After the story abut Zélie, Cosey returned to the USA with this story. And he returned to the mountains: the Rocky Mountains in Colorado.
The Christmas story of 'Joyeux Noël, May!' put Cosey before a problem concerning America's fauna: there are no reindeers on the Nort American continent to draw the sledge of Santa Claus.


Click on the thumbnails below to view photos of the various courses Jackie runs.
"She is a lovely teacher, sharing her skills and enthusiasm but allowing us to work at our own pace and learn through practice and experience. I felt thrilled to come away with the simple piece I had designed and made myself." Anon – Making a stained glass panel.


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Q: MS Project Online/PWA REST API to update site URL I am using below rest api to get the project site url usin ProjectWorkspaceInternalUrl .
http://<pwa_site>/_api/ProjectData/Projects/?$select=ProjectId,ProjectWorkspaceInternalUrl

I need help on change the ProjectWorkspaceInternalUrl. let me know the endpoint?
Thanks
Anand
I need the rest api edpoint that allow us to set the ProjectWorkspaceInternalUrl

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Marcus O'Brien - Spear's Magazine
Jake Russell
Toby Anderdon
Marcus O'Brien
Property Advisors 2016 / The Spear's Indices
Chestertons
29th July 2016 by Spear's
http://www.chestertons.com/
O'Brien's enthusiasm is infectious, and so is his frustration with some of the speculation about Knightsbridge's performance.
'I read a comment recently saying that Knightsbridge is going to be the place to bag a bargain this year, but I wholeheartedly disagree,' he says. 'Prices are continuously being achieved, and I don't see that changing.' The formidable demand recorded in his book echoes that.
A senior peer describes the 23-year-old as 'one of the brightest young agents that I have met in recent years'. On his first day in agency at Susan Metcalfe Residential, an eighteen-year-old O'Brien met Knight Frank's Stuart Bailey. The latter told Spear's it was also the day he predicted a bright future for the youngster.
That was an opinion shared by Chestertons, which two years later brought O'Brien into its Knightsbridge office.
The extreme sports enthusiast is thrilled with the level of transactions he deals with and is not intimidated by the entrepreneurs, oligarchs and tycoons from five continents he faces every day. He proudly recalls 7 September 2014 as the day three deals exchanged (totalling £13 million). It was especially memorable, he says, as it all took place under the pressure to beat the upcoming stamp duty hike.
Despite his successes (and numerous skydives), the young agent remains grounded. His mentor David Forbes once advised him never to boast about his successes and never to tell anyone about his failures. 'That's something I've always taken with me,' he says.

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David's Sally Cats are quick and simple to make.
Why a Sally Cat? Because my daughter Sally designed it. I asked her to.
I tried various methods of making it using pulp but it took a long time and was quite arduous. Never one to take an hour when a minute would do, I came up with a laminating method which has proved ideal - efficient and effective. After spending several days on the pulp methods, I found that with the laminating I could make half a dozen in a couple of hours.
The method could easily be adapted to other designs or parts of larger pieces.
- A sheet of paper for the design.
- Paper for laminating - newspaper, yellow pages, bond, kraft etc.
- Paste (I use two thirds wallpaper paste or CMC plus one third PVA).
- Card (like the sort you get in cereal packets).
- Filling (something dry like screwed up paper or sawdust, sand or flock etc.).
Decide on the height and width you want your cat to be. Fold the design paper at the half-way mark, remembering that the template will need to be a bit wider than the finished cat. Draw half the outline.
With the paper still folded, cut out the shape. This will now be symmetrical.
Draw the outline of the template twice on card and cut out the two pieces.
Holding the two pieces of card carefully together in exact alignment, paste some strips over the side and top edges and leave to dry.


I am a long time fan of Dr. Who. I saw most of the third Doctor, John Pertwee episodes when I was a kid, missed many of the ones in the middle and have been watching religiously since the ninth Doctor.
Matt Smith has done a good job of carrying on the tradition.
"Fear me, I have killed hundreds of Timelords."
"Fear me, I killed them all."
But who I have been seriously enjoying is Rory.
I watched it in the early yrs & saw the movie w/Peter Cushing. We picked up again when Chrisopher Ecchelston was the Doctor, all through David Tennant & are waiting for the current incarnation with Matt Smith.


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Major #NukeGate Hearing Scheduled …
Court will determine whether to effectively freeze SCANA's incoming revenue during lawsuit …
by FITSNews November 1, 2017 0
#NukeGateAlan WilsonFeaturedJohn HayesJudge John HayesPete StromSantee CooperSCANA
Attorneys in arguably the biggest #NukeGate court case of them all won a key preliminary victory this week …
A South Carolina circuit court judge granted a motion filed by attorney Pete Strom seeking an expedited hearing on whether a court-appointed receiver should temporarily control potentially billions of dollars flowing into the coffers of crony capitalist energy provider SCANA.
Receivers are independent, court-appointed entities which manage organizations – or specific pools of organizational assets – during the pendency of litigation.
Translating that into the language of the masses, judge John Hayes basically ruled that his court should decide whether SCANA – which is at the heart of the biggest command economic failure in South Carolina history – ought to be allowed to spend the money it is receiving in the aftermath of this disaster.
Or whether that money should be effectively frozen pending the outcome of ongoing litigation …
SCANA and its government-run partner, Santee Cooper, spent the past decade building a pair of next-generation AP1000 pressurized nuclear water reactors in Jenkinsville, S.C. at a cost of $9.8 billion. The money was spent, but the reactors were never finished. In fact they're not even half-finished – with the cost to complete them reportedly ranging anywhere from $9-16 billion.
Unable to pony up that kind of cash, Santee Cooper pulled the plug on the project on July 31 … killing an estimated 5,600 jobs, squandering billions of dollars in investment (including more than $2 billion raised through rate increases on consumers) and throwing the state's energy future into chaos.
Recently released documents revealed executives at the two utilities knew over a year-and-a-half ago that the project was doomed – yet continued to raise rates on consumers anyway. These rate hikes were authorized by the controversial "Base Load Review Act," a piece of constitutionally dubious special interest legislation advanced by liberal "Republicans" – and then allowed to become law by former governor Mark Sanford.
Not surprisingly, the failure of this project has spawned numerous lawsuits and a pair of criminal investigations – one state, one federal.
This lawsuit could be the biggest – especially if the court rules to essentially freeze any assets recovered by SCANA in the aftermath of the debacle.
In addition to collecting millions of dollars a month from ratepayers on a pair of reactors that may never be built, SCANA is also expecting roughly $1.4 billion from Toshiba in the aftermath of its failed V.C. Summer nuclear power plant expansion project. Not only that, the Cayce, S.C.-based company is also reportedly seeking federal relief, and may also attempt to retire additional debt via a convoluted process known as securitization (news of which broke exclusively on this news site earlier today).
Here's judge Hayes' order, which sets the date of this hearing for November 8 (a week from today) …
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Arguing in support of Strom's motion? South Carolina attorney general Alan Wilson – who we would argue has found himself on the side of right once again (at least as it relates to this particular issue).
Previously, Wilson's office issued an opinion challenging the constitutionality of the Base Load Review Act used by SCANA and Santee Cooper to socialize their investment risk.
We supported him on that decision as well …
According to a release from Wilson's office, the attorney general "has (a) duty to protect the public interest and the wellbeing of a utility's ratepayers."
Wilson's office also referenced its previous opinion, which found the Base Load Review Act "is unconstitutional as applied."
As a result, Wilson's office supports the appointment of a receiver "to preserve the property's value for those to whom it is ultimately determined that the property belongs so to accommodate all claims possible."
Wilson said he will be in court personally on November 8 to argue in support of the motion.
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package org.apache.harmony.testframework;

import junit.framework.Assert;
import junit.framework.TestCase;
import junit.framework.TestSuite;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Random;

/**
 * Tests behaviour common to all implementations of {@link Writer}. This adapts
 * writers that collects untransformed chars so that they may be tested.
 */
public abstract class CharSinkTester {

    private boolean throwsExceptions = true;

    /**
     * Creates a new writer ready to receive an arbitrary number of chars. Each
     * time this method is invoked, any previously returned writers may be
     * discarded.
     */
    public abstract Writer create() throws Exception;

