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The top Gay Carnival Events 2022
Let's face it, Carnival makes a long Winter bearable! It is the perfect excuse to dress up and party in some of the world's best destinations. From the beaches of Rio to the promenades of Nice, discover the best Carnivals to attend around the world. Although not exclusively gay, the following Carnivals attract a wide and diverse audience and host significant LGBTQ+ events as part of their celebrations, where genderbending is de rigueur!
Lou Queernaval Nice Gay Carnival & Circuit Parties
Sunday, Dec 12th, 2021
Lou Queernaval is the first gay Carnival in France and takes place on the Friday during the second week of Nice Carnival, one of the world's most significant carnival events.
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New Orleans Gay Mardi Gras
Sunday, Oct 12th, 2014
The New Orleans Gay Mardi Gras Weekend takes place from Friday to Fat Tuesday. Dates vary depending on the fall of Easter.
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Carnival in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Wednesday, Feb 24th, 2021
Carnival is the best time to experience the pink nightlife in Tenerife's capital, Santa Cruz. The city hosts one of the biggest Carnival parties in Europe.
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Nice Carnival
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2015
More than 1 million people will descend upon Nice on the French Rivera for the annual Carnival festivities, one of the top 3 carnivals in the world.
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Curaçao Carnival
Wednesday, Jul 7th, 2021
The Curaçao Carnival is a unique celebration that takes over the entire Island with amazing competitions such as the Tumba music and Calypso festivals, beauty pageants, street parties
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Sydney Mardi Gras
Saturday, Oct 11th, 2014
Earth's largest gay festival, Sydney Mardi Gras takes place during Febryary and March and is one event every gay person needs to visit at least once!
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Purim Celebrations Tel Aviv
Tuesday, Feb 26th, 2019
Purim Celebrations Tel Aviv has taken on a life of its own, and it's celebrated by the whole nation of Israel a mashup between Halloween & Mardi Gras
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Thursday, Mar 11th, 2021
The two-week celebration is best known for its lavish parades held on the streets of the city's historic downtown and beachfront.
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Gala Drag Queen Torremolinos
Friday, Mar 1st, 2019
Pink Carnival Weekend Torremolinos will feature a show of about twenty drags acts, think Lacquered wigs, shocking make-up, ostentatious costumes
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Sitges Carnival
Thursday, Oct 2nd, 2014
Sitges better known as a gay beach resort in the summer months, comes alive in February for carnival
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The Week Brazil Carnival Festival Sao Paulo
The Week Brazil Carnival Festival Sao Paulo Brazil's leading party promoter brings together their top 4 party nights over the 8 days of Carnival
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Cologne Carnival
Although Cologne Carnival is not a gay event in itself, it is very gay friendly and runs each year between February and March, depending on Easter.
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Rio Carnival is the worlds largest and most famous in the world. Carnival in Rio de Janeiro takes place in Feb or March, depending on when Easter falls.
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Carnaval Puerto Vallarta
Monday, Feb 5th, 2018
Carnaval Puerto Vallarta Annual Mardi Gras parade brings together gay, straight, male, female, to celebrate the diversity of the city
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Revolution Rio Carnival Edition
Saturday, Jan 15th, 2022
Celebrate Carnival with some of the hottest gay guys on the planet in Rio as the R:Evolution party hosts a spectacular series of events
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Carnival Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Sunday, Jan 16th, 2022
On the island of Gran Canaria, Las Palmas Carnival is one of the oldest and most traditional festivals on the Canary Islands, filling the city streets with an explosion of colour, joy, music, and dance.
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Carnival Sao Paulo
Thursday, Jan 31st, 2019
Carnival Sao Paulo, Carnival's main events takes place in the Sambadrome on the Friday and Saturday night of the week of Carnival
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Tulum Carnival
Thursday, Apr 1st, 2021
Carnival Tulum is a colorful affair attracting thousands of visitors from all around Quintana Roo, Cancun and beyond for 3 days of parties, shows and parades
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Florianopolis Gay Carnival
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018
The Florianópolis Gay Carnival is one of Brazil's biggest LGBT events, attracting more than 50,000 visitors each year.
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Malta Carnival
Carnival in Malta is an epic event, held across the island with the main parade taking pride of place in Valetta. Pack your costumes and get ready to party
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Sexy Carnival Festival Cologne
Saturday, Jan 21st, 2017
Sexy Carnival Festival takes place during the Cologne Carnival and features 3 days of the world's biggest circuit events and DJs. Unmissable.
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Carnaval Scala Rio Carnival Gay Ball
From: Mar. 01.2022 - To: Mar. 01.2022
Carnavall Scala Rio Carnival Gay Ball The Red Carpet arrival gala is broadcast on television with some of the most stunning costumes on display
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Mardi Gras Sunset Cruise
Friday, Feb 1st, 2019
Mardi Gras Sunset Cruise canapés as the sun melts over the best stage in Sydney. This is THE event for outgoing locals & international guests
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Zurich Carnival
Wednesday, Jan 5th, 2022
Carnival in Zurich is a serious affair, with lots of marching bands, parades and three days of partying, drinking and fun! Many of the city's famous gay bars host special events and parties during the celebration.
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Maspalomas Carnival
Maspalomas Carnival is one of Gran Canaria's most colourful events with parades, drag queens and sequins, as far as the eye can see! It is the perfect way to enjoy a Carnival experience without the cold, with Maspalomas welcoming visitors with temperatures averaging 22 degrees in the afternoon.
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Provincetown Carnival
From: Aug. 14.2022 - To: Aug. 22.2022
Sunday, Nov 2nd, 2014
Provincetown Carnival attracts 90,000 people to the coast for this week long event in August, including a major parade, pool parties & a costume ball
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Carnaval Des Couleurs Montreal
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Tuesday, Aug 17th, 2021
The Carnaval Des Couleurs Montreal is a gathering and celebration of multicultural and LGBTQ + communities
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Provincetown Carnival Sunset Boat Cruise
Sunday, Jul 25th, 2021
Kick off Carnival in style by cruising somewhere over the rainbow while the sun sets over our Provincetown.
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Acoustic Capacity & Capability Building in the Tropical Littoral Waters of the Indo-Pacific Strategic Space
By: Dr (Cdr) Arnab Das
The global strategic interactions have increasingly shifted to the tropical littoral waters of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, referred as the Indo-Pacific strategic space. The global powers have built, multiple groupings like the Five Eyes (FVEY) Alliance, Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD), Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) and many more to ensure coordination and cooperation. These groupings work on building effective situational awareness in real time to be able to respond appropriately. Science & Technology (S&T) infrastructure is the core for any Domain Awareness initiative and adequate infrastructure building requires a long term and sustained effort. The Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA), thus becomes the de-facto framework to effectively manage a maritime construct like the Indo-Pacific.
The traditional MDA became an event driven initiative, post the 9/11 in the US and the west. In the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), the 26/11 was a trigger for large scale MDA activities and infrastructure building. However, such events also made it a security focused approach with least participation by the other stakeholders. The defence budget had to do the heavy lifting, to build capacity and capability at an unprecedented scale. Developing democracies, find it extremely challenging to allocate higher amounts for security related spending, given the other competing socio-economic and socio-political requirements. The conventional MDA has remained on surface with very little penetration into the underwater domain. The resource availability is just one issue, as very specialized and more often classified knowhow is required for the Underwater Domain Awareness (UDA).
The tropical region of the Indo-Pacific is unique on multiple fronts. The socio-political realities ensure significant governance challenges leading to security concerns and interference by vested interest groups in governance. The socio-economic realities have meant, minimal allocation of resources for sustained S&T investment and long-term capacity & capability building vision. The physical aspect translates to sub-optimal performance of the sonars deployed for acoustic survey across military & non-military applications.
"The degradation of sonar performance is of the order of 60%, making it extremely difficult to plan any meaningful deployment. It is important to note that the west is too eager to export their products into these markets, however they have no bandwidth to deploy scientific manpower to customize their products for the local tropical conditions. "
The tropical waters are marked by Sound Velocity Profile (SVP) that have their Sound Axis much deeper that the other regions. The depth of sound axis at the equator is of the order of 2000 m and at the poles is 50 m. The sound axis behaves like a lens and focusses the sound propagation around it, thus in the polar region the interaction with the surface and the bottom of the sea is minimal. The interaction with the two boundaries, determines the acoustic behavior of the propagating sound signal and in the tropical waters the surface roughness and bottom characteristics have much higher fluctuations. The shallow vs deep has two interpretations – the hypsometric definition is based on the continental shelf that extends upto 200 nm from the coast and then there is a sudden drop in the depth. The depth at the edge of the continental shelf is 200 m, so below 200 m depth is referred as shallow waters, and beyond 200 m is referred as deep waters. However, acoustically the region where there is more interaction with the two boundaries are called shallow and this determines the acoustic propagation efficiency. The tropical waters, due to the higher depth of the sound axis, acoustically behaves like a shallow region with poor acoustic propagation efficiency even upto depth of water extending to 2000 m. Thus, tropical waters are acoustically always referred to as littoral waters, irrespective of the depth of water.
