Debates : Does success of gay marriage herald other changes?
Does success of gay marriage herald other changes?
Interesting article by Daniel Cox on 538 explaining why the success of gay marriage does not necessarily portend greater movement on issues such as abortion access and action on climate change.
I would agree for the simple reason that, in spite of some rhetoric used by the religious right, gay marriage doesn't really hurt anybody. Abortion, on the other hand, does actually kill what many people would consider human life, while action on climate change would have very real economic consequences and would cause suffering to those who earn their living in the fossil fuel industry.
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I think the success of gay marriage will herald changes against religious/ moral/ traditional arguments. I could see success on transgender, bigamy issues not merely because of their logic extension but because of the way arguments are framed.
Well we already have a black president and a woman has won her primary. It seems people are talking more seriously about minimum incomes too.
I don't know how "success" is to be measured.
If "success" is measured by traditional marriage's success, it might be that heterosexual marriage is in trouble.
How about other institutions, such as police? Is our policing "successful"? How? If it isn't, how do we replace it?
Why should "success" be measured by only one aspect of it?
And why would traditional heterosexual marriage be "in trouble" just because another set of humans is afforded the exact same right?
This is like rich people complaining if the incomes of the poor rose as well.
People should be looking to increase the "pool" of success rather than measure their own success by the sheer numbers of other groups who do not enjoy the same right.
I think you'll find the changes in attitude on abortion and climate change will happen as well, but this may be a generation or two down the line.
As our population continues to rise, this will become more common. The (so called) pro life folks could would almost certainly find more support for their cause, if they demonstrated even 1% of the concern for these children's lives after the children were born as they did before.
As far as climate change goes, it's going to become painfully clear that the economic consequences of dealing with climate change will be many times greater than dealing with the jobs lost in the fossil fuel industry, many of which can be retrained to work in fields such as construction, and clean energy, such as solar and wind power. The oil and coal lobby will fight this tooth and nail of course, but in the end they will lose.
Changes such as this are often hard fought, and time consuming. Let's remember that it was not long ago, that parents were withdrawing their children from schools bearing the name "Roosevelt" because FDR instituted Federal Deposit Insurance to guarantee our bank deposits, child labor laws, the minimum wage, and other things we take for granted today, but were branded by republicans as socialist policies that would destroy America's capitalist system.
Ignoring the threat of climate change will have catastrophic effects for many millions of people. The "suffering" inflicted upon fossil fuel workers will pale in comparison.
Let us not forget the current suffering of everyone as a result of fossil fuel pollution. Air pollution is a major killer.
Understand that I was not comparing the two types of marriage.
I don't think homosexual marriage has any negative effect on hetero marriage.
My question regarding "success" goes to both sides, and to other issues as well.
If you read my original post carefully, it is hetero marriage that may be in trouble if we judge by success. The number of divorces suggest a less than successful marriage.
A question worth posing is, are things proper because they are judged successful? Putting it another way, can we do improper things successfully?
If you read my original post carefully, it is hetero marriage that may be in trouble if we judge by success. The number o ...[text shortened]... se they are judged successful? Putting it another way, can we do improper things successfully?
Putting it another way, can we do improper things successfully?
Where would you like this historical survey to even start? History includes (thought it is not restricted to) a triumphant march of improper things.
Maybe you need some constraints. The Greeks thought one could not judge a successful life before the subject has died. It is always possible for things to change radically and negate all past achievements. The famous book "In Search of Excellence" describes the triumphant success of a list of companies that subsequently failed but people still think we ought to emulate their example.
Perhaps, but the effects aren't immediate enough to invalidate Cox' (or my) point.
while action on climate change would have very real economic consequences and would cause suffering to those who earn their living in the fossil fuel industry.
...while action on climate change would have very real economic consequences and would cause suffering to those who depend on the fossil fuel industry.
And this goes all the way through to the ink the greeny lefty type protestors use on their signs. They should just use some mud and smear it on with their fingers.
But it will especially cause suffering in developing nations where people really are living on the edge and any artificial taxes, levies, price controls have a major effect on what people can afford.
Let them eat dirt eh.
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The question, as always, is "Whose ox is being gored?"
Most often a positive action for some ends up being a negative for countless others. Who decides?


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IGGY POP AND THE INCREDIBLE WHO TRIBUTE ALBUM RELEASE OCT 2
An impressive cast of artists from a variety of genres, including members of such classic-rock legends as Cream, Yes, Def Leppard, The Kinks and Deep Purple, appears on a new album paying homage to The Who. Who Are You: An All-Star Tribute to The Who will be released on CD on October 2, and features renditions of 16 of the beloved band's famous tunes, including "Baba O'Riley," "My Generation," "Won't Get Fooled Again," "Love Reign O'er Me" and "Behind Blue Eyes."
Among the well-known musicians contributing to the collection are Cream drummer Ginger Baker, longtime Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman, Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott, Kinks guitarist Dave Davies and Deep Purple drummer Ian Paice.
A number of the tracks boast interesting combinations of artists. For example, the disc includes a version of "Who Are You" featuring country star Gretchen Wilson and founding Guess Who/Bachman-Turner Overdrive member Randy Bachman. Some of the other well-known musicians on the collection include Todd Rundgren, Iggy Pop, 38 Special, Mountain frontman Leslie West, Sweet, and ex-Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing.
Here is the complete track list and artist roster for the Who Are You tribute album:
"Eminence Front" -- John Wetton (Asia), K.K. Downing (Judas Priest), Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater)
"Baba O'Riley" -- Nektar, Jerry Goodman (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
"I Can See for Miles" -- Mark Lindsay (Paul Revere & The Raiders), Wayne Kramer (MC5)
"Love Reign O'er Me" -- Joe Elliott (Def Leppard), Rick Wakeman (Yes), Huw Lloyd-Langton (Hawkwind), Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge)
"My Generation" -- Knox (The Vibrators), Dave Davies (The Kinks), Rat Scabies (The Damned)
"The Kids Are Alright" -- The Raveonettes
"Won't Get Fooled Again" -- Sweet
"Anyway Anyhow Anywhere" -- Todd Rundgren, Carmine Appice
"I Can't Explain" -- Iggy Pop
"Behind Blue Eyes" -- Pat Travers
"Magic Bus" -- Peter Noone (Herman's Hermits), Peter Banks (Yes), Ginger Baker (Cream)
"Who Are You" -- Gretchen Wilson, Randy Bachman (The Guess Who, Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
"Pinball Wizard" -- Terry Reid, Mike Pinera (Blues Image), Brad Gillis (Night Ranger)
"Squeeze Box" -- John Wesley (Porcupine Tree), David Cross (King Crimson)
"Bargain" -- 38 Special, Ted Turner (Wishbone Ash), Ian Paice (Deep Purple)
"The Seeker" -- Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow), Leslie West (Mountain)
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Selected recent peer-reviewed publications
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Fung, T., S. Xiao, and R. A. Chisholm (2019). Spatial scaling of species richness–productivity relationships for local communities: Analytical results from a neutral model. Theoretical Ecology (in press)
Kristensen, N. P., R. A. Chisholm, and E. McDonald-Madden (2019). Dealing with high uncertainty in qualitative network models using Boolean analysis. Methods in Ecology and Evolution (in press)
Chisholm, R. A., F. Lim, Y. S. Yeoh, W. W. Seah, R. Condit, and J. Rosindell (2018). Species–area relationships and biodiversity loss in fragmented landscapes. Ecology Letters 21:804–813
Chisholm, R. A., T. Fung, D. Chimalakonda, and J. P. O'Dwyer (2016). Maintenance of biodiversity on islands. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283: 20160102
Fung, T., J. P. O'Dwyer, K. Abd. Rahman, C. D. Fletcher, and R. A. Chisholm (2016). Reproducing static and dynamic biodiversity patterns in tropical forests: the critical role of environmental variance. Ecology 95:1207–1217
Chisholm, R. A., X. Giam, K. R. Sadanandan, T. Fung, and F. E. Rheindt (2016). A robust non-parametric method for quantifying undetected extinctions. Conservation Biology 30:610–617
O'Dwyer, J. P. and R. A. Chisholm (2014). A mean field model for competition: From neutral ecology to the Red Queen. Ecology Letters 17:961–969
Chisholm, R. A., R. Condit, K. Abd. Rahman, P. J. Baker, S. Bunyavejchewin, Y.-Y. Chen, G. Chuyong, H. S. Dattaraja, S. Davies, C. E. N. Ewango, C. V. S. Gunatilleke, I. A. U. N. Gunatilleke, S. Hubbell, D. Kenfack, S. Kiratiprayoon, Y. Lin, J.-R. Makana, N. Pongpattananurak, S. Pulla, R. Punchi-Manage, R. Sukumar, S.-H. Su, I.-F. Sun, H. S. Suresh, S. Tan, D. Thomas, and S. Yap. (2014). Temporal variability of forest communities: empirical estimates of population change in 4000 tree species. Ecology Letters 17:855–865
For a full list of Ryan Chisholm's publications click here.
New multi-authored article on the history of the ForestGEO network published in Biological Conservation December, 2020
New review paper on conspecific negative density dependence and tree diversity published in Trends in Ecology and Evolution October, 2020
Deon's paper on comparing undescribed extinction models published in Conservation Biology September, 2020
New paper on Janzen–Connell effects published in The American Naturalist August, 2020
Sam's paper presenting his neutral coalescence simulation packages published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution August, 2020
Nadiah's new paper on Singapore plant extinctions out in Conservation Biology June, 2020
Aloysius's paper on estimating tropical plant litter decomposition published in Pedobiologia April, 2020
Lahiru has passed his PhD thesis defence February, 2020


