"Black" is a stunning fire-and-silk stallion celebrated the world over. But to his young American owner, Alec Ramsay (Kelly Reno), he's much more. So, when the amazing animal is stolen, Alec will stop at nothing to get him back. Alec finally unravels the mystery of Black's theft...only to discover that he must overcome even greater odds to reclaim his beloved horse.


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Not Even Close
In Florida, Mitt Romney is leagues ahead of his competitors.
by Patrick Caldwell
Yikes, this isn't even going to be close. Mitt Romney is opening up a massive lead in Florida, the state that could be the front-runner's capstone to securing the nomination. A Rasmussen poll yesterday put Romney more than 20 points ahead of the nearest candidate. He drew 41 percent to 19 percent for Newt Gingrich. Rick Santorum had 15 percent, and everyone else was in the single digits.
At least in Florida, Gingrich maintains his spot as the most viable anti-Romney alternative, but that's an increasingly tiny segment of the polling population. Romney's standing in Florida should only rise further after he is endorsed by Jeb Bush-a popular former governor in a state where his last name maintains more respectability than it does in the rest of the country. And just in case Rick Santorum's rise carries over to a top-two finish in South Carolina, the pro-Romney super PAC Restore Our Future is running ads against Santorum. The commercial claims Santorum "pushed for billions in wasteful pork" and that "he even voted to let convicted felons vote." That second part is a particularly powerful argument in Florida, where Governor Rick Scott rescinded voting-registration rights for convicted felons.
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As the bullets tore into worshippers during Friday prayers at Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, taxi driver AbdulKadir Ababora from Ethiopia threw himself to the floor and wedged himself under a bookshelf used to hold Korans, praying he would see his wife and kids again.
Somehow that decision saved his life and he emerged from the carnage unscathed.
A Nigerian, Alabi Lateef was also a survivor of the massacre at Linwood Masjid, the second mosque attacked by white terrorist Brenton Tarrant.
Lateef narrated how a worshipper at the mosque seized an empty rifle discarded by Tarrant and then used it to chase him away.
Lateef said he was praying with others when he heard the sound of gunfire.
He told worshippers to duck down and then described how a "brother" decided to confront the attacker during a lull in the gunfire.
"By the time he got there (outside the mosque) the bullets were finished and the gun was used," Lateef recounted.
The man, identified as Abdul Aziz an Afghan refugee, picked up the machine gun and smashed it into the gunman's car windscreen. After the gunman ran away, Alabi returned to the mosque.
Lateef said he had never expected to experience a terrorist attack in New Zealand.
The Afghan's action may have saved further casualties, as Tarrant was apprehended by two armed police officers not far from Linwood mosque soon afterwards while driving his car with a visibly smashed back window.
Back in Al Noor Mosque.
Like so many who attended weekly prayers at the mosque, Ethiopian Ababora had come to New Zealand hoping to find peace and prosperity.
The 48-year-old said he arrived from Ethiopia in 2010 and made a life for himself in the placid city of Canterbury.
Two weeks ago he and his wife celebrated the birth of their second son.
Then on Friday a self-professed white terrorist wielding an armoury of semi-automatic rifles scrawled with racist ideology, walked into the mosque and unleashed a rampage that left at least 50 dead and dozens more with life-changing injuries.
Ababora said the mosque's imam had just started delivering the English translation of the khutbah — the sermon during Friday prayers — when the gunfire erupted outside.
The first person he saw struck was a Palestinian, a man who was an engineer by training but who, like Abobora, also drove a taxi in the city.
Soon Tarrant, the 28-year-old Australian police say carried out the massacre, was inside the prayer hall, pumping round after round into the defenceless worshippers.
Ababora said he instinctively fell to the ground and managed to squeeze himself against a bookshelf that held the Korans worshippers used during prayers. Crucially, it made his body a slightly smaller target.
"I just pretended as if I am dead," he said.
Ababora said he was sickened at how methodical the killer was, firing round after round into the crumpled pile of bodies in a well-planned attack he later learned was broadcast on Facebook.
He could feel the shockwaves from the bullets pass by his body.
"I was waiting (for) my moment, when every second (a) shot comes I was saying 'This is for me. This is for me'. And I lost hope," he said.
He began to silently pray and think of his family.
The horror was far from over when the gunman departed after emptying a fourth magazine before driving across town to commit a second atrocity at the Linwood mosque.
For an agonising number of minutes afterwards, no one at the Al Noor mosque dared make a sound. But as the pain got too much for the wounded, people started crying out.
The scene in front of Ababora was hellish.
"There was blood everywhere," he said.
A friend called out, saying he had been shot in the leg. He tried to help him up but the leg was shattered by the bullet.
Ababora staggered outside to find police another worshipper — whose son is friends with his eldest son — alive but with horrific injuries. He had been shot in the jaw, his hand and his back.
It was only after laying the man down he noticed two more bodies — two women lying in a pool of blood.
Close by was one of the gunman's discarded rifles and Ababora said he instantly recognised "Nazi" symbols written on it as well as historic places and dates celebrated by the far-right such as the Battle of Vienna in 1683.
Like most of Christchurch's inhabitants, Ababora said he never believed such hatred would arrive on his doorstep.
"We used to say New Zealand is safe, especially in Christchurch we say we are safe, it's a trusting system here. The Muslims here, we are the most quiet people," he said, adding the mosques in the city don't even broadcast the call to prayer.


Motions For Leave to Renew: The Requirement Often Overlooked - Farrell Fritz, P.C.
A motion for leave to renew must be based upon new evidence or a change in the law that would change the prior determination and must contain a reasonable justification for failure to present such facts on the prior motion. If the new material proffered in the motion would not change the prior determination, a motion for leave to renew will be denied. This concept was recently explored by the Appellate Division, Second Department in Gall v Conlon-Sylvain, et al., 2017 N.Y. Slip Op. 04425 (2d Dept Jun. 7, 2017).
Plaintiff and Defendant Joseph Grant ("Grant") were each 50% shareholders of JJRG Enterprises, Inc., a corporation that owned a parcel of residential real estate. Grant, however, represented himself to be the sole shareholder of JJRG and sold the property on behalf of the corporation. Plaintiff thereafter commenced an action against, among others, attorneys Anthony Michael Camisa ("Camisa") and David M. Fish ("Fish"), alleging that they breached a duty to Plaintiff by failing to ascertain whether Grant had the authority to transfer the property on behalf of JJRG. Neither attorney, however, represented Plaintiff during the sales transaction. Camisa represented the purchaser-borrower and the defendant-lender, Wells Fargo, N.A. ("Wells Fargo") and Fish represented the seller, JJRG.
Wells Fargo moved, pursuant to CPLR 3216, to dismiss the complaint due to Plaintiff's failure to prosecute. The trial court initially granted Wells Fargo's motion. However, following a non-jury trial against the defendant attorneys, the trial court granted Plaintiff's motion for leave to renew his opposition to Wells Fargo's motion. Upon renewal, the trial court vacated its prior determination and denied Wells Fargo's motion to dismiss. Wells Fargo appealed.
Applying this standard, the Court found that the trial court should have denied Plaintiff's motion for leave to renew because the newly submitted evidence, which consisted of trial evidence from the trial of the two defense attorneys, would not have changed the trial court's prior determination. Specifically, the new facts relied upon by Plaintiff did not demonstrate that Plaintiff had a meritorious cause of action against Wells Fargo because, even if Wells Fargo could be held liable for a breach of fiduciary duty by Camisa, the trial evidence did not establish that Camisa, as attorney for Wells Fargo, had any duty to act or give advice for the benefit of Plaintiff.
CPLR 2221(e)(2) requires that a motion for leave to renew "be based upon new facts not offered on the prior motion that would change the prior determination." Thus, even if a motion to renew is based upon new evidence and includes a showing of reasonable justification for not presenting it on the earlier motion, leave to renew will be denied if the new material proffered in the motion would not change the prior determination.