Acoustic propagation is mainly impacted by two factors. The first is the Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) based on the ambient noise present in the region. The second is the underwater medium fluctuations based on the interaction of the propagating acoustic signal with the water column and the two boundaries. Scientifically, the accurate assessment/prediction of the ambient noise levels and the underwater medium fluctuations (sometimes we refer to as channel distortions), is the first step to enhance sonar performance. Increasing the signal of interest is not possible, so SNR enhancement can be ensured only by minimizing the noise. Similarly, the mitigation of the underwater channel distortion is a critical signal processing requirement to enhance sonar performance.
"Acoustic capacity and capability building thus, refers to accurate prediction and subsequent mitigation of the ambient noise and underwater channel. Modelling & Simulation (M&S) and real time field experimental validation is the key to such acoustic capacity & capability building."
The ambient noise in the underwater domain, mainly has three main dominant sources. The first is the low frequency sound (below 2000 Hz), due to shipping activities. This is the most dominant and ubiquitous component of ambient noise and being low frequency has least attenuation while propagating. The impact of low frequency shipping noise is observed across thousands of kms. The second is the wind noise in the frequency band of 2 to 15 KHz. They have localized impact and have diurnal and seasonal patterns. The third is the biological sound that varies based on spatio-temporal characteristics of the species habitat. The tropical littoral waters are known for rich biodiversity and thus high biological noise. In addition to all this, there are anthropogenic noise sources based on seismic activities and other industrial activities in specific regions.
"Deep sea mining and many other activities are increasingly becoming a cause of worry for environmental sustainability due to acoustic habitat degradation concerns. The ambient noise mapping is thus, a critical component of the M&S effort across water bodies. This is highly site specific and is sensitive to the local activities and natural phenomenon. "
The underwater channel distortion is highly dependent on the SVP and the surface & bottom conditions. The SVP is highly sensitive to the spatio-temporal variations of the underwater parameters, namely temperature, pressure and salinity. Temperature being the most dominant, overshadows the other two parameters. The surface characteristics are determined by wind, current, tide and more and their interactions. The bottom characteristics are determined by the profile and the sediment variations. The volume of the water column also has its own unique variations based on the marine life, organic & inorganic composition and many more. All these factors impact the acoustic propagation, significantly and more so in the tropical littoral waters.
Realization of the acoustic capacity and capability building will require a three-step construct – to see, to understand and to share. To see, translates to the sensors and the platform that will carry the sensor to the appropriate location for effective sensing of the underwater domain. Acoustic sensors have been found to be the most effective in the underwater domain. The platform could be static buoys or moored systems, whereas the dynamic platforms could include a diverse set of surface or sub-surface, manned or unmanned and automatic, semi-automatic or manual platforms. To understand, included the pre-processing, application specific data analytics and the post processing activities. The noise and distortions, because of the medium and recording devices need to be pre-processed based on the M&S activities. The application specific data analytics requires reasonable signal processing expertise and domain understanding. The real-time expectation and the complex data analytics requirements present substantial computational load on the hardware and software. To share is the most critical aspect, given the actionable inputs must reach the end user in real time and in a form that is easy to comprehend. The display system and the format of information presentation must be customized to the user requirement.
The UDA framework proposed by the Maritime Research Center (MRC), Pune can provide the most optimal solution for policy & technology interventions along with the acoustic capacity & capability building in the tropical littoral waters. Acoustic capacity and capability building is the only way forward to manage the strategic challenges and opportunities in the Indo-Pacific region. The proposed UDA framework encourages pooling of resources and synergizing of efforts across the stakeholders for optimum utilization of resources. The nations in the Indo-Pacific region could also implement the UDA framework collectively. The groupings like QUAD, AUKUS, G-7, G-20, IORA, BIMSTEC and others could priorities the UDA framework and make it part of their agenda.
The two simultaneous initiatives for realizing effective UDA through acoustic capacity & capability building will be required. The first is the outreach, engage and sustain and the second is to set-up a Center of Excellence (CoE) on the UDA framework. The outreach will translate to conducting webinars, seminars, workshops, interactions and more for sensitizing the stakeholders, policy makers, practitioners, and others on the relevance the nuances of the UDA framework and the acoustic capacity & capability building. The engage is the stage, where the young students & professionals are given opportunities through internships & fellowships to gain skill and knowledge, the stakeholders and policy makers indulge in more focused and structured interactions to identify the gaps. The sustain, will translate to building project proposal for policy & technology interventions. The long-term realization of the UDA framework will require a structured and nuanced approach. Setting up of a Center of Excellence (CoE) with five sub-centers as follows:
Research center to support multi-disciplinary research,
Academic center to promote formal academic programs at multiple levels,
Skilling center to impart required skills across sectors,
Incubation center to encourage innovation and build a start-up ecosystem,
Strategy center to bring effective policy framework.
"The UDA framework for realizing a Digital Ocean construct will go a long way to ensure effective maritime governance in the tropical littoral waters of the Indo-Pacific strategic space. Acoustic capacity and capability building will be the core requirement to realize the UDA framework. "
Dr (Cdr) Arnab Das
Dr (Cdr) Arnab Das, Director and Founder of MRC, Pune. Dr Das is a former Naval officer with 2 decades of active services and PhD holder from IIT Delhi with specialization in Underwater Acoustics. He has worked on several projects and has a plethora of publications to his credit.
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In sci-fi and fantasy writing, worldbuilding is key. A well-crafted world and setting is what makes your otherwise nutty ideas believable. Things have to hold together. Laws, history, and ecosystems all affect your characters. It's not just about giving people somewhere to live… it's about shaping something that becomes the very canvas you're working on.
I love worldbuilding. It can be hard work, especially when you're setting up something vast or radical. Details are like dominoes – they directly affect each other, creating new details and offshoots of ideas. Sometimes they get hard to juggle.
Every so often I'm reminded that the very best source of inspiration when crafting a new world is the one we live in right now. Whether you're looking at past conflicts or politics, religions, fashions, technology, or my personal favourite, nature, you can find something that gives you a fresh idea or highlights an important detail you'd overlooked.
That is an animal. A real, existing creature. Look at those colours! That shape! That iridescent beauty! This is the rather unfairly named blue sea slug. Not only is it stunning to behold, it's got some pretty awesome behaviour traits too. It floats upside down in the sea, being transported by ocean currents. Its primary food source is the Portuguese Man-of-War, that jellyfish of the vicious stings. Not only does it eat the Man-of-War, it actually takes its prey's stings and stores them to use for its own defence. A spectacular little creature.
So spectacular that the first time I stumbled across it, I thought it was a hoax. But nope. It's real. Its Latin name is Glaucus atlanticus.
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Home Opinion Government living beyond its means
Government living beyond its means
Catherine Carter
"CITYNEWS" columnist Michael Moore is usually very perceptive when it comes to political analysis, but he has missed the most important impact of the ACT Budget in his recent column "Labor fires first election salvo" (CN, June 14).
He has fallen for the short-term trick of getting over the line at the next election by running a "temporary deficit of some $400 million".
He failed to point out that the $400 million is withdrawn (in the form of rates, taxes and liabilities for government borrowing) from the private sector, so any retention of employment by the Government is at the expense of employment in the private sector.
The key test of the Budget is not simply whether there is a surplus or deficit or whether it gets the Government re-elected. Rather, the most important question is: "What does the Budget contribute to productivity through the way the Territory's resources (physical, technical and managerial) are combined to create wealth and improve the community's well-being?"
In focusing on the "temporary" operating loss, Moore overlooked the figure in the Budget that best reveals the impact of the Government's activities on the rest of the community – that is, the fiscal balance.
When the fiscal balance is negative, it means that the Government has effectively or actually borrowed from the rest of the community to fund its operation and capital spending. In other words, the negative amount is money which is no longer available to the rest of the community to spend.
In the 2012-13 Budget, the fiscal balance was estimated to be -$1016 million. By 2014-15, it will accumulate to more than -$2700 million over a six-year period. That massive drain to the community shows the high cost of the Government living beyond its means.
That is the key message of the Budget.
Catherine Carter is ACT executive director of the Property Council of Australia
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La commune de Saint-Loup-de-Gonois se trouve dans le quadrant nord-est du département du Loiret, dans la région agricole du Gâtinais pauvre. À vol d'oiseau, elle se situe à   d'Orléans, préfecture du département, à  de Montargis, sous-préfecture, et à  de Courtenay, ancien chef-lieu du canton dont dépendait la commune avant . La commune fait partie du bassin de vie de Ferrières-en-Gâtinais dont elle est éloignée de .

