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Santa makes flying visit to Airservices Australia ahead of Operation Present Drop this Christmas
Check out all the video action of Santa's visit to Airservices here.
With Christmas fast approaching, Santa made a special, top-secret trip to Airservices Australia this week to confirm his flight path and ensure all is in order for Operation Present Drop on Christmas Eve.
As Australia's official Santa flight management team, Airservices has allocated his call sign – 'Sleigh Rider One' – and carefully designed Santa's flight path across the country, so his sleigh can get to where he needs to, safely and efficiently.
Airservices has also issued a special flight operations notice, known as a NOTAM, to all pilots, to ensure Santa has a clear path through Australian airspace to deliver presents across the nation on Christmas Eve.
Millions of children on Santa's nice list will be attempting to sleep with one eye open on Christmas eve, as the Airservices team work tirelessly to ensure Santa enjoys a safe flight and makes his deliveries on time.
Santa will visit the Pacific Islands and New Zealand, where he then crosses into Australian airspace around Norfolk Island to zig zag his way up and down the country. He will exit Australian airspace by sunrise just over the Cocos Islands.
This is all the information Airservices can provide about Santa's route as full details are classified Top Secret Santa (TSS).
Airservices Australia CEO Jason Harfield said Santa's complex flight path sees him make frequent tight turns and conduct multiple low-level descents.
"Our air traffic controllers will be guiding Santa safely through Australian airspace, using our surveillance technology to track him twice every second to ensure we keep Santa and his reindeer safe, on-time and on-track to deliver presents," Mr Harfield said.
"He's cleared to fly below 500ft so he can skim the rooftops and deliver his presents quickly and quietly – after all, his magical sleigh isn't your average aircraft.
"We also make best use of tail winds to help Santa fly faster, with less effort and our continuous descent operations help make present arrivals as quiet as possible.
"Our air traffic controllers, engineers, technicians and aviation rescue fire fighters will all be working hard throughout Christmas – just as they do all year long – to ensure that Santa's sleigh and all other flights are guided safely through our airspace."
Visit Santa's dedicated Airservices Facebook page to watch his progress on Christmas Eve – one of the busiest nights of the year in Australian airspace.
About Airservices
Airservices Australia is a government-owned organisation responsible for the safe and efficient management of 11 per cent of the world's airspace and the provision of aviation rescue fire fighting services at Australia's busiest airports. We connect people with their world safely – linking family and friends, generating economic activity, creating jobs and facilitating trade and tourism.
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<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />COLUMBUS, Ohio The OhioState football coaching staff has selected its weekly award winners for play in the 42-7 win over Michigan, the Buckeyes' fifth straight victory over the Wolverines.
Safety Kurt Coleman was the Buckeyes' defensive player of the week; running back Chris "Beanie" Wells picked up offensive player of the week honors. Shaun Lane was the player of the week on the special units.
Scout team champions were: Offense: Zach Slagle; Defense: Garrett Goebel; Special Units: K.C. Christian. The "Attack Force" award went to lineman Cameron Heyward. The Jim Parker offensive lineman of the week was Steve Rehring. The Jack Tatum big hit went to Austin Spitler.
No. 10 Ohio State (10-2) awaits its postseason bowl assignment after winning its fourth consecutive Big Ten title.


