join the 75 others who have gotten a flu shot after hearing about Nancy's passing. "There's no reason for me not to. You can flu shots anywhere now," she said.
"She wouldn't have wanted her life to be without meaning and I think this gives meaning to her life," John Pinnella said.
Nancy's doctors told her family that while the flu shot might not have prevented her from getting sick it would have helped her fight off the virus. They are convinced that she would be alive today if she had the vaccine.
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in Bird Flu Virus, H7N9 Virus
H7N9 VIRUS IN CHINA: BIRD FLU VIRUS SPREADS RAPIDLY
In the eastern province of Zhejiang, the authorities had extended the ban on trade in live poultry on Monday: In addition to Hangzhou another two cities are affected. In neighboring Shanghai poultry markets will remain closed for Chinese New Year on Thursday and Friday as the official Xinhua news agency announced.
In Hong Kong should be on Tuesday 20th 000 birds culled after H7N9 had been found on the poultry market Cheung Sha Wan. The entire market will (WHO) will be closed for 21 days then according to the guidelines of the World Health Organization, the Hong Kong Health Minister announced Ko Wing-man on Monday at loud message.
Live birds are considered the main cause of infection with the pathogen. "There is no evidence of a sustained transfer from human to human," the WHO had reported on Monday. Special controls at borders would not previously recommended and there is so far no travel warnings.
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UK SEVERE WEATHER ALERT
GOVERNMENT HAVE ORDERED THE ARMY INTO THE FLOOD-HIT AREAS
***BE ALERT***
in Climate Change Alert
Why did Met Office try to cover Up 'the pause' two years ago?
By Paul Homewood
Last July, the Met Office published the second in a series of papers, discussing the recent pause in global warming.
On page 6, they state:
The start of the current pause is difficult to determine precisely. Although 1998 is often quoted as the start of the current pause, this was an exceptionally warm year because of the largest El Niño in the instrumental record. This was followed by a strong La Niña event and a fall in global surface temperature of around 0.2oC (Figure 1), equivalent in magnitude to the average decadal warming trend in recent decades. It is only really since 2000 that the rise in global surface temperatures has paused.
in Canary Islands, Earthquake, Earthquake Alert
MAGNITUDE 2.7 – CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION
Distances: 295 km W of Laâyoune / El Aaiún, Western Sahara / pop: 188,084 / local time: 19:44:43.9 2014-01-29
49 km SE of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain / pop: 222,417 / local time: 19:44:43.9 2014-01-29
25 km NW of San Nicolás, Spain / pop: 7,950 / local time: 19:44:43.9 2014-01-29
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***VERY URGENT***
QUAKE SWARM
in Quake Swarm, Yellowstone
****ALERT ALERT****
YELLOWSTONE REGION
JOSECO, NEVADA
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Revolution sign recent additions Latif Blessing and Dave Romney to new contracts
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – New England Revolution midfielder Latif Blessing and defender Dave Romney have both been signed to two-year contracts through the 2024 season, with an additional one-year club option for 2025, using Targeted Allocation Money.
Blessing, 26, owns 170 regular season appearances, 17 goals, and 24 assists, with five more starts in the MLS Cup Playoffs. A native of Accra, Ghana, Blessing played in 30 games for Los Angeles FC in 2022 en route to the MLS Cup and Supporters' Shield titles. In 2019, he helped the 'Black and Gold' win their first Supporters' Shield title by setting career highs in appearances (34), goals (6), and assists (6). Originally selected by LAFC in the 2018 MLS Expansion Draft, Blessing departed LAFC as the club's all-time leader in games played (145) and minutes played (9,749).