    /**
     * Returns the current set of chars written to the writer last returned by
     * {@link #create}, and releases any resources held by that writer.
     */
    public abstract char[] getChars() throws Exception;

    /**
     * Configures whether the writer is expected to throw exceptions when an
     * error is encountered. Classes like {@code PrintWriter} report errors via
     * an API method instead.
     */
    public CharSinkTester setThrowsExceptions(boolean throwsExceptions) {
        this.throwsExceptions = throwsExceptions;
        return this;
    }

    public final TestSuite createTests() {
        TestSuite result = new TestSuite();
        result.addTest(new SinkTestCase("sinkTestNoWriting"));
        result.addTest(new SinkTestCase("sinkTestWriteZeroChars"));
        result.addTest(new SinkTestCase("sinkTestWriteCharByChar"));
        result.addTest(new SinkTestCase("sinkTestWriteArray"));
        result.addTest(new SinkTestCase("sinkTestWriteOffset"));
        result.addTest(new SinkTestCase("sinkTestWriteLargeArray"));

        if (throwsExceptions) {
            result.addTest(new SinkTestCase("sinkTestWriteAfterClose"));
        } else {
            result.addTest(new SinkTestCase("sinkTestWriteAfterCloseSuppressed"));
        }

        return result;
    }

    @Override public String toString() {
        return getClass().getName();
    }

    private static void assertArrayEquals(char[] expected, char[] actual) {
        Assert.assertEquals(Arrays.toString(expected), Arrays.toString(actual));
    }

    public class SinkTestCase extends TestCase {

        private SinkTestCase(String name) {
            super(name);
        }

        public void sinkTestNoWriting() throws Exception {
            char[] expected = new char[] {};

            Writer out = create();
            out.close();
            assertArrayEquals(expected, getChars());
        }

        public void sinkTestWriteZeroChars() throws Exception {
            char[] expected = new char[] {};

            Writer out = create();
            char[] a = new char[1024];
            out.write(a, 1000, 0);
            out.write(a, 0, 0);
            out.write(new char[] {});

            out.close();
            assertArrayEquals(expected, getChars());
        }

        public void sinkTestWriteCharByChar() throws Exception {
            char[] expected = "EFGCDECBA".toCharArray();

            Writer out = create();
            for (char c : expected) {
                out.write(c);
            }

            out.close();
            assertArrayEquals(expected, getChars());
        }

        public void sinkTestWriteArray() throws Exception {
            char[] expected = "EFGCDECBA".toCharArray();

            Writer out = create();

            out.write("EF".toCharArray());
            out.write("GCDE".toCharArray());
            out.write("CBA".toCharArray());

            out.close();
            assertArrayEquals(expected, getChars());
        }

        public void sinkTestWriteOffset() throws Exception {
            char[] expected = "EFGCDECBA".toCharArray();
            Writer out = create();

            char[] a = new char[1024];
            a[1000] = 'E';
            a[1001] = 'F';
            out.write(a, 1000, 2);

            char[] b = new char[1024];
            b[1020] = 'G';
            b[1021] = 'C';
            b[1022] = 'D';
            b[1023] = 'E';
            out.write(b, 1020, 4);

            char[] c = new char[1024];
            c[0] = 'C';
            c[1] = 'B';
            c[2] = 'A';
            out.write(c, 0, 3);

            out.close();
            assertArrayEquals(expected, getChars());
        }

        public void sinkTestWriteLargeArray() throws Exception {
            Random dice = new Random();
            char[] expected = new char[(1024 * 1024) + 1]; // 2 MB + 1 char
            for (int c = 0; c < expected.length; c++) {
                expected[c] = (char) ('A' + dice.nextInt(26));
            }

            Writer out = create();
            out.write(expected);
            out.close();

            assertArrayEquals(expected, getChars());
        }

        public void sinkTestWriteAfterClose() throws Exception {
            char[] expectedChars = "EF".toCharArray();
            Writer out = create();

            out.write(expectedChars);
            out.close();

            try {
                out.write("GCDE".toCharArray());
                fail("expected already closed exception");
            } catch (IOException expected) {
            }

            assertArrayEquals(expectedChars, getChars());
        }

        public void sinkTestWriteAfterCloseSuppressed() throws Exception {
            Writer out = create();
            out.write("EF".toCharArray());
            out.close();
            out.write("GCDE".toCharArray()); // no exception expected!
        }

        // adding a new test? Don't forget to update createTests().

        @Override public String getName() {
            return CharSinkTester.this.toString() + ":" + super.getName();
        }
    }
}

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Color/Appearance: Varying shades of yellowish to reddish brown with darker brown, gray, or black stripes. Moderately wide sapwood is a pale yellow, clearly demarcated from heartwood. Sometimes seen with a curly or mottled grain pattern.
Grain/Texture: Grain is straight to slightly interlocked. Medium to coarse texture, with moderate natural luster.
Endgrain: Diffuse-porous; large pores, very few to few; solitary and radial multiples of 2-3; deposits occasionally present; growth rings distinct due to marginal parenchyma and slight decrease in pore frequency near growth ring borders; parenchyma vasicentric, lozenge, confluent, and marginal; narrow to medium rays, normal spacing.
Rot Resistance: Rated as moderately durable, with good resistance to insect attack.
Workability: Overall a fairly easy wood to work, though Ovangkol contains silica and can therefore dull cutters prematurely. Also, if the grain is interlocked, or if there is other figure present in the wood, planing and other machining operations may be troublesome and cause tearout. Turns, glues and finishes well.
Odor: Ovangkol is reported to have a strong unpleasant odor when wet, which disappears once the wood has dried.
Allergies/Toxicity: Besides the standard health risks associated with any type of wood dust, no further health reactions have been associated with Ovangkol. See the articles Wood Allergies and Toxicity and Wood Dust Safety for more information.
Pricing/Availability: Good availability for both lumber and veneer. Unfigured wood is in the mid-range of imported hardwoods, though curly or figured wood is likely to be more expensive.
Common Uses: Veneer, furniture, cabinetry, turned objects, musical instruments, and flooring.
Comments: This wood wins the award for the most commonly-used aliases, with no single name being predominant. When used in guitars, it's most commonly referred to as Ovangkol. Most other woodworkers favor either Shedua or Amazique, while veneer is sometimes sold under the name Mozambique. All refer to the same wood species: Guibourtia ehie.
Scans/Pictures: The turned image is a segmented vessel consisting of Ovangkol for the body, with Quilted Maple, Wenge, and Yellowheart.


Statistics highlight the absurdly small odds of creating a perfect bracket.
Upsets. Buzzer-beaters. "Cinderella" stories. Incredible come-from-behind wins. With over 97 million television viewers each year, March Madness provides it all, creating a national phenomenon that takes over the lives of millions for just a few short weeks.
Walking down the halls on a Thursday afternoon in mid-March, the likelihood of looking into a classroom and seeing students with their eyes glued to their phones or crowded around a single Chromebook is pretty high. It seems to be official: March Madness has infiltrated and taken over the school.
The NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, colloquially known as March Madness, is an annual 68 team tournament that follows the regular season and conference tournaments. According to the NCAA, the 32 Division I conferences each receive an automatic bid, with the winner of each postseason conference tournament awarded a spot. The remaining 36 spots are called "at-large bids," given to the "best" 36 teams that did not win their respective conferences.
According to the NCAA, the term "March Madness" was first used by an Illinois high school official named Henry V. Porter in 1939. The name stuck after CBS broadcaster Brent Musburger used it during a broadcast in 1982.
"Madness" truly sums up the tournament each year, as low-ranked, unheard-of teams often cause chaos by knocking off elite teams in the early rounds of the competition.
Cade Pinalto, Div. 977, explained how the unpredictability of the tournament is what makes it so special.
Declan Toomey, Div. 161, highlighted how all 68 teams have a good chance at winning the entire tournament.
Creating brackets is a staple of the tournament, with fans selecting the winners of 63 matchups between teams seeded 1 through 16 in four respective regions, ultimately choosing one winner. According to ESPN, 36.1 percent of participants chose the Duke Blue Devils, the first overall seed in the tournament, as this year's victors.
While approximately 70 million people made a bracket in 2017, according to data from Bleacher Report, no one has ever predicted all 63 games correctly. In fact, according to Duke math professor Jonathan Mattingly, the odds of creating a perfect bracket are nearly one in 9.2 quintillion.
Even with these extremely unfavorable odds, a survey conducted by The Warrior found that 43.6 percent of Lane students believe that a perfect bracket will eventually be created.
Justin Owens, Div. 057, believes that, although the chances are small, a perfect bracket will happen eventually.
"While the chance of it happening is little to none, I believe that as people continue to analyze college basketball, and a lot of luck occurs, it is bound to happen," Owens said.
According to an article regarding picks for "casual" fans published by CBS Sports, mascots, higher seeds and color schemes should all be briefly considered when making picks.
Based on the survey conducted by The Warrior, 30.9 percent of respondents admitted that they make picks based on schools that they've heard of, while 40 percent of respondents said that seeding and overall record play important roles when making a bracket.
Though the competition of creating the "best" bracket has become a tradition among friends, seeing one's favorite teams compete and advance adds another fun element to the tournament.
Theodore Gary, Div. 260, recalled his euphoria when his favorite team returned to the tournament last year.
Elias Sharshar, Div. 979, recounted the impressive, unexpected runs of local teams, which he said are the most fun to watch.
While the tournament often results in the shredding and burning of "busted" brackets on the first day, it always provides entertainment for fans across the country and across the world. With this year's tournament, only one thing is guaranteed: uncertainty.
So you want to be a college athlete?