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The worsening cancer burden ravaging local communities
Kimberley Clare Ogden
Cancer remains one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide, with projections of marked increases in new cases of cancer and a very number of deaths that are directly attributable to the disease over the coming years leading up to 2030.
It is predicted that by then there will have been a progressively increased burden of cancer in the world, but manifesting at a much higher rate in developing counties.
This reflects a transition which has already emerged, characterised by developing countries now beginning to carry a bigger slice of a non communicable disease burden, which was previously seen as the preserve of the industrialized world.
So as it is, the developing world is increasingly seeing a higher incidence of the type of cancers which are associated with preventable lifestyle risks such as poor dietary intake, smoking, alcohol, lack of exercise and an exposure to industrial carcinogens, even though it is still bearing the brunt of the many cancers that are directly attributable to infectious diseases.
"Such ground level disparities in cancer risk coupled with inadequate data around the patterns of disease and indeed with not much clarity around cancer causation, nor there being enough research done on the subject matter against the background of an existing poor access to cancer control and relevant therapies, have all seemed to be the main contributory factors behind the poor cancer survival rates encountered in communities such as Soweto." Dr Molefi Molefi, founder of Journeysys
Compounding the situation on the local front is a revelation that there may be more people living with cancer locally as it is elsewhere in the world because of increased aging, improved cancer detection methods and an increased availability of more effective cancer therapies.
These trends have been felt both regionally and afar, manifesting both marginally and severely at individual, community and systems level, and in the process provoking a series of corrective responses, which may include increased awareness raising, better screening and earlier detection, inculcating a culture of shared decision making in a doctor to patient consultation, strengthening cancer surveillance and improving access to cancer care facilities.
But compounds this unpalatable situation even further and may worsen the existing cancer burden to astronomical proportions is provider shortages, the high costs of treatment and the existence of high barriers to cancer care financing.
This has opened opportunities for alternative non-mainstream players such as civil society entities like Journeysys who come directly from offsite but may be better primed to mobilize a wider range of affected parties, and better equipped to redress some of the inherent challenges linked to a broader array of involved stakeholders.
The Journeysys offering comprises of a serious of programs catering for direct to consumer cancer screening and survivor support interventions, stakeholder mobilization and outreach where appropriate, both locally and onto outer frontiers.
Journeysys has conceptualized what it terms 'cancer awareness open days', for activation purposes and to sensitise the general public to a wide range of cancer causing societal ills. To find out more about upcoming events which include debates with experts on a wide range of cancer related topics, contact Dr Molefi, Director, 082 901 5752.
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Is the UN envoy about to give up on Libya?
The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) was established by the international organisation in September 2011 for an initial period of three months. UNSMIL's mandate was to help the country stand on its feet again after the civil war that saw military intervention led by NATO, ex-leader Muammar Gaddafi murdered and tribal divisions becoming more violent across the country.
So far, the mission has had six directors, known officially as the Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) of the UN. The current SRSG is a Lebanese-French academic and former minister, Dr Ghassan Salame. When he took over from the German Martin Kobler last year, many observers and commentators, myself included, thought that the UN had picked the right person.
From day one, Salame was very clear about how to handle Libya and where to go from where he picked up the mess. He proposed a comprehensive roadmap based on three pillars: the amendment of the Libyan Political Accord (LPA) of 2015, a call for a pan-Libyan inclusive national conference and national legislative and presidential elections.
Failing to bring the Libyan protagonists to agree about amending the accord, the UN envoy suspended the process last summer and concentrated instead on the reconciliation conference, but did not announce when it could take place. However, he succeeded with one important issue, that of including all former regime supporters in his consultation process. The inclusion of Gaddafi supporters had never happened before and talking to this rather large constituency has always been controversial.
This change of mind was denied by UNSMIL in a message to me. In any case, it cannot be blamed entirely on the UN envoy; blame should be shared by Libyan politicians and the international community. Libya's leaders seem to be less interested in their country and more in their own personal, tribal and regional interests. Ghassan Salame accused them publically of selfishness and putting personal gains before their country. Internationally, France and Italy, both important players in the Libyan file, are engaged in shameful open competition over influence in shaping Libya's future, while the United States just does not appear to be bothered.
Recently, Salame seems to have decided to change tack to embarrass the Libyan actors — politicians and armed groups alike — as well as foreign powers interested in the Libyan file. This happened as a result of the latest violence to rock the capital Tripoli, which left more than one hundred dead and thousands displaced, most of them civilians.
For the first time since it was established, UNSMIL finds itself involved directly in playing a mediation role between fighting Libyan militias. Previously, it has only mediated between politicians rather than militias.
The fighting that erupted last month forced the closure of Mitiga Airport, the only one serving the capital, for the second time in less than two weeks. The UN official was left with no choice but to get involved personally in mediation efforts to bring about a ceasefire in a city of over two million people.
Does this mean that UNSMIL's mandate should be concentrated on securing Libya before any talk of a political settlement between the different factions? This is what Libya's Foreign Minister requested from the UN in his speech at the UN General Assembly last week.
Ghassan Salame was so frustrated that in his news briefing on 12 September he said, "We know who targeted the airport twice and on the third time I will name him." Less than two weeks later, on 22 September, the airport was targeted and closed again, for the third time in one month. Local airlines had either to cancel their flights or re-route them to Misrata Airport, some 250 kilometres away. Despite this, Salame did not name the party responsible.
Naming names is crucial because it will make clear that the UN knows who is disrupting the relative peace around Tripoli and it is not trying to instigate a formal cover up, and it also means that the relevant party could be held accountable for a wide range of crimes, some of which could amount to crimes against humanity. Since almost all local militias are supported by foreign actors, states or otherwise, naming the perpetrators of the violence means exposing their foreign backers. Furthermore, Salame would publically force world powers to take Libya more seriously by implementing the relevant UN resolutions, particularly those that threaten certain punitive measures. As long as no one is blamed directly for the occasional flare up of violence around Tripoli, and as long as no one is held accountable by the international community, it is hard to see how rogue and well-armed militias in Tripoli can be stopped. Publically naming perpetrators will also help expose foreign countries that keep supplying arms to different parties in Libya in violation of at least two UN Resolutions, namely 1970 and 1973.
Social media in Libya has been mocking the UN envoy for the past ten days for failing to deliver on his promise to call out the perpetrators, with some users accusing him of a cover up. It is well documented that countries like Qatar, for example, still seek influence in Libya by using money and weapons to help its pawns inside the country.
If he wants the UN to be more serious about Libya, Dr Ghassan Salame must go public with whatever information he has and point the finger at the party which is at fault. Failure to do so means that he will only be managing rather than solving the Libyan crisis.


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All Branches and Management Councils need to appoint a person or persons to officiate at their ASH event or activity as a Horse Welfare Officer. The Society's Horse Welfare Officer policy will assist organising committees in being prepared for situations and it outlines situations that should NOT be considered humane or good horsemanship and should not be tolerated. It also gives advice on what items to have available in the case of an emergency.
Click here to view the Society's Horse Welfare Officer Policy.
Click here to view the Australian Horse Industry Council's Horse Welfare Toolkit.
Click here to view the Australian Horse Welfare Protocol.
Persons who compete in Australian Stock Horse competitions and our Branches or Management Councils who organising events are the most critical component of our Society. These are the persons who present the image of the Society to the general public. By accepting these responsibilities and practices, it will continue the good image of the Society in years to come.


philosophy is supposed to help you avoid suffering and help you live "the good life"
no major philosophy, art, literature, or technical development in the west during this period.
close examination of metaphysics will prove gods existence. the problem of universals and particulars are examined.
humanism emerges out of galileo's discovery that the universe doesn't evolve around the earth. major technological development and religious questioning beings.
rationalism and empiricism compete as doctrines. the idea of the tabula rasa leads the beginning of nation state formation, revolutions against kings, and universal education.
the passion of the french revolution and the sublime horror of industrial development inspires romanticism. german idealism develops.