Les communes les plus proches sont : Courtemaux (), La Selle-sur-le-Bied (), Chantecoq (), Mérinville (), Louzouer (), Thorailles (), Ervauville (), La Selle-en-Hermoy (), Pers-en-Gâtinais () et Saint-Hilaire-les-Andrésis ().

Communes limitrophes

Hydrographie
La Cléry, affluent du Loing, traverse le territoire de la commune.

Histoire
Le , la commune fusionne avec La Selle-sur-le-Bied pour former la commune nouvelle éponyme de La Selle-sur-le-Bied dont la création est actée par un arrêté préfectoral du .

Urbanisme

Planification
Saint-Loup-de-Gonois fait partie de la communauté de communes du Betz et de la Cléry créée le  et entrée en vigueur le . Parmi les diverses compétences attribuées à cette intercommunalité figure l'élaboration et le suivi du Plan local d'urbanisme intercommunal (PLUi) portant sur l'ensemble du territoire de la communauté de communes. Le document est approuvé par le conseil communautaire le . Pour répondre à l'obligation de mettre en conformité le PLUi avec la loi du  dite « Grenelle II » et la loi pour l'accès au logement et un urbanisme rénové du , dite loi « Alur » mais aussi avec le schéma de cohérence territoriale du Montargois en Gâtinais et pour tenir compte de l'évolution du périmètre (Intégration de la commune de Saint-Loup-d'Ordon au ), l'assemblée prescrit la révision du PLUi par délibération du .

Logement

Voies de communication et transports

La commune de Saint-Loup-de-Gonois n'appartient à aucune intercommunalité à fiscalité propre jusqu'en 2011 et fait partie, à cette date, des  du Loiret dites « isolées ». Elle adhère à la communauté de communes du Betz et de la Cléry lors de la création de cette intercommunalité par arrêté du  avec effet au . La commune appartient à d'autres établissements publics de coopération intercommunale, de type syndicats ou autres regroupements intercommunaux. Le découpage territorial de ces structures est en constante évolution dans une perspective de rationalisation et d'efficience des services.

Le  , la communauté de communes du Betz et de la Cléry (CCBC) et la communauté de communes de Château-Renard (CCCR) fusionnent pour donner naissance à la communauté de communes de la Cléry, du Betz et de l'Ouanne (3CBO). À l'occasion de cette fusion, le Syndicat d'Aménagement Rural (SAR) de Château-Renard et Courtenay, totalement inclus dans le périmètre de la 3CBO, fait partie intégrante de la nouvelle entité créée.

Infrastructures routières
La commune est traversée par deux routes départementales à faible trafic : la RD 32 (), qui relie Nargis à Courtenay et la RD 36 (), qui relie Château-Renard à Bazoches-sur-le-Betz et constitue une limite séparative avec les communes de Mérinville et La Selle-sur-le-Bied.

Transports en commun
Aucune ligne régulière du réseau Ulys, le réseau interurbain de transport par autocar du Conseil départemental du Loiret, ne dessert la commune. Par contre la commune bénéficie du service Ulys Proximité qui emmène les usagers de la commune vers un arrêt desservi par la ligne régulière la plus proche. À compter du , la compétence des services de transports routiers interurbains, réguliers et à la demande est transférée des départements aux régions, et donc localement du département du Loiret à la région Centre-Val de Loire, consécutivement à la  loi NOTRe du .

Risques majeurs
La commune de Saint-Loup-de-Gonois est vulnérable à différents aléas naturels : climatiques (hiver exceptionnel ou canicule), mouvements de terrains ou sismique (sismicité très faible).
Entre 1989 et 2019, deux arrêtés ministériels ayant porté reconnaissance de catastrophe naturelle ont été pris pour le territoire de la commune  pour des inondations et coulées de boues.

Le territoire de la commune peut être concerné par un risque d'effondrement de cavités souterraines non connues. Une cartographie départementale de l'inventaire des cavités souterraines et des désordres de surface a été réalisée. Il a été recensé sur la commune plusieurs effondrements de cavités.

Par ailleurs, le sol du territoire communal peut faire l'objet de mouvements de terrain liés à la sécheresse. Le phénomène de retrait-gonflement des argiles est la conséquence d'un changement d'humidité des sols argileux. Les argiles sont capables de fixer l'eau disponible mais aussi de la perdre en se rétractant en cas de sécheresse. Ce phénomène peut provoquer des dégâts très importants sur les constructions (fissures, déformations des ouvertures) pouvant rendre inhabitables certains locaux. Celui-ci a particulièrement affecté le Loiret après la canicule de l'été 2003. Une grande partie du territoire de la commune est exposée à un aléa  face à ce risque, selon l'échelle définie par le Bureau de recherches géologiques et minières (BRGM).

Depuis le , la France dispose d'un nouveau zonage sismique divisant le territoire national en cinq zones de sismicité croissante . La commune, à l'instar de l'ensemble du département,  est concernée par un risque très faible.

Économie

Politique et administration

Découpage territorial

Bloc communal : Commune et intercommunalités
La paroisse et bourg de Saint-Loup-de-Gonois acquiert le statut de municipalité avec le  décret du  de l'Assemblée Nationale puis celui de « commune », au sens de l'administration territoriale actuelle, par le décret de la Convention nationale du 10 brumaire an II (). Il faut toutefois attendre la loi du  sur l'organisation municipale pour qu'un régime juridique uniforme soit défini pour toutes les communes de France, point de départ de l'affirmation progressive des communes face au pouvoir central.

Aucun événement de restructuration majeure du territoire, de type suppression, cession ou réception de territoire, n'a affecté la commune depuis sa création.

Circonscriptions de rattachement
Sous l'Ancien Régime, à la veille des États généraux de 1789, la paroisse de Saint-Loup-de-Gonois était rattachée sur le plan ecclésiastique de l'ancien diocèse de Sens et sur le plan judiciaire au bailliage de Montargis.

La loi du  divise le pays en  découpés chacun en six à neuf districts eux-mêmes découpés en cantons regroupant des communes. Les districts, tout comme les départements, sont le siège d'une administration d'État et constituent à ce titre des circonscriptions administratives. La commune de Saint-Loup-de-Gonois est alors incluse dans le canton de La Selle-sur-le-Bied, le district de Montargis et le département du Loiret.