In June 14th, the Federal Reserve announced a 25 basis point hike, raising the federal funds rate from 0.75% - 1% to 1% - 1.25%, and announced plans to start reducing its balance sheet this year.
After 3 months, the Fed raised interest rates again, both in the market expected, but unusual. Because the interest rate adjustment, behind the highlight of the Fed policy and economic fundamentals out of line phenomenon.
Since 1990s, the Fed has given up the way of controlling the amount of money, and began to adjust the real interest rate as the main means of macroeconomic regulation and control. In 1993, Stanford University economics professor John Tel according to the actual data in the United States, the interest rate decision mechanism put forward the famous "Taylor rule" to the Fed, to determine the unemployment rate, and inflation bound together with interest rates, the specific performance, if inflation is too high, so must rise in interest rates, if the unemployment rate is too high, it should be reduced interest rate.
From the May non farm payrolls report released by the U.S. Department of labor, the May nonfarm payrolls increased by only 138 thousand, the market is expected to increase by 182 thousand, far below the market expectations. However, the U.S. unemployment rate in May fell further to 4.3%, the lowest level in nearly 10 years, labor participation rate continued to decline by 0.2 percentage points to 62.7%, which means that more and more people give up looking for work.
At the same time, prices of gasoline and new cars were affected, and the US PCE price index fell after hitting a five - year high. In March, core PCE grew by only 1.6%, significantly lower than the Fed`s target of 2%.
In the face of employment data and not just passable target inflation rate, the Fed still accelerated the rate hike cycle, the past analysis of the Fed`s policy orientation of the "Taylor rule" has failed, we need to start from the fundamentals of the U.S. economy and the global macroeconomic situation, seek a reasonable answer.
In theory, financial conditions should serve as a conduit between the Fed`s monetary policy and the real economy. The fact is that before the Fed raised interest rates, 10 - year Treasury yields continued downward, repeatedly low innovation. This also means that even without interest rates, the real economy borrowing costs down, the macro financial conditions relaxed has become a general trend.
In the past, when the Fed raised interest rates, long-term interest rates will rise, financial conditions will be tight. The interest rate hike, the Fed`s policy orientation and Wall Street reaction is contrary to the fundamentals of the U.S. economy, by raising interest rates and shrinking tables, trying to further release "liquidity", to create loose financial conditions. How to explain the disconnect between the Fed and the market, we should begin with the role of the Fed itself.
In the Federal Reserve bill, Congress sets its federal reserve policy targets: full employment, stable prices, moderate long-term interest rates. But as America`s de facto central bank, the Fed has its own departmental interests.
In 2009, the Fed released huge amounts of liquidity to ease the catastrophic consequences of the financial crisis and save America`s financial sector. In 2012, in order to boost the weak economy, the Fed launched the third round of "indefinite" quantitative easing.
In the Federal Reserve all the way "buy, buy, buy" macroeconomic policy boost, the U. S. stock all the way up to more than 21300 points, higher than the 2008 financial crisis 14115 points higher than 50%. Represented by the stock market, asset prices in the United States are generally overvalued. In June, Merrill Lynch in 210 top global investors monthly survey showed that 84% of investors think the U. S. is the world`s most overvalued assets, the highest ever recorded, even more than in 1999 when the U.S. technology stocks bubble.
The Fed`s May FOMC meeting minutes once in the interest rate implied and shrink the table program, once again sent to the United States for certain types of asset prices were too high warning, especially commercial real estate valuation is too high, easy to face high volatility, thus the impact of financial stability. It is in order to hedge against future financial security risks may arise, the Fed interest rate hike and contraction of two pronged approach, in the global "liquidity" battle initiative.
In June, the global financial markets were faced with liquidity tensions. In China, June is also a "tight money" day. Since the beginning of June, the 30 day Shanghai interbank offered rate (Shibor) rose 51 basis points, since the same period in 2013 the largest increase at a time. At the same time, since June 2013, the bond yield curve again "upside down", the 1 year Treasury yields to maturity in June 8th rose 6 basis points to 3.66%, more than 10 of the Treasury bond yield of 3.65%.
In the past six months, the global credit impulse (incremental credit accounted for the proportion of GDP) plunged, Germany, Italy, Mexico credit pulse has decreased significantly, the United States also fell to negative credit impulse level. The sharp decline in credit impulses is often a harbinger of a global recession.
How do you create safe parachutes for the U. S. financial industry in such an emergency? That`s what the Fed needs to think about. The meeting also pointed out the path of future war map for global mobility: on the one hand, by raising interest rates, to attract capital into the US market, narrow liquidity drain gate, thus providing excess liquidity support for the United States too overvalued asset prices; on the other hand, shrink the balance sheet, quantitative easing during a large sell-off the purchase of financial assets, financial risk prevention.
And the United States to enhance its domestic market to attract liquidity initiatives, will inevitably lead to further contraction in the face of funds in other countries of the world, and thus forced to participate in this global liquidity struggle.
In 2017, the global economy will face a more severe "cold wave", the Fed interest rate increase is only a prelude to the growing global liquidity war. All these changes will undoubtedly reshape the layout of the global economic landscape, the outlook for the future economic situation should be more cautious attitude.
The author is Director of the Macro Research Department at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China.


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Nelsen Scale Prevention Systems features Filtersorb SP3 filter media to first remove the already existing scale from pipes and heat exchanger surfaces (descaling effect) and further to protect the system from future formation of scale (scale protection effect).
Filtersorb SP3 is based on a completely new technology. In this process the chemical structure of scale forming minerals is changed. This technology is so effective that it requires a contact time of only seconds.
The media is used in an up flow system, therefore only an in-out head is needed. The media transforms the dissolved calcium carbonate (temporary hardness) into non-charged, neutral chemical bonds.
These bonds are completely stable and cannot attach to any surfaces. The chemical bonds are rinsed away by the water flow. The size of the bonds is so small (in the range of nano-meters) that they can only be seen with a microscope. Therefore the effect is the same as if the water was free of temporary hardness (calcium carbonate). The chemical structures are heat resistant and do not fall apart.
The media is used to clean pipes from already existing scale and to protect pipes and hardware from scale.
Tests with commercial coffee machines showed that those with FilterSorb-SP3 Hardness Stabilizer protection were much cleaner after a short time of use than the control systems which were cleaned monthly.
Filtersorb SP3 works great in front of RO membranes. It keeps these membranes from clogging with calcium-carbonate. A preexisting membrane's efficiency is improved after only 10 days if calcium carbonate was the reason for the blocking.
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The Vegetable soup diet is one of the healthiest ways to reduce your weight. This diet is planned for seven days which is said to make you lose up to 15 pounds. Soup is a must for all days and everything else can be a variety. In this diet, you have to make sure the other food supplements will be high in fiber and low in fat.
Why Fast Food is Bad for You?
Fast food is very convenient, quick and sometimes, inexpensive. Say, you are in a rush to get to school or you have an early meeting. Instead of skipping breakfast, you can just buy some fast food, whether it's in a the form of a drive-thru, a vending machine or 24-hour convenience stores, anything that's a grab-and-go is fast food.
People these days are looking for fast and effective ways to lose weight. When exercising wasn't enough, they turned to food, the main source of the problem. Although some foods make losing weight difficult, there are foods which we think cause us to gain some pounds instead of shed them. Some may surprise us.
Acid reflux syndrome is something a person cannot ignore since this causes constant heart burns and nausea. A little insight on acid reflux: it is when acid from your stomach rises back to your esophagus. Most times, they don't get all the way to the mouth which causes those severe heartburns. It can't be self treated which is why the right information is important for you to know.
What better way to get together and eat as a family than have a picnic in the great outdoors. It's a new way to spend some quality time with them and let go of all that stress and tension you are all getting from school or from work. Besides the place for the picnic, the problem we all face is the food we're going to bring. Adults and children crave for different tastes. While adults might crave for that sour or spicy tang, the children would want something sweet.