The University of Wisconsin was founded in 1848. University Hall, now known as Bascom Hall, was completed facing the State Capitol in 1859. The University became a land grant university in 1866. Its recent enrollment exceeds 28,000 undergraduates in 20 schools offering over 130 undergraduate majors. Kappa Chapter was installed on April 1, 1909 at the National Convention at Champaign Illinois. In the Fall of 1909, only three of the chapter's members returned to school and John Roemer, Marietta 1887, was instrumental in assisting the early chapter survive.
Kappa"s first house was at 809 W. Johnson Street. The Chapter's house from 1910 to 1915 was at 609 Lake Street. From 1915 to 1926, the chapter was at 619 Lake Street. In 1926 the chapter purchased a $90,000 house at 244 Lake Lawn Place which it used until World War II interrupted operations.
In 1949 the chapter was revived by Ben Rusy, Jr. and Jim Rusy. It obtained a house at 622 North Henry Street. Although 53 members were initiated over the next five years, the chapter was never able to regain its former position, and its operations ceased in 1954. Following cessation of undergraduate operations, reunions of Kappa Alumni were held at the Union League Club of Chicago for many years. The roster contains the names of 414 initiates. The Chapter newsletter was "The Excuse".
The Distinguished Service Award of Alpha Sigma Phi has been awarded to George Worthington, Wisconsin '09, who had served Alpha Sigma Phi as Grand Corresponding Secretary and Grand Councilor. Two Kappa members served on the Grand Prudential Committee. Fred Evans, Zeta of Phi Pi Phi, served as National Vice President of Phi Pi Phi. George Worthington, Wisconsin '09, Calvin Schwenker, Wisconsin '09, Paul Anderson, Wisconsin '18, Dr. C. K. F. Schubert, Wisconsin '17, and B. B. Langen, Wisconsin '21, have received the Delta Beta Xi Award. John O. Merrill, Wisconsin '14, received the Distinguished Merit Award. Lawrence Eagleburger, Wisconsin '51, served as U.S. Secretary of State, capping a long and distinguished career in the U. S. diplomatic service. Ivan R. Williamson, Michigan '30 was head football coach at Wisconsin from 1949 to 1955, compiling a 41-19-4 record. His 1952 Badger team was Wisconsin's first Rose Bowl team. Williams was athletic director from 1955 to 1969.
The Zeta Chapter of Phi Pi Phi was installed in 1923. George Banta of Phi Delta Theta, editor of Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities at the time, attended the installation banquet. The chapter's first house was at 5 Langdon Street, but in 1926 the fraternity purchased a house at 250 Langdon Street. By Fall 1933, the Phi Pi Phi chapter at Wisconsin had lost its house due to the impact of the Depression.
Kappa was re-chartered on February 28, 2015.


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Sport24.co.za | Serena says motherhood fuels fire
New York – Motherhood has had anything but a mellowing effect on Serena Williams, who arrives at the US Open in pursuit of a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title.
"If anything, I have more fire in my belly," Williams, a six-time US Open winner, said on Saturday.
"It's very hard to describe. I thought after having a child I would be more relaxed, but I'm not.
"I work just as hard, if not harder actually. I feel like I take it just as serious, if not more. That's been really surprising for me."
Williams, 36, hasn't won a Grand Slam title since the birth of daughter Olympia last September 1. The difficult delivery was followed by life saving surgery to combat blood clots and Williams missed the Australian Open in January.
She withdrew from a scheduled fourth-round clash with Maria Sharapova at the French Open, then roared into the Wimbledon final only to fall to Germany's Angelique Kerber.
Since then there's been a shockingly lopsided loss to Johanna Konta in San Jose and a second-round exit in Cincinnati, but Williams said that she's trying not to get down on herself as the breakthrough victory fails to materialize.
"It hasn't quite happened," she said.
"It's been just really a few months into me playing after having a baby. I feel like I have to be nice to myself.
"I feel like I have to just be happy, continue to work hard. I've been working incredibly hard. I feel like it will for sure pay off eventually."
Awarded the 17th seeding at the US Open, nine spots above her world ranking, Williams nevertheless faces a daunting path to the second week of the tournament.
Up against 60th-ranked Magda Linette of Poland in the first round, she could run into her sister Venus in the third round and world number one Simona Halep in the fourth as she battles in a quarter that also includes two-time Grand Slam champion Garbine Muguruza and eighth-seeded Karolina Pliskova.
"I don't know my draw, but I feel like if I want to be the best, I'm going to have to start beating these people anyway," Williams said.
Where better than at Flushing Meadows, site of her first Grand Slam title back in 1999, and where her six triumphs are tied for the record with Chris Evert.
"Records are meant to be broken. I broke some and people are going to break mine," Evert said. "I would be very happy for Serena to break that record, especially as she is making a comeback after having a child."
Evert, now a commentator for ESPN, believes Williams still needs to sharpen up some things – but she's a contender.
"She needs to put in a little more training, get a little quicker around the court, get a few good matches under her belt," Evert said.
"If she gets into the second week of the US Open with those matches under her belt she is going to be a favourite for sure."
Las Vegas oddsmakers aren't hedging that much, with Williams listed as a 9/2 favourite to win her first US Open title since 2014, according to Vegasinsider.com.
"It doesn't matter to me," Williams said of her favourite's status.
"I can just continue to strive. That's the message I've been preaching to women and people, that we face obstacles. You have to face those obstacles. Whether you get through them or not, there's always another chance to get through them … continue to climb that mountain."
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Links/
For names and addresses of experimental economists, a good source are the:
Laboratorie d'Economie Expérimentale de Montpellier at Montpellier University.
Center for Experimental Business Research at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Laboratory for Economic Management and Auctions (LEMA) at Penn State.
For recruiting subjects (via internet) for lab experiments:
ORSEE (by Ben Greiner) is a web-based Online Recruitment System, specifically designed for organizing economic experiments. There is a test system online where you can log on without registering. ORSEE will be installed on a local server (ExLab maintains your subject database on their server).
A user manual and installation notes are available as well
CASSELL from CalTech (via internet). The CalTech lab has been developing both experiment management and experimental software in the past several years. They are due to release a new version of the experiment management/recruiting web application very soon.
For designing, programming and running experiments:
Ztree Zurich Toolbox for Readymade Economic Experiments (Ztree) is a software software package allows to develop and to carry out economic experiments.
LabSEE -a new experimental program. This program uses Java as programming environment to conduct experiments over the Internet. The functionality should be similar to Z-tree. The beta version and tutorial will be available soon. Now, you can download version 0.5 with no documentation.
In addition, some bigger labs (SSEL, CASSEL, ICES, ESI) offer code or programs for free download.
For instance: Veconlab provides about 50 on-line programs for different types of markets/experiments. jMarkets is open software to run markets experiments online.
Experiment Software for Teaching:
www.EconPort.org from the Experimental Economics Center at Georgia State University provides "an economics digital library specializing in content that emphasizes the use of experiments in teaching and research."
Games Economists Play: Non-Computerized Classroom-Games for College Economics.
Other behavioral labs and groups:
Center for Brain and Cognition Lab
The Social Justice Lab
Berkeley Social Interaction Lab
Discrimination Lab (Madrid)
Equalab (London)
The Association of experimental economics
Center for Research in Experimental Economics and Political Decision-Making at the University of Amsterdam.
Economic Science Lab at the University of Arizona.
Laboratory of Experimental Economics at the University of Bonn.
The Laboratory for Experimental Economics and Political Science at Cal Tech, directed by Charlie Plott, will soon have an exciting web page.
Experimental Economics Laboratory at the University of East Anglia.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem--RatioLab.
Experimental Economics Laboratory at McMaster University.
Experimental Economics Research Program at the University of New Mexico.
Centre for Experimental Economics at the University of York.
Al Roth's game theory and experimental economics page.
CASSEL at UCLA