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HomeNewsBlack Democrats, The GOP is Still Very Much Donald Trump's Party.
Black Democrats, The GOP is Still Very Much Donald Trump's Party.
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(ThyBlackMan.com) "Liz, you're fired," Trump roared not to hundreds but thousands who attended a rally recently in Casper, Wyoming. He was lambasting GOP congresswoman Liz Cheney, one of his most vociferous GOP critics. She almost certainly was doomed to lose her seat to a Trump-backed challenger in the GOP primary. The Wyoming Trump rally was part devotional, part revival, and part Trump adulation. The rash of probes, FBI raids, subpoenas, and congressional hearings into his role in inciting the January 6 Capitol insurrection meant absolutely nothing to the Trump throngs.
The Wyoming Trump lovefest and the certain defeat of Cheney were just one more sign that Trump's grip on the GOP hasn't loosened one bit. In the rash of primaries in several states the first week of August, Trump endorsed candidates who either won their primary jousts or were competitive. What was even scarier the Trump-backed candidates were a motley bunch of near-loon white nationalists, Biden election deniers, and conspiracy theorists. They were anything but nut case outliers. They are very much an intimate part of the political soul of the GOP going forward.
Many are still mystified about one of the greatest ironies of American politics. That is, how Donald Trump, a guy that almost no one in the GOP political establishment, in the beginning, liked, despite everything dirty about him still owns and runs that establishment lock, stock, and barrel. Start with the numbers. The 74 million votes he got in his 2020 presidential loss is the greatest number of votes a losing presidential candidate has gotten in a free election anywhere, ever. In fact, it's a greater number than any American presidential winner has ever gotten. But it's how Trump got those staggering numbers that still tell much about why GOP politicians of all stripes remain scared stiff of Trump.
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In part, it's rage and rebellion against the perceived wheel and dealing corporate, beltway Democrats and Republicans. In another, it's a passionate belief that Trump talks the talk and fights the fight for less educated blue and rural collar workers, a healthy segment of middle-class suburbia, and a not inconsiderable number of Blacks and Hispanics. In even bigger part, it's his deep tap of the racist, anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim, nativist, know nothing fear and loathing that is a foundational part of American life.
These remain powerful, undeniable forces that propel American politics. So powerful, that in spite of the irrefutable proof that the 2020 presidential vote and vote process was accurate and untainted, more than half of Republicans two years after the election still doggedly claim the election was stolen from Trump. They are so enraged that they spin every kind of ridiculous conspiracy theory about the alleged theft and make clear they'll never acknowledge the legitimacy of the Biden presidency.
Donald Trump's vote numbers and the frenzy of his backers are the life support of the GOP. Without them, the GOP is in graver danger of losing one or more of the nearly two dozen Senate seats that it must defend in the 2022 mid-term elections. Any GOP falling off the cliff here means the GOP can kiss any chance it has to take back the Senate goodbye. This would blow to smithereens McConnell's long game of hectoring, harassing, and obstructing any and every major initiative of Biden and the Democrats in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election. He must have the Senate firewall for that.
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Much is made that America will no longer be an old white guy-run country in 2050, that white male voters have steadily dropped in national elections, and that Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, women, and young persons will be the new majority voters. But that's still way off, maybe a long way off. White males still have outsized voter clout in the crucial Heartland states and the South.
Trump knows that and talks to them in the giant circus-like exhibitions he holds that pass for campaign rallies on their vote turf. He openly brags at his rallies that he'll continue to do exactly what got him elected in 2016. That is to continue to play hard on his base's latent racist, anti-immigrant, anti-woman, pseudo- patriotic sentiment. The added element in light of the probes, raids on his compound, and the January 6 congressional investigation are to play even harder on the conspiracy to get him theory.
The blunt reality is that Donald Trump was always more than the titular head of the GOP. He was the point man for GOP policy and issues and, in a perverse way, the spur to get action on them. Donald Trump showed that he could give the GOP a big boost in its relentless drive to damp down the Democratic voter turnout by rigging, playing dirty, and gerrymandering. The millions that swear by him still is frightening proof that the GOP is still very much Donald Trump's party.
Written By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
One can find more info about Mr. Hutchinson over at the following site; TheHutchinson Report.
Also feel free to connect with him through twitter; http://twitter.com/earlhutchins
He is also an associate editor of New America Media. His forthcoming book is From King to Obama: Witness to a Turbulent History (Middle Passage Press).
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We recently stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn Pittsburgh Airport South Robinson Mall before an early morning flight, and it proved to be a clean, modern, comfortable stay just seven miles from the airport.
Although this one is a bit further out than other airport hotels, there are a few reasons you may want to consider this one over the alternatives.
This Pittsburgh hotel is an affordable option near the airport with free parking and modern amenities. The rooms have microwaves, fridges, and Keurigs, which are a step up from your standard single serving hotel coffeemakers. There's also a couch, desk, flat-screen TV, Serta bed, and a bright bathroom with Neutrogena toiletries.
The gym is pretty standard with treadmills and ellipticals with individual TV screens, and the indoor pool is quite nice, too.
The hotel offers a standard Hilton Garden Inn breakfast that's free for Hilton Honors Members with Gold or Diamond status.
One thing I appreciate about Hilton breakfasts is that they include made to order omelets (or eggs), which are always hardy and filling. The hotel also has a bar and a very basic restaurant that provides room service.
Another thing that I appreciated about the hotel is that although it's right by I-376, the rooms are facing away from the highway so that there's little to no highway noise.
Although the hotel doesn't have an airport shuttle, the 28X bus (which starts running around 4 am every morning) picks up at the IKEA which is about a 5 minute walk from the hotel. The hotel is only about 7 miles from the Pittsburgh airport so no matter how you choose to get there, it's pretty convenient.
The location is also good if you need to any sort of shopping- pretty much any big box store you could need is just around the corner, along with The Mall at Robinson.
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Investment banks now offer a slew of killer perks, like "personal time" and "weekends"
Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach
New technology is upending everything in finance, from saving to trading to making payments.
By Jenny Anderson
Senior reporter, Editor of How to be Human
Published June 7, 2016 Last updated on June 12, 2016 This article is more than 2 years old.
There has been a lot of anxiety in the banking world about how to attract millennials (paywall). As a group, the youngest members of the workforce apparently value balance in their lives and meaning in their work, which investment banks traditionally haven't been great at offering.
The panic may be premature. At Goldman Sachs, job applications from undergrads are up nearly 50% from 2012, while those holding MBAs are up 15%. In total, more than a quarter of a million students and graduates around the world applied to work at the investment bank this summer, a 40% rise on 2012, according to the Financial Times (paywall). Other banks reported similar rises in job applications.
The banks would say that the increase in interest is down to the amazing perks they have recently started to offer employees. Behold:
UBS recently told its investment bankers that they can take two hours of "personal time" per week (provided that co-workers agree to cover for them).
Morgan Stanley offers a month-long sabbatical (paywall) for junior bankers who make it to vice-president level, a process that usually takes five years.
Credit Suisse told employees they should take off Friday night (after 7pm) and Saturday morning (before noon), before reporting back for duty (provided that there isn't a big deal in the works).
JP Morgan encouraged employees to take weekends off (yes, both days) unless they are working on a deal. Also, khakis and polo shirts are A-OK.
Goldman Sachs is speeding up promotions and cutting out grunt work for junior bankers. Get this: "We're trying to evolve from a culture where more information that's generic is better, to less information that actually is value-added and relevant."
Who could possibly resist such lavish benefits?
More seriously, there's a simple explanation for the surge in demand for what some consider soul-crushing jobs void of work-life balance or deeper spiritual meaning: money. Between the ages of 21 and 25, i-bankers in London earn up to £80,000 ($116,000); their American counterparts take home similar amounts for entry-level posts.
In a survey of millennials (pdf) by Manpower, a recruitment firm, the biggest share of respondents said that money was a top priority when seeking a job, surpassing time off, flexibility, co-workers, and the like.
Although big checks can attract talent, keeping workers happy is another matter. That's why after a few well-paid years, many banking analysts and associates jump ship to hedge funds, private equity firms, or tech startups. Jeanne Branthover, the former head of the global financial-services practice at Boyden, an executive-search firm, told the Wall Street Journal (paywall):
This generation is different. They want and are serious about having a work-life balance. Most are saying 'I know this looks good on a résumé, so I'll do this for two years. But I'm using this to go somewhere else.'
Maybe a whopping total of two hours of free time per week is what will keep them around.