Rosenau Airport is the most important airport of Upham, North Dakota, United_States. It is modern and one of the largest airport of the North America. Rosenau Airport is important for people and goverment of United States.


Abandoning cats and dogs is a nasty virus that takes epidemic proportions throughout the world at the time of summer holidays. Hundreds of thousands of cats and dogs who were - up until that moment - like members of the family, lose their home. The majority of them ends up run over by cars, abused or beaten to death or "put to sleep" in the dog pounds. The percentage of abandoned companion animals who are lucky enough to find a new home is almost insignificant.
In order to stop that plague and to transform the face of cruelty to the face of compassion and understanding, we have to become aware of the fact that animals are not toys, that getting a pet is a step that requires responsibility equal to that of starting a family, because animals are beings with feelings and emotions, just like us, and once we take them into our home, they will see us as parental figures and friends, forming a special bond with us, one that lasts for a lifetime.
Getting a companion animal is a decision that all members of the family should agree on, as taking care of the animal is a responsibility that should be shared amongst all of them. It is extremely irresponsible of parents to buy an animal as a gift to their child and then to expect the child to take sole care of that animal. Although a child can be a great friend to its companion animal, it simply is not ready to take the full responsibility of taking care of another being. Also, it is cruel to tell the child the animal is being thrown out because it wasn't taking care of it. Throwing an animal out on the street is, in most cases, equal to killing it and thus a crime that simply cannot be justified.
THE SEASIDE FOR THE FAMILY, THE STREET FOR THE DOG?
Animal Friends in collaboration with the City Department of Agriculture has organized a campaign to bring into the public eye the problem of abandonment of companion animals before going away on holiday. The campaign was initiated because of growing problems caused by companion animals guardians who abandon their animals before going away on holiday.
With messages like "Friends till holidays do us part" and "The seaside for the family, the street for the dog?!," Animal Friends makes an appeal to dog guardians, asking them to respect their animals enough not to throw them out on the street like a used up toy.
Every year during the summer holiday season, the streets are full of abandoned animals, who wander around hungry and thirsty, often ending their pitiful lives under the wheels of a car or in a dog pound, where death awaits them after the 30 day period of waiting for the owner to claim the animal has run out. And their only crime is the fact that their owners went on holiday.
As part of the campaign, a billboard will be set up with a message that invites dog guardians to consider alternative options that include dog hotels, companion animal-sitters, leaving animals with friends or family, or finding them another permanent home.
To help people with the problem of not being able to take their companion animals with them, we have given them the possibility of placing an add on our web site so they could try to find a companion animal-sitter or a permanent new home for their pet. There is also a "lost & found" section. Placing an add is free.
We have also printed a flyer that is being passed around the city of Zagreb, where there are more abandoned companion animals than in any other part of the country. The citizens are being encouraged to place their adds by phone, e-mail or directly on our web site, where they can find more information about both the campaign and the Animal Friends.


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·A story on Page 1 Wednesday about the impact of the rising minimum wage on menu prices failed to include information about wage violations at Fabulous Freddie's, which was featured in the article. In late 2017, the restaurant paid 58 employees nearly $340,000 in unpaid wages and damages following a Labor Department investigation that found the restaurant and co-owner Stephanie Fitzpatrick had violated minimum wage, overtime and record-keeping provisions of the law.
·A story in the Arts and Entertainment section July 11 about Olivet Nazarene University reversing its decision to appoint author T.J. Martinson to its faculty incorrectly stated the name of a suicide hotline for LGBTQ youths. It is the Trevor Project.
·A news story June 18 about a proposed visitor center for the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio in Oak Park incorrectly stated that a house at 925 W. Chicago Ave. was built in the late 1860s or early 1870s. The house is thought to have been constructed around 1885.
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A number of tributes were paid to the victims of the Cookstown disco crush tragedy at an Irish League game between Dungannon Swifts and Linfield on Friday night.
Lauren Bullock (17) from Donaghmore, Morgan Barnard (17) and Connor Currie (16), both from Dungannon, died following the crush at the Greenvale Hotel as crowds of young people waited to gain entry to the venue on St Patrick's Day.
Fan's observed a minute's silence ahead of local club Dungannon's home game against Linfield at Stangmore Park. Both team's players wore black armbands.
It is the latest in a series of sporting tributes to those who lost their lives in the tragedy.
Northern Ireland's players also wore black armbands for their game against Estonia at Windsor Park on Thursday evening.
Goalscorer Niall McGinn dedicated his opening goal the local community, who had been devastated by the teenager's deaths.
McGinn is from Donaghmore and started his football career at Dungannon Swifts.
"I was devastated when I heard the news. It was in the back of my mind to do well in the game against Estonia and score a goal and thankfully I did that," he said.


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Samsung's Smart TVs will have a universal remote for controlling all your connected devices
Paul Sawers@psawers	 January 4, 2016 3:04 AM
Above: Samsung TVs
Samsung aims to make simplicity a core facet of its 2016 Smart TV range, with a new universal remote control and an upgraded Smart Hub user interface.
Most modern living rooms will likely have a plethora of devices connected to the big screen TV, such as Blu-ray players, games consoles, video-streaming boxes, and other devices. As such, there will likely be a myriad of remote controls strewn across the room — and this is a problem Samsung wants to solve with the Samsung Smart Control. The Tizen-powered device will serve as a single controller for everything that connects to a Samsung Smart TV, immediately detecting set-top boxes connected through the HDMI port, for example.
Samsung doesn't say whether the remote control will ship automatically with Samsung Smart TVs, or whether it will be an added extra. But if it is included, this could put a minor dent in the business of third-party universal remote-makers, such as Logitech.
Indeed, just last week, Samsung revealed that it is also making its Smart TVs compatible with the Internet of Things (IoT) via SmartThings, meaning you will be able to use it to control other connected devices in your home, such as light bulbs and thermostats. While Samsung had confirmed earlier that it would be possible to control your connected home through your TV interface, it hadn't specifically declared that you will be able to do so using your remote control… but today's news hints that you may be able to do just that. This would put the Samsung Smart Control in direct competition with Logitech's Harmony Remotes.
Elsewhere, Samsung says it's also bringing a more unified approach to its TV software, making it easier for users to switch between content services and devices, such as linear TV, set-top boxes, and games consoles. This also means you will be able to search for content across multiple services through a single search box, which should prove useful and do away with having to open individual apps each and every time.
Above: Samsung Smart TV Hub
The Korean technology giant will be unveiling its new Smart TV products in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), an event that kicks off on January 6, and we'll have a clearer picture then of what Samsung has in store this year. You can follow VentureBeat's CES 2016 coverage here.


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From the woodworker who inspired a generation of designer-makers to the medieval horticulturalist who invented modern gardening; from the Luddite rebellion to the role of the iPad in art; the magazine is full of moments of change – both great and small. There's Ben Short, who gave up a life in advertising to make charcoal in the woods. There's David Reynolds, the founder of Bloomsbury Publishing, on his discovery of Slow Travel.
We also detail our involvement with Port Eliot Festival, London Craft Week and Heal's Modern Craft Market – but we always stick to the values we hold dear: and that means ensuring the magazine is as beautifully crafted as the subject matter it explores.