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Eight uniformed policemen storm into the bar, shoving their way past the startled owner. A dozen of the bar's patrons, chosen at random, are pulled off their bar stools and marched outside where they are forced to take Breathalyzer tests and recite the alphabet. Those that appear drunk, or perhaps just illiterate, are cuffed and hauled off to jail for public intoxication.
"Wow!" you're probably thinking. "Good thing we live in America. Where'd that happen anyway? Iraq? China? Fucking Nazi Germany? Or is that nasty little episode from one of George Orwell's dystopian yarns?"
I got news for you, pal. That ugly scenario didn't take place in some foreign tyranny, and it wasn't dreamt up by a manic-depressive novelist. It happened right here, right now, in freaking America.
In Fairfax, VA to be precise. The police there have decided that getting drunk in a bar is an arrestable offense worth enforcing. You don't have to be starting trouble, getting in a fight, or climbing behind a wheel — the simple act of drinking in a bar gives them enough probable cause to harass and subject you to tests. And if you actually have the gall to have more than a couple beers while in that bar, you're going to jail and getting fixed up with a nice criminal record.
"They drew attention to themselves by their actions," Lt. Tor Bennett,assistant commander of the Reston District station, would later swear in an attempt to justify the raids. But since even stone-sober designated drivers were interrogated and tested, the actions he's talking about apparently consist of stepping inside a business that sells liquor. Or singing karaoke. One of the dozen patrons arrested during the sweep says his only crime was wearing a Santa suit, having a couple beers and singing "Jingle Bell Rock" into a karaoke machine. The instant he hit the last note a cop took him to outside and moments later he was taking a sleigh ride to the slammer. And you have to ask yourself, If they're willing to arrest goddamn Santa Claus for belting out a Xmas song with a beer in his hand, what chance do us regular drunks stand?
"We're not talking about overzealousness here," Bennett added, then, rather strangely, added that the uniformed policemen raiding the bars were accompanied by members of the police bicycle patrol clad in nylon pants and polo shirts. The only reason he would throw in that odd fact, it seems to me, is to somehow lend the impression that proper fascists eager to trample on basic rights would never dream of wearing bicycle shorts and polo shirts.
By now you're probably wondering, "Why? Why the hell would they do this? How do they profit by arresting some guy having an after work beer in his local watering hole, minding his own business?"
My theory is the police chief went out and watched the Steven Spielberg film Minority Report and thought, "Hey, if futuristic cop Tom Cruise can use a trio of all-seeing mutant psychics to justify arresting people before they actually commit a crime, why the hell can't we?"
The only problem is, the Fairfax PD doesn't have three all-seeing mutant psychics on their payroll. The don't even have one. So instead they decided to take a broader approach, arresting drinkers who they had a hunch might commit a crime. You know, the same principle as arresting poor people for being poor, because they're most likely to steal things.
To be fair, the Fairfax PD didn't just start sending out arrest teams to bars at random, they did a little investigating first. They infiltrated undercover cops and Alcohol Beverage Control agents into thirty or so bars during the holidays, searching for patrons who were having a little too good of a time. During the holidays.
Sure enough, these spies returned to the precinct with strange and terrible stories to tell: yes, these bar denizens were drinking more than a couple beers in a sitting. What's more, they sometimes slurred their words, walked with strange, nearly inhuman gaits, and sometimes they would even laugh like lunatics at jokes a right-thinking sober citizen wouldn't waste a grimace on. Alerted to this obviously deviant behavior, the chief decided he had but one responsible course of action: It was high time to crush those goddamn drunkards' groove.
Unsurprisingly, a firestorm of controversy erupted in the conservative press in the aftermath of the raids. What is surprising is that the Fairfax PD refused to apologize for their stormtrooper tactics. The chief considered the raids a great success, and bragged they would do it again, and soon.
"The enforcement of such laws is to clearly send a message to the community that we will not tolerate illegal use of alcohol," the Fairfax PD's statement to the press explained.
But what exactly is illegal use of alcohol? During the raids the policemen used a BAC standard of .08 as grounds for arrest. The thing is, .08 is the level at which it is illegal to drive a motor vehicle, not sit on a barstool. Virginia law doesn't specify what level of blood alcohol constitutes public drunkenness. Virginia Code 18.2-388, which covers "Profane swearing and intoxication in public," makes no mention of BAC at all. Rather, it states: "If any person profanely curses or swears or is intoxicated in public, whether such intoxication results from alcohol, narcotic drug or other intoxicant or drug of whatever nature, he shall be deemed guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor."
So, theoretically, they can lock you up after one beer. There is no word yet if the Fairfax PD will next crack down on those scofflaws who like to curse in public.
"You could be anybody, anywhere," says one of the bar patrons swept up in the raids, "and they can take you out and throw you in jail. I didn't do anything other than to be in the wrong place at the wrong time."
And that place and time appears to be in a bar while it's open for business.
"Good thing we have the ACLU on our side," you're probably thinking. "I mean, if they're willing to defend Nazis and child molesters, surely they will leap to the defense of we oppressed drunks."
Don't hold your breath. When told of the raids, local ACLU lawyers quietly expressed "concern." Enough concern to take legal action?
The local liquor lobby's reaction went a little beyond concern. "It does smack of a pending police state if law enforcement is going into establishments to monitor behavior," said Lynne Breaux, executive director of the Metropolitan Washington Restaurant Association. Pending? Hey, Lynne, it's already here.
For Fairfax is not an isolated incident. Reacting to the Princeton Review's labeling Indiana University America's top party school, campus police recently initiated a bellicose new program of arresting students for walking home drunk, even if they were steps away from the door of their dorms.
When confronted with possibility that the crackdown on walkers is likely to encourage drunk students to drive home from parties, Indiana University PD Lt. Jerry Minger stated, and I'm not making this up: "Alcohol abuse is the problem, not the issue of whether or not you are going to drive."
It's funny. Civil libertarians have recently started howling about eroding freedoms in the wake of 9/11 and the passing of the Patriot Act. It is unconstitutional, they say, to pull over someone just because he looks a little like a terrorist, and if such a law is passed, they will scream bloody murder.
Drinkers, on the other hand, will probably shrug it off. Why shouldn't we, since we've been subjected to exactly that sort of treatment for nearly two decades. I'm talking about roadside sobriety checks, of course. Within the confines of that law, the police can stop you, shine a light in your eyes, demand to see your documentation, then, if they suspect you've had a few, have the right to conduct a roadside sobriety test.
Which begs the question: why are drunks so easily stripped of their rights? What or who created the environment that would allow unconstitutional sobriety checkpoints, bar raids and the incarceration of staggerers?
You know who. It's those goddamn Mothers. The multi-million dollar corporation known as MADD has done more to erode civil liberties in this country than all the terrorist attacks in the world. And they're not done. Not by half.
Faced with declining profits and waning public interest, MADD has launched a new campaign called Getting MADD All Over Again. Since they've accomplished all their early objectives, what's on their agenda this time? Plenty. Here's a taste of some of their new goals:
A federal billion dollar a year fund earmarked for setting up and enforcing sobriety checkpoints across the entire nation. Who's going to pay for it? You, the taxpayer.
New laws that will allow police to pull over drivers because they're not wearing seat belts. Why? MADD quite openly states such a law could be used as an excuse to pull over motorists who might have drank but aren't driving erratically.
Criminal charges for drivers who refuse to take Breathalyser tests.
Alcohol advertisers are to be restricted from advertising on television unless 90 percent of the audience is over the age of 21. What programs would meet that standard? None.
Actors in beer commercials must be over the age of 30, cannot appeal to youth in any way, or have anything to do with music, sports, or any other subject that might appeal to young people. Essentially, the only commercial that would meet their criteria would be one with an unattractive, dour-faced, middle-aged male brooding in a dark, unfurnished room with a beer in his hand. With his evil mouth shut.
The Canadian branch of MADD is demanding a national law that would make a .05 BAC a criminal offense. Driving with a BAC of .05 is as statistically dangerous as driving three miles per hour over the speed limit. Is MADD pushing for the incarceration of people who drive three miles per hour over the limit? No. Why? Because everyone would be in jail.
Massive new excise taxes on beer. So people will buy less. It's the same logic as raising the taxes on food, to prevent obesity.
The fact that MADD isn't demanding higher taxes on hard liquor seems bizarre until you realize the liquor lobby pays off MADD with huge grants every year. The beer industry, to their credit, refuses to get in bed with the Mothers.
Up to now MADD has strutted around like a widowed queen, vacillating wildly between uncontrollable fits of weeping and paranoid barrages of cruel invectives, and no one in the kingdom dared challenge her. But that's starting to change. She has demanded so many executions, has restricted so many freedoms that even those in her entourage are starting to wonder if she's gone too far. There are whispers that she has gone mad with power and bloodlust, and the media — once her most loyal of henchmen — is beginning to speak against her.
"I think MADD's mission has shifted from getting and keeping drunk drivers off the road to attacking the product, point of sale, advertising and level of taxation paid on beer," says David Rehr, president of the National Beer Wholesalers Association in Washington, D.C. "I think this neoprohibitionist agenda will ultimately catch up with MADD and destroy it, whether it's five years from now, 10 or 15. You can't sustain policies at odds with the behavior of the average American and continue to get support."
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Bette Midler Bed Of Roses
Known as among the most successful American singers and comics of perpetuity, Bette Midler has a five-decade career that has earned her various awards. Her career has actually seen her as a singer, actress, author, and comic.
During the late 60s and early 70s, the cabaret scene was a breeding ground for gifted young performers. Although most performers were lucky to make a cent, a few were able to turn a profit. These acts needed a few lucky breaks and the generous support of their enjoyed ones. In addition, lots of aspiring performers lost little fortunes. Cabaret remains a crucial proving ground for new and young skills.
In the cabaret world, the most essential function is to function as a display for the many entertainers. The program is normally a mix of acting, singing, and patter. The very best programs have a Host who enhances the show's message. The very best programs even integrate the audience's interest by letting them take the stage in turn. A couple of acts are even able to woo the crowd with a couple of gallons of champagne.
A few standouts consist of KT Sullivan, who handled to land an industrial representative through her cabaret act. Another notable performer was Dawn Hampton, who is a veteran of early Off-Broadway productions and black vaudeville. She carried out in almost every space in town. She wowed audiences at The Tubs and shared an expense with Bette Midler at The Duplex. The Duplex was a Greenwich Village funny club that specialized in cabaret acts. The club's second-floor bar was raucous but kept a consistent circulation of customers.
Among the best cabaret shows of the past few years was the duo of Mary & & Gordy. Their efficiency at the Coffee shop Carlyle in 1968 set attendance records. Their act was a cabaret trifecta with the most impressive accomplishment being their "super star" song, a nod to the Carpenters. The song ended up being Carpenters' best-known hit. In the end, the duo's success was because of their innovative technique to cabaret, which included the best of both worlds – a bit of glitz and a little grit.
The most outstanding cabaret act of all may have been one produced by Leon Russell, a.k.a. The Mad Dogs and Englishmen. Coolidge co-wrote a number of Carpenters tunes, consisting of the previously mentioned "Super star" and "We're All Alone" – not to mention her other hits, "Fever," "Higher and Higher," and "We're all alone," which is not to be overlooked.
During her profession as a singer, comedienne, and author, Bette Midler has made a wide selection of awards and awards. She has actually won three Emmys and four Golden Globes, and has been nominated for an Academy Award and a Grammy for her songs. She has also been awarded the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award by the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2012.
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on December 1, 1945, Bette Midler is the daughter of Ruth Schindel and Fred Midler. Her maternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Austria and Hungary. She grew up in the island of Aiea, Hawaii. She went to the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where she majored in drama. Her first stage efficiency was the function of Tzeitel in the musical Fiddler on the Roofing. She moved to New York City in 1965. She became an additional in the 1966 film Hawaii.
Bette Midler's very first significant album was The Divine Miss M, which won her a Grammy Award for Finest New Artist in 1973. She released her very first tv special in 1977. She has actually starred in a number of successful comedies and has made 8 American Funny Awards. She also has actually published numerous kids's books, including The Legend of Baby Divine.
Bette Midler signed a multi-picture deal with Example Pictures in 1985. She appeared in a variety of movies, including Callous Individuals, For the Boys, Outrageous Fortune, Industry, and Down and Out in Beverly Hills. She co-produced the 2011 staging of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. She has also appeared in the animated movie Fantasia 2000. Her third album, "Wind Beneath My Wings," was a big hit. It reached the top of the Signboard Hot 100 and became her third Grammy Award for Record of the Year.
She has likewise been a spokesperson for AIDS awareness. She has likewise been awarded a Kennedy Center Honor for her work in the carrying out arts. Her work in the theater likewise made her a Special Tony Award for contributions to Broadway.
She has actually likewise been chosen for a Grammy Award for her song "The Rose" and for her efficiency on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" in 1992. She has been honored by the Songwriters Hall of Fame and by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
Throughout her profession, Bette Midler has made numerous awards and elections. She has actually received four Grammy awards, 3 Emmy awards, and four Golden Globes. She has likewise received a Kennedy Center Honor. She has starred in a number of films, consisting of The Rose, Hocus Pocus, and Down and Out in Beverly Hills. She has appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and Murphy Brown. She is offered for product promotion and speaking engagements.