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Local band nominated for Texas Music Award
Steven James & The Jaded has been nominated for a Texas County Music Award.
Local band nominated for Texas Music Award Steven James & The Jaded has been nominated for a Texas County Music Award. Check out this story on caller.com: http://callertim.es/2wfgcSI
Natalia E Contreras, Corpus Christi Caller-Times Published 4:56 p.m. CT July 31, 2017 | Updated 11:00 p.m. CT Aug. 1, 2017
Steven James and the Jaded(Photo: Contributed)
Corpus Christi's Texas country band Steven James & The Jaded has been nominated for a Texas County Music Award.
According to a news release, the band first caught Texas Country fans in 2016 with its single "Weak In The Knees," which landed on the Top 40 Texas Radio charts.
Their second album "On The Run" and the release of the single "Texas Girls" recently spent about 23 weeks on the Texas Top 75 radio chart.
The single was also named Top 200 Texas song of 2016.
Steven James (Photo: Contributed)
"Dance With Me Tonight" another single on the album, also landed on the Texas Top 40 and was nominated for Country Single of the Year, the release states.
The Texas Country Music Awards will be Sept. 28 in Carthage.
For more information: www.stevenjamesstx.com
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In order to achieve the 2030 Agenda, it is imperative to engage youth as beneficiaries, stakeholders, and leaders in the global movement for inclusive and sustainable development. The 2018 Winter Youth Assembly at the United Nations is a platform to elevate the voices of young people in international dialogues, empower youth to advocate for future generations, and mobilize youth as agents of impactful change.
Friendship Ambassadors Foundation (FAF) is pleased to announce that preparations are underway for the upcoming session of the Youth Assembly in 2018. Organized on the theme of "Innovation and Collaboration for a Sustainable World," the 21st session of the Youth Assembly will serve as a forum to open up new pathways for cooperation, while harnessing the creativity and energy of youth delegates for global impact. In alignment with the upcoming 2018 High-Level Political Forum, the conference will focus on the environmental dimensions of the 2030 Agenda, particularly Goals 6, 7, 11, 12, and 15.
If you're looking for scholarship opportunities, they suggest talking with local organizations like Rotary clubs to see if they may be willing to sponsor you to attend.


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Panasonic and Pristine Sun unveil 50 MW PV partnership
Panasonic Eco Solutions Energy Management North America and Pristine Sun will install 50 MW of photovoltaics in California, the U.S., over the next 24 months. The generated energy will be sold to PG&E.
March 5, 2013 Becky Beetz
In a statement released, the two parties say they have begun work on the first phase of their photovoltaic portfolio.
Overall, 50 MW worth of solar farms are expected to be developed and grid connected over the next 24 months. The generated electricity – enough to power around 50,000 homes – will be sold to PG&E.
"Together Panasonic and Pristine Sun are the leading integrators in the PG&E Feed-in Tariff program, setting a model that is scalable as both companies continue to entrench themselves as leaders in the U.S. utility solar market," stated Pristine Sun.
No further project details were released.


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March Song Fic – "What Are You Waiting For" by Nickelback
Posted on March 20, 2017 February 12, 2018 by Jess
This month's song is "What Are You Waiting For" by Nickelback. Have a listen if you like:
This fic didn't really go where I expected but I went with it. 🙂 It doesn't really go with the theme of the song, I suppose, but that's okay. It was what came from me, and that's what these flash fics are all about.
Maddie Ainswirth stared at her resume on the computer screen as the conversation from the previous evening ran through her head—or at least her mother's side of it, which admittedly was the majority of the words spoken.
You're wasting your time and your talent. As a PA for a non-profit? Honestly, Madeline. With your degrees and your skills, you could be making a more than decent living, with a PA of your own, getting the recognition you deserve.
And by you, her mother meant we—we as in the Ainswirths. All of Maddie's accomplishments, or lack thereof, reflected on the family as a whole. And unlike her siblings—Maddie was falling short. But that was her jam, apparently. She'd been an average student. Hadn't dated the right boys. Sure, she'd earned two degrees, but what was having degrees in English and marketing when compared to two lawyer brothers and a CFO sister? And one would think she'd have a leg up on the sister who was a stay at home mom, but that was just fine because she'd married up.
Don't you want to make something of yourself? Make your way to the top, feel the pride in that? I don't understand how you can be happy, how you can be satisfied filing papers and bringing Leo Carver his coffee. I expected more of you.
That had, of course, been designed to shame and push Maddie to…to…to be more. But it didn't. Because she was happy where she was. She loved her job, which wasn't as a PA anymore, not for over a year, even if her mother refused to remember that bit. Maddie worked alongside Leo, running their small office and staff. It definitely wasn't just filing papers and fetching coffee. Oh, she still did plenty of that, but she did so much more. She was making a difference. And she'd tried to explain that to her mother, but making a difference didn't mean shit if it didn't come with an impressive job title, money or public recognition. Preferably all three.
Maddie rubbed at her temple and continued staring at the screen—at her list of qualifications and skills—before clicking over to the email from her mother and staring some more. At the links to more suitable jobs.
"Hey, Mads," Leo greeted cheerfully. Juggling a bag and drink holder, he used his foot to pull the chair from his desk over to hers. Settling in beside her, he announced, "Food time."
She glanced at the clock, shaking her head when she saw it was already after five pm. "Hmmm, guessing that means it's gonna be a long night?"
"Got you a double," he said apologetically as he placed a tall coffee next to her keyboard.
She inhaled the spicy scents as he opened the takeout bag. ""And Indian food? Wow, you must really feel bad."
"So so bad." He held a fork out to her, his green eyes twinkling and his mouth twitching up into a smile. "Big meeting's tomorrow, and there's no way I can do this without you, Mads."
With a smile of her own, she deleted her mom's email without a second thought, then closed her resume before moving the mouse and keyboard to the side. After taking the offered fork, she also accepted the plastic container she knew would contain her favorite curry. Glancing at him from the corner of her eye, her thoughts went back to her mother and the conversation they had, it seemed, every time she saw her.
Would she always be happy here? She didn't know. Some days, it was hard and grueling. The late nights were killer. But the work they did was worth that. And hell, even the hard days, the late nights were made bearable by not being the only one running for coffee. By Leo bringing her her favorite takeout. By being needed and appreciated for who she was. And that, right there, was something that had been lacking her life until she'd started working here. Working with Leo. He'd seen potential in her, where everyone else her life had only seen flaws and disappointment. He'd encouraged her, helped her shape that potential into something more. Something solid and good.
"Mads?"
"Hmmm?" She blinked and met his gaze.
"Everything okay? You're a million miles away." He settled a warm hand on her shoulder, and his thumb grazed the skin on her neck.
And that… Well that was new. The subtle touches, the long looks, the not-quite-uncomfortable but heavy silences that settled around them sometimes. Maddie had no idea where this new thing would go—if it would even go anywhere—but she couldn't deny the thrill of excitement that coursed through her when she thought about the possibility of more developing between them.
She smiled and shook her head. "All good. I'm right here."
Leo nodded, grinning in response then shoving a forkful of chicken tikka masala in his mouth. Maddie chuckled and leaned slightly into his touch before digging into her own meal.
What was she waiting for?
Her answer to that wasn't one that would make her mom happy, that was for sure. She wasn't trying to make it to the top of anything or looking to increase the size of her portfolio or see her name in the news. She had what she needed and was exactly where she was supposed to be.
Yes, Mom definitely wouldn't be happy because If Maddie was waiting for anything… she was waiting to see if that more would happen.
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March Song Writing Prompt – "The Hammer's Coming Down"
This week's weeks song is "The Hammer's Coming Down" by Nickelback. Kris and Paige are so happy about this. 😛
I'd planned on writing more about Aric and Michael, but this song really didn't lend itself to their story. As I listened to it, I kept thinking of Merlin and Anna from my Albion's Circle series. Probably because I'm back writing them. I don't know how well I kept to the song itself, but this was inspired by it… So, I went with it – though I'm sure I'll be back with my boys soon. 🙂 They're still talking to me.
So, here is a glimpse into Merlin and Anna's past – the eve before battle, the very first time they faced Mordred, back in the days of Camelot.
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The quiet surrounded me as Camelot's great army slept. I'd been unable to do the same. I'd tried—mostly for Merlin's sake as he'd fussed at me the night before. And for Arthur and Galahad and the others who kept casting worried glances my way as we'd sat around the campfire. So, I'd retreated into our tent with Merlin and curled up beside him on the fur-covered pallet. Being in his arms had helped—it always helped—but it hadn't brought me rest.
Frustrated and unable to stop the doubt and fear vibrating inside me, I reluctantly slid from Merlin's embrace, not wanting to interrupt his sleep. And, even if I lay still as a stone, eventually he would sense my unease. Particularly since controlling my power was becoming more difficult by the minute. The air in the tent teemed with it, and I tried to rein it in as I quickly dressed. With one last look at the man who slept surprisingly peacefully, I slipped outside.
A few men sat around fires throughout the camp—either on watch or, like me, unable to sleep. I paid them no mind and made my way into the trees. I didn't go far—just far enough to be away from the bustle when everyone began to wake but close enough I'd hear if there was trouble.
I stood in a small glade and stared into the darkness, struggling against tears that welled up, that nearly choked me. Swallowing the lump in my throat, I closed my eyes and reached out mentally, letting my magic touch on all the wards and protection spells we'd woven around the encampment. All intact and strong. I sensed each of the men—Magical and non-Magical—on watch around the perimeter. Everything was as it should be, and yet, an uneasy feeling curling around me, squeezing me to the point I couldn't breath
Morning would soon be upon us, and battle would begin. And I, Camelot's strongest Seer, saw nothing.
I had tried everything in my power to see what was coming, to glimpse any hint of what the battle would bring. Even going so far as ingesting a complex combination of herbs said to induce visions. That had only succeeded in making me unable to control my magic at all, and had spent an hour vomiting in my chambers as my belongings either shattered or floated around me. The only redeeming thing about that entire experience was no one had been around to witness it.
"Annwyl."
I sighed as Merlin's arms came around me, pulling my back against his front. I covered his hands with mine and let my head rest against his shoulder.
"What's the matter?" he asked, pressing his lips to my temple.
"I can't see," I said softly. "I've never been so blind to what is ahead."
"All will be well," he assured. "This is hardly the first time Camelot has been at war."
But it was the first time they'd ever faced such a Magical threat led by someone who once claimed friendship and swore loyalty to Arthur and Camelot, someone who'd betrayed them in every way possible.
"I wish you wouldn't go onto the battlefield," I whispered, selfishly. I couldn't shake the feeling something bad was going to happen to him. And being unable able to see…only strengthened that fear. But, while I knew he could provide protection from afar, he never would. It wasn't who he was.
"My place is by Arthur's side."
"Funny, I thought it was by mine," I snapped, jerking out of his arms and stepping away.
"Annwyl…"
I pressed the heels of my hands to my eyes, hunching over as I tried to calm down. I felt the comforting touch of Merlin's magic, twining around me, gliding over my skin.
"Annwyl, please." Desperation filled his voice, and straightening, I turned around. "I love you, more than anything, you know this."
"Just as I know you love your king, and you will do everything in your power to protect him." I closed the distance between us and reached up to cradle his face in my trembling hands. "Forgive me. I'm tired, and not being able to see makes me… I'm uneasy. But I know you need to be with him."
His hands settled on my hips, fingertips pressing hard. "And I'll come back to you. Always."
"I know." I brushed a thumb over his lips, enjoying the resulting shudder and swell of power.
"Mordred will not win," he said firmly. "We've ensured that by creating the Circle. You ensured it by finding the spell to do so. We'll stop him, Annwyl. And, after…"
"Yes?" I moved closer, biting back a moan when his hard length pressed against my stomach. "What happens after?"
"After," he drawled, "we return to Camelot and ignore our friends and our duties for days while I keep you in my tower and show you again and again how much I love you."
"Bold promises," I teased.
"I always keep my promises, love." He dropped a quick kiss on my lips. "Actually, why wait?"
I huffed out a laugh as he let go of my hips and grabbed my hand so he could pull me behind him as he walked.
"Merlin," I said, trying to keep my voice hushed.
He said nothing as he led me back to camp then into our tent. Once inside, he muttered and the candles inside the space flamed to life. His bright blue gaze seared as he turned toward me.
"We've hours yet before the sun rises," he said slowly. "If you can't sleep, let's not waste them."
I let him tug me back over to the pallet and followed readily as he stretched out on the furs. I shoved aside the fears and uncertainty that still filled my head, anxious to lose myself in him. In the way we came together, the way he made me feel.
But, even as we moved, loved each other, I couldn't help but feel as if this were the calm before the storm. That, come morning, once the battle began, there was no turning back. Everything was going to change.
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Package picocli