Romney, 29, has amassed 171 league appearances, 155 starts, seven goals, and 13 assists across more than 14,000 minutes played in MLS, with six additional postseason starts. Romney was one of Nashville ironmen over the last two seasons, missing just four total regular season games since signing with the expansion side in 2020. In 2020, Nashville's inaugural season, Romney played every minute helping anchor a Nashville defense that set a new MLS expansion team record for shutout minutes in the playoffs with 309.
The Revolution have commenced training at the Socios.com Training Center in Foxborough as the 2023 MLS preseason is now underway. New England will travel to Florida on January 29, where the team will play a five-game preseason slate against MLS opposition. New England then begins the 2023 MLS Regular Season on Saturday, Feb. 25 at Charlotte FC (7:30 p.m. ET), before the home opener on Saturday, March 4 vs. Houston Dynamo FC at Gillette Stadium (7:30 p.m. ET). Every Revolution and MLS match airs on MLS Season Pass – all in one place, with no blackouts.
MLS Season Pass: MLS Season Pass will launch on February 1, 2023 – introducing an unprecedented subscription service to fans that features every live MLS and Leagues Cup match, as well as hundreds of MLS NEXT Pro and MLS NEXT games. MLS Season Pass will be available on billions of devices through the Apple TV app Apple TV app on Apple devices, smart TVs, streaming devices, set-top boxes, and game consoles, and on the web at tv.apple.com.
Starting February 1, fans can subscribe to MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app for $14.99 per month during the season or $99 per season, and Apple TV+ subscribers can sign up at a special price of $12.99 per month and $79 per season. As an exclusive benefit of their full-season membership, New England Revolution Season Members will receive one MLS Season Pass subscription with each account. Visit Revolutionsoccer.net or call 1-877-GET-REVS to learn more about becoming a Season Member.
TRANSACTIONS: New England Revolution sign midfielder Latif Blessing and defender Dave Romney through the 2024 MLS season using Targeted Allocation Money (TAM), with additional one-year options for 2025, on Jan. 17, 2023.
Latif Blessing at a Glance:
Right-footed midfielder departed LAFC as the club's all-time leader in games played and minutes, while ranking second in assists, and fifth in both goals and shots.
With LAFC, won the 2022 MLS Cup and Supporters' Shield titles in 2019 and 2022.
Finals experience spans the MLS Cup Playoffs, Concacaf Champions League, and U.S. Open Cup.
Led Sporting Kansas City to the 2017 U.S. Open Cup title with three goals in the tournament, including a tally in the final.
Led Ghana Premier League in scoring with 17 goals for the Liberty Professionals in first senior season.
Dave Romney at a Glance:
Entering ninth MLS season with 171 league appearances, and 155 starts, to his credit with Nashville SC and LA Galaxy.
Starting center back for Nashville SC during the club's first three MLS seasons, starting 90 MLS games from 2020-22, including playoffs.
In 2015, became the first player to ascend from LA Galaxy II to sign an MLS contract with the first team.
California native played collegiately at University of San Francisco.
Latif Blessing Dave Romney Transaction
Revolution sign Andrew Farrell, club's all-time appearance leader, to contract extension
Revolution re-sign midfielder Nacho Gil after winger debuted late in 2022
Revs bolster backline with acquisition of veteran center back Dave Romney from Nashville SC