Bette Midler was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on December 1, 1945. She studied drama at the University of Hawaii. She then relocated to New York to pursue a performing profession. She has actually had several roles onstage, including her first professional onstage function in the film Fiddler on the Roof.
Bette Midler tape-recorded her first album, The Divine Miss M, in 1972. She received the 1973 Grammy Award for Best New Artist. The album arrived of the Billboard Top 200 Chart and sold over a million copies. It also earned Bette Midler a nomination for an Oscar for Best Actress.
Bette Midler's second album, Some Individuals's Lives, was also a hit. It landed in the leading ten of the Signboard Top 100. She likewise won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance. She won a Grammy for Finest Female Pop Vocal Efficiency for her hit "The Rose". She likewise got a nomination for Best Starlet in a Musical.
Bette Midler has starred in movies consisting of Hocus Pocus, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, The Rose, and The Very First Wives Club. She has likewise starred in a number of Broadway musicals, consisting of Hey there, Dolly!, Ruthless People, and Outrageous Fortune. She has actually carried out in over 800 shows throughout her career. Bette Midler is also an author. She has actually written a number of books. She is also the co-founder of the New york city Restoration Project, which supplies totally free ecological education to high hardship trainees in New york city.
Bette Midler is presently promoting her brand-new album, Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook. It was shipped by Rick Hendrix and will be released on January 16. In 2004, Bette Midler was nominated for a Grammy Award for her performance on the album. She has offered over 15 million records worldwide.
Throughout her career, Bette Midler has actually gotten lots of awards and distinctions. She has actually won three Emmy Awards, four Grammy Awards and three Golden Globes. She has also been nominated for 2 Academy Awards. Bette Midler is a vocalist, actor, writer, songwriter, and film manufacturer. She has sold over 30 million records worldwide. She has actually also composed numerous books. In 2010, she verified that she would release a brand-new album, entitled 'Love Songs,' in 2010.
Bette Midler was born upon December 1, 1945, in Honolulu, Hawaii. She was raised in a family of European descent. Her dad, Fred Midler, worked as a painter at a Navy base in Hawaii. She was raised in a community that was primarily Polynesian. She attended Radford High School and the University of Hawaii, Manoa. She left after her third semester.
Bette Midler made her phase launching with a production of Tom Eyen's play, Cinderella Revisited. She has appeared in numerous films, including The Rose (1979 ), Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986 ), and The Stepford Partners (2004 ). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Finest Starlet in The Rose. She also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Movie Comedy or Musical.
In the mid-60s, Bette Midler moved to New york city City. She began acting in Off-Off-Broadway plays. She was then cast in a television special. She was likewise a guest star on the film, Veggie Soup. She likewise performed in a fund-raiser for U.S.A. for Africa.
In 2001, Bette Midler's record label Warner Music dropped her. She then signed a multi-picture deal with Touchstone Pictures. She continued to act in films, including Big Business, Adult Guidance, and The Very First Wives Club. She also starred in the funny film Callous People. In 2009, she discussed her new album at the Halloween Ball.
Bette Midler has a child called Sophie. She and her spouse, artist Martin von Haselberg, are married. Their child was born upon November 14, 1986. She is the couple's only child. In 2020, she will wed Irish freelance writer Harry Guinness.
In 2010, Bette Midler was identified in Las Vegas, where she carried out with Gladys Knight. She released a collection of her tunes on CD.
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Known as one of the most effective American singers and comedians of all time, Bette Midler has a five-decade career that has actually made her numerous distinctions. Her career has seen her as a vocalist, actress, author, and comic.
Throughout the late 60s and early 70s, the cabaret scene was a breeding ground for gifted young performers. Although the majority of entertainers were lucky to make a penny, a couple of were able to make a profit. These acts needed a couple of lucky breaks and the generous support of their loved ones. In addition, lots of aspiring entertainers lost little fortunes. Cabaret stays a crucial proving ground for new and young talents.
In the cabaret world, the most crucial function is to work as a display for the many performers. The show is generally a mix of acting, singing, and patter. The very best programs have an Emcee who reinforces the program's message. The best programs even incorporate the audience's interest by letting them take the stage in turn. A few acts are even able to woo the crowd with a couple of gallons of champagne.
A few standouts consist of KT Sullivan, who managed to land an industrial agent through her cabaret act. Another noteworthy entertainer was Dawn Hampton, who is a veteran of early Off-Broadway productions and black vaudeville. She performed in nearly every room in town. She wowed audiences at The Tubs and shared a costs with Bette Midler at The Duplex. The Duplex was a Greenwich Town comedy club that focused on cabaret acts. The club's second-floor bar was raucous however kept a consistent circulation of customers.
One of the very best cabaret shows of the past couple of decades was the duo of Mary & & Gordy. Their performance at the Coffee shop Carlyle in 1968 set attendance records. Their act was a cabaret trifecta with the most outstanding feat being their "superstar" tune, a nod to the Carpenters. The song ended up being Carpenters' best-known hit. In the end, the duo's success was because of their innovative approach to cabaret, that included the very best of both worlds – a little glamour and a little grit.
The most remarkable cabaret act of all may have been one produced by Leon Russell, a.k.a. The Mad Dogs and Englishmen. Coolidge co-wrote a number of Carpenters songs, consisting of the abovementioned "Superstar" and "We're All Alone" – not to mention her other hits, "Fever," "Higher and Higher," and "We're all alone," which is not to be overlooked.
During her career as a vocalist, comedienne, and author, Bette Midler has actually made a large range of awards and honors. She has won three Emmys and 4 Golden Globes, and has actually been nominated for an Academy Award and a Grammy for her songs. She has also been granted the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award by the Songwriters Hall of Popularity in 2012.
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on December 1, 1945, Bette Midler is the daughter of Ruth Schindel and Fred Midler. Her maternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Austria and Hungary. She matured in the island of Aiea, Hawaii. She attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where she majored in drama. Her first stage efficiency was the role of Tzeitel in the musical Fiddler on the Roofing system. She moved to New York City in 1965. She became an extra in the 1966 film Hawaii.
Bette Midler's very first major album was The Divine Miss M, which won her a Grammy Award for Best Brand-new Artist in 1973. She released her very first tv special in 1977. She has starred in a number of effective comedies and has made eight American Funny Awards. She likewise has actually released numerous kids's books, including The Legend of Baby Divine.
Bette Midler signed a multi-picture handle Example Pictures in 1985. She appeared in a variety of movies, including Ruthless People, For the Boys, Outrageous Fortune, Industry, and Down and Out in Beverly Hills. She co-produced the 2011 staging of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. She has also appeared in the animated movie Fantasia 2000. Her third album, "Wind Underneath My Wings," was a substantial hit. It reached the top of the Signboard Hot 100 and became her third Grammy Award for Record of the Year.
She has actually likewise been a representative for AIDS awareness. She has actually also been granted a Kennedy Center Honor for her operate in the carrying out arts. Her work in the theater also made her a Special Tony Award for contributions to Broadway.
She has actually also been chosen for a Grammy Award for her tune "The Rose" and for her performance on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" in 1992. She has been honored by the Songwriters Hall of Popularity and by the British Academy of Film and Tv Arts.
Multi-Grammy Award-winning Career
Throughout her career, Bette Midler has made several awards and elections. She has gotten four Grammy awards, three Emmy awards, and 4 Golden Globes. She has also gotten a Kennedy Center Honor. She has actually starred in numerous films, consisting of The Rose, Hocus Pocus, and Down and Out in Beverly Hills. She has appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and Murphy Brown. She is offered for product promo and speaking engagements.
Bette Midler was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on December 1, 1945. She studied drama at the University of Hawaii. She then moved to New York to pursue a performing profession. She has actually had a number of functions onstage, including her very first expert onstage function in the movie Fiddler on the Roofing system.
Bette Midler recorded her first album, The Divine Miss M, in 1972. She received the 1973 Grammy Award for Finest Brand-new Artist. The album arrived of the Signboard Top 200 Chart and offered over a million copies. It also made Bette Midler an election for an Oscar for Best Actress.
Bette Midler's 2nd album, Some People's Lives, was likewise a hit. It landed in the top ten of the Billboard Top 100. She also won a Grammy Award for Finest Pop Singing Performance. She won a Grammy for Best Female Pop Singing Performance for her hit "The Rose". She also got a nomination for Best Starlet in a Musical.
Bette Midler has actually starred in movies consisting of Hocus Pocus, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, The Rose, and The Very First Spouses Club. She has likewise starred in a variety of Broadway musicals, consisting of Hello, Dolly!, Callous People, and Outrageous Fortune. She has actually performed in over 800 shows throughout her career. Bette Midler is likewise an author. She has written numerous books. She is likewise the co-founder of the New york city Restoration Job, which supplies totally free environmental education to high hardship trainees in New York.
Bette Midler is presently promoting her brand-new album, Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook. It was shipped by Rick Hendrix and will be launched on January 16. In 2004, Bette Midler was chosen for a Grammy Award for her efficiency on the album. She has sold over 15 million records worldwide.
Throughout her profession, Bette Midler has gotten numerous awards and honors. She has actually won three Emmy Awards, four Grammy Awards and 3 Golden Globes. She has actually likewise been chosen for 2 Academy Awards. Bette Midler is a singer, star, writer, songwriter, and movie manufacturer. She has actually sold over 30 million records worldwide. She has likewise written a number of books. In 2010, she verified that she would release a brand-new album, entitled 'Love Songs,' in 2010.
Bette Midler was born upon December 1, 1945, in Honolulu, Hawaii. She was raised in a household of European descent. Her daddy, Fred Midler, worked as a painter at a Navy base in Hawaii. She was raised in an area that was mainly Polynesian. She went to Radford High School and the University of Hawaii, Manoa. She left after her 3rd term.
Bette Midler made her stage debut with a production of Tom Eyen's play, Cinderella Revisited. She has actually appeared in numerous films, including The Rose (1979 ), Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986 ), and The Stepford Wives (2004 ). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Starlet in The Rose. She likewise won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Movie Comedy or Musical.
In the mid-60s, Bette Midler moved to New York City. She started acting in Off-Off-Broadway plays. She was then cast in a television special. She was also a guest star on the motion picture, Veggie Soup. She also carried out in a fund-raiser for USA for Africa.
In 2001, Bette Midler's record label Warner Music dropped her. She then signed a multi-picture deal with Touchstone Pictures. She continued to act in films, consisting of Industry, Adult Guidance, and The First Partners Club. She also starred in the funny film Ruthless People. In 2009, she spoke about her new album at the Halloween Ball.
Bette Midler has actually a daughter named Sophie. She and her husband, artist Martin von Haselberg, are wed. Their child was born upon November 14, 1986. She is the couple's only kid. In 2020, she will marry Irish freelance writer Harry Guinness.
In 2010, Bette Midler was spotted in Las Vegas, where she performed with Gladys Knight. She released a collection of her tunes on CD.
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With Forward Call feature you can forward your calls to the number you wish to.
Please see below how to forward a call.
Navigate to Incoming caller Id drop-down box.
Select "Display caller number" if the user prefers the caller number to be displayed to the forwarded number.
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Sending money to loved ones in another country can be a hassle and a process for many, but one startup from Washington Heights is changing that method.
For Edrizio De La Cruz, traditional remittance isn't making sense right now. He wants to change the current process of sending money to family and friends, and as a result, created Regalii.
According to De La Cruz, Regalii came up from personal experiences. He grew up in the Dominican Republic before coming to the United States (U.S.) at 11 years sold.
"Once I came here, my mom always sent money back home to my grandma and my aunt. They basically raised me," said De La Cruz. "I really felt like I owned them everything, so every time we sent money back, it was a big hassle for them, to pick up the money, go to an agency, wait on long lines, fill out long forms, put cash in their pockets."
De La Cruz noted, as many families sending money back home would understand, the process can be "cumbersome, expensive, and very dangerous," citing his neighborhood in the Dominican Republic as an example.
"I noticed that most of the money was spent on food and bills. I said to myself, 'Why not be able to prepay the bills directly from the comfort of my own home,' and that basically is what Regalii is, it allows you to prepay food and bills for your family in Latin America, or at least in the Dominican Republic, directly from your cellphone or your computer."
De La Cruz stated it was tough to initiate a partnership with the supermarkets.
"First thing that we did is we started doing the utilities, allowing people to prepay their cellphones and cable, electricity, gas, water," he said. "After we built a customer base from that, we built enough traction [and] markets were able to take a chance on us cause it felt like if they can sell one thing, they can sell another thing."
It was a long journey to establish Regalii, said De La Cruz, but since May 2013, the service went from zero to over 21,000 customers. He added a mobile app is in the works for late summer.
"To me, it's like what the iPod did for music. You don't see any cassette tapes or even CDs now," noted De La Cruz, adding, "Regalii is ahead of the curve when it comes to enabling you to support families."
For De La Cruz, he wants to continue spreading Regalii's service throughout the Dominican Republic but plans to step into Mexico by the second quarter of 2015.
Regalii's efforts have been recognized with a grant and sponsorship from the Chilean government courtesy of Startup Chile, an Echoing Green Fellowship, and the Wharton Program for Social Impact. Regalii was also present at TechCrunch's Disrupt conference in San Francisco in 2013.
To start using Regalii, click here.