La recherche d'un équilibre entre la volonté d'organiser une administration dont les cadres permettent l'exécution et le contrôle des lois d'une part, et la volonté d'accorder une certaine autonomie aux collectivités de base (paroisses, bourgs, villes) d'autre part, s'étale de 1789 à 1838. Les découpages territoriaux évoluent ensuite au gré des réformes visant à décentraliser ou recentraliser l'action de l'État. La régionalisation fonctionnelle des services de l'État (1945-1971) aboutit à la création de régions. L'acte I de la décentralisation de 1982-1983 constitue une étape importante en donnant l'autonomie aux collectivités territoriales, régions, départements et communes. L' intervient en 2003-2006, puis l'acte III en 2012-2015. Parallèlement l'État se réforme périodiquement. La réforme de l'administration territoriale de l'État (RéATE), entrée en vigueur au  et issue de la révision générale des politiques publiques (RGPP) est une des grandes réformes visant à simplifier l'organisation de l'État.

Le tableau suivant présente les rattachements, au niveau infra-départemental, de la commune de Saint-Loup-de-Gonois aux différentes circonscriptions administratives et électorales ainsi que l'historique de l'évolution de leurs territoires.

Collectivités de rattachement
La commune de Saint-Loup-de-Gonois est rattachée au département du Loiret et à la région Centre-Val de Loire, à la fois circonscriptions administratives de l'État et collectivités territoriales.

Politique et administration municipales

Conseil municipal et maire
Depuis les élections municipales de 2014, le conseil municipal  de Saint-Loup-de-Gonois, commune de moins de , est élu au scrutin majoritaire plurinominal à deux tours, les électeurs pouvant modifier les listes, panacher, ajouter ou supprimer des candidats sans que le vote soit nul,  pour un mandat de six ans renouvelable. Il est composé de 11 membres . L'exécutif communal, est constitué par le maire, élu par le conseil municipal, parmi ses membres, pour un mandat de six ans, c'est-à-dire pour la durée du mandat du conseil.

Équipements et services

Environnement

Gestion des déchets

En 2016, la commune est membre du syndicat d'aménagement rural (SAR) des cantons de Courtenay et Château-Renard. Celui-ci assure la collecte et le traitement des ordures ménagères résiduelles en porte à porte, des emballages ménagers recyclables, des journaux-magazines et du verre en points d'apport volontaire. Un réseau de trois déchèteries accueille les encombrants et autres déchets spécifiques (déchets verts, déchets dangereux, gravats, ferrailles, cartons, cartouches/capsules, déchets dangereux). La déchèterie la plus proche est située sur la commune de La Selle-sur-le-Bied. Le SAR n'assure pas le traitement, ni la valorisation des déchets collectés qui sont effectués par le SMIRTOM et différents prestataires. Le SMIRTOM de Montargis procède à l'élimination et la valorisation énergétique des déchets ménagers dans l'unité d'Amilly, construite en 1969. Une convention de délégation du service public de traitement a été conclue en 2013 avec la société Novergie Centre, filiale énergie du Groupe Suez pour la valorisation énergétique des déchets.

Depuis le , la  ne fait plus partie des compétences de la commune mais est une compétence obligatoire de la communauté de communes de la Cléry, du Betz et de l'Ouanne (3CBO) en application de la loi NOTRe du . À l'occasion de la création de la 3CBO, le Syndicat d'Aménagement Rural (SAR) de Château-Renard et Courtenay, totalement inclus dans le périmètre de cette nouvelle structure, est dissout par arrêté préfectoral du  et les personnels, biens et équipements font désormais partie intégrante de la nouvelle communauté de communes.

Production et distribution d'eau

Le service public d'eau potable est une compétence obligatoire des communes depuis l'adoption de la loi du 30 décembre 2006 sur l'eau et les milieux aquatiques. Au , la production et la distribution de l'eau potable sur le territoire communal sont assurées par le syndicat des eaux de la Cléry et du Betz, un syndicat créé en 2013 desservant quinze communes : Bazoches-sur-le-Betz, Le Bignon-Mirabeau, Chantecoq, La Chapelle-Saint-Sépulcre, Chevannes, Chevry-sous-le-Bignon, Chuelles, Courtemaux, Ervauville, Foucherolles, Griselles, Louzouer, Mérinville, Pers-en-Gâtinais, Rosoy-le-Vieil, Saint-Hilaire-les-Andrésis, Saint-Loup-de-Gonois, La Selle-en-Hermoy, La Selle-sur-le-Bied, Thorailles.
La loi NOTRe du 7 août 2015 prévoit que le transfert des compétences « eau et assainissement » vers les communautés de communes sera obligatoire à compter du . Le transfert d'une compétence entraîne  de  facto la mise à disposition gratuite de plein droit des biens, équipements et services publics utilisés, à la date du transfert, pour l'exercice de ces compétences et la substitution de la communauté dans les droits et obligations des communes.

Le « prix de l'eau » doit permettre de financer l'ensemble des investissements (mise en place de nouveaux ouvrages, mise aux normes du patrimoine existant, renouvellement du patrimoine, etc.) mais aussi les frais de fonctionnement du service (frais de personnel du service, électricité, produits de traitement, renouvellement du matériel, analyses, élimination des déchets, etc.). L'observatoire national des services d'eau et d'assainissement publie la description actualisée des services publics d'eau potable et d'assainissement, qu'il s'agisse de leur organisation, de leur tarif ou de leur performance. Le prix au m est calculé pour une consommation annuelle de  (référence INSEE).

Assainissement

L'assainissement non collectif (ANC) désigne les installations individuelles de traitement des eaux domestiques qui ne sont pas desservies par un réseau public de collecte des eaux usées et qui doivent en conséquence traiter elles-mêmes leurs eaux usées avant de les rejeter dans le milieu naturel. Le Syndicat mixte d'Aménagement Rural des cantons de Courtenay et de Château-Renard a créé un service public d'assainissement non collectif (SPANC) qui a pour missions la vérification de la conception et de l'exécution des ouvrages pour les installations neuves ou réhabilitées et la vérification périodique du bon fonctionnement et de l'entretien des installations existantes. Depuis le , le SPANC est assuré par la 3CBO, dont la création a été accompagnée de la dissolution du Syndicat d'Aménagement Rural (SAR) de Château-Renard et Courtenay.

Population et société

Démographie

Culture locale et patrimoine

Lieux et monuments

Patrimoine naturel
L'inventaire des zones naturelles d'intérêt écologique, faunistique et floristique (ZNIEFF) a pour objectif de réaliser une couverture des zones les plus intéressantes sur le plan écologique, essentiellement dans la perspective d'améliorer la connaissance du patrimoine naturel national et de fournir aux différents décideurs un outil d'aide à la prise en compte de l'environnement dans l'aménagement du territoire. Le territoire communal de Saint-Loup-de-Gonois ne comprend pas de ZNIEFF.

Héraldique

Jumelages

Notes et références

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Références

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More than 50 people have died after a tour bus plunged off a ridge into a wooded ravine in the mountains of southern Brazil. The death toll stands at 54 but could yet increase, the Brazilian government said, with at least 11 children among the dead. The bus fell 1,300ft after swerving off a bend in Santa Catarina state as night fell, with search teams struggling to reach the wreckage.
Earlier today, when the death toll stood at 49, local officials said 11 children and teenagers had died, as well as 24 women and 14 men. Since then five more bodies were found. More bodies could yet be discovered under the bus and in nearby woods, officials warned, as police officers and rescuers began efforts to move the wreckage. Just 11 passengers are thought to have survived the crash near the city of Joinville last night, of which 10 remain in hospital with severe injuries and one is in a stable condition.
Highway and weather conditions at the time were good as the bus made its way from the neighbouring state of Parana, a police spokesman said. Although no immediate cause for the crash had been determined, police said it appeared the brakes on the bus had failed. A rescue helicopter was sent to the scene near Serra Dona Francisca – a popular tourist area – but could not land because of the difficult terrain, local reports said.