Provides classes and interfaces for the main picocli command line parsing and
 autocompletion functionality.

 The CommandLine class is a one-file framework for creating Java command line
 applications with almost zero code.

 CommandLine is in a single file, so it can be included in source form.
 This lets users run picocli-based applications without requiring picocli as an external dependency.

Classes and Interfaces for Defining a CommandSpec Model

Classes Related to Parsing Command Line Arguments

Class Diagram of the Picocli Exceptions

Class Diagram of the CommandLine.Help API

Interface Summary

Interface
Description

CommandLine.Help.Ansi.IStyle

Defines the interface for an ANSI escape sequence.

CommandLine.Help.IOptionRenderer

When customizing online help for Option details, a custom IOptionRenderer can be
 used to create textual representation of an Option in a tabular format: one or more rows, each containing
 one or more columns.

CommandLine.Help.IParameterRenderer

When customizing online help for positional parameters details, a custom IParameterRenderer
 can be used to create textual representation of a Parameters field in a tabular format: one or more rows,
 each containing one or more columns.

CommandLine.Help.IParamLabelRenderer

When customizing online usage help for an option parameter or a positional parameter, a custom
 IParamLabelRenderer can be used to render the parameter name or label to a String.

CommandLine.IDefaultValueProvider

Provides default value for a command.

CommandLine.IExceptionHandler
Deprecated.

see CommandLine.execute(String...), CommandLine.IParameterExceptionHandler and CommandLine.IExecutionExceptionHandler

CommandLine.IExceptionHandler2<R>
Deprecated.

see CommandLine.execute(String...), CommandLine.IParameterExceptionHandler and CommandLine.IExecutionExceptionHandler

CommandLine.IExecutionExceptionHandler

Classes implementing this interface know how to handle Exceptions that occurred while executing the Runnable, Callable or Method user object of the command.

CommandLine.IExecutionStrategy

Implementations are responsible for "executing" the user input and returning an exit code.

CommandLine.IExitCodeExceptionMapper

Interface that provides the appropriate exit code that will be returned from the execute
 method for an exception that occurred during parsing or while invoking the command's Runnable, Callable, or Method.

CommandLine.IExitCodeGenerator

@Command-annotated classes can implement this interface to specify an exit code that will be returned
 from the execute method when the command is successfully invoked.

CommandLine.IFactory

Factory for instantiating classes that are registered declaratively with annotation attributes, like
 CommandLine.Command.subcommands(), CommandLine.Option.converter(), CommandLine.Parameters.converter() and CommandLine.Command.versionProvider().

CommandLine.IHelpCommandInitializable
Deprecated.

use CommandLine.IHelpCommandInitializable2 instead

CommandLine.IHelpCommandInitializable2

Help commands that provide usage help for other commands can implement this interface to be initialized with the information they need.

CommandLine.IHelpFactory

Creates the CommandLine.Help instance used to render the usage help message.

CommandLine.IHelpSectionRenderer

Renders a section of the usage help message.

CommandLine.IModelTransformer

Provides a way to modify how the command model is built.

CommandLine.INegatableOptionTransformer

Determines the option name transformation of negatable boolean options.

CommandLine.IParameterConsumer

Options or positional parameters can be assigned a IParameterConsumer that implements
 custom logic to process the parameters for this option or this position.

CommandLine.IParameterExceptionHandler

Classes implementing this interface know how to handle ParameterExceptions (usually from invalid user input).

CommandLine.IParameterPreprocessor

Options, positional parameters and commands can be assigned a IParameterPreprocessor that
 implements custom logic to preprocess the parameters for this option, position or command.

CommandLine.IParseResultHandler
Deprecated.

Use CommandLine.IExecutionStrategy instead.

CommandLine.IParseResultHandler2<R>
Deprecated.

use CommandLine.IExecutionStrategy instead, see CommandLine.execute(String...)

CommandLine.ITypeConverter<K>

 When parsing command line arguments and initializing
 fields annotated with @Option or @Parameters,
 String values can be converted to any type for which a ITypeConverter is registered.

CommandLine.IVersionProvider

Provides version information for a command.

CommandLine.Model.IAnnotatedElement

Internal interface to allow annotation processors to construct a command model at compile time.