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Single-instance read-only object with an executable resource
============================================================

In this example you will learn:

- what are LwM2M Execute arguments,
- how to parse them using Anjay's API,
- how to implement ``resource_execute`` handler.

.. include:: Anjay_codegen_note.rst

The implemented Object will be be based on the previous tutorial
:doc:`BT_CO1_SingleInstanceReadOnly`, but with additional executable resource:

+-------------+-----------+-----------+
| Name        | Object ID | Instances |
+=============+===========+===========+
| Test object | 1234      | Multiple  |
+-------------+-----------+-----------+

Each Object Instance has three Resources:

+------------+-------------+------------+-----------+-----------+---------+
| Name       | Resource ID | Operations | Instances | Mandatory | Type    |
+============+=============+============+===========+===========+=========+
| Label      | 0           | Read       | Single    | Mandatory | String  |
+------------+-------------+------------+-----------+-----------+---------+
| Value      | 1           | Read       | Single    | Mandatory | Integer |
+------------+-------------+------------+-----------+-----------+---------+
| Add        | 2           | Execute    | Single    | Mandatory |         |
+------------+-------------+------------+-----------+-----------+---------+

Our new `Add` resource will be used to perform an addition of integers,
storing the result in the `Value` resource. The integers are to be specified
as arguments to the LwM2M Execute operation.

LwM2M Execute arguments
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The LwM2M specification defines a syntax of the Execute argument list as
a formal ABNF grammar.

.. note::

    Just to give you an idea of how the syntax looks like (without getting
    into details of the grammar), here are few examples of valid argument list:

        - ``5``,
        - ``2='10.3'``,
        - ``7,0='https://www.avsystem.com/'``
        - ``0,1,2,3,4``
        - an empty string.

    Also note that argument indices are limited to range 0-9 inclusively.

.. note::

    It is up to the implementation on how to interpret argument lists. One
    may, for example, think of each ``[0-9]='value'`` as a mapping between
    argument index and a corresponding value.

    Then the value of the argument of index `k` could be applied as a `k-th`
    argument to some function for further processing. (we will be, in fact,
    using this interpretation in this tutorial)

While the grammar itself is rather simple, it could be tedious to implement a
correct parser accepting it (with support for all corner-cases). In Anjay
there are methods designed specifically to solve this problem, namely:

.. highlight:: c
.. snippet-source:: include_public/anjay/io.h

    // ... One that returns the next argument from the Execute argument list
    int anjay_execute_get_next_arg(anjay_execute_ctx_t *ctx, int *out_arg,
                                   bool *out_has_value);

    // ... And the one that obtains its value (if any)
    ssize_t anjay_execute_get_arg_value(anjay_execute_ctx_t *ctx, char* out_buf,
                                        ssize_t buf_size);

They will greatly simplify parsing process, as you will see in the next section.