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import Distribution.Simple (defaultMainWithHooks, simpleUserHooks, hookedPrograms, UserHooks(..))
import Distribution.Simple.Program.Types (simpleProgram)
import Distribution.Simple.Setup (CopyDest(..), installVerbosity, copyVerbosity, fromFlag)
import Distribution.Simple.Utils (createDirectoryIfMissingVerbose, installOrdinaryFile)
import Distribution.Simple.LocalBuildInfo (buildDir, absoluteInstallDirs, InstallDirs(..), LocalBuildInfo(..))
import Distribution.PackageDescription (PackageDescription(..), BuildInfo(..), Executable(..))
import System.Directory (getDirectoryContents)
import System.FilePath ((</>), dropExtension, takeDirectory)
import System.Process (rawSystem)
import Control.Monad (when)
import Data.List (isSuffixOf)
import Data.Maybe (maybe, listToMaybe)

main = defaultMainWithHooks simpleUserHooks
         { hookedPrograms = [simpleProgram "java"]
         , instHook       = ghcjsInstHook
         , copyHook       = ghcjsCopyHook
         }

ghcjsInstHook pkg_descr lbi hooks flags = do
  instHook simpleUserHooks pkg_descr lbi hooks flags
  copyClosure pkg_descr lbi $ fromFlag (installVerbosity flags)

ghcjsCopyHook pkg_descr lbi hooks flags = do
  copyHook simpleUserHooks pkg_descr lbi hooks flags
  copyClosure pkg_descr lbi $ fromFlag (copyVerbosity flags)

-- the closure library has too many files to list manually in a cabal file
-- they are included as .pkg files with "underscore encoding"
decodeUnderscore :: FilePath -> FilePath
decodeUnderscore ('_':'d':xs) = '.' : decodeUnderscore xs
decodeUnderscore ('_':'u':xs) = '_' : decodeUnderscore xs
decodeUnderscore ('_':'s':xs) = '/' : decodeUnderscore xs
decodeUnderscore (x:xs)       = x   : decodeUnderscore xs
decodeUnderscore []           = []

copyClosure pkg_descr lbi verbosity = do
  let src         = "lib/closure-library/pkg"
      dat         = datadir $ absoluteInstallDirs pkg_descr lbi NoCopyDest
      destination = dat </> "closure-library"
      copy n      = let dstFile = destination </> decodeUnderscore (dropExtension n)
                    in  do createDirectoryIfMissingVerbose verbosity True (takeDirectory dstFile)
                           installOrdinaryFile verbosity (src </> n) dstFile
  files <- getDirectoryContents src
  mapM_ copy $ filter (".pkg" `isSuffixOf`) files


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Q: Angular 2 material auto complete not working I am trying to use autocomplete component from material here is my
HTML
<md-input-container>
  <input mdInput placeholder="State" [mdAutocomplete]="auto" [formControl]="stateCtrl">
</md-input-container>

<md-autocomplete #auto="mdAutocomplete">
  <md-option *ngFor="let state of filteredStates | async" [value]="state">
    {{ state }}
  </md-option>
</md-autocomplete>

xyz.component.ts
import {Component} from '@angular/core';
 import {FormControl} from '@angular/forms';
 import 'rxjs/add/operator/startWith';

@Component({
  moduleId: module.id,
  selector: 'importer',
  templateUrl: 'importer.html',
  styleUrls: ['importer.scss']
})

export class ImporterComponent {
  stateCtrl: FormControl;
    filteredStates: any;

    states = [
      'Alabama',
      'Alaska',
      'Arizona',
      'Arkansas',
      'California',
      'Colorado',
      'Connecticut',
      'Delaware',
      'Florida',
      'Georgia',
      'Hawaii',
      'Idaho',
    ];

    constructor() {
      this.stateCtrl = new FormControl();
      this.filteredStates = this.stateCtrl.valueChanges
          .startWith(null)
          .map(name => this.filterStates(name));
    }

    filterStates(val: string) {
      return val ? this.states.filter(s => new RegExp(`^${val}`, 'gi').test(s))
                 : this.states;
    }

}

I am unable to see any autocomplete. I have no errors in code. I have no errors in console and no errors in terminal but when I refresh my page I am not seeing anything. The page is not loading for me. just a blank page. I am not sure how to figure it out. I have seen that previously it was under development but now as they have made it available on the site as a component I am sure it should work. I need to know if I am missing something.


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Q: What was Jobs trying to say when he said "It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it" I can't fully understand the following sentence:

I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it.
-Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address-

What bothers me is the bolded part. I know that Jobs  meant "Getting fired from Apple was a very unpleasant experience to me, but it turned out to be a great oppertunity to start something new." But how should I understand the grammatical structure of this sentence?
I came up with two possible explanations:

*

*It was awful tasting medicine = Tasting medicine was awful. (expletive it)

If I understand it this way, this sentence has nothing to do (at least grammatically) with the preceding sentence. In addition to that, I don't think that someone would go around "tasting medicine". You take medicines, not taste.

*It was awful-tasting medicine, with "it" representing the preceding sentence.

This leaves me with one big question: shouldn't you use "an"? Like,
"It was an awful tasting medicine, ..."
Which explanation is more convincing?  Or can someone give me an alternative interpretation of this sentence? Thank you.

A: Definitely option two. If the original didn't hyphenate the compound it should have. We've relaxed immensely on what compounds you need to hyphenate, but when it's this easy to parse incorrectly it still should have the hyphen.
To get the right indefinite article you need to ask: Is it countable? If it is, it gets a/an. But if it isn't countable—which medicine isn't, you wouldn't say you took "five medicine"—you have a choice of using "some" or not using an article at at all.


Like it or not, the GDPR is coming. If you operate in the EU, have clients that operate in the EU or process data of EU citizens you will need to comply with the new regulations by 25 May 2018.
These changes will have a significant impact on recruitment agencies. Therefore, if you are putting off thinking about the GDPR, we really recommend you start now. Agencies that show genuine intent of making changes and making their agency compliant will be a lot better off than those who do not do anything. Remember, a breach of the new regulations could result in fines of up to 4% of global annual turnover or €20million (whichever is greater).
Ensure you are only using the medium to contact clients and candidates that you are authorised to use. You are obligated to only contact an individual using the channel they have opted in to.
Unsubscribes are not to be contacted under any circumstance. If a candidate has actively asked to unsubscribe, you cannot contact them again, even if it is just to ask if they wish to be subscribed back to your content.
Alert everyone. Make sure that everyone in your agency, especially those who have access to your data are aware of the GDPR. Otherwise you will be held directly responsible if your employees are still emailing or phoning candidates when they should not.
You also need to review your relationship with your clients and any suppliers or job boards you use as they will also be affected by the GDPR and it may affect your relationship with them.
Reconsent your active users. Using the medium that the individual has consented to, ask candidates if they would like to remain on your database. You can, however, use this as an opportunity to ask if they would like to be kept up to date via other forms of communication. (Please note, if you do not have evidence that you can contact an individual, be careful about asking them to opt in as this is still seen as a method of processing data, which is illegal if the person has not authorised it).
Carry out large scale processing of special categories (e.g. sensitive personal data, such as ethnic origins, religious beliefs etc.) This applies, even if candidates give you this information voluntarily.
If you are not required to appoint a DPO you should document and keep records of everything you do to prepare for the GDPR.
Safety, encryption and risk. With data protection soon to be stricter, so should your internal processes. You should take extra precaution to ensure that data is safeguarded and make sure regular tests take place. We also recommend you have a breach response plan in place.
Establish retention periods. Over the course of time, some users will become inactive or unresponsive. Establish retention periods so you can keep candidate information accurate and your database responsive.
Put in place privacy notices. Once you have assessed all of the above, make sure you clearly communicate to your clients and candidates what data you are capturing and why.
We advise that by May 2018 you ensure your agency can demonstrate that you are abiding by the new regulations and can show a process/ plan you have put in place to make your agency compliant.
For further support and advice on how to comply with the GDPR, register for our GDPR webinar.