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February 15, 2016, 5:00 PM might have found the most fervent music lovers among us with eyes fixed on the screens in anticipation to get to know the big names of the music world winners and to revel in gorgeous pop, rock, country and rap performances as well. The 58th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony reached its end held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California leaving some of the artists on cloud nine, while others utterly disappointed maybe. Taylor Swift received seven nominations including the Album of The Year (1989) and knocking out Kanye West with her imposing speech. The Weeknd also took seven nominations, while Kendrick Lamar was riding highest receiving the whole 11 nominations in a single night passing Eminem and staying one step behind Michael Jackson (12 nominations 1984). But the grandest musical ceremony is not only to quench our thirst for music chords but also our appetite for killing outfits and come-hither looks. We have selected the Grammys 2016 best dressed celebrities, who appeared on the red carpet in a grandiose way and made it another red-letter day in the history of fashion.
Drop-dead gorgeous Taylor Swift was undeniably the female ruler of the ceremony, who found it insufficient to receive the whole 7	nominations and to be labeled as the fist girl to get the Album of The Year for the second year in a row and she buckled down to spin heads by her allure as well, appearing in a custom-made two piece by Atelier Versace " a bright orange strapless crop top paired with a floor-length fuchsia skirt featuring a never-ending side-slit. Her choice for footwear was Stuart Weitzman heels.
Ellie Goulding nominated in the category of Best pop solo performance with her Love Me Like You Do song did not take any golden Gramophone, instead propelling the fashion researchers to discuss her minimalistic yet so elegant powdery pink gown by Stella McCartney with spaghetti straps, the train touching the ground, while the back featuring a unique jewelry racerback design.
Sweet girl Selena Gomez was not only that best friend of Taylor Swift looking so excited to see her win, but also another music figure to electrify us by her night blue choice from Calvin Klein Collection " a mind-blowing gown sparkling in all directions with her so favorite plunging neckline and audacious cleavages at waistlines, while for matching earrings and ring she went for David Webb.
The stunning brunette Bella Hadid was not only at the ceremony to support her boyfriend The Weeknd but also to teach all and sundry what really means dark sexuality. Her Alexandre Vauthier gown with faint sparkles scattered here and there was a real festival of sensual cleavages, starting from the center slit and belly cutouts to that super deep plunging neckline.
Florence Welch, the lead vocalist of the indie rock band Florence + the Machine, galvanized the red carpet with her Gucci gown from step to stern emanating Alessandro Michele's romantic soul starting from tender powdery pink shade and ruffles at the hems to sequined sparkling moon and stars and romantic bows at the cuffs and around the waist.
Amazing Adele always cutting a wide swath with her remarkable performances	and penetrating voice was not nominated in any category this year, plus suffered some technical problems on the stage. Maybe it was that dramatic mourning dress from Givenchy Haute Couture to lay blame on. Be that as it may, we are more than admiring that discreet dress with cleavages on the shoulders, with the floral embroidery and sparkles featuring the delicate handicraft a la Riccardo Tisci.
If there are any shocks, confusions or bombshells they happen during such ceremonies as is Grammy Awards and Beyonce, albeit not appearing in any nomination category this time, took that shock-confusion-bombshell award for sure donning an amazing bridal gown by Inbal Dror, while presenting Grammy for Record Of The Year. That pretty crocheted-sheer tulle contrast gown with top part going classic shirt style is to whet many brides' appetite yet.
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UKRAINE UNREST: RIVAL POLITICIANS FACE OFF AT SUMMIT
BBC. Ukraine's Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara and opposition leader Vitali Klitschko have clashed face to face at a security summit in Munich.
The two men appeared in a discussion, during which Mr Klitschko showed Mr Kozhara images of injuries he said were inflicted by the police on protesters.
Mr Kozhara suggested some of the opposition were right-wing extremists.
Ukraine has been in turmoil since November, when it scrapped an EU accord in favour of a Russian bailout.
"The Ukrainian people have shown and have proven that they are able to defend their decision on Europe despite repressive measures being taken," Mr Klitschko said, the Associated Press news agency reports.
He added that the opposition felt stronger because of the support from western friends of Ukraine.
'Extremist groups'
Earlier, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy had said the "future of Ukraine belongs with the EU" while US Secretary of State John Kerry had said the US backed Ukraine's "fight for democracy".
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had accused Western countries of double standards over violent protests.
After Mr Klitschko showed Mr Kozhara the images he said were of the effects of police brutality, Mr Kozhara replied by accusing some of the protesters of belonging to far-right groups.
"Are you with the extremist groups who wear some logos and emblems that looks like Nazi style emblems on them?" he asked Mr Klitschko.
"Are you with the extremists who are attacking the police with Molotov cocktails?" he added.
On the issue of whether Ukraine should orient itself more towards the EU or Russia, Mr Kozhara also pointed out that "there are eight million ethnic Russians living in the country".
"Do you think they are happy when European politicians say: 'You must make a strategic choice, you must take Ukraine away from Russia and put it somewhere else'?"
'Just a scratch'
The issue of Ukraine protester Dmytro Bulatov was also raised at the conference.
He went missing for eight days and said he had been kidnapped and tortured by captors who spoke with Russian accents.
He is now in hospital in Kiev under guard from both police and anti-government demonstrators.
Mr Kozhara told Al-Jazeera television; "Physically this man is in a good condition. The only thing he has is a scratch on one of his cheeks."
He went on to say it seemed that his claim to have been kidnapped and tortured was "not absolutely true".
However, the foreign ministry later issued a statement saying his comments "do not reflect the real attitude of Minister Kozhara on this tragic situation".
"The minister is profoundly sorry for what happened to Dmytro Bulatov and wishes him a speedy recovery.
Sanctions possible
The Munich security conference is an annual event held to discuss military and political affairs.
Mr Van Rompuy's opening speech referred to the EU's offer of close association with Ukraine.
"The offer is still there and we know time is on our side. The future of Ukraine belongs with the European Union," he said.
On Saturday, Mr Kerry met Ukraine opposition leaders including Mr Klitschko and Arseniy Yatsenyuk, as well as Leonid Kozhara.
He told reporters: "Nowhere is the fight for a democratic, European future more important today than in Ukraine. The United States and EU stand with the people of Ukraine in that fight."
In an apparent swipe at Moscow, he added that "their futures do not have to lie with one country alone, and certainly not coerced".
Mr Lavrov said that a "choice is being imposed [on Ukraine] and Russia is not going to be engaged in this".
The White House has confirmed it is discussing possible sanctions against Ukraine with the US Congress.
Before arriving in Munich, Mr Kerry said that concessions from President Viktor Yanukovych had "not yet reached an adequate level of reform".
Mr Yatsenyuk, who heads the Batkivshchyna party, recently refused an offer from President Yanukovych to become PM, one of the concessions.
President Yanukovych, who is currently on sick leave, has also tried to ease the crisis by repealing anti-protest laws, signing an amnesty for protesters and accepting the resignation of his cabinet.
However, opposition leaders are calling for his resignation and early elections.


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Q: I am trying to send an email via angular. Am I approaching this in the correct manner? I'm just trying to learn something new.  I want to be able to send an email using angular and php.  I am turning my form data into an object. Then I want to send this object as a variable and send the data to a php file. I am able to create the variable but I don't believe the data is being set in the php file. What am I missing here?

angular.module('app', []);
var vm = this;

var url = '/contact-form-handler.php';
vm.codeStatus = "";
vm.form = {};

vm.submit = function($event) {

  $event.preventDefault();

  console.log(this.form);
  $http({
    method: "POST",
    url: url,
    data: vm.form,
    headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
    }
  }).
  success(function(result) {
    console.log(result);
    console.log('hit');
  }).
  error(function(result) {
    console.log('error');
  });
  return false;

};

<?php

header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *');

if (isset($_POST["data"])) {

 $from = 'Portfolio';
 $to = 'rafael.heard@gmail.com';
    $subject = 'Portfolio Inquiry';
 $body = $_POST['data'];

 mail($to, $subject, $body, $from);

    $result = 'mail sent';

}else{
 $result =  'not set';
}
?>

  <form role="form" name="contactForm" ng-submit="main.submit($event)" required novalidate>

        <input type="text" name="username" ng-model="main.form.name" placeholder="Name (required)" required />

        <input type="email" name="userEmail" ng-model="main.form.email" placeholder="Email (required)" required />

        <textarea type="text" name="message" ng-model="main.form.message" ng-minlength="10" rows="10" required></textarea>

      <button>Send</button>

  </form>

A: I figured this one out. I change my approach in my php file, and the angular http. I serialized the object.

    var url = 'contact-form-handler.php';
    vm.codeStatus = "";
    vm.form = {};

    vm.submit = function($event) {

        // $event.preventDefault();
        console.log($.param(vm.form));