Implementation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

We start with adding our Resource to a supported list of Resources:

.. highlight:: c
.. snippet-source:: examples/tutorial/custom-object/read-only-with-executable/src/main.c

    static const anjay_dm_object_def_t OBJECT_DEF = {
        // ...

        .supported_rids = ANJAY_DM_SUPPORTED_RIDS(0, 1, 2),

        // ...
    }

We can now implement ``resource_execute`` handler. Since our new resource will
be used to sum integers we have to store the addition result somewhere. For
simplicity we are going to use a ``static`` variable:

.. highlight:: c
.. snippet-source:: examples/tutorial/custom-object/read-only-with-executable/src/main.c

    static long addition_result;

And ``resource_execute`` could be implemented as follows:

.. highlight:: c
.. snippet-source:: examples/tutorial/custom-object/read-only-with-executable/src/main.c

    static int test_resource_execute(anjay_t *anjay,
                                     const anjay_dm_object_def_t *const *obj_ptr,
                                     anjay_iid_t iid,
                                     anjay_rid_t rid,
                                     anjay_execute_ctx_t *ctx) {
        switch (rid) {
        case 2: {
            long sum = 0;
            int result;
            do {
                int arg_value = 0;
                if ((result = get_arg_value(ctx, &arg_value)) == 0) {
                    sum += arg_value;
                }
            } while (!result);

            if (result != ANJAY_EXECUTE_GET_ARG_END) {
                return result;
            }
            addition_result = sum;
            return 0;
        }
        default:
            // no other resource is executable
            return ANJAY_ERR_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED;
        }
    }

Where `get_arg_value` function is:

.. highlight:: c
.. snippet-source:: examples/tutorial/custom-object/read-only-with-executable/src/main.c

    static int get_arg_value(anjay_execute_ctx_t *ctx, int *out_value) {
        // we expect arguments of form <0-9>='<integer>'
        int arg_number;
        bool has_value;
        ssize_t result = anjay_execute_get_next_arg(ctx, &arg_number, &has_value);
        // note that we do not check against duplicated argument ids
        (void) arg_number;

        if (result < 0 || result == ANJAY_EXECUTE_GET_ARG_END) {
            // an error occured or there is just nothing more to read
            return (int) result;
        }
        if (!has_value) {
            // we expect arguments with values only
            return ANJAY_ERR_BAD_REQUEST;
        }

        char value_buffer[10];
        result = anjay_execute_get_arg_value(ctx, value_buffer,
                                             sizeof(value_buffer));
        if (result < 0 || result > sizeof(value_buffer) - 1) {
            // the value must have been malformed or it is too long - either way, we
            // don't like it
            return ANJAY_ERR_BAD_REQUEST;
        }
        char *endptr = NULL;
        long value = strtol(value_buffer, &endptr, 10);
        if (!endptr || *endptr != '\0' || value < INT_MIN || value > INT_MAX) {
            // either not an integer or the number is too small / too big
            return ANJAY_ERR_BAD_REQUEST;
        }
        *out_value = (int) value;
        return 0;
    }

Now, we need to update ``resource_read`` handler, so that:
    - it returns 4.05 Method Not Allowed when an attempt to read Executable resource is made,
    - it returns an addition result, when a Read is performed on a `Value` resource.

.. warning::

    It is worth to mention that the LwM2M specification **explicitly forbids**
    existence of executable resources that could be read at the same time. And
    even though it is possible to implement such resource within Anjay,
    one **MUST NOT** do it to stay compliant with the LwM2M.

So, here is how it could look like:

.. highlight:: c
.. snippet-source:: examples/tutorial/custom-object/read-only-with-executable/src/main.c

    static int test_resource_read(anjay_t *anjay,
                                  const anjay_dm_object_def_t *const *obj_ptr,
                                  anjay_iid_t iid,
                                  anjay_rid_t rid,
                                  anjay_output_ctx_t *ctx) {
        // ...
        switch (rid) {
        // ...
        case 1:
            return anjay_ret_i64(ctx, addition_result);
        case 2:
            return ANJAY_ERR_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED;
        default:
            // control will never reach this part due to object's supported_rids
            return 0;
        }
    }

Finally, we need to revisit an object definition to make sure our execute
handler is set as a ``resource_execute`` implementation:

.. highlight:: c
.. snippet-source:: examples/tutorial/custom-object/read-only-with-executable/src/main.c

    static const anjay_dm_object_def_t OBJECT_DEF = {
    // ...
        .handlers = {
            // ...
            .resource_read = test_resource_read,
            .resource_execute = test_resource_execute
            // ...
        }
    // ...
    }

And that's it.

.. note::

    As before, you can find full source-code of this example in
    `examples/tutorial/custom-object/read-only-with-executable` subdirectory
    of the Anjay root source dir.

    More examples of the Execute handlers can be found in object
    implementations of the demo client (in the `demo` subdirectory). Just
    grep for the `resource_execute` keyword.

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Smoke billows from Mount Etna volcano, the largest of Italy's three active volcanoes, near the Sicilian town of Catania, southern Italy.
Smoke billows from Mount Etna volcano, the largest of Italy's three active volcanoes, as seen from Nicolosi, a village near the Sicilian town of Catania.
Indonesian Navy personnel watch as Mount Anak Krakatau spews volcanic materials during an eruption in the waters of Sunda Strait.
Mount Etna volcano spews lava during an eruption early. Italy's Catania airport is reopening after an ash cloud from Mount Etna's latest eruptions forced it to shut down.
Firefighters patrol near the Volcan de Fuego, or Volcano of Fire, in Escuintla, Guatemala.
Residents along Indonesia's Sunda Strait coast were warned on Monday to avoid beaches for at least two days for fear that volcanic activity could generate another powerful tsunami.
According to reports, there was no warning of the advancing wave that struck on Saturday around 9.30 p.m.
The 305-metre-high volcano, about 200 kilometres southwest of capital Jakarta, has been erupting since June. In July, authorities widened its no-go areas to 2 kilometres from the crater.
Barren Island, located 135 Km north-east of Port Blair, is the only active volcano in South Asia.