We've completed the majority of our lane striping work on I-94 between St. Paul and Maplewood, and just in time for some anticipated wintery weather later this week.
However, this project's not done yet! We're still working in the area through mid-November, and there are some necessary traffic impacts that will coincide with this work.
Hudson Pl. to McKnight Rd is closed to allow construction crews to complete finishing touches. The detour for neighborhood traffic is Hudson Pl. to Crestview Dr. to Brookview Dr. to Century Ave.
Northbound Hwy 61 to Etna St. will be closed to allow crews to repave the ramp. Please use alternate routes during this time.
These closures are necessary to allow crews to remove the temporary merge area and install curb and gutter at the bottom of each entrance ramp.
SB Hwy 61/Etna St. to EB I-94 and NB Hwy 61 to EB I-94 are closed. Crews are installing curb and gutter and repaving the entrance ramp.
Burns Ave./Hudson Pl. (McKnight ramp) to EB I-94 is closed. Crews are constructing the nearby stormwater drainage pond.
The right lane on northbound Hwy 120/Century Ave. from Brookview Dr. to 3M/Innovation Rd. has temporarily re-opened. However, sometime early next week, crews will need to again close the right lane to pave the multi-use trail and to install a railing in the area under the I-94 overpass. This is anticipated to be a one-day closure.
Also, expect brief left lane closures on Hwy 120/Century Ave. between Brookview Dr. and 3M/Innovation Rd. on Mon, Oct. 30 and Tues, Oct. 31 to allow crews to reconstruct the medians both north and south of the interstate.
Note: Motorists will have at least one travel lane in both directions on Hwy 120/Century Ave. at all times during this work.
We will provide an update as more information and approximate time frames become available.
Thank you for your continued patience during construction.
Crossing White Bear Ave SAFELY!!
Next Tuesday, October 3 from 2-3p, District 1 folks are invited to join the SP Police Department and County officials as we demonstrate how the new HAWK (high-intensity activated crosswalk) system will work to make crossing White Bear Avenue safer for pedestrians and bikers.
The new signal is at Margaret Street and White Bear Avenue and we will be holding a "STOP FOR ME" event, educating drivers about the crosswalk rule and making sure that bikes and pedestrians use the crossing correctly and safely.
Join us as we walk back and forth across the street at this FIRST IN THE COUNTY type of crossing!!
Getting more of us out walking and biking increases our own health, makes our neighborhoods safer, and gives us a chance to say "Hi!"
District 1 is happy to have worked with County Commissioner McDonough and the City of Saint Paul, to make this transportation FIRST happen in our neighborhood!
Now that the I-94 project is getting close to being done, and White Bear Avenue is open again, the City is getting ready to do a mill and overlay on 3rd Street between White Bear and Ruth Streets. This is a resurfacing project... grinding down the old pavement and putting a new surface on it - not a full reconstruction.
This is also a project that was supposed to happen earlier this year but has been delayed while the legal issue of deciding how the public pays for street work in Saint Paul was decided. The original proposal was resurfacing all the way to McKnight... and that will happen eventually. We just don't know when - especially since the City didn't tell us THIS portion was about to happen either.
Anyway, starting September 18, they will be working on 3rd and the improvement will be much appreciated by anyone who ever uses this street. This follows the work the City did last year on the water mains along this stretch of road, as well as the full reconstruction they did between White Bear and Johnson Parkway last year.
Upcoming traffic impacts detailsBe aware of the following upcoming traffic impacts on I-94 between St. Paul and Maplewood.
Eastbound I-94 to Ruth St.
Then, on Mon, Sept. 18 the ramp from Etna St. to southbound Hwy 61 is anticipated to reopen to traffic, weather and schedule permitting.
Reminder: The ramp from Mounds Blvd to eastbound I-94 is now open to traffic.
Northbound Hwy 61 to eastbound I-94 will close. The detour is northbound Hwy 61 to westbound I-94 to Mounds Blvd to eastbound I-94.
Eastbound I-94 to White Bear Ave. will close. The detour is eastbound I-94 to Ruth St. to Suburban Ave. to White Bear Ave.
Burns Ave. and Hudson Pl. (McKnight ramp) to eastbound I-94 will close. The detour is McKnight Rd. to Burns Ave. to Ruth St. to Old Hudson Rd. to White Bear Ave. to eastbound I-94.
Why are these ramps closing?
The contractor is repaving the outside eastbound I-94 lanes starting from the west end of the project (Mounds Blvd.) and progressing eastward. It's now time to complete the permanent transition from the newly-paved ramps to the newly-paved eastbound I-94 travel lanes. To do so, the contractor needs to temporarily close these ramps.
Two Transportation Events in September!
We are pleased to announce that there are two exciting opportunities to spread the word about non-motorized transportation - that's biking and walking to us regular folk!!
On Wednesday, September 13 from 4-5p we will be joining with the Saint Paul Police Department in a STOP FOR ME event to promote pedestrian safety. Volunteers will be crossing McKnight Road at Villages on McKnight to demonstrate the cross-walk laws in our state. Police officers will be ticketing drivers who do not yield to pedestrians, as a way to raise awareness that a pedestrian has the right-of-way at ANY marked or unmarked crosswalk (intersection). Too many pedestrian's are being hurt or killed simply trying to cross our streets. So join us for this important event.
The on Wednesday, September 27 from 5:30 -7:30p, there will be another SLOW ROLL across the East Side. This event will be an opportunity for bike riders of all ages and abilities, all backgrounds and experiences to tour a portion of the East Side. We will begin at the East Side Freedom Library (1105 Greenbrier) and wind our way down to Phalen Blvd and back. It is about a 5.5 mile ride and we go as slow as the slowest rider with help from marshals who stop traffic at intersections and keep track of how everyone is doing. The ride culminates with a free meal brought to you by a local business. This event is a partnership between Cycles for Change, Smart Trips, the Freedom Library and East Side district councils, including District 1.
Hope you can join us for one or both of these events.
EB I-94 to Ruth St.
Detour: SB McKnight Rd. to Burns Ave. to Ruth St.
EB I-94 to Hwy 120/Century Ave.
Detour: EB I-94 to NB I-694 to WB I-94 to Century Ave.
I-94 east metro ramp closures/openings rescheduled for early morning Thu, Aug. 17Multiple eastbound I-94 ramps are now scheduled to reopen in the early morning of Thu, Aug. 17 between 12:01 a.m. and 5 a.m. weather permitting. At the same time, other eastbound I-94 ramps will temporarily close until sometime in September for repaving.
If there's a rain delay, the construction team will complete the traffic switch the following morning, Fri, Aug. 18 between 12:01 a.m. and 5 a.m.
EB I-94 to White Bear Ave.
EB I-94 to NB McKnight Rd.
EB I-94 to SB McKnight Rd.
Look for signs directing you to eastbound I-94.
Closure durations and time frames are all approximate and weather dependent.
Do you have construction work fatigue?Most of us have been travelling through construction zones to get to our destinations since early spring. Those orange zones may now seem like they're a normal part of the landscape, but they should be a reminder to slow down and pay attention.
Please drive safely through all construction zones and detour routes, and watch for bicyclists and pedestrians in residential and recreational areas.
The re-opening of the northbound Hwy 61 to eastbound I-94 ramp scheduled for Tues, Aug. 8 at 5 a.m. has been delayed until next Mon, Aug. 14. We are not ready to reopen this ramp, therefore, we will also delay the closure of the Mounds Blvd. to eastbound I-94 ramp until Mon, Aug. 14.
We apologize for any inconveniences these delays may cause.
Beginning 9 p.m. tonight through 5 a.m. tomorrow morning (Tue, Aug. 8) the right lane (local access lane) and all entrance/exit ramps on eastbound I-94 between Mounds Blvd. and Hwy 120/Century Ave. will close to allow construction crews to move some eastbound traffic to the newly-paved eastbound lanes closest to the permanent center median.
This approach is safer for both drivers and our crews and accelerates the completion of the traffic switch.
Visit the project website for all current and upcoming traffic impacts.
Construction crews need a little more time to complete their work and make these ramps safe for public use.
We understand that a lot of people move through our project area, and that delaying the reopening of these ramps could be an inconvenience. Thank you for your patience.
Traffic change detailsWe've reached a huge project milestone...beginning Friday night, June 23, the contractor will begin switching all westbound I-94 traffic to the newly-paved westbound lanes. This is the first in a series of traffic changes that will occur between Fri, June 23and the following Friday, June 30. They're needed to set up the traffic pattern that'll allow construction crews to begin resurfacing all eastbound I-94 travel lanes between St. Paul and Maplewood in early July.
Starting at 9 a.m. on Thu, June 22, the right lane on northbound Hwy 120/Century Ave. will be closed from just south of I-94 to 3M/Innovation Rd. for approximately three weeks. This closure is needed to provide enough work space for crews to construct the trail on the east side of the road.
The right lane (local access lane) and all ramps on westbound I-94 between Hwy 120/Century Ave. and Mounds Blvd. will be closed through 5 a.m. Sat, June 24. During this time, all westbound I-94 traffic will be routed to the far left lane (thru access lane). Once these closures are lifted, most ramps will reopen and motorists will have three travel lanes on westbound I-94.
The following westbound I-94 entrance/exit ramps will be closed through August 2017, unless otherwise noted. These closures are necessary to maintain a safe traffic flow on I-94 during construction.
White Bear Ave. to westbound I-94. This closure will be in place through fall 2017.
Beginning Sat, June 24Crews will be relocating the moveable barrier from eastbound I-94 to westbound I-94 as part of preparing for the next construction stage. From Saturday morning, June 24, through Thursday evening, June 29, there will be three eastbound travel lanes and three westbound travel lanes on I-94.
The right lane (local access lane) and all ramps on eastbound I-94 between Mounds Blvd. and Hwy 120/Century Ave. will be closed beginning at 9 p.m. Thu, June 29 through 5 a.m. the following morning, Fri, June 30. During this time, eastbound I-94 between St. Paul and Maplewood will be reduced to a single lane of traffic. After these closures are lifted, most ramps will reopen and eastbound I-94 will be set up in the traffic pattern that will be in place through August 2017.
Be prepared to choose a laneStarting on Friday morning, June 30, motorists traveling on eastbound I-94 should be prepared to choose a lane.
Drivers exiting within the 5-mile project area between Mounds Blvd. and Hwy 120/Century Ave. should stay in the right lane and follow the "local access, stay right" signs.
Drivers traveling beyond Hwy 120/Century Ave. should remain in the left lanes and follow the "through traffic, stay left" signs.
Watch this brief video before you drive.
Eastbound I-94 between Mounds Blvd in St. Paul and Hwy 120/Century Ave. in Maplewood will be reduced to two lanes of traffic from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thu, March 9. Then, eastbound I-94 in this same area will be reduced to one lane of traffic from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. that same evening. These closures are needed for survey work in advance of this year's construction project. Thank you in advance for your patience.
Three additional ramp closures on westbound I-94 between St. Paul and Maplewood are anticipated to begin at 7 p.m. on Fri, Sept. 23. They will be in place until late-fall.
Reminder: the ramp from McKnight Rd to westbound I-94 will also be closing for the same time frame. Follow the detour of Hudson Rd to Ruth St. to westbound I-94.
Closure duration and time frames are all approximate and weather dependent. Please follow the posted detours.
These ramp closures are necessary for road repaving.
During construction, expect delays and if possible, use another route to travel through the area. Be ready! Know your route before you drive.
Motorists will encounter single lane traffic on westbound Interstate 94 starting on Sept. 22.
Beginning at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22, westbound I-94 between Mounds Boulevard and Century Avenue will be reduced to one lane. Lanes will re-open by 5 a.m. Friday, Sept. 23.
Then, at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 23, westbound I-94 will again be reduced to a single lane between Mounds Boulevard and Century Avenue. This time, the lanes will remain closed over the weekend and re-open by 5 a.m. Monday, Sept. 26.
This work will enable crews to provide motorists with three lanes in both directions through the winter.
In addition, beginning at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 23, crews will be closing the ramp from McKnight Road to westbound I-94 for repaving. Motorists will be directed to follow the posted detour of Hudson Road, Ruth Street, and westbound I-94. The ramp is expected to reopen in late fall.
For real-time travel information anywhere in Minnesota visit www.511mn.org.
Heads up! Eastbound I-94 will be reduced to one lane between Mounds Blvd. and Century Ave. from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on both Saturday, Sept. 10, and Sunday, Sept. 11.
Visit www.511mn.org for real-time travel information anywhere in Minnesota.