CommandLine.Model.IExtensible

Interface to allow extending the capabilities of other interface without Java 8 default methods.

CommandLine.Model.IGetter

Customizable getter for obtaining the current value of an option or positional parameter.

CommandLine.Model.IOrdered

Interface for sorting options and groups together.

CommandLine.Model.IScope

The scope of a getter/setter binding is the context where the current value should be gotten from or set to.

CommandLine.Model.IScoped

This interface provides access to an CommandLine.Model.IScope instance.

CommandLine.Model.ISetter

Customizable setter for modifying the value of an option or positional parameter.

CommandLine.Model.ITypeInfo

Encapculates type information for an option or parameter to make this information available both at runtime
 and at compile time (when Class values are not available).

Class Summary

Class
Description

AutoComplete

Stand-alone tool that generates bash auto-complete scripts for picocli-based command line applications.

AutoComplete.GenerateCompletion

Command that generates a Bash/ZSH completion script for its top-level command.

CommandLine

 CommandLine interpreter that uses reflection to initialize an annotated user object with values obtained from the
 command line arguments.

CommandLine.AbstractHandler<R,T extends CommandLine.AbstractHandler<R,T>>
Deprecated.

see CommandLine.execute(String...)

CommandLine.AbstractParseResultHandler<R>
Deprecated.

see CommandLine.execute(String...), CommandLine.getExecutionStrategy(), CommandLine.getParameterExceptionHandler(), CommandLine.getExecutionExceptionHandler()

CommandLine.DefaultExceptionHandler<R>
Deprecated.

see CommandLine.execute(String...), CommandLine.getParameterExceptionHandler() and CommandLine.getExecutionExceptionHandler()

CommandLine.ExitCode

Defines some exit codes used by picocli as default return values from the execute
 and executeHelpRequest methods.

CommandLine.Help

A collection of methods and inner classes that provide fine-grained control over the contents and layout of
 the usage help message to display to end users when help is requested or invalid input values were specified.

CommandLine.Help.ColorScheme

All usage help message are generated with a color scheme that assigns certain styles and colors to common
 parts of a usage message: the command name, options, positional parameters and option parameters.

CommandLine.Help.ColorScheme.Builder

Builder class to create ColorScheme instances.

CommandLine.Help.Column

Columns define the width, indent (leading number of spaces in a column before the value) and
 Overflow policy of a column in a TextTable.

CommandLine.Help.Layout

Use a Layout to format usage help text for options and parameters in tabular format.

CommandLine.Help.TextTable

Responsible for spacing out CommandLine.Help.Ansi.Text values according to the CommandLine.Help.Column definitions the table was
 created with.

CommandLine.Help.TextTable.Cell

Helper class to index positions in a Help.TextTable.

CommandLine.HelpCommand

Help command that can be installed as a subcommand on all application commands.

CommandLine.Model

This class provides a namespace for classes and interfaces that model concepts and attributes of command line interfaces in picocli.

CommandLine.Model.ArgGroupSpec

The ArgGroupSpec class models a group of arguments (options, positional parameters or a mixture of the two).

CommandLine.Model.ArgGroupSpec.Builder

Builder responsible for creating valid ArgGroupSpec objects.

CommandLine.Model.ArgSpec

Models the shared attributes of CommandLine.Model.OptionSpec and CommandLine.Model.PositionalParamSpec.

CommandLine.Model.CommandSpec

The CommandSpec class models a command specification, including the options, positional parameters and subcommands
 supported by the command, as well as attributes for the version help message and the usage help message of the command.

CommandLine.Model.Messages

Utility class for getting resource bundle strings.

CommandLine.Model.MethodParam

Command method parameter, similar to java.lang.reflect.Parameter (not available before Java 8).

CommandLine.Model.OptionSpec

The OptionSpec class models aspects of a named option of a command, including whether
 it is required or optional, the option parameters supported (or required) by the option,
 and attributes for the usage help message describing the option.

CommandLine.Model.OptionSpec.Builder

Builder responsible for creating valid OptionSpec objects.

CommandLine.Model.ParserSpec

Models parser configuration specification.

CommandLine.Model.PositionalParamSpec

The PositionalParamSpec class models aspects of a positional parameter of a command, including whether
 it is required or optional, and attributes for the usage help message describing the positional parameter.

CommandLine.Model.PositionalParamSpec.Builder

Builder responsible for creating valid PositionalParamSpec objects.

CommandLine.Model.UnmatchedArgsBinding

This class allows applications to specify a custom binding that will be invoked for unmatched arguments.

CommandLine.Model.UsageMessageSpec

Models the usage help message specification and can be used to customize the usage help message.

CommandLine.ParseResult

Encapsulates the result of parsing an array of command line arguments.

CommandLine.ParseResult.Builder

Builds immutable ParseResult instances.

CommandLine.ParseResult.GroupMatch

A group's multiplicity specifies how many matches of a group may
 appear on the command line.

CommandLine.ParseResult.GroupMatchContainer

Provides information about an CommandLine.ArgGroup that was matched on the command line.

CommandLine.PropertiesDefaultProvider

IDefaultValueProvider implementation that loads default values for command line
 options and positional parameters from a properties file or Properties object.

CommandLine.Range

Describes the number of parameters required and accepted by an option or a positional parameter.

CommandLine.RegexTransformer

A regular expression-based option name transformation for negatable options.

CommandLine.RegexTransformer.Builder

Builder for creating RegexTransformer objects.

CommandLine.RunAll

Command line execution strategy that prints help if requested, and otherwise executes the top-level command and
 all subcommands as Runnable, Callable or Method.

CommandLine.RunFirst

Command line execution strategy that prints help if requested, and otherwise executes the top-level
 Runnable or Callable command.

CommandLine.RunLast

Command line execution strategy that prints help if requested, and otherwise executes the most specific
 Runnable or Callable subcommand.

CommandLine.Tracer

Utility class for printing internal debug statements.

CommandLine.UseDefaultConverter

Converter that can be used to signal to picocli that it should use the default converter.

Enum Summary

Enum
Description

CommandLine.Help.Ansi

Provides methods and inner classes to support using ANSI escape codes in usage help messages.

CommandLine.Help.Ansi.Style

A set of pre-defined ANSI escape code styles and colors, and a set of convenience methods for parsing
 text with embedded markup style names, as well as convenience methods for converting
 styles to strings with embedded escape codes.

CommandLine.Help.Column.Overflow

Policy for handling text that is longer than the column width:
  span multiple columns, wrap to the next row, or simply truncate the portion that doesn't fit.

CommandLine.Help.Visibility

Controls the visibility of certain aspects of the usage help message.

CommandLine.ScopeType

Specifies the scope of the element.

CommandLine.Spec.Target

Identifies what kind of CommandSpec should be injected.

CommandLine.TraceLevel

Enumerates over the trace level values for filtering which internal debug statements should be printed.

Exception Summary

Exception
Description

CommandLine.DuplicateNameException

Exception indicating that multiple named elements have incorrectly used the same name.

CommandLine.DuplicateOptionAnnotationsException

Exception indicating that multiple fields have been annotated with the same Option name.

CommandLine.ExecutionException

Exception indicating a problem while invoking a command or subcommand.

CommandLine.InitializationException

Exception indicating a problem during CommandLine initialization.

CommandLine.MaxValuesExceededException

Exception indicating that more values were specified for an option or parameter than its arity allows.

CommandLine.MissingParameterException

Exception indicating that a required parameter was not specified.

CommandLine.MissingTypeConverterException

Exception indicating that an annotated field had a type for which no CommandLine.ITypeConverter was
 registered.

CommandLine.MutuallyExclusiveArgsException

Exception indicating that the user input included multiple arguments from a mutually exclusive group.

CommandLine.OverwrittenOptionException

Exception indicating that an option for a single-value option field has been specified multiple times on the command line.

CommandLine.ParameterException

Exception indicating something went wrong while parsing command line options.

CommandLine.ParameterIndexGapException

Exception indicating that there was a gap in the indices of the fields annotated with CommandLine.Parameters.

CommandLine.PicocliException

Base class of all exceptions thrown by picocli.CommandLine.

CommandLine.TypeConversionException

Exception thrown by CommandLine.ITypeConverter implementations to indicate a String could not be converted.