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Boehner ends a tough year on a high note
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Capitol Hillbillies, News
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio and President Barack Obama . (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
It says a lot about House Speaker John Boehner's rough 2013 that even friends debate when the low point hit.
Some say it was Jan. 3, the first day of the 113th Congress. With the Ohio Republican's family watching from the House gallery, a dozen defiant GOP lawmakers refused to back his bid to be re-elected speaker. The mini-rebellion fell short but it delivered an embarrassing rebuke from conservatives.
To others the nadir came in September. That's when Republicans ignored his advice and embraced a politically disastrous strategy of partially shutting down the government in a futile effort to force repeal of President Barack Obama's prized health care law.
Boehner, 64, still has serious problems with tea party conservatives inside and outside Congress that limit his power. But many say he stabilized his standing among his Republicans in the final weeks of 2013 and that he ends the year stronger than ever with them.
"The speaker started out, like the Republican Party, really in a ditch," said Ron Bonjean, a GOP consultant and former congressional leadership aide. By the time the year was over, Republican lawmakers learned, "If they listen to him, he can guide them correctly."
Boehner's ups and downs underscore the difficulties of managing a narrow 232-201 GOP majority — with two vacancies. The 2010 and 2012 freshman classes' tea party members would be tough for any leader to control, Democrats and Republicans agree.
October's 16-day partial government shutdown ended in a GOP defeat that damaged Boehner's party in public opinion polls but won him the respect of GOP colleagues. The 12-term House veteran let conservatives play out their ill-fated effort to dismantle the health care law, and his warnings proved correct.
At year's end, House Republicans voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bipartisan budget deal that will likely avert a government closure for the next two years, enabling Republicans to spend the 2014 election year on offense attacking Democrats over their widely unpopular health care law.
"I think his stock has risen tremendously, and certainly he has great security as our leader and our speaker," conservative Rep. John Fleming, R-La., said of Boehner at the conclusion of the October shutdown.
"He needed to demonstrate, not only to our membership but probably to the Republican base outside Washington, that he was willing to go as far as possible and maybe farther than was prudent in pursuit of conservative goals," added Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., a Boehner supporter. "And he was spectacularly vindicated, where it ended up."
Even so, Boehner's relations with many conservatives remain icy. That's a problem, considering the dozens of tea party-backed Republicans who sometimes abandon him on House votes and the GOP's desire to motivate conservative voters for next year's congressional races.
Boehner himself highlighted the schism between him and prominent conservative organizations twice this month, accusing groups like Heritage Action for America, the Club for Growth and FreedomWorks of "misleading their followers" in hopes of driving up their own membership and raising money. Such groups often pressure GOP lawmakers to oppose bills, including the recent budget deal, which Boehner strongly backed.
"He certainly ended the year on a sour note, declaring war not on national groups like FreedomWorks but on a huge constituency of voters that are a decisive factor in Republican elections," said Matt Kibbe, president of FreedomWorks.
Democrats say Boehner is becoming the face of the deeply unpopular Congress, a clear political liability. They consider him a weak speaker who has little clout with tea party members and thus only tenuous control of the chamber.
On several crucial bills this year, they note, Boehner could get only a minority of House Republicans to vote for them and needed strong support from the Democratic side of the aisle to prevail. These included the October measure ending the government shutdown, a bill to provide billions of dollars in aid for Hurricane Sandy victims and last January's "fiscal cliff" law preserving former President George W. Bush's tax cuts, except for the wealthiest Americans.
"Talk about leading from behind. It's very clear that for most of this year, the far right forces in his caucus have essentially led him," said Rep. Gerald Connolly, D-Va.
As 2013 began, Obama had just won re-election easily and Democrats had gained a few seats each in the House and Senate. For Republicans, things then got really fractious.
On New Year's Day, Congress approved the fiscal cliff bill — opposed by many Republicans because it allowed tax increases on high-income Americans. Boehner backed it but House Republicans overwhelmingly voted "no," including the Nos. 2 and 3 GOP leaders, Reps. Eric Cantor of Virginia and Kevin McCarthy of California.
That same week saw Boehner get hammered by both parties for postponing a promised vote on Sandy aid, a package that was approved soon afterward.
As the year went on, there was a mix of GOP wins and losses.
Over opposition by most House Republicans, Congress extended the Violence Against Women Act, removing an issue that could have haunted GOP candidates. Lawmakers also voted to keep student loan rates low for now.
Congress stood by most of the automatic cuts triggered this spring in federal agency budgets — called the sequester — but made an exception for air traffic controllers.
The House also rejected a sweeping farm bill. And though Boehner made supportive comments about helping children brought illegally into the U.S., immigration legislation was divided up into piecemeal bills that never reached the House floor.
Then came the shutdown battle, which saw the House repeatedly pass bills that would reopen but also delay or debilitate the health care law — a tack Republicans eventually surrendered.
When House Republicans met privately before finally giving in, attendees say Boehner received a standing ovation — even though most ended up opposing the legislation.
"He was pretty frustrated during the shutdown," said Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., a Boehner friend from his House days. "But he was in fairly high spirits" by the time the House left town, Burr said.
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Q: Basic retain, autorelease question retain and autorelease questions.
// A
UIView *temp = [[UIView alloc] init];
myView = temp;
[temp release];