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Дзерожинский — фамилия.

 Дзерожинский, Антон Фёдорович (3 января 1867 — не ранее 1939) — российский военный деятель, генерал-лейтенант (1919). Участник белого движения.
 Дзерожинский, Борис Владимирович (1864—1915) — генерал-майор, герой Первой мировой войны.

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Življenje in delo

Mansur se je rodil v vladarski družini, ki je vladala na tistem območju in je bil princ. Napisal je veliko del. Najslavnejši je Šahovski Almagest (al-madžisti aš-šahi). Lahko rečemo, da je v trigonometrijo uvedel trikotnik. Veliko rezultatov je razvil na podlagi Ptolemajevega dela.

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Ohranil je Menelajeva dela in ponovno predelal veliko grških izrekov.

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When ice forms, the river cross-section is constricted and produces a higher river stage for any given amount of discharge that exists during ice-free periods. This condition is known as backwater. Although accurate themselves, the river stages can no longer be used to accurately and directly compute discharge from the rating curve (which relates stage to discharge) because the amount of backwater varies with time, temperature, and other factors. More complex procedures that require the use of meteorological and hydrological data from other stations in the area must be used to determine discharge at the affected stations. Unfortunately, these more complex procedures cannot yet be applied in real time.
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Q: Complex ActiveRecord Query I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around how to build this query.  I'm not sure if I should try to create a bunch of scopes and try to chain them.  Or do I put it into a class method?  Or would I do a combo of both?  If anyone could give me a short example it would keep me from jumping out the window, I've been working on this for over a week now.
class CensusDetail < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to  :apartment
  belongs_to  :resident
end

class Apartment < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :apartment_type
  has_many  :census_details
  has_many  :residents, :through => :census_details
end

class ApartmentType < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :apartments
end

class Resident < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :census_details
  has_many :apartments, :through => :census_details
end

apartment.rent_ready       = boolean value if apartment is ready
apartment_type.occupany    = the number of allowed occupants in an apartment
census_detail.status       = either "past", "present", or "new"
census_detail.moveout_date = date time resident is scheduled to move out

I need to build a query that does the following:
- if the apartment is rent ready then do the following:
- pull a list from census_details of all residents set as "current" for each apartment
  -if the # of residents is less than the value of apartment_type.occupancy for this
    apartment, then list it as available
  -if the # of residents is = to the value of apartment_type.occupancy then
    -does any resident have a scheduled move out date
      -if not, do not list the apartment
      -if yes, then list apartment

Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.