CommandLine.UnmatchedArgumentException

Exception indicating that a command line argument could not be mapped to any of the fields annotated with
 CommandLine.Option or CommandLine.Parameters.

Annotation Types Summary

Annotation Type
Description

CommandLine.ArgGroup

A Command may define one or more ArgGroups: a group of options, positional parameters or a mixture of the two.

CommandLine.Command

Annotate your class with @Command when you want more control over the format of the generated help
 message.

CommandLine.Mixin

 Fields annotated with @Mixin are "expanded" into the current command: @Option and
 @Parameters in the mixin class are added to the options and positional parameters of this command.

CommandLine.Option

 Annotate fields in your class with @Option and picocli will initialize these fields when matching
 arguments are specified on the command line.

CommandLine.Parameters

 Fields annotated with @Parameters will be initialized with positional parameters.

CommandLine.ParentCommand

 Fields annotated with @ParentCommand will be initialized with the parent command of the current subcommand.

CommandLine.Spec

Fields annotated with @Spec will be initialized with the CommandSpec for the command the field is part of.

CommandLine.Unmatched

Fields annotated with @Unmatched will be initialized with the list of unmatched command line arguments, if any.

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by Matt Richenthal at December 26, 2008 9:01 am . Comments
Maybe - and we emphasize maybe - Tom Cruise could have pulled off the role of Col. Claus von Stauffenberg during his prime movie career.
But as a comeback vehicle, this film makes less sense for Cruise than his Oprah couch-jumping antics.
Valkyrie is based on a true story. von Stauffenberg was a real-life hero, a German famous to his countrymen for his resistance to Nazi rule. He was trained as a loyal soldier; however, the officer's disgust at Hitler's leadership exploded following severe wounds suffered during battle in Tunisia, where Cruises's character lost a hand and an eye.
Simply put, Cruise cannot pull off the role.
He's too well-known for who he is to simply throw on an eye patch and growl "We need to kill Hitler." (Spoiler alert: the assassination plot fails, as a bomb planted in Hitler's presence did too little damage to prevent history from unfolding as it did.).
The reason why Cruise's hilarious turn in Tropic Thunder was hailed by critics was due to its shock: the actor donned a fat suit and a bald-headed wig, shouted profanities and was obviously having fun with the role.
Now, he wants viewers to take him seriously as a true German hero, one barely known to Americans. It just doesn't work.
Overall, the movie is less interested in why these men, Stauffenberg in particular, chose to take such risks than. Instead, Valkyrie tries - and succeeds - to look really good. Props to the cinematographer.
Director Bryan Singer has assembled a top-notch international cast — with Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh, Terence Stamp, and Eddie Izzard among the British invasion — but its the lead role that brings the film down.
No one sees Claus von Stauffenberg throughout the movie. It's just Tom Cruise, wearing an eye patch, all the time.
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Jan Lisiecki is, at just 23 years old, one of the most interesting pianists in the current music scene. His virtuosity, his delicacy and his musical maturity are impressive, both on stage and on record, and especially in Chopin. As he is about to release a new album dedicated to Mendelssohn on Deutsche Grammophon, Jan Lisiecki answered our questions.
Can you tell us about what decided you to study the piano and about your debut ?
I started playing the piano at the age of five, as a pre-schooler. It was a regular start, only because it was suggested to my parents by school teacher – none of us took it seriously. Music gradually became a greater part of my life, I certainly enjoyed it and was rather good at it.
Is it difficult to find the right balance between life on tour and regular piano playing?
The balance sort of finds itself, as I love doing many other things beyond performing, but I also know full well how much time I need to dedicate to the piano and to practice.
You recorded Chopin's Piano Concertos in 2010. Has your vision of these masterpieces changed since then ?
Most certainly it has ! My interpretations are fluid, I change them from performance to performance, sometimes consciously, other times subconsciously. This is what makes music live, what makes it real and visceral to the audience.
Do you have any concerts planned in France ?
Yes, the next date will be in July at the Festival de Radio France in Montpellier, and there are plans to be back Paris in the near future as well — I always enjoy visiting France and performing for your audiences.
On February 1 my latest recording for Deutsche Grammophon will be released, featuring the Mendelssohn Concertos, Variations Sérieuses, and Rondo Capriccioso. I have just finished performing Beethoven's five piano concertos with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, and will perform this cycle many times in 2020.
Oh, there are too many to name! I love meeting artists, and not only working with them but spending time and getting to know them better.
Do you love Opera ? Which works or composers do you prefer ?
I have had very little experience with Opera, to be perfectly honest. I have attended some, to be sure, including at the Met, but I am be no means a specialist. I most certainly appreciate the art and look forward to learning more about it in the years to come.
Apart from music, do you have any hobby ?
Countless hobbies – I love reading, writing, films, travels, experiences … Most of all, I love life, so every moment gives me joy.


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County accepts initial 30-foot pool rise for dam
by Charlottesville Tomorrow February 25, 2011 Updated November 9, 2018
By Sean Tubbs
Albemarle County Board of Supervisors
has accepted the
Charlottesville City Council's support for building a new Ragged Mountain Dam in two phases
, with an initial pool rise of 30 feet.
"I know we all have a stated preference for a dam that would be built to accommodate a 42-foot pool," said Supervisor
Dennis S. Rooker
. "But I think [councilors] are strongly stuck on not taking the dam higher than it is necessary in its first build."
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Rooker said it was time to compromise in order to move the community water supply plan forward.
"And I think part of moving forward expeditiously is to eliminate dangling issues and close those issues so that the community knows we have an agreement," he said.
Supervisors voted 5-1 to direct staff to prepare a resolution that would both thank the council for its action and adopt the 30-foot pool rise as the board's official position.
Kenneth Boyd
was the lone vote against the direction.
"This is the most impractical approach," Boyd said. "It doesn't make any sense financially, it doesn't make sense environmentally. I don't know what the city's problem is with building a 42-foot dam."
Representatives from
told the
Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority
board in January that an earthen dam could be phased, but that 99 percent of the cost of the full-height dam would be spent on the first 30-foot increase. Cost estimates for the dam range between $24.8 million and $28.4 million. Building the second phase would result in a final cost that is 108 percent of doing the project all at once, an additional $1.45 million to $1.77 million.
The cost of the full water plan, which includes a new pipeline and other components to accompany a new dam, is estimated at some $140 million.
Rooker said he agreed and understood Boyd's opinion, but insisting on a taller dam would jeopardize the entire plan.
"It is abundantly clear to me that they would not get three votes to build a dam to accommodate a 42-foot pool," Rooker said.
"They don't think that even given the county's projected needs that the dam is going to have to be increased in the next 50 years," Rooker said. "What they don't want to do is build a higher dam and have a huge amount of cleared area that may never be needed."
But Boyd said he was upset that the county had to constantly accommodate the city's positions, which he said delayed projects like the
Meadowcreek Parkway
"Everything we do we seems to have to kowtow to what the City Council likes to do because we can't get enough votes," Boyd said. "Well, I'm tired of it and I think our citizens are tired of it, too."
Rooker said the resolution should explain that the board wants objective criteria to serve as a "trigger" to proceed with the second phase.
Thomas Foley
said he understood.
"You are looking for some kind of a condition that would say this is not a legislative decision to go back to the City Council about the extra 12 feet," Foley said. "Your condition on doing the 30-foot [pool rise] is that there is some kind of guarantee [for a second phase]."
Supervisors will vote on the resolution at their meeting Wednesday.
Duane Snow
said he wanted to proceed with the full height, but was willing to compromise.
"By doing it [all] now, it would save a lot of money," Snow said. "But if this is what it takes to move this thing forward, then so be it."
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National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia / Activities / National Assembly / Activities Archive / 11 June 2008 legislature / Members of Parliament
Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Standing Committee and Bureau Meet in Tirana
Natasa Vuckovic, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly and member of the National Assembly's standing delegation, took part in the meetings of the Standing Committee and Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, in Tirana on 24 and 25 May 2012.
Elvira Kovacs Speaks to Council of Europe Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law Representatives
Member of Parliament and deputy member of the National Assembly's standing delegation to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Elvira Kovacs met today, at the National Assembly House, with the representatives of the Council of Europe Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law, currently in visit to Belgrade.
Russian Federation Ministry of Agriculture Delegation Visits National Assembly
Today, at the National Assembly House, Agriculture Committee Deputy Chairman Sinisa Stamenkovic spoke to a delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, headed by Alexander Nikolaevich Tarasov, Minister of Agriculture and Deputy Head of the Administration of the Volgograd Region.
Tenth Conference of the Speakers of the Parliaments of the Adriatic Ionian Initiative
Today, the National Assembly House hosted the Tenth Conference of the Speakers of the Parliaments of the Adriatic Ionian Initiative on "The Role of Parliaments in Developing Regional Cooperation".
Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs of EU Parliaments Held
National Assembly Deputy Speaker and member of the European Integrations Committee Gordana Comic took part in the 47th COSAC, Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs of Parliaments of the European Union.
National Assembly Deputy Speaker Gordana Comic Takes Part in EU Parliament Speakers Conference
National Assembly Deputy Speaker Gordana Comic took part in the Conference of Speakers of the European Union Parliaments, organised by the Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland and held in Warsaw from 19 to 21 April 2012. The Conference was chaired by Ewa Kopacz, Marshal of the Sejm and Bogdan Borusewicz, Marshal of the Polish Senate.
World Roma Organisation Electoral Congress Opened
The Electoral Congress of the World Roma Organisation - Rromanipen was opened today at the National Assembly House to the sounds of the national anthem of the Republic of Serbia and the Roma anthem.
38th Meeting of Black Sea Economic Cooperation Parliamentary Assembly Economic, Commercial, Technological and Environmental Affairs Committee
The Economic, Commercial, Technological and Environmental Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) held its 38th meeting today in Novi Sad with the topic "Perspectives of development of the wine-growing and wine-making sectors in Black Sea Economic Cooperation member states". It was hosted by the National Assembly with the Government of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina as co-organiser.
PACE Pre-election Observation Mission Members Talk to Representatives of National Assembly Parliamentary Groups
The Pre-election Observation Mission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, led by the Head of the PACE Pre-election Observation Mission Jean Charles Gardetto visited the National Assembly House today where its members talked, in separate meetings, with the representatives of the National Assembly Parliamentary Groups .
Meeting of National Assembly's Parliamentary Friendship Group with Romania
The members of the Parliamentary Friendship Group with Romania met today at the National Assembly House to review the results of the Friendship Group's visit to Bucharest in February of this year, consider the Friendship Group's upcoming activities, as well as be briefed on the position of Romanians and Vlachs in Serbia.