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This article is about the television channel in England, Wales and southern Scotland. For the ITV Network as a whole, see ITV (TV network). For the regional franchise serving Scotland, see STV (TV channel). For the regional franchise serving Northern Ireland, see UTV (TV channel). For the channel's owner, see ITV plc.
The ITV1 name was only used in England, Wales, Southern Scotland and Isle of Man until Channel Television adopted the name in January 2006, bringing it to the Channel Islands. As national continuity is often used on Channel Television, ITV1 national branding had been seen on the station for several years previously.
The licencees that used the ITV brand were Anglia Television, Border Television, Carlton Television, Central Independent Television, Channel Television, Granada Television, HTV, London Weekend Television, Meridian Television, Tyne Tees Television, Westcountry Television and Yorkshire Television.
ITV Wales & West was the only exception, using the name ITV1 Wales at all times for the Welsh part of its broadcast area as it has a higher regional commitment. Latterly the ITV1 Wales name was only used on breakbumpers and regionally advertised programmes until 2013. Non ITV plc-owned licencees on the network generally did not refer to the ITV name.
ITV was formed by the unification of eleven of the ITV licences. The Broadcasting Act 1990 changed many of the rules regulating the ITV Network, which most notably relaxed franchise ownership and hours of production. However, as far back as 1974, Yorkshire Television and its North East neighbour, Tyne Tees Television, formally created Trident Television, a merged entity of the two companies. By 1981 due to regulation, the company was forced to de-merge; however, they resumed their alliance in 1993 as Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television, which therefore owned the two franchises and integrated the two company's assets more than its predecessor.
There was no movement in the take-over of franchises until 2000 when Border Television and all of its radio assets were sold to Capital Radio Group, who consequently sold the television broadcasting arm to Granada Media Group. Granada then went on to purchase all of UNM's television interests (including its ITV franchises), which brought Meridian, Anglia and HTV into its power, but due to regulation Granada was forced to sell HTV to Carlton. By this time, all of the franchises in England and Wales were owned by either Carlton or Granada.
In 2004, Granada plc officially merged with Carlton Communications, creating ITV plc, although it was a takeover by Granada in effect. In 2011, ITV plc acquired Channel Television from its private owners Yattendon Group plc. On 19 October 2015 ITV announced they were to buy UTV for £100million subject to regulatory approval. The deal also included UTV Ireland, UTV's Irish channel. Unlike other ITV franchises owned by ITV plc that use the ITV name, the UTV name will be retained.
Since 27 October 2002, on all ITV plc-owned franchises, regional programming has been preceded or plugged by an oral regional announcement, in the format ITV1 regional brand, e.g. ITV1 Granada. In English regions, up until 13 November 2006, regional names were also superimposed (post-production) on these idents below the ITV1 logo, but this practice has since ceased. ITV Wales remains unaffected and still continues to use dual-branding across all of its on-screen presentation. Despite the lack of regional names on screen, the regional name is usually spoken by the announcer prior to local programmes. After ITV's unification in 2002, the two London franchises, Carlton Television and London Weekend Television were merged into a single entity, ITV London, while the Wales and West franchise lost its official identity and instead was substituted with ITV Wales and ITV West on-air, with no reference linking the two together (the licence was formally split in two by Ofcom from 1 January 2014).
In the English regions, the channel has been known from 2006 until 2013 as ITV1 and since 14 January 2013 as ITV at all times. Regional references no longer appear before any programming at all in these areas.
ITV channels are available on cable and IPTV in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. In the Republic of Ireland, ITV (as UTV) was widely available, however, UTV Ireland was launched in 2015 and replaced UTV in the Republic of Ireland.
In 1999, another second common presentation package (once again using dual-branding with the ITV name) was launched, under the theme, "TV from the Heart". Like the 1989 attempt, a version was created for every franchise holder, but it was only taken by nine of the fifteen ITV broadcasters, two of which resorted to other designs, being London Weekend Television, which actually used the look for a year but then adopted a more original look (claiming it "wasn't exciting enough"), and HTV which adopted Carlton's identity [Note 1] when it was purchased by the company in 2001. Carlton, owner of three ITV licences at the time, did not adopt the generic look and instead used another package designed by Lambie-Nairn, which again followed the "TV from the Heart" theme, but with more emphasis on the Carlton corporate identity.
By 2001, all eleven franchises of England and Wales were owned by either Granada plc or Carlton Communications, and a new common name, ITV1, was launched on 11 August 2001 because of the secondary channel ITV2 on the air. The existing "Hearts" idents were simply re-edited.
In January 2006, the channel adopted a new on-air look, designed mainly to improve cross-channel promotion across ITV's multichannel presence. The new logo brought ITV1, ITV2 and ITV3 in line with ITV4's, and had been observed on various billboard ads in the UK when the new identity was first used on-screen on 16 January 2006. The overhaul also put an end to the former ITV Day brand, which was axed in favour of a full-time ITV1 identity.
On 3 September 2007, four more idents were added to the set, featuring 'Bubbles', 'Fountains', 'Garden' and 'Buildings', and as of 19 September 2009, all now have 'the brighter side' on their breakbumpers. On 9 April 2010, four more idents where added to the set, 'Lanterns', 'Sunflowers', 'Snakes and Ladders' and 'Dodgems', featuring an updated ITV1 logo as seen on ITV1 HD.
In September 2009 ITV plc announced that ITV1 +1, a one-hour time-shift version of ITV1, would launch in October 2009 from 10:25 am to 7 am daily. The hours covered by GMTV from 7 am to 10:25 am will not originally have been included in the relay. The channel launched on 11 January 2011.
In 2005, ITV plc introduced a new channel branding called ITV Day, used to identify ITV1 between 9:25 am and 6 pm. ITV Day was treated as a separate entity to ITV1 and featured its own presentation set focusing using the colours of red, orange and yellow and featured scenes of typical "daytime" activities. Promotions were used in a similar format to ITV1, and all daytime programmes advertised within ITV1 hours were branded with the ITV Day logo. A similar "UTV Day" branding was adopted in Northern Ireland. The branding was scrapped in January 2006 when the ITV corporate rebrand took place.
On 14 January 2013, ITV unveiled a major overhaul of its branding, including a new corporate logo inspired by handwriting, and the renaming of the flagship channel back from "ITV1" to just "ITV". Its color schemes vary on-air to compliment its surroundings—a practice referred to internally as "colour picking". Following the buyout in 2016, UTV also rebranded to these idents, using a tweaked version with the new UTV logo.
On 1 January 2019, ITV launched a refresh of its current on-air presentation, with a more "crafted" appearance and use of layered "cut-outs" of the logo. Idents were also changed as part of a project known as "ITV Creates"—under which a new set of idents will be used weekly, built around interpretations of the ITV logo created by a British visual artist. The first artist featured as part of the series was Ravi Deepres. UTV continued with its 2013-era idents, but used the new on-air presentation, with a tweaked version to accommodate the UTV logo.
^ The opening films was retained, but the endings was in the "Hearts" style. Check TV Ark.
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Can you feel the birthday love tonight?
David Beckham and Victoria Beckham and their kids are vacationing in the French Riviera with Elton John, who the couple has known for more than two decades, and his husband David Furnish. On Wednesday, they had dinner together at a restaurant and celebrated Romeo Beckham's birthday a few days early. John and Furnish are the godparents of the boy, David and Victoria's second-eldest child, who turns 16 on Saturday.
Victoria posted on her Instagram page a video of the group singing "Happy Birthday" to Romeo as he is presented with a large chocolate cake.
"Early birthday celebrations! X From the best godparents @eltonjohn @davidfurnish x kisses x," she wrote.
Romeo's younger brother Cruz Beckham, 13, also posted a video from the dinner, showing three musicians playing for the group. David and Victoria's youngest child, daughter Harper Beckham, 7, is seen in the clip.
"Great night with @romeobeckham @brooklynbeckham @victoriabeckham @davidbeckham @eltonjohn @davidfurnish," Cruz wrote. "Happy early birthday Romeo, love you."
Romeo shared a pic of himself with the three musicians, writing, "Fun night x @victoriabeckham @davidbeckham @cruzbeckham @brooklynbeckham @eltonjohn @davidfurnish ❤."
On Thursday, the two families continued their vacation. Furnish posted a photo of him, David and his eldest son Brooklyn Beckham, 19.
"Early morning wakeboarding @davidbeckham @brooklynbeckham #BestStartOfTheDay" Furnish wrote.
It is unclear if John and Furnish's two sons, Zachary, 7, and Elijah, 5, joined the group on their trip.
Furnish shared photos of the boys putting goldfish in a pond earlier this week.


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Published: January 2021Contents
Sean T Wheeler
Kristin Mendoza
Roald Nashi
Robert S Fleishman
Editors' Preface
Sean T Wheeler, Kristin Mendoza, Roald Nashi and Robert S Fleishman
José Roberto Oliva Jr and Julia Batistella Machado
Christian Richard Paarsgaard Ibsen
Pál Szabó, Dániel Arányi and Eszter Gál
Gbolahan Elias, Okechukwu J Okoro and Yemisi Falade
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The Oil and Gas Law Review Edition 8
Editor Christopher B Strong
The Oil and Gas Law Review is intended to serve as a starting point for practitioners in gaining an understanding of the key legal requirements in the jurisdictions in which they may be advising clients on transactional and operational matters. Although not a substitute for detailed local law advice, the hope is that it will nevertheless serve as a reference guide and point users in the right direction when considering local legal issues.
The Mining Law Review Edition 9
Editor Erik Richer La Flèche
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The Review is designed to be a practical, business-focused 'year in review' analysis of recent changes, developments and their effects, and a look forward at expected trends. This book gathers the views of leading mining practitioners from around the world. The first part of the book is divided into 19 chapters, each dealing with mining in a particular jurisdiction. The second part of the book has three chapters that focus on financing.
The Renewable Energy Law Review Edition 3
Editor Karen B Wong
Milbank LLP
Since the first edition, this compendium has grown and now covers 20 jurisdictions in this third edition. Whether you are already active in his sector or merely interested in learning more about the policies, legal structures and state of play in the renewable energy industry globally or in a particular country, we hope that this guide will aid you in your efforts as a participant in an exciting and continually expanding industry.
The Energy Regulation and Markets Review Edition 9
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In our ninth year of writing and publishing this book the most pressing global concerns have revolved around the covid-19 pandemic. Accordingly, many of our contributing authors have emphasised concerns associated with the effects of the crisis on energy demand and consumption, and delays in the development of infrastructure. Beyond this crisis, we have seen many other significant geopolitical changes that have added uncertainties to global energy policies.
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Environmental law is global in its reach. Multinational companies make business plans based on the laws and regulations of the countries in which they are headquartered and have manufacturing facilities as well as the countries in which they distribute and sell their products. This book offers a review, by leading environmental lawyers, of significant environmental laws and issues in their respective countries around the world.


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AsyncBeep 1.0
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This component wraps the Windows API beep function so that it can be used asynchronously.

Installation
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To install the component with the Delphi IDE:

  1. Click "Component/Install...".
  2. Select a package to install the component to.
     Please note: this must be a designtime package.
  3. Recompile the package. The component should now appear on the "Freeware" tab.

Usage
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Drop the component on your form. Whenever you need a beep, call the component's
DoBeep method passing the pitch in Hertz and the duration in milliseconds.
Please note that the parameters only have an effect on Windows NT/2000.
Windows 95/98 (and maybe also ME?) ignore these parameters.

License
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The component ist licensed under the MIT License. For details,
please refer to the LICENSE file.