A: I haven't cleaned it up yet, but this is working for me, so I wanted to share.
apartment_type.rb
class ApartmentType < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many  :apartments, :dependent => :nullify
end

census_detail.rb
class CensusDetail < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to  :resident_contacts
  belongs_to  :apartments
  scope :get_current_residents,  ->(id) { where("status = ? and apartment_id = ?", "current", id) }
end

apartment.rb where most of the work is happening
class Apartment < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :apartment_type
  has_many  :census_details
  has_many  :residents, :through => :census_details
  scope :rent_ready,      ->  { where(:enabled => true) }

  def self.available
    available_apartments = []
    rent_ready_apartments = self.rent_ready.all

    rent_ready_apartments.each do |apt|
      tmp = ApartmentType.where('id = ?', apt.apartment_type_id).pluck(:occupancy)
      occupancy = tmp[0]
      current_residents = CensusDetail.get_current_residents(apt.id)
      resident_count = current_residents.count

      if resident_count < occupancy
        available_apartments << apt
      end

      if resident_count = occupancy
        scheduled = false
        current_residents.each do |res|
          if res.moveout_date
            scheduled = true
          end
        end
        if scheduled == true
          available_apartments << apt
        end
      end
    end
    available_apartments
  end
end

The code is a bit ugly but its so far passing my tests.  I would have edited my original question instead of answering in case someone has a better way of doing this but each time I do my question gets voted down.  If anyone knows a better way please let me know because I'm at a point in the app where there are about 50 tables and now it's all getting tied together with complex queries.

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Q: Custom Error Message in Laravel 5.6.7 and Vue.js in particular Component I am using Laravel 5.6.7 and vue.js
Validation Message
When the validation works in vue.js, it says "The User Name field is required.". Can it be "Please enter user name"? Can I use two custom error messages for same field? Example

*

*Required: Please enter username.

*Alpha: Please enter alpha chars only.

I am using vee-validate Package for Form Validation
Below is the code in blade

            <create-user></create-user>

Code in vue.js Component.
<template>
    <form role="form" class="row">
        <input name="User Name" v-validate data-vv-rules="required|alpha" type="text"
             v-model="createForm.UserName">

{{ errors.first('User Name') }}

        <button type="button" @click="validateBeforeSubmit()" class="btn btn-primary">
            Create
        </button>
    </form>
</template>

A: To achieve what you want you can use Field Specific Custom Messages.
Not much to it, you just create a customMessages dictionary and add it to your validator using .localize().
So, nothing in your template changes, but in your

Runnable Demo:

Vue.use(VeeValidate);

const customMessages = {
  custom: {
    'User Name': {
      required: 'Required: Please enter username',
      alpha: 'Alpha: Please enter alpha chars only.'
    }
  }
};

Vue.component('create-user', {
  template: '#create-user-template',
  data() {
    return {
      createForm: {
        UserName: ''
      }
    };
  },
  created() {
    // change 'en' to your locale
    this.$validator.localize('en', customMessages);
  },
  methods: {
    validateBeforeSubmit() {
      this.$validator.validateAll();
    }
  }
});

new Vue({
  el: '#app'
})

<template id="create-user-template">
   <form role="form" class="row">
        <input name="User Name" v-validate data-vv-rules="required|alpha" type="text"
             v-model="createForm.UserName">

{{ errors.first('User Name') }}

        <button type="button" @click="validateBeforeSubmit()" class="btn btn-primary">
            Create
        </button>
    </form>
</template>

  To see the 'required' message: type "x", then delete

  To see the 'alpha' message: type "_"

              <create-user></create-user>

A: that is will not work use ajax to get data
between vuejs and server


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Q: Javascript else if doesn't work I am new to this and can not figure out why it doesn't work:
So I have function:
function testResults() {
    var answer = document.getElementById("myForm");
    if (answer = 'James'); {
        alert("Good !");
    } else if (answer = 'james'); {
        alert("Good !");
    } else {
        alert("Wrong !");
    }

And here is the <form>:
<form name="myform">
    Enter your name
    <input type="text" name="inputbox" value="">
    <input type="button" name="button" value="Click" onClick="testResults()" >
</form>

And it doesn't work.

A: There are 4 bugs in these 2 lines:
var answer = document.getElementById("myForm");
if (answer = 'James');

The first line retrieves the element with ID myform in your page. Since there isn't one, it returns NULL and your comparisons always fail.
Once you actually use a correct ID to retrieve the input, you'll still have to get the value instead of the element itself.
Sample:
<input type="text" id="test" value="waa">
<button onclick="alert(document.getElementById('test').value)">Click me!</button>

Once you've fixed all that, use == for comparisons since = is for assignments, and remove the semicolon (;) after the if since it self-closes the statement.

A:    <form name="myform">
    Enter your name
    <input type="text" name="inputbox" value="" id="field">
    <input type="button" name="button" value="Click" onClick="testResults()" >
</form>

for equal is '==' not single '='

A: http://jsfiddle.net/48KLN/2/
<form name="myform">
    Enter your name
    <input type="text" name="inputbox" id='textBox' value=""/>
        <input type="button" name="button" value="Click" onClick="testResults()" />
</form>

You did following mistakes

*

*You get myForm by id but in html form has only name

*Even if form would have id you tried to compare HtmlFormObject to string

*in if you used setter instead of equall

*after if " (answer = 'James'); " you added ; which is incorrect

A: <!DOCTYPE html>

<input id="numb" type="text">
<button type="button" onclick="myFunction()">Submit</button>

A: You've got errors in your code. Let me refine it:
function testResults() {
    var answer = document.getElementById("myForm");
    if (answer == 'James'); {
        alert("Good !");
    } else if (answer == 'james'); {
        alert("Good !");
    } else {
        alert("Wrong !");
    }
};