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Q: Dynamic form fields with PHP I'm looking for a solution/best practice for the following issue.
I have a page with an HTML form with one dropdown list and a submit button. Underneath of the dropdown box is an empty space that I would like to populate with form inputs based on the selected value in the dropdown box. Im thinking this can be done in JavaScript but I would much prefer a PHP/client side solution if possible.
Example HTML:
<form name="initialdropdown" action="#" method="post">
    <select name="action">
    <option value="default">--select--</option>
    <option value="a">Option 1</option>
    <option value="b">Option 2</option>
    <option value="c">Option 3</option>
    <option value="d">Option 4</option>
    </select>
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit"></input>
</form>

I've explored calling this php script from the form action:
    <?php

    $getOption = $_POST['action'];
    $addUrl = $getOption.".php";

    include $addUrl;
    header("Location: htmlpage.php");

    ?>

and then create several different php files (a.php,b.php,c.php, etc. In each of the files then including the HTML form that I would like to echo out wrapped in a function, and including the function in the main HTML page. I do not feel comfortable that this is a good way to do it. Can anyone shed some light on the best way to go about this?

A: If you want to display something on the HTML form that updates as you pick different options, JavaScript is the natural choice because you don't have to go and make requests to the server which means moving around data and waiting for responses.  JavaScript can simply change the page as many times as you want while the user interacts with the page.
However, if you are dead set on generating whatever you want to display on that form with PHP, you could have PHP output the display information to the page right into the JavaScript.  Then the JavaScript displays this data from PHP.  Or, you can use an AJAX call to PHP to request the data to display each time a different option is chosen.
update
Given your latest comment, you could very easily set up more form options without using PHP.  In the HTML set up all the various form options you might want to show, but hide the optional parts with CSS.  Then reveal each section as needed with a little JavaScript.  jQuery can make this even easier.