// B
myView = [[UIView alloc] init];

Do the two codes have no differences?
NSString *str = [NSString stringWithString:@"Hello"];
NSString *str = @"Hello";

And these two? I'm not sure about retain count yet.  Thank you.

A: For the first example, they are very different. In first code chunk, the UIView given to temp has a retain count of 1 (thanks to alloc). When you release it on the third line, the MyView variable is now bad, because the object could be destroyed. If you want MyView to keep it, do:
MyView = [temp retain];

The second part of the first example will create an entirely new instance of a UIView, which has no relationship to temp.
In the second example, the stringWithString method will autorelease your string, meaning that it will be automatically released for you when the "release pool" is released, much later. You don't have to worry about releasing it. In the second line, however, the string is statically allocated. Retain counts and releasing are totally unnecessary with them.
Forgot to mention... check out the answer to this question for more about the retain/release rules.

A: First part: It's not the same!
MyView will be released too, because you're just copying the pointer (retain count 0).
In the second code MyView will have retain count of 1.

Second part: It's basically the same.

A: *

*Remember that the reference MyView just points to temp. So as soon as you release temp, this also affects MyView.

*The [NSString stringWithString:] is mainly used for copying other strings instead of referring to the memory address. E.g:
A:

NSString *string = someOtherString; // Copies the reference to someOtherString;

B:

NSString *string = [NSString stringWithString: someOtherString]; // Makes a copy of the other string.

A: One useful thing, is that you can NSLog the retaincount, so that you can do testing on your own.
But back to your question...
IF MyView is a property, and you had referenced it with self.MyView and it was declared with retain or copy, your 2 statements are the same.  If MyView is just a local variable, your UIView will dealloc when you do
[temp release];

because you have done nothing to increase the retain count since you alloced it.
For your string example...
[NSString stringWithString:@"Hello"];

returns an autoreleased string.  if you will need to keep it for a very long time, you'll want to put a retain on it.
The second string example is a statically allocated string, and you do not have to worry about it.  retain counts don't apply to them.


Antibiotics have become increasingly common since the discovery of penicillin in 1928. Over the last few decades, researchers have observed a marked increase in the development of antibiotic resistance — the inability of antibiotic medication to slow the growth of the targeted bacteria. This video looks at the basis of bacterial infection, the role of antibiotics in treating infectious diseases as well as antibiotic misuse and overuse that has been directly linked to the phenomenon of antibiotic resistance.


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Yanghee Lee: UN should setup an international tribunal for Rohingya genocide
Mashrafe: Two NOCs per year not a problem
Ali Shahriyar Amin
Published at 10:13 pm November 15th, 2017
Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe bin Mortaza said the BCB's decision to grant two No Objection Certificates per year to players for the overseas T20 leagues is not a big problem. The BCB recently announced that its contracted players will receive only two NOCs per year to play in the foreign leagues, informed the board's CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury. Mashrafe informed that the players always put the national team as their first priority so it's not a big deal for them.
Also read: BCB to allow players two NOCs per year
"First of all, whoever played for Bangladesh in their life, he will always dream of playing for Bangladesh again and again. I don't think two NOCs per year is a major issue. Also, you have to consider how many Bangladeshi players are playing outside. Maybe Shakib [al Hasan] is playing. Or you can say Shakib, Mustafizur [Rahman] are playing in the IPL (Indian Premier League). I don't think it's a major problem. I also don't know the actual decision yet. All of us want to play for Bangladesh first. So it's not a big deal," Mashrafe said during the practice session of Rangpur Riders at Mirpur Academy Ground Wednesday. The move will mostly affect Shakib, Bangladesh's busiest cricketer, who has been playing in the IPL, Big Bash League, Pakistan Super League and the Caribbean Premier League for several years. The likes of Tamim Iqbal, Mustafizur and Mahmudullah have also started to steadily feature in T20 leagues other than the IPL. Tamim, Shakib and Mustafizur have been picked to play in a T10 competition next month.
Also read: Tamim returns to Peshawar, Lahore pick Mustafiz
Recently Shakib demanded a six-month break from the Test cricket just before Bangladesh's tour of South Africa. Eventually, the BCB granted his break but for only two Test matches, played against the Proteas last month. Bangladesh's contracted players have been informed of the decision – which comes into effect immediately – through a letter that detailed the new restrictions. The leagues included in the restrictions are of all formats, while the board made it mandatory for players to participate in Bangladesh's first-class tournaments.
Bangladesh cricket team
Mashrafe bin Mortaza
Nizamuddin Chowdhury
T10 League Cricket