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Florida Appeals Court Eyes Armed School 'Guardians'
WLRN 91.3 FM | By Dara Kam / News Service of Florida
Emily Michot
A 2018 photo of armed guardians training to protect Broward elementary schools.
TALLAHASSEE --- A controversial state program that allows school "guardians" to carry guns on campus came under scrutiny Tuesday, as an appeals court heard arguments in a legal challenge to Duval County's "school safety assistants."
In a lawsuit filed in 2018, a handful of public school students, their parents and the League of Women Voters of Florida alleged that the program runs afoul of a longstanding state law banning people who aren't law enforcement officials from bringing guns to schools.
Duval County school officials, however, argued that a state law passed in the aftermath of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland created an exemption for school guardians, who may be school employees, private security guards or law enforcement officers.
Siding with the school board in December, Duval County Circuit Judge Robert Dees acknowledged that school guardians are not included in exceptions to Florida law allowing firearms on school campuses.
But he found that the 2018 law authorizing guardians "in support of school-sanctioned activities" allowed school safety officers to be armed.
Plaintiffs in the case appealed Dees' decision, and a three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal heard arguments Tuesday.
School-safety laws passed in 2018 and amended in 2019 don't specifically authorize school guardians to carry weapons, Southern Poverty Law Center lawyer Rachel Miller-Ziegler, who represents the plaintiffs, argued Tuesday.
The plaintiffs are relying in part on a provision in Florida law that prohibits people from possessing any firearm or other weapon, "including a razor blade or box cutter, except as authorized in support of school-sanctioned activities."
The exception for "school-sanctioned activities" for school-safety officers applies only to box cutters and razor blades, not to guns, Miller-Ziegler argued Tuesday.
"This is a case about straightforwardly applying the statutes that the Legislature wrote," Miller-Ziegler said, "rather than about trying to discern what policy choices the Legislature might have wanted to enact."
But Judge Timothy Osterhaus was skeptical.
"I mean, come on, really," he said, pointing out that her interpretation would mean that the law authorizes box cutters but not guns for someone who has "more shooting training than somebody" who served in Vietnam. "It goes a little bit beyond box cutters."
"The only evidence of what we have of what the Legislature meant to do is the text that they chose," Miller-Ziegler replied.
Sonja Harrell, who represents the school board, argued that lawmakers intended that school guardians be armed, saying the plaintiffs were "cherry-picking" legislative language to support their position.
Other provisions in the law clearly indicate that the school guardians would be carrying firearms, Harrell said.
The law includes a provision about "pistol shooting, not box cutter use, not razor blades," Harrell said, as well as "inspections of their weapons, not their box cutters."
"They have to report a discharge of a firearm in the performance of his or her duties. That right there contemplates that these school guardians are going to be using firearms in their performance of their duties," she argued. "To go through all that training by the sheriff … and then only allow them to have box cutters would not be a reasonable construction of the statute."
But Judge Scott Makar said the Legislature "could have made this clear and they didn't."
The result is a "compendium of statues" that includes a law that gives "clues about" lawmakers' intent, the judge said.
"It's almost like if it walks like a duck and sounds like a duck, well maybe it's a duck, but the Legislature didn't actually say that specifically," Makar said.
In an appeal filed in March, lawyers for the parents and students argued that Dees erred in finding the Legislature "silently implied authorization of what it has long criminalized."
"The statutory law of this state is what the Legislature wrote --- no more, no less," lawyers for the plaintiffs wrote. "So unless and until the Legislature sees fit to provide that this longstanding statute does not apply to so-called 'school guardians' such as SSAs (school safety assistants), the courts must apply the law as written and the (school) board must follow it."
But the Duval County School Board's lawyers argued in a response that its "school safety assistants" program complies with state law and therefore the assistants are allowed to carry firearms on campus.
The school officials pointed out that, under the law, guardians must undergo "a significant amount of firearms training" and have concealed weapons licenses. The law also requires any discharge of a firearm by a school guardian to be reported to the local sheriff and state education officials.
"These statutory requirements would be unnecessary if the Legislature did not intend school guardians to use firearms in the course of their duties," the school board's lawyers argued.
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If you are a senior and can't deal with doing nothing, have a look at these jobs for older women; you might just find something interesting.
Being old does not mean that your career has no scope to grow. There are many women who take up a job much later in life and are still successful at it. A person's age, has never mattered in terms of success or prosperity, has it?
There are a range of jobs for older women today, ranging from teaching to starting their own fashion line. One thing that every woman has at this age, is a lot of experience that makes her worldly-wise in her own way. She has seen it all and knows most of the tricks of the trade. For women like these, there are some amazing jobs.
Teaching remains one of the best jobs for older women. There are a lot of vacancies for teachers from time to time in schools and colleges. If you don't want to work with any school or college, you can start with your own private classes at home. These don't need any heavy capital to start with and help you earn quite a lot.
Writing is another option. There are so many types of writing one can indulge in, that you are sure to find something you like. You can freelance with a local advertising agency or write short stories and sell them to a particular publication.
Apart from this, you can work as a content writer for any website that offers such a post. Then, you can also work as a ghostwriter or a copywriter. If you think you write exceptionally well, you can also give a thought to writing your own novel. However, for all of this, you do need a flair for writing.
Opening up a day care is another option that works really well. If you have enough space, you can dedicate that to a day care. Though there are certain things you need to be clear on, there is not much to contemplate.
There are a certain set of rules and regulations you need to follow before opening a day care, the list of which you will get on the Internet or at the city office. Opening up a day care will give you free time towards the evening, which is a must, given your age.
Catering services are needed by a lot of people and the demand is pretty much continuous. The hard work needed in this career is a lot; so, make sure you are well prepared for it. Initially, you can work with a catering firm to gain hands on experience.
You personally must know the preparation details of most of the food items you will be providing. Once you have some experience, you can start off by opening your own firm.
Read up the duties of a wedding planner and see if you would like to take this up as a profession. The job, I must say, is very interesting and fun too. However, you have to deal with a lot of people, their different tastes, and the time-bound working hours.
Remember, age seldom has anything to do with your will to succeed and learn. Apart from these, you can also make a career out of a hobby you indulge in, if any. So leave behind all the worries and all the boredom, start afresh and start soon. If you really have the zest to perform, the entire world is your stage!


Can Business Analyst Boot Camps Be Effective?
Bob the BA has one of the top 10 Business Analyst boot camps according to CIO magazine. Organizations and Individuals can use bootcamps differently to build skill levels or to build team relationships.
Remember when you first learned to bake cookies? How about when your dad showed you how to use a hand saw? I'm confident you didn't learn those lessons by reading a book or having you sit in a classroom. You learned them – and always remembered them – because you got to see how to do it in the real world. You got to apply what you learned right way.
Why Can't Business Analysis Training be like YouTube?
YouTube, TedTalks, and even those cat videos in Facebook are in our lives every day. They are pretty easy to use and in the case of Facebook those cat videos just start on their own. This got me thinking – why isn't business analysis training more like YouTube or TedTalks?