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Q: Bloquear o acesso as rotas do vue js caso não esteja logado não estou conseguindo bloquear as rotas estão passando normal sem a autenticação
Estou desenvolvendo um Dashboard e me veio a duvida de como proibir que acessem as rotas se não estiverem logados, com isso, pensei em algumas soluções que usuariam localStorage, mas, nenhuma é uma solução certa.
Qual seria a maneira correta de fazer isso? vi que muitas pessoas possuem essa duvida, e não consegui uma solução para isso.
  export default [

  {
    path: '/',
    // Relative to /src/views
    name: 'home',
    view: 'Dashboard',

  },
  {
    path: '/cliente-index',
    name: 'Clientes',
    view: 'Clientes',

  },
  {
    path: '/sistema-index',
    name: 'Sistemas',
    view: 'Sistemas',
    meta: {
      requiresAuth: true
  }

  },
  {
    path: '/sistema-pastas/:id:descricao:path_padrao',
    name: 'sistema-pastas',
    view: 'Pastas',
     meta: {
      requiresAuth: true
  }
  },
  {
    path: '/versao-index',
    name: 'Versões',
    view: 'Versao',
    meta: {
      requiresAuth: true
  }
  },
  {
    path: '/usuario-index',
    name: 'Usuarios',
    view: 'Usuarios',
  },
  {
    path: '/login',
    name: '',
    view: 'Login',
    meta: {
      guest: true
  }

  },
  {
    path: '/cliente-sistema/:id',
    name: 'Cliente Sistema',
    view: 'ClienteSistema',
  },

]

router.beforeEach((to, from, next) => {
    if(to.matched.some(record => record.meta.requiresAuth)) {
        if (localStorage.getItem('jwt') == null) {
            next({
                path: '/login',
                params: { nextUrl: to.fullPath }
            })
        } else {
            let user = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('user'))
            if(to.matched.some(record => record.meta.is_admin)) {
                if(user.is_admin == 1){
                    next()
                }
                else{
                    next({ name: 'userboard'})
                }
            }else {
                next()
            }
        }
    } else if(to.matched.some(record => record.meta.guest)) {
        if(localStorage.getItem('jwt') == null){
            next()
        }
        else{
            next({ name: 'userboard'})
        }
    }else {
        next()
    }
})

A: Você primeiro precisa no seu state ter uma propriedade  para ser setada quando o usuario entrar no sistema após isso precisa adicionar o sessionStorage no store


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11th September 2002 Anniversary Tribute
www.bbc.co.uk/september11
We got sent in a couple of poems for this day...
A Country Divided?
Kate Mulder
I hope it is not.
I grew up near a city
where every culture
met, mingled,
and learned from each other.
They called it a "melting pot."
I sense it is not.
My roots can be traced to
Scotland and England,
Italy and Switzerland,
Sweden and Germany
and yes, even Natives to America
With names like Wilson, Fields,
Carriciola, Leva, Heinle,
Niger, and Caramalova
I feel it is not.
I remember the lady,
standing proud in the harbor of that melting pot,
lifting her lamp,
shouting her message to the world.
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
Send these, the homeless tempest-tost-to me.."
And haven't they come?
And all become Americans no matter their roots?
I think it is not.
My father's great grandfather came to escape injustice
My mother's father came to help design a canal
And didn't they all come...
willingly or not...
to build...
a chance to make a better life...
and put aside what they left behind...
for good or for bad...?
I believe it is not.
On September 11th
when the twin towers fell, and
thousands were killed in the blink of an eye.
Did we momentarily grieve and forget?
For, those thousands of silenced voices rose
like phoenixes through the burning ashes
and reverberated in the hearts of millions.
People, who, angered by terrorists,
become one,
as they have through every national adversity.
A Country of hope and of promise.
One nation;
one people steeled in its soul.
I remember it is not.
The world is too small,
life too brief
to let differences divide.
We are all one species.
Let our similarities unite
and shine as a signal to others.
I know it is not...
by George D Birse
And we'll not forget until we die
How planes came hurtling from the sky
Twin towers fell
And broke the spell
of peace on Earth
Goodwill to men
September eleven
Land of the Free
Another Day of Infamy
For thousands died
Our Nation cried
For Peace on Earth
Then around the World our cry it rang
For vengeance in Afghanistan
Soon bombs fell down
And hid the sound
One year is gone
I still can't grasp
God's meaning in these things that passed
Still he has a plan
Love'll reign again
with peace on Earth
The Four Attacks
2801 victims in 83 countries
New York Policeman handing over British Flag found in the
rubble of the Twin Towers to the UK Home Secretary.
At St Paul's Cathedral
At the US Embassy in London
British Prime Minister, Prince Charles and Prince Harry at St Paul's Cathedral in London
The places where the planes came down
The Pipes and Drums in New York
President and Mrs Bush at the Pentagon ceremony
The President at the unveiling of the Flag at the Pentagon
President Bush with families in Pennsylvania
St Paul's tribute to US victims
A minute's silence was held at St Paul's and elsewhere
A service has been held at St Paul's Cathedral in London as the UK joined the world in marking the anniversary of the 11 September terror attacks in the US.
Two thousand people including many friends and relatives of the 67 British victims gathered at the cathedral for the sombre service of remembrance.
Prime Minister Tony Blair, Prince Charles and Prince Harry were among the congregation, while hundreds of people gathered outside to pay tribute.
The Bishop of London Richard Chartres told the congregation the cathedral held an "ocean of suffering", but mourners must "love - and go on".
He said hope rested in the solidarity shown by those affected, which he said "can turn compassion into energy capable of overcoming indifference and downright evil".
At 1346 BST - the time when the first jet hit the World Trade Center one year ago - a minute's silence was held in the cathedral and across Britain.
More than 3,000 white rose petals - one for every victim - were released from the cathedral's great dome as Sarabande from Bach's Cello Suite Number Five broke the silence.
The London Stock Exchange and most of the City also observed the silence in a tribute to their American counterparts.
So did staff at the US Air Force bases at Lakenheath and Mildenhall, both in Suffolk.
Staff and passengers at Heathrow airport fell silent, while many shops and offices stopped work, and fire brigades parked their engines in front of stations.
Union flag
Earlier, a service was held at the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square in London.
Among the guests was US Ambassador William Farish, who referred to Britain as "America's truest friends" who had stood "firmly by our side" in the aftermath of the attacks.
Also speaking was Lieutenant Frank Dwyer of the New York Police Department.
Princes Charles and Harry were among the congregation
He had with him a Union Flag which had been found in the rubble of the World Trade Center, and which he presented to Home Secretary David Blunkett.
The flag, which Lt Dwyer described as a "symbol of endurance and the strength of the British people", was later taken to St Paul's, where Lt Dwyer lit a candle of remembrance.
Both Britain and America are on heightened security alert amid fears extremists may attempt to emulate the attack.
Scotland Yard anti-terror chiefs have warned lone terrorists could seize upon the opportunity of a "world stage" offered by the memorial day.
Armed roadblocks have been set up around London and a no-fly zone will be in force at key times across the capital.
Scotland mourns 9/11 atrocity
BBC's Reporting Scotland TV Program pays tribute to 9/11
A plaque was unveiled to mark the anniversary
Scotland is paying its respects on the first anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the US.
Communities are gathering in churches, mosques and synagogues across the country to commemorate the atrocities of a year ago.
A 45-minute service of remembrance was held at St Giles's Cathedral in Edinburgh, led by the Rt Rev Dr Finlay Macdonald, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
First Minister Jack McConnell gave a reading and a passage from the Koran was delivered by Glasgow councillor Bashir Maan.
When everyone else is running out, firefighters are running in. So it was on September 11, 2001
Colin Cranston
Lothian and Borders firemaster
The Rt Rev Macdonald reminded those present of the "unimagineable evil" that had befallen the victims and praised rescue workers.
Representatives of the Scottish Catholic and Episcopal churches also participated in the service alongside Jewish community leaders and a representative of the US Consulate General.
A commemorative plaque was unveiled at the headquarters of the Lothian and Borders fire brigade to mark the first anniversary of the attacks.
'Natural instinct'
Mr McConnell said it was "fitting and proper" to recognise the sacrifice of those who died exactly one year ago.
"We should hold true to the spirit of those firefighters, a spirit that saw them go forward when every natural instinct for many of us would have been to run away," he added.
Lothian and Borders firemaster Colin Cranston said: "There is a very old, hackneyed saying in the fire service, that when everyone else is running out, firefighters are running in. So it was on September 11, 2001."
A remembrance service was held in Edinburgh
The Scottish Parliament marked the anniversary with an afternoon debate on Scotland's links with the US.
There was no formal period of silence in parliament, whose sitting did not begin until 1430 BST on Wednesday.
But MSPs and staff were given the opportunity of observing a minute's silence at 1346 BST.
Edinburgh and Glasgow City Councils are flying flags at half-mast at the City Chambers. In Dundee, a minute's silence was observed in City Square.
Aberdeen City Council is flying the Stars and Stripes from the Town House and the city's Lord Provost Margaret Smith has sent a message of support to the people of New York.
Leaders of the main faiths will meet on Thursday to discuss ways of building bridges in the wake of last year's terrorist attacks and their aftermath.
Sister Isabel Smyth of the Scottish Inter-Faith Council, said: "This historic meeting will show that we in Scotland can actually do something about it and work together in that search for peace and understanding."
A personal tribute
The Earl and Countess of Wessex were in Scotland to open a causeway connecting the remote island of Eriskay to the rest of the Western Isles.
The ceremony included a prayer and a minute's silence as a mark of respect for those who died in the attacks.
The Scottish Coalition for Justice Not War said it would be staging a rally in Glasgow's George Square at 1800 BST on Wednesday "to remember the innocent victims of all conflict".
Three people from Scotland died in the terrorist attacks on New York.
47-year-old Gavin Cushny, from the Isle of Lewis, was working as a computer consultant with Cantor-Fitzgerlad on the 104th floor of the north tower
29-year-old Derek Sword, a squash champion originally from Monifieth, Tayside, worked as an investment banker at Keefe Bruyette Woods on the 89th floor of the south tower
Colin McArthur, 52, from Scotland, was vice-president of insurance company Aon Inc.
Scots observing a minutes silence in St George's Square, Glasgow
First Minister, US Consul General and other political leaders
attending the service in St Giles Cathedral
US Consul-General for Scotland Liane Dorsey
She earlier had unveiled a plaque to US Fire Fighters at a Fire Station in Glasgow
Scottish Parliament pays it's tribute
Queen consoles New York's Britons
Mourners remembered the 67 dead Britons
New York's grieving British community has been sent a message of consolation by the Queen to mark the anniversary of the 11 September terror attacks.
She paid tribute to the "very special" people who were lost, and said "right must and will prevail" in the fight against terrorism.
The message was read out by Foreign Secretary Jack Straw at a special service in St Thomas Church in the heart of Manhattan on the eve of the anniversary.
The evensong was held in memory of the 67 British killed a year ago and was attended by families of 34 victims, many in tears as they heard the Queen's condolences.
They were killed for being ordinary, free people - Americans, British and others working here in New York
Rev Andrew C Mead
St Thomas Church
Among the mourners was Susan Rescorla, whose British-born husband Rick died evacuating people from the burning World Trade Centre.
She simply said: "I am sick to the stomach".
The Queen began by referring to the "terrible events" of last 11 September and goes on: "Every person who was lost that day was someone very special: a son, a daughter, a father, mother, husband, wife, loved one or valued friend.
"We remember them today for all they mean to us and for the void they leave in our lives."
'New York spirit'
The Queen also honoured the "courage and determination" of the armed forces and "others who are striving to bring those responsible for this outrage to justice and to prevent similar atrocities in the future".
The Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, blessed a crucifixion memorial which was inscribed with the Queen's words spoken soon after the attack: "Grief is the price we paid for love."
And in a prayer, Dr Carey called on God to "defeat the powers of darkness that disfigure and distort our world".
Charity and courage
A group of 42 British policemen and women kept an honorary guard at the service.
They entered the church carrying a British and an American flag after marching down Fifth Avenue with 300 of their colleagues.
The Queen added: "The dreadful attacks of September 11 may have threatened freedom, innocence and other values we hold dear, but they also inspired grace, charity and courage."
And she paid tribute to the rescue workers and the "extraordinary spirit and resilience" of New Yorkers.
Mourners comforted each other
Personally thanking the city for its support of grieving Britons, she added: "You have again given practical expression to the true, deep and lasting friendship between our two countries.
"My thoughts and prayers are with you all."
The rector of St Thomas Church, the Reverend Andrew C Mead, told the congregation: "They were killed for being ordinary, free people - Americans, British and others working here in New York, decently using and enjoying their freedom."
Michael Oliver, the Lord Mayor of London, read a lesson at the service.
British mourners were also invited to a special ceremony at Ground Zero on Wednesday morning.
See September 11 2001 tribute