        $http({
            method: "POST",
            url: url,
            data: $.param(vm.form),
            headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'}
        }).
        success(function(result) {
            console.log(result);

        }).
        error(function(data) {
            console.log('not sent');
        });
        return false;

    };

}]);
<?php

header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *');

if (isset($_POST["subject"])) {

    $name = $_POST['name'];
    $subject = $_POST['subject'];
    $from = $_POST['email'];
    $message = $_POST['message'];
 $to = 'rafael.heard@gmail.com';

 mail($to, $subject, $message, $from);

}else{
 echo 'not set';
}
?>

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Q: VBA Excel Macro save as part of cell with date I have the following VBA code saving workbook1 sheets to a folder where workbook1 file is saved. Example: workbook1 has 31 sheets. The code saves each sheet to a new workbook with the same name as the sheet. (Sheet1, Sheet2, etc).
Sub SaveShtsAsBook()
Dim Sheet As Worksheet, SheetName$, MyFilePath$, N&
MyFilePath$ = ActiveWorkbook.Path & "\" & _
Left(ThisWorkbook.Name, Len(ThisWorkbook.Name) - 4)
With Application
    .ScreenUpdating = False
    .DisplayAlerts = False
     '      End With
    On Error Resume Next '<< a folder exists
    MkDir MyFilePath '<< create a folder
    For N = 1 To Sheets.Count
        Sheets(N).Activate
        SheetName = ActiveSheet.Name
        Cells.Copy
        Workbooks.Add (xlWBATWorksheet)
        With ActiveWorkbook
            With .ActiveSheet
                .Paste
                .Name = SheetName
                [A1].Select
            End With
             'save book in this folder
            .SaveAs Filename:=MyFilePath _
            & "\" & SheetName & ".xls"
            .Close SaveChanges:=True
        End With
        .CutCopyMode = False
    Next
End With
Sheet1.Activate
End Sub

I need to modify the code to save the file with the ID and date. The ID is in cell A1. "XXX Clinic Pro Fees Report for Doe, John (JDOE)". In this example I need the new workbook to save as JDOE_2017-10-20.
Is there a way to gave the ID and place the date after it?

A: You can extract the name code from within the brackets and append the date with a couple lines of code.
    SheetName = Split(Split(.Cells(1, 1).Value2, "(")(1), ")")(0)
    SheetName = sn & Format(Date, "_yyyy-mm-dd")

Along with a couple other modifications as,
Option Explicit

Sub SaveShtsAsBook()
    Dim ws As Worksheet, sn As String, mfp As String, n As Long

    With Application
        .ScreenUpdating = False
        .DisplayAlerts = False
    End With

    On Error Resume Next '<< a folder exists
    mfp = ActiveWorkbook.Path & "\" & Split(ThisWorkbook.Name, Chr(46))(0)
    MkDir mfp '<< create a folder
    On Error GoTo 0 '<< resume default error handling

    With ActiveWorkbook
        For n = 1 To .Worksheets.Count
            With .Worksheets(n)
                sn = Split(Split(.Cells(1, 1).Value2, "(")(1), ")")(0)
                sn = sn & Format(Date, "_yyyy-mm-dd")
                .Copy
                With ActiveWorkbook
                     'save book in this folder
                    .SaveAs Filename:=mfp & "\" & sn, FileFormat:=xlExcel8
                    .Close SaveChanges:=False
                End With
            End With
        Next
    End With

    With Application
        .ScreenUpdating = True
        .DisplayAlerts = True
    End With
End Sub

A: Try the below code
Sub SaveShtsAsBook()
Dim ldate As String
Dim SheetName1 As String

ldate = Format(Now(), "yyyy-mm-dd")
Dim Sheet As Worksheet, SheetName$, MyFilePath$, N&
MyFilePath$ = ActiveWorkbook.Path & "\" & _
Left(ThisWorkbook.Name, Len(ThisWorkbook.Name) - 4)
With Application
    .ScreenUpdating = False
    .DisplayAlerts = False
     '      End With
    On Error Resume Next '<< a folder exists
    MkDir MyFilePath '<< create a folder
    For N = 1 To Sheets.Count
        Sheets(N).Activate
        SheetName = ActiveSheet.Name
        Cells.Copy
        SheetName1 = Range(A1).Value2 & ldate
        Workbooks.Add (xlWBATWorksheet)

        With ActiveWorkbook
            With .ActiveSheet
                .Paste
                .Name = SheetName
                [A1].Select
            End With
            tempstr = Cells(1, 1).Value2
            openingParen = InStr(tempstr, "(")
            closingParen = InStr(tempstr, ")")
            SheetName1 = Mid(tempstr, openingParen + 1, closingParen - openingParen - 1) & "_" & ldate
             'save book in this folder
            .SaveAs Filename:=MyFilePath _
            & "\" & SheetName1 & ".xls"
            .Close SaveChanges:=True
        End With
        .CutCopyMode = False
    Next
End With
Sheet1.Activate
End Sub


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Przystanek Kanion (ang. Crash Canyon, od 2011) – kanadyjski serial animowany wyprodukowany przez Breakthrough Entertainment.

Światowa premiera serialu odbyła się 3 maja 2011 roku i jest emitowany do dnia dzisiejszego. W Polsce premiera odbyła się 8 marca 2012 roku na kanale MTV Polska.

Opis fabuły
Akcja serialu rozgrywa się w tajemniczym kanionie, z którego nie da się wydostać. Osoby, które do niego trafiają, zostają zupełnie odcięte od świata. Nie grozi im jednak samotność. Każdego roku grono jego mieszkańców powiększa się o kolejne barwne osobowości.

Obsada
 Patrick McKeena – Norm Wendell
 Jennifer Irwin – Sheila Wendell
 Bryn McAuley – Roxy Wendell
 Joanne Vannicola – Emily Butane
 Dwayne Hill – Colton Steel
 Shoshana Sperling – Carol
 Martin Roach – Reginald Manderbelt
 Gillian Anderson – Sly Butane
 Marium Carvell – Beverly Manderbelt
 Tarah Consoli – Butch Butane
 Jajube Mandiela – Pristine Manderbelt
 Anand Rajaram – Kukiełka
 Peter Keleghan – Stéphanel
 Teresa Pavlinek – Angel Charbonnel
 Tara Strong – Brandi Charbonnel

Spis odcinków

Linki zewnętrzne

Kanadyjskie telewizyjne seriale animowane
Seriale telewizyjne emitowane od 2011
Programy telewizji Teletoon


Dynamic performers bring flamenco music to audiences in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
ROSEBURG, Oregon – Umpqua Community College (UCC) is pleased to present Flamenco Pacifico Duo in concert at Centerstage Theatre on Sunday, Oct. 21.
Flamenco Pacifico Duo is a dynamic, professional performance group dedicated to bringing the art of flamenco music to audiences in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Led by virtuoso flamenco guitarist and composer, Berto Boyd, the group's guitar-driven performances feature original modern flamenco compositions rooted in the time-honored forms of traditional flamenco.
Featuring the passionate vocals and guitar artistry of guitarist/singer Grant Ruiz, Flamenco Pacifico Duo takes audiences on an unforgettable journey into the fascinating world of flamenco.
The concert starts at 3 p.m. Tickets are $15 per person at the door. Centerstage Theatre is located in the Whipple Fine Arts Building on the main UCC campus.


Herennia, commonly known as Coin Spiders, is a genus of spiders in the family Araneidae. Herennia spiders have been sighted 2 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Herennia includes 2 countries and 0 states in the United States. Herennia is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of May.
There have been 2 confirmed sightings of Herennia (Coin Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on June 14, 2018 by Spider ID member rickcwest. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 2 sightings because of certain Herennia sightings reporting incomplete data.
Environment: Herennia has been sighted 3 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Herennia (Coin Spiders) has been sighted in the following countries: India, Malaysia.
Herennia has been primarily sighted during the month of May.