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Bird will launch electric scooters in 50+ European cities
Bird is gearing up to opening in more than 50 added metropolis throughout Europe this spring.
Bird began its expansion into Europe less than one year ago. Today, Bird operates its scooters in Paris, Brussels, Vienna, Zurich and other European municipals. This launch will increase its European fleet size more than ten-fold.
"World class labels and companies have the perfect formula of economics and the ability to grow and proportion ," Bird CEO Travis VanderZanden said in a statement." As we expand Bird's global footprint, we will demonstrate unrivaled innovation, has pledged to equestrians, vicinities and metropolitans and functional excellence while generating an explosive drain proportion. This formula will drive great influence and progress on our mission to perform our cities and communities more congenial ."
This comes about one month after Bird laid off between four to five percent of its workforce. The layoffs were part of Bird's annual concert remember process and exclusively altered U.S.-based hires. Those laid off were eligible for separation, including health and medical benefits.
Bird has raised more than $400 million in funding to date and is supposedly in the midst of raising an additional $300 million.
Read more: techcrunch.com.


It is that time of year. Classes are over. Campus is emptying. Soon it will be mostly emptiness, snow, and grad students (who of course never leave).
I like to take some time to reflect on the course. How did it go? What went well and what didn't work out? And now that all the numbers are in, we can examine course trends and data.
Since numbers are direct and graphs are pretty, let's look at the numbers first.
Let's get an understanding of the distribution of grades in the course, all at once.
These are classic box plots. The center line of each box denotes the median. The left and right ends of the box indicate the 1st and 3rd quartiles. As a quick reminder, the 1st quartile is the point where 25% of students received that grade or lower. The 3rd quartile is the point where 75% of students received that grade or lower. So within each box lies 50% of the course.
Each box has two arms (or "whiskers") extending out, indicating the other grades of students. Points that are plotted separately are statistical outliers, which means that they are $1.5 \cdot (Q_3 – Q_1)$ higher than $Q_3$ or lower than $Q_1$ (where $Q_1$ denotes the first quartile and $Q_3$ indicates the third quartile).
A bit more information about the distribution itself can be seen in the following graph.
Within each blob, you'll notice an embedded box-and-whisker graph. The white dots indicate the medians, and the thicker black parts indicate the central 50% of the grade. The width of the colored blobs roughly indicate how many students scored within that region. [As an aside, each blob actually has the same area, so the area is a meaningful data point].