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Housing gross sales drop once more in Windsor-Essex
By Letitia Mooney On May 16, 2022
By Adelle Loiselle
For the second consecutive month this year, housing sales in Windsor-Essex dropped, this time by almost 19 per cent.
The Windsor-Essex County Association of Realtors' monthly statistics shows how 586 properties changed hands in April compared to 723 a year ago.
Sales were also down in March by over five per cent.
The dip doesn't seem to have convinced homeowners to hold off on putting their property up for sale. Market activity climbed 12.58 per cent last month and is up over 15 per cent so far this year over 2021.
Meanwhile, the average price jumped again in April, climbing from $574,014 during that month last year to $692,759, an increase of 20.69 per cent.
So far this year, the average housing price has climbed 31.54 per cent from this time in 2021.
New home construction inched upwards in Windsor-Essex last month as ground broke on 195 units. That is a seven per cent increase over April 2021 as construction started on 183.
Construction on single-detached homes didn't change, but it increased by ten per cent on all other units.
Across Ontario, housing starts dipping 23 per cent, but it was unchanged across Canada.
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Professor Henrietta Mensah-Bonsu of Ghana Joins UN Peace Operations Panel
25th Nov 2014 Professor Henrietta Mensah-Bonsu, who is the Director of the Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy in Ghana, has been appointed by The United nation's secretary General, Ban Ki-moon as a member of a fourteen member high level independent panel on United Nations Peace operations. The Panel will work in partnership with the main UN departments concerned, and with member states and the United Nation system. Other members of the panel are from Canada, Brazil, Bangladesh, France, India, Norway, Russia, Australia, with others from Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States and China.
In a statement by the Secretary General in New York, the panel was put together to deeply asses the emerging needs of the future, amidst other duties relating to peace operations, including the changing nature of conflict, evolving mandates, peace building challenges, managerial and administrative arrangements, human rights and protection of civilians, planning, partnerships and other important topics.
The panel is Chaired by Nobel laureate and Journalist, Mr. Jose Ramos-Horta and is made up of other highly regarded professionals in diverse fields
Citing the main reasons for the needed review of the report, the UN Secretary General, said "Today's peace keepers are increasingly called upon to "confront politically complex and challenging conflicts, often in volatile security environments where operations are directly targeted confronted" hence, the need to look again at the 15 year old Brahimi report.
He added, "We must take stock of evolving expectations and consider how the Organization can most effectively advance peace, assist countries caught in conflict and ensure that our peacekeeping operations and special political missions remain strong and effective in a changing global context". Still on the matter, Ban stressed that the world was changing and UN peace operations must change with it if they were to remain an indispensable and effective tool in promoting international peace and security.
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As a commander I used to remind my Airmen they were part of the mightiest military force on the planet: the US Air Force. They could be justly proud of their contribution to keeping America safe, and for what they contribute to the joint team. Similarly, leaders should instill pride in their teams for the work they're doing, whether that's in business or the public sector. Leaders must remind employees they're work is important: because it's noble and selfless, because it's providing an important service, or because it's putting food on the table–whatever the reason–the boss must give people a reason to come to work beyond "I said so." A sense of mission goes a long way to making the team cohesive and productive.
But organizational pride only goes so far, and leaders must help individuals cultivate their own sense of self-worth. Everyone has something in their past or upbringing to be proud of; help them see it. It could be their sense of belonging to their family, or accomplishments in sports or business, or as an expert in their field; whatever the reason, remind them to be proud of who they are. The more people see themselves as valuable, and the more they are treated as valuable, the stronger the team. A chain is only as strong as the weakest link, so a chain made of very strong links is a tough one!
There is an idea popular in 21st century society that "freedom" means "doing whatever I please." That's not freedom, it's "license." Authentic freedom is being able to choose those things that make you and those around you better, that improve your community as well as yourself. It doesn't mean there are no limits, it does mean leaders place limits on our teams and ourselves to keep them/us healthy and productive.
The metaphor I use often to describe this idea is how gravity works. Because of the "Law of Gravity" I am free to move about the Earth confident I understand the "rules" and without flying off into space. I might "escape" Earth's gravity to get into orbit, but that smooth arc I travel through space is because of gravity. I can even use gravity to "slingshot" my spacecraft to faster speeds around the solar system! However, without gravity I would be unable to move or travel: I'd simply be flung off the Earth and into space moving in a straight line until I ran into something else. I'm free because I'm "bound" by gravity!
So it is in the personal realm. If I am surrendering my energy to something that prevents me from achieving my goals, or something that makes me unhealthy physically or emotionally, then I'm not free–even if I am freely choosing the thing that is bad for me. Leaders have to create an environment where choosing the good is encouraged and even celebrated. Being free personally, and maintaining an environment where others can also be free, is a prerequisite to have a healthy and productive team.
Modern society has distanced itself from the Classical Ideal of virtue, but the ancient Classical Cardinal Virtues are as important today as they ever were. I maintain keeping to the virtues of: Prudence (using good judgement), Justice (being fair), Restraint (not overdoing it), and Fortitude (strength to endure trials gracefully) is particularly important for leaders to both model and cultivate.
When the honesty and virtue of their co-workers are a given, people's minds and hearts are free to think bigger thoughts. Put another way, when each person expects the leader and their teammates to treat each other honorably they can commit more fully to the team's mission. Moreover, and more to the point, striving to live a virtuous life is both good for us as leaders and good for us as people. When people strive for what's good for them, they are then healthy in mind and spirit and able to contribute more fruitfully to whatever their organization has for them to do, to their community, and to their family.
Of the two types of courage, physical and moral courage, moral courage is usually in the shortest supply. Risk taking comes with the leadership territory. Decisions leaders make can have far reaching effects on the organization and the people in it, so there's often immense pressure on leaders to get it right. Unfortunately, the pressure to get to the right answer leads some to make no decisions. In organizations with "paralysis by analysis," leaders who have the moral courage to take risks and make decisions can take a struggling organization and make them a high achieving one.
Courage to make decisions is only part of the equation, however. As leaders, we have to do our make the right decisions, especially in situations where ethics are involved. Do we do the inspection or merely sign off on the form? Are we truthful with clients and teammates about our limitations or do we say anything to get the sale? In the end, half-truths and half-done tasks harm us more than they harm others. Leaders have to set the example and do what's right; not merely because "everyone is looking", but to be sure we don't mortgage our own soul to get a sale. Having moral courage is good for everyone, but it's also good for each of us.
So those are the "Five Be's"…Proud, Free, Virtuous, Balanced, Courageous. It's a positive vision of the sort of person I want to model, and the sort of people I want around me. Who do you want to be?
2. What opportunities do you have to lead with courage?
Mickey….this is a great piece. I like your ideas and concur with your thoughts…thanks for putting this on the line.