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US Bishops Say Religious-Freedom Protections in 'Same-Sex Marriage' Bill Are 'Insufficient'
The USCCB had urged senators in July to oppose the Respect for Marriage Act, citing the importance of stable marriages for the well-being of children and society and expressing concerns about the bill's effect on the religious freedom of those who hold to a traditional definition of marriage.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York is chair of the USCCB religious-liberty committee. (photo: Catholic News Agency)
Jonah McKeown/CNA Nation November 18, 2022
Following the advancement of a bill yesterday in the U.S. Senate to federally recognize same-sex civil marriages, the nation's Catholic bishops reaffirmed the Church's teaching on marriage. They also "expressed concerns that the legislation could lead to discrimination against individuals who hold to a traditional view of marriage."
"The Catholic Church will always uphold the unique meaning of marriage as a lifelong, exclusive union of one man and one woman," Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee for Religious Liberty, said in a Nov. 17 statement.
"In doing so, we are joined by millions of what the Obergefell Court called 'reasonable and sincere' Americans — both religious and secular — who share this time-honored understanding of the truth and beauty of marriage," Cardinal Dolan continued, referencing the 2015 Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex civil marriage in all 50 states.
The Senate voted 62-37 Wednesday to advance the bill, which still needs a final vote to make it out of the Senate before final approval in the House of Representatives, and then proceed for President Joe Biden's signature.
The Respect for Marriage Act (RFMA), if ultimately signed into law by Biden, would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a 1996 law signed by President Bill Clinton that defined marriage federally as the union of a man and a woman and permitted states not to recognize same-sex civil marriages contracted in other states. DOMA already was effectively nullified by the 2013 and 2015 Supreme Court decisions United States v. Windsor and Obergefell v. Hodges.
The present bill would not require any state to allow same-sex couples to marry but would require states to recognize any and all marriages — regardless of "sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin" — contracted in other states.
A bipartisan amendment to the bill pertaining to religious freedom ensures that nonprofit religious organizations would not be required to provide services, facilities or goods for the celebration of a same-sex marriage and protects religious liberty and conscience protections available under the Constitution and federal law, including the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, CBS News reported. It also makes clear the bill does not authorize the federal government to recognize polygamous marriage.
Finally, the amendment adds language ensuring that churches, universities and other nonprofit religious organizations would not lose tax-exempt status or other benefits for refusing to recognize same-sex marriages and would not be required to provide services for the celebration of any marriage, The New York Times reported.
Cardinal Dolan said the bill allows the possibility of people such as faith-based adoption and foster care providers, religious employers seeking to maintain their faith identity, and staff of faith-based housing agencies to face potential discrimination since it does not provide for individual conscience protections for those who hold to a traditional view of marriage.
"The bill is a bad deal for the many courageous Americans of faith and no faith who continue to believe and uphold the truth about marriage in the public square today," Cardinal Dolan wrote.
"The Act does not strike a balance that appropriately respects our nation's commitment to the fundamental right of religious liberty," he continued. "Senators supporting the Act must reverse course and consider the consequences of passing an unnecessary law that fails to provide affirmative protections for the many Americans who hold this view of marriage as both true and foundational to the common good."
The U.S. bishops had urged senators in July to oppose the RFMA, citing the importance of stable marriages for the well-being of children and society and expressing concerns about the bill's effect on the religious freedom of those who hold to a traditional definition of marriage.
"People who experience same-sex attraction should be treated with the same respect and compassion as anyone, on account of their human dignity, and never be subject to unjust discrimination," Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, chairman of the bishops' Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth, wrote in a letter to senators.
"It was never discrimination, however, to simply maintain that an inherent aspect of the definition of marriage itself is the complementarity between the two sexes," he argued. "Marriage as a lifelong, exclusive union of one man and one woman, and open to new life, is not just a religious ideal — it is, on the whole, what is best for society in a concrete sense, especially for children."
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Senate Advances 'Same-Sex Marriage' Bill Amid Religious Freedom Concerns
Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, a Catholic who voted against the measure, said in a statement following the vote that the bill as passed puts religious freedom in jeopardy.
Jonah McKeown/CNA Nation
Christian Baker Loses Appeal in Case Over Transgender Birthday Cake
Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop, who has ruled out making various kinds of cakes he says would violate his Christian religious beliefs, will appeal the case to the Colorado Supreme Court.
Kevin J. Jones/CNA Nation
Wisconsin Catholic Charity Sues to Win Recognition as a Religious Organization
Despite the Gospel command for Christians to serve the needy, an appellate court ruled last month that the Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior is not operated primarily for a religious purpose.
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Alabama Governor Adds Another Layer of Protection to Religious Freedom
An executive order ensures the enforcement of the Alabama Religious Freedom Amendment.


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Katrina's Kreative Heart: So Many Black Inks!
I wanted to take this opportunity and piggy back off of my last post regarding the many different inks and show you the differences among the 3 black inks that Stampin' Up! carries in their line, as each of the inks server a purpose.
Next is the Archival Basic Black® ink. This ink is also a water-based dye ink, however, it's formulation makes it a permanent ink that does not react to water and therefore can be used for water-coloring and it will not smear and get messy, however, it does smear and react slightly with the alcohol inks. As you can see here in the photo, you could probably use the Archival ink with your alcohol based markers if you were careful to remain within the lines because as you see here, there is minimal smearing of the black color.
I hope you have found this helpful in selecting which black ink to use for which coloring technique you are using. Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think and please, if you have any questions that you would like me to address here on the blog, just let me know in the comments below and thank you so very much for stopping by and spending some time with me.
Thank you Katrina I never knew there was a difference...always thought they were just different brands.
You're welcome Nancy! I'm glad I could provide you some insight and help you understand the differences in the the inks.


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SG's Carro mops up $90m for Series B round, acquires Indonesia's Jualo
By Kristie Neo
Carro, a Singapore-based automotive marketplace, has raised a total of $90 million in a Series B funding round from SoftBank Ventures Asia, EDBI and other investors.
According to a statement, Carro raised an additional $30 million for the oversubscribed round after securing $60 million in May last year. The $30-million was contributed by SoftBank Ventures Asia, EDBI, Dietrich Foundation and NCORE Ventures.
The other investors from its previous $60 million tranche include Hanwha Asset Management, Insignia Ventures, B Capital Group, Singtel Innov8, Golden Gate Ventures and Alpha JWC.
The announcement confirms an earlier report by DealStreetAsia.
Carro added that the fresh capital will be used to acquire Jualo.com, an C2C marketplace platform in Indonesia. Jualo helps users trade new and used goods in over 300 categories ranging from cars, motorcycles, property, fashion, electronics; it also posts job adverts.
According to the startup, it has over 4 million users a month and facilitates transactions worth over $1 billion in 2018. Its goods are traded across all 34 of Indonesia's provinces.
Aaron Tan, the CEO and Founder of Carro said: "Our acquisition of Jualo.com will further boost the reach of our proprietary technology platform in Southeast Asia, especially as Indonesia is the region's largest automotive market."
Founded in 2015, Carro describes itself as a full-stack automotive marketplace. It offers a range of services including buying and selling, financing, subscription, insurance, workshop and roadside assistance for cars.
Carro is currently present in over 30 cities across Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand. The company considers itself to be region's largest automotive marketplace – having transacted over $500 million worth of cars in 2018.
Carro competes with a number of players regionally. These include Rocket Internet-backed Carmudi, BeliMobilGue in Indonesia, as well as Carsome and iCar Asia from Malaysia.
Malaysia's Carsome has raised $27.4 million, while Catcha-backed iCar Asia has gathered $39.1 million, according to Crunchbase.
In Indonesia, BeliMobilGue raised a total of $13.7 million from names like Intudo Ventures and Toyota Tunas. Rocket-Internet-backed Carmudi, which pared its global presence to focus on Asia, has raised $45 million so far. It last raised $10 million in a Series C round in 2017.
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Carro launches subscription-based car service in Singapore
Carro's subscription prices range from $885 to $1475 (S$1,199 to S$1,999) a month.
Singapore's auto marketplace Carro closes extended $90m Series B round
The startup raised an additional $30 million for the oversubscribed round after securing $60 million in May last year.