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NYFF 15: 'De Palma' is a masterclass on the film industry from a prolific director
Noah Baumbach isn't exactly the first name in a list of directors that comes to mind for a documentary about renowned filmmaker Brian De Palma. With Baumbach's own work as of late revolving around young and somewhat hip New Yorkers (Frances Ha and his recent release Mistress America), it's not what anyone might naturally expect him to take on as his next project.
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NYFF '15: "Carol" is about the look of love
It begins and ends with a look. In that look is hesitance, longing, desire, confusion, confidence, conviction, hope. Even love. On NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour, writer and critic Glenn Weldon described real chemistry between actors living in the look, elaborating on the attraction manifesting in the movement of the eyes.
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NYFF '15: "Maggie's Plan" is a derivative mess
Maggie's Plan Written by Rebecca Miller Directed by Rebecca Miller USA, 2015 Is it sexist, or at the very least unfair, to compare Rebecca Miller's Maggie's Plan to the works of Noah Baumbach and Woody Allen, but with a tone of derision? Either way, it's hard to divorce Miller's manic wit and preoccupation with middle-class …
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NYFF '15: 'The Lobster' locates emotional truth in absurdity
Colin Farrell, donning a rather "Joaquin Phoenix in Her" disposition and attire, sits on the couch, facing away from his presumed wife as she tells him the details of the man for whom she's leaving, doesn't say much.
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'The Walk' Movie Review – falls short of the clouds
Robert Zemeckis's The Walk, based on Philippe Petit's wire walking across the Twin Towers in the early 1970s, opens on the face of its star Joseph Gordon-Levitt, thereby setting the tone for the film: Zemeckis puts much technical effort and detail into accentuating the depth and various surfaces of the actor's face, and as the star, as wire walking Philippe, begins to talk, nothing but tall tales falls from his mouth.
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NYFF 2014: Kyle's 5 Favorite Films and Other Ephemera
Underneath the bass drops and the electronic harmony of the garage music scene of 1990s Paris is melancholy and loneliness. The parties are bursting with verve and energy, but when the music stops, so does that joy. Hansen-Løve's examination of a young DJ over the course of twenty years is warm and tender, an incredible look at the pros and cons of following your passion, allowing art to be your escape, and the joy of music.
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NYFF 2014: 'Saint Laurent' is an exhausting yet atypical look at the fashion icon
Great film direction can reflect great fashion. Unlike its direct competition, the earlier 2014 film Yves Saint Laurent, director and co-writer Bertrand Bonello portrays the fashion mogul with saturated palettes of grandeur in Saint Laurent. The prior film is directed by actor-turned-filmmaker Jalil Lespert, who,having less directorial experience than Bonello, doesn't quite transform the character of Laurent with the vision and divinity as its successor. Where Lespert is almost literal, Bonello is instead deep and as complex as the character himself, picking apart every detail of the icon and the space he walked in.
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NYFF 2014: 'Inherent Vice' suffers only against Paul Thomas Anderson's past work
It's not just that Paul Thomas Anderson's movies tend to defy any one genre description; it's that, often, it seems as if the writer-director is trying to play with many genres simultaneously. The only reason that Boogie Nights isn't the best drama of the 1990s is that it spends a lot of time trying to be the best comedy of the 1990s instead. So Anderson's newest, Inherent Vice, is a departure in that it mostly sticks to one style (sun-drenched film noir) and one tone (absurdist comedy). It's also a fine film, which suffers only when measured against the insanely high standard that Anderson's past work has set.
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NYFF 2014: Brush Life – 'Mr. Turner'
There's an expansiveness to the emotionality of Spall's performance, similar again to his paintings. His gruff, guttural line readings, his carefully naturalistic mannerisms and idiosyncrasies, and the tears he sheds are a work of art in and of themselves, allowing Leigh and Spall to create a portrait of a man that does seem to elevate the art in some way. Leigh isn't bent on building up Turner, tearing him down, and building him up again as so many biopics are prone to do; J.M.W Turner just is. Flawed, powerful, generous, and one hell of an artist.
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NYFF 2014: 'Inherent Vice' a narcotic vision that demands multiple viewings
Even if you were not around during the 1970s, Inherent Vice comes across as a faded, nostalgic memory. Being a faithful adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's novel, the film recounts the dying days of the free love era, laced with the look, feel and paraphernalia of the subculture. Anderson's comedic thriller peppers itself with restless, almost out of place laughter, while dedicating itself to the themes of the early Seventies. One is reminded of private-eye classics such as Roman Polanski's Chinatown and Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye, with traces of Zucker-Abrahams comedies like Airplane! and The Naked Gun. For many, the homage to 1970s filmmaking will be a very real and thrilling look down memory lane. For others, it'll be a history lesson like no other found in modern day filmmaking.