these are my choice products. These are very little bowls. For the bowls I used a new technique and threw off the hump. They aren't the most even or centered but they are cute and small. For the glaze I rakooed them and it turned out well. The mood I get from these is kind of dark.


Thai Express franchise is a recognized leader in restaurants in Canada, and when we decided to introduce the brand to the U.S. we knew we had a potential giant on our hands. That's because Thai Express is a multi-unit opportunity for experienced restaurateurs and franchise operators.
Backed by Kahala BrandsTM in the U.S. and parent company MTY GroupTM in Canada, Thai Express franchise owners have the resources they need to deliver the products customers love at a price that is attractive to almost any diner. Thai Express owners provide customers with delicious, authentic Thai cuisine – a huge potential market of hungry guests that's virtually unserved, as Vice President of Franchise Development Ray Zandi explains.
Thai Express is one of the world's largest Thai food franchise opportunities. Founded in 2004, Thai Express took Canada by storm, growing to more than 290 locations in the past decade. In response to a powerful demand for an authentic, fast and affordable Thai experience, the brand exploded in popularity in Canada to become one of the most recognizable restaurants in the nation. Bolstered by the support and leadership of franchise giants MTY Group and Kahala Brands, Thai Express is entering the United States market — where the demand for Thai food has been rising for years. Now is a unique time for multi-unit operators to join Thai Express. Here's why.
For almost 15 years, MTY Group has enhanced the business model, systems and tools necessary to enable franchise owners to grow their Thai Express franchise operations. As new operators enter the U.S. market, this presents a unique opportunity to be first-to-market with a mature franchise concept that has a market-tested operational model.
So far, more than 40 locations are on the books for Thai Express – in our first year of U.S. operations. Entrepreneurs are seeing the benefits of being first-to-market with Thai Express, and they understand how quickly the brand can grow in their areas.
Opening a Thai Express isn't like joining a franchise startup. We have the highly visible brand with the mature look and feel of an established company. That's because Thai Express is an established company with a long track record of growth in Canada – experience Kahala Brands puts to work for U.S. franchise owners.
Each Thai Express location benefits from years of design experience that incorporates the ancient traditions of Feng Shui. The menu features more than 300 unique flavor combinations that answer the demand for authentic Thai cuisine. And because customers become regulars quickly, they know they can turn to Thai Express to answer that hunger at an affordable value.
The Thai Express franchise stands out in the crowded QSR market. Whether you're looking at opening your first major area development or expanding your existing operations with a new brand, Thai Express is a great fit.
Be the first to market with Thai Express in your community, and experience firsthand the value of the Thai Express customer relationship. Our brand's loyal clientele, a tested product and brand a proven system – all part of what makes Thai Express a great opportunity.
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Q: ClassCastException starting the ReportEngine with Birt I am trying to generate some pdfReports using BIRT (not my technological choice, I would have used JasperReports). Here is my code:
protected IReportEngine getEngine() {
    if (engine == null) {
        try {

            config = new EngineConfig();
            config.setEngineHome(getReportEngineHome());

            Platform.startup(config);
            IReportEngineFactory factory = (IReportEngineFactory) Platform.createFactoryObject(IReportEngineFactory.EXTENSION_REPORT_ENGINE_FACTORY);
            engine = factory.createReportEngine(config);

        } catch (Exception ex) {
            log.error("Can't create report engine " + ex); //$NON-NLS-1$
        }
    }

    return engine;
}

I took this code from the BIRT book, so I am expecting it to be working, but when the casting to the (IReportEngineFactory) occurs, I get a classCastException :
Can't create report engine java.lang.ClassCastException: org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.impl.ReportEngineFactory cannot be cast to org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.IReportEngineFactory ERROR [[FrontController]] Servlet.service() for servlet FrontController threw exception

I don't even understand why the ReportEngineFactory.java class is not even in the BIRT distribution nor in any other distribution I was able to find lurking on the web!


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Q: Tomcat and updated flex services-config.xml I need to update the flex/services-config.xml that lists the amf channels in Tomcat without restarting Tomcat or using the Manager.
Is this possible ? Is there some command I can use to reload the app without restarting Tomcat.
I am using
Tomcat 6
Thanks
Dave

A: In services-config.xml, you can set an automatic redeploy interval that will look for configuration changes:
<system>
    <redeploy>
        <enabled>true</enabled>
        <!-- Change to fit your requirements -->
        <watch-interval>20</watch-interval>
        <watch-file>{context.root}/WEB-INF/flex/services-config.xml</watch-file>
        <watch-file>{context.root}/WEB-INF/flex/proxy-config.xml</watch-file>
        <watch-file>{context.root}/WEB-INF/flex/remoting-config.xml</watch-file>
        <watch-file>{context.root}/WEB-INF/flex/messaging-config.xml</watch-file>
        <watch-file>{context.root}/WEB-INF/flex/data-management-config.xml</watch-file>
        <touch-file>{context.root}/WEB-INF/web.xml</touch-file>
    </redeploy>
</system>

You will have to manually redeploy at least once for this to take effect, though


What are your reasons for wanting to enlist with the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment? I want to expand upon and improve my tactical, technical, and leadership skills.
Is there a good time for me to attend the interview today? I'm currently on eastern time and anytime this afternoon or evening will work for me!
This evening should work. Just poke or message an NCO if no one comes up immediately.