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The Origin of Zen
There was a congregation of monks when Gautam Buddha was residing on the mountain of Grudhra Kuta. As per the custom, the attendees expected Buddha to address the gathering. But, in contrast to it, a strange incident happened that day. Buddha held a lotus flower in his hand and remained silent.
Thousands of monks who were present there could not understand this subtle gesture of Buddha. Only Maha Kasyapa could decipher the meaning and accepted it with a smile. Buddha gave the lotus flower he was holding, to Maha Kasyapa and said "I have the perception of Dharma. I have the mind of Nirvana. I am beyond all physical dimensions. I have a unique Dharma which is beyond all scriptures and can be passed on without the ritual of words. Today, I am passing this knowledge to Maha Kasyapa".
In the lineage of Zen, Maha Kasyapa thus became the first Guru, Ananda - the second guru, Nagarjuna - the fourteenth guru, Prajnatara or Prajnadhara - the twenty-seventh followed by Bodhidharma who was the twenty-eighth. Thereafter due to lack of eligible seekers in India, Bodhidharma shifted to China and silently transmitted Zen to seekers over there.
The knowledge of Zen thus left India and reached China. It is called as 'Chan' and five new masters were found after Bodhidharma in China. It further split into several sub-sects and spread to Japan under the name of 'Zen'.
Dhyana-Buddhism (Meditation oriented Buddhism) is a convergence of Mahayana Buddhism and Yogic practises. The word 'Dhyana' (intense concentration or meditation) got translated into Chinese as 'Chan' and into Japanese as 'Zen'. These sub-sects of Chan and Zen are prevailing till date in countries like China, Japan, Hong-Kong, Malaysia, Burma, Thailand and Cambodia. Even today, there exist many seekers following these footsteps and experiencing the ultimate state of 'Nirvana'.
All rights reserved. This article has been translated by Gayatri K, which was originally posted in teluguyogi.net on April 25, 2009. The content or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express permission of the publisher.
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Why Is African Air Travel So Terrible?
Taking a flight between cities in different African nations is often expensive, circuitous, and unsafe. But better days for travelers may be coming.
Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is one of the biggest cities in Africa, with an estimated population larger than London and a skyline that peers over the wide, snaking Congo River. But if a traveler wants to go from there to Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital and Africa's largest metropolis, it's impossible to fly nonstop. Roughly 1,100 miles separate the two megacities—about the same distance as New York to Minneapolis. But there are no direct flights. Instead, a traveler will need to change planes at least once and pay a minimum of $1,200. There's a good chance the journey will take well more than 12 hours.
Across Africa, the situation is similar. Commercial flights are infrequent, expensive, and circuitous. To get from one country to another, an African traveler may have to go thousands of miles out of their way and transfer through the Middle East or Europe.
The continent is home to roughly 12 percent of the world's population and will be responsible for most of the global population growth over the next three decades. But it accounts for just 1 percent of the world's air travel market. The flights that do exist are often more expensive than routes of similar duration elsewhere in the world.
"Time-wise, it can be a bit frustrating," said Sarah, 29, an American NGO worker living in Kampala, Uganda, who asked that her last name not be published. Sarah routinely travels around the continent for work and vacation. This Thanksgiving, she's flying to see friends in Bujumbura, the lakeside capital of Burundi, 450 miles away. The distance is roughly the same as Boston to Washington, D.C. But instead of a short 90-minute hop, Sarah will need to fly first to Kenya, change planes, then make another stopover in Rwanda. The trip will cost her more than $600 and take more than six hours; other flights that day would have taken more like 10 hours.
Why is it so difficult to fly around Africa? Blame a combination of protectionist legal barriers and regulatory hurdles, mixed with inadequate infrastructure, high taxes, and stubborn nationalism. Airlines trying to launch a new route between African nations need to first secure permission from both countries, which can be a lengthy and expensive prospect that may or may not involve significant bribes. Forty-four African nations signed on to a 1999 agreement promising to promote competitive markets and remove regulatory barriers. But to date, few have actually implemented the plan, known as the Yamoussoukro Decision (named after the Côte d'Ivoire capital in which it was reached).
Countries across the continent have displayed protectionist tendencies to limit others' access to their own airspace. Those instincts began a generation ago, when newly independent nations sought to assert themselves by creating national airlines, and continue today. Yet even as flag carriers across the continent edge toward financial ruin, additional countries, including Uganda and Nigeria, are eyeing creating federally subsidized airlines of their own, in what University of Nairobi professor Evaristus Irandu called a "costly show of patriotism." To prop those carriers up, countries may be reluctant to grant easy access to an outsider.
At the moment, that means that the airlines best positioned to dominate African skies are behemoths often based in Europe or the Middle East. "In the absence of competition, these mega-carriers have no incentive to lower fares," said Irandu.
The largely empty African skies have a tangible economic impact on the people below.
The problem is compounded by the generally poor state of Africa's transportation infrastructure. Roads and rail links are limited, and the continent itself is vast: When Africans need to travel, flying should be the best option. Yet there are few large airports, major aircraft maintenance facilities, or training academies around the continent, so African airlines pay more than their competitors elsewhere. The continent has also led the world in major accidents and other safety incidents, partly because of the prevalence of older and outdated aircraft.
Various fees and tax schemes also contribute to big ticket prices. Taxes for fuel in some countries are more than twice the global average. The pre-tax base price of a KLM ticket from Freetown, Sierra Leone, to London is roughly $350. But several hundred dollars in fees and taxes are added by the time it's purchased by the passenger, pushing the sticker price up to $825.
The largely empty African skies have a tangible economic impact on the people below: The economies of the planet's poorest continent are missing out on more than a billion dollars in possible growth. In the U.S., aviation accounts for more than 5 percent of the country's GDP, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, supporting nearly 11 million jobs and contributing $1.6 trillion in economic activity. As CityLab's Richard Florida recently reported, hosting a major international hub has been a boon for places like Dubai and Singapore. Studies show that a 10 percent increase in airplane passengers increases the local service sector by 1 percent, and that a 10 percent boost in international flights causes a 4 percent growth in the number of large firm headquarters nearby. In other words, if people can get a direct flight from their city to yours, they're likely to increase business relationships. If they can't, they won't.
Adopting open-skies policies would help encourage competition, which grows traffic by as much as double, according to a study backed by the International Air Transport Association, an industry group. Other analysis by the organization found that 12 leading African nations could boost their collective GDP by $1.3 billion and attract 4.9 million new travelers by implementing bilateral agreements. Ticket prices would go down by as much as 35 percent and trade would grow by $430 million. Ethiopia alone would benefit from 15,000 new jobs and $60 million in economic uplift—that's as much money as Ethiopia received from China this year to build an industrial park in the resort town of Bahir Dar. When South Africa and Zambia reached a bilateral open-skies agreement, fares between the two countries fell by nearly 40 percent. Likewise, Morocco's 2005 opening to European airlines dropped fares and more than doubled the number of passengers.
The best argument for liberalizing Africa's air market comes from Europe. When European countries banded together to create a single aviation zone in 1993, annual traffic grew by twice as much over the next decade than in previous years. In its wake came a slew of low-cost airlines such as Easyjet and Ryanair. Subsequent growth expanded the European Union's GDP by 4 percent. There is some indication that Africa would benefit even more. According to the World Bank, 20 percent of Africa's tourism-related jobs are from foreigners traveling by air. In North America, that number is only 4 percent.
One African nation that appears to be eager to tap its air power is Ethiopia. The state-owned airline is the only profitable African carrier and has some of the best reach across the continent. Ethiopia is also investing heavily in a massive new airport, as well as an expansion of the current hub outside of Addis Ababa. CEO Tewolde GebreMariam has described infrastructure and human resource training as two of the four "pillars" of the airline's 15-year plan, called Vision 2025. In the absence of a continental open-skies agreement, Ethiopian Airlines has sought out bilateral deals with other carriers, and GebreMariam has praised his government's refusal to interfere with the airline's operations. In the process, however, the country has ratcheted up its debts and outsourced much of its infrastructure financing to China.
Ethiopia was the world's third-poorest country at the turn of the millennium, but since then has been one of the fastest growing economies and the continent's biggest manufacturer. The flourishing of Ethiopian Airlines is just one small piece of that growth—but it's not an accident that the country's economy has ballooned as its airline has taken off.
As the continent looks towards the future, it's expected to undergo a massive population boom: By 2050, Africa's population of working-age people will triple to 1.25 billion, and its middle class is expected grow significantly. Nigeria is projected to overtake the United States as the world's third most populous country. To improve the economic prospects for those residents, improving Africa's air travel may be a strategy that leaders can't afford to ignore.
Julian Hattem is a freelance journalist based in East Africa.


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Rob Harvey, Sidetrade's new chief product officer.
AI firm Sidetrade appoints Rob Harvey as new chief product officer
8th September 2020	Appointments, News
Sidetrade, the artificial intelligence platform dedicated to accelerating company revenue and cashflow, has appointed Rob Harvey as its new chief product officer and a member of the firm's executive committee (ExCom).
Mr. Harvey said: "I am thrilled to join such a talented product team dedicated to staying ahead of the curve and providing added value to our customers. This means investing in the latest AI technology, and delivering customer-centred solutions that are connected, collaborative, and configurable".
Mr Harvey, also known as Bobby to his colleagues, will oversee Sidetrade's product lifecycle, from strategy and development, through to launch. He will work hand-in-hand with Sidetrade's chief technology officer Mark Sheldon to align development and business teams on innovative products which businesses need to prosper in today's world.
Olivier Novasque, founder and CEO of Sidetrade, said: "Bobby understands customer expectations like no one else! He brings boundless creativity and immense business expertise to everything he does for Sidetrade. We're delighted to have him on the ExCom".
Mr. Harvey has worked at Sidetrade since 2012 in a number of leadership roles, most recently as global head of sales operations. Initially appointed as a customer success and presales consultant for the UK, he became head of presales in 2015, building teams in France, the UK, and the Netherlands. In 2018, he was appointed head of sales operations & enablement, extending his role to full sales support. Mr. Harvey has over 22 years' experience in order-to-cash. Before joining Sidetrade, he held senior positions at Accenture, Verizon, and Orange Business Services. The announcement follows a Q2 of record growth for Sidetrade. Mr. Harvey said: "Q2 was an incredible quarter for us, the best in Sidetrade's history. This performance is even more rewarding as it was achieved in an unprecedented economic crisis, where most companies are in recession."
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St. John: Drops the
By Hang Nguyen
St. John made its first foray into the Hollywood fashion-show scene – sans a much-anticipated appearance by Oscar-winning actress and tabloid favorite Angelina Jolie, the company's new "spokesmodel."
Models wearing the Irvine, Calif., company's newer, more youthful-looking clothes stepped onto an illuminated runway at the Smashbox Studios during L.A. Fashion Week in Culver City, Calif.
The company – whose collection is usually the province of powerful women such as Sen. Hillary Clinton and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice – debuted its spring line that it hopes will attract a younger customer.
The year-old management team at St. John hopes the new designs will shake things up. Chief Executive Richard Cohen's goal is to transform the company, with $400 million in annual sales, into a global luxury brand that speaks to women of all ages.
"The direction of the company is more Hollywood," Cohen said at the show.
If the fashion show helps them sell well, St. John's next stops are New York and European runways, Cohen said.
He expects to announce a new designer in two to three weeks to replace Marie Gray. She stepped down this summer as chief designer of the company, which is now majority-owned by an investment firm.
While Jolie was a no-show at the event, smaller stars turned out for the 10-minute show. In the audience: former St. John spokesmodel Kelly Gray, the daughter of Marie and face of the company for nearly 25 years.
"Incredibly exciting. Shocking. Inspiring. It's completely and totally different," said an effervescent Gray.
Another way St. John is trying to broaden its appeal is by dropping the word "Knits" from its company name, said Chiranjeev Kohli, a marketing professor at Cal State Fullerton. Knits tends to imply an older customer, he said.
Marshall Field's buyer Laura Stuefen likes what St. John is doing so far.
"It looks fabulous," she said. "It's very elegant with timeless styling. It's great updated newness."
© 2005, The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, Calif.).
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