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NYFF 2014: 'Mr. Turner' a visually sleek and emotionally gruff reflection on an artist's life
Suffused with the landscapes that the famed British painter J.M.W Turner admired and translated into legend, director Mike Leigh's newest film hints at the inner life of the man behind the accomplishments but stops well short of explicating his eccentric actions. Unable to articulate his feelings and more often than not treating the people around him with callous indifference, it's obvious that Leigh's Turner has cultivated an environment of emptiness that has allowed him ample space to do exactly what he wants with his life. The silence is frequently richer than the dialogue, with the luscious scenery speaking more to the turmoil of his mind than he can adequately express to those who want to be close to him. Mr. Turner tests one's patience as we crawl through the waning years of the man's life, but Spall's offbeat performance and the gorgeous backdrops immerse the viewer just enough to offset the sparsity of the artist's stunted emotional intelligence.
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NYFF 2014: 'Iris' – The Meh-est Costume for Today
Wearing a dark scarf over her head to shield herself against the bright, Long Island sunlight, Little Edie Beale famously introduced her iconoclastic sense of fashion by calling her outfit "the best costume for today". In the Maysles brothers' documentary Grey Gardens, this single clip seems to encapsulate the greatness of that film: performance, style, agelessness. And nearly 40 years later, Albert Maysles returns to a similar, if not the same, kind of subject: Iris Apfel. In Iris, those ideas are explored with a little less than half the vitality that Grey Gardens, but on the plus side it's a pleasure to watch.
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NYFF 2014: Hello, "Goodbye" – Jean-Luc Godard's 'Goodbye to Language'
When I finally got around to seeing Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity, the thing I kept saying to people was, "Isn't it funny that this film needs to be seen in 3D and yet itself does not justify 3D's place within cinema?" I still hold my "it's fine" opinion on that film, denying its status as an Avatar0esque game changer, and I thought I'd have to keep searching for that. Luckily, I found it right off the bat at the New York Film Festival: Jean-Luc Godard's Goodbye to Language 3D redefines not only 3D in film, but quite possibly film itself.
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NYFF 2014: 'Gone Girl' is a powerhouse thriller that loses steam by its end
Based on Gillian Flynn's novel of the same name, Gone Girl's literal translation and loyal adaptation acts as the film's best friend and worst enemy. Some of the best parts of the novel work great on screen, while others are hard to portray. Since the majority of the audience is fully aware of what's going on, widespread alterations are inevitably taken with caution, no matter how big or small. If too much of the storyline is given away too hastily, the appeal is lost before its midpoint. Unfortunately for director David Fincher, what's left is a campy shell of a plot extracted from any remnants of wit and mystery.
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NYFF 2014: 'Whiplash' phenomenally explores the line between perfection and sociopathy
Originally birthed as an 18-minute short, premiering at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, Whiplash went on to garner enough attention to become a feature full-length film. Thank God it did. The feature-length version of Whiplash masterfully showcases the pressures of perfection in a tightly plotted, beautifully shot, soberly performed package. From the creative genius of sophomore director Damien Chazelle comes a semi-autobiographical experience just as exhilarating as it is shocking. Whiplash tells the story of Andrew Neyman (Miles Teller), a promising young drummer who enrolls at an elite music conservatory, where his dreams of greatness are mentored by Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), a ruthless music conductor who will stop at nothing to realize his student's potential talent. With the audience on the edge of their seats, the question constantly being taunted is thus: how far is too far for pushing a student towards greatness?
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NYFF 2014: 'Saint Laurent' is gorgeous but light
Expressing his appreciation for a painting of Proust's bedroom, Yves Saint Laurent says, "There's so much fidelity in it. The artist didn't eclipse his subject." Something similar can be said of Bertrand Bonello's biopic of the iconic woman's fashion designer, as the film seems content with offering fleeting glimpses of its subject drinking, smoking, pill-popping, and sketching in fervid bursts rather than trying to understand him. It doesn't pontificate or wax philosophical or dig deeply into Saint Laurent's psyche. It treats the man more like a piece of art to be displayed and observed. (To be fair, this year's other Saint Laurent biopic, Yves Saint Laurent, does try to explain the man, and it fails pretty hard, so maybe Bonello has the right idea.)