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Home Breaking News Venezuela's Crossroads Lies in the Past
Venezuela's Crossroads Lies in the Past
May 19, 2014: 3:33 pm
Today, with President Nicolás Maduro more than one year in office, the situation in Venezuela seems rather bleak for the left. The right-wing opposition believes it's hot on the trail of a wounded quarry. That is why they conspire in Miami and Washington and why they cleverly combine forms of pacific and violent struggle. Like Lenin in the autumn of 1917 (though with a completely different purpose) these pro-imperialist forces ask the question: Can the post-Chávez government retain state power? Can it last for years or even months? They believe it cannot last long.
Deciding the issue of the government's longevity is not easy, but what is clear is that the riddle of contemporary Venezuela, for both the political left and right, is unanswerable without appealing to history. One can look squarely in the face of the current political situation, condemn Maduro's government for its mediocrity, and prescribe ad nauseam that he rectify its course — as do such leftist commentators as Roland Denis and Toby Valderrama — but an understanding of Venezuela's current quandary requires winding back the clock. This is because the future of the Bolivarian Republic, if that future is socialist, implies not going forward but going back… to a forking of paths that emerged some seven years ago.
The Bolivarian Process is hard to periodize. At first blush, the key watershed appears to be between the Chávez period (1998 to 2013) and the Maduro one (from 2013 forward). In favor of this breakdown, one can enumerate some obvious differences between these two periods. First, the Chávez years were characterized by powerful and innovative leadership, whereas Maduro's thirteen months show dispersion and vacillation. Second, Chávez advanced with the masses ("talked and acted"), whereas Maduro retreats and negotiates ("merely talks"). Finally, Chávez lobbied for socialism, but Maduro opts at best for a Chinese-style mixed system.
Yet this superficial periodization falls apart in view of the many continuities between Chávez and Maduro. After all, did not the founder of the Bolivarian Process explicitly name Nicolás Maduro as his successor, referring to his "firm, irrevocable and absolute opinion" that the people should elect his second-in-command as the next president? More important, all of those who are now governing in Venezuela (including Diosdado Cabello, Jorge Arreaza, Elías Jaua, and Rafael Ramírez) were long part of Chávez's team and schooled in his way of doing politics. These continuities lead us to a surprising conclusion: the current political crisis in Venezuela dates not from early 2013 with Maduro entering the presidency, but rather from 2007 when Chávez was apparently at the height of his power.
We should look closely at that crucial moment. In December of 2006, Chávez won his second-term elections (in which he had boldly announced socialism to be his future program) with a sweeping majority. Yet during the upcoming year his government faced serious blows from which its political project would never fully recover. In May of 2007, Chávez made good on his declaration that he would not renew the concession to RCTV, a television station which grouped right-wing commercial and political interests. This brought the middle-class university students out to the streets to protest. Though a new channel (TVES) replaced RCTV as planned, the right-wing emerged from this struggle with renewed confidence and vigor.
This meant that although the opposition had taken a real hit in the summer, it would successfully rally in the fall to defeat Chávez's constitutional reform, which aimed to provide a legal framework for Bolivarian Socialism. Probably just as important and simultaneous with these external blows, the Chavist movement failed in its effort to develop an organizational structure that would allow it to build socialism hand-in-hand with the masses. That structure might have been the PSUV — the United Socialist Party of Venezuela that Chávez ushered hurriedly into existence in the course of 2007-8 — but it turned out to be an empty form.
A number of factors contributed to this failure, including the vested power of the cadres in Chávez's existing MVR (Fifth Republic Movement), his military officer's native distrust of spontaneity, and the chaotic nature of a society in which productive work is scarce. Whatever the reasons, the first PSUV congress in early 2008 saw the then vice-president Jorge Rodríguez squelching internal party democracy with the verticalist slogan: What Chávez says goes! (¡Lo que diga Chávez!). From this point forward the party would be an increasingly hollow giant. Though it includes nearly seven million militants in its registers, the PSUV is barely an electoral apparatus and is far from being the type of party that can take on the construction of socialism.
For the rest of his presidency and life, Chávez acted like an exemplary widow who, though he had been bereaved of the means to carry forward his project, did everything to keep up appearances. To be sure, the late President continued to talk enthusiastically about socialism and even went on making advances in its theorization. Yet without an organizational structure or organic popular movement, his project became increasingly mystified and messianic. Chávez either could not orwould not return to the problem that the 2007 crossroads presented to him: how to construct a socialist mass movement.
Maduro inherited this problem and — true to the example of Chávez's last seven years — he works mainly to maintain appearances. Contrary to what some pessimists believe, it is unlikely that Maduro has lost any significant number of Chávez's supporters, who may have become more apathetic but have not changed political color. Hence, if hegemony consists of securing first the support of allies and second the passive consent of enemies, it is only the latter that has changed. That is to say, in contrast with Chávez's years, the Venezuelan opposition today no longer accepts its subordination: it is no longer "neutralized."
In Maduro's favor, one might adduce that he seems to be aware of a need to retrace steps and this is shown by his new discourse about "productive forces." Presumably, a positive outcome of the recent negotiations with the local bourgeoisie is the concerted project to build productive forces in Venezuela that could some day issue into socialism. Hence it might be argued that Maduro is stepping back to create this necessary condition for socialism: "Socialist accumulation." But the error here is to forget that during the transition to socialism the political must dominate the economic. That is to say, the construction of productive forces (with either a NEP or Chinese model) is senseless in the absence of an organized socialist movement, and this by no means exists in Venezuela.
The real crossroads to which revolutionary Venezuelans must return is the political confrontation with the opposition in 2007. A dilemma which resonates with the confrontations of that year takes place now almost daily in the streets of Venezuela (a bit like an unresolved psychological trauma). The right-wing youth occupies the streets — "resists" in their mock heroic language — and who will remove them? This is the problem that Pepe Mujica recently alluded to, and it is equivalent to the question of who will respond to the "whip of the counterrevolution." As long as the response comes primarily from the government or the National Guard and not from a socialist movement, there will be no real steps to socialism.
Of course, the question of how to create a modern socialist movement is by no means obvious. Arguably, now that so many parties of the Lenin-Lassalle tradition have run aground, the prospect of socialist organization is just as spectral today as it was in 1848 (when Marx and Engels wrote the famous opening lines of the Communist Manifesto). That is the bad news. The good news is that the left is in a better position than ever to overcome the fetishes that have hamstrung its projects over the years. Indeed, what better context to restore Marxism to its original spirit of creative activism, enemy of dogmas and absolutes, than in the active, vastly innovative processes in Latin America? In this continent, even the fight against the nationalist fetish that has so long beleaguered Marxism has the force of a two-hundred year project called Bolivarian integration.
Chris Gilbert is professor of Political Science in the Universidad Bolivariana de Venezuela.


Friends who become bosses are rare, but bosses who become friends are rarer. Happy birthday to a boss who is also a good friend.
The blessings of God are given to you in the most special way. It is in the way your friends stand by you when you are down. It is in the way your family supports you when you are feeling lonely. It is in the way love comes in your life to stay forever. Even if your family, friends and the love of your life leaves you; God never will. His love for you goes beyond imagination. Happy Birthday.