The interim guidance recently issued by USCIS provides much needed security for immigrant crime victims and their families. However, as the advocates note in comments to USCIS Director Leon Rodriguez, issues still remain related to the agency's interpretation of the two new U visa qualifying crimes -- stalking and fraud in foreign labor contracting. Additionally, the advocates request that USCIS provide more detail on implementation of age-out provisions and grant parole to conditionally granted U visa derivatives after the U visa cap has been reached each year.
On June 4, 2014, USCIS hosted a "listening session" teleconference regarding U nonimmigrant status visas. U visas provide immigration protection for victims of qualifying crimes who aid law enforcement in the investigation or prosecution of criminal activity. USCIS is engaging in rulemaking to modify the U visa application and eligibility rules and sought comments and feedback from immigration advocates and other stakeholders.
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Reconciliation - what shape does it take in your community?
The Rev'd Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW
By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt
Reconciliation. How often has that word been used in recent times?
The concept of reconciliation means different things to different people. Because of the diversity of expectations, the actual achievement of being reconciled to others generates its own challenges.
I was chosen to participate as a delegate from New Brunswick for the Governor General's Canadian Leadership Conference in 1987.
Modelled after the Duke of Edinburgh's Commonwealth Conference, the GGCLC is a gathering of representative individuals from diverse groups of people from across Canada who are brought together every four or five years to explore a study theme of contemporary significance.
In 1987 the theme was "From Vision to Reality". I was in a study group that was composed of union members and business leaders, in addition to a number of us who represented different facets of a cross section of the wider community. the sixteen people in our group were given the opportunity to travel and visit a variety of communities in Northern Quebec and the Gaspe', concluding our tour in Quebec City.
After our study tour, we met up with other tour groups who had explored other parts of Canada, from the Yukon through to Newfoundland. Each group was then given the opportunity to reflect on their experience and make a presentation to the Governor General of the day, Her Excellency, Madame Jeanne Sauvé.
After meeting with leaders in different communities and businesses, after experiencing the vast beauty of Canada and being attentive to the hopes and dreams of Canadians in the different regions across the country, there was much we had to share with the Governor General.
Listening to the different study groups as they offered their own reflections, provided all the participants with an awareness of the hopes and dreams of so many citizens who saw, each in their own way, the challenges and opportunities ahead of them, as they sought to turn their own vision for their future into a new reality.
Over the years I have been fortunate to attend the closing sessions of the different conferences. The themes have changed, and the improving technology used in the presentations have made each succeeding conference a unique experience. The approach of the questions offered by the Governor Generals has reflected their own interests and background. Participation in these gatherings has been described (rather accurately, I think) as like having a back stage pass to Canada.
This year, even with being impacted by complications attached to Covid infections of participants and a delay of several years, the Conference had a unique focus. With the theme "Leadership for the Future", members of the Conference were able to reflect on the impact of a worldwide pandemic and what lessons individuals have been able to draw from their experiences at every level of community life. In addition to the Conference theme, our first Indigenous Governor General, offered a consistent question to every study group: "What shape do you see the process of Reconciliation take in the communities you visited and how do you see the experience of Reconciliation becoming a priority in your own life?"
There were those who noted the rather low priority that was being given by some of the individuals and organizations that the groups had met during their study tours as they addressed the concept of Reconciliation. Others spoke with enthusiasm about the way in which the people that they had met in their travels had embraced the idea of Reconciliation and made it a priority in their workplace and in their personal lives.
The Governor General encouraged each and every participant in this year's Conference to see their future leadership roles as being an opportunity to promote Reconciliation. One First Nation participant did not mince his words. He simply said to all of us who were present, "Read the (...) Truth and Reconciliation Report!!! ".
As members of a community of faith, each in our own setting, it is important to be aware of the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and to be mindful of the 94 "calls to action" which are set out in the report, which are intended to further reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and the rest of Canadian society.
Faithful readers of this column will remember that I have referenced a quotation which is rooted in the halls of Huron University College and found its way into becoming a central defining statement of the Anglican Congress of Toronto in 1963. Those who identify themselves as being part of the worldwide Anglican Communion are called to be "mutually responsible and interdependent members of the Body of Christ".
We express our faith as we participate in the process of Reconciliation in our own lives, when we commit ourselves to let the words of our worship reflect that call and that commitment.
May we, who share his body, live his risen life;
we, who drink his cup, bring life to others;
we, whom the Spirit lights, give light to the world.
Keep us firm in the hope you have set before us,
so that we and all your children shall be free,
and the whole earth live to praise your name;
(BAS pg. 214 - 215 )
Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt has retired from full time parish ministry, but continues to offer priestly ministry in the Diocese.
chrispratt@diohuron.org
Photo: Honourable Mary Simon, the Governor General of Canada,
with our columnist.
Featured photo: Red George. THE ORIGINAL CHIEF AND COUNCIL


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It is very clear that 45 is not capable to lead this country. Every time he opens his mouth or tweets, he speaks or writes foolish things that are no longer believable. What we have is shame and embar
Jesse L. Jackson Sr. | 7/26/2018, 6 a.m.
Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.
Russian President Vladimir Putin came late to the Helsinki summit with President Trump last week and spoke first at the news conference afterward.
He handed Mr. Trump a soccer ball from the World Cup, but he clearly walked away with the trophy for the World Cup of politics, largely because Mr. Trump, in a bizarre and unprecedented performance, kept scoring his own goals on Mr. Putin's behalf.
I have always supported dialogue and negotiations over conflict and isolation. I believe that good relations with the Russians, a nuclear power, are as Mr. Trump would say, "a good thing." But Mr. Trump made it embarrassingly clear that he is more concerned about defending his own besmirched election campaign than he is about protecting American democracy.
The president apparently doesn't understand that it isn't all about him. Russian interference in our elections — which Mr. Trump's own intelligence appointees warn is ongoing — isn't just about the "collusion" that the president rushed to deny. It is about subverting our democracy.
Mr. Trump can howl at the moon denying collusion, but it is simply grotesque that he could not bring himself to warn Mr. Putin publicly that continued interference with our elections is unacceptable and would be met with an immediate response.
Mr. Trump is outraged at special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of possible collusion of his campaign with the Russians, but he seems unmoved by the clear evidence of the subversion of our elections. He didn't give Mr. Putin a red light or even a yellow warning one about future interference. He essentially gave Mr. Putin a free pass. The reality is that a core of our democracy — free elections — is under assault.
Given the administration's failures, foreign interference is likely to spread. The home-grown systematic efforts by rightwing politicians and activists to suppress the vote, to make it harder to register and harder to vote, to purge voters from the lists, to gerrymander election districts to distort the outcome and to open the gates to a flood of unaccountable, secret corporate and private money continue to get more sophisticated.
Already, experts suggest that Democrats will have to win the national vote in November by 6 percent to 8 percent in order to take the majority of the U.S. House of Representatives largely because of Republican partisan redistricting.
Mr. Trump is so focused on his own re-election campaign, so defensive about the legitimacy of his own victory, that he has utterly failed to protect our democracy from subversion from abroad or at home.
It will be up to the states to make the reforms that are long overdue: Automatic voter registration, longer early voting days, voting day holidays, an end to voter purges, nonpartisan redistricting, matching public funds for small donations, mandatory disclosure of all funding sources, returning the right to vote to felons who have served their time and more.
The states should be taking measures to protect voting systems from outside interference, including moving back to paper ballots to eliminate the threat of cyber intrusions.
The president should be applauded for meeting with Mr. Putin. Hopefully, reduced tensions and new impetus for reducing nuclear arsenals will follow. But his failure to defend our democracy both against Russian interference and against domestic subversion is a dangerous dereliction of duty.
Republicans in Congress won't act because they seem to believe that their majorities may depend on suppressing the vote. So, it is up to the states, and to an aroused citizenry, to insist that our election be open, free and fair. The shocking display that Mr. Trump put on in Helsinki makes that all the more imperative.
The writer is founder and president of the national Rainbow PUSH Coalition.
Sessions denies any collusion with Russia during Trump campaign
Trump to Comey: 'You're fired'


Follow each Buddy and their journey of growth, acceptance, and maturity.
Read Buddy's story of trying to fit in with other people and how he learned to overcome pleasing and be himself.
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Sonia Gandhi Returns to India after Medical Check-up
Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi returned to India after a 'routine medical check-up' abroad and she is "absolutely fine" says a party official.
March 5, 2012 19:58 IST
Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi (L) and New Delhi's Chief Minister Sheila DikshitReuters
Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi returned to India after a "routine medical check-up" abroad and she is "absolutely fine" says a party official.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has come back after her routine check up and she is absolutely fine, party general secretary and media department Chief Janardan Dwivedi said.
She had flown abroad on Feb. 27 for a routine checkup for undisclosed illness.
The Congress party refused to comment on the name of the hospital she underwent treatment.
The 64-year-old Congress leader underwent a surgery in the United States for her ailment in August 2011.
However, according media reports, she was treated at a cancer hospital in New York.