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NYFF 2014: Mathieu Amalric has a dark heart in 'The Blue Room'
In Mathieu Amalric's The Blue Room, love is a corrosive agent, an arsenic-like poison that slowly works its way into your heart. Amalric writes, directs and stars in this contorted but calculated little flick with a dark beating heart, adapted from a slim novel by Georges Simenon. It depicts the prelude to and aftermath of a possible murder (eschewing the actual murder itself, leaving things gleefully ambiguous). Amalric plays Julien Gahyde, who's suspected of killing his wife (Lea Drucker). Amalric's real-life partner Stéphanie Cléau plays Julien's mistress, Esther Despierre, whose sickly husband owns a pharmacy with his mother. Amalric displays admirable trust in his viewers; he doesn't withhold information as much as he carefully feeds us certain contemplated bits that add up to a beautifully hazy whole.
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NYFF 2014: 'While We're Young' – The Young and the Old and the Restless
At age 45, it feels like writer-director Noah Baumbach is getting soft. Best known for his caustic tragicomedies like Kicking and Screaming, The Squid and the Whale, Greenberg, and Margot at the Wedding, he took a turn in tone for his 2012 feature Frances Ha, which starred and was co-written by Greta Gerwig. So, though the warmth of that film might surprise someone familiar with his work, that it's a collaboration with Gerwig explains at least part of that tone. While We're Young, though, Baumbach's newest film which premiered at TIFF this year and made a surprise appearance at the New York Film Festival, manages to carry that affection. It's hard to top Frances Ha, but his newest is pleasant and impressive all the same.
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NYFF 2014: 'Whiplash' makes music thrilling like no other film
Damien Chazelle's Whiplash, now conquering New York after wowing audiences at film festivals all the way back to Sundance last winter, opens with a title card over black while a few taps on a snare drum build into a furious drum roll. It's a fine way to symbolize the conflict at the center of the film, which accelerates to "furious" so quickly and easily that it's barely perceptible. Tension builds slowly in an empathic crescendo, before snapping over and over again like the repeated pounding of a cymbal. Whatever arguments this film may inspire, it's clear that there is no other film in existence which makes music so thrilling.
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NYFF 2014: 'Gone Girl' – Death Scenes from a Marriage
Fincher is an expert chemist when it comes to concocting the nastiest tales of cynicism and darkness. Gone Girl may not be the culmination of his efforts to date, but it's undoubtedly a sinister piece of work. There's an oppressive air within the film, from its meticulously created soundscape and score (from Fincher alums Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross) to its plasticized aesthetic. The cynical attitude is evident from the first frame, as the camera looks at the top of Amy's (Rosamund Pike) head and Nick (Ben Affleck) says he'd like to "crack [his] wife's head" to reveal the secrets lying in her labyrinthine brain. From that kickoff, we understand this is not a happy marriage. Maybe Fincher feels no marriages are happy.
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NYFF 2014: Don't look the gifted 'Horse Money' in the mouth
Horse Money is an elusive entity, a picture of eerie dreamscapes and squalid urban degradation devoid of earthly logic. Our unknowing guide is a retired brick layer named Ventura, acting as a cipher for the displaced souls of the Cape Verdean immigrants, consorting us through a saprogenic world. Director Pedro Costa crafts a hallucinatory, soul-searching labyrinth out of the squalor and grime of the Lisbon slums, known to locals as Fontainhas. It's almost soporific in its unending calmness, but it (mostly) avoids pretensions. Ventura drifts in a solipsistic daze through various scenes of displaced landscape and artifice. He does various non-activities with unvarying detachment: he meets his estranged ex-wife, and tries to make a call on a broken phone, and uses a urinal in a derelict bathroom, and visits a doctor. Each event is visually striking, yet completely uneventful (though a door does slam at one point). The lighting is hard and Costa works often in steep contrasts; Ventura moves in and out of shadows, disappearing and reappearing like the motif from a dream.
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NYFF 2014: Working Lass – 'Two Days, One Night'
The end of Sandra's (Marion Cotillard) journey does not matter, it is the journey that does. And though that sounds entirely conventional, even cliché, it might be the brilliance of Belgian auteurs Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne; their ability to get away with plot points that would seem at home in the most Hollywood, middlebrow fare comes off as resonant, enthralling, and emotionally realistic. Thus, in Two Days, One Night, the Dardennes prove their relevancy and potency as directors once again.
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