Good! I cannot write English well. That is why I must learn English. So, I cannot write review. Anyway, It was interesting to see the wave of my voice comparing with the native speaker's voice.
I really like the interactive dialog with the conversation and chance to practice and record my responses and am pleased about what I've learned thus far. However, I really wish they would have more of this in each module vs. the 'self study'/written portions in each module. I learn best when I hear conversation/dialog vs. the dictation/response of the lessons. For example in module 1 there are 5 lessons of conversation but 10 lessons of pure dictation/response. This doesn't suit my learning style well.
Good to start as a beginner but can provide more sample lessons basic free and can make other advanced lessons like essay writing poetry as chargeable. Good that hindi is given in readable form of english.
I think the overall teaching style of this program is pretty great, but the execution is not there yet.
The major shortcoming is the male's pronunciation. I am a complete beginner to studying Chinese, but it's incredibly obvious his pronunciation is absolutely awful. During the conversations, I can understand the female perfectly fine, but I still can't understand the male speaker well even after studying the lesson. I also worry that I may pick up bad habits myself even listening to his speech. Another minor drawback is that I do not believe there is a way to zoom in or make the characters larger on the mobile app, which is unfortunate since I tend to study these lessons while exercising on an elliptical or other cardio machine, so the phone is a fair distance away from my eyes. A feature I wish they would add in the future is increased robustness of the conversations. Instead of teaching us exactly one perfectly scripted conversation, teach us variations. Most of the time there are a handful of different ways someone could say the same thing, so even if the conversation is relatively simple in content, learning just one specific tightly scripted conversation is going to be pretty useless once you step out into the real world. Overall, Rocket Chinese is founded on good ideas and has solid potential, I hope it will strive to improve and live up to the potential I see.
The review games are an awesome idea. The don't have the structure they need to help with the learning process. I would prefer the lessons to include more vocab and less history. I know the history is important but the language learning is what I'm here for.
I have enjoyed learning Arabic the Rocket way but now for about the last 10 or 12 lessons they have been the same lesson. "Greeting". I would like to learn something new I would to be able to speak more quickly. Maybe some letter exercised would be beneficial.
it so interesting method in learning language. learning language means adopting a new person from oneself in my point of view . how you could create this feature in other phenomenon . learning method is too important factor in proceeding forward that was very high potential in this regard. please be patient and then will justified.
Rocket Language course for German Language study is really useful and one can attend to the course at his or her timings. One aspect that is of highly appreciative isthat what is required of one to go over to a Language Lab all theway is easily reachable at our home and at our study desk. At any time of the day or night , I can just open my Computer and listen to and respond to through interactive audio lessons. Thats awesome and I like it. Since I would like to be outspoken though not critical , I expected certain simple grammer learnings like the prepositions, modal verbs infinite verbs and their conjugations . pronouns , cases and tenses. If these aspects of the grammer is introduced to the beginner, it would have been still better for a beginner to understand any simple sentences in german language. To sum up I liked the lessons that I have covered till date.
I have just begun using this product. I currently use RosettaStone and Fluencia and other online products, some of which are very good. It is too soon to make comparisons. I recognize it is premature to write an accurate review.


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Taking Position after Whiplash
We've all seen someone who can't move the neck after a whiplash injury. Pain and loss of motion are common in the early days after the injury. But why do some people end up with chronic pain and others don't?
This is the focus of a new study from the Whiplash Research Unit in Australia. Research has shown changes in other parts of the spine after whiplash in patients with chronic pain. It's thought that such changes only affect some patients. Studies also show that higher levels of pain and disability right after an accident may lead to chronic whiplash.
In this study, motor function, changes in sensory input, and psychological factors were measured. There were 80 whiplash patients included. The researchers looked for differences in the three measures among patients with mild, moderate, and severe pain.
All whiplash injuries occurred within the last 30 days. The injured patients were compared to a control group of 20 uninjured subjects. Range of motion and joint position error (JPE) were measured using a special device and custom computer program. JPE is the ability to return the head to its natural position after turning it from side to side or up and down. Other measures included pain, temperature, and psychological distress.
The results showed that all whiplash groups had less motion than the control group. The groups with moderate or severe symptoms had greater JPEs than the group with mild pain. All patients had psychological distress. But distress was greater after moderate and severe injuries. Motor or sensory changes weren't related to psychological distress. The severely injured group was more limited socially. They also had more anxiety and trouble sleeping.
The authors conclude that changes occur in the nervous system and muscle activation soon after a whiplash injury. These changes are likely caused by injured structures in the head and neck. Patients with more severe pain seem to be more sensitive to these changes than those with mild symptoms. The changes in the nervous tissue, not psychological distress, account for more extreme symptoms in some people after a whiplash injury.
Michele Sterling, PhD, et al. Characterization of Acute Whiplash-Associated Disorders. In Spine. January 15, 2004. Vol. 29. No. 2. Pp. 182-188.


The newly established Police Central e-crime Unit is unlikely to get increased UK government funding, according to a response to questions in the House by the Home Secretary on Tuesday. The reply by Jacqui Smith is a sign that the present home secretary is less inclined to invest in the nascent unit than her predecessor David Blunkett.
Liberal Democrat MP Chris Huhne asked Jacqui Smith about whether "she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the IT resources provided to Metropolitan Police officers in policing fraud". The Home Secretary responded to this question by suggesting the micro-management of resources was down to the Met Police. She also mentioned the £3.5m granted by central government over three years towards the establishment of a long-awaited central e-crime unit, Hansard reports.
The Government allocates funding to police authorities as a whole. The allocation of resources is a matter for the Metropolitan Commissioner and the Metropolitan Police Authority, who are responsible for assessing local needs.
The Government has also specifically allocated £3.5 million to the Police Central e-crime Unit (PCeU) over three years from 2008-09, with the Metropolitan Police Service contributing £3.9 million over the same three year period. One of the main areas of work for the PCeU will be to support the National Fraud Reporting Centre in tackling electronic fraud.
The Home Secretary's statement underlines something that was already fairly clear - the PCeU will have to make its way on a meagre budget.
The PCeU was established around six months ago to fill the gap in policing cybercrime that opened up after the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit was amalgamated into the Serious and Organised Crime Agency back in 2006.
The unit, which is based in Scotland Yard, provides computer forensics training and is in charge of coordinating efforts to fight electronic crime across multiple police forces. The division also has a role in investigations, leading an investigation into an alleged network of banking Trojan ne'er-do-wells that resulted in the arrest of nine suspects last month.
Detective Superintendent Charlie McMurdie, head of PCeU, appealed for help and volunteers from industry to assist its mission without exceeding its budget during a session at last month's Infosecurity Europe conference.
Earlier to the same conference, former Home Secretary David Blunkett expressed the hope that the PCeU would receive more funding.


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Local authority invests in prestigious development to become joint owners alongside Aviva Investors
Uttlesford District Council purchases 50% share in Chesterford Research Park
Uttlesford District Council is pleased to announce a new partnership with Aviva Investors following the purchase of a 50 per cent share in Chesterford Research Park.
The £45 million acquisition, which will see the council become joint owners of the Park alongside Aviva Investors, forms part of the council's long-term plan to realise a portfolio of commercial investments, within the district, capable of generating stable income into the future.
As funding from central government diminishes, Uttlesford, like other councils across the UK, is seeking alternative routes through which to generate long-term income in order to continue to provide value for money services to residents, businesses and communities, as well as decrease its reliance on central funding.
As one of the most prestigious commercial assets in the district, Chesterford Research Park offers both an immediate stable income stream as well as growth potential.
To fund the project, the council is using its own reserves along with a mix of loans from other local authorities, the government and private funders. The arrangement will generate an initial yield of 5.6 per cent per annum for the council rising to 6.3 per cent by year five.
This follows a lengthy and robust process of due diligence by the internationally renowned commercial agents Cushman and Wakefield and the international law firm Hogan Lovells.
Dawn French, Chief Executive of Uttlesford District Council, said: "Chesterford Research Park is one of the premier commercial sites in Uttlesford and has excellent potential for further growth. We are delighted to be working with Aviva Investors on this initiative and look forward to playing a key role in the continued success of the Park.
"Maintaining a financially sound and effective council is one of the council's priorities, and we are confident this investment will be of significant benefit for residents and businesses, as well as those with a specific interest in the Park. It will go some way in helping us to bridge the funding gap which will, in turn, enable us to continue to deliver important services to our communities."
Ed Casal, Chief Executive of Global Real Estate at Aviva Investors, commented on the partnership: "We are delighted to welcome Uttlesford District Council as joint owners of Chesterford Research Park. The Park plays a positive role in the economy of the local district and enjoys a very high profile within the south Cambridge biotech cluster. Uttlesford District Council is the ideal, local partner with whom to collaborate to continue the successful development of the Park.
"Day-to-day management of the Park will continue unchanged, and the existing Park team remain committed to delivering an environment that will nurture and encourage the growth of current and future occupiers. This partnership allows us to look ahead to the next phase of development for Chesterford to ensure we consistently provide the buildings, facilities and services required by life science organisations at every stage of their development."
Chesterford Research Park provides an innovative, flexible and future proofed environment for both established and early stage biotechnology and pharmaceutical research and development companies including Arecor, AstraZeneca, Charles River Laboratories and Domainex. With a masterplan for around 900,000 sq ft and where approximately 300,000 sq ft of laboratory and R&D space is already occupied, the Park's low-density development, set within 250 acres of impressive parkland, offers not only ultra-modern and energy efficient laboratory and office space, but also central 'hub' facilities within The Nucleus building – which includes a restaurant, café bar, health and fitness centre, and meeting and conferencing space.
The council's interests at Chesterford will be represented and managed by Aspire (CRP) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Uttlesford District Council set up to manage this latest investment. A newly formed board of representatives from Aviva Investors and Aspire (CRP) Ltd will meet quarterly to report on current activity and future development plans. Aviva Investors will retain the asset management role at the Park.


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