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This course will prepare you with the skills and knowledge to pursue a career in a diverse range of retail settings including specialty retailers, supermarkets, department stores and quick service restaurants.
Working in this industry will require you to be able to work effectively with a diverse range of people including customers and team members. You will be required to have excellent customer service skills, product knowledge and be able to use Retail systems in the workplace. Work hours may be anytime during the week dependent on the place of employment.


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Futurama Review: "Neutopia" and "Benderama" (6.14/6.15)
By Sean Gandert | June 24, 2011 | 2:00pm
TV Reviews Futurama
Now that we're back for either the second half of Futurama's sixth season or, according to its DVDs, the beginning of its sixth season, it seems like a good time to take accounting of the show's rebirth. Well, its second rebirth, after the four straight-to-DVD movies that took the place of its fifth series. However you want to look at it, though, season six was its most inconsistent season so far. There were a few instant classics such as ""The Late Philip Jay Fry, ""That Darn Katz" and "The Prisoner of Benda," but there were also far more fine-but-forgettable episodes than usual, not to mention the single worst episode in the show's history, "Attack of the Killer Apps"; (which I probably gave too high a rating in my original write-up).
Then again, it makes sense for Futurama to fluctuate more than other shows; it's simply that its earlier seasons, particularly three and four, really spoiled us. The closest thing Futurama has to a formula is its cast delivering a package on an insane planet and having something unimaginable happen to them that we've never seen before, which for obvious reasons tends to lead to widely varying episodes. Depending on how much a premise interests you, it's easy to find yourself far preferring an alien invasion than time travel less because of quality than because of taste.
Case in point for how different the show can be, both of tonight's premiere episodes started in the same place: Planet Express is out of money and needs to do something about it. In "Neutopia" this led to the crew trying two different schemes to raise funds before the company's imminent collapse, first a nudie calendar (with no nudity… so maybe they shouldn't have called it that?) and then turning into a commercial airline. When the ship crashes into a planet, like a good episode of The Simpsons, "Neutopia" completely ignores its first act and turns into a strange competition for survival between the two sexes.
Here's where the episode gets truly good and truly weird. Making fun of gender stereotypes with incredible economy, it allows Futurama to retread some thematic material from "Amazon Women in the Mood" while doing something else entirely new. Also around are a pair of rock aliens, whose indifference to their function as plot devices make them memorable and wonderful characters. The episode's flip back to its beginning is great writing, and overall it was another superb episode. It'll be remembered as "the one where everyone's genders switch," but really it's a lot more than just that.
"Benderama" also begins with a joke about the company's funds being low, thus they're cutting back on free food. Then, the professor comes in and all of that business of budget problems from last episode and the first seconds of this one are quickly forgotten so as to never be discussed again (until the next time they need the company to have a budget crisis) and instead the episode focuses on Professor Farnsworth's newest invention, which creates two 60 percent smaller copies of whatever's put into it. Why 60 percent, it's impossible to know, but as usual with this sort of thing the device itself is soon copied when Bender puts it inside himself, thus making for infinite smaller benders until they're literally at an atomic level pushing together chemicals so as to turn the world's water supply into alcohol.
The entire episode is half an exploration of the gray goo apocalyptic scenario, in which nanobots take over the entire world by self-replicating, half an exploration of Bender's laziness. As with the previous episode, this means that while it's intent on going through a good old-fashioned science fiction premise, it's still character-based. Its jokes don't hit their marks quite as much as in the first episode, but of the two it's more ambitious.
Both of these are what other shows would call gimmick episodes, but with Futurama pretty much everything is a one-off and taking on these strange premises is really what the show's about. It's a much stronger start for the second half of the season, and the descriptions for the next few episodes seem similarly interesting, with fewer played out pop culture references and more "what if" concepts that take the show somewhere new. If these two are any indicator, there's a good summer of episodes to look forward to.
Stray observations:
• "Remember Fry's idea to offer free deliveries?"
• "That's actually a really good idea for a woman."
• "Who ever heard of a plane with a woman president?"
• "If you are travelling with a small child, help them to not kill you before not killing your own parents."
• "In your face, decumbent urinators."
• "Never bet against me being stupid." – Fry in a nutshell.
• "Perhaps it is I who has learned a lesson … or something." Futurama is always at its best when making fun of the flimsiness of science-fiction plot devices.
• "I got your distress call and came as quickly as I wanted to."
• "Did you know there are more than two feelings?"
• "Thank god most of our fans are huge perverts." – Maybe too self-referential, but I liked it.
• "My friend, the other rock alien."
• "Aah, marriage. It combines the contentedness of being neutered with the occasional sex of being not."
• Amy on the professor's newest invention: "I like how it's not killing us so far."
• Great scary door intro, but it wasn't quite as fast-paced as previous ones. It was more of an actual Twilight Zone episode than rapid-fire parody of them.
• "Robot, experience this tragic irony for me."
• Why is one pair of benders gold?
• Turns out that yes, there are tiny hooker bots
• "Well… that was dumb."
benderama
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St. James is called James the Greater, possibly because he followed Christ before the other apostle named James. Very early in his public life, Jesus called James to follow him. Along with Peter and John, James was one of the favored three to witness the Transfiguration of Jesus, the raising of Jairus's daughter, and the agony in the garden on Holy Thursday night.
James and John were known as Boanerges, which means "sons of thunder." They seem to have had strong tempers. We read in Matthew 20:20-28 that the mother of James and John once asked Jesus to give her sons a high position in his kingdom. When Jesus asked the two brothers if they could endure the same suffering he was going to endure, they both said yes.
We do not know very much about James' life. Tradition says he may have traveled to Spain. During the Middle Ages there was a famous shrine to St. James at Compostela in Spain. Luke records in the Acts of the Apostles: "It was about this time that King Herod started persecuting certain members of the Church. He beheaded James, the brother of John" (Acts 12:1-2). James is thought to have been the first apostle martyred.
St. James is a very popular saint in England, where more than four hundred churches are dedicated to him.
Image credit: Saint James the Greater by Rembrandt, 1661. Public Domain via Wikimedia.


n-Denotes team that will not make the super bowl The Super bowl is between the two teams with the most wins. The tiebraker is point for minus points against. The tiebreaker after that is record against each other. The super bowl is hosted by the team in first, giving them a slight advantage.


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Q: Generate known_hosts with TFS git server I need to configure ssh for Jenkins server. For this I need to get a /.ssh with known_hosts file. There is written that easiest way to get it, is to use command:
  c:\>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\ssh.exe" -T git@your.git.server

What should I put instead "your.git.server" if I'm using git from the TFS.
For example I'm working with project and full link to clone it is:
  https://myserver.com:8080/tfs/CollectionName/ProjectName/_git/RepoName/

I tried different combinations but nothing is working. For this command:
  ssh -T git@myserver.com:8080/tfs/CollectionName/ProjectName/_git

I got error message: "ssh: Could not resolve hostname myserver.com:8080/tfs/CollectionName/ProjectName/_git: not address associated with name"

A: Currently, TFS (2105 update 2) has no support for SSH, but it is scheduled to appear in a non-distant future (see UserVoice and timeline).
In the meantime you can use Git Credential Manager to authenticate with TFS from Windows, Mac or Linux.
Yet another option is to use Git Credential Store with Basic Authentication and SSL. This is a non default configuration so you have to agree with the TFS Administrator if it is feasible. I would not recommend as a first choice as it is easy to screw security.